Jessica Holihan and Heidi Quigley laughed on screen as they got settled for a video interview with the News last week; when the call started, Holihan popped on her face mask — then quickly whipped it back off.
“Oops — forgot I didn’t need a mask!” she said, prompting laughter from both women.
Holihan and Quigley held the grand opening for their new hair salon and massage parlor, H&H Studios — so named for “Heidi” and “Holihan” — on Oct. 24. Holihan’s knee-jerk mask reaction can probably be chalked up to the pair’s adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols since opening: only one or two hair and massage customers at a time, no sitting in the waiting room, thorough sanitizing between customers and masks for everyone.
“It’s a whole process,” Quigley said. “We’ll open the doors for people when they come in, and they think we’re being nice — that’s part of it — but we also don’t want them…
