I’m so excited to publish this post today, because… I have one of my all time favourite belly dancers, Zahra Zuhair, on Sparkly Belly!!! A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon her YouTube videos where she was talking about creating your own signature style of dancing, which was really, really good and helpful. So I immediately emailed her and… Read more →
Wouldn’t it be nice to get many looks out of 1 costume? That would be so fun, and you could adjust your style depending on your choreography, audience and occasion. Is that even possible? Yes, it is! 😀 In this video, you’ll see how you can create 16 different looks using 1 reversible circle skirt. Let’s get started! Sign up… Read more →
Thanks for enjoying last week’s What Type of Belly Dancer Are You? test! It has quickly become the most shared post on Sparkly Belly 🙂 If your test result was a Classic Belly Dancer or Artist or even Sweet Charmer, today’s DIY is perfect addition to your dance wardrobe! I love versatile costume pieces, and circle skirts are definitely a… Read more →
Your costuming should be an expression of who you are. So what is your belly dancer personality? Take this short test below and find out what type of belly dancer you are! You’ll get costuming advice and tutorials perfect for your belly dancer personality at the end! 😀 Read more →
Welcome back to week 8 – the last week of Your Sparkly Wardrobe Project, a series where you get fresh costuming ideas for belly dancing so you get more out of costumes that you already have. 😀 In week 7 of Your Sparkly Wardrobe, Mahin showed how to properly store your costumes and safely transport costumes when you travel. It was… Read more →
Do you speak a language other than English? And do you want to help other dancers? One of the requests I’ve been getting – especially on my YouTube channel – is providing subtitles for my Sparkly Belly tutorial videos. But I speak Japanese and English only, and requested languages have usually been other languages like Spanish, Portuguese,… Read more →
Welcome back to Your Sparkly Wardrobe Project – Week 6! Last week Mahin showed how we can make the most out of different skirt styles. I loved it! She gave lots of great posing and movement tips. If you missed it, catch the episode here. And today, I’ll show you 3 ways to add coverage to costumes that you feel… Read more →
I like DIY’s using T-shirts. They are easy and cheap to get, and because they are simple, you can do so much with them 😀 In the first episode of Thrifty Belly, we made an off-shoulder peasant crop top out of an old t-shirt. I paired the top with a DIY Turkish vest also made from a t-shirt. I really… Read more →
Happy Friday and welcome back to Your Sparkly Wardrobe Project Week 4! Last week in Your Sparkly Wardrobe, Mahin showed you the really cool costume mix & match technique. If you missed it, check it out here. Now you can mix and match your costumes…but sometimes you need something to tie all pieces together. What completes the nicely put-together look… Read more →
Welcome to Thrifty Belly Episode 1! 😀 Thrifty Belly is a new series we’re starting today where I take old clothes or thrift store finds and transform them into dance costumes. I’ve been getting a lot of requests to do practice wear, and today we’ll take an old oversized t-shirt and transform it into this cute, off-the-shoulder peasant top, which… Read more →