Hi, I'm Monique. After a Hairdressing career which has spanned from Master Stylist, Master Colourist/Colour Expert and Technical Educator for Matrix Professional Hair Products, Salon Manager, Salon Owner through to Make-Up Artist, Hair and Wig Stylist for Film, Photographics, TV and Theatre through to a position as Head Of Wigs and Makeup for Disney's "The Lion King" I chose to take a break to start a family and create my organic skin care range- blossom eco skin care.
I was super excited to come back to the Hairdressing Industry 7 years ago with my Organic, Eco concept, Sustainable Salon "blossom organic Hair Beauty Wellbeing". Holding true to the core values of my blossom brand , blossom organic Hair Beauty Wellbeing is all about a cleaner, safer, less toxic experience for you, the client, us the Hair Stylist, as well as the environment. I have carefully curated all products in my Salon to be Australian, Natural, Organic and Plant based products and hair colours. All products in salon are Sulphate, Paraben, Ammonia, PPD, Toluene, Resorcinol and Cruelty free and contain high amounts of Certified Organic Ingredients. They are also cruelty free, the majority are Vegan and all are Aussie owned. As well we are proudly Forster/Tuncurry’s only Curly Hair Specialist salon, we’ve got all your Curly Girl needs covered!
We take every effort to be as sustainable as possible by reducing, re-using, re-purposing, refilling and recycling as much as possible, because we care. We are super excited to have been invited to join the SUSTAINABLE SALONS Regional Program as a trialist for them over four years ago.. We are now part of an organisation that shares our passion for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable future. All our salon waste is recycled, even the hair which is made into “Hair Booms” which are like big hair filled cushions that are used to soak up oil spills. All our Paper and Aluminium foil waste (resources) are now sold to recyclers with the profits going to OZHARVEST who feed the needy and hungry. WIN, WIN! Our rigid plastics are chipped and new products are made from them like drinks coasters, Plant Pots, Handles for dog leads and even sunglass frames!
Our Story
As a colour expert I have thoughtfully and carefully curated award winning, Professional, Organic, Plant based Hair Colours that are Ammonia, PPD, Resorcinol, Toluene, Sulphate and Paraben Free. Australian owned and designed with the focus on natural and organic ingredients while delivering superb professional results. Our range of colours provide a cleaner, low tox, more gentle hair colour, extra conditioning and cleaner, safer, salon air quality. We are also excited to offer a range of 100% plant based herbal hair colours, custom blended especially for you.
In Salon we use and offer an extensive range of professional Organic Hair Care products, Australian owned and made, Vegan, Certified Cruelty Free, Botanically derived, Sulphate and Paraben Free, Palm Oil free and with a high Certified Organic content- Everescents, Clever Curl, Eco Lab and DNA Organics. All Everescents and Clever Curl Haircare is packaged in 100% post consumer recycled plastic milk bottles and we proudly offer a refill service for the Shampoos, Conditioners and Treatments that we stock, helping you to reduce your plastic consumption too.
At blossom we pride ourselves on delivering a unique, nasty chemical and cruelty free, professional, relaxing, enjoyable, retreat like experience.
WE BELIEVE THAT BEAUTY SHOULDN'T COMPROMISE YOUR HEALTH OR WELLBEING.
Our Environmental Policy
Being conscious of the environment we naturally became a member of SUSTAINABLE SALONS years ago. 95% of our waste is now recycled, including hair trimmings which help to soak up oil spills and is also made into compost. We can take care of your PONYTAIL DONATION which will be used to make wigs for the needy here in Australia. All left over colour is converted back into 95% water and all our foil and colour tubes are sold to Aluminium recyclers and that money is then given to OZ HARVEST who feed the hungry. We believe that our beauty shouldn’t compromise the health and wellbeing of the environment or the other animals that inhabit our world. At every chance we aim to minimise our impact. From the water reducing, filtering, ionising back wash basin shower ecoheads, our filtered drinking water/organic fair trade coffee/tea, eco cleaning products, our policy of reducing/re-using/recycling/refilling your Shampoo and Conditioner bottles. Our electricity is 100% Green Powered and we have upgraded all lighting to energy efficient LED. We also use recycled aluminium foils as well as foils manufactured from construction waste, which are reusable.
We are also now a Member of GREENER FOR BUSINESS and are actively working to minimise our carbon footprint even further.
As animal lovers ourselves, we would hate to think that animals have suffered for our beauty so we choose to only stock products that are certified Cruelty Free and most of our products are also Vegan. I live out of town on a lifestyle property with my son and husband and our rescue dogs, ex battery farm rescue hens and horses. Years ago I trained as a Veterinary Technician and love animals. If you are lucky you may get to have a cuddle with our little salon therapy dogs “Lulabelle” and her son” Tahi” in the salon. Lulabelle’s our super floofy, super cute, hypoallergenic pup and Tahi is our resident “Salon Therapy Dog”.