NYC's 6 Best Environmentally Friendly Hair & Beauty Salons
With spring almost upon us, it's time to come out of hibernation and rejuvenate. Want to take your environmentally-friendly lifestyle to the next level? These are six environmentally friendly beauty spots in the city, using green products and practices that will leave you glowing. By Carina Cruz.
More: NYC's 12 Best Salons For A Budget Haircut
We love the seasonal treatments at Sweet Lily's, like their Lemon Vodka pedicure. The lemon helps remove dead skin cells and the vodka is a natural antiseptic they use to cleanse your feet. Have a 'green' girlfriend? This beauty spot also offers environmentally friendly bath products and gifts.
More: The 10 Best Mani-Pedi Deals In NYC
Evolution features treatments like a deep steam moisture treatment for your hair and a coconut moisturizing manicure. Their staff even provides information on how to keep up your hair with Eco-friendly tips. They provide non-toxic, organic products. And they make it easy - book your appointment online.
More: NYC's 6 Best Eco-Chic Clothing Boutiques
More than a quick stop for a haircut, this spa turns beauty into an experience. Their treatments use natural ingredients like tropical nut oils, fig, coffee, lemon, and olive stones and make use of plant and marine-based ingredients found in brands like Dr. Alkaitis, Jurlique, and Naturopathica. Waiting on your haircut or beauty treatment? Visit their juice bar while you wait.
You won't get a perm or your hair relaxed at this salon because they don't use any chemical treatments. At John Masters, all of the products have the USDA organic seal. All hair color is herb - or clay-based and ammonia-free. For those of us with sensitive skin, this is a plus.
In the heart of the East Village, this quaint salon is all about green initiatives. Delivering eco-conscious hair treatments and color, Swing's treatments are done with modern, organic products.
Powered by wind energy, this quiet, small, two-chair salon takes green to the next level. They are not only wind powered, they also solely use green cleaning products and recycled paper products.
