We're on a roll! On the 7th Day of our 2024 SALON TODAY 200, we introduce you to the honorees in two categories--technology and environmental sustainability. These tech-savvy honorees leverage the latest tools to automate and streamline their processes and communications, while green-minded honorees, including April Wetzel of Sunbeam Studio in Louisville, Colorado, make strategic decisions that better the world around them.
In a world where everyone is rushing to make an environmental claim, the various terms can seem interchangeable, but they're not. Using them incorrectly, and your business can be accused of greenwashing. James Alba, owner of the B-Hive Organic Salon is here to help you keep your green terms straight.
by James Alba, Owner of B-Hive Organic Salon and Founder of The Salon Movement
After battling health issues, Kelley Swing was determined to open an environmentally sustainable, organic salon. Her resulting Head Case Hair Studio has tapped into a growing demographic.
Service providers make a salon successful, but flooding a business with as many people as possible is not an option, especially post-Covid. So how can a salon maximizing space ensuring it generates income without squashing in the people? Donna Rodrigue, owner of Casa Verde in Albuquerque, has done it by jettisoning a laundry room.
For owner Amy Roland the mission to become a sustainable salon is a journey, and the pace is less important than the fact that the salon is continuing to improve.
The most water-guzzling activity in the salon after laundry is perming, so we continue our series on the Labor of Laundry with a look at a partnership between Sustain Beauty Co and Curl Cult, this has managed to slash water consumption and reduce waste.
A third of salon energy costs can revolve around heating water, but that cost to you varies widely depending on where you live. Check the map and see how you net out.
