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Raid My Wardrobe

How to hide a bad hair day with style in any season.‏

in Uncategorized on 28/07/16

Published July, 2016

It’s winter time here in Newcastle, NSW and even though I love wearing my fav jeans, boots and scarves. I find the only way I can really stay warm in winter is wearing hats and beanies.

Gorgeous woolen hat I grab at the last Raid My Wardrobe for $5

The only problem is I hate suffering from bad hair once I am inside and need to take my hat off. So, I have found a way to keep warm and also look stylish this winter by wearing a headscarf.

To be honest, I was a little nervous to try this but after I googled and looked through a number of tutorials I felt a lot more confident.

Googling headscarf images

I chose a light cotton scarf to wear and a colour I loved and just copied one of the styles I liked and made it up as I went. Bonus was I felt warm all day and I didn’t have to do my hair that morning.

My first headscarf attempt using op shopped scarf

The best things I love about head scarfs is they:

  • Can be worn all seasons  – silk scarves in summer, light woolen scarves in winter.

 

  • Keep you warm in winter – great alternative to wearing hats or beanies.

 

  • Hide bad hair days – no need to worry about re-washing or blow drying your hair.

 

  • Look stylish – add style or a pop of colour to a simple outfit.

 

  • Lots of variety  – so many colours, styles, shapes, textures and fabrics to choose from.

 

  • Affordable – op shops are overstocked with scarves from as little as $1 -$2.

So, if you need a little inspiration head to Sheknows.com where you can find beautiful step-by-step images of 10 different ways to tie a scarf in your hair. 

Yours in all things preloved,

Rachel Prest

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Rachel Prest
Rachel Prest
Visionary Leader & Creator at Raid My Wardrobe
Rachel Prest is founder of Raid My Wardrobe. In 2010, she founded a preloved fashion event for women to refresh, recycle and reinvent their wardrobes. She began this blog in 2016 as a way to inspire, educate and encourage her community with more sustainable ways of fashion shopping, styling and creating. When she's not doing a wardrobe makeover or planning the next event you'll find her down at the beach, hiking or mountain biking in the bush or hanging out with her friends and her kids. Rachel is based in Newcastle, Australia.

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