Darryl George, a Black high school student from Texas, and his mother, Darresha George, are suing the state’s governor and attorney general, claiming that these officials failed to enforce a recent Texas law designed to prevent discrimination against people with race-associated hairstyles like Darryl’s locs, thereby violating his civil rights.
Author: Sis. Nicole Lasher
Aging with Dreadlocks: Embracing Hair Loss and Loving Ourselves
Aging with Dreadlocks: Embracing Hair Loss and Loving Ourselves When we first start wearing dreadlocks as young people, we often go through what is called an “ugly phase”, but eventually our hair rewards us for letting it grow naturally. We usually experience a wonderful time of thick, lusciously full hair…
Black NAPS provides a safe place for women to embrace their natural locks
“In 2010, Ariane Williams started her natural hair journey when her hair started breaking from the relaxers she was using. She realized there were not many resources or information geared toward black women to learn how to care for and style their natural hair, so she started Black NAPS. Black…
How to Put Extensions in Very Short Hair | How We Make Our Hair in Countryside
African Essie shares her trip to the salon with us and shows us how they install extensions into super short hair in Uganda.
How to braid cornrows for beginners Beginner friendly Cornrow tutorial With Alternative Hand Positioning
In this video, Nana shows a cornrowing hand position that may be easier for beginners and others who find the usual two hands lateral position doesn’t give desired results.
How To Do Braid Fusion Extensions
Before we begin, I will be very frank and state that hair extension and replacement is an art. To master this or any other technique will take time and practice. Adding extensions by pinch braiding is called braid fusion. Bulk hair is braided with the natural hair to hold it…
Typical Village African way of blow drying Hair Using broken pots
Heat straightening is apparently an African thing. Before blowdyers and hot combs, there was the hot pot.
I gave my girl a typical african traditional hair cut
In many Uganda primary schools, kids have short hair, so Rosie helps her friend by giving her a good haircut. She follows the growth pattern to keep it short and neat.
Flamingo Phoenix Eyeshadow Instructions
The Flamingo Phoenix is a very beautiful but flamboyant style meant for performing, stage, and photography situations. It’s definitely not a day look unless whatever you’re doing involves patent red stilletto heels. Here are the basic palettes for this look. Notice that not all of the colors for the cool…
Smoky Eye Eyeshadow Instructions for Darker Complexions
The “smoky eyes” look refers to a variety of eye shadow styles that both make the eyes look more deeply set, and create a dark but soft frame around them. Darker skinned people already have naturally well defined eyes, so we don’t need to darken the eye socket so much…