Hartalika Teej 2019 Vrat Solah Shringar: Makeup, Style and Fashion Tips for Women and Girls Fasting on The Festival Day (Watch Video)
The celebration includes fast, makeup, styling, dance and prayer rituals. Hartalika Teej Vrat, per se, is observed during the Shukla paksha Tritiya or the third day of the waxing moon of the Bhadrapada month. Married women generally engage in solah shringar, which is the Hindi for sixteen makeup or adornments steps to look more beautiful.
Hartalika Teej will be celebrated on Sunday, September 1 all across India. Teej is a broad festival name for several Hindu festivals that are celebrated primarily by women North India. It falls on the third day of the waxing or waning moon (Shukla paksha and Krishna Paksha). There are various types of Teej of which Haryali Teej and Hartalika Teej are mainly celebrated in the monsoon season by girls and women. The celebration includes fast, makeup, styling, dance and prayer rituals. Hartalika Teej Vrat, per se, is observed during the Shukla Paksha Tritiya or the third day of the waxing moon of the Bhadrapada month. It is said that on this day, the friend of Goddess Parvati took her to the thick forest so that her father could not get her married to Lord Vishnu against her will. Latest Mehndi Designs for Hartalika Teej 2019: Simple Arabic Mehandi Patterns and Easy Indian Henna Designs to Apply on Hands This Teej (View Photos and Videos).
Also known as Gowri Habba in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, one of the essential aspects of this day is for women and girls to keep their style and makeup game top-notch. Married women generally engage in solah shringar, which is the Hindi for sixteen makeup or adornment steps to look more beautiful. This includes sixteen beauty rituals from head to toe. The process consists of makeup, accessories and ornaments.
Tips on Hartalika Teej Makeup and Style:
- Choose your traditional attire, from a range of traditional sarees, lehengas, shararas, or salwar kurtas. Make up your mind if you want your clothes to take away the look or want to depend on heavy makeup. Also, green and red are said to be the colour of the day, so you might want to stick to the two bright colours.
- If you are wearing a heavy attire with a lot of zari work, go down on makeup and refrain from using bright colours while you do makeup.
- If you are keeping your lip colour loud, make sure do go low on eye makeup and vice versa. You don't want too much going on with your makeup.
- Make sure you are accessorised head-to-toe. Right from your maang-tika to bichiya (toe-rings) do not leave anything behind. You can also try out stylish kardhan/Kamar bandh and armlets on this day as well. But whatever accessories you choose make sure you balance it out by not wearing all the heavy jewellery pieces. For example: If your necklace is heavy, calm down with your earrings.
- Don't forget your sindoor and designer bindi to match your attire. You can go for liquid kumkum for the day as well.
Hartalika Teej Makeup and Style [Watch Video]:
Since you'll also be fasting on this day, you might want to go a little subtle on the styling and makeup on this day so that you don't tire yourself. You must remember that you'll also be visiting the temple and performing rituals, so try to keep your traditional look a little easy-breezy.
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