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2E • THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 OMAHA WORLD-HERALDLIVING

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Like Miles, Kevin Cruise gaveup on unnatural shampoo. Hestopped using it regularly about10 years ago. Now, he washeshis thick hairevery twomonths or sousing Dr. Bron-ner’s or someother organicshampoo. Whenhe washes hiscurly hair, itfrays out.

“It just needsto be a littledirty, I think,to feel right tome,” he said.

Cruise saidhe has alwaysbeen sensitiveto beauty prod-ucts. Shampoois one of many he has cut out ofhis life. The 40-year-old hasn’tused deodorant since he wasabout 20 years old. He said hedoesn’t feel the need to spendthe money.

For others, the chemicals be-came a problem. Omahan ErinnTighe, 46, became aware of the

kinds of chem-icals that werein her beautyproducts afterexploring aconsumer guideput togetherby the Envi-ronmentalWorking Group.She began experimenting withthe Morrocco Method, a lineof natural hair care products.The products are 100 percentnatural, raw and vegan. They’remade of recognizable foods,herbs, marine proteins, mineralsand more.

“If you had to, you could eatthis shampoo or conditioner,”she said.

There are five shampoos andfive conditioners that Tigheuses on a rotating basis. Sincestarting the program, she saidshe has noticed her hair growingin thicker. It’s also shinier andmuch easier to comb.

Some people have made theshift to more natural productsbecause the chemicals theywere using had a negative effecton their hair and bodies.

Kessa Moore is a natural hair

specialist; she owns and oper-ates More Hair by Kessa, 8039Maple St., a natural hair salon.

Natural hair is hair that is notaltered by chemicals. The meth-od is typically used by blackwomen, but people of all ethnic-ities with curly hair go naturalfor a number ofreasons.

Moore haskept her hairnatural for 10years. She saidshe got tiredof her scalpburning allthe time fromrelaxers. Oncethe 37-year-old noticed her hairbeginning to thin, she stoppedrelaxing her hair.

Moore said many people whoopt to wear their hair naturalhave actually developed aller-gies to chemicals used in relax-ers and other products used tochemically straighten hair.

Once people go natural andstop using relaxers, many willshampoo their hair occasionallyusing a sulfate-free shampoo.They will also do co-washing, orcleansing with a conditioner, to

condition the hair. Moore saidpeople often opt to use naturalproducts such as shea butter,coconut oil and olive oil to mois-turize their hair, too. The goalis to keep the curl as moist aspossible so it can have bounce,Moore said.

Breaking hair is anotherconcern.

Brigitte McQueen-Shew hasfought withher “incrediblycurly hair” formost of her life.The 43-year-old executivedirector ofthe Union forContemporaryArt makesher own haircare productsout of things such as flax seed,shea butter and black Jamaicancastor oil. Since she began usingnatural products, she found thather hair doesn’t break as easily,and it is not nearly as dry as itonce was.

“It’s just completely changedmy relationship with my hair,”she said.

Contact the writer:402-444-1149, andrea.k@owh.com

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BAKING SODA SHAMPOOMETHODcourtesy ofMindBodyGreen.com

Mix 1 part baking soda with 3 parts water.Massage into wet or dry hair, starting at theroots and working toward the ends. Let themixture sit for three minutes, and rinse withwarm water.Following this rinse, mix 1 part white or applecider vinegar with 4 parts water. If you’d like itto smell less like vinegar, add small amountsof an essential oil. Tilt your head back and pourthe wash through your hair, being sure to avoidyour eyes. Rinse with cold water.

LEMON AND CUCUMBER SHAMPOOTHIEcourtesy of www.naturallycurly.com

Blend one peeled lemon with olive oil orrosemary oil. Strain the mixture to removeany leftover lemon chunks. Blend the lemonmixture and a peeled cucumber. Pour themixture into your hair and massage. Rinse. Thecucumber should act as a conditioner and thelemon will help to cleanse the hair.

DEEP CONDITIONER FORNATURAL HAIRTO HELPWITHMANAGEABILITYcourtesy of blackgirllonghair.com

Take one large overripe banana, 4tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, 2tablespoons of pure vegetable glycerin and2 tablespoons of pure honey, and blendingredients until there are no lumps. Apply toyour hair and let it rest for 30 to 45 minutesunder a shower cap. Detangle and rinse.

TRY SOMETHINGDIFFERENT FOR YOURHAIR

are filtered through personalprejudices — and how the legalsystem works in deciding some-one’s guilt or innocence.

“Mamet puts it on the audi-ence to decide what to thinkabout all these issues,” saiddirector Amy Lane. “He doesn’tsupply the answers.”

In fact, he blurs lines andblows up preconceived notions,said Jonnique Peters, who playsthe black female lawyer, Susan.“Your idea of who is guilty andwho’s innocent shifts.”

Even the basic question thelawyers ask themselves differs.While the men are asking, “Howdo we win?” Susan asks, “Howdo we defend this man?”

Fresh out of law school, Susanhas an idealistic notion aboutbeing an advocate for justice.But as her fellow attorneys talkabout the reality of how thejustice system works, how casesare won and lost, her idealismtakes a beating.

To prepare for the role, Peterstalked to law school faculty atCreighton University, whereshe earned a degree in French.They explained how studentsare trained to think like a lawyer— and how important it is tobe neutral before you can bepersuasive.

“They said how rare it isthat a client would match yourpersonal beliefs and convic-tions,” Peters said. “You have toput your personal stuff aside.

You don’t always get to defendinnocent people.”

Lane’s husband, Ted, a law-yer and former litigator, alsotalked to the cast about plottingstrategy, not only in forming aworkable defense but in antici-pating what the prosecution willbring up.

“A lot of the play is case strat-egy,” Lane said, “and strategyamong the lawyers’ personalrelationships.”

Lane said Mamet, whose playsare known for fragmented,overlapping dialogue, has beencalled a profane poet becauseof his fondness for curse words.But because the characters in“Race” are professionals, thisscript is less profane than someby Mamet.

The nature of the story ledthe Playhouse to schedule twofree audience discussions aboutrace, gender and power, afterthe May 25 and June 8 perfor-mances. Peggy Jones, associateprofessor in the University ofNebraska at Omaha black stud-ies department and a member ofthe women’s and gender studiesfaculty, will lead the discussion.

Another post-show talkback,with cast and crew, will followthe May 23 performance. FromMay 15 through 25, the Play-house’s lobby bar will be openafter performances so that peo-ple who have just seen the showcan discuss it over a drink.

Contact the writer:402-444-1269, bob.fischbach@owh.com

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ANDREW MAR INKOV I CH

From left, Jonnique Peters as Susan, Brennan Thomas as Charles, Andre McGraw as Henry and Doug Blackburn as Jack in the Omaha CommunityPlayhouse production of “Race.”

with tissues that weren’t fullyhydrated. When a warm daycomes, plants begin to photosyn-thesize, a process that requiresthe use of water. If they can’t re-place that water, either becausethe ground is frozen or becausethere’s little moisture in the soil,plants will let some tissues die.

The lack of moisture, Cuesaid, also left some spaces in thesoil filled with air rather thanwater, which normally helpsbuffer the root zones. Moreair meant cold could penetratemore deeply, causing some rootdieback.

Hardest hit appear to be ever-greens — arborvitae, boxwood,yews, euonymous, holly andvinca among them. Some mayappear dead, others have patch-es of brown, with non-nativeplants likely to be the hardesthit. Wind, too, appears to havecaused damage, particularly onexposed sides.

But as rough as some plants

may look, horticulturists are ad-vising gardeners to give plantsa couple more weeks — even toJune 1 — to sprout new growthbefore trimming or removingthem.

“I know that doing nothing isthe hardest thing for a home-owner to do, but I think we’lljust have to wait and see whatnature will do,” said Judy Ma-silko, a horticulture specialistwith Lanoha Nursery in Omaha.

Some perennial plants alsomay be slow to rally this spring,Cue said. Rains like the roundreceived last week lower soiltemperature.

The CropWatch map pub-lished by UNL indicated theseven-day average soil tem-perature still is several degreesbelow normal across much ofNebraska and into western Iowa.

With evergreens, Cue said,homeowners should wait tosee what kind of growth comesback. Strong new growth maymask problem areas, and home-owners can trim out dead tissue.

If growth is poor, the homeown-er can reassess.

“We’re counting on that kindof rallying to occur, so perhapsnot all of the plants we thinkneed to come out will need tocome out,” she said.

Said Mick Mulhall of Mul-hall’s Landscaping, Nursery andGarden Center in Omaha, “Evenif the top dies back, it’s still gotroots.

Melissa Burdick, director ofhorticulture at Lauritzen Gar-dens, will be faced with some ofthose decisions. The garden lostsome small evergreens in thetrain garden. And each arborvi-tae in one of its hedgerows has abranch that is completely dead.

“Can we prune it and have theplants still look good?” she said.

The garden, however, lost nomore than the usual number ofroses because those plants wereinsulated. The garden also paysparticular attention to water-ing, even into fall. “That’s onething that could have helped theshrubs around town,” she said.

Cue said vinca, a groundcover,

may grow back from the roots.

Homeowners can set a lawn-

mower on its highest setting and

clean off the tops so new growth

will occur.

Roses, too, need a few more

weeks. Those on their own root

systems are beginning to grow

back from the base, even if they

had dieback at the top. But with

grafted roses, the question is

whether the union between the

root and the graft survived.

Growth above the union means

the graft did.

Homeowners also are report-

ing problems with fescue lawns,

she said. Fescue has the lowest

winter hardiness of the turf-

grass species. If patches aren’t

greening, homeowners can

rake up the dead, dry grass and

overseed, as long as they haven’t

already applied a pre-emergent

herbicide.

Contact the writer:402-444-1223, julie.anderson@owh.com

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Erinn Tighe

Kessa Moore

Leah Miles

Kevin Cruise

THURSDAY

Cooking: Visiting NurseAssociation hosts sixth annualCooking for VNA with food fromarea chefs, drinks and music; allproceeds go to VNA’s CookingMatters program, 6 to 8:30 p.m.,$55 at the door. Mid-AmericaCenter, 1 Arena Way, CouncilBluffs, 402-342-5566.

FRIDAY

Free garden entry: FreeNational Public Gardens Day, 9a.m. to 5 p.m., free, LauritzenGardens, 100 Bancroft St.402-346-4002 or www.lauritzengardens.org.Commemorative event:Ponca Chief Standing BearCommemoration with food,Native American dance andmusic as well as a play anddiscussion, 5:30 p.m., free,RSVP by calling 402-455-9990.General Crook House Museum,5730 N. 30th St. 402-455-9990or DouglasCoHistory.org.Stuntwoman class:Professional stuntwoman JessieGraff teaches a masterclass, 1to 4 p.m., free, Studio Theatre,first floor of the Temple Buildingat 12th and R Streets, Lincoln.Art celebration: Friday 2 on

Vinton Street featuring activitiesand discounts at several arearetailers and galleries, 5 to 9p.m. Various vendors on the1700 and 1800 blocks of VintonStreet.Family event: City hosts SpringInto Summer family event with aconcert, food, face painting, kite-building, climbing wall and more,6 to 9 p.m., free, Elmwood Park,802 S. 60th St.

BOTH DAYS

Blood drive: Protect, Serve andSave Blood Drive, noon to 6:30p.m. Friday at Omaha PoliceUnion Hall, 13445 Cryer Ave.8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday atSarpy County Courthouse, 1261Golden Gate Drive, Papillion.Theater performance:Nebraska Wesleyan performs“Les Misérables,” 7:30 p.m.,$15 for adults, $10 for seniors,$7.50 for students. McDonaldTheatre, 51st Street andHuntington Avenue, Lincoln, 402-465-2384.Food drive: Garage saleand food drive for animals,hosted by Homeward Boundin the Heartland, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., 533 N. 72nd St., www.homewardboundintheheartland.org.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nin-tendo isn’t allowing gamers toplay as gay in an upcoming lifesimulator game.

The publisher of such gam-ing franchises as “The Legendof Zelda” and “Mario Bros.”said Tuesday it wouldn’t bowto pressure to allow players toengage in romantic activitieswith characters of the samesex in English editions of“Tomodachi Life.” This followsa social media campaignlaunched by fans last monthseeking virtual equality for thegame’s characters, which aremodeled after real people.

“Nintendo never intendedto make any form of socialcommentary with the launch of‘Tomodachi Life,’ ” Nintendo ofAmerica Inc. said in a state-

ment.“The relationship options in

the game represent a playfulalternate world rather than areal-life simulation. We hopethat all of our fans will see that‘Tomodachi Life’ was intendedto be a whimsical and quirkygame, and that we were ab-solutely not trying to providesocial commentary.”

Tye Marini, a gay 23-year-oldNintendo fan from Mesa, Ar-izona, launched the campaignlast month, urging Nintendoto add same-sex relationshipoptions to English versions ofthe Nintendo 3DS game.

“It’s more of an issue for thisgame because the charactersare supposed to be a represen-tation of your real life,” Marinisaid

Nintendo won’t let gamers play as gay

BrigitteMcQueen-ShewWhat is a photocopying

machine? There was a reallegal argument about thatvery question in an Ohiocase, and the New YorkTimes’ Op-Docs re-createda portion of the depositionverbatim. It is a hilariousscene wherein two lawyersand a witness shout at eachother about photocopying.

Watch it: bit.ly/QaNkFc