Our Brands Care, too.
Every brand represented at Annex Hair Studio meets specific guidelines that complement our common goal to make beauty and wellness coexist. You can be sure that each product is free of gluten, nuts, soy synthetic colors, perfumes, toxic chemicals, and other harmful ingredients. The brands chosen are committed to ingredient transparency and clean beauty.
In addition to quality ingredients, each brand meets high standards for environmental sustainability. This includes the use of post consumer plastic packaging, recycling efforts, and sustainable sourcing of ingredients.
Clean Beauty Resources
I always encourage my clients to do their own research, but where do you start? I have a few favorite places I like to look first. The information is 3rd party researched and not brand owned which is really important. These resources help you cut through the greenwashing in the personal care industry and help you make informed decisions.
The Environmental Working Group is a wealth of information for lots of things if you are trying to live a healthier cleaner lifestyle. They created the Skin Deep Database. This helps you search nontoxic products, from makeup, skincare, hair care, sun protection and so much more. They will rate products on a scale of 1-10 for safety. You can also research specific ingredients and learn more about them if you know your unique allergy.
My other favorite tool is the Think Dirty App. Load this app on your smart device to scan different products in store while you are shopping. This will give you ingredient information about the product, rate it for cleanliness, and give you other recommendations. There is a free version and a paid version. Obviously the paid version gives you higher levels of access.