Reporting unsanitary MA's and hairdressers. How?

[Korms]

Not sure if this is the appropriate forum. I had a pretty horrible experience at a gross makeover studio this weekend and need some advice.

To cut a long story short, the place I went to doesn't use diposable makeup applicators for items such as mascara and the MA's didn't sanitize anything between clients aside from wiping the odd brush with a tissue. The hairbrushes had other people shed hair in them, and it's possible it had been there for more than a day as I was first in!

I want to report them because it was gross and some poor soul could end up with any manner of infections from the dirty tools they were using. Is there a Government agency that deals with this sort of stuff in the UK? I've done a bit of Googling but haven't found anyone I could report this to. I was thinking along the lines of the Health and Safety Executive but they seem to deal more with employee safety rather than that of the consumer.

 

[Beauty Mark]

In the US at least, hair stylists have to be licensed. Is there some kind of licensing board for that?

 

[abbey_08]

i think you can report then to trading standards for breaching health and safety?

 

[Kayteuk]

UK health and saftey, it should be ruled by your local council.
Call 118 118 and ask for "your council" health and standards.
You will then have to file a report and they go and investigate it, I would definitly report them.

Which make up studio was it if you dont mind me asking?

 

[uh_oh_disco]

I wish I had known there was a way to report them. I did work experience at a hair dressers who didn't wash a single towel for an entire week. I just got told to put them in the dryer and when I asked about washing them they didn't say a thing 0_o Plus the combs/ brushes were all padded with hair. It was so disgusting. By time I left it was probably one of the cleanest in the UK haha.

 

[abbey_08]

euuuuuuuw @ not washing towells...thats DISGUSTING!!!

and the brushes! what if there was a rogue flea!!!