Your salon expenses are set to go up from May 1, as the Salon and Beauty Parlour Association has decided to hike prices by up to 50 per cent in view of the losses incurred during the pandemic. Salons with skilled workers will hike the price by 50 per cent while those with unskilled workers, i.e. those without certification, will hike the price by 30 per cent, as per the union meeting on Monday. 

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdowns led to shutting down of a majority of industries, including salon and beauty parlours. In fact, workers across the state had staged protests, demanding that the government allow them to operate. Many small salons also had to close business as they could not afford rent and salary of workers.