The below video is in French so I don’t understand most of it, but the story is about flight attendant Aboubakar Traoré, a Frenchman of Ivorian descent. He has been working for the company Air France since 1999. He has had his locs for a while now, but the company recently asked him to start covering his locs with a terrible wig so that he can look “more presentable” and “neater” in front of of their customers.
They are using the company employee manual as an excuse for this ridiculous demand. It’s bad enough that women have been bullied into frying their hair or wearing wigs to cover up their natural crowning glory just to make corporations feel more comfortable, but now they’re doing it to men too. I mean the photo alone is just insulting, but watch the video to get the real feel of the disrespect they are dishing out to this man. In the video you will see that his locs were already twisted within an inch of their life and pinned back in a bun which should have been more than enough to fill their “neat” presentation rule. If you don’t understand french you will still be able to fully understand the injustice happening just from the flow of it. Leave a comment and let me know what you think natural family 
Healthy Scalp, Healthy Locs
Nyesha Samuel, Publisher/Master Loctician for healthylocsblog.com
Click below to watch the video;
Discrimination _ Air France s’acharne by AncFrance
This sounds like a great natural solution for hair moisturizing and growth. Castor Oil is not among the popular oils on the list for hair care in the research I’ve done, but i’m up for almost anything natural so I’ll definitely be trying it Leave a comment and let me know what you think
Healthy Scalp, Healthy Locs
Nyesha Samuel, Publisher/Master Loctician for healthylocsblog.com
I recently began experimenting with oils for beauty treatments. In doing so, I discovered that inexpensive natural oils did as much for my skin as very expensive beauty treatments. In discovering and trying out new oils for my skin, I ran into an oil that did wonders for my skin, but it also caused a bit of a problem.
The castor oil I was using as part of my face oil wash program was causing hair to grow where I did not want it. I noticed my eyebrows getting thicker when I hadn’t had to pluck in a couple of years. I also noticed that the hairs on my chin were getting a bit out of control. With these discoveries in mind, I began to avoid areas on my face that were prone to unwanted hair growth, and continued using the castor oil mixture. Then I had a positive discovery. I realized that my hairline was filling in where it had become thin and uneven. My hair on my right temple was especially thin previously. Now it matches the other side in thickness. It is gray, but it has filled in.
Previously, I had shared that coconut oil helps to grow African American hair because it absorbs into the shaft of the hair and makes it stronger. This is still the case, but while coconut oil helps to prevent breakage, it does not make the hair grow any faster than the typical ½ inch per month. This is where castor oil comes in handy. I have learned that if you massage castor oil into your scalp a couple times a week that your hair will thicken (as mine did) and it will even accelerate hair growth.
Click below to read the full article;
http://voices.yahoo.com/how-discovered-castor-oil-growing-african-11325862.html
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