Salonists and hair stylists across Southern California breathed a sigh of relief after Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted the region’s mandatory stay-at-home orders on Jan. 25, but the small business owners told The Epoch Times that they were confused by the timing of the announcement. Newsom lifted the order based on decreasing hospitalization and ICU rates throughout the region, which will still be restricted by the regulations of the “purple” tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. “Now we are in that purple tier for those vast majority of counties means restaurants can open for outdoor dining with modifications, [and] nail [and] hair salons can open with modifications,” Newsom said. California salons have been eagerly awaiting guidance to reopen. When the stay-at-home orders were first implemented in March 2020, salons were forced to close completely; by the summer, they could reopen to partial services outdoors until additional stay-at-home orders …