Hey Hayfa :Women of Haya 2016

So on 5th of Nov, Hey Hayfa participated for an event organised by Kaifiyyah.

The name of the event is Women of Haya. Hayaa in Arabic means modesty and shyness for a Muslimah to portray themselves inner and outwardly.

This was the 3rd bazaar/event Hey Hayfa participated in 2016. Previously was The Ladies Souq, Lokals for Lokals and now Women of Haya.

I must say each of every event taught me different things. I learnt so much about networking, branding and customer service when joining these bazaars, mixing with the other brand owners and meeting different group of target market publicized by the organizers.

Tadaaa! Can you spot our logo? Hehehe.

The few that always be with us whenever we decide to join event.

From left: Musfirah from Halo.May, My sister and I and Kak Tina from Tia by Ts

During the event too, our jubah railing fell off (cause I think maybe it outweighed the maximum no of clothes) and we were so in panicky mode to get a substitute railing. What we did was to use a tape to secure the railing (this was a no choice and wasnt a bad idea after all. haha)

Of course there are so many learning points to learn from this bazaar.

1) Bring your own clothes railing. Avoid using/renting out organizer railing cause you do not know how much jubahs u can hang with theirs. You already are accustomed with your own railing so might as well use yours.

2) Print out price labels for your clothes. Some customers are shy to even ask because they scared that it's expensive but it's actually not.

3) Display all clothes sizes on the railing. We thought that our 3XL sizes were out of stock but when we reached home and did stock take, to our horror, we still have some left.So you see, you should just display all sizes. Extras jubah can be put inside the storage spaces

And so Hey Hayfa Leaders signing out yaw. We were hugging our Hayfa Cut Jubah in White and we have yet to do a photoshoot for this upcoming one.

So see ya next time for another event in Dec!

Interest Charge/ Riba

We are happily signing up study loan because we are intimidated by the statement ‘0% interest’ charge.

We are excitedly taking up HDB home loan because ‘lowest interest’ sounds better than high interest rate.

We feel so calm when taking up a loan because it says that it can be payable within 12 months without interest.

Oh how the banks will not disclose to you that there are hidden charges and interest handling charges involved.

How the banks will not disclose to you that if you do not make the full payment at the end of the month, interest rate occurs.

No wonder Allah forbids interest/riba in everything we do. 

‘Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden interest’ – (Surah Al Baqarah: 275)

Hey Hayfa Photoshoot : Asyari Photography

Assalamualaikum! I'm back again! So on Sunday, Hey Hayfa Team had an apparel photoshoot with Asyari Photography!

I utilized their photography services because not only they are my friends but the way they execute their tasks, show that it's their burning passion and not for money-wise.

I always love young talents/startups that begin from bottom because I too start from below, finding rezeki for a living by starting a jubah business.

And I always have this mindset that if we help each other in bringing up their business services, Allah will help us too. Rezeki ada di mana-mana sahaja. Rezeki it's not from humans but from Allah.Why should we be stingy/lokek in giving to others?

So, I get my good friend Kirin as a model as she has previous model experiences, which is a bonus point!

Asyari Photography Team consists of; A Husband & Wife. And do you know how old they are to be indulging in photography business? They are just 23 & 22 years old respectively! How young is that?!

And not forgetting their cute little daughter, Aisyah (#aisyahasyari) ! They dont always bring their daughter for shoots, but I thought 'hey I havent met Aisyah, so just bring her along la'. 

Aisyah is really such an easy and cooperative baby girl. When I carried, hugged,kissed & bullied (oops) her, SHE DIDNT CRY. I was flabbergasted as babies would usually cry if a stranger carries and what more, kisses? Hahaha. More reasons to bring Aisyah's out for Hey Hayfa upcoming photoshoots right?

Moving on to Asyari Photography, I was shocked that the wife, Shabrina, does know both Photography & Videography! It is sucha a plus point as nowadays muslimah are into female photographers, so Shab, I believe you can go far!

Asyari Photography has experience in shooting for graduation, wedding, product shoot for mainly hijabs, apparels and shoes. 

So if you are someone who's like me that supports young and local talent, be sure to contact Asyari Photography for their services! They are sucha awesome duo and nice individuals too! 

Instagram: @asyariphotography

Female Muslimah Photographer Instagram: @umm_aisyah

Email: asyariphotography@gmail.com

Website: http://www.asyariphotography.com/

#HeyHayfaApologue

It's sad when people know you are from Singapore, they take advantage of you.

It's sad when they know you can pay, they add a few more charges to it.

It's sad when you are young, they try their very best to con it.

This is not the way of Jual Beli in Islam. This is just...