Ladies Dance Night in Melbourne - OOTD and Make Up

I've been in Melbourne for the past three days now. Hanging with the fam, and enjoyed seeing most of my friends at a ladies only dance night tonight. It's been awesome the past few days... However, just received news that hubby has severe flu and is sick in bed. 

Unfortunately he found the wrong time to be sick. Nothing worse than being sick and all alone. :((( I wont be back until Wednesday, so he has to endure it alone. Please make du'a that he gets better soon.

As for the night... I really didn't know what to wear, so I just threw in a couple items in my luggage when leaving Sydney, so I was stuck with it. I've worn the skirt and blazer before, but who cares. Different scarf transform it into a different outfit. :P One of my friends told me I looked like a strawberry and that she wanted to eat me, so I guess that's good. LOL

Oh and did I enjoy the night? It sure was awesome, but now... I am aching all over, tired, sleepy... yet I cannot sleep!

Took off the jacket once we were inside and dancing away :)

Also did my niece's make-up

She wanted something dark, but I thought even this was too much for her age

Jummah mubarak - Happy Friday :)

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Halal Dance Party

Yep yep yep! Another ladies dance night took place on Saturday this weekend. I don't think there will be another for quite a while, so I thought I shouldn't miss out. :)

I actually noted that it is a "halal" party, but after last night I am wondering just how halal (Islamically acceptable/permissable) it is. I think us muslim women sometimes go too overboard at such events and push the limits of the code of our faith - that includes moi!

Such ladies only events are opportunities go a little "overboard" with our make-up, outfits, and even taking the hijab off and getting our hair done etc (must note: you arrive to and leave from the location with hijab -- wanted to note it just in case LOL I believe there are non-muslims reading my blog too, so best to be safe than sorry).  They are usually feel good and fun events. :) I gotta admit all the women were beautiful mashaallah and had put in effort to look great.

I have to say the highlight of the event was the Zumba performance. I really enjoyed it. Like most, I too was frustrated with the speakers that kept on going all weird... the choice of music wasn't too pleasing... but all in all, I enjoyed myself, because my loved ones and friends were there. Great company can make any thumbs down event awesome. :))) Oh, and I also won a travel voucher worth $500. How convenient! Alhamdulillah. I jumped and yelled out in excitement hehe I must have looked so funny, I wish someone had taken a photo hahahaha

Aaaanyways, time for the outfits:

Hijab: Armine (from edb Collection), Dress: Portmans, Crop Jacket: Sussan, Platform Shoes: London Rebel

In all honesty, I would have preferred to wear a fitted black blazer or a beige blazer with this dress, but I do not have either, so I had to stick with this one. Oh well, I can't be perfect all the time. :))))

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A great night out with my loved ones...

No, I don't really celebrate mother's day... I cannot always buy my mother gifts, but other than our own special days, I do try and make her not feel left out. Unfortunately we do not gift out mothers enough... ever! So I usually tend to get her a gift a week or two before mother's day, but she expects me to say "Happy Mother's Day" on the day at least. LOL Well, it makes her happy, and I don't mind, because I treat her with love and respect (inshaallah.. I try to anyway...) every day. We have our cuddle sessions with pecks on the cheeks every day (mashaallah). So yeah, to me, it's what I do for her every other day, and thank Allah, the Creator for blessing me with such a mother...

Anyways... A mother's day fun/dance night (for ladies only) was organised by one of our most popular local female DJs, Kafiye abla (abla (pronounced aab-lah), meaning "older sister" --- out of respect, we call our elders "abla", and if they are much much older, there are other nouns, but I shall leave it at that.. enough linguistics for one post). We danced and dined the night away.

I usually try to make it to most of these events cos I am never invited to a wedding (all my friends are married.. well, almost all.. and their children are still too young... so I went to a total of 3 weddings in the past 8 years). It's ladies only, and I can get all dolled up as I wish, and dance dance dance. YES! I LOVE DANCING! LOL

So tonight, it was my mother, sis, aunt, niece, cousin, and other beloved family friends on our table... along with many beloved friends on other tables. Full house it was! And to our suprise, the food actually tasted good (that reception usually has a bad reputation with regards to food). It was the standard roasted chicken with rice and boiled veggies. Oh and the dips were simply amazing! I didn't mind eating, cos I think I danced off all the calories LOL

Well, to cut it short, it was a lovely night, mostly due to the company... I love my small family... and our very small group of true and special friends... Most of us enjoyed it... my cousin wasn't too happy and was sleepy haha she left early... but it was good catching up with her.

oooooh one more thing! All the women and girls looked smashing mashaallah. No photos as I was too busy dancing and checking everyone else out hehehe but yeah, most were stunning :)

I wore a jumpsuit for the first time. However, I did feel very insecure as they were not the wide-legged ones, and cos I think you actually need to be in excellent shape to look good in them. I did get a lot of lovely compliments which made me feel a little better about myself. So I thank those lovely people for their kind words. Love you!!!

Yes, I know you are all sick of seeing my maxi cardi, but you see, I can't do without it! :) If this jumpsuit was a wide-legged one, I would definitely have worn a cropped jacket or something, but I had to hide all the definition and wobbly bits in the back and sides.. if ya know what I mean! :)

My one and only, dearest, beloved mother. May Allah bless her and leave her with us for many many more years to come... inshaallah

I love these shoes. I initially wore these, but my mother talked me out of wearing them. She knows I'm gonna dance all night, so she suggested I wear something more comfy... and so I did! :)

My make-up.  My lippy was actually softer and nude. This was after a touch up. I started off with the smokey eye using charcoal and black, but then I decided I wanted to add something to make it a little different than what I usually have. I saw a burgundy-ish/plummish eyeshadow in the box and thought it would look nice teamed with grey and black... and guess what? I was happy with the result :)

Here's a close-up... I know, it's dumb of me to state the obvious, but I just felt like it hahah

Hijab: Fake LV (from edb Collection, Maxi Cardi: Asos, Jumpsuit: Country Road, Shoes: Zu, Belt: K-mart

So, did anyone else do anything special this weekend?

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All Black

Another ladies dance night... Just wanted to keep it simple and was determined to go all black. I had one statement piece which was my very wide belt... oh and my bright blue hijab.. I think they did the job :)

Here are the photos... Mwah!

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