Today I tried a new twist on the classic long scarf bun:
I did a basic long scarf bun (see how: here), and twisted the end around. Instead of tucking the final end in under the bun, I tucked it into the actual twist, leaving the end hanging, and adding a flower pin. Voila!
My favourite colour is turquoise/teal tones, so today I was definitely wrapped in my colour of choice!
This wrap was done in a hurry, and is a haphazard version of the layered volumous regal wrap style, except I only used two long scarves. Even though the look is sloppy, I got many smiles and compliments throughout the day!
This week’s “Lady Wrap Star” is someone that I really want to meet in person one day and get to hear her life story. Meet Maya, a woman that I have had the pleasure of finding through the internet and has some VERY interesting things to say about hair covering and modesty. I will say no more! Read on…
Lady Wrap Star also known as: Maya Resnikoff
Tell us a bit about yourself! How do you like to spend your time?
I work as a hospital chaplain. I’m actually doing my residency right now, which is a one-year program involving nearly full-time work, plus clinical pastoral education, which makes it a fairly intense process. I have a long commute, and spend most of it reading- I love science fiction and fantasy, and that’s what I stick to, for the most part. In my free time, I crochet, watch (mostly old) TV with my husband, bake bread, play boggle and blog at http://www.howtocover.blogspot.com about- you guessed it, head covering.
How long have you been covering?
I’ve been covering my head for something like 9 years. First, I would wear kippot or folded scarves, when I was single. When I got married, I started to cover the vast majority of my head and hair. So now my coverings are dual-purpose items, for me, although sometimes it’s easy to forget that.
What is the one thing that you like best about covering your hair?
I love the creativity that I can apply to my covering. I have always enjoyed playing with fabric, and this is just a lot of fun. I like the way that it looks and feels, too. It’s a lot more fun than doing my hair used to be. I have all these possibilities, and they don’t involve hair spray.
I notice that you wear glasses – do you have any suggestions for fellow glasses wearers that wear head scarves?
I never thought of the combination as being complicated. Actually, I’ve found that my scarf helps to keep my glasses on. I have to push them up much less often now than I did before I was married. I think getting your glasses settled comfortably before tying your scarf is key.
What are you wearing on your head today?
I’m wearing an Israeli square scarf with the ends loose, and a braided purple scarf over it.
Inspired by a friend that I met the day before (thank you!), I decided to try tying my accent scarf around the bun part of the wrap. Here is the result!
I love braiding with scarves of different widths – it creates such a neat effect!
Hope you all are looking forward to a lovely weekend. I sure am, and I am also super excited for the “Lady Wrap Star” that I will be posting on Saturday night!
This wrap didn’t budge from dawn until late at night… even though the sash is slippery silk!
To do this, I did a basic Regal Wrap -Turban with a lilac pashmina scarf, and added a silk sash in for contrast. Kept my head warm in today’s crazy rain/wind/snow!
It’s rainy and humid where I am today, so I am wearing a colourful, casual head scarf to go with my colourful, casual rain boots.
After a lovely day, my hubby and I going out tonight to say goodbye to a close friend who is leaving town. Here is what I’m wearing on my head!
This is actually just one gauzy long scarf (just one?! Yes, I’m going casual) – wrapped in the way that I showed in my recent pashmina video. Finished it off with some silver hoop earrings and I’m ready to go! Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!
Ok – this one is for when you are pressed on time but still want to look awesome! The wrap is almost the exact same as the “Royal Twist”, except… no twist! This works with all kinds of long scarves… thick, thin, longer, shorter, silk, wool, textured, smooth, solid, or patterned. This is my current go-to wrap, and can be done super fancy or casual, depending on the scarf you choose. Enjoy and happy easy wrapping!
(Yep, half my earring came off in the middle of this video, though I didn’t figure it out at the time… no worries, it is fixed!)
Ahh… the illustrious pashmina. So soft, warm, and elegant. Most ladies who live in climates that dip below 10 degrees Celsius own at least a few of these to keep cozy in the winter months. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could wrap them on our heads as well?
However, sometimes using pashminas as headscarves can leave us with residual feelings of itchiness, slippiness, manuverability complicatedness… and most of all… that dreaded BULKINESS. Now, I for one admire those rare women that can pull off a wide and volumous pashmina wrap, but it takes a lot of guts and the right face shape. So where does that leave the rest of us?
Have no fear, Wrapunzel is here with a pashmina video tutorial!
I’m feeling colourful today!
Yes, that’s a scrunchie that you see holding this silk scarf in place. First time wearing a scrunchie since the age of… 8? Well, with this scarf, I think it looks cute as a side “ponytail”! What do you think?
Here is a view from the side:
The search is on! We are looking to showcase other faces! This site is going to be geared towards women from all sorts of backgrounds, colours, faiths, shapes, styles, and personalities. So… do you love hair wrapping? Or does someone you know wear fabulous, creative hair coverings? Send an email with photos and we will make a feature post starring our guest “wrap star”.
Some other updates:
~ If you haven’t already, check out the Wrapunzel Facebook Page and give it a “like” to receive updates and give your input!
~ If you want to write to me privately, my email is andreaesthergrinberg@gmail.com – drop me a line and say hello!
QUESTIONS FOR YOU:
~ What do you think, so far? How do you like the layout of the site, the archives from andreagrinberg.com (are they easy to look through?), the accessibility, sharing, photos etc.?
~ How do you like the posting style? I know there haven’t been any substantial posts yet other than the hair wrapping workshop, but what do you think of the daily wrap? Is it too much to do daily? Do you think I should do it once every other day instead?
~ Anything else? Many of you have already submitted great ideas about what you would like to see on here… but if you haven’t asked your question or given your ideas yet, now is the time!
~ Do any of you know of any forums where I should be sharing this site? I know there are a lot of hair loss support groups out there, as well fashion forums, and other faith groups. However I don’t know where to start looking. Please, share your suggestions with me. There are for sure many people out there that could really use Wrapunzel.
… and of course, the daily head wrap:
For this style, I wrapped a long striped scarf around my head, with one tail longer than the other. Then I tied a sparkly black sash around my head, and wrapped the longer tail around my bun, tying it to the shorter end. A pewter sunflower pin tied the look together 🙂
On Wednesday night, I was able to teach my first workshop so other women could have a hands-on hair wrapping experience! We had a great time together and I learned a lot from every single participant. Here are a few of the photos that were taken during the evening (next time we’ll take more – promise!) These women look stunning!
It was wonderful to be able to share ideas with friends, and get to know some new faces (one woman drove 4 hours so we could meet each other!) I am looking forward to many more events like this in the future. Next time, we can hopefully make a video of the class 🙂
For those of you that have asked about how-to videos, there is a list of pages on the right sidebar which is all of my 2012 content from youtube and my previous site. The same links are located in dropdown menus/submenus right beside the “home” button, above. You’ll find tons of videos and photo tutorials, as well as thoughts, experiences and FAQs. As well, hank you so much for all the new suggestions so far! I’m really looking forward to making them happen so keep ’em coming!
Here is the scarf that I put on tonight! (Please note, I will likely not be posting this many updates in the future… I’m just super excited about this new site!) I was meeting some very important friends, one of whom is getting married this weekend – mazal tov! Here I am wearing a medium silk scarf (with the non-slip velvet headband underneath, of course), and a beautiful flower pin which was given to me by a friend. My earrings are from the open marketplace in Jerusalem 🙂
Today I am wearing a long turquoise/black/green scarf wrapped turban-style (or what I call a “regal wrap”). I layered a grey cotton with silver threads scarf on top and wrapped the ends up together. To finish it off, a peacock feather pin given to me by a very special friend and silver hoop earrings!
I am happy to share this new site, which will be about everything to do with hair wrapping! The “hair wrapping how-to” section was getting much too crowded over on andreagrinberg.com, plus I have many ideas on new places that I want to take this art.
You can look forward to:
– Almost daily “what I’m wearing on my head” posts! (hopefully this won’t ever get repetitive.)
– Inspirational photos and stories of other women and how they cover their hair!
– Frequent Q&A and personalized troubleshooting
– As well as the usual how-to videos, photo inspiration and hair covering thoughts that have always been there!
What would YOU like to see here? Let me know and I will do the best I can to feature it!
There are so many women that cover their hair with scarves for various reasons. This site is a place to share and learn about this beautiful art together.
Here is what I’m wearing on my head today: Silk scarf with flower pin 🙂
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