Unique store! This ＂online celebrity＂ barber shop runs these projects.

　　Cctv newsBarbershops are the first batch of private economic activities approved after Cuba liberalized its private economy. From the beginning, it was only allowed to open stores in its own frontispiece and not to hire employees, to allow renting state houses and hiring employees, and now to liberalize the scale of barbershops and integrate business licenses, Cuba’s private barbershops have undergone tremendous changes in scale, environment, services and technology. So, what is the private barber shop in Cuba today? What services are provided? We visited a "online celebrity" barber shop in Havana.

　　A densely populated area in Havana, the capital of Cuba, brings together supermarkets, vegetable markets, restaurants, pharmacies and other important living and shopping places.

　　As soon as you enter the door, you can smell a strong aroma of coffee. The exquisite decoration here and these lovely or contemporary decorations make people feel that they want to come in and have a look and sit down for a cup of coffee even if they don’t need a haircut. In the past, barbershops in Cuba only provided one service, and even men and women had to go to men’s barbershops and women’s barbershops respectively to get their hair cut. The biggest feature of this store is that the sparrow is small and complete, and all the beauty and hairdressing projects are gathered together, so that customers can enjoy a number of different services in this store.

　　This barber shop provides many hairdressing services such as hair cutting, perm dyeing, hair braiding, manicure, eyebrow tattoo, tattoo, makeup and beauty treatment. Each service has a special area, and the shop is clean and tidy.

　　Youanka is the owner of a barber shop. She rented this house from the state four years ago and started her business. According to the national policy at that time, self-employed individuals can only operate one activity when applying for a business license, so Youanka needs to apply for special business licenses for services such as men’s haircut, women’s haircut and manicure. Since the new regulations on the management of private economy were formally implemented in December 2018, the state has integrated private economic activities, bringing convenience to private economic practitioners.

Barber shop owner Youanka

　　Barber shop owner YouankaAs a barber, I had to apply for seven licenses before I could open such a comprehensive beauty salon. Now I only need a license to provide seven or eight services.

　　This shop has some equipment that is hard to see in other barbershops in Cuba, such as this equipment for dyeing hair, and these equipment for beauty, massage, eyebrow tattoo and tattoo are not common in Cuba, and the products used in this shop are mostly imported from abroad.

　　With advanced equipment and unique service, it can naturally attract a large number of customers. It is understood that there are 50 to 80 customers here on average every day, most of whom are foreign customers, including customers from China. The prices of various services range from $3 to tens of dollars. Because the hairdressers and beauticians in the store are experienced and trained professionals, and the service quality and customer experience are highly satisfactory, this store has become famous for its good reputation, and now it has become the local "online celebrity" barber shop.

　　Now the business of this small shop is booming, and the boss is full of confidence in the future development. She told reporters that she hopes that their team will become stronger and stronger, and that the beauty salon industry will play an increasingly important role in Cuba’s private economic activities.