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California Opens Nail Salons & Tattoo Parlors on June 19

Many Californians (and a few counties in the Bay Area) can now get a manicure, a new tattoo but with restrictions.
By - posted 6/19/2020 No Comment

Thank you KPIX5 for letting us know that California Nail salons and tattoo parlors may reopen with restrictions starting June 19.

Salons and tattoo studios might not look the same when they reopen but under the new state guidance issued June 12, Friday, some Californians will again be able to get a manicure, a new tattoo, or enjoy a massage starting June 19. The state is giving counties the ability to open these businesses when local health officials allow it to open and not every county is on the same timeline

Which Counties Allow Nail Salons & Tattoo Parlors to Open?

Updated as of 6/19/20 – please note that we’ve done our best to try to gather all of the information available from a variety of sources. If we’ve gotten anything wrong, please let us know.

Please note that each county might have slightly different rules as to how businesses are able to reopen and what types of businesses can open.

Guidelines include:

  • Workers and customers must wear face masks, beyond masks, nail salon workers should consider wearing face shields or goggles to protect their eyes.
  • They must wear a new pair of disposable gloves for each customer
  • Adopt far more intense cleaning practices for shared reusable items like tweezers, and the services will be limited, with no mouth or nose tattoos or piercings for now.
  • Salons should even consider putting plastic partitions with cutouts for hands between workers and customers.
  • Salons should also no longer display nail polish bottles on a shelf and instead ask customers to choose a color from a palette that can be disinfected. 
  • Technicians should throw away nail files, buffers, and other items after each use.
  • Other services cleared to open include facials, electrolysis, waxing, and massage therapy. 
  • All surfaces used by customers should be cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants.

Read the complete Guidelines.