Medscapes

Hair stylists and barbers are among people who are most likely to get infected with COVID 19 due to the nature of their work. They literally work on our faces, and maintaining social distance between a client and the one providing a service is not achievable. In a beauty salon setting for instance, there’s a lot of physical contact between the two. It is unavoidable, since the work requires this and more. The ’more’ comes in when you visit a beauty spa, there’s more than just physical contact while working on one’s hair. Facial and massage are among the services offered, and physical contact in this case is inevitable. It’s what comes with the job. However, some of the well-established beauty spas Vera Sidika spa for instance, are strictly adhering to the COVID 19 safety rules and guidelines. It is the responsibility of the employer to make sure the employees are well protected and kept safe from COVID 19 at all times. That includes the clients too. When it comes to local salons and ba...

Christmas for me has always involved packing and going on trips with my family. At times go to the village and have a gathering with my extended family. This is the season of interactions and getting to know what each member of the family has been up to the whole year. Engaging in different activities together is our definition of bonding time. Some might say Christmas is overrated but for us, it is what we look forward to every start of December. This season things are a little bit different, not just for us but the entire world. With the rising number of COVID 19 cases all around the world, all indoors and outdoors gatherings were banned. Family gatherings have been greatly discouraged, for this reason let me give you highlights of Christmas in school. Funny right😂? Christmas in school. Anyways let’s get straight to it. So, after getting a call from my mom on 23rd of December I had a mixture of thoughts. One that really got to me was going home not being the best idea. I had interac...