BEATRICE - If you've been longing for a new hairstyle, color or trim....and have had more than your share of those do-it-yourself mistakes....things are getting better.


"Each time someone comes in, it might be a new adventure...but we will see what happens. I'm sure there's some home colors, some home haircuts....we'll just see what happens".


Hairstylists and barber shops are allowed to operate again within the Public Health Solutions district of southeast Nebraska..under certain restrictions because of the coronavirus.


Co-Owner of the Hair Studio in west Beatrice, Joan Bruhn has been preparing for the reopening, and adjusting procedures that will be used above and beyond the normal sanitation practices used before the pandemic hit.
"We'll be putting in some long hours and days off, trying to get everybody caught up. Everybody's ecstatic to get their hair done. We will sanitize between each client, each client gets a new cape...everthing has to be sanitized and cleaned".


Let the styling marathon begin. That includes rescheduling some 85 appointments over seven weeks….and a similar number by other staff members. One main rule for the Hair Studio and other salons or barber shops......the use of a mask.....not just for staff, but for clients as well.


"If clients do not wear there's, and we recommend they do...we have disposable masks". A solution used to clean hair care tools can now be watered down, to sanitize all stations and surfaces.


Several weeks ago, Bruhn announced that she plans to retire after more than 30 years at the business she co-owns with Krys Bures…and that day remains set in place.


"I'm still planning on retiring at the end of June. I have some clients say why didn't you just retire now, but I want closure with my clients. I've had some say, well you're going to work longer now, because you've been off. But, I'm not going to do that....I'm going to try to stick with the end of June, if I can".


There's a limit on the number of guests, and persons are asked to come to their hair appointment, alone. Customers will wait outside in their vehicle until each is welcomed in…owing to the need to regulate group size and retain that six-foot social distancing recommendation.