Donna's Salon Utopia

Magazines can be a wonderful thing. When I was younger, my sister and I created a magazine called Miss Sassy . My Dad was working for the Ministry of Natural Resources then and he would come home with these glossy pieces of paper that as a true environmentalist, he did not want to throw out. So, he gave them to us. We created issues of a magazine out of these pieces of paper. The magazine ran during the early 1980s. It was fun doing that magazine. We would do the drawings of our dolls, some of them Barbies, and there was always a cover model. Since we both really enjoyed watching Little House on the Prairie , we would have the late Michael Landon do the interviews with the cover model for the inside spread of the magazine. Our knowledge of magazines came from all the pre-teen rags that were out there that we devoured. All this to say that creating your own magazine can be a wonderful experience. I have my own now called Donna that you can look at here: http://kakonged.wordpress.com .

I have always found PH-balanced shampoos to be the best. As my sister says, they restore the moisture that needs to be restored to your hair. I have started using this kind of shampoo and already I have received comments on how much stronger my hair looks. When I was in my 20s and my hair grew into the middle of my back in a natural state, I was living on PH-balanced shampoo and olive oil. I do not plan to go back to the olive oil, however I am already extremely happy with the PH-balanced shampoo. You can find PH-balanced shampoos at any health food store. Many of these shampoos also have multi-purposes so you can use them for your hands and body.

The Lush bath and beauty products are usually quite good. There is one product that I have bought recently called Curly Wurly that I have found is not ideal for natural black hair. It is a coconut and vanilla shampoo that smells great and is a lot of fun to wash your hair with. The downside is that the shampoo has these coconut flakes that tend to get trapped in the extreme curls of natural black hair even when the hair is dry. The experience of using the shampoo has made my dresser filled with coconut flakes where I comb my hair, and even just before I am ready to wash my hair again - I find flakes falling out. I would not recommend this shampoo to anyone who has super curly hair.