Salon and spa Coverage

Dream big, help people: Eyelash artist and esthetician brings self-care to Garner

When it comes to helping women feel beautiful, Tiffany Longs does it all

Jessica Patrick, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

Woman opens eyelash boutique and facial spa in Garner

Eyelashes, spa treatments and even henna tattoos -- when it comes to helping women feel beautiful, Tiffany Longs does it all. Now she finally has her own salon where she can help clients discover their inner beauty, too.

Auroraflow provides inclusive spa experience in Durham, safe space for LGBTQ+ community

Auroraflow offers a new kind of spa experience in Durham, providing a safe space for people to relax and heal.

Delaney Eyermann, WRAL multiplatform producer

Little shop of horrors: Sinister Cuts combines hair and horror

Co-owners Brittany Schultz and Holly Brockman decided to combine two of their favorite things and open Sinister Cuts, a horror-themed barber shop in Fayetteville.

Delaney Eyermann, WRAL multiplatform producer

Medical spa opening new locations in Cary, Chapel Hill

OVME (pronounced "of me") has opened in Chapel Hill. The spa offers B-12 shots, IV hydration therapies, Botox, fillers and a variety of facials.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL lifestyle editor

All-volunteer hair salon helping cancer patients

Volunteers at a hair salon are coming together to help cancer patients.

Gift Guide: 5 wellness gift ideas to help you chill out in 2022

These are some fantastic ideas to treat yourself or to ask the Santa in your life to get you this holiday season.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL lifestyle editor

New kid-friendly hair salon to open in north Raleigh

Sharkey's Cuts for Kids is coming to north Raleigh this fall.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Pelosi on salon visit: 'It was a setup'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to criticism over a solo hair salon visit in San Francisco at a time when California businesses are limited by concern over coronavirus.

Sam and Bill's salon greets customer deluge with a smile behind the mask

At Sam and Bill's Hair Designs in Raleigh, they are booked solid at 50% capacity, and everyone wears a mask.

Salon just starting out working to recover after coronavirus pandemic

WRAL's Joe Fisher spoke with employees and the owner of an Apex salon which barely opened before having to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. They have reopened and are practicing social distancing.

Apex salon paid employees through closure, now thrilled to be back open

Young businesses are particularly threatened by the pandemic because they don't necessarily have the savings to carry them through.

Joe Fisher, WRAL multimedia journalist

NC salon turns away poultry plant workers

A North Carolina salon won't provide haircuts to any workers from a nearby Tyson poultry plant after a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility.

Expect changes, new rules at hair salon

After a two month shutdown, many states, including North Carolina, are now allowing hair salons to reopen. Consumer reporter John Matarese shows us the changes to expect.

Hair salons busy in Phase 2

A long line gathered outside the Sports Clips in North Hills mall on Sunday.

Long waits to continue as salons, barbershops reopen

With salons and barbershops reopening for the first time, there's a big demand for haircuts.

People needing haircuts excited salons can reopen

Salons quickly booked up appointments weeks in advance after being allowed to reopen for the first time since late March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some salon owners upset, others relieved at Durham order delaying reopenings

While other locations across the state can begin opening salons and barbershops on Friday, Durham is going in a different direction.

Leslie Moreno, WRAL multimedia journalist

Durham salons have mixed reaction to further delay in reopening

WRAL's Leslie Moreno spoke with salon owners who are both upset and relieved about Durham's decision to wait until June 1 to reopen.

Spike in virus cases prompts Durham officials to delay restaurant, salon openings

While Gov. Roy Cooper announced the next phase of a statewide plan for a gradual return to public life, Durham is taking a more cautious approach.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter

Pandemic hairstyles will soon be gone

North Carolina salon owners are ready to welcome customers back after being closed for more than seven weeks during the coronavirus pandemic.

Haircuts OK, workouts not under scaled-back Phase 2

Pete Phipps, the owner of Arrow Haircuts, and Doug Warf, vide president of O2 Fitness, provide different perspectives on the scaled-back move into the second stage of the state's three-part plan to resume business and social activities during the pandemic,

Salons, spas and gyms taking extra steps to keep customers safe

Salons, spas and gyms are taking extra steps to keep customers safe.

Restaurants, salons, pools can reopen this weekend, but gyms, bars cannot

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that North Carolina will enter the second stage of a three-part plan to resume business and social activities during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, but earlier plans for the stage have been scaled back.

Adam Owens, Keely Arthur, Kacey Cunningham and Nia Harden, WRAL reporters

Senate leader calls for restaurants, salons to reopen

Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger called on Gov. Roy Cooper to grant counties local flexibility to reopen hair salons and barbershops, and to allow restaurants to provide dine in service at reduced capacity.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, & Kirsten Gutierrez, WRAL reporter