After upsetting someone unintentionally with the Soap and Glory microfibre hair turban last year,
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(As I’m 5ft 4, they are a tight fit on me, but maybe fit me better than someone taller or with thick hair),
discovered a lot of hair accessories for home spa days don’t fit properly anymore.
At the moment I have been successfully tackling dry skin behind my ears.
Sounds funny I know, but to exfoliate and put product in this area, you need to put your hair back from your face.
This meant I had to find an answer for a headband as I haven’t been able to find one that wasn’t really tight or knarled up with an elastic band as lining, since post-COVID-19 recommendations. Below is the method I have invented:
Make your own spa headband from an oversized chiffon scarf
What you will need:
A long soft scarf
I used a leopard skin one from my wardrobe but sourced this white one, (which is more spa-like), from Amazon. It also suits my seasonal colouring, whereas my old leopard skin one doesn’t. The one above is available to purchase at the link below.
WESTEND CHOICE Crepe Chiffon Scarf L150x 47 cm
£5.75
This will also match the wear a wedding dress to a nightclub look.
Method:
After watching loads of vintage TV and films, I have worked out how to tie a head scarf as a hair accessory. In this instance as a spa headband.
1 put all your hair to the back of your head, off your face, clip back bangs or fringe, etc. if it won’t stay back on its own.
2 Hold out the scarf to its full length, with the center of the scarf at the back of your head, and tie a knot with the ends at the top of your head.
3 This will probably go loose. Twist the scarf back around so the knot is now at the back of your head.
4 Pull the knot tight, as tight as is comfortable for your head. Then wrap the ends of the scarf back up to the top of your head and tie another knot, this one will feel more secure.
5 Tuck in any loose ends and you will have a kind of headband that meets a hair turban look.
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You may have to play around with this idea until it suits you personally, but it is such a relief as it keeps the product out of your hair.
Would prefer a few cotton white waffle spa headbands in high quality with adjustable fastenings to fit all women’s head sizes, but until they come back the scarf idea works a treat, just remember to use an old one or an inexpensive one and not your best silk scarf.
Just to be really honest, I found the turban look really unflattering but it doesn’t matter just for a facial in the privacy of your own home.
I did find when I unfastened the first knot I looked normal again, then I tried wrapping the loose ends as a neck scarf. This looked really good and has now given me an idea of what to do with oversized scarves.
This look will work well with summer clothes. Although I have been using the Leopard skin one in winter, actually works quite well and keeps me warm.
(Tried to order a wool scarf, but ended up with something really big and weird. Think it is sold as a beginner scarf, which isn’t accurate because anyone can knit a beginner scarf that looks like a beginner scarf? If it was a beginner scarf it was too wide, we thought it was some kind of good intended mentoring scheme at first, to boost people’s confidence into believing they could achieve better than them, but it has gone on to prove not to be the case)
Haven’t got many scarves, so hope to build up a collection.
At the end of the day, nothing is hardly ever perfect, even the waffle ones needed adjusting. But they were better quality than the cheap quality comes up too small ones that have emerged on an elevator out of post-COVID-19 recommendations.
Hope this inspires you and helps you keep your spa days going until post-COVID recommendations go away forever, (hopefully).
Also hope that using a summer or chiffon scarf as a winter scarf helps keep you warm. It possibly wouldn’t work if you go skiing or on expeditions to the North Pole type thing, but fine for a brisk walk through a country village to keep off the chill.
Knew a scientist once who said hats don’t actually keep your head warm. Everyone argues this, but it was why I tried the chiffon scarf instead of a wool one. (It looked better as well as it wasn’t as bulky).
Think there is definitely some truth to this theory as it works.
Enjoy your experiments.
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