The emotional aspects of salon work have shown hairdressers and beauty workers act like makeshift counsellors for many clients. The salon is not just about makeovers: it is a space of touch and talk. For some, the salon might be one of the only places they encounter regular verbal and physical contact. Increasingly, salon workers are being recognized as an important channel between members of the community and services such as family violence shelters.
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This means that beyond technical hair and beauty skills, working in the industry involves listening, and managing the emotions of clients. They’re great listeners, therapy is expensive, so get a haircut! Salon workers are likely to have clients disclose intimate partner violence to them at some point. But workers I spoke with also mentioned a huge array of different issues clients bring up. Marriage breakdown, mental health, suicidal ideation, gender transition and job loss were among the client issues reported by workers. In the context of COVID-19, however, social distancing complicates the situation for the beauty industry.
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Tehran, Iran – April 2020. Manijeh Kamandloo, 43, from Tehran Working as a beauty specialist under the heavy protection during the Coronavirus pandemic. She has been a hairdresser for almost twenty years and only recently ran a beauty salon of her own in the east of Tehran. She is a mother of two and the sole provider for her family. She had an income of about eight million Iranian tomans (470 dollar) before the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, but since March she has been made to close her salon for the public safety. Nowadays she is back to work again, however, the number of her customers has significantly decreased causing her income to be near a shocking amount of two million Iranian tomans. “I’m spending most of my earnings on disinfectants, masks, and clothes, thereby almost little money will be left at the end of the month.” she said. Experiencing a financially tough time, she is thinking of closing her salon. (Photo Credit: Yasaman Dehmiyani / NVP Images)
Pegah ,30 years old, from Tehran. She has been working as a nail technician in a beauty salon for about two years. While living with her parents, she is financially independent. Before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, she had earned a monthly wage between five to six million Iranian tomans ($350). However, she was not able to make a decent living during the coronavirus pandemic. Nowadays she is only working three days a week, sadly because of an obvious lack of customers.
Sara Motamedi, 34, from Tehran. She is the sole provider of her family and lives in Tehran along with her nine-year-old son. She has been working in the hair color market for almost five years now with an average monthly income of eight million Iranian tomans ($470) which held true before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease. It has been three months since she last earned a wage and as a matter of this upsetting fact spent all her savings during this period. The most profitable time of the year for her to conduct business, is the Eid-e Nowruz, the busiest time of nearly most of the businesses running in Iran, however this year Sara spent that golden time entirely in quarantine. Although It has been two weeks that she was back at work, owing to a lack of customers, she is not capable of covering her son living expenses as well as her own.
Tehran, Iran – April 2020. Manijeh Kamandloo, 43, from Tehran Working as a beauty specialist under the heavy protection during the Coronavirus pandemic. She has been a hairdresser for almost twenty years and only recently ran a beauty salon of her own in the east of Tehran. She is a mother of two and the sole provider for her family. She had an income of about eight million Iranian tomans (470 dollar) before the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, but since March she has been made to close her salon for the public safety. Nowadays she is back to work again, however, the number of her customers has significantly decreased causing her income to be near a shocking amount of two million Iranian tomans. “I’m spending most of my earnings on disinfectants, masks, and clothes, thereby almost little money will be left at the end of the month.” she said. Experiencing a financially tough time, she is thinking of closing her salon. (Photo Credit: Yasaman Dehmiyani / NVP Images)
Pegah ,30 years old, from Tehran. She has been working as a nail technician in a beauty salon for about two years. While living with her parents, she is financially independent. Before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, she had earned a monthly wage between five to six million Iranian tomans ($350). However, she was not able to make a decent living during the coronavirus pandemic. Nowadays she is only working three days a week, sadly because of an obvious lack of customers.
Tehran, Iran – April 2020. Manijeh Kamandloo, 43, from Tehran Working as a beauty specialist under the heavy protection during the Coronavirus pandemic. She has been a hairdresser for almost twenty years and only recently ran a beauty salon of her own in the east of Tehran. She is a mother of two and the sole provider for her family. She had an income of about eight million Iranian tomans (470 dollar) before the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, but since March she has been made to close her salon for the public safety. Nowadays she is back to work again, however, the number of her customers has significantly decreased causing her income to be near a shocking amount of two million Iranian tomans. “I’m spending most of my earnings on disinfectants, masks, and clothes, thereby almost little money will be left at the end of the month.” she said. Experiencing a financially tough time, she is thinking of closing her salon. (Photo Credit: Yasaman Dehmiyani / NVP Images)
Pegah ,30 years old, from Tehran. She has been working as a nail technician in a beauty salon for about two years. While living with her parents, she is financially independent. Before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, she had earned a monthly wage between five to six million Iranian tomans ($350). However, she was not able to make a decent living during the coronavirus pandemic. Nowadays she is only working three days a week, sadly because of an obvious lack of customers.
Pegah ,30 years old, from Tehran. She has been working as a nail technician in a beauty salon for about two years. While living with her parents, she is financially independent. Before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, she had earned a monthly wage between five to six million Iranian tomans ($350). However, she was not able to make a decent living during the coronavirus pandemic. Nowadays she is only working three days a week, sadly because of an obvious lack of customers.
Pegah ,30 years old, from Tehran. She has been working as a nail technician in a beauty salon for about two years. While living with her parents, she is financially independent. Before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, she had earned a monthly wage between five to six million Iranian tomans ($350). However, she was not able to make a decent living during the coronavirus pandemic. Nowadays she is only working three days a week, sadly because of an obvious lack of customers.
Tehran, Iran – April 2020. Manijeh Kamandloo, 43, from Tehran Working as a beauty specialist under the heavy protection during the Coronavirus pandemic. She has been a hairdresser for almost twenty years and only recently ran a beauty salon of her own in the east of Tehran. She is a mother of two and the sole provider for her family. She had an income of about eight million Iranian tomans (470 dollar) before the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, but since March she has been made to close her salon for the public safety. Nowadays she is back to work again, however, the number of her customers has significantly decreased causing her income to be near a shocking amount of two million Iranian tomans. “I’m spending most of my earnings on disinfectants, masks, and clothes, thereby almost little money will be left at the end of the month.” she said. Experiencing a financially tough time, she is thinking of closing her salon. (Photo Credit: Yasaman Dehmiyani / NVP Images)
Tehran, Iran – April 2020. Manijeh Kamandloo, 43, from Tehran Working as a beauty specialist under the heavy protection during the Coronavirus pandemic. She has been a hairdresser for almost twenty years and only recently ran a beauty salon of her own in the east of Tehran. She is a mother of two and the sole provider for her family. She had an income of about eight million Iranian tomans (470 dollar) before the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, but since March she has been made to close her salon for the public safety. Nowadays she is back to work again, however, the number of her customers has significantly decreased causing her income to be near a shocking amount of two million Iranian tomans. “I’m spending most of my earnings on disinfectants, masks, and clothes, thereby almost little money will be left at the end of the month.” she said. Experiencing a financially tough time, she is thinking of closing her salon. (Photo Credit: Yasaman Dehmiyani / NVP Images)
Pegah ,30 years old, from Tehran. She has been working as a nail technician in a beauty salon for about two years. While living with her parents, she is financially independent. Before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, she had earned a monthly wage between five to six million Iranian tomans ($350). However, she was not able to make a decent living during the coronavirus pandemic. Nowadays she is only working three days a week, sadly because of an obvious lack of customers.
Tehran, Iran – April 2020. Manijeh Kamandloo, 43, from Tehran Working as a beauty specialist under the heavy protection during the Coronavirus pandemic. She has been a hairdresser for almost twenty years and only recently ran a beauty salon of her own in the east of Tehran. She is a mother of two and the sole provider for her family. She had an income of about eight million Iranian tomans (470 dollar) before the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, but since March she has been made to close her salon for the public safety. Nowadays she is back to work again, however, the number of her customers has significantly decreased causing her income to be near a shocking amount of two million Iranian tomans. “I’m spending most of my earnings on disinfectants, masks, and clothes, thereby almost little money will be left at the end of the month.” she said. Experiencing a financially tough time, she is thinking of closing her salon. (Photo Credit: Yasaman Dehmiyani / NVP Images)
Sara Motamedi, 34, from Tehran. She is the sole provider of her family and lives in Tehran along with her nine-year-old son. She has been working in the hair color market for almost five years now with an average monthly income of eight million Iranian tomans ($470) which held true before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease. It has been three months since she last earned a wage and as a matter of this upsetting fact spent all her savings during this period. The most profitable time of the year for her to conduct business, is the Eid-e Nowruz, the busiest time of nearly most of the businesses running in Iran, however this year Sara spent that golden time entirely in quarantine. Although It has been two weeks that she was back at work, owing to a lack of customers, she is not capable of covering her son living expenses as well as her own.
