My thoughts on thinking...

I would just like to apologize here for the lack of personal posts. I have no news yet, as to where I am going to end up, so I am just saving shopping lists, and bits of a friend's blog in case she decides to delete it to focuss more on her Islamic education.

Bump Babes-How to Create Height in you Hijab

Have you ever wondered how khaleeji girls are getting the perfectly sculpted tresses under that sheila to make it fall so glam and high fashion... It has nothing to do with tresses like these (at least not for day wear)---and everything to do with clips like these (though Gulf women like us are famous for our incredibly healthy and long hair):

Pink Hijab Day Report

Today the world over was Pink Hijab day in support of finding a cure for breast cancer.

There was classic pink...

and hot pink...
and there was baby pink...
There were even pink abayas and caftans and talk of pink niqabs!!! All in all it was, I could suppose, a wild success.

"My" Emirati Home-Girl Style

So the air conditioner is broke and you have to call some worker to come on over and fix it. The worker happens to be a man. Do you REALLY want to wear black abaya in the house? Not our stylist Pixie! She created this cute set for me.

Lime Green abaya from http://www.muslimbase.com/product_info.php?products_id=4862&Znid=djldb6o1i13pa5u3elq9lpqgi2 for $23.99 GBP.

Green scrunchie hijab from http://cgi.ebay.com/LIME-GREEN-LONG-ISLAMIC-HIJAB-W-SLIGHT-CRUSH-PRETTY_W0QQitemZ170252894113QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4280QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

for $11.99 USD.

Finish it up with pink lipstick, Dior bling, and fur bag.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Gelababiyias

Jalibiyias/Gelabas (Arabic House dresses) from http://www.anmollibas.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=66.

If you order from this company, let me know here how it works out for you.

Pixie's Picks: Islamic Boutique

[outfit set featuring an Islamic Boutique abaya taken from http://preciousmodesty.blogspot.com/2007/07/dressing-up-in-islamic-clothing.html ]

This is the first of a dozen Islamic Clothing site reviews from a Canadian friend of mine who you might know from her inital blogger attempt (Beautiful Muslimah). See her new blog here: http://lipstickonmyniqab.blogspot.com/ . Since I get all my abayas tailor-made or off the rack in the Gulf she has kindly volunteered to review Islamic shopping sites for me and you (and donate me all her pervious sets and make me presents of her new). Here is the first in this series.

Pixie's picks: Islamic Boutique, a review of the online shopping experience. Site avilable here: http://www.islamicboutique.com/default.asp

Pixie: Alot of my personal abaya collection comes from Islamic boutique, courtesy of their large and ever changing selection of cuts (including colour options beyond black) and designs. Sheer options makes me willing to wait for the month and a half shipping times (the company is based in Egypt), and their high shipping costs (they do not give discounts for multiple purchases in one go---what's up with that????). Still, I love their selection, and always receieve my product in the end. One note to go by when ordering: the pictures do not always show the true colour, so order by the stated colour on the ordering option (the lighting for the product photos was BAAAAAAAAD!!!!). Individual abaya costs WITH shipping range from $50.00 USD-$130 USD and most styles come with a matching shayla option (I only go for this IF the shayla has a special matching design cuz the shayla fabric isn't the same quality as the fabric of the abayas). My final word: Islamic Boutique= 7/10 (I mark hard).

WHAT IS PIXIE PLANNING ON PURCHASING NEXT?

BLACK SATIN SQUARE ABAYA available at http://www.islamicboutique.com/satin-diamond-abaya.asp for $54.90 USD

ZAHRA ABAYA available at http://www.islamicboutique.com/zahra-abaya.asp for $54.90 USD

PLISEE GORGEOUS ABAYA available at http://www.islamicboutique.com/plisee-gorgeous-abaya.asp for $74.90 USD

SATIN SIDE ABAYA available at http://www.islamicboutique.com/satin-side-abaya.asp for $59.90 USD.

AND WHAT IS ALREADY INSIDE PIXIE's CLOSET

Pink Striped Princess Sleeve Abaya purchased by Pixie: http://www.islamicboutique.com/smart-n-casual-abaya.asp for $54.90 USD

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ISLAMIC BOUTIQUE?

Kuwaiti Style Abaya with White Embroidery

Kuwaiti style abaya with white embroidery from http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.salwarqameez.com/abaya/sa-aba-34_dir.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.salwarqameez.com/abayas.htm&h=261&w=170&sz=6&hl=en&start=159&usg=__qXIq1EyUOVka5x_hKvdFDzTy7Ng=&tbnid=FOpXXBHWVowF7M:&tbnh=112&tbnw=73&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpurple%2Babaya%26start%3D144%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN for $49.99 USD.

Beautiful Kuwaiti make-up to go with.