Social distancing nail technician gives manicures through letterbox

It was supposed to be a joke but this beautician's solution after salons were closed is so brilliant she now has a heap of customers clamouring to try it out.

A beautician shut down due to social distancing measures has invented a genius new way to still do manicures - causing her to be inundated with requests for the service.

Like beauticians in Australia, Tasleem Yasir from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been forced to shut down her salon as part of the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 40-year-old has been left devastated by the closure of her business and on Wednesday her husband Raja decided to try and cheer her up by asking her for a "letterbox manicure".

"It just came out of nowhere. He put his hands through the letterbox and shouted 'Excuse me miss, can you do my nails?'," Ms Yasir said.

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Mum-of-three Tasleem Yasir was devastated when she was forced to close her home salon due to coronavirus, but her husband Raja decided to make her laugh and ease her worries on Wednesday. Picture: Kennedy News

The mother of three went along with the joke, buffing and filing Mr Yasir's nails while their son Mohammed, 16, filmed.

"My husband is very patient to let me do his nails. He was quite impressed with the manicure," Ms Yasir said.

"He always tries to cheer me up. In life I've been through quite a lot anyway, so he always tries to make me laugh."

Mohammed later posted the video online where it quickly went viral with plenty of people seeing the funny side.

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As Mr Yasir was clearing the couple's driveway, he cheekily stuck his fingers through the letterbox and shouted 'excuse me miss, can you do my nails?' to his wife. Picture: Kennedy News

Video of the joke manicure was posted online and went viral. Picture: Kennedy News

But it also resulted in plenty of offers for Ms Yasir to offer the service in real life - something she says she won't do for safety reasons.

“Everyone is loving it and it's making them laugh. All my friends are stressed about their nails and eyelashes,” Ms Yasir said.

“I was very, very upset that my business is completely shut down. I do everything apart from hair - spray tans, lashes, brows, make up.

“My clients were all at a bit of loose end. I've had them all messaging me asking them to do that for them.

Despite messages begging her to offer the letterbox service Ms Yasir said she wouldn’t offer it for real for safety reasons. Picture: Kennedy News

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“I just made it so it'll make people laugh. Everyone online seems sad. My customers actually believed I was doing it and tried to book an appointment.

“I'm getting requests from all over the place but I don't want to put myself or the kids at risk of coronavirus.”

Ms Yasir now plans to make another video to make people laugh - as long as she can persuade her husband to take part.

“I'm having lots of messages from people saying, ‘This is hilarious’ or ‘You've made me laugh’,” she said.

“Now I'm thinking of doing an eyelashes video too. I'm trying to figure out how to convince my husband to be my model again.”