Our Clean Air concept is designed specifically for those who want to prevent chemical exposure or are already sensitive to fragrances, by using only perfume free technical, styling and care products.
We have preserved the quality and effectiveness of products, using only safe components that are maximally aimed at nourishing and restoring hair.
The chemical effects of products and the sensitivity of customers to fragrances are what made us come up with and create a perfume free professional colour and hair care products line.
Clean Air Salon stands strongly behind a healthier in-salon environment. In the effort to change the perception of a conventional hair salon full of numerous perfumes, smells and chemical vapors, we offer not only perfume free and safer professional hair care in-salon products, but also worked out concrete salon solutions to ensure best possible salon experience for both our stylists and our guests.
Our styling and haircare brands DS, System 4 and our full technical range SensiDO are completely PERFUME FREE to ensure and create a better and fresher working environment.
A lot of guests have asked us for more information concerning Mavericks going towards a perfume free environment for both the team and guests. So with that in mind I have taken information from the internet, to try to explain our decision to move to less perfume. I hope you find this interesting.
Reading the long list of ingredients on the back of your favorite hair products may have you questioning: what is actually in my hair-care products? Unfortunately, certain oils, parabens, and — the most common — synthetic fragrances are often hidden behind fancy names that can be hard to detect.
Fact is, more than 50 percent of all Hair and skin-care products contain fragrances with a lack of description for these chemicals. They are typically found in items that we use routinely such as soap, lotion, makeup, serums, perfumes, and face cream. In hair products, fragrance is often included to provide a recognizable scent for brands labelled as phthalates and tend to be hidden in hairspray, shampoos, and conditioners. Most cosmetics with fragrance are considered safe to use; however, according to the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) , health concerns that can potentially stem from the 3,000 ingredients used in products that contain fragrance include allergies and toxicity, particularly for people with sensitive skin.
We found that it can take over a 100 different chemicals to make a fragrance, Then companies often hide these chemicals under the word perfume or fragrance in their ingredient listing, which they are allowed to do, to stop competitors from copying they fragrance ! We have no idea what they are using ?
Because of those underlying concerns, using fragrance-free products can prevent redness, rashes, or any sort of skin reaction. Still, there’s a grey area between the terms “fragrance-free” and “unscented” in beauty products, and the distinction between the two isn’t always so clear-cut on an ingredients label.
Fragrance-free products are a necessity for people with a fragrance sensitivity. Even if you do not have a sensitivity, choosing fragrance-free products can help those with sensitivities limit their exposure. Over 50% of the general population prefer workplaces, healthcare facilities, hotels, and airplanes to be fragrance-free.
Fragrance-free products offer the same functionality as fragranced products but without the potential health and environmental concerns. Emissions from fragranced products can negatively impact outdoor and indoor air quality and human health for at-risk populations.
Interestingly, no law requires companies to disclose individual ingredients that make up a fragrance.
It’s an interesting question, that some of our team have asked. Smell is, as we know one of our senses, and our smell receptors are connected directly to our brains. It’s part of our fight or flight decision making. Imagine walking through the dark woods (1000 year ago) a tiger is in the woods, your would not see it, you do not want to touch it ! but hopefully you would smell it- and then run !!. We also use smell to check food quality, it’s even believed that we choose our partners through smell!
As smell is important and emotional to us, nowadays product designers use this to mask their product ingredients and attract us. They even know that we get use to smells, we go nose blind, so they increase the perfume in products.
