Curbside Hair Color in Belmar after Salons Forced to Close
You can no longer go out to get your hair colored, and local salon owners and stylists all around our area are now out of work and will struggle to hang onto their businesses. Here's what one owner has to say, and her innovative way to help you.
When I asked Lea DeLoy, owner of Styling Co. in Belmar, how we can show our support now that we can't come in for hair color, she surprised me with what she will be offering during this crisis:
Styling Co. has a huge following of clients up and down the Jersey Shore. Here are her words:
"Hi Liz,
As a small business owner I am used to having to make tough decisions and having to handle many crazy things as they are thrown at me But this was something that I don’t think anyone could be prepared for, or figure out how to handle completely correctly. What are the right decisions? I realize the importance of keeping our employees and community healthy, but how do you, as a boss, tell your employees they are not allowed to work?
Last week it was our decision to close the salon. This made it extremely hard because it wasn’t yet mandatory, and especially because of having no idea when this crisis might end.
It was also hard to see many of our competitors stay open. This is not me being judgmental, but made me question my decision even more. Why didn’t salons have a clear decision from the beginning? When all salons finally heard it announced that there would be a mandatory closure, it was almost a relief. Everyone’s financial and health decision was no longer in my hands.