Who knew that while getting their haircut they would be helping cleanup the oil spill in the Gulf Coast? That is what an organization called Matter of Trust, based in California is doing. The organization is collecting hair from salons across the country and creating booms which are pantyhose filled with hair and hair mats. The booms and mats are then used to soak up the oil.
Paul Mitchell salons and schools continue sending hair clippings, funds and support to help with the Gulf Coast oil spill and of course the other oil spills that occur each year. Paul Mitchell became involved in the effort to cleanup oil spills when Phillip McCrory, from a Paul Mitchell focus salon in Alabama called John Paul DeJoria, CEO and Cofounder of John Paul Mitchell systems after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. McCrory discovered that hair could help after seeing that the fur on the Alaskan otters was soaked with oil. That is when Paul Mitchell became involved with Matter of Trust.
Paul Mitchell and Vanguard College of Cosmetology, a Paul Mitchell partner school has teamed up and set up a distribution center where the salons across the country can send the collected hair. Hair donations are received daily but they desperately need nylon pantyhose.
The girls are Fix Salon Studio are collecting clean used pantyhose to help in this clean-up effort.
(The picture above is of hair booms made by Vanguard College of Cosmetology.)
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