2/15 John Masters Organics

Talia and I went to the John Masters Organic Salon on the fifteenth of February. Sarah took us during activity period on Friday.

We walked in to the salon and were immediately relieved as a blanket of warm air slid over us. I was slightly surprised by how different the salon smelled and looked. While other bigger salons use products with harsh chemicals in them that create a strong shampooey, fake smell, the John Masters Salon did just the opposite. The Salon uses natural and even organic ingredients in their products, creating a calm scent that smells slightly like flowers and cut grass. The salon was lit with a warm yellow light giving off a cozy feel. It is also filled with mirrors pointing every which way that produce an interesting and complex scene.

While John was on the phone with a business partner, Talia and I waited and busied our selves by going around the room smelling and trying on all different sorts of creams and lotions. There was a Pomegranate facial oil, sea water with Lavender mist, Honey and Hibiscus hair reconstructor, and many other relaxing combination lotions. John Masters take some of natures finest plants and turns them in to wonderful smelling lotions and sprays.

When John got off the phone he greeted Sarah, Talia and I warmly . We spoke to him about our sustainability project and how we would like to ask him some questions about his Salon sometime. He was very enthusiastic about the project and readily agreed. We then spoke for several minutes about the difference of natural and unnatural salon products. He told us what had driven him to found an all natural salon. He said he was really disturbed by putting chemicals on his own body and in his hair. He was so freaked out that he started making his own lotions in his basement. He also told us something very disturbing; Chanel lipstick has lead in it! Here is a successful make-up company, and one of their top products has lead in it. To make the matters even worse, this lipstick goes on you lips so it can get in to your body more easily.

Sarah, Talia and I departed the Salon, and headed back to School. We had learned a lot of new information and got a little peek at the Salon’s inner workings. I was a little nervous before meeting John, but as soon as I really got to know what he was like, my emotions changed completely. I left the Salon that day feeling confident about our project, much cheerier, and smelling floralful.

-Gaia