The Bad Side of Natural Hair Care

As a stylist behind the chair in a low-tox hair salon, I get to style a variety of crunchy gals. Many of them are drawn to our clean, toxin free apothecary options for haircare. Some lean on the advice of well-intentioned social media influencers for how to naturally care for their mane. I would like to address some of the misinformation I have heard being spread, as natural does not always equal safe and effective.

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Does Going Zero Waste Seem Daunting? Try Sorting Properly First

Most of us do not live a perfect zero waste life. It can be really daunting to try eliminating all the plastic from our lives. Since it is Earth Month, I wanted to take the time to discuss one of the ways we can start to make an impact with the waste that we do produce, and that is learning to sort it properly.

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Choosing to live mindfully, and how it led me on a journey toward zero waste

Zero waste living. Are you already intimidated? For a lot of us, myself included, we hear the words zero waste lifestyle and immediately check out. Nope, not for me, too hard. That was my mentality for sure. It sounded impossible to suddenly give up every habit I had picked up as a consumer and swap out what I was used to for something totally different. What I didn’t realize until I really started doing my homework, was that I had already started my journey toward zero waste totally by accident.

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