Beauty salons can restart facials and brows from Saturday, the government confirmed today. Boris Johnson put the brakes on relaxation of lockdown measures due on August 1 following a spike in coronavirus cases.
Salons were banned from restarting close-contact beauty treatments such as eyebrow waxing and facials with just a day's notice, leaving customers and businesses disappointed.
Plans to restart wedding receptions of up to 30 people were also put on hold, along with the reopening of venues such as ice rinks, casinos and bowling alleys.
However, the government said today that these lockdown easements could go ahead from Saturday, August 15. Facials, eyelash treatments, tattoos and botox are among the services that can now go ahead from