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This month's HOT SEATER - hairykids
It all started with my sister's idea of opening up a kid's hair salon.
But, once we started to research hair products for kids, it became
apparent that
what was available was not only inadequate, but most of what we saw
was laden with chemicals. It was shocking what people (including ourselves)
were putting on their hair...what kids were putting on their hair!
From there our focus became hair products for kids...hairykids!
There was no question that our products had to be ALL natural. What
would be the point of having 95% great ingredients and then putting
a chemical in it? It's kind of like making a great soup, just to put
a cup of dirt in it...it ruins the whole thing!
But we had a problem... we knew it would be a harder sell because
the products would be so much more expensive to make, which of course
would make them more expensive to buy.
So, our job now is to educate. If we could give advice to parents
about buying products for their kids, it would be easy. Education.
Ask questions. Email the company if you have too. If you don't know
what an ingredient is, look it up. Don't fall for cleaver advertising,
just because something says 'organic' in the name doesn't mean the
ingredients are!
Don't think companies automatically care about your health...find
out if they do!! Do your homework. Put companies on notice...products
not only need to have great quality ingredients,
but there must be no question about there safety.
Trish Lundy
Sheila Graham
Owners/Partners
hairykids
www.hairykids.ca
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