Elevate Organic Salon + Spa owner Jennifer Schouten. Photo courtesy Elevate Organic Salon + Spa
Elevate Organic Salon + Spa is now open in the small business heart of downtown Mission.
The shop offers hair and beauty care, along with massages and other service, with a special emphasis on creating a “welcoming and affirming” environment for clients.
Elevate is where Indigo Rose Salon used to be
Elevate opened in October at 5420 Johnson Drive, in a space next door to Sully’s pub.
The shop is hosting a special pop-up event later this month to celebrate its opening.
Elevate Salon owner Jennifer Schouten originally opened her Overland Park salon in 2021.
She said Elevate quickly grew out of that downtown space.
The move to the larger Mission space, she says, has allowed her to add an in-house esthetician, a masseuse and a lash tech.
Elevate’s gender-less booking menu is available online here.
The interior of Elevate. Photo courtesy Elevate Organic Salon + Spa
Elevate aims to create a “safe space”
Schouten said Elevate aims to create a space that feels inclusive for all clients.
By the time their appointment is over, Schouten said, clients should have a sense of “radical self acceptance.”
“[Clients should feel] love and acceptance from us, but that they should actually walk out and feel it for themselves,” Schouten said.
Schouten stocks “low-toxic” products
She opened her own practice inside another salon eight years ago with a goal of using low-toxicity produces, after learning ingredients in some hair product lines may be are carcinogenic.
“That made me feel terrible,” Schouten said. “Not only am I working with it all day long, but I put it on people and I felt this responsibility to make a difference.”
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