Celebrating Your Curves In A Plus Size Bikini

By: Christy Diaz

 

Who said bikinis are only for the tiny? Even full-figured women can look perfect for the beach or pool in a well-fitting plus size bikini. Remember that even the thinnest woman has aspects of her body that she would like to change or hide. With these expert tips, you can find the perfect plus size bikini that will flatter your figure and camouflage what you find less than ideal.

Work With What You Have

Take a good look in the mirror and decide what you want to cover and what you want to show in your plus size bikini. If you have great legs, look for styles that are cut higher on the leg. Halter-top styles look good on large busts and provide the necessary support. Tankinis work wonders on covering tummies, and boy-cut shorts can hide less than perfect thighs.

Choose a Pattern

One of the best ways to minimize and camouflage in a bikini is to choose a large colorful floral print or other pattern. Stay away from dainty flowers that can emphasize bulges. If you are bigger on the bottom than on top, consider wearing a printed top and a solid bottom. This will draw the eye upwards towards the face and away from the hips. Keep in mind that while horizontal stripes will appear to widen the body, vertical stripes will lengthen. And, solid black isn't always the most slimming solid color. In fact, it can look rather drab on a bikini. Try to stick to fun, vibrant colors.

Don't Worry About The Size

Swimsuits are generally cut smaller than other types of clothing. For example, if you are used to wearing a 14, expect to need a swimsuit in a 16 or 18. Don't worry about this. What is important is that the bikini fits well and provides the coverage and support that you need.

Accessorize

Once you have chosen the perfect bikini, look for a coordinating cover-up, sarong, or swim skirt. With a pair of colorful sandals and a fun beach bag, you will be ready to strut your stuff.

Love Your Body

The perfect bikini is only a shopping trip away. Remember to love your body the way it is and flaunt what you like about yourself. If you have the confidence to wear a bikini, no one will dare question you. Rather, they will most likely be envious of your healthy self-esteem.

Tiny Micro Bikini

By: Matt Garrett

 

First up, we'll run through a short history of the bikini (no sniggering at the back, please) and see how we arrive at the micro bikini.

The two-piece swimsuit we know today as the bikini has only been marketed and sold as such for 60 years. But archaeologists have discovered Minoan wall paintings from 1600 B.C. and Roman mosaics from 300 A.D. that show the bikini, so the ancients were livin' it up! Still, it is the debut of the modern bikini in 1946 and its later modifications that truly define the swimsuit.

The bikini was invented and launched by two French designers: Jacques Heim and Louis Reard. Heim was a swimsuit designer who had created a two-piece suit to be sold in his beach shop in Cannes. He marketed the swimsuit as the "atome," (named for its small size and meant to be compared with the atom, the smallest particle of matter known). No doubt, it was an outrageously tiny swimsuit.

The same year, Reard was creating his own similar, two-piece swimsuit. He named and marketed his swimsuit as the bikini, claiming that it was "smaller than the smallest bathing suit in the world". Reard christened his swimsuit the bikini in honor of experimental atomic bombs being detonated in the South Pacific, near the Bikini Reef.

So Reard's name stuck, though by today's standards, the bikinis of the 1940s and '50s were positively modest in their coverage. Bottoms were cut above the navel, and tops fully covered the breasts.

Getting smaller by the year

The bikini went through several changes as time passed. Designers experimented with many varieties for the swimsuit, including a bikini top with attached propellers (!), a suit made entirely of red hair, and even a version made of porcupine quills.

As early as the 1950s, the bikini was already so small that it could be packed into a matchbook, but even more drastic shrinkage lay in store. In the 1970s, the sexual revolution in the United States caused designers to make the bikini even more revealing.

So we had string bikinis, which exposed the navel by fitting the bottoms on the hips. The top, too, provided only bra-style coverage. In the 1980s, the popular thong bikini arrived on the scene. Designers claimed the thong bikini originated from the clothing of Amazonian tribal groups in Brazil. As we know, the thong bikini leaves the bottom virtually uncovered and the back of the suit disappears into the buttocks.

Micro bikinis

In the 1990s and 2000s, designers have continued to revamp the bikini and innovated new styles. While the thong and string bikinis retain their popularity, the micro bikini has recently been added to the growing selection.
Essentially, micro bikinis are bikinis combining a micro bikini top and a thong bikini bottom. Needless to add, it is scantier and more revealing than traditional bikinis and hence its name.
Buying micro bikinis

A word of warning: you need to be careful that you don't opt for a string bikini when you mean to buy a micro bikini. There are enough illustrated examples online to show you the difference.

Numerous sites offer essential advice like how to shave your bikini line (hairy exposures will NOT do). Make sure your pubic area in particular is well shorn.

Choose the fabric well. Test your skin for itches and allergic rashes, particularly since you will be spending a lot of time in the sun wearing your bikini

Have plenty of sunscreen handy. You need to use liberal doses all over your body since you obviously will not have much on in terms of protection from the sun's rays!

Does Shaving Your Bikini Lines Drive You Bonkers?

By: Kathy Hammond

 

Considering the daring styles of swimwear many people, both male and female, are wearing today, no doubt keeping bikini lines in check is an important issue.

Even for those of us who don't wear the more daring styles, making sure pubic hairs are not public hairs is a concern when getting ready for the pool or beach.

It's not a simple matter of tucking your pubic hairs inside the legs of your suit, because they're bound to escape. So it becomes a question of how best to remove the hairs at the bikini lines all together.

While many people may elect to use a depilatory lotion/cream or do a bikini wax at home or at a salon, shaving bikini lines is still the method most often used.

Now you may be thinking that the reason some people choose depilatories or waxing over shaving their bikini lines is because these alternative methods to shaving don't irritate this sensitive skin. Truth is - That's not the truth. At least not for most people.

If you speak with people who use a depilatory, (and they're honest), they'll tell you:

1) They're messy

2) They smell pretty bad

3) They're inconvenient - Because you have to wait for them to work, you have to be somewhere to be able to wash them off and they don't always completely work, leaving you with patches of hair

And, most importantly -

4) The harsh chemicals more often than not leave your skin looking red and feeling raw, as if it's just been burned, which basically it has ...

And if you speak with people who choose waxing, (and they're honest), they'll tell you:

1) It's messy

2) It smells pretty bad

3) It's inconvenient - Because you have to wait for it to work, you have to be somewhere to be able to wash off the residue, it doesn't always completely work with the first application so you have to do it again, and oh yes - IT HURTS! Even if you have it done at a salon, all of the above applies

And, most importantly -

4) The harsh chemicals more often than not leave your skin looking red and feeling raw, as if every hair has just been yanked out, which basically they have ...

So - We're back to shaving bikini lines.

The bad news is that most people who are shaving their bikini lines basically just grab a wet razor and have at it. So it's no wonder that their skin looks red and feels raw, as if it's just been scraped, which basically it has ...

And even worse - Because bikini lines are areas that maintain a good deal of moisture and receive a great deal of friction, ingrown hairs become a major problem.

The good news is, anyone can learn that there's a right way of shaving pubic hairs from the bikini lines and, perhaps even more important, that there is a much better tool than a wet razor for shaving this sensitive area.

Shaving your bikini lines doesn't have to drive you bonkers!

All you need to do now is your own research about how to safely shave your bikini lines along with using a shaving device that's better designed for bikini lines.

Mini Micro Bikinis

By: Matt Garrett

 

Of late, the already tiny micro bikinis have actually been getting smaller in the bikini's continuous journey of shrinkage. The trend actually began with the top piece, but after shrinking the top so much that it barely covers the nipples, bikini manufacturers have now moved on to reducing the size of the bottom piece.

So you get the following styles: slingshot bikini, mini bikini, teardrop bikini, mini-mini bikini, micro bikini, thong bikini, sexy bikini and, what could be called a double thong G-string bikini' the mini micro bikinis

Mini Micro Bikinis

Basically, these are what you might call extreme bathing suits' designed to cover only the minimum parts of your body. Supposedly patterned along the lines of garments worn by tribal peoples in various warm climates, micro bikinis typically possess the following features:

Narrow thong or G-string bottomed bathing suit
Very narrow strips of material that cover only the genitals

Fashion observers believe the mini micro originated to combat anti-nudity legislation passed in some states in the 1970s. Initially, the homemade bathing suits were nothing more than leftover pieces of fabric, sewn together with thin twine or fishing line. Inevitably, local shops picked up on the idea and began to make more practical styles using modern materials.

These bikinis serve a double purpose.

a. They adhere to the barest norms of decency, so you can't actually throw legislation at the wearer
b. They titillate, and how!

Rules you must obey

Obviously, to flaunt your assets, you need to make sure they look pretty darned good. Here's where waxing plays such an important role.

If you go for Brazilian waxing, you are opting for complete removal of hair from your anus, perineum and vulva, basically, the bikini line. This is the most extreme form of bikini waxing.
Not wishing to lay spoilsport, the pain involved with this procedure can be acute and continue for quite some time. However, you may feel that the result is worth the discomfort.

Where Can I Get A Brazilian Wax?

By: Paton Jackson

 

A brazilian bikini wax should be done by and only by professionals. We do not advise to consider giving your self a brazilian bikini wax. Those professional waxers are easy to find. There are people who will come to your house to do the waxing process, but most of the women go to cosmetic salons to get their brazilian bikini wax.

Finding these salons could be done by searching via the web through the yellow pages or through any search engine. Just type "brazilian wax" +"name of the city you live in" in the search engine.

However, the best is to ask your fellow friends. You will be surprised to find out that more than a half of your female friend got a brazilian bikini wax at least once in their life time.

The next step would be choosing the best salon. Make sure that there are brazilian bikini wax expers that work in the salon and that there are no apprentices over there. You would not want someone to do his first time brazilian bikini wax on you.

Check the price of the wax. Do not pay less than 50 bucks or more than 100 bucks for the brazilian bikini wax.

Check the privacy in the salon. Some salons commit the brazilian bikini wax in an open room with a small curtain to separate between you and the rest off the women in the salon. This could be unpleasant if you feel like screaming while getting the painful treatment.

Some women don't like men to be their therapists watching and touching their most private areas. Ask the salon if you can have a woman therapist.

Brazilian bikini wax could be a painful experience but it's worth every moment. Most of the women get addicted to it. Choose the waxing saloon using the above tips. Don't go the first salon you see.

How To Give Yourself A Brazilian Bikini Wax?

By: Paton Jackson

 

Before you give yourself a brazilian bikini wax, be warned that most women don't find it comfortable. Pulling out your pubic hair and ripping them out from the roots is not the best feeling After all, you are dealing with your most sensitive and intimate regions.
Make sure that you want to have a brazilian bikini wax You may get a standard bikini wax or a full bikini which can cause you less damage.

The first step would be to make a long warm shower washing and cleaning your pubic area.
Then, trim down your pubic hair with scissors or with a shaver till it will have a length of a quarter inch.

Use a hard wax (A low temperature one) for a less painful process. Smooth the wax with a pre-waxing oil before applying it over your hair. This oil keeps it from sticking to the skin, and allows the wax to be used without strips, making for a much more comfortable experience. As the wax cools, it basically shrink-wraps each hair and pulls it out from the root. You may remove some stubborn hair with a set of tweezers.

Use a big mirror and move into any position you think will be more comfort put your legs up, on the sides or even over your head. If you feel the pain is unbearable stop until you feel you are ready to go on.

once you finished with the waxing process and you are happy with your brazilian bikini wax, you should apply a soothing lotion on your bikini area.

If done correctly, your pubic area will stay smooth for anywhere between 14 and 25 days.
We advice you to go to a professional salon to do your first brazilian bikini wax. After watching the therapist and feeling the discomfort and pain you will be able to decide whether you wish to give yourself the next brazilian wax.

Bikini Fashion

By: Matt Garrett

 

Women are really fortunate to have a wide range of swimwear to choose from. The bikini fashion industry has mind blowing designs to offer you. Swimming time is the time to relax in the warm sunny afternoon on the beach in your favorite piece of bikini.

A stylish bikini is sure to enhance your beauty. Slipping in a hot tiny string bikini
is in vogue these days. Among so many styles of bikini, this one is surely going to classify you as a sizzling hot favorite babe on the beach side. Beach time is the time to flaunt your body in an ecstatic manner. Every woman wants to look great in a bikini.

The latest trends in the bikini wear are here to allure you with a wide variety of classy bikinis. You can flaunt your entire body with these skimpiest bikinis around in the market place.

The bikini fashion
has come a long way. Earlier the bikinis were perceived as the one piece or two piece swimming costumes. To the most, you could get a few colors in the same conventional designs. But now with the changing trend, you will be allured by the high quality and attractive bikini wear around in the market place.

The women are finding great ways to flaunt their sun tanned bods on the beach. The hottest bikinis like, the tiny string bikini is great for the perfect figured women. The tiny string bikini is really tiny that just covers the bare essentials of a woman's body. A tiny top would cover the nipple area of the bust and the bottom would just cover the crotch. This bikini supports the body with strings. These strings may be transparent or beaded with some stones or pearls. You can choose from a number of stores selling swim costume.

You can mix and match the tops and bottoms available separately. The bikinis are also available in different colors and materials. The recent bikini fashion is all about showing your body in style. The intelligently created swimwear supports your body to give a great shape to it.

You will find the tiniest bikinis today for around $14 onwards. You can be a sex kitten in the micro G string bikini. Even the tiny bra cups and the bottom pants are made of the transparent material like fishnet and lace. The colors are definitely going to pull you for a purchase. You can buy from a grand collection of hot colors like striking red, royal blue, and baby pink and of course black.

The designers have given us some great designs of bikinis. The tiny string bikini is available in different styles of strings. The tiny string bikini with spidery strings is all the rage for young ladies. It has more than one string at the bottom pants, designed in a crisscross manner. It gives a strikingly different look to your shapely bottoms.

Your First Time Brazilian Bikini Wax

By: Paton Jackson

 

First, you must be sure that you want to get a brzailian bikini wax. Consider trying first the standard bikini wax which will remove the hair from your bikini line or the full bikini which will remove most of your pubic hair apart from the most sensitive areas. A brazilian bikini wax removes ALL your pubic hair.

We advice you to get your first brazilian bikini wax by a professional. Many women who try to give themselves a brazilian bikini wax, cause damage and their bikini area looks worse after the brazilian wax.

You could find a salon that offers a brazilian bikini wax in any big US city. Just look in the "Yellow pages" or in any search engine for "brazilian wax" + "name of your city".

After locating a salon, find out how many brazilian waxes they do a week? Make sure that the persons who are responsible for the brazilian bikini wax are experienced. Ask to talk to customers that got a brazilian bikini wax from the same salon.

Open your purse. A brazilian bikini wax may cost up to 100 US dollars. However, the average cost is about 50 bucks. We advice you pay not less than the average price to get a professional treatment.

Come to your scheduled treatment with a good mood after taking a warm shower cleaning your pubic area.

You will get into a separate room or a hole with a curtain. Then you will lie on a bed with your knees up or legs down.

Then, the therapist will trim down your pubic hair with scissors to a length of about a quarter inch.

Afterwards, the real thing will start. The waxer will start the waxing process. He will use a low temperature wax to cause less pain. When the wax cools he will pull it out with your pubic hair. This part is the most painful one. However, the first time is the most painful one. The hair can be pulled out easier in the following times.

The waxer will ask you to get into some weird uncomfortable positions holding your legs up, to the side and even over your head.

If the waxer is a good one the painful part will end quickly. If you feel it takes too long or that the pain is unbearable, just tell the therapist that you need a little rest.

When the waxing is done a soothing lotion should be applied to the pubic area.

Your bikini area will stay smooth for at least 3 weeks with no maintenance at all. Make the most out of it.

Bikini Waxing: Making the Move From Hair to Brazilian Bikini Bare

By: Sandra Mahoney

 

Guess what? I'm not the only 30-something woman left I know who's never had a bikini wax. The fact that I'm not the only one doesn't surprise me but why did it take so long to have a waxing conversation with a good friend. The answer: I've always looked at personal grooming as something private. I'm someone who up until my 20's referred to my vagina as a front bum.

Don't get me wrong, I'm no prude and no stranger to pain. I like to look and feel feminine and have my own beauty rituals including Venus razors, tweezing, indulgent moisturizers, foils, and the occasional manicure. I've gone through childbirth THREE times without drugs and was clearheaded enough to know that my hoo-ha was on display to the whole hospital staff including the cleaning person. You think that would have wiped out any modicum of modesty I had left. Wrong!

A bikini wax to me is like letting the world in on a secret that I think no one else knows about. (Maybe I need to out my demons and go to Pubicholic AnonymousHi my name is Sandra and I have pubic hair). I'm no sasquatch but how do you make the move from the privacy of your shower to stripping down in front of a stranger and assume they are not saying to themselves, "My God, she's got sideburns!" My friend and I discussed the styles, techniques, and ways to rationalize our embarrassment. Here's what we came up with:

The Bikini Wax

Ouch Factor Thank you! Might I have another?
We decided that when and if the time comes to make that leap, we'd ease into it slowly starting with the ultra conservative bikini wax which takes care of the areas around the swimsuit line. My friend thought that you kept your underwear on and simply hiked up the sides as far as you wanted the wax to go. I thought similar except you were given paper panties to wear. Either way it would, to our knowledge, require the least amount of discomfort and minimal embarrassment. If I can undress in front of women at the gym, I can have a basic bikini wax.

The French Bikini Wax

Ouch Factor Parlez-vous Yikes!
Next up is the slightly less conservative 'modified' bikini wax or French bikini wax'. Simply put: more area covered, greater discomfort and increased redness (I'm talking about my cheeks blushing here). We've learned this technique leaves a narrow line in front and goes very far between the legs, but not all the way to the buttocks. Excusez-moi! Needless to say you're sans undies here. So the question is, can I imagine myself spread eagle for 15-20 minutes in front of a stranger until I here the magic words, "you're done." My friend doesn't know if she could do it. After a glass or two of champagne and an out of body experience, oui oui I think I can.

The Brazilian Bikini Wax

Ouch Factor How do you say "my loins are on fire" in Portuguese
Perhaps someday I'll reach the point where I'll say to hell with it give me the works. We're talking front to all the way back and everything in between. Some believe the Brazilian to be absolutely hair-free, while others characterize it as leaving a small "landing strip" in the front. I guess you have to be specific when you place your order: "I'll have the Brazilian, no strip, extra bare please." However, getting on my hands and knees to have part of it done from the back or by holding a leg straight up in the air seems way beyond my comfort level. I suppose I could try reminding myself that I am #7 out of 15 vaginas and butts on the table that day and at some point they must all blur together into one. I have another friend who during her Brazilian thought to herself, "Sandra would never get this done"Bottom line is she's probably right!

Tiny String Bikini

Bikini Fashion

Women are really fortunate to have a wide range of swimwear to choose from. The bikini fashion industry has mind blowing designs to offer you. Swimming time is the time to relax in the warm sunny afternoon on the beach in your favorite piece of bikini.

A stylish bikini is sure to enhance your beauty. Slipping in a hot tiny string bikini is in vogue these days. Among so many styles of bikini, this one is surely going to classify you as a sizzling hot favorite babe on the beach side. Beach time is the time to flaunt your body in an ecstatic manner. Every woman wants to look great in a bikini.

The latest trends in the bikini wear are here to allure you with a wide variety of classy bikinis. You can flaunt your entire body with these skimpiest bikinis around in the market place.

The bikini fashion has come a long way. Earlier the bikinis were perceived as the one piece or two piece swimming costumes. To the most, you could get a few colors in the same conventional designs. But now with the changing trend, you will be allured by the high quality and attractive bikini wear around in the market place.

 

The women are finding great ways to flaunt their sun tanned bods on the beach. The hottest bikinis like, the tiny string bikini is great for the perfect figured women. The tiny string bikini is really tiny that just covers the bare essentials of a woman's body. A tiny top would cover the nipple area of the bust and the bottom would just cover the crotch. This bikini supports the body with strings. These strings may be transparent or beaded with some stones or pearls. You can choose from a number of stores selling swim costume.

You can mix and match the tops and bottoms available separately. The bikinis are also available in different colors and materials. The recent bikini fashion is all about showing your body in style. The intelligently created swimwear supports your body to give a great shape to it.

You will find the tiniest bikinis today for around $14 onwards. You can be a sex kitten in the micro G string bikini. Even the tiny bra cups and the bottom pants are made of the transparent material like fishnet and lace. The colors are definitely going to pull you for a purchase. You can buy from a grand collection of hot colors like striking red, royal blue, and baby pink and of course black.

The designers have given us some great designs of bikinis. The tiny string bikini is available in different styles of strings. The tiny string bikini with spidery strings is all the rage for young ladies. It has more than one string at the bottom pants, designed in a crisscross manner. It gives a strikingly different look to your shapely bottoms.

Matt Garrett.