Saturday, June 29, 2013

Work Outfit of the day: Plus Size Working Sexy!

Hello Dolls! I have discovered something amazing the other day while I was searching for a phone case and multitasking everything else in my life, I found cases for my IPhone on Amazon.com, and I stumbled on a beautiful blouse by PacificPlex. The top I'm going to review for you is a Brush Stroked Floral Satin Sleeveless Blouse with crystals in the middle of the flower print, the top I ordered is in white and black in  juniors plus size 5x. I know the size seems huge, but its not the juniors equivalent is about a size 22-24 in a women's size; so this was about right for me.

TIP: When ordering on the internet for any clothing, always check the size chart. Its easy to look as the sizes listed and choose the one that you would if you were in a store. Making a size choice this way could easily fool you, Why? because you don't know where the company is located and nine times out of ten the size equivalent in another country is different than where your from. So what fits as a size 24 in one place, can be a size 18 in another. If you live in the U.S. always refer to that sizing chart.



Front and back view
Though, the color your seeing is not the color I ordered; I wanted to give you a front and back view of the top when its not being worn. The lower part of the blouse in all spandex, which is great for a full figured woman, the top of the blouse is satin and it does fit a bit snug, but the back has some lycra to allow for a bit more stretching room. The neck has a halter inspired collar of the same satin material. When I tied the satin around my neck it made to feel a bit more snug than the first time, but not at all uncomfortable. To make the top more work appropriate I put on a short stretch shrug to hide the open back and give my arms some coverage.  Overall, I give this blouse a four star rating (out of five stars)!
This top wears well and I felt sexy and beautiful in it, if you guys were to buy this top from Amazon.com you will defiantly be happy!

Tip:  if you have big breasts the fit may be a little more snug on you then me so please be every mindful of that.

PICTURE TIME!









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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Can We Talk For Real? The Mens Weigh In: What Do Men Really Want To Say, But Too Afraid Too?



On this blog we've mostly talked about the ladies, and issues that concern us. This time the fellas should be heard, and their feelings and thought brought to light. Men mostly are simple creatures, all they need is food, sex, & sports( in that order!). But sometimes they have things they want to say that we ladies are not letting them.



 So, fellas THIS IS YOUR CHANCE to say how you really feel about the beautiful women in your life; past, present, & future. I will submit a few question to get the ball rolling; feel free to add some of your own and see the response you get from both men and women. Please answer honestly, and not be embarrassed to go all out and really express your self. So, LETS GET IT!

1. What kind of woman is your woman compared to your dream girl?

2. How would you like her to greet you after working all day?

3. In sex, what makes her a cut above the rest? Or what what do you want her to do that she doesn't anymore or ever?

4. If you could give her better characteristics, what would they be?

5. If you could change anything, what would you change and why?

6. Are men attracted to the type of woman other men approve of? In other words do your friends dictate the type of
women you would date?

7. Is it more difficult to be with a partner of a different race than your own? If so, how?

8. Are you ok with your woman having male friends that are straight?

9. Can you be just friends with a woman? And is your partner ok with that relationship?

10.  If you could sleep with your woman's friend, would you? If so why?

11. What would be your porn star name? (Start with the first name of you first pet, and you last name is the name of the street you live on).

12. Thick, thin, meaty, or baby got BACK! How do you like women shaped? 


13. Do you like what she wears? If not what would you change? 

14. In shopping, how much is too much to spend? Does she go overboard?


Ok, guys here are some question to wrap your mind around. If you have any for me or want to post your own feel free. REMEMBER  please be honest, but not too nasty. Like I said before MEN, IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK! So, let yourself be heard; break the all and chain.


SIDE NOTE:  This should never be how you feel when your in a relationship>>>>>>


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Monday, June 24, 2013

CONFESSIONS of a Plus Size Fashion Blogger: My decision to go NATURAL!


Hi beautiful people! I want to talk to you guys about why I decided to go natural, but let's start from the beginning...I don't remember exactly when I my hair relaxed for the first time, but if I had to guess I would say about age 6 or 7. The first time, my mom let her friend put the relaxer in my hair for her because she had to work and she wanted my hair neat for school. Well, this woman put it in; but she put the WRONG relaxer in my head! I know what your thinking...your thinking how did she put the wrong one in my hair? Good question, it's because she wanted to use the kiddie relaxer my mom bought me to put in her daughters hair. NOT COOL right? And the relaxer she put in my hair was an adult Dark and Lovely; waaaay too strong for my thin, virgin hair! So, you know moms was upset I don't know what happened to them as friends after that, but I do know she NEVER let her put her hands in my hair ever again. Luckily, only a small patch of my hair came out, but she did my hair in such a way that no one could tell anything was wrong. Thus, starting my up and down love affair with relaxers.

I was never that girl that relaxes her hair every three months, honestly I only did it every six months(twice a
year), and in between I occasionally went to a beauty salon. But even relaxing twice a year gave me lots of breakage, also after my hair began to grow out from the relaxer I didn't  wrapping my hair at night; this also contributed split ends, breakage, and un-even length.

In my search to find myself (hair wise) I cut, colored, streaked, fried, dyed, payed to the side, curled, braided, and weaved (very little) my hair to find my identity. And every single one of the mentioned thing s we not to my benefit. First off, my hair is naturally long. Problem is its thin so if I wanted a styled ponytail I needed a hair piece or what we call in the hood a track.  Really, my problem was that every girl around me had short hair that those were the type of styles they did that were cute, so I wanted to be cute as well; only my hair could do all those styles despite me trying anyway. 

So, after more than a decade of relaxing I've decided to go natural. To me it's very freeing! When it rains I don't have to wear a hat, and use an umbrella to keep my hair dry, or run and duck under onings. I've also experienced a lot of hair growth, shine, and strength due to my decision for natural hair. Please check out my
YOUTUBE page to watch my video on natural hair called Natural hair: my nightly routine for advice. I think because I've grown up and I'm no longer trying to find my identity that now I'm able to let go of some constraints the were put on me for being plus size, black, a woman, that I can now just LIVE; that's the best feeling ever!




Don't let ads like this make you believe that this is what you need to do to be beautiful. It really doesn't matter if you relax, perm, or go natural with your hair as long as you are comfortable with the health, and strength or your mane.



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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Thick is always the right size! Interview with author Nah'Sun

Hello beautiful people! Today is the day, the interview you've all been waiting for is finally here! Today I give to you the interview with author Nah'Sun writer/creator of the "Thick" series of books geared towards full figured women. His books In the Thick Of Things, Thick When Chances are Slim, and Thick in the Nick of time are all honest, raw, and true to subject books that I'm sure every plus size women can relate to. Each of the characters in this series of books I can say that I've either known if real life(personality of the character in relation to people I have known) or people that I can see actually doing the things describes in the books. So without further delay I give you our interview. Please visit Nah'Sun's website, details will be below following our interview; and support our artists who are bringing positivity to the plus size/full figured community. It's not often we are the sex symbols, best friends, positive subject (muse), and love interest in anything; so please take advantage of this platform and support him and others like him that spread the word of how amazing we all are!


1. I'm so glad you gave me this opportunity to interview you. Can I ask, why you chose me?

You didn’t act Hollywood when I met you at the Full Figured Pageantry in Jersey.

2. What do you expect to get from this interview? What is it you want people to know about you or
Author Nah'Sun
your series of books?

People on social sites complain about being bored. My interviews are the cure to getting rid of boredom in your life. As far as my books, readers will know they’ll get their money’s worth because even if they dislike the books, they’ll still get something from them.

3. Who inspired you to become a writer?

Winning 25 dollars on a Malcolm X essay that bested everyone in the 4th grade level of my elementary school inspired me…when I was in the 4th grade of course. The rest is history.

4. Have you been on a book tour? If so what cities have you visited? 

I pick and choose the places I wanna hit up. Some markets are stronger than others. Philly, Detroit, Atlanta, Delaware, Miami, DC, Boston, NYC, New Jersey, and Virginia are places I’d hit up so far. I still gotta hit up the West Coast.

What’s funny is that I haven’t done a book signing in Chicago (where I’m from), but that’s mainly due to industry politics.

5. Because of your attraction to full figured women which inspired you to create the "Thick" series dedicated to their voluptuousness, as a man how do you know what full figured women want?

Asking questions gave me insight of what they go through. Then I let my imagination run its course. I’ve been dating plus size women for awhile, so in a lot of cases I didn’t have to do the homework because I knew the homework.

6.  Do you agree that "Thick is the new thin?" Why?

Thick is NEVER the new thin because plus size women were always attractive to the public eye. The Sarah “Saartijie” Baartman story tells you that. Google her. It’s just that society loves to front on the big girls and make way for their slender counterparts.

There maybe a racial undertone to the shunning of thick women because women of African descent are mostly known for wide hips and large butts. You know it’s hard for Black women to get props for their beauty as it is, but overall, it’s hard for big girls of all shades to get some shine for their beauty.

7.  Have you always dated full figured women? And what makes you so attracted to them?

Blame my uncle’s ex-wife for walking out the room half naked when I was 3 years old. She was full figured with some tig ol biddies. Seeing her half naked changed my life forever.

Full figured women are attracted to me for some reason. I don’t size discriminate, but most of my dates have been plus size women.

8.  What type of full figured woman do you find attractive? For example, conservative, candid,
 spontaneous etc.  And why?

A woman with some common sense who can hold an intellectual conversation even if I disagree with her is attractive. That makes me horny. Physical attraction is just the icing on the cake, not the cake itself.

9.  If you had to choose a feature that you loved the most on a full figured woman what would it be?

This must be a trick question because I’m an ass man. My answer is generic as hell, but it is what it is. A round basketball ass with wide “baby making hips” is a plus. I love palming asses.

10. There isn't a lot of fashion in your series, do you not like what full figured women are wearing? 

Clothes don’t make the woman, the woman makes the clothes. I write stories to bare the soul of my characters, not write a book that’s a glorified commercial for brand name clothes, cars, shoes and alcoholic beverages without me getting paid for it.

11. What sort of outfit would you like to see? 

Outfits like dresses, skirts, blazers, fishnet stockings, or anything sexy but classy unless I’m writing an erotic scene where a woman is wearing only her birthday suit with “phuck me pumps” if I want her kinky

12.  I love the table of jewels (contents) section in your books, it really sets the tone for each section and resembles a menu. How did you get the idea to set it up that way? And what was your intention?

I like to be different. I use certain phrases to describe chapters without giving them away. In the original THICK novel I used foods, and in the sequel I used funny phrases. I dare to stand out, and it worked since you asked me a question about my table of content.

13. Your main character seems to be all over the place when it comes to relationships.  Is this a reflection of the author?

My characters are based on imagination and what I see and hear on the regular. Some of my characters are all over the place because they’re chaotic. Life is chaotic, and that reflects a lot of my characters. The goal for them is to either find themselves, or forever get destroyed by their recklessness.

14. Which character is your favorite of the series? And why?

My favorite character in the THICK series so far is Born Life. He’s the person I might’ve become if I was wild and uncivilized.

15. In regards to preparation, how did you come up with story lines? And what mindset did you put
working his magic!
yourself into in order to create this series?

I write a quick outline and work from there. My imagination crushes the outline once I freestyle the story and find my groove. I already know what I wanna write in the series. I just gotta execute what I have in mind.

That’s the hard part.

16. When you write do you know how you want the story to end? Or do you let it flow and figure it out as you go?

I don’t know how the story ends until I write. Hell, I constantly change the story in my mind as I write once I get the feel of a story. That’s why it takes me 9 months to complete a novel. I don’t wanna rush when I know I can do better.

17. In the intro section you said "Invest in your career." What advice would you give aspiring writers interesting in a career in publishing?

Master the art of writing by taking a creative writing course at a community college. I majored in Journalism and minored in English a 4-year university, but you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to get your feet wet with writing. Just take a writing course or two, or participate in a writing fellowship to get a feel of how others view your work.

I sharpened my swords to take off heads before I stepped foot in the book game. You only get one good crack at a first impression once you release your debut novel. Also know the business. If the business side isn’t right, nothing else matters regardless of how talented you are.

18. I love your writing style, it's relate-able and the message is easily understood. What or whom inspired you to write that way?

I bombed with my first novel. My first novel (which shall remain nameless) sold very well, but a lot of people didn’t “get it” because the writing style was too literary, meaning you wouldn’t understand the style unless you had a clear understanding of metaphors, symbolism, motifs and other literary devices. It was the type of book you’ll read in class instead of your vacation. I switched my style and put the most profound messages in a simpler form without the bells and whistles.

In other words, I got to the point and kept it simple without dumbing down.

19. In Thick When the Chances are Slim, you've said that you can appreciate a woman's physical self without perversion. Can you elaborate?

I can look at a naked woman without the urge to sleep with her. That’s why my books covers are illustrated the way they are. Some people criticized the book covers of THICK 1 and 2, but I make no apologies for how they were drawn. I purposely made them artistically erotic to subconsciously put the thought in people’s minds that plus size women are sexy, too.

We shouldn’t be afraid of nakedness, but society is so undisciplined and tainted to the point where the days of walking on earth clothes-less without worries are over. This isn’t the Garden of Eden. It’s a jungle. That’s why women gotta cover up more when they dress up so guys, and society at large, can focus on their inner beauty instead of plotting on ways to get in their jeans or judging them.

20. In regards to writing, publishing, and promoting what would you have done differently? 

I would’ve written the THICK series first. The THICK style is simple enough for everyone to follow. It’s catchier. My first novel was too difficult for a lot of readers to follow. That’s when I realized that people read fiction for entertainment purposes and not necessarily for the poetics of the writing.

21. How do you plan to deal with the switch from hardcover or paperback book to that of the digital
book?

eBooks are the devil, but I’ll eventually convert my paperbacks to digital because people nowadays act like they can’t read a book unless it’s digital. It’s funny because they’ve been reading hardcover and paperbacks for years. Now they act like it’s a sin to not read eBooks.

Society is slowly but surely becoming enslaved by technology, but hey, it is what it is.

22.  What else can we expect for the "Thick" series?

Expect your money’s worth. I bust my ass when I write so you can bust your ass at work to spend 15 bucks on one of my books. Fair exchange is no robbery.

23.  What's next for Nah'Sun? 

Who knows…I might get into porn…anything’s possible.

24. Where can we find your novels? 

You can find my novels at any mom and pop spot, and also hit up the company’s website @ www.nahsunblaze.com to get an autographed copy of my books once you order.

You show love, you get love. You do dirt, you get mud.

Peace

Nah’Sun the Great




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Sunday, May 5, 2013

CONFESSIONS of a Plus Size Fashion Blogger: Don't judge me at first glance, Get to know me first




Hello Beautiful People! I've been thinking of creating this CONFESSIONS series for a while but I wasn't exactly sure of how to approach the subject. So I'm going to speak from my heart and hope that you guys can understand where I'm coming from. In my other posts I gave you a glimpse of what is was like to grow up plus size in this series I won't give peaks, but the whole picture.

Thank you guys so much for rocking out with me and supporting me on my blog and YouTube as well as other social media outlets. Today the blinders come off, and if you were never plus size after I'm done you will know about it.
Uniquely me!

The first thing I want to say is that being Plus Size or Full Figured doesn't mean you are not healthy, nor does it mean that you are. When I started blogging my purpose was and STILL is to get the message out there that WE ARE BEAUTIFUL TOO to sum it up. But the question really is why does that message have to keep being re-iterated over and over? I think it's because we've been painted as being ugly, fat, nobody cares about you for so long that it starts to become us, we except what other people think we are and live with it; I was NEVER that type. I have lost MANY a friend because I would allow them to put me in that category of: Oh your the fat girl in the group(Cause as you can see, your girl is FAR from ugly) so you hold the purse. This is usually the part where I would shout obscenities, but I'm going to keep it classy today.

So, because of that its my mission to let my sistas (and brothas) know that I understand, I've been through it too.

I've been through so many different phases trying to figure out who I am and what I want to achieve, so I think my experience is what makes it easy for me to say some of the things that will come to this series. The first thing that was the most OBVIOUS was that I had to stop looking for validation. It didn't happen on purpose, it was more like I was drafted into in but it happened all the same.When I was younger, I use to think that if I wasn't "Perfect" that I wouldn't be able to compete in the same arena with people (women) who had what I deemed better features than I did. So, in my mind if I had a scar, didn't say the right thing, made a miscalculation or misstep that I would not be redeemable. So, being a typical GEMINI I went( and still do!) HARD on everything I set out to do. For me failure is NOT an option. After a while, I asked myself; "Am I doing this for me, or for the approval of other people?"



I changed my way of thinking, I learned to except me. It was hard some days is harder than others, but I
know that I WILL succeed because I believe in me and it doesn't matter what the critics say, hell they need me to stay employed. My greatest love outside of my family is doing this blogging, writing, and being honest with you guys! Full figured fashion is one aspect of me, in Confessions were going to go a little bit deeper.







As this series continues I will touch on different scenarios and situations, hopefully you guys can relate to it; if not please try to understand it. Life isn't about always trying to get it right, but living it right for as long as you can.









In the meantime >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>





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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Plus Size Essentials: Must haves for spring/summer





 Hi Beautiful People! In my search for great plus size fashion for the spring/summer I've come across some great finds that I wanted to share with you guys! Everything you'll see are all plus sized or at plus size retailers. Tell me what you think of each of them? Are they FIERCE or FAIL?








So loving this Braid in Manhattan necklace from Fashion to Figure.






First Braid Stretch Bracelet from Fashion to Figure.
 Flair Des Lis Ponte Tank Top from Fashion to Figure.
 Winning Points Dot Print Tank Top.




Swim Dress from Old Navy.



Women's plus Slub Knit Halter cover up from Old Navy.












Forever 21 Extended calf boot.




Forever 21 Studded tank





Fitted Blazer from Forever 21




Torrid Scarlet Peep Toe Heel







Cream and Black Dorsey Heel from Torrid.


JC Penney Worthington Belted Glam Dress.




Worthington Square Neck Color Block Dress from JC Penney.



Monif C Bridgette Cape Black Dress in Nude




Steve Madden Dafni Bootie.







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