Mother's Day Outfit

I've got a whole pictorial post lined up about what I got up to for Mother's Day but since it's a long one already I decided to pop in the outfit section quickly and get on to the bigger part tomorrow.


To kick it off my little miss wore a neon floral jacket to match my own affair, black pants from Target and a Dangerfield straw cat bag I bought her from Myer a few months back. She's only three but loves to carry random knick-knacks around with her. She's definitely a girly girl and hoards random lip glosses, lipsticks and bits of jewellery in that bag of hers. 

See this neon floral top I'm wearing below? Well, since I bought it from ASOS about two months ago I have worn it non-stop. It's my current favourite piece of clothing and I love it to death. The bright colours, the pinks and purples, the greens, the lilacs, the flowers.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *explodes*. I had to have it. It's so me, even down to the 3/4 sleeves.

It's supposed to be a dress but come on... a quick bend forward and it would be crotchville for anyone. I'd never wear it as a dress alone but find a lot of their short dresses work great as modest length tops. I can never find long enough tops in their tops section so I always shop in their dress range and find so many goodies (I do most of my shopping from ASOS).

I usually umm and ahh about committing to purchasing anything non-edible but this was an instant right there on the spot need to have right now buy.

Even better thing about it? It doesn't need ironing, ever. Worst thing about it? I'm so addicted to wearing it that I'm pretty sure the women at my kids' daycare think I own nothing else.


The scarf I'm wearing courtesy of Inayah. They also sent me some clothing to style that I will show shortly.

The scarf, a deep purple, drapes beautifully and is a great length. I hate short scarves because the way I prefer to wrap my hijab usually relies on longer length pieces that allow me to have both ends cascading down the chest area. Usually maxi sized hijabs annoy me because while the extra length is fine, I'm not a fan of the extra width. I like the back of my neck covered but hate when it is so wide it ends up hanging down like a large curtain off the back of my head. The Inayah scarf is long but not hugely wide so it's a good size for me.

The material suits draping well as mentioned, is lightweight and good for summer. I was initially worried being a UK based company that their colder weather would mean their scarves would be too thick and hot for Perth's desert temperatures but it's smack bang on perfect.

As an anti-undercap (bonnet, underscarf, WTF are those things actually called?) wearer I found that wrapping the scarf just once was still a little sheer and my ears did awkwardly show through but considering I always wrap my scarf over twice it didn't bother me or hinder how I normally wear hijab, however if you're a one-time wrapper it might bother you into grabbing one of those awful head bandaids so many women wear. I'm sorry - I just hate them. I know maybe two people they actually suit and forty-five that don't.

Overall would I recommend purchasing Inayah scarves? Well based on the one I was sent, yes. The material is great quality, it drapes like a dream, isn't stiff and even without anything underneath it stays nicely in place with just a couple of pins.