With salons and beauty parlours ordered to close in B.C. to help limit the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, many families have resorted to cutting their own hair while foregoing other services.
But some hairdressers in the Metro Vancouver area are continuing to advertise on Craigslist, offering to come to people’s homes to provide trims and other barber services.
Others are asking clients to come to their homes. It’s not just hairdressers, either: ads on the site include people offering at-home Botox injections and lip fillers, tattoos and even personal training.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry ordered all personal service businesses to shut down on March 21, including salons, tattoo parlours, spas and other spaces where