Here's to New Beginnings...

Hi ladies. Thanks to all of you that stuck around. I don't think I posted about it but my family & I lost our home to the floods in Atlanta last year. We are renters so we had to move in an apartment for a quick fix. I think I'm just starting to feel normal again.

At some point after the flood I decided that I wanted to go back natural. So I haven't touched my curl up since June of last year. However, I remembered why I got a curl in the first place & how much me & my natural hair didn't get along. I have an appointment for a touch up on the 17th of this month. I know now that I cannot go longer than 6 months without touching my curl up. I have some damage from stretching this long. Nothing really major but I do have a small spot in my crown where all of the chemical snapped completely off. :(

I had been wearing my hair in a beehive cornrow style under wigs & the cornrows were ending right in the center of my head. Apparently the stress from having it end in the same spot caused the breakage. My stylist took a look at my hair on Friday & told me that to avoid more damage I needed to go ahead & touch up & baby my hair until then. Of course I'm going to follow her recommendation.

I will post pics to let you all see what my hair looks like with 8 months of new growth & then what my new touch-up looks like. My mother just cut off her perm & got somewhat of a curl. She didn't have enough hair to rod so my stylist just used step 1of the Wave By Design to texturize her natural hair. She will wear it like that until she has enough hair to rod. I will try & get some pictures of her hair to post as well.

Again, thanks to all of you that are still around. I'm not making any promises but I will try to slowly revive this blog. I posted it before but if anyone wants to guest blog, please contact me. It would be better if you e-mailed me at tmfi828@yahoo.com because I don't always check the e-mail that is associated with this blog.

Talk to you later, divas...

My New Highlights

Well I'm back. I'm in grad school full time so it's going to take me a minute to try & replace the pics on the blog. I did update the pics of when I first got my curl. Yesterday I went to my stylist. At first I was going to get my curl touched up but I'm trying to stretch until it gets warm again so I decided to just get some new color & get my hair straightened. My plan is to get a weave sometime next month, early October & just put my hair away for the rest of the winter.

Also since I'm busy with grad school, I'm looking for a guest writer. Of course I can't pay you but if you're interested in writing articles for the blog, please let me know & give me some ideas of some topics you'd be interested in covering. Toodles...

SMALL HIATUS

I have some things going on in my personal life & I was really down about losing the pics on the blog. I will try & replace as many of them as possible & get back in to the groove of things ASAP. Please bear with me as I take a small hiatus.

My Highlights

When I first got them done, they weren't really showing because my hair is so dark & for health (of my hair) reasons, my stylist didn't lift my hair really light. She said the sun would do it's work & the highlights would get lighter. You still can't see them really good on this picture.

Of course they show up better when I'm outside. What do you think?

HoneyA's Touch-up Pics

I was soooo excited to get these pics today. HoneyA definitely has hair to aspire to. Her curl is simply awesome. I love the pin-up pic. Thanks for sharing!

THE MANY LOOKS OF MY CURLY PERM

I've been meaning to post this pic for some days now...

Product Reviews - Ferm

So here's the lineup for the Ferm Maintenance line & the claims of each product. With the exception of the information on the Moisturizing Aqualizer, this info was taken directly from the Avlon website. For some reason the page wouldn't load that contained the information for the Aqualizer so I had to grab the information from an online beauty supply website that carries the product.





I never investigated Ferm's product line. I was surprised to see that they only carry three products. Now that I think about it, Design Essentials really only has two so I guess that isn't abnormal.












Ferm Moisture Retainer Creme


Claim: A light creamy formulation that maximizes moisture retention to permanent curl and wave hairstyles.


• Normalizes pH of hair.
• Decreases interfiber friction for increased ease of combing.
• Moisturizes permanently waved hair.
• Activates curl and wave patterns.
• Prevents hair from drying out.
• Adds softness and sheen.
• Revitalizes curls and waves.
• Enhances manageability of medium and coarse textured hair.



FERM Stylox Finish Gel

CLAIM: Beautifully maintains permanent curl and body permed hairstyles for fine to medium textured hair.

• Moisturizes both hair and scalp for a healthy looking appearance.

• Activates curl and wave patterns.

• Adds body to fine-textured hair and over-processed ends.

• Designed to withstand hot, humid climates

• Excellent during blow-drying usage to achieve a straight, relaxed hair look.
• Builds body and adds fullness to fine-textured hair especially necessary after a permanent wave service or shampoo.
• Will not stain grey hair and turn hair yellow.
• Does not make hair gummy or tacky in hot humid climates.
• Leaves hair light and fluffy during blow-drying process.

FERM Moisturizing Aqualizer
CLAIM: Corrects moisture deficiencies of hair and scalp. Maintains proper hydration. Conditions permanently curled or body-permed hair.
• Maintains proper moisture level.
• Prepares hair for gels, cremes and lotions.
• Makes hair more manageable.
• Restores proper pH balance.

So for all of you Ferm Perm wearers as well as the ladies that don't have a Ferm Perm but use their products, please chime in with your reviews. Thanks...