083: Zero Waste Hair Salons and Sustainability in the Beauty Industry with Ben Hudgins of Novak Hair Studios
A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast
Marjorie Alexander
4.6 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Benjamin Novak Hudgins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Novak Hair Studios. As a nationally-recognized hairstylist with over 18 years of industry experience, Hudgins uses his expertise to inspire Novak's 90+ Luxury Solo Artists in two unique locations throughout North Texas. His work has been displayed at New York fashion week, the Mercedes-Benz tent at Swim Week Miami, and on stages and classrooms across the US. He has been the preferred stylist of many contestants in a variety of pageant systems and the go-to beauty pro for high-profile/celebrity clients across the nation.
From Hudgins' early career in the competitive pageant world, Novak Hair Studios has carried that tradition by proudly serving as an official sponsor of Mrs. Texas America and Mrs. Oklahoma America. Hudgins' foundation in life and work is to build a better life while actively creating a better and more beautiful planet.
Benjamin's passion for hair began at a young age when he would steal his sister's Collection Edition Barbies to style their hair. No longer styling barbies, he can be found at his small Texas ranch aptly named the "Hudgins Honey Bee Ranch" with husband Justin Hudgins and their chickens, ducks, bees, and Scottish Highland cows - Edna, Walter, and baby Otis.
Join us for our first live event, M.A.S.S. Eco Summit! It will be 3 days of keynotes, panels, and workshops! Receive event notifications or contact us to get involved at MASSEcoLive.com.
In this episode Marjorie and Ben discuss:
- Why choosing beauty products with sustainable and healthy ingredients is so important
- How certain ingredients make it into our favorite and previously more healthy and sustainable hair care product lines
- Sustainable innovation within the haircare industry both in products and in salons
- His surprising experiences in opening two sustainable salons in North Texas
Resources mentioned in today's episode:
- Green Circle Salons: https://greencirclesalons.com/
- Website: http://novakstudios.com/
- Dallas/Fort Worth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Novakfortworth/
- Dallas/Fort Worth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/novakfortworth
- Burleson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novakburleson/
- Burleson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NovakBurleson/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asustainablemind/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SustainableMind
- Website: http://www.asustainablemind.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sustainable Mind, episode 83. |
| 0:04.1 | Today we'll be speaking with Ben Hudgens. |
| 0:07.1 | Ben is the co-founder of Novak Hair Studios, a zero-way salon based in the Dallas, Fort Worth, Texas area. |
| 0:13.9 | There is a ton of awesome info to take away from today's conversation, whether you are a business owner in an industry where it's not all that obvious |
| 0:21.9 | how to adopt more sustainable practices into your business, or if you use health and beauty |
| 0:27.3 | products and most of us use some type of beauty products, and you just want to be more conscious |
| 0:31.7 | about what's in those products and how it impacts our bodies and the planet. We did have a |
| 0:36.6 | couple minor blips in the audio |
| 0:38.3 | with the beginning of the conversation, but once we get into things, Ben has a ton of awesome |
| 0:42.8 | information for us, and it was a really fun interview in general. So I hope you enjoy it. But before |
| 0:48.8 | we get into that, I wanted to remind you that we are hosting our very first live event. Mass Eco Live is taking place this April 30th through May 2nd, 2021. |
| 1:00.2 | Mass. Eco Live will be three days of keynote speakers and panel discussions, and will also be having awesome workshops on things like how to make your own upcycled fashion pieces, how to make your own cleaning products |
| 1:12.7 | from scratch at home, and also how to make kombucha one of my favorite drinks. To get your free ticket, |
| 1:20.1 | yes, the tickets are now completely free, head on over to mass eco-live.com. There you will also be |
| 1:27.4 | able to get more info on how you can participate |
| 1:29.9 | as a leader in one of the sessions and sponsorship opportunities. See you there. Welcome to |
| 1:38.0 | a sustainable mind, where we delve into the minds behind today's most impactful environmental |
| 1:43.2 | campaigns, organizations, |
| 1:45.8 | and startups, inspiring the environmental change makers of tomorrow. |
| 1:50.6 | I'm your host, Marjorie Alexander. Benjamin Novak Hudgens is the co-founder and CEO of Novak Hair Studios. |
| 2:04.6 | As a nationally recognized hairstylist with over 18 years of industry experience, |
| 2:09.6 | Hudgens uses his expertise to inspire Novak's 90-plus luxury solo artists in two unique locations throughout North Texas. His work has been |
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