Animal-friendly haircut
Virtue Salon, 3333 N. High St., is a salon with a misson. Owner Melanie Long says the shop, which opened early in February, uses botanically based products, most of which are rain-forest certified, meaning they are made from substainable ingredients. No products are test on animals, either, and the salon is a big supporter of Matter of Trust, a noprofit that makes hair mats used to clean oil spills, a practice that has taken on special meaning in light of the recent Gulf of Mexico disaster. "I have people come in just to donate for the Gulf spill," she says.
-- Dan Trittschuh