"Help! I need you to change one eyebrow into two eyebrows!"
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That's the kind of desperate plea that has been pouring into the voice mails and Facebook messages at Beauty Secrets in Goulburn, following the news that beauty salons can re-open on June 1.
Beauty therapist at Beauty Secrets Brianna Cupitt was in the salon today, getting set up for what she expects to be a very busy week ahead.
"We've had 50 Facebook messages and plenty of voice mails," said Ms Cupitt.
"Everyone's in desperate need of waxing.
"We'll be opening doors on Monday, so we're getting the salon ready, booking clients - it's hectic."
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Ms Cupitt said the day the salon shut was an emotional one for staff and owner Sharyn Mallinson.
"We saw it on the news - that we had to shut our doors the next day at 12pm," said Ms Cupitt.
"It was scary and sad. A lot of small businesses were not sure if they would open again."
So she is delighted be in the salon, getting ready to go back to the job she loves, and is taking COVID-19 cleanliness expectations in her stride.
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"I feel like it's not a big change as cleanliness and hygiene are nothing new to us - we were already doing it," said Ms Cupitt, who added they will be wearing gloves more often and offering hand sanitiser to all who enter.
Other beauty therapists are delaying re-opening while they adjust to the expectations of COVID-safe practices.
Leah Cain of Lush Beauty and Skin said she had been "inundated" with inquiries - mostly for facial waxing - but wasn't in a position to start on Monday.
"I've had a huge influx of requests from around 250 people," said Ms Cain.
"I've decided I'll call everyone individually as they'll all have to fill in a new COVID-19 form."
She has a few clients with compromised immune systems, so will be taking meticulous care to make her salon safe.
"It will be one in, one out, with 15 minutes in-between to sanitise the surfaces," she said.
Ms Cain had waited for her four children to return to school before starting refurbishments of her salon.
Now she was expecting to hold off re-opening until that was complete, and while she does some training related to keeping the salon completely safe.
"I don't have a start date, but it will take a while to get through everyone," she said.
"I can't even comprehend how I'll get through it!"
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