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Organic Salon Opens After Neighbor Businesses Burn

Reporting Bill Hudson

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)

It's an entrepreneur's nightmare. You find just the right neighborhood for your new business, and then a day before you open, the neighborhood changes.

That's exactly what happened to Kassie Kuehl. On February 18th, a fire destroyed the southeast corner of the 50th Street South and Bryant Avenue business district. Popular gift shop Patina is gone, along with two well-known restaurants, Heidi's and Blackbird.

The day after the fire, Kuehl opened her the new Kasia Organic Salon on the northeast corner of 50th and Bryant. There's less foot traffic than she hoped for, but she hopes her organic approach will bring clients in.

Kuehl considered leaving the beauty business a couple years ago. While working at an Aveda salon, she started to have health problems.

"Headaches, nauseous, just loss of appetite. I wasn't comfortable at all," said Kuehl, assigning blame to the chemicals found in many salon products. "They made me sick, absolutely."

Kasia Organic Salon features organic services and products, including Kuehl's private line. Client Nancy Halvorson came to the salon because of Kuehl's natural approach. She eats organic food and figured this would be a natural next step.

"I think once you start down that road, you realize how much everything affects you," said Halvorson, her hair covered with foil. "You just become a better steward all around, not only to your body, but then that kind of spills over the environment and how you're treating the whole world."

When asked why other salons don't go all-organic, Kuehl said, "Costs. It's bottom line. It's more efficient. They can shelve a product for years without it going bad."

Kuehl believes that in the future all salons will operate this way. Until then, her clients can come to 50th and Bryant to get their hair colored without the strong smell of ammonia.

"I love it, I love it," said client Halvorson. "Love not having to smell the smell, and my hair feels great. It lasts a long time."

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NEW ORGANIC SALON PROVIDES BEAUTY WITHOUT SACRAFICE

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN)--Minneapolis organic hair expert and educator Kassie kuehl announced today she will expand her salon services and add 6 full-time staff in a new location called Kasia Organic Salon opening late February at 822 W. 50^th-in the Lynhurst neighborhood of Minneapolis. The salon joins the ranks among a number of burgeoning businesses at the up-and-coming corner of 50^th and Bryant Ave. including Black Bird Café, Heidi’s, Patina and the new Shop Local. After renting her first salon chair, the space caused her to suffer severe migraine headaches due to the toxic effects of the products she was surrounded by daily.  Kuehl has since made it her mission to provide salon services for women that do not harm the body, particularly when it comes to hair coloring.

“Every day the work I do for my customers affects their body’s largest organ — their skin so it’s my personal duty to treat my clients with services and products that nurture them, not harm them,” Kuehl says.  “It’s also my desire to inform women about what certain products can do for them, and also educate them on the whys as well.  This is especially important for women at risk for breast cancer or trying to get pregnant; they need to understand they have options that support their health and not cause it to break down for the sake of beauty,” Kuehl continued.

Kasia Organic Salon uses hair color that contains no ammonia or mono-ethanolamine (MEA), two common carcinogenic chemicals found in many hair color products.  It also offer its own organic skin care line as well as a number of other hair, skin and body products that are also organic or natural and contain zero of the top 10 most harmful chemicals additives in beauty products linked to conditions such as fertility problems, endocrine system dysfunction, thyroid conditions or cancer.

The salon space itself contains low VOC paint to reduce toxic vapors in the air as well as EMF protection devices on each appliance to minimize the cumulative effects of electric and electro-magnetic waves. Kuehl is also in the process of putting together a salon-recycling program for supplies and used containers as well as old hair dryers.

Opening week specials include 20% off any one product and a First Time Client Special of $20 off any haircut, color or massage.  Interested parties can book an appointment or find out more by calling 612-386-4044 or visiting http://www.kasiaorganicsalon.com.

Kassie Kuehl is a graduate of the Aveda Institute with more than 10 years experience as a leading hair stylist and hair educator. Striving to have an ongoing relationship with her clients that’s more than skin deep, Kuehl uses her time with them to educate them about natural health and beauty options. In addition to her hair styling accomplishments, Kuehl is both a Certified Pilate’s Instructor and Living Foods Nutritional Expert and Health Coach, and is currently completing a degree in Functional Medicine. Her articles on natural health can be found online in her blog, website, and as a frequent health/beauty writer for in Twin Cities Natural Health magazine.