Beauty salons to wait it out

WITH massage, facial and spa centres restricted from operating, owners have resigned to staying home while keeping their fingers crossed until they can reopen.

Facial spa assistant Lina Lim, 25, who operates from a centre in Jalan Helang, Gelugor, in Penang, said now that they have to close centres and cancel all bookings, they can only stay home and wait it out.

“For now, it is still okay because we did receive customers when we were open before lockdown but the coming impact will definitely be strong.

“As we will have to close until the lockdown is over, we will definitely feel the pressure later on when we have to pay for the rental and stocks that we have ordered.

“And as many customers’ appointments fixed before this have to be pushed back, we are expecting a tough time ahead, ” she…