Hair salons and barbershops across Florida are reopening today for the first time since being shut down due to COVID-19. Eight Five Zero salon in Midtown is one of them.
Marvin Evans owner of Eight Five Zero salon in Tallahassee says so far, business is doing well and many clients are making new appointments.
“It’s very few people that haven’t been ready to come back," Evans said.
The state is requiring that all barbershop and hair salon workers wear masks and gloves. Evans has added more requirements for his salon. Every client must also wear a mask. If they don’t have one, the salon has some to hand out. And clients must wait in their cars until their hairstylist is ready. Once they get to the door, that’s when they go through the final step.
"We’ll take your temperature right here at the door. If it’s anything above 100.3 the CDC considered as being a fever," Evans said. "So you have to reschedule you can’t come in."
Evans says he expects to stay under these guidelines for the foreseeable future.
