Jaira's salon appeared on the channel 12 news at 10 pm tonight, March 19th, 2009 to voice their opinion on the Ban on Brazilian Wax. Please join us in the fight to legalize Brazilian waxing by going on www.brazilianbikiniwax.org and following the instructions on the page. ...
A few pesky hairs still need to be plucked before the Brazilian wax is clean of controversy in the Garden State, a New Jersey salon-owners' group said yesterday.
Amid green and yellow balloons and signs emblazoned with the motto "Legalize Brazilian Waxing," about two dozen women and a few men gathered in Jaira's Salon in Middlesex County last night to discuss unfinished business in the waxing saga.
"The ban is not lifted. It's not off," said Rosemary Weiner, chairwoman of the Association of Salon and Spa Professionals in New Jersey (ASSPNJ). "It's the end of the story, unless we do something."
The Daily News reported March 13 that the state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling had proposed to ban genital waxing in New Jersey's spas and salons. The board claimed the procedure was already illegal but never spelled out in the regulations.
On Friday, reacting to growing dissent from salon owners and customers, New Jersey Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman rejected the board's proposal and asked it "to begin an immediate review of the training necessary to safely provide this service, and to establish appropriate protocols and safeguards."
Szuchman also recommended that the board not enforce the law banning Brazilian waxes. That's great, Weiner said, but unless genital, back and chest waxing are added to the law as a permitted procedure before April 25, salons will be liable regardless of Szuchman's stance.
"It's still illegal until the law is changed," Weiner said. "You will not be covered if a claim arises."
New Jersey statutes allow waxing of the face, neck, arms, legs and abdomen, making waxing of any other body part illegal. The 200-member ASSPNJ sent the board a position paper suggesting how statutes should be tweaked to include Brazilian, back and chest waxing.
The board read that paper earlier this month and rejected the association's position and planned to ban genital waxing when the new legislation takes effect April 25. The board cited public safety for the ban, saying that two women injured by Brazilian waxes had come forward with complaints. One of them filed a lawsuit.
Feuza Reis, director of marketing at Jaira's Salon, urged the small crowd to visit www. brazilianbikiniwax.org to sign and send petitions to the state. The cosmetology board meets in Newark on April 14.
Umbelina Santos, president of the Brazilian American United Association in Newark, said North Jersey's Brazilian community is in an uproar over the issue.
"The waxing started in Brazil," she told the crowd, in Portuguese. "Men and women both get waxed. We cannot let people make a negative interpretation."
Meanwhile yesterday, the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced it would put up a billboard in New Jersey featuring a bikini line that clearly hasn't seen wax or scissors in months.
The billboard's proposed slogan - "Fur Trim. Unattractive." - is meant to remind New Jersey residents and lawmakers "that fur-related hazards aren't restricted to personal grooming," PETA said in a news release.
PETA believes the ban should instead be placed on clothing and accessories made with fur.
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