Covid Haircut

“Just fine-tune things”: local hair stylist’s suggestion with at-home haircuts

Apr 13, 2020 | 3:43 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Slow and steady.

After a month of facing federal and provincial mandates to social distance and non-essential businesses to close their doors in response to the global pandemic of COVID-19, some people (myself included) might be feeling the itch to take their hair situation into their own hands.

With barbershops and hair salons closed, hair continues to grow. But as Shannon Wright of The Pepper Tree Hair Salon in Prince George says, while she would never recommend someone to do their own hair, she understands that people might not have many options.

“I would just say to fine-tune things. If you leave us hair, we can fix it. No drastic changes.”

She says whenever salons are able to re-open, she says they’re expecting to be booked up, adding this isn’t the time for colour-correction or any “huge jobs” as it will be hard to get appointments as it is.

From a personal perspective of the current situation, Wright says this is a challenge in a unique time as this is the first time since she was 13 years old that she’s been without work. However, they have been working to help their clients with curbside pick up/delivery of hair products.

With The Pepper Tree having a staff of three people, she says it’s been very personable in the sense of coping with the pandemic, adding they’ve been very supportive in ensuring each other have the essentials.

With regards to at-home haircuts: for men, she suggests to take your time and be patient while urging women and girls to try to stick to trimming their bangs and split ends. As long as you leave hair, they’re able to fix it when day-to-day life begins to go back to normal.