The 7 R’s of Salon Sustainability

Sustainability is more than a trend—it’s a movement, and it’s one the beauty industry can no longer ignore. Learning to bring sustainable practices and business strategies in the salon has never been easier. We follow the 7 R's guidance to create an easy plan that's right for you and your beauty career!

This course is designed to educate salon professionals on practical, effective ways to reduce their environmental impact by implementing the 7 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Refill, Repair, Regenerate, and Recycle.

You’ll learn how to:
    •    Identify high-waste areas in your salon and make smarter, eco-conscious changes.
    •    Incorporate sustainable habits into daily operations without compromising luxury or quality.
    •    Save resources (and money!) while creating a cleaner, greener workspace.
    •    Inspire your team and clients with your commitment to environmental responsibility.

Who Should Attend:
Salon owners, hairstylists, estheticians, barbers, and beauty industry professionals who are ready to level up their business practices and embrace sustainability as a core value.

Why It Matters:
Sustainable changes don’t have to be overwhelming—they just have to start somewhere. This course gives you the tools, ideas, and inspiration to begin making a real difference in your salon and your industry. Join us for this LIVE Virtual Class on Sunday May 18th at 5 pm central.

Meet our Guest Educator Hannah Craik!

Hannah Craik is the founder of Salonvironment and Co-Founder of the Green Beauty

Community. With 11 years of cosmetology under her belt, she quit behind the chair in 2020 to focus on something she felt was missing - sustainable education and climate advocacy resources for beauty professionals.

She currently helps salon owners with consulting on how to create a more sustainable space with the resources that are available to them, making it achievable and realistic for long term

success, provides free education for beauty professionals on her website, throws events that helps awareness and provides a service for the community (such as recycling pop-ups for stylists and beauty product swaps), started her own line of plant-based false lashes, and still likes to do a little bridal hair work on the side.

She dabbles in understanding policy change and how important it is for beauty professionals and environmental justice, enjoys material science, recycling advocate, fights for transparency, loves the beauty industry, and believes in the power of grassroots organizations.

Her first love is nature is being able to "play outside" and believes everyone should respect their mother (Earth). She enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, tree hugging, and that everyone deserves a beautiful life.

How does this work?

It's simple! After you enroll, shortly after you will receive an email saying you are enrolled. In the enrollment email, you can follow the click here to begin link to get started on your course dashboard or you can download the app and utilize it from your phone or tablet. If you don't see the enrollment email shortly after we let you know you will be enrolled, be sure to check your junk or spam folder. You can complete this course at your own pace. You will want to complete your course through the thank you page. At that time, you will receive an email stating you have completed the course and so will we. Next, we will issue you your certificate within a few business days. Be sure to complete the steps on your profile to provide your license information so we can properly and timely issue you your certificate. The directions on how to do provide those details will be provided in the course. 

Do I have to need hours to take this course?

Definitely not! Our education will certainly help any beauty or wellness professional learn and grow! All are welcome!

Our courses are for all beauty and wellness professionals. If you aren't familiar with CE /CEU hours, to fill you in a little, some beauty and wellness professionals are required by the government to complete Continuing Education (CE/ CEU) hours to maintain their license. We work with several state boards to be a provider to offer this option. This information is below.

Any beauty or wellness professional can benefit from our educational courses. All professionals that enroll and complete the course will receive a certificate.

**** If you are taking this course for CE / CEU hours - for any live hours you must attend live. Any replays are considered online hours only.*****

Continuing Education Approved for:

Below is the list of CE Hour approval. As with all continuing education, it is understood that the wellness provider is responsible for verifying that information provided in courses is within the wellness provider’s state and/or local scope of practice as defined by law. In addition, course participants should be advised that additional training and education is required to be truly proficient in any topic. Once the course is complete, you will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Cosmetologists, Natural Hair Care Specialists: 3 Hours Illinois, 3 Hours Iowa, 3 Hours Nebraska, 3 Hours North Carolina

 Estheticians, Makeup Artists: 3 Hours Illinois, 3 Hours Iowa, 3 Hours Nebraska, 3 Hours North Carolina

Massage Therapists: 3 Hours Connecticut, 3 Hours Illinois, 3 Hours Iowa

Beauty & Wellness Educators: 3 Hours Illinois, 3 Hours North Carolina