Responsible Beauty: Tips and Tales from an Eco Salon

Deanna and Ashley host local plant guru ,Maryann, owner of Plants and Ponytails in Hanover, Ma. Find out how she went from a 9-5 to opening her own adorable plant store, while connecting with local women and running a kick ass Instagram page. Get some education on plant energetics and a vinyl record made specifically for plants. Yup you read that right. Hello 1970's!

What are the 3 Components of Responsible Beauty? Deanna and Ashley go into detail about what it means to them and how you can start being responsible in your beauty choices!  The three area's they break it down to is: - Being responsible for your own health and wellness - Being responsible to help protect the environment - Being responsible to support local and other like-minded businesses.  *Green Circle Salons they use for all the 'salon' waste *Bootstrap Compost they recycle all of there other created waste and food *Kemon Hair Color (Nayo) *Kevin Murphy Hair Products

This episode we talk about what CBD is, what it does in beauty and wellness products, which products we carry, and our experience with it all! Carrying both topical and ingestible CBD products, we have had lots of experience and tons of feedback from clients. Our overall assessment? CBD is a must have in your salon and in your life! The benefits are astounding and the market for CBD is booming. The lines we carry: *RPM CBD *BEAM

Ok guys, we know you haven’t been able to visit the salon. Your roots are killing you- we get it. Ours too!! But here are our thoughts on home color. While we want to be there for our clients, we will not be offering at home hair color. This decision is many-fold, but first off our liability insurance doesn't cover it. Give a listen to hear all about our other reasons and solutions.

During this episode Ashley and Deanna give some insight on how they met, got started, and how important green choices are to their business. Their story is fun and heart felt as they reminisce about the journey and hurdles to get Verde off the ground. After 8 years they are still going strong, and their partnership is still kicking ass!