Show me your Paranda/Parandi
I recently found a thread in another forum about these Indian hair accessories and I fell in love! :D
For those who don't know what this is:
"Parandi is a long bunch of threads with elaborate decorative tassels at the lower end, and are used by Punjabi women to braid their long hair" Source
You can buy them online, but you can easily make them yourself.
These are the Parandi I've made:
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5...dabersicht.jpg
I prefer mine without tassels, because I use them for my braided buns.
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/6969/paranda.jpg
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7913/paranda2.jpg
Pros:
- braids look fuller and longer
- braided buns look huge!
- you don't need elastics
- because of the longer and thicker braid, braided buns are more stable and center hold buns are likely to hold without pins!
- your ends aren't exposed
- you will get braiding waves to the very end of your hair!
- you can choose colors similar to your hair to have natural looking "hair extension"
- or you can use contrasting colors or colors that match your clothes
This is how it looks down: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7053/parandazopf.jpg
Because this post is already very picture heavy, you can find the instruction on my website. Hope this is helpful and sorry for any mistakes (I'm not a native speaker :o)
I would love to see your Parandi pictures! :D
Regards,
habioku
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
Oooooooh pretty! Ive never seen anything like that before, and I went to a punjabi school! :)
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
They look gorgeous in your hair! :) I have to remember this when my hair grows longer.
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
Those look gorgeous! I especially like the green in your hair, it contrasts beautifully!
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
Mmm. I think I will make some myself.
II would love to buy a vibrant colour tasseled one, but I guess I could make myself on or two before I do that :)
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
Beautiful, cant wait to try :D
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
Those are so pretty! I think I want some now:)
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
Same here, they look great! I want to buy some!
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
Re: Show me your Paranda/Parandi
That's really cool. My hair is still too short, but I could see this being useful for trying braided versions of buns I couldn't otherwise do with APL hair.