Makeup service at nursing home before "Combine Day" September 4th 4:02

September 4th is called “Combine Day”. Prior to this, a senior citizen's home in Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, held an event for senior citizens to enjoy their fashion.

“Combine Day” was established in 1978 by an organization created by hairdressers and beauty product manufacturers, and various events are held every year around September 4.

On the 3rd, 12 hairdressers from all over Ibaraki Prefecture went to a nursing home in Hitachiota City, and volunteers set up makeup and hair for about 100 elderly people who used the facility and adjacent nursery school children. .

The hairdresser applies foundation to the elderly, draws eyebrows and lipsticks, and the elderly look in the mirror with their makeup in the mirror and smile when they are complimented by the staff at the facility. It was.

The nursery school children draw illustrations of hairstyles that they want to set, such as anime characters and princesses, and when the hairdresser finishes the hairstyles as requested using colored wax or hair irons, the children Was pleased to take pictures with friends.

A woman in her 90s who received makeup services said, “I feel very clean and feel good. I will live long.”

As a volunteer hairdresser Anna Moriya said, “I'm glad that everyone was pleased. I want you to enjoy fashion in the future because it will change your mind with makeup.”