Eco-Friendly Practices

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10 Ways to Make Your Salon More Green

by NAILS MAGAZINE

Start a simple green program in your salon, then promote it to your clients.

Wellness

Good to Go Greening: Minimize Your Carbon Footprint While Traveling

by Shel Pink, SpaRitual

Vacations are the time to cut loose and kick up our heels, and welcome the break from our usual routine. Just remember to bring the best of your eco-consciousness with you when you prepare to travel.

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Skin and Nail Treatments

Nailtural

Nailtural is an eco-friendly line that uses organic ingredients.

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SpaRitual Plum Retail Bags

Sparitual

Retail Bags and Signature Tissue

Wellness

Fluent Extra-Strength Conditioning Lacquer Remover

Sparitual

SpaRitual now offers Fluent Extra-Strength Conditioning Lacquer Remover in an economical liter bottle.

Technique

Biodegradable Toe Separators

Toezeez

Toezeez are individual, biodegradable toe separators that are easy to use and earth-friendly.

Wellness

Turning Belief Into Action

by SpaRitual

Like the Lotus drawing nourishment from deep roots and reaching upward into the light, the eco-beauty movement is growing.

Wellness

Organic Fiji’s Coral Sea Salt Body Polish uses certified organic coconut oil, Fijian coral sea salts, and nine other essential oils to eliminate dead skin cells while protecting and moisturizing skin.

Wellness

Go Green Light [17 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Salon’s Carbon Footprint]

by Sree Roy

Think you can’t go green with your salon? Think again. The trendy “green lite” movement takes environmentalism to a do-able level, providing you with small — but effective — ways to do your part in helping the environment.

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Business

Just Say "WOW"

by Michelle Pratt

A good manicure or pedicure should make clients feel special and pampered. Some services push the boundaries in terms of techniques, ingredients, and price to make them exceptional. Take a look at these services that go above and beyond.

Educator Molly Grey (left) poses with Bonnie Canavino.

Industry News

GSA Green Spa Academy Holds an Opening

by Staff

In September, GSA Green Spa Academy welcomed guests to its Grand Beginnings Celebration, where it showcased both Red Cherry Group’s Ayuroma Organic Body and Skin Care and Spa Specifics’ Organic Hands, Feet and Body Care product lines. Guests enjoyed demonstrations of advanced Ayurvedic, Asian, and North American organic spa treatments.

Business

Going for the Green: Eco-Conscious Salons

by Sree Roy

Salons have always been centered around a beauty philosophy — but what happens when salons extend that outlook to include Mother Earth? As green salons pop up all over the country, find out what this trend means to you.

Business

Spa Spin: How To Amp Up Your Menu

by Erin Barajas

You may not look around your salon or nail station and think "spa." And you may not look in the mirror and see a publicist. But chances are your services are just as luxurious, relaxing, and satisfying as those at the spa down the street-your clients just wouldn't know it by reading your menu. Here we show you how to spruce up the language to make your services sound as good as they are.