Indian Fashion : Shawl

You do not need to be dressed up in a sari or in some other Indian dress to wear a shawl. It looks just as great on modern jeans or leggings and just as elegant on any simple tight t-shirt. You can make it more SPICY by adding a bindi and big or sparkly earrings.

Sari

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Shawl on leggings

Shawl on simple black tight t-shirt

Shawl styles

Shawl on a dress

Shawl on blue jeans

Perfect Bindi and How to Get Bindis

Bindis are nowadays more and more fashionable. A lot of celebrities from Western countries have recently start to wear bindis. There are many various shapes of bindis today. Bindi is believed to enhance the real beauty of a woman and makes her look elegant. bindis were originally painted dots between eyebrows but nowadays one could say it became a jewelry. You can read more about bindis in the following article - Indian Jewelry.

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Here are the rough directions about what kind of bindi would be suitable for you according to your face shape. It does not mean you cannot use any other shape! You can use any bindi you like. These tips are similar to picking a hair style according to your face shape. Of course, if a hair style can change your face shape as well - you might even need another type of bindi. However, do not worry about this at all - if a bindi is well combined with your clothes - you can achieve very fashionable and elegant look without following these instructions.

If your face is oval shaped - Congratulations! Any bindi would suit you.
Heart shaped girls should go for smaller, simple, one-coulour and elegant bindi.
If you have more round face, longer bindis would make your face longer and more in harmony.
Square shaped should definitely avoid long ones, round ones and square ones. Try to find something that would freshen up your face and milden the harsh lines of your face such as - V shape.
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Check what kind of bindis these celebrities picked to wear.

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez with a Bindi

Katy Perry

Katy Perry with a Bindi

Miley Cyrus

Young Miley Cyrus with a Bindi

Rani Mukherjee

Rani Mukherjee with a Bindi

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra with a Bindi

~ How to get bindis? ~

Bindis of same type are usually sold in packets. You can also buy fancy-looking ones one by one, and these could be sometimes more expensive than buying a whole packet, especially if you will buy them in stores. 

If you do not live in India, you can get them in local Indian shops, by buying them from companies on the Internet or ask your friends from India or travelers to India to get them for you.

Normally you could get 3 PACKETS of simple shaped bindis for 1$ - in one coulour or many colours, with or without glitter and gems. Simple round bindis come quite handy as well if you would like to see how you would look like with your nose pierced.

If you cannot get bindis in any of these ways, here you can learn How to make Bindis at Home!

Bindi packets

Indian Beauty and Fashion for Everyday

Some of the tips how to look and feel more Indian.

Wear a bindi at home or outside

~ It doesn't have to be the biggest one. Small and simple ones look just as great and as well they lift your spirit immediately. Check how it looks on a famous Indian actress, Miss World 1994, Aishwarya Rai.

Here you can see more information about Bindis - Perfect Bindi and How to Get Bindis

Aishwarya Rai - Bindi

Kohl (Kajal)

~ Most important make up for Indian women. It does not have to be a lot of it on all over your eyelids, simple style is enough. Check how it looks on famous Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma. Simple, neat, classic and stylish. Kohl and mascara fit every eye and enhance the natural beauty.

Anushka Sharma

Light Baggy Clothes

~ You do not have to wear Saris, Salwar Kameezes, Sherwanis etc to look Indian. Most of the Indian clothes share same features - light, comfortable, baggy, long. Try to find something in your closet that has these characteristics. Girls, add some bangles or a shawl and there you go! The spicy Indian touch would be wearing tights.

Remember to keep it neat, comfortable and decent.

Light Shirt for Women

Light Material Tunic

Shirt for Men

Hair

~ Braid your hair neatly splitting your hair in the middle. You will also have cute waves after loosing up your hair. You can also do it it a bit more messy which will look more stylish.

Braiding your hair