My Everyday Hijab

The power of your words

This is a matter that I've always thought of, and after being active on Instagram it even became clearer to me that people seem to be incapable of keeping their negative opinions to themselves, when it must, in fact, be the first option rather than the last.

People are too busy amplifying others' mistakes and undermining their own. They have so much time in hand to correct others, but have no time to only do 'some' thinking about what is wrong with their own selves. Very confidently, they give themselves the right to evaluate other people's Islam and good will and take it to the next level by carelessly talking to them in front of others, or in our Instagram scope...posting a comment as "This is not Hijab Ukhti" , "You give the wrong idea about Deen" , "How do you even call this Hijab?" and i once saw people calling a girl 'Bad Muslimah!!' No seriously who do you think you are? When did god secretely give you this right without us knowing? Do you know that by what you've just done you're actually the one who defied our beautiful Islamic etiquette?

Nasiha, or advice must be between you and the sister and not just throw it out there to her assuming you are genuinely concerned. And second, God people! pick your words. Another thing quite astounding are those who write things such as "sorry but she's ugly..." or "you're wearing rags" ... was there a gun to your head when you wrote that? 'Cause honestly there is absolutely no alternative to that except being an ill person inside, and you need therapy... and not only on instagram, but even in real life, you see everyday examples of people stabbing one another with words or bringing one another down...

As the picture says "المسلم من سلم المسلمون من لسانه و يده" or a muslim is the one who muslims ( and ofcourse everyone) were not hurt by his words or his hands...and words came first because words have a much stronger effect, they would shatter someone's hopes , destroy their confidence, ruin their day or minimally hurt their feelings. You don't know what someone is struggling with or going through, don't make it harder them by some obnoxious comment that you were too weak to keep within yourself.  So congratulate yourself on being the person who does that if you do that, and congratulate yourself on the good deeds you get if you're the one with that being done to.

Sorry I took so long, but I just thought that is worth sharing my thoughts with you. Be nice to people, say sweet things , compliment them on anything good they have...and if your words don't improve the silence, better keep them to yourself.

Selected Outfit Details

Ohh so long since the last time I posted! I miss writing to you guys...college is so consuming! I selected some outfits that I didn't write their details on my instagram...there we go: 

Black and Blue

I wore this classic outfit to a fancy lunch with one of my best friends. The blue dress as you've seen me wearing on instagram is almost knee-length and I wore it with a skinny (oops, I'm currently trying to cut down on skinnies for more modesty!), and as you can see in the picture below it is sleeveless. Yeah so, next time you go shopping and find a cute little dress that you'd think suits only non-hijabis, just buy it woman! But hey don't go too extreme, yes some dresses ARE better worn as they are with your friends at home or at a girls' party...(can't really think of an example though, but just had to point that out so you don't just buy any dress and get negative feedback about it).

My scarf is a pashmina (just like all my scarfs), dress and blazer from Mango, chain necklace and belt from Forever21, bag is Bulgari and heels are Paprika.  

Piece Over a Longer Piece!

I am falling in love with this style, you'll see me wearing quite a lot of it from now on where you get a hip/knee-length top/dress and wear a blouse/sweater/shirt above it. Today my outfit was very calm and made up of very soft colors and lace. The dress isn't really showing but it's a short-sleeve off-white dress with a plain off-white sleeveless layer that is attached to it. I topped it with this chiffon blouse and topped them both with a beige belt worn on a slim-fit denim (not skinny). 

Scarf: pashmina , dress and denim: Forever21, blouse and belt: Elle collection in Iconic, bag; Zara, heels: Spring, necklace: Made by me :D.  

Casual for College

Got nothing much to say about this except if you noticed how I knotted by belt on instagram! Hope you've seen the belt tutorial I made with four different styles.

The details are:

Knitted cardigan and top: Cotton-on, neck scarf: H&M, denim and belt: Forever21, bag: MK, shoes:Toms

Comfy to College

Scarf: Pashmina - Striped top and Lace Dress: Forever21 - Bow Belt: M&Co. - Necklace:Forever21 - Bag: David Jones  

Touch of Pink

Yes, as you see in the picture the blouse is not a blouse, it is actually a knee-length dress and I tucked it in the skirt. Make more use of the items you've got in your wardrobe, some examples would be wearing your dresses as skirts (http://hebalamode.blogspot.ae/2014/02/the-mint-dress.html), your short dresses as blouses (this post) or short skirts as shawls or scarfs (http://hebalamode.blogspot.ae/2014/02/who-said-you-cant-wear-short-skirt-with.html). Also next time you shop, don't limit yourself to how the item is displayed or how you're used to wearing it; if you like it just buy it and think later how you're going to wear it. 

Dress: Forever21 - Skirt-Iconic - Cardigan: Splash - Heels: Spring

Clutch: Newlook - Necklace: H&M - Bracelets: Escada+Aldo

I got this belt years ago from Egypt and never wore it, I don't even like how it looks (sorry belt !) and I have no clue why I bought it...I'm guessing maybe I liked the color.

Anyways, I didn't even wear it this way today, I wore it backwards where just the fabric part showed from the front, and this hideous plastic side was hidden by the cardi from the back. It perfected the outfit by making it merge very smoothly. Dare to wear stuff backwards, I do that quite a lot. In the outfit below, the black and white floral shirt you see is actually the backside of the shirt, not the front side, the front it just plain white with buttons. So if the back side works to your convenience and looks good, then just wear it backwards :D!

http://hebalamode.blogspot.ae/2014/01/chic-in-black.html