FOX 29's Marcus Espinoza reports on barber and hair stylists who are struggling after businesses have shut down due to COVID-19. NEW JERSEY - Countless businesses are struggling to stay afloat as the coronavirus shutdown continues, including barbers and hair stylists.
Rosalia Dunbar and her daughter Tina Marsella are both salon owners. This isn't just a job for them, it is their business and livelihood. “I shut down March 14 and it’s been really stressful," Dunbar told FOX 29.
The beauty industry relies quite heavily on the opposite of social distancing, close-quarter interaction that makes a trip to the salon so personal. “Oh, I’m a stylist that literally has like the biggest passion for what I do so it’s extremely hard to not do it,"