Umthengisi weoyile weJinx
Rhoqo ngentsasa yosuku lweveki, uRandy Brisman uhamba iyure enesiqingatha ukusuka kwikhaya lakhe losher e-Long Island ukuya eVandi Parfums, ivenkile yemifuno anayo kwi-116th Street e-East Harlem. Apho, Mnu. Brisman, oneminyaka engama-43 ubudala kunye nokuma okutyibilikileyo kunye neenwele ezimdaka ngebala, uxuba kwaye athengise into ayichaza njengamayeza esintu omlingo-iziyobisi ezinezihloko ezimnandi ezinje ngeNdinako, Awunakuqhumisa, Ioyile yeLoyile yeLotari kunye neJinx Evil Begone Powder Incense ngeYoli eyiyo yeJinx.
Xa abantu benengxaki nabayeni babo, ngemali, ngeentelekelelo ezimbi, beza apha, utshilo uMnu Brisman emva kwemini. Abantu abazizityebi baseMelika baya kugqirha wengqondo; abathengi bam bathetha nomfundi womoya. Endaweni kagqirha weProzac, bafumana iyeza lamakhandlela okanye ibhafu. Iziphumo ziyafana: Baziva bebhetele.
IVandi Parfums yasekwa njengeshishini losapho ngo-1967 ngutata kaMnu Brisman, uHerbert, osebenza ngeLinotype. UHerbert waxuba imixube ecacisiweyo, kunye notata wakhe, uMorris-umzobi owadweba idrake Cakes duck eyaziwayo-eyila iilebhile zebhotile. URandy, engekabi neminyaka eli-10 ubudala, wancamathisela iilebhile kwiibhotile zomayeza emva kwesikolo. AmaBrismans aqala ngokuthengisa iziqholo zawo kwisiqu semoto kaHerbert ngeempelaveki, emva koko aphuma kwindawo yokugcina izinto eBronx. Indawo yase-East Harlem ivulwe kunyaka ophelileyo.
UHerbert Brisman ngoku uthathe umhlala-phantsi eFort Lauderdale. Kodwa kwisithuba seminyaka engamashumi amathathu kwimbali yenkampani yakhe, uVandi Parfums useke indawo eqinileyo kushishino lwezamayeza. Abasebenzi be-Santeria-inkolo yase-Afro-Caribbean edibanisa izinto zobuKatolika kunye nemveli yaseNtshona Afrika kunye nobugqwirha-banokufumana iimveliso zeVandi kwiivenkile ezingama-800 zonqulo (botanicas) kwihlabathi liphela. UVandi ude athumele nezinto zakhe zangaphandle kwiCaribbean, apho kwaqala khona ubuSanteria.
Kukho umqondiso omncinci wokuphefumlelwa kukaThixo kwiworkshop kaRandy Brisman, igumbi eligudileyo elinemibhobho yerabha kunye neebhafu ezigcwele iziqholo ezinuka kamnandi. Nangona engumlingo ngorhwebo njengoyise notatomkhulu ngaphambi kwakhe, uMnu Brisman akazenzi ngathi unamandla akhe. Kuye, uVandi Parfums lishishini. Ngapha koko, akakuqondi ukuntsonkotha kweenkolelo zabathengi bakhe.
Abantu baseHaiti-baziwa kakuhle ngaloo nto hoodoo-voodoo, utshilo uMnu Brisman, ngandlela thile. Kodwa zonke iinkcubeko zineenkolelo zazo. Umzekelo, abantu batshisa amakhandlela kuba-oh, andazi, kuba banenceba oyithandayo. Bayalitshisa ikhandlela njengesiko elingcwele. Ngamanye amaxesha baya kubeka ioyile ekhethekileyo kwikhandlela ngenjongo efanayo-inzima kakhulu. Andazi kangako ngayo, nayo. Abantu bacinga ngenxa yokuba ndingumnikazi wenkampani endiyazi ngayo yonke into, kodwa ngokwenene andinayo.
Thatha i-rosemary, wongeze uMnu Brisman, ngokungathi uqhubela phambili inqaku. Isetyenziselwa ntoni, andinakuxelela. Kodwa inamandla.
Abathengi bakaVandi ababonakali bekhathalela umsantsa wolwazi lukaMnumzana Brisman weSanteria. Ngaloo mvakwemini, u-Antonia Hernandez oqhelekileyo wangena kwivenkile kwaye wathenga ibhotile yeoyile yeLoyile eyi- $ 1. Ebuzwa ukuba achaze ukuthengwa kwakhe, U-Hernandez uthe ukusebenza kwe Vandi Parfums yindlela enendlela-mbini.
Lukholo olubekileyo kuyo, utshilo uNkosazana Hernandez. Ndithi kum, ‘Ndiyazi ukuba iza kusebenza, ndiyazi ukuba iza kusebenza.’ Ukholo lwam luyandityhala kwaye luyaluqinisa. Ukuba uqinisekile, unethuba lokuba izakusebenza. Ukuba awunayo, akukho ndlela.
URandy Brisman wayengathethi kakuhle. Ndinika abantu into abayifunayo ngamaxabiso afikelelekayo, utshilo. Ngaba ndingumthengisi, okanye yintoni?
-Andrew D. Blechman
Tsibela kuBomi
Oku kulandelayo sisicatshulwa esihleliweyo sodliwanondlebe nomenzi wefilimu waseFrance waseCanada uMartin de Blois, owayesedolophini kwinyanga ephelileyo yeNew York Independent Film and Video Festival. Umnumzana de Blois, oneminyaka engama-40 ubudala kwaye ngokuyintloko uyila ifanitshala, kutshanje usebenzisene nefilimu Intambo Ejikeleze Ihlabathi, kuvavanyo lwenkcubeko yamanye amazwe yokutsiba.
Ukutsiba-phezulu kungayila kakhulu kwaye kuyonwabisa. Awunangqondo. Awuzenzi ngathi, ungumdlali webhayisikile oyintshatsheli oneejezi ezifanayo kunye neiglavu kunye nesigcina-ntloko nazo zonke ezo zinto. Awuzenzisi…. Ungayenza naphina. Ungayenza imizuzu eyi-15 kwaye ufumane ukuzilolonga.
Into oyifunayo sisibini esifanelekileyo sezihlangu kunye nokufumana umphezulu olungileyo. Akunzima kangako, ngakumbi kwifashoni esinayo namhlanje…. Ukuba awuyithandi, awubambekanga kwizixhobo ezinzima. Unentambo yokutsiba. Uphumile kwaye ufumana ukuthetha nabantu. Abantu bathi, 'Owu, utsibela intambo!' Kwaye kunje, 'Oo!'
Kufuneka wolule kancinci phambi kokuba uyenze, ngakumbi amathole. Kufuneka ufudumeze amadolo akho kancinci kwaye ugobe amadolo. Kuya kufuneka uhlengahlengise intambo kubude obufanelekileyo. Ukutsiba kwindawo ethambileyo kwenza umahluko. Ukuba ungatsiba emthini, kungcono. Ukutsiba esitratweni akulunganga njengokutsiba kwikhonkrithi.
Inye into emnandi kukujika ecaleni. Xa udiniwe, ujika ecaleni-uyazi, xa ujika intambo ecaleni. Ukuba uqhubeka uzibetha, kuya kufuneka wolule iingalo zakho ngakumbi. Andikayifumani into ebuyela umva okwangoku. Kukho ijika lokufunda lomntu wonke.
Unayo i-twist kunye neendawo ezininzi, njengesiqalo esingaphambili kunye nomqolo ongasemva. Ukutsiba ngonyawo olunye kunzima kakhulu. Ukuphosa intambo phezulu emoyeni nokuba nentambo eslip nokubamba izibambo kunzima-yinto efuna ubuchule obuninzi. Iphantse yafana nejimnastics. Ukuphosa isiphatho esinye ngelixa ugcina esinye kwaye usibambile kunzima nako. Uthanda ukubetha intambo kwaye ubambe isiphatho esiphaphazelayo. Kulapho ifumana khona ubuchule bokwenene. Ukurola nje intambo ejikeleze ingalo yakho okanye umlenze wakho upholile, nayo, kuba iyenza ingalo yakho isebenze kwaye ikunike ikhefu elincinci. Zonke ezi zinto zidityaniswe kunye zinokuba nobuchule bokwenene.
-Christina Valhouli
Chick o ’uLwandle
Kwiminyaka engama-20, abasetyhini baseNew York (ewe, le, nakanjani) babethembele kwi-L'Oréal's Mermade conditioner yokuzibandakanya noxolo, ukuziva ulwandle, nokuba bekungama-48 degrees kunye nexesha elingaphandle.
Ixabiso eliphantsi kakhulu kunesabelo seHamptons, imveliso yayilunwele olunzulu olungena ngaphakathi kunyango lwekhrimu kumthunzi otyibilikayo wamanzi amdaka abiza malunga ne-10 yeedola kwi-16-ounce tub (enye inokuhlawula iidola ezi-5 ngeponti ye-conditioner engazinzisi).
Iphunga likaMermade lalinzima ukulikhomba-hayi kanye ulwandle, kodwa luhlaziya ngokunzulu kunjalo. Ngokungafaniyo neemveliso ezininzi zeenwele zale mihla, ezilwela nzima ukubonakala ngathi ziyindalo, iMermade yayiyeyona nto yayilixesha apho kwakulungile, nokuba kuqhubela phambili, ukuba yimichiza. Phakathi kwezinto ezininzi ezinotywala kunye nee-chloride kuluhlu lwesithako sayo yayikukuphela kwendalo: umlingo, ukuba awuvakala ngokungacacanga, iprotein yaselwandle enamanzi. (IPlankton, mhlawumbi?)
Ngokobuchwephesha, iMermade yayiyinto yorhwebo, eyayingajoliswanga ukuhanjiswa ngaphandle kweesalon, kodwa umntu wayenokuyifumana kwiikhemesti ezincinci, ezizimeleyo. (Abahlali besixeko abantsonkothileyo bayathanda ukuziva ngathi silanda imveliso yobuhle.)
Kodwa ngoku sinokuthi siguqe sithandaze kuNeptune, kuba uL'Oréal uthe cwaka wayiyeka iMermade kunyaka ophelileyo, kwaye izitokhwe ziyancipha ngeqondo elothusayo.
Kudala ndiphambana ndizama ukuyifumana, utshilo umhleli weDolophu kunye neLizwe u-Pamela Fiori, owaqala ukufumanisa le nto kwisalon kaStephen Knoll kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo. Liyanuka njengolwandle, elimangalisayo, livumba elithandekayo. Kuya kufuneka ndiye kwiivenkile ezintlanu ezahlukeneyo. Ndingazikhaba ngoba ukugqibela kwam ukucinga, 'Mhlawumbi ndingafumana ezimbini,' kwaye andifumananga zimbini, kungoko ndiphantsi kwethontsi lam lokugqibela.
Ngokwesithethi se-L'Oréal, iMermade iye yakhutshwa ngengca ngumtya wezityalo obizwa ngokuba yiNdalo yonyango, ovakala kule ntatheli ngokungathi kunkqonkqozwa iClairol Herbal Essences. Akukho nto malunga nolwandle apho.
Ngaba ii-siren zedolophu enkulu zinokuzithuthuzela nge-Kusco-Murphy's Beach Hair ($ 18 ye-225 gram), ijeli yeenwele yase-Australia edibanisa u-bamboo otyunyuziweyo, ioyile ye-bergamot, ikhokhonathi, ukukhanya okuluhlaza okuluhlaza kwaye, kukho amarhe, okwenyani isanti-Earl Grey idibana neClub Med. Okanye, ngeedola ezili-15, unokufumana ibhotile eneerubhi ezine zeBumble kunye neBumble's South Surf Spray, equlathe ukhula lwaselwandle kunye netyuwa, inuka ngokungathandabuzekiyo njenge-CK Be, kwaye yenza ukuba iinwele zakho zive, ngokunyanisekileyo, zincinci kwaye zingaqhelekanga. Kwisikolo esidala esizimeleyo, itoti ebomvu negolide ye-tin ye-Phytoplage oyile-depuis ye-1975-ixabisa i-17 yeerandi ze-3.3 ii-ounces. Yifrentshi. Kodwa ayenzi Mermade.
-Alexandra Jacobs
