Sanitation

There are so many little things that we don't think about very often. Those “little things” can both help and harm us and are around us at all times. By “little things” I of course am talking about microorganisms. That is, after all, what today's class was focused on.

Microbiology is something I've always found rather interesting. However, after a few images from the book, the bulk of the class was highly disturbed and the general consensus was that they didn't much appreciate this section of the book at all. Luckily, this section was blissfully short, but it did lead directly into proper sanitation.

It was a bit unreal to realize how often salon's don' t follow proper sanitation procedures. I know that while I sat there reviewing these procedures I found myself mentally recounting times when I'd been to a salon and seen improper sanitation. I didn't know it at the time, of course, but it is a bit jarring to look back at. Going to school may very well ruin the salon-going experience for me!

Oh, and don't assume that its only low-rent salons are the guilty ones and that going to a high-rent salon will save you from poor sanitation. The price has little or nothing to do with the frequency of sanitation offenders. Some stylists are simply lazy and some managers aren't near so strict about sanitation as they should be. This does put you, the customer, at risk.

Next time you're in a salon take a look around. Were your stylists tools sitting in barbacide and rinsed off before being used on you? When you went for your pedicure, did they empty that foot bath and thoroughly rinse and spray down the tub before they started on you? Did the tools that they were using on you come out of fresh plastic wrapping?

These are only a couple of the things to look out for.

I think of of these days I should just do a salon horror stories post. I'm so glad we're learning to be better than this. You can guarantee that after getting to know all of this better I want to hold myself to a higher standard than that.


On another note entirely, the 100 Days of empire is coming up. We didn't get much in the way of information about this until today. Empire is celebrating because it has opened its 100th school.
Basically, you get to dress your mannequins, yourself and the school up in a theme. Ours appears to be Candy Land. In addition to it being a fun day, the school is also raising money for the local women's shelter in order to give back to the community. It does sound like it could be a good time.