Hair!

Hannah and Chloe have been home for almost 18 months. I have spend no less than a small fortune trying to find the right products for their hair. Honestly, mostly Chloe's. She has very tight curls and a lot of products JUST.DO.NOT.WORK. I have found that Hannah's hair works with about anything, so I mostly focus on Chloe's.

I often get asked what I use on the girls' hair, but I wanted to wait until I found the perfect products before I shared with the world. Friends... I am so happy to share a few of my favorite things.

Here is what I use for a conditioner. I only wash their hair every 1 to 2 weeks, but I co-wash (conditioner only) at least a couple of times a week. Their online site is HERE, but I am able to get it at our local Whole Foods store.

Now here are the dream products I am so excited to tell you about... Kinky-Curly! Their website is HERE. I also buy the things at Whole Foods, but you can get them at some Target stores too.

I use the Knot Today when I have Chloe's hair "free". It only takes about 10 minutes to detangle. It is a wonderful product and a little goes a long way. I also use it on Hannah's hair, but I find most days if I just get it damp it detangles pretty easily.

Then I get Chloe's hair VERY wet and put the Curling Custard in. It is the only product that I have found that keeps her hair fresh and curly for hours. I also use it in Hannah's hair, but I use a very small amount and it stays curly all day.
These two products are perfect for Chloe's thick curly hair. They also work on Hannah's, but I think I would use lighter things if both girls had hair like hers.

Here is my kinky curly hair princess...

LOVE those curls!

Hannah was not interested in getting her picture taken... welcome to my life with 3 year olds!

I hope everyone is having a great start to their week!

Weekly Hair Style

First off I want to thank everyone for the thoughtful comments and emails regarding the children's recent doctor's appointments. Thank you for praying for our family. The prayers are felt and I will keep you all posted.

I originally planed to let Chloe's hair take a rest this week, but Teresa blogged about this site and I really wanted to try the flat twists. They looked pretty easy to do and were cute. Well... they were easy to do, but I think Chloe's hair is still too short. They didn't stay in at all and just didn't look good ( I didn't even take pictures). I kept them in for two days and this afternoon I was done with the shaggy look, so they came out.

Tonight I decided to try something new. I put on the Olympic closing ceremonies hoping she would sit still and for the most part she did fine. The style took me one hour, so my fastest yet! I do think her hair is still a little too short for this since it is already popping out in places, but hopefully it'll stay until wash day. I don't even know what this style is called, can someone enlighten me? At the end I did a double twist.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I personally am sad that the Olympics are over. We love the games and all of us are sleep deprived trying to watch as much as possible! I am so proud to be an American!

She loves it!

I can't get over how well Chloe does when I do her hair. She gets squirmy at the end, but today it took me TWO LONG HOURS. I am sure I would get restless too. This time obviously I did braids and her hair is a lot longer than I thought. I truly didn't think I was going to be able to braid it, but I was wrong.

I would like to finish it off with some fun clips or pony tail holders, but I don't think her hair is long enough yet. Any suggestions?

I recently bought a sleep cap (the only reason I attempted to style it today). I found one at Walmart for $2, so I thought it was worth a try. I'll let you all know how well her hair does over the next couple of nights.

Hannah's hair is now starting to get out of control, so I guess it is time to figure out some styles for her too. Fun times! Have a great weekend everyone.

More hair...

OK... last Friday I was bound and determined to do ALL of Chloe's hair, not just five elastics. I decided to try Bantu Knots. Her hair needs to be longer for them to look really good, but my focus of the session was for her to get used to sitting (somewhat) still. It took a total of 90 minutes and she did very well considering being still is not her style. She watched Sesame Street for the first time, I am sure that helped a lot!

I do not have a night cap for her(or a silk pillow case), so by morning the knots were pretty messy and by day two I had to redo them; adding an additional 30 minutes. I will be purchasing a night cap before I attempt that or anything like it again.

Here are some pictures of the final look.

Second Hair Attempt

Over tree months ago I TRIED to do the girls hair in cute clips. I blogged about the disaster HERE. Neely suggested I check out Happy Hair Girl and now I am a faithful reader. I love this site, but seriously, she makes it look too easy.

The girls' hair is starting to get longer, so I thought it was time to try it again. This time I decided to ditch the clips and use elastics.

I did Chloe's first. This was as far as I got...

SHE.HAS.SO.MUCH.HAIR. It takes me a long time to comb through it everyday, but after 30 minutes she was done and honestly, I was too. I got five elastics in, in 1/2 hours... pretty sad.

Hannah's hair is a completely different texture and it isn't nearly as thick. I was able to do all of hers in 30 minutes, but my parts need a lot of work. I have done ponytail parts, but when you get to the back of the head, going horizontal... it is a different ball game. It is a lot harder than I thought it would be.

I can't believe Wednesday will mark six months since our Gotcha Day. We have had a lot of ups and downs, but at the end of day... not matter what type of day we have had... I am so thankful for these two girls and for God's blessings on our lives.

First hair attempt

I did my fair share of hair research when we found out that we were the parents of girls, but obviously I need to go back to read everything again...

Yes, Chloe... Mommy is sorry... so so sorry!