VIVA Hair and Beauty

All in One: Health, Beauty and Sustainability

Author

Xinyue Song

Xinyue Song

School

Monash University

Monash University

Professor

Gitanjali Bedi

Gitanjali Bedi

Global Goals

3. Good Health and Well-Being 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 12. Responsible Consumption and Production

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Summary

To ensure that their services include a responsible consumption of resources, they have applied the new technology of activated carbon particles by replacing the shower head to make sure that minimum water is wasted during shampooing. They also use chemical free products. For example, all the products that the salon uses are from the company DECLOR, who provide a range of natural skin and body care products.

Innovation

They have applied the new technology of activated carbon particles by replacing the shower head to make sure that minimum water is wasted while washing their clients hair. Even for the hair dyeing services, the company is using products from De Lorenzo, which is a local organic hair coloring brand. The innovation provides a combination of tailor-made quality health and beauty services so that customers can live healthy, beautiful, and long lives. Moreover, as a result of long-term effects, the customer will become more aware of the health issues and benefits giving rise to more such innovations in the market, followed by the reduction in use of chemical products.

All in One: Health, Beauty and Sustainability

Inspiration

The idea behind the innovation was to provide both health and beauty services at one place. Also, they hoped their customers would enjoy the experiences at the salon.

Overall impact

In the short term, the innovation provides the combination of tailor-made quality health and beauty services to customers so that they can live healthy, beautiful, and long lives. Moreover in the long run, customers will become more aware of the health issues and benefits provided, giving rise to similar innovations in the market, followed by a reduction in the use of chemical products.

Business benefit

By linking bodybuilding services with beauty services, VIVA salon has broadened the horizons of their target market, i.e. both health conscious and environmentally aware consumers. More and more kinds of customers are drawn to the stores because the of the several services they provide in health and beauty.


Social and environmental benefit

The salon uses the products from De Lorenzo which is a local Australian brand. By doing this, they are involved in promoting the revenues of domestic companies, and at the same time, the salon ensures that they use all organic products. This helps prevent environmental health issues caused by the use of chemicals.

Interview

Keria, manager

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Business information

VIVA Hair and Beauty

VIVA Hair and Beauty

Melbourne, VIC, AU
Business Website: http://vivastudios.com.au
Year Founded: 2015
Number of Employees: 11 to 50

VIVA Hair and Beauty is an innovative salon that aims to promote good health and well-being while ensuring the responsible production and consumption of resources. It is innovative because the VIVA Hair and Beauty salon provides real Orientals customized salon services and also extends themselves to bodybuilding services, promoting the overall health of the clients, which is unique compared to other salons.