Weekend Edition Day 22, 23, 24, 25 #30hijabs N 30days

Salaams and Salutations,
My weekend started on Thursday last week...lol.

Deets Day 22: Senorita hijab: Pearl Daisy headband: Forever 21 overgarment: Muslim Diva 

Deets Day 23 Jummah Friday hijab: Pearl Daisy maxi overgarment: Tawanda Mackey cardigan: Torrid sleeve: hijab-ista.com  Day 24: I was home all day...so its a prayer garment Pic to come soon

Deets Day 25: GWU MSA Islam Awarness week kickoff hijab: NYC Chintown trench coat: Simply Be socks: Sock Dreams Shout out to GWU MSA for inviting Beautiful Ummah Trunk show to vend at their kick off!!
Hope you had a great weekend.

B Beautiful,
Umm Amirah

Day 21 #30hijabs N 30days

Salaams and Salutations,

 Self portrait..my 5 year old takes shakey pictures..lol

Deets
Hijab buy a Sister named Jameelah.
Outfit buy a Sister named Jamilah "Velvet Rose by Jamilah'  Art work:
custom decal from Etsy.com
B Beautiful,

Umm Amirah

Day 9 '30hijabs N 30days' Jummah Mabrook!

Salaams and Salutations,

Jummah Mabrook Ladies. I pray you are enjoying your day. Breezy and cold here on the East coast but the SUN is IN attendance. You have got to LOVE the vitamin D flowing over here. It was really nice to walk to Jummah with the sun beaming down. Just the little things.

So we are on Day 8 of  '30hijabs N 30days'. I am loving all the THOUGH going into these photos. Don't forget to follow on the fan page and check out my LAST video.

Its Jummah so I went for a fresh face and an overgarment.

Deets:
overgarment: Tawanda Mackey
Hijab: Pearl Daisy
sleeves: Hijab-sta.com
Off to pick up the kid-os and for pizza night.

B Beautiful,
Umm Amirah

New York State of Mine: Afternoon with the Madame

Salaams and Salutations,
We are at our LAST installment from our NYC trip in January. YES it took me THIS long to post these. I pray you enjoy them...lol.

So the ladies had an afternoon treat at Madame Tussauds in NYC. MAN, can I say that this wax museum is sooo fun. Now I've been to the one in London, all of them are different, and that was nice too. Check us out ...enjoying ourselves.

Chanelling with the Dali Lama
I could be a 'bat girl'

Jammin with BoB

Had to take a pic with the sexy Mr. Bond

She was trying to get 'One more Chance'..lol

My AM buddies

'They couldn't help it, if they wanted to...'


She HAD to take this pic


Yeah I have a boy band thing

I really hope you enjoyed our trip. We R doing it again in MAY!! This time the NYC Make Up Show. We are SOOOOO excited!!

B Beautiful
Umm Amirah

Beauty on the Outside: Najm Designs

Salaams and Salations Beauties,
It is another installment of 'Beauty on the Outside'. Now we're featuring Najm Designs. I have LOVED Najm Designs for YEARS. For those who live in the Maryland and KNOW about the Sister's conference here, you've seen her prints and grafics. My girls and I have 3 of her bags. With out further typing... I present you with NAJM Designs.

BU: What's the philosophy behind NAJM*?(meaning star, also the 53rd Surah in Qur'an)

NJ: My slogan is "Design With Purpose". The concept here is even our dress is a form of worship and serves a purpose for us as women so it should mean something. I design practical, comfortable clothing. I also design a graphic line that expresses the pride and ideals of the muslimah ummah as a whole.


BU: Have you always had an eye for fashion?

ND:I have always been an artistic soul, mashaAllah. I was in the Arts Honors Society in HS and also performed my poetry at various events. I knew I wanted to have a creative career and use my talents. Allah blessed me to take my shahadah, and I learned about human images being haram. At the same time becoming a hijabi and did not like the products available in my local stores. I realized my purpose, and enrolled in college and majored in Fashion Design with a goal of bringing stylish islamic clothing to my sisters.



BU: What types of products to you provide for your line?

ND: I provide Modest clothing for women (jilbabs,dresses, skirts, tunics, skirts & wideleg pants). I also have a graphic line which consists of tees (mens,womens,childrens), bags(totes, messengers, bookbags), accessories (jewelry, key chains, mousepads, travel mugs) that have bold, yet fun islamic themed sayings on them. (ex. "Hijabi-Liberated & Educated", "America's Next Top Muslimah", "Pretty, Proud & Muslim", "Righteous Wife-I make you better"

BU: What drives you to bring modest affordable fashions to American sisters?

ND: My drive comes from only Allah(swt)! He's blessed me with the creative talent to come up with these ideas and put them out there. Also I feed off the energy of my muslimah sisters. We have all experienced the discrimination and stereotypes that are attached to muslimahs and hijabis. I wanted to develop a way to speak out against it without even opening your mouth. As one customer said "just talk to the bag!". Sisters have personally thanked me and told me my bags have "broke the ice" among non-muslim co-workers and family members, who just didn't know they felt so much passion about wearing hijab. They thought it was a forced decision and that there was no way they voluntarily enjoyed wearing hijab.



BU: What is your definition of beauty?

ND: My definition of beauty is being pleasing in mind, body, and soul. To be truly beautiful all 3 must be in place. I also want to note that I meet beautiful sisters regularly that wear a variety of displeasing clothing(ie. too tight, wrinkled, stained or ripped). It is absolutely possible to obey Allah and be modest, as well as being conscience that our outer appearances are a dawah to other people. Be proud of who you are as a person, be proud of your commitment to Allah as a Hijabi, be proud to be a role model to your daughters and be proud of the status Allah have given you in our ummah! There is no excuse to have low self-esteem and walk around looking like a hot mess! You don't have to be the "designer diva" muslimah type,lol it's not about that. And if you need help finding your islamic fashion identity there are designers out there like me, who are passionate about what we do and have the expertise to help you look and feel beautiful.


You can also put my contact info: najmdesigns@gmail.com, coming soon:www.najmdesigns.com



JazakAllah khair for interviewing me and including me. Please let me know when it comes out. Great to see you as usual, talk to you soon, inshaAllah.

NAJMAH*

Beautiful Ummah thanks Sister Najmah for the interview. We also thank her for comming out to our 'Designer's Delight' in NYC a couple of weeks ago. Insha~allah we'll see her soon.

B Beautiful,
Umm Amirah

Beautiful Ummah is One Year Old!!

Salaams and Saluations,

Beautiful Ummah is ONE year old!! Can't believe it. Can't believe we've had some nice events, great subscribers and learned alot of the beauty blogging community.

Soooo in celebration of our 1st year...we are having a contest. It is open till the end of the month. The prices will be broken up into LOCAL winners (in the D/M/V) and Non LOCAL(mailing) winners. The rules are as followed: Create a beauty look. Take 3 pictures: before, during, after. Submit the pics a long with a little something about YOU to me (Umm Amirah) at ummamirah[at]beautifulummah[dot]com. Evening looks, everyday looks, whatever!!!

There will be 3 prize. Entries will be posted on this blog (just the last pic). Entries will be judged by all Beautiful Ummah contributors.

Don't forget about our Poetry Event at RJ Cafe in Maryland. If you live in between DC and Baltimore, we hope to see you there. Also there is that Artizara promo during this month...go go and enjoy.

Get to getting beauties!!

B Beautiful,

Umm Amirah

Beautiful Ummah Event: Brunch in DC

Salaams and Salutations ladies,

So the BU team that went to NYC is BACK from NYC. Tired...but what a BALL we had. Pictures won't be up for a while...so please bear with. Seems like alot of sister's backed out of joining us...but we had fun NON the less. Like my mother always says: 'One monkey don't stop no show!'. I might have to break the posts into different posts, cuz we have sooo many pics. Jazakallah kheir for all the ladies that came out to Faloukies on Friday, the Designer's Delight on Saturday...and to Sister Jenneh of Al-Mujalbaba for puttin up with us on Sunday. **hugs and kisses**

Soooo below are pics from the brunch at the beginning of January at Fouding Farmer's in Washington,DC. Founding Farmers is a relatively new restaurant that serves local, natural foods. Great food, great prices...is all I can say. Thanks to all the ladies that graced us with their presance. Insha~allah we'll be planning something BIG for our one year BLOGversary!!

Yummy hot doughnuts!!
Umm Amirah
Good Eats
Good Conversation

local wings


**yummy** Umm Aminah Honest enjoying brunch. Lovely Ladies
We all had a blast, good company, good food, good converstation.


Hope you enjoyed it...now RUN to Founding Farmers!!
B Beautiful
Umm Amirah

Beautiful Ummah Post EID Lunch

Salaams and Saluations,
Sooo we had a BU event at Mama's Ayesha's this month. It was SOOOOO fun. The food was great, the company was great...and the invovlement was electrifying. Alhumdulillah about 9 sister came out on this Sunday to have a great lunch. Sunday's are great time to go to restaurants, because its not crowded. We can talk and not have to talk over anyone else.

Alhumdulillah one sister was a new shahada!!! We were so glad to meet her and for her to meet us all. Insha~allah there will be another one after the next EID.
Enjoy

New shahada and her friend

Friends

Sorors: Sage and Unique Mistique

Family

Sorors: The 411, Sage, Unique Mistique

ooohhh an EID gift from my Secret Soror. Pretty

Hmmmm dessert


B Beautiful!!
Umm Amirah

I'm such a LUSH

Salaams and Salutations Beauties...

Today I went to my local LUSH in Georgetown. I love LUSH. I love the way it smells, the cool people that work there, that I can play in EVERYTHING. LUSH is like a 'product junkies paradise' but it is SOOO eco friendly. I mean even the little yellow bags are bio-degradable!!

baby face, catastrophe cosmetic and tea tree water toner

I went in to only purchase a couple of products Baby Face make up remover and another face masque. Of course I milled around my favorite soaps, balm bombs, and skin soaps. I had seen Baby face on Amazon and I was dying to try it. Since LUSH is so close I decided NOT to order online.

Baby Face is a make up remover and all around face cleaner. Best to use with one of the many spray toners they carry. I purchased the Tea Tree Water Toner. Please note: One does NOT use this like a soap...lol. Please ask for a demo.

I also purchased Castastrophe Cosmetic which is a face mask. Its made with blueberries with is a natural antioxidant. It calms and cleans the skin. Can't wait to use it!!


Can't you see the blue tint?

I previously purchased Love Lettuce and I use it about once a week. Its a great exfoliate and is for normal to oily skin


This is what Love Lettuce looks like. I love this product.


So I can't wait to go back to LUSH. I received some great advice on hand lotion, cuticle cream, food cream and body wash.

Now mind you I already use a lot of LUSH products on my face. I totally recommend Coleface Cleanser as an everyday face soap, Angles on Bare Face which is an exfoliate and a cleanser, and Fresh Farmacy which is a pimple remover and calms all types of body breakouts.

So Eco beauties...LUSH is the place for you. Remember that it's not a dirty work....

B Beautiful!
Umm Amirah

Weekend Promanad ....OYIN handmade!!!

Salaams and Salutations,

This Saturday UmmAminahHonest and I met up with a fellow Soror of ours and headed to Baltimore for a teeter. So first we teetered to Modest Intentions on Reisterstown Road. We teeted for a while in the modest clothes: abayas, hijabs, hijabs and more hijabs. Geesh..do I have enough...mmmmm NO I don't..LOL.

Then we got my GPS on my new phone working and headed out to OYIN. OYIN has a new store in Baltimore on N. Charles Street. Its opened from 12pm to 7pm. Please note that you have to feed the meets in Baltimore on the weekends ( that sucks!).



So we made it! Since I have an upcoming interview with Jamyla- the mixtress, I will only give a taste of all the pics I took.



Exit the Apple is not only the flagship store for OYIN but also other interests for Pierre and Jamyla. That includes bags, t-shirts, books,and music. These two are all about nurturing your passions. UmmAminahHonest got a boost of energy from these two because they are 'living their dream'.

The Hubster explaining to UmmAminahHonest


UmmAminahHonest buying product..doesn't she look happy!

UmmAminahHonest and our lovely Soror needed product introduction from the OYIN team. Me, being the OYIN honey I am..I picked out what I needed. I use the Burnt Sugar Pomade and Shine and Define on the kids hair. Shine and Define helps with the frizzles and the pomade makes weekly braiding smoother.


My haul: Shine and Define, Burnt Sugar Pomade, After Bath, with samples
Know that right now when you come in the store you walk out with lots of samples. I received samples of Whipped Pudding, Poo Bar and Juices and Berries. I just believe you can never have enough OYIN. Get there early..they open at 12pm. On the 28th they are asking for testimonials from their customers...don't know if I can make it (sad face).

Visiting Oyin was a great experience. NH is now ready to go. He's going to sponsor my next haul of Honey Hemp Condish (the big bottle), Cup of Joe and maybe a T-shirt or book too.

DONE!!
B. Beautiful
Umm Amirah

Lush...NOT a bad word.

Salaams and Saluations Beauties,

I found out about LUSH a couple of years ago..and I loooovvveee it. To go into a LUSH store one is CONSUMED with smells. Bath bombs, soap, salves, masques..OH MY.
But LUSH cares, it's a global company that sells handmade products. From cosmetics to bath and body..LUSH does it all.



I like LUSH because it has great gift ideas..from the bath bombs above to soaps and salves (stuff you throw in your shower). They also have pre made boxes in different price points for even the most frugelist of fashionistas.




Honey I washed the kids smells great. Made with Natural honey and stuff....**smile**


I like Demon in the Dark too.



I heard this one is a good one. I have yet to try it thought. Its gotta be good for the skin..porridge.


These two (above and below) are face soaps Fresh Pharmacy is GREAT on ZITS. You can even due spot jobs. Dable a little on a zit at night, it will help clear it up in the morning. I've heard some LUSHERS say that Fresh Pharmacy is like a kinder gentler pro-active...I've never used that, but Fresh Pharmacy does the job.

Coal Face is a good everyday face wash as well. You can even ask for a cut that fits your budget (only in the store thought).




Silky underwear is a great Bridal shower or birthday gift for a close friend. Its become my birthday 'quickie'..lol. I so need to get my own!!













I had a bridal shower to go to on last Saturday so I skipped over to my local LUSH and bought a gift...and these goodies below. One was a freebie..

LOVE LETTUCE: is a face mask. I LUVE THIS!! It must stay refridgerated, remember this.
COAL FACE: is a great face soap.
ANGELS on Bare Skin: is a face wash that truely smells yummy. (it was the freebie)


This was the gift I purchases: Silky Underwear and a Whip Stick (chocolate lip balm). Great combo's for a bride to be. Mabruk Amatuallah


Hope you enjoyed and let me know what YOU like from LUSH.
B. Beautiful
Umm Amirah