The beginning of August marked the end of the summer orchestra program that my husband and I have been directing. We finished off with a ridiculously epic concert (the kids were INCREDIBLE… like, woa!) so an equally ridiculously epic scarf tie was needed since I was to be MC-ing the concert.
This tichel was wrapped similarly to the technique shown in this video. Honestly, there were so many tails hanging around that I just tied and tucked them in randomly… and got lucky with the result!
You may remember that I bike to work pretty much every day. Doing this has been a challenge to my scarf wrapping ways, because a helmet does not work well with a volumizer! Here are some solutions and advice that I have come up with so far:
1) Get to work early and do your scarf in the restroom. Often I opt for this solution, and just arrive at work early with scarves/volumizer ready in my bag and do myself up in the restroom (which is also essential if face rinse/makeup touch-up/shirt change is needed). This was always the most obvious option for me, especially in colder months when I need to bike with a hat/warm headband. However, it is time consuming and can be awkward when you are biking to multiple locations and/or walking out of your workplace with friends (“excuse me while I duck into the restroom to change my scarf!”)
2) Go casual. This option works very well, especially with a colourful cotton scarf, glasses, and earrings. It was my go-to option in this post:
It works well… but as you all know, I couldn’t bear wearing single square scarves all the time!
3) Do the braid. This seems like the easiest solution, and it keeps my wrap from being too boring. Only issue is the braid sometimes getting stuck under my bag while biking, but so far so good!
4) Or do a bow! One of the simplest options I have found is after taking down my elabourate tichel that I wear at work, I just tie the loose ends of the base scarf in a bow and ride on! It actually looks pretty good with the helmet off as well.
To all you bikers out there, how do you bike with a tichel? Any pointers/ideas?
It’s not every day that I celebrate being married to my outstanding husband for exactly two years. Here is the tichel that I wrapped for our anniversary:
All smiles:
With lots of volume and height from the sides:
Nice and secure from the back:
Don’t you love the colours? Here is some more detailed shots:
My dear friend, Judith, from Judith de Paris, sent me a volumizer to try out and give my feedback. It is a long, stuffed, velvet tube, that you wrap around your bun like a snake. I was quite intrigued, and the results were certainly interesting! The snake didn’t create that uniform, round volumizer look that I’m used to, and it created a LOT of volume! For me, it almost felt like too much, but I’m sure it’s a look that I will want once in a while. The snake also took a while to wrap, which was more time-consuming and requiring or wrapping skills than the regular volumizer that you just slip on.
The first time I wore it was over Shabbat day. These photos were taken late in the evening, and the wrap stayed put for the whole day! I found this surprising because it really looked like there was a lot of weight at the back of my head, but it did not budge! I even took a two hour nap during the day! I wore the snake with my bun a little lower than usual, so the volume was lower down. What do you think?
The second time I wore it was yesterday, and I wore my bun a little higher. I really liked the effect that was created, but again, it was much more volume than I am used to. Do you think there is such a thing as too much volume? Do you have any suggestions for ways to wear such a large volumizer? Share your thoughts in the comments section!
Ever wondered how to get that perfect bun and amount of volume at the back of your headwrap? Here is the secret solution! (Well, not so secret anymore.)
Actually, I gave you a grand total of 7 solutions in this video!
Here are the links to some of the places I mentioned in this video (fyi – these resources are not sponsored… just ones that I have used and/or know!)
The volumizer can be found through Judith de Paris. And on facebook. Judith is a lovely woman. You can talk to her personally if you need advice on what size to get etc. – or just ask me for help!
The hijab hump bonnet can be found on ebay through this seller. It comes from Malaysia so you need to have some patience when waiting for it, but there was a lovely handwritten note included. I’m thinking of buying a cotton one from them as well.
My post on how to make it look like you have a huge bun using a long scarf is here.
The volumizer that can be made out of a loofah has a couple of diy tutorials on youtube. Here is one that someone sent to me.
And this is what the hair donut I was describing looks like:
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!
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