Wellness is a continually rising trend and is only going to continue growing. It’s almost weekly that a new yoga studio, organic juice shop, healthy cafe or fitness center pops up around the corner in Hoboken + Jersey City, making it easier than ever to make self-care a priority. Along with fitness and nutrition, beauty routines play a major role in overall health. As noted by Beauty by Earth, there are over 1,300 substances banned from cosmetic manufacturing in Europe while in the FDA has only banned 11 in the United States. This means it is important to be selective with products and services — that’s why we’ve partnered with local wellness blogger Good Chives Only and rounded up the best spots for clean and organic beauty treatments {read: minus any toxins} in Hoboken, Jersey City, and beyond:
Bella Organici (29 Alden Street, Cranford)
The farm-to-table movement has made its way to skincare and Bella Organici has organic, hand-crafted sheet masks made from locally sourced ingredients. These can be customized to your skin type and ordered online along with soaps, serums + bath bombs. They offer a multitude of other services including a vegan facial. The in-house certified aromatherapist + herbalist that whips up all the magic. Facials start at $50 and they offer other packages that vary in pricing. They are located in Cranford, NJ but are available for mobile visits for spray tans, fat burners and filler in Hoboken, Edgewater, Clark, Westfield, Rahway, Colonia, Metuchen, Paramus, Alpine, Ridgewood, Colts Neck, Red Bank, Washington Township, Philly, Manhattan, Bergen County, Union County & Essex Counties.
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Gaia’s Cavern (140 Wayne Street, Jersey City)
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At Gaia’s Cavern, no matter what treatment you get, they are customized to work for all skin types and are made with organic ingredients. The treatments also work for those who have rosacea.
Glow Me (Mobile around NJ)
Get your glow on with an organic, paraben free, vegan, and cruelty + gluten-free spray tan. Glow Me is a mobile spray tan service that travels to you, setting up right in your living room and spraying you with its naturally derived and fragrance-free solution. Glow Me offers a standard 8-hour option along with a rapid solution that develops in 1-4 hours for your last minute emergency glow needs. Pricing depends on your location but starts at $60 a spray for Hoboken + Jersey City residents.
Hale Organic Salon (91 Franklin Street, NYC)
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Hale Organic Salon uses clean products like Innersense and John Masters Organics and has a gorgeous space that feels unlike a typical salon environment. The owners have repurposed many different elements to create the look of the salon and have adorned the space with plants, french doors and a grand piano that doubles as a reception desk. Hale offers cuts, styling, treatments, and color. Cuts start at $100 and go up from there depending on hair length.
Hoboken Wellness Spa (450 7th Street Hoboken)
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Focused on promoting living an Ayurveda lifestyle, Hoboken Wellness Spa’s service list includes Ayurveda treatments, facials, therapeutic + sports massage, waxing, threading and more. Ayurveda is a science that has been around for thousands of years providing evidence for the mind-body connection. One of this spa’s treatments, The Shirodhara, is meant to bring the client into a deep meditative state followed by an ayurvedic oil massage, scrub + shower.
Lakoet Salon (301 1st Street, Jersey City)
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Lakoet Salon is an eclectic, eco-friendly, paraben free + vegan hair salon in downtown Jersey City. The salon uses sustainable, natural ingredients and recycled material whenever possible. Lakoet offers hair styling, cuts, color and treatments for both men and women, and it sells many of the products used, including its own homemade soaps made at the salon. The online appointment option on its website makes it super easy to book.
om.life (18 Park View Avenue, Suite 2A, Jersey City)
This luxury wellness spa is dedicated to healthy living for the mind, body and spirit. Offering flotation therapy, infrared sauna, whole body cryotherapy, NormaTec recovery {+ recently added CBD massages} to its service menu, there’s a ton to enjoy and it’s not hard to find your zen. CBD oil works as a natural anti-inflammatory, taking the already relaxing massage to another level of zen. Pricing for CBD massages starts at $139+ tax for 60 minutes and goes up to $189+ tax for 90 minutes.
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Savor Beauty (448 Columbus Avenue, 327 West 11th Street, NYC +114 Partition Street in Saugerties)
Savor takes care of so many clean beauty needs in one stop. Along with massages, facials, and makeup services, the spa offers classes like ‘How to Create the Natural Look’ and have a clean product line that is made fresh in small batches. Savor Beauty supports the Earth Love Program, which encourages guests to recycle at Savor Beauty. Customers can receive stamps and various rewards for recycling at Savor Beauty! Savor also has an organization called the Dollars & Scents program that helps women to re-transition to the workforce by providing the training they need. Outside of its own program, the company also supports causes like She’s the First + Education through Music.
Sundays (NoMad Studio 51 E. 25th Street, Saks Fifth Avenue 25 Liberty Street, Women’s Store on 3rd Floor + Saks Fifth Avenue 611 5th Avenue, Beauty Floor, NYC)
Sundays is a wellness-inspired nail salon offering nail care products and services at three locations in Manhattan. The studio itself is gorgeous + totally Instagram-worthy. From the chic pedicure chairs to the nail art + matching pink tops all of the nail artists wear. Sundays uses its own line of nail polish that is “10-free” meaning it is formulated with less harmful ingredients than a typical commercial nail polish. Not only is the formula less toxic, it is also cruelty-free + vegan which is a huge added bonus. In addition to the typical offerings, Sundays offers Inscape app guided meditations as an add-on for any nails service. The nail salon also offers a variety of classes to choose from.
The Salon At Hoboken (600 Harrison Street, Hoboken)
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This salon in Hoboken loves all things green! They have prestige products and also have organic options to choose from! Whether it be haircuts or balayage this salon has it all. They also have a shop to purchase candles!
Vision of Hair (333 Adams Street, Hoboken)
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For organic coloring treatments, head over to Vision of Hair! They use organic products from Oway. Oway Organic Color treatments go from $85+ to $275+ depending on the treatment.
