Winter Hijabi Fashion

My little sister and  I did a Winter Photoshoot!

Just us being totally random. But mashallah I really love the turnout  ^_^

Outfit Details

 Black Maxi Hijab- Aliexpress.com $3

Gold Chain Necklace- Aldo's accessories $8

Black Flowy Abaya- Somali Market $90

Gold Belt- Jo-Anns Fabric $3

Green Peacoat w/ Gold embroidery- Goodwill (thrift store) $12

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HOOTD: Eid Al Fitr 2013

Eid Mubarak!!!!

Sidebar: Im soo sorry Ive been gone for a bit more than a month. I was so busy during Ramadan and even though thats not an excuse I really wanted to focus on my Iman and gaining more knowledge this Ramadan. 

Eid is such a happy and blissful occaison. Everyone makes time to go and visit friends and family. Everyones happy except those few party poopers :(. I pray and hope everyone had a really happy and blissful first day of Eid!

This Eid I was so unprepared. Because of the shopping hiatus I was, yes past tense :'(, I had decided to attempt making a dress. Yes me! The girl who has never used a sewing machine on anything ever in my life! It was a silly idea now that I think about it, however at the time I was so excited at the possibility of creating my own outfit completely all by me.

We got to the last 10 nights and I hadnt even bought any material. So I kinda threw that idea out of my head. When I went to stores everything I saw was not unique enough, or wasn't colorul enough (yes I LOVE colors), or just wasnt me! To my slight dissappointment I decided to wear an outfit I actually wore to a wedding. The only reason this was acceptable to me, was because I loved this outfit and the people that regularly attended my masjid didnt go to the wedding. I did post a few pics that night on my Instagram. But the pics werent that great and in fact were all selfies. I ended up deleting them the morning of Eid. I dont usually ever wear the same outfit especially not to Eid! 

But hey a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!

 

Outfit Details

Hijab (Purple Pashmina)-Thrift Store $5
'Liberachi' Sequined Blazer- Thrift Store $5
Basic Black Long Sleeved Under armor- Walmart $15
Black Tutu Skirt- Windsor $16
Head Decor (not sure what theyre called)- Somali Mall $15
Silver Bangles- Bazaar at the Masjid $1
Rhinestone Ring- Glitter $1
Basic Black Pumps- Shoe Carnival $20
Wonderful Henna- My Girls have outstanding talents check out their Instagram page here and here and here $10

I wore the same outfit less than 3 months earlier to a wedding and I'm actually very pleased with the turnout. The only people who noticed I wore the outfit before were members of my family.

Mission: rewear an outift that you wore to an important event to another important event complete! The only thing I didnt have in my closet already was the head decor thingy which I thought gave my outfit a slightly different and more dressy look. 

I hope you love this look as much as I did. Nonetheless I believe its time to retire this outfit lol. Want your eid look featured on my blog and Instagram?

Email pics of your eid outift at thnkpnkmuslimah@gmail.com

I'll be anxiously looking forward to those pics until next time beats

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Thursday's Tip

Salams!!!

Okay so heres a little fashion secret I follow to really make my closet stretch, not that its necessary. This has saved me so many times when I didn't know what to wear.

I have mostly solid colored skirts and mostly printed dresses. I find myself in a tiffy sometimes when I wish I had a printed skirt to wear with that nude colored top. And things of that sort.

Oh yesss the troubles of my life lolll jk.

But anwyays I found this cool pic on pinterest and have been doing it ever since:

This is like seriously thebomb.com!! You'll love it well I know I do. And no one can even tell. And if they can they're looking at you a little to closely, tell them to backkkk up!

Try it out and

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I'm Supergirl!!! Dun Dunna Dun!!!

Okay so I'm back :)

I went no where loll just havent posted in like a week. 

Anyways, today I went with my sister to help her with a little house shopping. After which she wanted to go to a thrift store. Here it was: The Ultimate Test!

I was kinda nervous with just the thought of going. I havent stepped foot in a thrift shop since I began my 1 year no clothes shopping pledge. And Im around a month in. While there I first tried to ignore the many many options that I came across. So many vintage pants, so many shirts that would make/create that outfit I have wanted for a while. Everything was there, rows and rows upon rows of clothes. I dont know why but I had to go look at the dresses they had. They had this cuteeeee nude pink dress that was only $5. Oh god when I saw that I knew it was over!!

I was gonna loose. I was gonna fail. I tried to rationalize it to myself:

'Well you cant win at everything'. 
'No ones good at everything'.
'Cant succeed at everything'

Yes I had turned this pledge into a competition. I am quite competitive Im beginning to realize lol.

I stood there looking at the dress thinking about the quality of it and how cute it would look with that one blazer I had. I took it off the rack. Looked at it. Held it up against my body. Noted the length was perrfect (I'm 5'7" not that easy to find).

All of a sudden I remembered that this was something that I really wanted to do. I remembered:

'Im not a loser'
'I dont fail'
I accomplish my goals'

I dropped the dress (literally) and walked away quite briskly. I had to get away from it like it was the devil itself. The rest of the trip was a piece of cheesecake. Yum! I just held my niece to keep my hands and eyes busy.  I left  feeling like a baby who'd been teased with some candy and at the last second it was ripped from her hands. It was so close yet I couldnt taste it. I couldnt even get a lick. NOTHING!

But that doesnt matter, what does matter is that I left with nothing. Not even jewelry which would've been totally okay to buy. No vintage handbag. Nothing!

At that moment I felt invincible! I really felt like Supergirl. If I can resist that temptation, And boy is that a temptation, than I can overcome ANYTHING!

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PS. My sisters baby shower is this weekend. I still havent gone shopping for that and the thought of stepping into a mall is a little scarey. I'm sure this will be another test. Lets see how this goes.....

Why I love thrifting

Some people wonder why I enjoy thrifting like I do. Well would you believe most of this outfit was thrifted? Well it was jacket shirt and belt all from thrift shops. I live!!! 

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