Renewal is fully open for services!
WHAT TO EXPECT AT RENEWAL EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020
I am excited about returning to providing services at Renewal! For a while there will be some changes in policies and procedures with the health and safety of all concerned in mind. Clients should continue to expect professional, highly effective treatments with new products and services to come.
Keeping things clean:
The sanitation and disinfection requirements for skin, hair, and nail salons in Iowa are pretty stringent on a normal day. On any given day, someone with an infectious disease could enter our salon spaces so we are trained to treat everyone as if they do. Renewal prides itself on keeping the space as clean and as healthy as possible. With the current fear of the spread of human coronavirus, I wanted to highlight a few of the methods employed at Renewal. If you want to know all of what the Board of Cosmetology requires, you are welcome to go to their website and access those rules and regulations.
Key routine habits:
Sanitation Routine Changes:
OTHER CHANGES:
WHAT TO EXPECT AT RENEWAL EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020
I am excited about returning to providing services at Renewal! For a while there will be some changes in policies and procedures with the health and safety of all concerned in mind. Clients should continue to expect professional, highly effective treatments with new products and services to come.
Keeping things clean:
The sanitation and disinfection requirements for skin, hair, and nail salons in Iowa are pretty stringent on a normal day. On any given day, someone with an infectious disease could enter our salon spaces so we are trained to treat everyone as if they do. Renewal prides itself on keeping the space as clean and as healthy as possible. With the current fear of the spread of human coronavirus, I wanted to highlight a few of the methods employed at Renewal. If you want to know all of what the Board of Cosmetology requires, you are welcome to go to their website and access those rules and regulations.
Key routine habits:
- Bedding and towels are laundered after each use.
- Re-usable items that come in contact with clients such as masque brushes, lash tweezers, eye wands, etc are washed with soap/water, air-dried, then submerged in disinfectant after each use. I use EPA registered wipes or a UV sterilizer for items that can’t be submerged. Salon sanitation rules require an EPA registered disinfectant that is bactericidal, viricidal, and fungicidal. Pictured below is the disinfectant used at Renewal.
- Makeup brushes are sprayed with brush cleaner, washed with soapy water, air dried, then disinfected in a UV sterilizer between every use.
- Disposable items such as gauze, gloves, waxing sticks, and makeup tester applicators are immediately thrown away.
- I wash my hands before and after every client.
Sanitation Routine Changes:
- Clients are now required to sanitize their hands upon arrival and wear a mask until a treatment necessitates its removal. Clients should arrive with their own mask. Clients lacking a mask will be billed for one provided by Renewal or asked to reschedule. This includes people who have been vaccinated against COVID.
- Clients should reschedule appointments if they feel ill or have any reason to think they have been in contact with someone with symptoms of the coronavirus within 14 days. Clients with underlying health conditions that put them in the high-risk population should consider virtual services.
- Only one client at a time will be allowed in the salon with the exception of family members who are receiving services. Children needing supervision should not be brought to any salon appointment.
- Items like product containers and equipment touched during a service will be separated from clean items until they are disinfected.
- After each client leaves, all hard surfaces, bathroom fixtures, faucets and door handles they could have touched will be disinfected.
- The massage chair has been removed for now. Clients are welcome to wait in the parking lot if arriving early.
- Before locking up, counters, light switches, door handles, pens, and other things that were touched through the day will be disinfected.
- Renewal personnel will wear masks or face shields when physical distancing isn't possible. Since hand washing is sufficient to deactivate COVID-19 and many other germs, nitrile or vinyl gloves may or may not be worn during services. Clients can request I wear gloves during their entire service.
- Product testers & samples, beverages, candy dishes, and other items that clients used to enjoy in the waiting area will be put away for now but available upon request.
OTHER CHANGES:
- Scheduling adjustments include new operating hours, increased buffer time between clients and a lower limit on the number of clients per day.
- New questions pertaining to coronavirus will be a routine part of the pre-service consultation.
- To keep talking during your treatment to a minimum (to reduce risk of airborne contamination), we will consult in the waiting area before and after your service.
- New menu options include video consultations, video conferencing for privately hosted group classes and events, and contact-free services in salon. Refer to the Virtual Services page for more information.
- Contact-free services are treatments in the salon but performed by the client under Cindy's direction. This will enable proper usage and professional selection of products, including professional products that aren't sold for home use. These services will be noted on the Facial Services menu, and I am open to suggestions for new ones.
- The use of the facial steamer has been discouraged by the Board so will only be used if necessary for the service.
Revisit this page periodically to check for updates.
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