We have so much love for stylists and salons who make a difference in the lives of people or the world and we like to make sure they get the attention they deserve. Hustle + Heart Salon in Duluth, Minnesota is a perfect example of creating beautiful hair for clients, while committing to keep the earth beautiful, too.
Owner Jessica Mattevi with stylists Ava, Sam & Cerina. Photo: @thevividagencyminnesota
This eco luxury salon prides itself on being sustainable and reducing its impact on Lake Superior, so it stays clean for generations to come. Hustle + Heart Salon makes being eco-friendly a priority, incorporating large and small changes to their business to ensure a high level of sustainability.
Natural light enters the salon's large floor-to-ceiling windows to illuminate the area, while many plants promote a calm space with clean, naturally filtered air. Hustle + Heart Salon is part of Green Circle Salon which means it recycles 95% of its beauty waste each year to be turned into things, like commercial insulation, bicycles and storm water filtration. A shampoo and conditioner refill bar allows clients to bring back their shampoo and conditioner bottles to be refilled for 15% off. This keeps hundreds of bottles a year out of landfills.
Hustle + Heart Salon uses biodegradable towels and haircare products made with natural, simple formulations. This environmentally friendly salon also cleans with non-toxic products, makes coffee with reusable K-cups and offers guests beverages in glass cups. Their distributors ship packages with soy packing peanuts that disintegrate in water.
Prioritizing sustainability is a choice and any salon can choose, just like Hustle + Heart Salon, to make an effort wherever possible to help protect the earth.
Here are a few tips to help make your Salon more eco-friendly!
Use & sell haircare products that have a No Animal Testing label & don’t include animal-derived ingredients
If offering keratin treatments, make sure they’re truly formaldehyde-free
Dye hair with ammonia-free hair color
Use refillable product containers for in-salon products, including bar shampoos, conditioners & styling products
Stock salon stations with eco-friendly bamboo brushes & hair dryers
Decorate your salon with sustainable/repurposed decor
Switch to biodegradable towels and/or only wash salon towels when needed
Incorporate LED lighting to lower energy consumption up to 75%
Check plumbing regularly to catch any leaks early to avoid wasting water
Encourage your team to be mindful of water consumption and energy saving practices
Have any more tips on how to make a salon more eco-friendly? Or know a salon that is already committed to sustainability? Let us know in the comments!
