Cass Brand General Store is nearly complete! We’re all done with renovations and putting on the finishing touches (including signage)…but you can still enjoy all of our new products! Lots of fun, non toxic items for anyone.
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Check out our “WE’RE HIRING” page for current employment opportunities!
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WHAT WE DO:
We can cut, dread, chop, highlight, perm, wash, relax, trim, blow out, wax, curl up & dye all types of hair. Don’t forget to check out our non-toxic hair, skin & nail care products made with organic ingredients. Not to mention odds and ends like brushes, cleansing implements, hot tools, makeup accessories and gift options including gift certificates available in any amount!
HOW WE DO IT:
WE PREFER THE HEALTHY APPROACH…
Health…making well informed choices that maximize well-being.
Sustain…Strengthen or support physically or mentally.
The way we care for ourselves shapes everything about us. Consider the following:
An average person applies more than 200 chemicals to their skin each day;
approximately 60% of these chemicals are absorbed into the bloodstream.
With the number of people with eczema, allergies and other health related issues like cancer on the rise – could these conditions be aggravated by the growing number of chemicals used in our personal care products?
Consider carefully not only what goes on your skin, but your hair as well. Many hair care products contain potentially unhealthy ingredients (harmful not only to us, but to our environment). Shampoos cause the greatest number of adverse reactions of all hair care products. This difficulty is exacerbated by when & where these chemicals are applied: at our skins most vulnerable time – when we are in, or right after, a hot shower. Hot water (and soaps) washes off our skin’s protective sebum while opening pores and allowing skin to more readily accept whatever chemicals we apply.
These harsh detergents, chemical fragrances and numerous irritating compounds have damaging long-term side effects.
NEUMA, our featured non-toxic haircare resource, like us, recognizes the need to provide products that are free of carcinogens, harmful chemicals and environmental toxins. Their products are lovingly formulated free of parabens, gluten, disodium EDTA, benzyl alcohol, SLS, SLES and other risky ingredients.
NEUMA was developed by a leading team of cosmetic chemists. Their challenge – to create a professional performance hair care line that would be free of ingredients suspected of contributing to human or environmental health problems. By incorporating essential oils, certified organic extracts, essential fatty acids and vegetable proteins, our products treat your hair, and our environment, with kindness. These safe, mild ingredients leave your hair healthy and silky with a radiant shine. Their stylists and friends, as well as ours, painstakingly test each of their formulas to ensure true professional performance honoring our natural, healthy and organic principals.
Likewise, Cass Brand Organics, our in-house non-toxic skin, hair & body care products, were born from our shop’s need to provide non-toxic, professional quality products to our community. Much like Neuma, we strive to sustain ourselves and our community by striving to provide access to not only sustainable products and business practices, but through community education and product support. Life is head to toe…because everything matters.
Curious how your current products size up? Get toxicity levels of most name brand products at the Skin Deep Cosmetics Database.
Here’s some insight on a few commonly known brands and their toxicity levels, noting ingredients causing cancer, developmental & reproductive toxicity, allergies & immunotoxicity and use restrictions. Overall brand ratings are assessed as 1-10, 10 being extremely toxic:
Aveda – 8 – Moderate to High
Bumble & Bumble – 10 – High
Burt’s Bees – 7 – Moderate to High
Johnson & Johnson Baby Products – 10 – High
Loreal – 10 – High
Oil of Olay – 5 – Moderate
Paul Mitchell – 8 – Moderate to High
Pert Plus – 5 – Moderate
Redken – 10 – High