Even as a young girl, Nadine Röbbelen knew where she wanted to go: To become a hairdresser. Today she has established herself with NR Hairdesign in Borken, Germany, and shows how sustainability can be integrated into everyday hairdressing. Watch the video to find out how Nadine went her own way and consciously rethought her salon.
After graduating from high school, Nadine trained as a hairdresser and soon after gained her master's degree in hairdressing. A formative time followed on Fuerteventura, where she lived for several years and ran a traditional hairdressing salon.
In her day-to-day work, she increasingly noticed that many customers were struggling with skin and hair problems. Their skin became increasingly sensitive and their hair increasingly stressed. These observations made her rethink her approach.
Back in Münsterland, she consciously decided to take a different path: she wanted to do without chemical ingredients and fragrances and instead work with natural, purely plant-based ingredients and materials. To this end, she trained as a natural hairdresser and gradually developed her own sustainable, environmentally conscious concept.
Today, NR Hairdesign stands for a holistic, sustainable and environmentally conscious concept. It's not just about a new personalised haircut, but about healthy hair, a healthy scalp and a better body feeling.
Nadine and her colleague work exclusively with purely plant-based ingredients - whether for plant-based hair colour, shampoo or care products and make-up. Ingredients such as camomile, indigo and rhubarb root are used, completely free from chemical additives and synthetic fragrances.
As trained scalp and hair growth specialists, they consciously think outside the box: in addition to hair and scalp, they also consider health factors such as lifestyle, internal influences or possible causes in the body in order to achieve long-term healthy results.
What many customers notice immediately is that this salon is different. No ringing telephones, no walk-in customers, no hectic rush. Instead, you can expect exclusive one-to-one support from a master hairdresser.
Nadine and Lydia deliberately take the time for a detailed consultation and genuine understanding: your scalp, hair and individual needs are analysed in detail in order to develop a personal, long-term path based on this - with the aim of making your hair and scalp healthier step by step.
The path to self-employment began with a clear idea and the right support. During the concept phase, Nadine sought advice from the Borken district's business development agency. There she was made aware of a start-up grant, with whose support she founded her company in October 2019.
As a young entrepreneur, she faced major challenges early on due to the coronavirus pandemic. The start-up grant became an important source of support during this time: it gave her financial security and enabled her to continue working on her business together with a start-up coach.
This enabled her to continue developing NR Hairdesign despite the crisis and emerge stronger.
What drives her is as simple as it is powerful: helping people to achieve beautiful, healthy hair and scalp , true to her slogan: With the power of nature for healthy skin and hair.
With NR Hairdesign, Nadine Röbbelen shows that future-orientated entrepreneurship in Münsterland can also be done differently: consciously, sustainably and with real passion.
