Update On Mixed Chicks

August 2, 2012By: Curly UmmiIn: Curly Products

I just had to do another update on Mixed Chicks. I have been trying to use other products to see how it would work on my hair just because I wanted to do the curly girl method. And I have to say that I have come across some nice products that work on my hair and I will still be using some of them.

You know how you have your favorite and it just works right for you no matter what? That is Mixed Chicks for me. I have been using this product since my TWA and that was 2009, because as you all know I BC in 12/2008. I am telling I fell in love with this product. I had been looking for years for something to do my curls the way the leave in does my curls. This would have saved me hair a long time ago when I was putting those Jerri Curls in my hair to elongate my curls lol.

As you all know I try my best to give you something to show what I am talking about and this is my mother with Mixed Chicks in her hair. Yes we do a family affair up in here!!

So I was rudely interrupted and just now getting back to finishing off. And the sad part about that is that I forgot where I was at lol. But so you can see that Mixed Chicks has done wonders for our hair and although we may try out new products this will always be my first love….

Ladies as I always say love your hair and it will love your back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!

My Natural Hair Is Trying

August 9, 2012By: Curly UmmiIn: Growing Hair

So as my curly hair was growing out from 1/4″ at the end of 2008 there was so much joy and excitement because of the inches that were gain in such a short period of time. I remember when I got 4″ of hair, I was running around making a jack behind of myself  lol. “Look how long my hair got” and it was growing so fast so I thought. Then we get to shoulder length, that is when it started to slow down. It seem

like it took for ever to get to arm pit  This is what my 3b curls look like and I am loving them everyday. Now it is the product that dictate the shrinkage of my curls. My final goal is waist length  and I am working on going through 3yrs and 7 months of growth and it seems so long for my length to not be where I think it should be. So getting back to the inches on my head. I now have 11″ in the back and 12″ on the top of my head and they say that I need to have about 20″ to make waist length.

 So here is my ideal length, a woman can dream right? lol No but I know it will happen in a matter of time just not in my timing. I think I will have to be going on my 5th year before I see this happen and I am ok with that. I have learned to stop going by what everyone else is doing. I am not them and if I never make it all the way I can at least say that my hair is very healthy, because forreal forreal that is all that really matters, right?

Ladies please love your hair and it will love you back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!!!!!

Life Changes

August 17, 2012By: Curly UmmiIn: Growing Hair

Hey all, I was feeling little down today because I was thinking back when my children were younger and what I thought I had to offerthem. And this is really what I thought my life was going to have in store for me….. ok dream is over!!!  But you know what happens? They start growing and branching out to other people who teach them things outside your household rules. Ding, then you end up with a teenager, yes a teenager the very thing we try our best to stay away from but when they are yours what can you do. Out of the five that I had I ended up in the end of it all having 2 very beautiful girls. Yeah!! hair to do.

OMG!!! do you know how excited I was about having some hair to do and clothes to play with, someone to go shopping with, all that girly stuff. It was getting bad in here, little ole me with all these boys, I even had a high pony tail in my second son’s hair until he was 2 yrs old. LOL. I knew just what to do with my girls hair because my momma taught me well, right? I only had to put grease and water and put those very nice pony tails in their hair. As they got older I was already into the Jherri Curl but they had this new formula out which was called a Dry Curl which was not as wet as the old jheri curl and since my step mother and uncle were stylist and I had gone to school no one was touching my girl’s hair.

When they turned 11 each of them got a dry curl applied to their hair and I would keep it up and make sure that it was not over processed and their hair was growing. Then the time came for them to take care of their own hair, yeah that was a big mistake. Just as they no longer liked my rules in my house they longer wanted curls either.

They wanted to go straight, yes can you believe it??? I told them “you will mess up your hair. I have given you the structure you need to have all the hair you want”, but they didn’t care and didn’t want that. As humans we always want other than what we have. So I got to say good-bye to the hair I once knew for the time that I took care of my girls.

You know what is so very hard some times?? Listening, just listening.

Ladies I always say love your hair and it will love you back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!!!

Wait For It.... My Mother's Update

August 23, 2012By: Curly UmmiIn: Henna

There has been much request on my mother’s progress. It took some time to get her butt over here to get the pictures on what is going on with her. So what has changed in her regimen is that she has put Mixed Chicks a side for now and is using Taliah Waajid Curl Sealer. It is a gel and it is very lite and without silicone. Since my mother is mostly only co washing I think the silicone was becoming a problem for her and although a little breakage has cause her not to retain any length on the other hand her thickness is doing much better. She is still getting the henna and other herb treatments on a regular.

Today I started with giving her a henna treatment and the brand Nupur. I love that it already has the 9 herbs that I was using separately, this had really cut down so many steps.

This is after the henna was co washed out with Tresemme and Hello hydrations. I know in this photo it looks like there is still henna in her hair but it was something with the flash on the camera. This is her hair and her curls using Taliah Waajid Curl Sealer.

Here is a close up on her curls. I really love how they came out. She is loving her curls also.

We still have some work to do in the top but it is very much an improvement from February of 2011. Her hair is still a little wet so when it dries it looks a little more filled in.

Sorry it took so long for the update and I hope it was well worth the wait. Now we are working on getting her length back. There is no longer any breakage so she is gaining some inches.

Ladies love your hair and it will love you back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!!

August Update On Hair Growth My Way

August 23, 2012By: Curly UmmiIn: Growth My Way

I just wanted to pop in to show you Dana’s hair growth. Do you see the length we are getting here girls. Even though we have only gained 1/4 of a inch it is looking good. 

So she is still co washing her hair with Tresemme and massaging the scalp with the castor oil. Our goal right now is to get her hair softer. Because she was weaving 100% of the time and neglecting her hair, the moisture was just gone. She has gotten the confidants she needed to start wearing her hair out and stop hiding from under the wigs, plus it started getting hot up under there lol. I am pretty please with her growth and the taming we have done on her own natural curl pattern. Her hair is coming alive right before our eyes, lol. Her henna treatments are still done every 4 weeks and what I do is clarify before I apply the henna. There is a oil treatment done before and there is a deep condition treatment done after. With her wash n go’s I usually use gels and her curls come out great, here look.

 Aren’t they great?? Well ladies that’s all I think I have to share at this time and of course we will be keeping you posted.

Ladies as I always tell you love your hair and it will love you back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!!!

What's New On Childhood Friend

August 26, 2012By: Curly UmmiIn: Growing Hair

Over the weeks Mel’s curls are training to be the greatest. As I have repeated many times before of our regimen she goes by the same thing. The only thing that changes with some of the girls is the products they use for their curls because we have found out from practice everything is not for everyone. The one thing that I am for certain and for sure is that with time and afford everyone can have healthy hair and retain length. I know that everyone is not that concerned about length just as Curly Nikki, she keeps her hair at the length it is because that is what she wants.

 Well is the first day Mel came to me. There was a lot of heat damage and I knew over time I was going to have to cut it out. I gave her some time to say good-bye to her hair and I think I cut it maybe 2 weeks later lol..

This is her hair today. Tell me you can not see the big difference in her curls and yes I cut away all the heat damage. She also gets the henna treatments once a month and she maybe due for one now as we speak…. hello I know you hear me lol.

I really enjoy helping those I love to love their hair. Just the excitement I see on their face, like I can’t believe it looks like this, man Ummi you those fingers.. I am so sad that I will be moving so far away from them but I know they will keep it up because they have a passion for it. This is not just a phase nor a fly by night thing like it was with my daughter,uh don’t get me started.

But as I transition to my new home or old home in Atlanta  GA, Clarkston to be exact I know I will find some love ones who is looking for the same healthy journey as I am. As a matter of fact a Step Daughter is coming to mind, you know who you are so get ready babe.

Ladies I can not say this enough, love your hair and it will love you back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!

My Week

September 5, 2012By: Curly UmmiIn: Growing Hair

So I am packing to move back to Atlanta GA and it has been a mess in here. So my hair, I decided to give it a rest and what better way to do that than with mini twist, yaaa. And I am blaming Naptural85 for this because she had just put them in her hair again and I could not take it anymore I just had to have them. lol They were looking hot man I mean hot! lol I just had to have them. I think I had them for 1 1/2 weeks now. Because my hair is so thin they just keep coming out and it will start in the back and just work it’s way up. So I did my hair over because my scalp was itching anyway and since my hair comes out of anything I do to it once it gets wet I knew it was a rap. So I redid my whole head and then in a few more days I just redid the ones that had come out.

But as I am typing this I am sitting with a deep conditioner on my hair with a plastic cap on and my satin cap. You know what is next, right? You got it! washing this bad boy. After I felt the tangles back there last night I said I have to save the nap of my hair it is not worth it, now that on my hair we are talking about.

This is going to be short but I just wanted to pop in to tell you how my experience went with the mini twist. I think you will enjoy her video on how to do them because it takes some patience but well worth it. You have a protective style and you get to keep it for weeks depending on your hair type. So I wanted to post this one for you all to watch.
How to Mini Twist So I hope you enjoy.

Ladies love your hair and it will love you back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!!!