Helping Seattle Nail Salons Go Green.

Seattle Magazine called us about 3 months ago to prepare for their beauty issue which comes out this month. We love how other owners are eco-conscious and any push towards safer cosmetics from within our industry deserves kudos.

We however declined to interview because our work never centered around chemical free nail polishes. That somehow became a side effect of a larger fight that we are leading.

OPI, one of the largest manufacturers of nail polish are now "3 free." meaning the top 3 purported chemicals are now removed.

Zoya, another brand we've been carrying has been 3-free since day 1.

So what is all this fuss about polish? We dont really have an answer.

We told Seattle Magazine, "Our fight is for the voicelss in our industry. There are over 500 nail salons in Seattle and all of them represent voices that go unheard. We've been working with Washington's main environemntal groups to come up with real solutions to these issues that effect the workers. Most of the battles will never be seen by any of our clients."

The Magazine rep still wanting to sell us stuff added, "well, either way it would be good to get your salon in this issue. we have a marketplace rate that we can offer you."

"no thank you."

Next week we are meeting with Secretary of State, Sam Reed to discuss Washington's first Association for our industry. This is the next step to improve the quality of life for these workers and their families.

But you won't be seeing that in any advertisement.