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 Hairqueen News: And off we go!   Travel has started up once more.   I hope that you are able to put your feet in the sand, feel the sun on your face and cast your eyes upon a vista away from home. I will be away for a month, both celebrating and recovering.   I'll be celebrating my 60th birthday, which was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. And, I'll be recovering from the Covid-19 roller coaster ride of the past 17 months. The Covid-19 pandemic has felt like a roller coaster ride! I cannot thank you enough for your continued support. Every bit helped, every payment for virtual haircuts and colors, every product purchased online from my store, every phone call and email to the Alameda County Health Department, every appointment visit where you came with freshly shampooed hair, wore your mask, and went home with cut, but not dried, locks.  Hairstylists are back and we are tired. Tired from worry and disinfecting, tired from the months of limbo, fill...

Swans Studios News: June 15th is around the corner and California is opening up! What does this mean for the salon industry? What does this mean for the Swans Studios Salon client? The Alameda County Public Heath Department has yet to update the Salon Guidelines although by the time you read this it may be updated. Here is the link for you to check: https://covid-19.acgov.org/index.page In the meantime, through June 15th, I will follow the current guidelines below: Minimize contact Client fill out waiver Client and stylist, (me) wear a mask Sanitize hands upon arrival Temperature check Clients, if able, arrive with freshly shampooed hair Minimal blowdrying Great conversation and human touch Treats for Never On June 15th, I expect to continue the above guidelines with the following modifications: Bit more than minimal contact Client and stylist, (me), wear a mask, but client mask can be removed if needed for beauty creating purposes Sanitize hands upon arrival Shampoo wi...

Hairqueen News It's May 2021! How are you? How’s your hair?   Your heart?  Your life fourteen months and counting into Covid? I am okay, I am resilient, my hair is long, my heart suffered, my life is good, I have my vaccine, Covid tried me and I met the match. I could not have navigated all of this without you - my clients, my colleagues at Swans Studios, my landlords, my family, my virtual assistants, my little dog, Never, and my really good, professional salon products. Never, best salon dog ever! Never and my mask waiting for our client :) Swans Studios News Last month I was interviewed by my landlords for their series 45 Stories for 45 Years .  It is a good synopsis of my life at Swans and my Covid-19 experience.  Here’s the link for you to enjoy if you wish: https://ebaldc.org/commitment-to-community-that-comes-from-the-heart/ Swans Studios! 💕 Summer Hair Plans Summer is coming and travel is on the horizon.    I have a few trips planned. I encourage y...

Hairqueen March News As I began to write this update I hardly knew what to write or where to start because there seems to be something new to share almost everyday! First, we are almost at the one year mark of our first COVID-19 shut-down and secondly , we are in the midst of the vaccine rollout.   The salon industry and all personal care services are currently in the “other” category listed on MyTurn and other vaccine sites.   For most of the personal care industry that means having to wait weeks or possibly months for a vaccine.   Although, with the recent introduction of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine hopefully appointments will be made available for the personal care industry soon. In the meantime I have contacted the Alameda County Health Department, MyTurn, and my doctor to advocate for the Personal Care Industry to be included in the COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Plan.   We would like to be i...

Hairqueen Update: Dear Clients and Friends, California Salons re-open as of Tuesday, January, 26, 2021.   It seemed that we were in for at least another few weeks or more of the on-going December 7, 2020 shut down, then overnight we got the word to re-open. I have reopened my appointment book and all upcoming reservations are valid .   If you do not have an upcoming appointment please contact me so I can find you a time. As before the Covid-19 protocols will remain in place: Masks - please wear a mask that does not have loop ear pulls and does not cover more that your nose and mouth.  If you do not have a simple mask I can provide one for you.  When the mask covers across  all of the lower face it is harder to see you. Arriving - please call or text when you arrive, (the lobby will remain closed), be prepared to receive a temperature check and to sanitize your hands upon arrival. Contact - in order to minimize contact haircut clients, pl...

Hair Queen News In California on December 7 2020 another Regional Stay at home order was issued by the State and therefore by the County as well.  As of today, January 9 2021 this order remains in effect. For more information click here:  https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/ And here:  https://acphd.org Being closed again is a real setback for those of us in the salon industry.  We are spending our time filling out grants and PPP applications instead of designing haircuts and applying hair color applications.  We know we are not alone, we are in the good company of restaurants and the arts and so many other industries that are brutally affected as well.  As I receive updates for the salon industry I will post updates so we can get you coiffed once again.  I miss you and I miss being in my studio with you and in Swans Studios with my colleagues.  I am doing everything I can to keep Swans Studios a going concern because it is a great business and i...

Hairqueen News Sitting not standing for now Here we go again, we are in another shut down ordered by the County of Alameda Public Health Department, for more information click here:  https://acphd.org If you have an appointment with me this month I have or I will contact you. We received the news earlier this week and  I needed a day or two to grapple with this latest set back for the salon  industry.   With rising cases and hospitals at risk of being overrun I understand the need for all of us to reduce our footprint and stay home. I appreciate your tremendous patronage and support especially this past year. We will open again in 2021. Stay healthy and safe and care for one another.   To book future appointments, purchase products or gift cards:  https://www.vagaro.com/us02/suzannevanhouten Visit this site again soon and I will be posting some of the before and afters I created during the time that I was re-opened.  Here's a couple of sneak peeks...