Cover Your Chest Without Cramping Style?? :-O Oh yeah!

Here's The Trick:
(This works at the end of..almost any style. Esp with two layers)

1-This is more secure when done with a two layered scarf wrap. This way you wouldn't have to worry about pulling fabric away from giving you coverage in the back. Instead, I used a second layer (the rest of it after you're done styling) around the chest.

2-Do any type of style that integrates the two scarves, making sure your last layer (the one you'll use to cover the chest) has enough length left for the 'swing over' :).

3-When done styling, take that remaining layer and swing it around above your ear on the other side of your headscarf and pin (pin downwards).

4-Pull your first layer ABOVE the layer covering your chest (optional).

5-Then wear your favorite NECKLACE and pull it out to hang on the outside on top of the last layer!


No more boobies, just cute necklace ;).
(Please use an Opaque fabric, unlike what I used!)

Notes:
-I find that not only does it look SUPER CUTE, but it takes attention away from the hanging fabric that's weighing me down, and long necklaces focus your attention to your middle so you appear leaner. If you disagree, at least you look stylish and modest!
-If you need some SERIOUS elongating, then adding a pretty flower pin on the side of your headscarf (where you'd put it in your hair) can distract attention to your face, making you appear balanced and not weighed down.
-The weight of the necklace helps keep the scarf in place on my chest! :) 

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WOW it's been soooooooo long since I've last posted anything on this blog...or any of my blogs! Or video channels for that matter..

I've been so worked up these past few months with college, I finally have some room to breathe this week because of Eid. Funny thing...ever notice that we have 7 days of Eid a year? 7 skies, 7 heavens, 7 rotations around the Ka'ba during hajj...Interesting, isn't it?

Anyway...I've been stepping up my game in Hijab. I've begun covering up my chest now :). Yeah I know you might be going "You mean you never did?!". Well, no I never really did unless it were a shrug or jacket...occasionally an independent scarf. I never had the intention of covering up my 'girls' until recently.

So what sparked it for me?

First of all...I've been progressing in my knowledge of Islam and my appreciation for Allah, so I've been feeling quite guilty for not covering up the best that I should. Second, I wasn't enjoying the attention my chest was bringing me - not that I'm knockout - lol - but I'm not exactly flat chested either. Before...I would have NEVER ever covered up more on my own, unless someone like my father would make me (not force, just nag about it).

Why? Simply, I felt it hid what so called beauty I had (curves), that would catch the attention of other boys (Boys appreciating my looks => I'm easy on the eye => my confidence grows => Feel good about myself). Because covering up my chest meant: look FAT and extra short (I'm 4'10) with a draping scarf weighing my proportions down.

Someone once asked me to do a tutorial on how to cover the chest, or styles that included chest coverage. While I admit my latest chest covering attempts have been with not 100% opaque fabric (unintentionally), I've come across what I think to be a BEAUTIFUL alteration to the latest "Half Spanish" wraps I've been wearing.


When I say Half Spanish, I mean it ties in the back initially like a Spanish wrap, but then it is brought to frame the face like an ordinary wrap. This way, you get the decor of layering Spanish-wise AND keep that poofy baby fat at bay!) :P.

What I did here was leave enough fabric of my last layer (or widest layer you got) and swung it to the other side of my headscarf and pin it. When I'm desperate for fabric, I just pin it to my shoulder instead.

Without promising anything...I AM thinking about making a couple of tutorial vids before Eid Al Adha, insha Allah.