The first thing I notice when I walk into a salon is the chemical smell. It's usually pretty overpowering and then you just get used to it while your hair is being done. Even the nicer salons try to cover it up with candles or fragrances, but it's still there. I just accepted that as the way it is. That is until I was invited to Jules Organic Hair Salon. I walked in and didn't smell anything — imagine that. A hair salon with no chemical smells wafting in the air.
I asked Jules where the idea of an organic salon came from and this is what she had to say.
This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2010.