The stylist’s tools of the trade have started to gather some dust as shops around Alberta stay shut amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
But for some, vanity trumps the health guidelines. Margaret Blokhuis runs her own at-home salon, Hair Spinners, and said some clients — and even strangers — are asking her to take the risk. “Everyday.
Some of them are funny. I had a good laugh after someone asked: ‘Can you do me, my extended family and all these other people?
We won’t be offended if you wear a mask and come to my house!”‘ Blokhuis said. The Exshaw stylist is frustrated with the assumptions from people that she would consider breaking the physical distancing rules. “If you’re going into the grocery store with masks and gloves on and then you’re