Identity verified
A government photo ID matched to a live selfie, so the person you meet is the person on the profile.
SAFETY & VERIFICATION
Anyone near her hair
should earn it.
This is the standard we are holding BOND Live to before it opens: identity, background, license, insurance, skills and child-safety training for every stylist and educator, and a parent in the room. Screening hasn’t started yet, and we’ll say so plainly until it has.
SimoneCoily and curly hair · gentle detanglingBOND Verified · Sample
- Identity verified
- Background check
- License confirmed
- Insured
- Skills reviewed
- Child-safety training
Sample profile. Simone is not a real professional and no one has been screened yet. BOND Live is not open. See her sample profile on BOND Pro.
THE SIX PROPOSED CHECKS
Before anyone
meets your daughter.
Our standard: every check required. If one is missing, expires or comes back with a concern, the profile isn’t shown to families. A screening partner, the legal process and the app tools behind this are still being set up.
Background check
A criminal records search with the professional’s written consent, including the national sex offender registry and county and federal records, to be run by an accredited, FCRA-compliant screening company we have not yet chosen. Planned to repeat every year.
License confirmed
Where the state requires a cosmetology or barber license, we will confirm it is active with the state board.
Insured
Proof of liability insurance for in-home and salon services, to be kept current.
Skills reviewed
A portfolio and a short live demonstration on the hair types they list, to be reviewed by an experienced stylist.
Child-safety training
Planned BOND training on consent, comfort breaks, tender scalps and how to work with a parent in the room.
DURING EVERY SESSION
The rules
we’re building to.
The standard for every professional, every format, every time. Some depend on app features that aren’t built yet, and each one says so.
A parent stays
The standard: a parent or guardian is present for every in-home visit and every video session, and a professional is never alone with a child.
Everything stays in BOND
Booking, messages and video are planned to happen in the BOND app, between the professional and the parent. The standard is that professionals never message a child directly.
Her comfort leads
She can ask for a break or to stop at any time, and the professional stops. No one is pressured to finish a style.
No recording without a yes
The plan: sessions are not recorded unless the parent says yes, and photos of her stay private unless you share them. Recording controls are not built yet.
Check in, check out
Home visits are planned to start and end with a check-in in the app, so you know who arrived and when they left.
Report anything, anytime
In-app reporting is planned, with a person reviewing every report and the option to pause a professional while it is looked into. Until BOND Live opens, tell us through BOND Help. In an emergency, call 911.
HOW A PROFESSIONAL JOINS
From application
to BOND Verified.
The planned path. BOND Pro applications open before BOND Live does, and no one will skip a step.
- ApplyExperience, services, hair types and where they work.
- VerifyIdentity, background check, license and insurance.
- Show their skillPortfolio and a live demonstration, reviewed by a stylist.
- TrainChild-safety and comfort-first training.
- Go liveA BOND Verified profile, visible to dads.
- Stay verifiedPlanned yearly re-checks, reviews from real sessions only, and a review if anything is reported.
PEOPLE YOU INVITE
Grandma isn’t
background-checked.
The Village are family and friends you choose, like Grandma Joan for Saturday’s pickup. BOND doesn’t screen them, so we show that clearly and give them only the access you pick, only for as long as you need. When BOND Live opens, only screened professionals will carry the BOND Verified badge; people you invite never will.
How The Village works · Check a helper yourselfSOMETHING FEELS WRONG?
Something feels off?
Tell us.
Use BOND Help to reach the team. A staffed safety desk and in-app reporting are planned for BOND Live; neither runs yet, so don’t wait on us in an emergency. Call 911 first. BOND is not an emergency service.
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