Visitors to True Essence Salon and Spa, the only Mesa salon to be certified as an Aveda Concept Salon, will receive all their favorite services while also enjoying the benefits of more natural, plant-based products for their skin and hair.
“Many people want alternatives to products with petrochemicals and synthetic fragrances, but they don’t want to give up effectiveness,” said Maytee (My-tay) Green, owner of True Essence Salon and Spa. “With Aveda, you can have both.”
Since 1978, Aveda has been the forerunner in creating high performance beauty products formulated with plant-based ingredients. In fact, Aveda is one of world’s largest purchasers of organic ingredients for personal care items.
“When I started my beauty career 15 years ago, it was in an Aveda salon,” Maytee said. “They had just come out with their new hair color products, created with 98 percent plant products from around the world. Customers still love them, because they have lustrous shades,” she continued, “and Aveda’s color line isn’t as damaging to the hair as other color lines can be.
“Once people try our product lines, they remain steadfastly loyal. It’s almost like a cult following,” Maytee said with a laugh. “But the real reason is that Aveda’s natural products actually do what they say they will do.”
According to this salon and spa owner, Aveda offers full lines of skin care for all skin types, including anti-aging regimens, specialty issues, such as acne, and gorgeous makeup. “All of our facials, peels and moisturizers not only work great,’ she stated, “but have fantastic natural essential oil fragrances.”
Natural essences also infuse their hair care lines for smoothing and repairing hot-tool damage. Their newest offering, Be Curly, allows for curly hairstyles without the frizz.
“In addition to being highly creative professionals,” Maytee said, “our stylists and aestheticians receive Aveda training and on-going education to become expert in using Aveda skin and hair care products, so they can offer Aveda Signature Services, such as our Elemental Nature Facial or Aromatherapy Chakra Massage, to our clients.
“As an Aveda salon, we are part of a worldwide organization that believes Beauty is as Beauty Does,” she explained. “Not only does Aveda promote natural beauty care for the individual, but also caring for the planet by supporting worldwide efforts in recycling, clean water rights, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy.”
Aveda is the first beauty company to use 100 percent certified wind power, funding enough new wind energy resources to offset all the electricity used by their primary manufacturing facility, distribution center and corporate headquarters in Blaine, Minn., their Web site, aveda.com, claims.
The company also has partnered with women’s cooperatives to sustainably raise plant oils used in their products.
When Aveda discovered the U.S. has no recycling for plastic bottle caps, they created a recycling program for water bottle and other bottle caps, and reuse them in manufacturing product packaging. Aveda salons are cap collection sites, and True Essence has a bin set up for those who want to participate.
For more information about Aveda natural products and services offered at True Essence Salon and Spa, call (480) 396-3112, or visit their Web site at trueessencesalon.com. You also can find specials on their Facebook page. True Essence is located on the northwest corner of Power and McDowell roads, next to Basha’s.