Simple Swaps For a More Sustainable Salon

The beauty business can be one of the most challenging industries to make sustainable. With so many chemicals, unrecyclable waste and endless accessories being used, it can feel tough to know where you can make improvements within your salon.

Luckily, as a business proud of our eco-friendly products and delivery, we can help with tips to make your salon an environment that leaves as little negative impact on our planet as possible.

Reduce, Reuse and Radically Recycle

The beauty industry is often not so beautiful in dealing with its waste. Through little fault of its own, the beauty sector contributes to 120 billion units of packaging a year, with most unrecyclable. This leads to no surprise that owning a beauty salon will come with its own excessive waste.

So how do you combat your waste issues responsibly?

Unfortunately, most local councils will not accept used foils, chemical waste from dyes, disposable towels or hair. Due to the contamination, removing these products from dirt and substances that would prevent reuse would take both time and money they may not have spare.

Thankfully with Salon Sustainability, all these items can be sent off for cleaning and made for use elsewhere. They can clean products such as aluminium foils and give them new life as tin cans and other recycled materials through their efficient processes, reducing the amount going to landfills and decreasing the need for raw materials needed for manufacturing.

As a salon owner or industry professional, you can order as you need, or by signing up for their subscription services, you can save money and the environment. You will receive a space-saving recycle bin, and once the container is full you can order one of their return boxes. Then with a quick email or text, they will organise for a courier to collect the materials, often the next day.

As a hair salon supplies distributor in the UK business, we are proud to showcase our commitment to providing environmentally friendly products and services and have partnered with Salon Sustainability to offer all our customers a discount for their services. In addition, 100% of the profit from these services gets put back into Hair and Beauty Benevolent; a charity set up to assist hairdressers through difficult times, from financial assistance to re-training. Their information is available on our sustainability page on our website.

Convert Your Products to Vegan and Eco-Friendly Products

From changing a diet to an entire lifestyle, becoming vegan is not only good for the environment but can benefit your client’s hair, making the swap can help ensure products do not hurt living creatures and help your client’s hair look amazing.

As mentioned, packaging contributes to a large portion of the industry’s waste; plastic containers, plastic shipping wrappers and even the plastic film preventing the product from leaking. All plastic. Plastic that mostly ends up in landfills, damaging our green planet. With our products, you can guarantee that all materials and ingredients are produced with the mindfulness of reducing wasteful plastic.

Our incredible range of cruelty-free hair products are mostly vegan, and many of them choose to use recycled material for their bottles and containers. Instead of raw materials, they opt for PCR (Post-Consumer Resin) packaging, which means that a large portion of the material is made from recycled plastic. PCR is both cost-effective to produce whilst still being kind to the environment.

Many of our products also ensure they do not use parabens. Parabens are a substance that has been linked to affecting the hormonal disruption within females and can be harmful in large quantities. Although the amounts on the current market have been deemed safe by the FDA, take the extra step for your clients by choosing vegan products.

We believe the most significant reason most salons choose not to convert their product is confidence in not only the performance of the products but also the fragrnces. As a supplier of high-quality products, all of our goods have been ethically tested to ensure we only provide the best for our clients and customers, with great smelling product that work.

Work With Eco-Friendly Brands

We partner with brands we trust to have the planet’s future at the forefront of their products. Choosing to do this as a salon can ensure that you only receive quality products from responsible professional hair care brands.

Nine Yards – Nine Yards has a product for most hair types, so whether you struggle with greasy, flat or frizzy hair, they’ll have something for you. They provide 100% vegan products, and their packaging stands out from the crowd. They pride themselves on being different whilst still holding the environment close to heart, with products like their award-winning shampoo and conditioner.

EveryGreen – Their products are made with plant-based extracts, and like their Colour Protect Mask BACKBAR, they come with 100% recyclable plastics. They have been farmed organically to bring you a product that works and comes with beautiful fragrances.

As a trustworthy brand for sustainability, we have a great range of products that are both cruelty-free and friendly to our planet from a range of fantastic brands.