Corby stylist dying to get back to hair business

Stacey Fotheringham will be back at work next week after the school run
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A Corby hairdresser has vowed to get her clients' hair back to looking its best after some have not had a professional cut for seven months.

Stacey Fotheringham, a self-employed stylist, has spent the last 13 months working in Morrisons, Corby, as her business had to close for a total of nearly ten months due to Covid restrictions.

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She will re-open to clients at 9.30am on Monday, April 12, after another lay-off with customers just as keen to get back to the salon to tame their unruly lockdown locks.

Hairdresser Stacey FotheringhamHairdresser Stacey Fotheringham
Hairdresser Stacey Fotheringham

She said: "I'll welcome the lovely Joy back to my salon. I've got new equipment including scissors, and a new hairdryer. Before Christmas I tried to get through as many clients as possible so the old ones did quite a bit of work.

"I'm sure I'll come across quite a few dodgy fringes where people have had a go but my clients haven't any box dyes."

Stacey has been keeping in contact with her loyal customers on Facebook but her first customer under the new lockdown-eased rules will not be able to have her hair coloured.

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As the restrictions are only eased on the Monday morning, clients wanting to lose their grey roots will have to wait two days for a skin test to ensure there's no reaction to dyes.

She said: "Because we can only open on the 12th, my first clients can have their skin test but not the colouring. I will shampoo, cut and blow dry but the colour for them will have to wait.

"We have to do a 48-hour skin reaction test. The immune system changes all the time and what with Covid, vaccinations and the natural changes we always do a test."

Stacey has booked in three customers or her first day back and since some have not visited her salon since October, she is looking forward to catching up.

She added: "We're not going to go grey gracefully round here. It's been such a long time. I've kept in contact and I can't wait to see them."

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