Dubai salon staff face penalties for providing home services without permit

Dubai: Salon employees in Dubai have been warned against providing home services unless they are permitted to do so.

Staff members of beauty parlours can attract penalties from both the Dubai Municipality and the economic department {Dubai Economy} if they are caught violating this rule, a senior official told Gulf News on Wednesday.

In notices posted at salons and women’s beauty centres, the municipality’s Public Health and Safety Department has warned the employees about the consequences of providing home services and using substances that cause burns to the skin, including black henna.

Reda Hassan Salman, director of the department, said employees of beauty salons can provide home service only if they have received a separate permit for that from the economic department.

“The provision of providing mobile services and home services requires a separate permit. Those who have this permit have the readiness and training for providing services outside the salons. In other cases, there can be no assurance about the quality of service and standard of hygiene.”

He said customers should know that they are seeking home services at their own risk.

“The responsibility lies on people who call for such services whether for nail or hair services or anything. We have to tell them that it is always better to have these services in the salon since they are always inspected.”

The municipality said it has provided a team of qualified staff to monitor women’s salons and all consumer products used in salons.

“If beauty centres use black henna or any unapproved products, the products will immediately be withdrawn and a fine of Dh2,000 will be issued. If the action is repeated, the beauty centre will be closed temporarily,” the municipality’s warning posted on social media read.

Black henna was already banned by the municipality and such warnings are repeatedly issued to spread awareness, said Salman.

Separately, inspectors also confiscated 69 toys not conforming to specifications. Some of them contain carcinogens and heavy toxic elements that are harmful for children.

Salman said most of the toys were seized for not complying with the labelling rules. He said the list of confiscated toys will be updated on the municipality’s website — www.dm.gov.ae