My Online Readings 20th October 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011-
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Do not shy away from patterns and prints. Sometimes, it is easy to wear neutral colors, since Muslim women wear many layers of clothing. However, plain colors are bland, especially in the spring. One solution from fashion website We Love Hijab is to wear a long classic A-line striped skirt with a silky shirt and floral blazer. Along skirt and classic blazer are long and concealing, thus appropriate for the modest Muslim girl's lifestyle. Do not go overboard with prints; wear a black scarf for a comforting finish. Mixing prints is a fashionable spring statement, as long as the outfit sticks to three carnal rules: 1) Keep one of the prints neutral in color. 2) Keep one of the prints simple. 3) Keep the shapes classic. - 2
Dress in layers. It is often hard for Muslim women to find the latest trends of clothing as in modest silhouettes. Sometimes the skirts and shirt sleeves are too short; this problem can easily be solved by dressing in layers. A shin-length skirt can be worn over knee-high boots or black pants. A short-sleeve shirt can be worn over a matching long-sleeve shirt. The layers can be easy on the wallet as well; solid-color long-sleeve shirts can be paired with several outfits.
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Pair loose fitting pants with long dresses. Thigh-length dresses are popular in fashion circles, and vary from being elegant to cute. Muslim girls can easily make these dresses modest and fashionable by wearing neutral and tight long sleeve shirts under the dress over fashionable pants. The type of pants you should wear depends on the desired look. Elegance is achieved with professional black suit pants; while jeans or leggings paired with long boots create a cute look. - 4
Invest in long, slim fitting cardigans to wear over maxi dresses. They're also a cold-weather alternative to wearing long-sleeves under the dress. Some "boyfriend cut"-style cardigans are proper choices for this outfit. This style helps spring and summer dresses keep going in the fall and winter. Sometimes long cardigans or sweaters can be worn with just a tank-top underneath and over loose-fitting pants or a skirt. - 5
Wear a tank-top underneath dresses or shirts that are low-cut to cover your chest. This option is much better than wearing a large scarf, which can require frequent rearranging. - 6
Be strategic in head-scarf selection. There are many ways to be fashionable with a head-scarf; just make sure the style coordinates with the outfit and actions for the day. For example, do not wear a long headscarf to volunteer outside with Habitat for Humanity. Use the head-scarf to balance out or bring together the colors or patterns in a particular outfit.
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Instructions
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- 1Wake up early. You'll need to wake up about 1 1/2 hours before you have to leave depending on how fast you are. But you'll probably need at least this much time because you'll also have to shower and eat breakfast (NEVER skip breakfast).
- 2Take a shower. Shave your underarms, legs, and if it's summer your bikini line. Wash your body first, then shave your legs. Next shampoo your hair (shampoo every other day, not every day) and rinse with cold water. Then apply conditioner to your ends and shave your underarms and comb through our hair-starting at the ends and working your way up- and lastly rinse out your conditioner with cold water.
- 3When you get out, use lotion on your legs, elbows, underarms, and hands. Pumis your feet real quick and then "lotionize" them. Next put on a bunch of deodorant and a thick chapstick (such as Vaseline).
- 4Go eat breakfast. Now when you're done, come brush your teeth with whitening toothpaste, floss, and use mouthwash.
- 5Wash your face. Wash your face every morning and night. When washing your face, wash your hands with hot water for twenty seconds, splash hot water on your face, and wash your face with your hands, your cleanser, and some salt and sugar. Next rinse with hot water, then splash with cold After that, use lotion; at night use a deeper lotion.
- 6For makeup, don't look like the clown that escaped from the circus. Apply lightly foundation if needed. Then choose either lips or eyes to play up. If you choose eyes, curl your lashes, use mascara, eyeliner (never on the bottom), and do something bigger like maybe a smokey eye, and for your lips just lip gloss; if you do lips use lipstick, lipgloss, and lipliner with curled lashes and mascara for your eyes. Apply light blush. If you want the natural look foundation if needed, curled lashes and mascara, light blush, lipgloss, and soft eyeshadow are fine. Make sure to never go black-crazy, or cake on the foundation and blush, or bolden your lips AND your eyes (can you say trashy?).
- 7Touch up your manicure. If the paint is chipped, fix that real quick. This step shouldn't take long. Do the same with your toenails.
- 8Now comes the most important part- the hair. Your hair should still be damp. Apply some sort of heat-protection to it (such as Argon Oil) and blow dry. It's essential to put on the heat-protection as blow dryers, curling irons, and flat irons are damaging to our hair. Try to do a different style every day. If you want you can make a calender that has what hairstyle you'll wear that day so you won't be doing the same hairstyle twice or something.
- 9Spritz on perfume. Be careful not to put on too much. One spritz is enough.
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- Clean and trim your nail, the cleaner the better.
- Wash your hair everyday. Clean silky hair is what you need.
- Now, get some nice wardrobe!
- Make a walk. Don't slouch! Walk like you are born with it.
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- How to Put Together Things a Girl Should Never Leave the House Without
- Take lipgloss. You never know when you need to prevent dry lips - and when you've got lipgloss handy, you'll be find for a quick fix.
- Take a pen just in case you need write something down. Don't forget to throw in a note pad as well.
- Never leave without the cell phone. It's your safety line if you get stranded, it's a way of keeping time, of keeping track of incoming messages, and finding information at the touch of a button.
- Add gum for fresh breath. Choose your favorite gum flavor. If you don't like gum, add something else like peppermints, gum drops, Tic-Tacs, etc.
- Have some extra money. Extra coins for parking or small snacks, and a spare note just in case.
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