by Glitter | May 16, 2016 | Inspiration
So basically, Mondays are the worst. I mean that’s the most unoriginal thing to say, but sometimes it’s best just to be honest. You’re basically waking up to one of the following situations.
Scenario 1: You’re hungover and must endure Sally the exuberant spit talker lecture during a 6 hour long meeting on the importance of getting to know coworkers, when the only coworker you want to get to know is the one that lives in the dark space under your desk. Oh that’s a carpet square? Hello carpet square, I am your new best friend. Let me introduce you to my pals hangover bagel, pedialyte and nap drool. We’ll all get along well.
Scenario 2: You had a rough weekend, which Monday reminds you of all the cool things you should have done instead of crying into a bottle of wine, contemplating your existence, while watching Bridgette Jones diary. Your apartments still a mess. You forgot to get groceries . You failed to do your laundry. This means by the end of the week you are 100% going to have to wear that politically charged t-shirt you keep because it’s as comfortable as it is culturally offensive.
Scenario 3: You had a fun weekend. You did some fun stuff. With some fun people. And now you have to be an adult and work. This is not as fun. Adulting is not fun. Monday, fun hoarder… good times thief… happy hoopla hurter…basically the supreme dark under lord of all fun destruction.
So in order to make Mondays just a bit better, I’ve created this awesome playlist on Spotify of my favorite self love motivational jams. So sit back and groove to some sweet sweet tunes, with positive messages and killer beats. You’re gonna make it through today… I promise.
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by Glitter | May 11, 2016 | Fashion
So months a go I reached a dark place in my life. My underwear drawer needed a makeover- stat. I had been reduced to a few pairs of panties I loved, but were busted. Worse yet, had no clue where I had actually purchased them from. Sure I had other pairs of underwear, but every pair I seemed to buy fell apart on me after one of two wears or were cut so poorly I had to wear 30x my normal size. Basically putting on panties, was a daily sense of ugh. My bras were in just as poor a state. The underwires had started a rebellion and were leaving my over the should boulder holders in masses. I hated the way they felt. I hated the way they looked. I just plain hated them. Based on the state of my closest, I got my credit card out and began a Lewis and Clarke expedition through the land of negligee. Over the next 3 weeks I’ll be sharing my results.
First up, my favorite bralettes. Important thing to note: The more support you get, the less of the “I’m wearing pajama jam underwear” feeling you get. I feel like this is a necessary trade off, but I can’t help but ask the time traveling future me to Bill and Ted me back a solution where I don’t have to make trade offs.
Forever 21: These are the most comfortable bralettes I’ve come across. They’re excellent for adding extra support to a beach dress or to travel in. The cons: if it’s cold people will know, they offer less over all support than other bralettes and aren’t great as an all-purpose solution. These sell out fast, so if you see one, buy it. It wont be available for long.
Wet Seal: A new entrant to the plus size game, Wet Seal’s bralettes sell out less quickly than Forever 21 and offer comparable support. I am really digging their color options as well. I’ve had the opportunity to try them on, but unfortunately my credit card gave me a frowny face when it came time to purchase. 
Boohoo: These are my go to for sexy night looks, where I plan to wear the bralette as more of of a shirt than a bra. They fit well and have the best nipple coverage of the three bralette brands I have in rotation. That said, they still don’t have enough support to keep the girls from flying solo during a night of dancing.
Torrid: Torrid makes the best bralette for support hands down. They are well cut and cute. While they lack the extreme comfort of the less supportive bras, you wont have surprise boob movement or be able to tell the weather to strangers based on your nips. Over all they are still 100% more comfortable then a traditional bra, while providing oodles of sassy support.
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by Glitter | May 9, 2016 | Fashion, OOTD
SmartGlamour contacted me a few weeks ago and asked me if I’d like to try out one of their made to fit, body positive looks. I was little hesitant because I had a company reach out to me with a similar pitch before and honestly it was so stressful and so much work to actually get “my sizing” I gave up and walked away.
It’s often hard for companies who make clothing for smaller bodies to just start creating plus size clothing- especially custom fit types. A friend of mine who is a pattern maker once explained to me how hard the process of fitting plus clothes are. After a size 6-8 there is no uniform way the body holds weight, and it gets even more snowflake-like the larger you go. Truly, no plus size body is the same. Hence why most uber fancy designer brands only go up to a 10-12, they’re keeping their fit costs low. 
That’s why brands like SmartGlamour, who understand plus bodies and make custom clothing are important. I walked into the situation expecting a nightmare and instead got a pretty dream like experience. They even put up with my constant “can we make this, in this fabric?” back and forth. And rather than a straight “no,” they explained why certain fabrics worked better for certain cuts. I LEARNED from them. Bonus.
The look we settled on perfectly suits me. It’s the dreamy neon floral that I was insistent on, but in a cut that’s more flattering for the fabric and me. In short, SmartGlamour’s expertise paid off. 
If you’re ready to take the plunge into custom fit clothing, I would give SmartGlamour a try, but with one caveat. Custom clothing only works if you are honest about your body. So if you’re not ready to send a stranger your measurements and talk openly about works for your body type, its not the right path to pursue.
That said, if you open up and give it a go the result will be a unique piece, that suits you perfectly. Which is something you just can’t find in a retail store. I feel sassy and special rocking this neon floral look paired with my favorite vintage shades, antique button earrings, and my trusty red New Look pumps. Red lip is my go to shade of rouge, Beso All Day Liquid Lipstick by Stila Cosmetics.
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by Glitter | May 7, 2016 | Fashion, OOTD
So I had been online stalking Rue 107 for awhile and hemming hawing over buying something. Then two weeks ago, doing my standard plus size fashion scan, my shopping finger basically went into spasms. This suit, it had to be mine. It’s unlike any other swimsuit I have ever seen. It’s sporty and sexy. It’s surprisingly full coverage and it shows a bit of salacious skin. I had no choice I had to buy it.
One thing I always admired about this brand suits is how easily the tops double as well, tops. I mean here I am rocking a brunch outfit, that’s really just a swimsuit with a sporty white skirt thrown over it. And I look good, damn good.
Chuck that skirt to the side, and blamo, sex pot swimsuit of the century. It may be just me, but I believe anything tied with a bow has this naughty little under tone. Unravel that bow, sexy foreign man. It’s go time. Easy access, fashionista style. But, I double knotted these ties, there shall be no accidental strip show. Nope. Nope. Standards shall be maintained.
I’ll just be over hear alluding to your sexual fantasy. But definitely not participating. I’m a good girl after all.Now I am just going to swim off all the allusions I have just made. Chilling out and looking oh so so so fine. Triple snap, hip sashay and hair flip.
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by Glitter | May 3, 2016 | Disney Inspired, Fashion, OOTD
To anyone who knows me proper, it’s hardly a surprise how big a geek I am. I can’t get off trying to be cool when I spend a lot of my money one inflatables, light up shoes, and bizarre things I find on the internet and want to tinker with. Actually “a tinkerer” might be the most accurate depiction of who I am. So given my geek status, it should be obvious… anything Star Wars. I am in. Sign me up. Take all my money. Gimmee. Gimme. Grabby hands. This was exactly my reaction when I saw the new Torrid/Her Universe Star Wars collection. I had to have it.
But I was broke.THANKS, VACATION. Like beyond broke. Like considering checking “Perform musical numbers on a public place for pocket change,” off my life list, broke. Like googling how to become a model for the people who get off on just seeing sexy feet – just the feet- crushing things (it’s a thing, for reals) broke. Like I wonder how much people would pay for my kidney, broke. I could go on… but I think you get the picture. And everyone and there brother was linking me to the product page, being all like ” OMG this is so you.” “You would look rad in this.” “These were made for you, girl.” I KNOW THEY WERE.
So while I was trying to capture my feet crushing grapes in just the right sunlight, while simultaneously checking for responses to my kidney for sale add in the “creepy things for sale section” on craigslist…. a miracle happened. Torrid’s PR team agreed to send me a few pieces to style. And I seriously did a happy dance. Especially since the vacation I had spent a ton of money on had given me serious food poisoning.
And I am obsessed with what they send me. I’ve always been partial to dressing up as villains because I just feel like a sexy bad ass. Plus its kind of an adventure out of myself. I’m a good girl…. gone mother trucking galactic warring bad. In the Phasma inspired jacket and leggings, I was not just any sexy interstellar bad ass, I am the mother trucking queen of bad asses.[insert line about how she should have had a larger role in the film]
And a storm trooper dress? LOVE IT. Who knew being a war sheep, could be so darn cute. In my mind storm troopers are sort of brain washed individuals, who fight based on their upbringing and surrounding rather then out of understood hate. That’s my sociology background rearing it’s head. Or maybe I just wanted an excuse as to why I chose to make this styling a bit innocent. Well as innocent as one can make an outfit paired with patent leather platform lace up drag queen boots. BONUS- the dress has pockets!!
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