The clean beauty movement is reshaping the salon industry, offering hairstylists an opportunity to align with consumer preferences and promote healthier practices.
Traditional hair color and styling products often contain harmful chemicals like ammonia, parabens, sulfates, and synthetic fragrances, which can cause scalp and skin irritation, respiratory issues, hormone disruption, and allergic reactions. Chronic exposure to these substances can lead to long-term health concerns.
Clean Beauty goes far beyond the stigma of “green-washing.” It’s a lifestyle change toward safer, more conscious choices for both you and the planet. By choosing non-toxic, eco-friendly products, you can deliver high-quality services to your clients while eliminating harmful chemicals from your salon. These products are formulated with natural, nourishing ingredients that promote healthier hair and scalp, while reducing the overall chemical load on the body.
Clean beauty practices also prioritize sustainability, using responsibly sourced ingredients and recyclable or biodegradable packaging to lessen their environmental impact.
Why Stylists Are Making The Switch:
- Gentler on Scalp: Minimizes chemical exposure, leading to a more comfortable experience for clients.
- Supports Respiratory Health: Creates a safer environment, especially for clients with respiratory sensitivities.
- Reduces Allergy Risk: Reduces the likelihood of allergic reactions from hair color and styling products.
- Promotes Healthier Hair & Scalp: Clean formulations minimize chemical overload and are packed with nourishing natural ingredients that support hair and scalp health.
- Sustainable & Eco-Friendly: Responsibly sourced ingredients and eco-friendly packaging help reduce environmental impact, protecting air, land, and water resources.
- Attracts Conscious Clients: Enhances your salon’s appeal and sets you apart by offering an elevated, health-conscious experience.
Switching to clean beauty doesn’t mean sacrificing performance—it means elevating your artistry with products that care as much as you do. Ready to discover the top professional clean beauty brands that will transform your salon? Keep reading to explore the best in non-toxic, high-performance haircare!
Areté: Beauty Through Conscious Creation
The Areté collection of hair color, care products, and stylers is free from over 2,800 harmful chemicals, including nearly 1,700 substances banned or restricted by the European Union, as well as additional ingredients flagged by the Areté Conscious Beauty Counsel. Inspired by the philosophy of Areté—the pursuit of excellence—our line promotes wellness through superior ingredients and transformative experiences. Areté is the only professional hair care brand designed to unlock the alchemic powers of nature, elevating stylists’ craft while enhancing hair health for their clients.
Rooted in the four elements of alchemy, Areté embodies excellence in every aspect of its creation. From sustainably sourced ingredients and recyclable packaging to performance-driven formulas free from toxins, Areté enhances the salon experience while minimizing environmental impact. Areté empowers stylists to deliver exceptional results with creativity, sustainability, and performance at the core.
Transforming Salons Through The Alchemic Powers of Nature
- Hybrid Coloring System: Achieve permanent, demi, or toner-like results by switching the developer.
- Neutral Fragrance: Ensures irritation-free coloring.
- 18 Tonal Families + 6 Color Concentrates + 1 Colorless Clear: Full spectrum of shades.
- 100% Flawless Grey Coverage.
- Free From: Ammonia, PPD, Resorcinol, and Gluten.
- Two Lighteners: An ammonia-free lightener for gentle lift or a lightly ammoniated one for extra boost when needed.
- Gentle Formulations: Nourish both the hair and scalp during coloring, making them ideal for clients with sensitivities.
Masterful Products, Created to Elevate & Inspire Stylists
- Botanical-Infused Hair & Scalp Care: Inspired by wellness traditions, Areté’s formulas combine plant butters and oils to nourish, strengthen, and protect hair from root to end, providing a transformative experience for flawless style and finishes. Packed with healing ingredients that work to soothe and nourish the scalp.
- High-Performing Formulations with Cutting-Edge Technology: Deliver clean beauty results without compromising performance, using natural ingredients for innovative and sophisticated hairstyling.
- Versatile Products: Includes everything from flexible gels to weightless sprays, ensuring precision and enduring beauty.
- Cleaner Aerosols: Crafted for stylists who prefer the performance of an aerosol while prioritizing the health of both people and the planet.
Original & Mineral (O&M): Helping Stylists Create a Cleaner, Healthier Future
Original & Mineral (O&M) believes that the way you care for your hair should reflect how you care for yourself. That’s why their collection includes professional-grade, kind haircare, clean color, and Australian-born styling products that deliver exceptional results without harmful chemicals.
Founder Jose Bryce Smith says, “At the core of O&M we would love hairdressers and their clients to live healthier lives. We believe in clean, kind and original haircare that combines the latest in science and nature to provide professional salon results. Our Australian-born colour and styling products are safe and beautiful to use, staying true to our core values.”
Join the growing movement of hair professionals around the world choosing clean beauty—because when we choose better, we can do better.
Clean, Kind, High-Performance Products
O&M offers a full range of clean, high-performance hair color and care solutions, free from “the five”—Sulfates, Parabens, Propylene Glycol, MIT, and Triclosan. Their formulas are packed with nourishing native Australian ingredients like Lilly Pilly, Quandong, and Tasmanian Sea Kelp, providing superior results while protecting hair health. What you can expect:
- CØR.color: Ammonia-free, high-performance color, free from PPD, Resorcinol, Gluten, and Soy.
- Lighteners: Gentle on hair, big on lift and enhanced with nourishing botanicals.
- CLEAN.liquid: pH-neutral, ammonia-free color offering a glossy, sheer finish.
- ORIGINAL.pigments: Vibrant, customizable direct dyes infused with Australian botanicals.
O&M started with the belief that hair color could—and should—be a health-conscious choice. After seeing firsthand in the salon how harsh chemicals affected both stylists and clients, Jose created the first ammonia-free salon in Australia, paving her way as a pioneer in the clean beauty movement. Since 2007, O&M’s influence has expanded, now reaching over 15 countries and helping create healthier, more sustainable salon environments.
Make the switch to O&M today and be part of a healthier, more sustainable future for the beauty industry.
Intelligent Nutrients: Pioneering a Cleaner, Safer, and More Sustainable Beauty Industry
Intelligent Nutrients (I-N) delivers high-performance products crafted with clinically proven, plant-derived ingredients that are cruelty-free and responsibly sourced—perfect for both stylists and clients who value science-backed formulations. Their commitment to sustainability shines through in recyclable packaging and adherence to rigorous third-party certifications, including USDA Organic, Leaping Bunny, and Certified B Corporation.
Chosen by stylists and estheticians for their ingredient transparency, I-N products are 85% natural (with an average of 96.2%) and feature scents from 99% gentle, organic essential oils. Non-plant-based ingredients are selected for their purity and sustainability, ensuring minimal environmental impact. With cutting-edge plant science, I-N delivers super-natural results for hair and skin care—combining performance, sustainability, and responsible ingredient sourcing in every formula.
Embrace Science-Backed Formulations
- Superior, Luxurious Haircare: I-N haircare delivers high-performance results, free from harsh chemicals like formaldehyde, phthalates, parabens, and sulfates. Crafted for professionals, it combines plant science with luxury, transforming good choices into great hair.
- Healing Plant Actives in Styling: Styling products nourish and repair hair with plant-based actives, while organic essential oils elevate the experience with luxurious aromas. I-N transforms everyday styling into moments of indulgence.
- Plant-Powered Skincare Innovation: Replenish, protect, and rejuvenate skin with potent plant-based ingredients. I-N’s formulations target anti-aging, soothe sensitive skin, and improve overall skin health, delivering effective, natural results.
- Scalp-Loving Formulations: Rebalance the scalp and encourage healthy hair growth with I-N’s nature-powered scalp care collection.
I-N’s commitment to innovation, ethical luxury, and transparency continues to set a new standard in the beauty industry. Inspiring both consumers and professionals to make smarter, more sustainable choices. Choose Intelligent Nutrients for performance, purity, and responsibility in the salon!
Provide Science-Backed Performance by I-N
By using non-toxic, eco-friendly products, you protect both your clients and yourself from harmful chemicals, creating a safer, more comfortable salon environment. Clean beauty brands like Areté, Original & Mineral (O&M), and Intelligent Nutrients (I-N) are leading the way with innovative, professional-grade solutions that deliver exceptional results without the risks of harsh chemicals. Setting themselves and the stylists that embrace their products apart, attracting health-conscious clients, and positioning them as leaders in the future of beauty.
Whether you’re looking to transform your salon, attract new clients, or create a more sustainable workspace, clean beauty is your path forward. Become one of the stylists who are redefining what it means to care for hair—naturally, safely, and sustainably.
Let Simply Organic Beauty guide you through the next step in your career.
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