Showing posts with label how to wear hijab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to wear hijab. Show all posts

Saturday, October 10, 2009

GUIDE: How to Wear Mona/Kuwaiti Hijabs

For those who want a quick and easy style (a tiny bit sporty, a tiny bit girly), I prefer Mona Hijabs (sometimes called Kuwaiti hijabs) to Al Amiras (which suit some faces amazingly but not my own alas). They are very easy for travelling, ect. They basically ARE Al-Amiria (slip on) hijabs but with a short peice of decorative fabric attached that you can pin with a pretty hijab pin (I prefer to use a brooch for these instead of a stick pin so that it doesn't come loose for sports and I don't have to fuss). Pluys you can get more chest coverage out of one. They can be bought online and try and find a hijab store that sells the brooch too so that you don't have to pay extra shipping form two different online stores! For DIY stylists (and very curvy sisters), any old Al-Amira CAN be made into a Kuwaiti hijab. Just sew a hijab you like onto an-almira hijab in the desired length (to get the coverage you crave but that manufacturers don't cater to) and be reassured you are then wearing khimar (not just a headscarf).

Friday, April 10, 2009

Hijab Style With Earrings

Whenever I do a hijab style with earrings (my earrings are always long chandelier or hoops not studs!) I wear an al-amira hijab underneath so that baby hairs, temples, neck and ears are fully covered. I can also innovate an al-amira by wrapping a shayla this Egyptian way of styling.......First you tie the shayla behind your head leaving the two ends free...... then bring the ends around the front and pin at the side of your head. It should be snug and look like this---minus one hijab.The problem with the earrings style is sisters generally leave the look just like this. What you get is a neck gaps and the bottom of the earlobes protuding out. ...So I usually wrap a draped hijab style over with another shayla, like the Qatari style so the ears and temples are covered and the al-amira or Egyptian wrap blow covers the neck and hairline but leaves the earrings free. Has always worked for me, since I don't feel comfy with iffy style picture just above this paragraph.(here's the Qatari wrap show how the earring hang---but this style is lacking neck coverage)

And some sisters are very creative and pin the earrings completely outside of their hijabs but this look doesn't work for me personally.

RULE: When it comes to hijab, don't compromise it for a style---make a style into hijab.

Monday, March 30, 2009

How to Wear Hijab Guide: the qatari style

I personally love this style---it is the loosely worn hijab that looks effortlessly chique but it uses quite a few stick pins (in my case). I call it Qatari because that is where the look predominately originated. Unlike the girl in the top pic, I usually wear another hijab underneath like an al amira or a scarf tied behind the head and one end of that covering my neck so no neck or ears show [just earrings if I want to style them out] but you could wear a turtleneck as Jana over at Hijabstyle suggested when she did a similar post a while ago. The key to this look though, is folding the shayla over on top of itself so that it drapes slightly and wrapping the ends inside the hijab rather than over eachother. Hard to explain so here's a link to a video. It does contain loud music and a bit of bad language (can't remember if this particular one does though) but the sister has amazing style and the sweetest intentions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mecPaRztM7c&feature=channel

Depending how long and fat your shayla is, and how loosely you drape it, you get alot of variations. Disclaimer:*****DO wear ANOTHER HIJAB FOR COVERAGE UNDER THIS STYLE OR IN THE WORDS OF BABA ALI----ITS NOT HIJAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!