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ESP Nano Cloud is an easy and efficient scheduling system for you and your team: for a rent-a-chair, mobile practitioner or a salon owner for your intelligently rostered staff. ESP Nano allows your clients and staff to make online bookings via a browser from any internet connected device 24/7, 365. Then track your progress through the month with daily score-keeping to keep you or your staff on target for prosperity. But there is more - in Nano you can: • Take client prepayments to avoid cancellations and no-shows when lockdown ends • Manage price lists • Manage staff records, staff rosters and client lists • Setup staff booking item rules • Do sales transactions and day end cash up • Get reporting and a daily scorecard to track your sales target Nano Cloud is brought to you by ESP Connected Salon and Spa Computing, the undisputed market leader since 1994. Watch the Nano Journey For those of you that don't have an online booking solution, ESP is making the Nano Practitioner system available at no charge to Collective Corporation members at this time to get you up and trading ASAP! From sign up to getting your details loaded, it takes just 20 minutes to go live. Call 086 099 4163 or email info@espconnect.africa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Join the Collective Corporation Bringing Our Worlds Together in this time of Business Abnormal- to establish BLUE OCEAN STRATEGIES You are invited to join the Collective Corporation, a forum for owners in the wellness industry. All elements are included: Medical Aesthetics, Health Spas, Beauty Salons, Hairdressing, Nail Bars and more. It’s free to join – simply use this WhatsApp LINK Clients leave your establishments uplifted from the outside in and they radiate that soul shine from the inside out proudly for all the world to see. What better definition can that be for Wellness? Originally established in the early ‘90s, the Collective Corporation forms a united body that is able to collectively define the framework for what Business Abnormal is and its vision going forward. The key is to think outside of the box and use a binary approach. Blue Consciousness feels our way forward and Red Consciousness takes action. Integrating this thinking will synthesise new strategies not only to survive …. but more importantly to prosper. From the best ideas, will come practical things to do. We are all in this together! Read more about the Collective Corporation HERE

In an interview on Sunday 14 June on eNCA, Small Business and Development Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni confirmed again that all protocols are in place for salons in all sectors of the beauty industry to reopen. The Minister indicated that the protocols would be approved by latest Wednesday 17 June. Ensure the safety of your personnel and clients with these incredible products available from Melco Instrumentation. INFRARED NON-TOUCH THERMOMETERS: • 5-Years warranty • Safe and Hygienic • CE and ISO 13485 approved • 3 Colour display (incl fever display) • Memory storage facility • Calibratable PERSPEX SCREENS: • Standard size 900 X 600 (different sizes on request) • Between your stylists or on your reception desk TOUCHLESS FOOT ACTIVATED SANITISER STANDS: • Different sizes, colours and materials available HAND AND SURFACE SANITISER: • 100ml - R 31.20 • 250ml - R 51.00 • 500ml - R 71.00 • 1lt - R 124.00 • 5lt - R 583.00 • 25lt - R 2820.00 COVID-19 SAFETY SIGNS ** Special pricing on combos available on request ** Please contact us – we will gladly discuss your needs and give you a quote on any of the essential equipment you require to operate safely! Shipping country wide. T's and C's Apply. For more info call: JHB: 011 873 1941 CT: 021 552 3646 Email: info@melcoinstro.co.za You might also enjoy... Infra-Red Thermometers: Accurate, Reliable Temperature Readings for Highest Safety Standards​ Create a Profitable E-Shop for Your Business with My Salon Software Minister Confirms on eNCA that Salon Opening is Imminent

Come back from lockdown with a better and stronger business model. Yes, that's right. If there is one thing the lockdown has taught us it's how much we value our business. And necessity being the mother of invention there is a real opportunity to re-open with a better and stronger business model. Hair and beauty are firmly rooted in the service industry which traditionally require clients to visit our salons. So, at times when it is not convenient or, as we have seen over the past few weeks, clients are not able to come to the salon, we have "to take the salon to them". That is why MySalon has introduced 'e-shop' to its clients. The concept is by no means new and is already responsible for a phenomenal amount of retail sales across the world. The concept is simple. Most salons have a simple web-site, if not, we will help you to create one. If your current website is written in wordpess this is fairly simple to do. If not, we can create a sub-domain of your existing website using wordpress. If you do not have a functional or effective website we can create one from scratch but that is optional. The salon Client visits your web-site and shops on your e-shop, adding items to their 'basket'. Once they have finished shopping it will produce a summary of the order with the order total. Client then 'sends' the order to the salon's email address. On receipt of the order the salon creates a pro-forma invoice on My Salon Software and emails that to the client for confirmation and a request for payment. On receipt of payment the pro-forma invoice is converted to a tax invoice, the products are picked, packed and sent to the client using one of the numerous delivery options available. Alternatively clients can collect from the salon. Opportunities and benefits: For clients: – The convenience of shopping on-line with delivery to their home or place of work. If clients are not able to come to the salon then "take the salon to them". In addition to the e-shop clients are also able to make appointment requests which are forwarded to the salon's email address for action. For salons: – the opportunity to tap into hair and skin care market where products are not currently being purchased when clients are actually in the salon. An additional income stream for salons so they are not totally (75-90%) dependant on services turnover which require clients to be in the salon. An additional service to strengthen the salon's existing brand values. An ideal marketing opportunity to send regular newsletters, products releases as well as incentives for clients to request service appointments via the salon's website. The Way forward: My Salon Software has the software that can provide salons and spas with e-commerce as well as their everyday salon/spa operations. My Salon Software also has the resources and experience in setting up web-sites with e-commerce as well as client appointment requests from the salon's website to its email address. In order to survive you need to adapt to changes in the market, or die. Contact Us for more information Aletta: 064 504 6001 | aletta@mysalonsoftware.co.za Terry: 083 650 0952 | terry@mysalonsoftware.co.za You might also enjoy... My Salon Software: Grab the Lockdown Special Now​ Minister Confirms on eNCA that Salon Opening is Imminent Salon Stock Trader Launches: Convert Your Stock to Cash with Instant Sales

More positive news for the industry! In an interview on Sunday 14 June on eNCA, Small Business and Development Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni confirmed again that all protocols are in place for salons in all sectors of the beauty industry to reopen. The minister explained that the delay in publishing the safety protocols, which Government had announced would be done on Friday 5, June was caused by specific health concerns regarding the tattoo industry which forms part of this sector. Additional safety protocols will need to be put in place for this sector and these still have to be approved by the Medical Advisory Council. All other protocols are ready to be announced, both for the rest of the beauty sector (including hair salons) and also for restaurants to reopen, in what government is calling "advanced Level 3". The Minister indicated that the protocols would be approved by latest Wednesday 17 June. This is positive news for salons - if Government adheres to the Wednesday deadline, we could see salons being ready to open just a few days later. Karl Markwald of ESP and the Collective Corporation is predicting that if government keeps to their deadlines, a realistic scenario for opening may be Monday 22nd June. "Get your staff prepared and on standby ASAP. Notify your clients that opening is immenent and get your waiting list filled. Make sure your prevention of infection protocols are in place. Prepare as if you are going to battle. You cannot afford to make any mistakes. This is the lifeline we have been waiting for. Hope is renewed." Hairnews will follow with more updates asap. Once again, we would like to thank the EOHCB, Bargaining Council and UASA the Union for the endless hours that they have spent engaging with government to finalise these protocols in enough detail to satisfy the Medical Advisory Council that reopening can be done safely, and also to have prepared further with a contingency plan to enforce the reopening in court if necessary. We thank everyone who has taken the time to write and plead to Government for the speediest possible reopening, and to all those individuals who have remained positive and supportive of the efforts made by our industry organisations during this very challenging time. Hairnews will keep the industry updated asap and will publish the safety protocols as soon as they are announced. You might also enjoy... Salon Stock Trader Launches: Convert Your Stock to Cash with Instant Sales Reopening Update: EOHCB Files Court Papers, Positive News from UASA Business Insider article causes concern in industry

Industry personality Kevin Tabilo, national sales manager for Ref, recently came up with a fabulous way for the reopening pleas to be heard online. A socially distanced “peaceful protest” at shopping malls holding signs, or else publishing photos online holding signs, will help to spread awareness of the industry’s plight, and hopefully motivate Government to publish the safety protocols asap. “A movement without action is just words,” Kevin says, explaining that he is glad to be speaking out and doing something in a public platform, to help gain support and awareness for the industry’s reopening asap. “There are ways to be heard that can be done peacefully and without putting any of us in danger,” he explains. Watch the fabulous video from Shag High Voltage Hair below. Kevin is challenging other hairstylists and salons to do the same and spread the word, using the hashtags #untieourhands #when #liftthebansa #makesabeautifulagain Show us yours online! You might also enjoy... Salon Stock Trader Launches: Convert Your Stock to Cash with Instant Sales Moyoko Launches the Versatile Scalp Brush Behindthechair.com Focuses on Mental Health Tools for Hairdressers

Do you have surplus or unwanted stock or equipment, that you would like to sell or trade for cash, on a professional-only site? Watch the video for more info. Follow these easy steps to set up your Salon Stock Trader account today. How to set up your account 1. Log on to salonstocktrader.com 2. Click on "Register Account" 3. Fill out the form and submit 4. Email sent with your username and password 5. Log in and reset your password to one you will remember 6. On the home page - click on one of the following options 7. Add to your basket and checkout 8. Courier charges will display accordingly How to upload your stock for sale 1. Follow the steps to register your account as above 2. On the home page click "Load Items for Sale" 3. On the form, enter the details for sale and submit 4. There are 5 upload areas to input your product information and price 5. Remember to add your pictures of the items 6. This month use the code KKZBW3TS and don't pay any upload or admin fee Costs involved: Upload and administration 1-3 Uploads: R25.00 4-6 Uploads: R55.00 7 or more uploads: R75.00 Once off: Commission on sale of 9% Includes all marketing, advertising throughout South Africa and management of goods etc. Remember to use KKZBW3TS code to Claim your No Charge Special! Contact Details Email: info@salonstocktrader.com Whatsapp or SMS: +27 66 207 2328 Website: salonstocktrader.com You might also enjoy... Salon Stock Trader Launches: Convert Your Stock to Cash with Instant Sales Industry Engagement: Email Your Plea for Urgent Reopening to Government Today EOHCB Opening Protocols Update

Update on the industry organisations engagement with government UASA SMS On Friday 12 June, UASA sent Union members an sms update on their engagement with government, as follows: After extended and urgent discussions with Government via Fedusa regarding the pending opening of the Personal Care sector, it was positively concluded yesterday afternoon late. It is our believe that the Personal Care sector will be back in operations within 10 days, thank you for your patience. UASA management. EOHCB UPDATE ON THIS, AND COURT APPLICATION DETAILS On Thursday 11 June, EOHCB filed court papers as per their detailed statement below. On Friday 12 June, EOHCB gave their members an update on the UASA engagement as follows: Dear EOHCB member, The EOHCB wishes to reassure our members that we will continue with the court case lodged yesterday morning, until the regulations are indeed published due to a previous self imposed deadline by Government was not adhered to. We noted with satisfaction and expectation the 10 day self imposed deadline communicated by UASA The union to it's members this morning. Kind Regards, The EOHCB Team. Details on the EOHCB Court Application An application has been lodged by the attorney of the EOHCB and National Bargaining Council for Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry yesterday, 11 June 2020, in the Pretoria High Court. The purpose of the application is to: Review and set aside such parts of the Regulations published on 28 May 2020 in terms of the Disaster Act that postulates that Personal Care Services, including hairdressing, beauty treatments, make-up and nail salons and piercing and tattoo parlours, be excluded, Order to publish regulations replacing the impugned provisions to provide for Personal Care Services to be rendered during Alert Level 3, Those personal care services as defined in the scope of the Main Collective Agreement of the National Bargaining Council for Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry, may be rendered by employers, sole proprietors and employees that are registered with the National Bargaining Council for Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry, The rendering of Personal Care Services be restricted to Personal Care Services that are rendered in an establishment as defined in the scope of the National Bargaining Council for Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry and specifically excluding the informal sector Allow employers, sole proprietors and employees that are registered with the National Bargaining Council for Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry, pending the publishing of the amended regulations, be allowed to, with immediate effect, render, cause to render and be engaged in the rendering of Personal Care Services, as defined in the scope of the Main Collective Agreement of the National Bargaining Council for Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry, in establishments. It is declared that the impugned provisions: Materially and adversely effects the rights of employers, sole proprietors and employees that render personal care services, Are not rational; and Are invalid and unconstitutional and brings about an unjustified limitation of fundamental rights. The court date is scheduled for Tuesday, 23 June 2020 at 10h00. You might also enjoy... EOHCB Opening Protocols Update Business Insider article causes concern in industry Industry Engagement: Email Your Plea for Urgent Reopening to Government Today

An article published by Business Insider on Friday 12 June, stating that industry “demands June bonuses”, has caused a lot of concern in the industry. We are aware that Business Insider is being contacted with the correct facts to update this article. Below is an explanation – short summary: if you are paying your staff according to the industry’s prescribed salaries then you have no need for concern. Factual Update The main agreement and all its provisions have now been extended to non-parties. A non-party is a salon/employee/legal owner who is or is not registered with the National Bargaining Council and who has chosen not to be a member of the EOHCB or UASA the Union. When salaries for party salons/employees increased 1 Sept 2019, non-parties could not increase salaries or pay the once off ex-gratia increase in salary for the month of August 2019 because it only applied to party salons/employees. Now with the extension of the agreement to non-parties, the 2019-2020 salary increases becomes applicable and the once-off ex-gratia "bonus" payment for non-party salons/employees. If you increased salaries 1 Sept 2019 like you should have, and if you remunerate according to the prescribed salaries of the industry, the ex-gratia "bonus" was paid for August 2019 already and the extension does not apply to you. The industry will be publishing further updates on this asap. You might also enjoy... 5 Reasons Why You Should Add WELLAPLEX To Your Post-Lockdown Treatments Moyoko Launches the Versatile Scalp Brush Behindthechair.com Focuses on Mental Health Tools for Hairdressers

Our collection is based on a 1970 school yearbook. It was important to us that we made sure each image had its own individuality; just like the students in a yearbook. We achieved this by giving each model their own character and relly thought about how they would wear their hair, how they might dress and how they might feel as a woman. Hair: Sophie Gibson & Jonathan Turner, Hooker and Young Photography: Michael Young Makeup: Kirsten Baillie Styling: Clare Firth You might also enjoy... Let your New Career Landscape Be a Seascape Infra-Red Thermometers: Accurate, Reliable Temperature Readings for Highest Safety Standards Back to Business: Sagemed Safety Equipment for your Salon

WELLAPLEX is the unsung hero of many colour treatments; the little extra that makes a big difference to the quality and health of your client's hair. We love this treatment because its smart formula reduces damage and adds strength to every strand by reinforcing the hair bonds from within. To ensure clients walk out of your salon with stronger, healthier hair after their first post-lockdown service, we recommend adding WELLAPLEX to your colour services. You can even offer a WELLAPLEX treatment as a stand-alone treatment. Reasons why we recommend WELLAPLEX Reason 1: Protects and strengthens the hair during your colour services The treatment contains an exclusive technology that helps to reconstruct inner hair bonds. Mix the No1 Bond Maker with colour for better results. It's the first step of the treatment and helps to create bonds within the hair during lightening or colour services. Reason 2: Reduces breakage With its exclusive Opti pH System, WELLAPLEX ensures your client's hair stays healthy throughout all stages of the colouring process. The second step in the WELLAPLEX treatment called the No2 Bond Stabilizer further strengthens the bonds, re-balances PH. It strengthens the hair structure after a chemical treatment. Reason 3: Can have stand-alone treatment to strengthen hair WELLAPLEX is a stand-alone service as well, making this the perfect post-lockdown or between-colour-services boost for your clients. Reason 4: Leaves hair looking and feeling healthier The WELLAPLEX treatment treats hair from the inside out resulting in hair that looks well-conditioned and feels softer. Reason 5: Your client can take home a product Clients can take a little bit of this treatment home with them. They can fully benefit from the in-salon service by using the No3 Hair Stabilizer at home once a week. The home-care treatment helps to keep the hair strong, smooth, and soft until the next WELLAPLEX treatment. Bold or subtle hair changes can be made with the assurance that hair will be healthier, flexible and more manageable. We're making this our preferred post-lock down treatment. Follow Instagram | Facebook

Your clients can exfoliate, massage and shampoo with this easy to use, therapeutic brush that offers improved scalp health, relaxation and well-being, as well as saving on product. The Moyoko Professional Scalp Brush has a perfect easy grip handle to fit your client's hand comfortably. It is waterproof and requires no batteries. The soft thick silicone bristles reach areas on the scalp, not easy to reach by using fingers only. It enables deep cleansing of the hair roots and scalp with less shampoo & conditioner due to better product distribution. It removes dead scalp cells and exfoliates the scalp, easing itchiness, and reducing dandruff. Clients will enjoy a refreshing shampooing experience. The action of this amazing brush relaxes scalp muscles and reduces stress and headaches. Great for use on sensitive scalps. Stimulates blood flow to the scalp, promoting hair growth, ideal for clients who need better, healthier growth. Suitable for men, women and children. Sturdy and durable, it is easy for everyone to hold and use while massaging their scalp. It is suitable for all hair types and can be used as scalp therapy on wet or dry hair. Your clients will adore this brush and it will become an essential part of their daily haircare and cleansing routine. Order this top seller NOW for your salon! Contact Details Tel: +2711 262 2772 Email: mk@micro-keratin.com Web: www.mycro-keratin.co.za

Hairnews would like to encourage the industry to make a collective plea to government to publish the reopening protocols asap. We encourage each and every affected hairdresser to write to government TODAY with your plea for why they need to publish the reopening protocols asap. We at Hairnews feel that "first prize" is liaising directly with Government for one last push, since Government themselves have said the protocols have been finalised and are almost ready. Engaging with government is a proactive step that you can do TODAY, and having government publish the protocols immediately is the quickest way that we will be able to reopen. How to Send Your Plea: Email info@cogta.gov.za Copy ministry@economic.gov.za Copy info@hairnews.co.za In your email you can state: You are aware the protocols for hair and beauty to reopen have basically been finalised and that you would like to plead for them to be published asap. Explain your willingness to adhere to the protocols and operate safely. By all means draw comparisons with other industries of equal risk that are already open. Describe the extreme urgency of this situation and the impact that every day without work is causing, worsening the dire plight of hairdressers and salons. Emphasise to government that for all of us the first prize is to open NOW and that each day that passes without reopening means more businesses are having to close and people going hungry. Please encourage all your staff and colleagues to send the same email TODAY. Please copy Hairnews so that we have a record of the pleas. What Not to Say Please do not threaten that you will operate illegally if you cannot open. This will only indicate to the ministers that the industry is "ungovernable" and this may impact negatively on their decision to reopen hair and beauty. Please keep the email courteous and factual, do not include abuse or swearing, as some spam filters do not allow this through and we need your emails to be heard! Thank you to everyone in the industry for making this effort - let's all give a final, united push to reopen asap. Having Government agree to publish the protocols which are already finalised, will be the fastest way for us to reopen!