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Archive for February, 2009

Plus Is A Plus

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
petite clothes
Kathleen Justing asked:


With all of the attention given to the so called super models today, the healthy girls feel that they are grossly overweight. Fashion has created a line of clothing called plus sizes. Plus size clothing for women was created for women who refuse to starve themselves so as to fit the runway image.

Now my opinion is one of millions, but I prefer to look at a lady that looks healthy and wholesome. The name plus size on the clothing rack might as well say “fat girls look here”. There is no need to label the rack with anything but size numbers. There are no racks labeled anorexia sizes, so why should there be a rack labeled plus size womens clothing?

Girls plus size clothing is even worse. Young girls are very sensitive about their appearance and should not be subjected to this labeling. Teenage girl clothing stores need to understand the pressure that is put on young girls today to be skinny. There should be no hint of classification of sizes except for numbers.

Now it is understandable to label tall girls clothing as tall girls are not abusing there bodies to get shorter. The same goes for petite girls trying to get taller. Clothing for girls should be just that, sectioned into sizes that are numbered.

It may be my imagination, but it seems like plus sizes are getting smaller each year. I think all clothing in general is changing. I use to wear a size nine shoe. I know my foot has not grown, but I now buy size ten shoes because size nine will no longer fit. Sizes are changing either because clothing is no longer American made, or there is a conspiracy backed by exercise machine manufacturers or diet plan merchants to make people feel fat.

Marilyn Monroe or Jane Russell would probably have to shop the plus size clothing if they were alive today. You can’t find any two better looking gals than these gorgeous Hollywood stars.

So ladies, if you fit the plus size clothing category, do not be ashamed. A lot of men out there thing you are beautiful. Maybe someday some advocate may come along who is tired of fighting for minority discrimination, and jump on the band wagon to eliminate plus size discrimination.



EMILIA

Where can i find a cute dress but not childish looking in kids sizes? for a pagent?

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Petite Sizes
Ds D asked:


All the dresses i see are either in juniors or adults and im in kids sizes and im very petite. im in a size 4 shoes in kids and i really need to find a place with some heels in kids sizes all the other ones styles aren’t cute at all there all to childish. i need a place to find some cute maybe like elegant yet cute dresses thats a store not ordered online where i can buy a dress for the beauty pageant i got into.

GALEN

Wiccan Healing Spells For Good Health

Friday, February 27th, 2009
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Rose Ariadne asked:


Good health is a combination of physical, emotional and spiritual happiness. If you are not feeling good, first try to meditate or relax for a while. If you are stressed about something, a change of location may be just the key to changing your damaging pattern of thoughts. Always remember that there will always be something to worry about; life is one challenge after another. What we need to do is to keep our head above the water and remind ourselves that This too shall pass.

However, it is always a good idea to get professional opinion for serious disorders or sicknesses. These spells should be worked in conjunction with the doctor’s orders.

Here are some healing spells that will help you regain your peace of mind:

Doll Distance Healing spells

For this spell, you will need:

1 Tbsp castor oil

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 tsp essential oil of lavender

7 small blue candles

Old, clean clothes to make the doll

When the doll is complete, sit down in front of the altar. Visualize the doll as you and say aloud THIS DOLL IS ME

In a small bowl, mix the castor and olive oils together and blend with oil of lavender. See in your mind how effective this healing will be. If it is physical pain, imagine that area being healed. For emotional pain or spiritual damages, imagine yourself joyful and relaxed with no more worries. Gently massage (dress) the doll with the oil blend, envisioning yourself being healed holistically.

When the oil is completely used up, place the candles in a circle and place the

doll inside the circle. Light the candles and visualize the healing taking place.

Fairies: Spirits of Healing Spell

Fairies are believed to be masters of herbal remedies. When illness occurs, petition the fairies to help you heal.

Gather the following herbs at noon time on a day when the moon is FULL. Choose seven of the following herbs: Althea, eyebright, foxglove, ragweed, Saint John’s Wort, self-heal, speedwell, thyme, toadflax or yarrow.

Arrange the chosen herbs in bunches and hang them in different corners of the house as well as throughout the house. Express your gratitude to the Fairies with small gifts of crystals, berries, milk, etc.

Also make a strong infusion by pouring hot water over the agrimony. When it cools, strain the liquid and set aside. Gently bathe the sick person with a white cotton cloth dipped in this solution.

Barrida Broom Spell

This is a powerful, spiritual spell used by the indigenous people of Mexico. By using brooms with magickal herbs and plants, the sickness is driven away from the patient.



DEIDRE

Online store with cocktail dresses in petite sizes?

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Petite Sizes
QNA asked:


Aside from the usual sources…. macys, nordstrom, bloomingdales, etc… does anyone know of any (reliable) online stores that sell good quality dresses in petite sizes?

SIMONE

Baby Doll Lingerie: Hints

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
petite clothes
Amanda Cotterill asked:


Baby doll lingerie is one type of **** lingerie that flatters almost every figure, from the full-bodied woman to the petite. Baby doll lingerie is also a classic style, dating back to the fifties. Baby doll lingerie has been in fashion for over 50 years, and that says a lot about its appeal to women of all ages, shapes and sizes. The popularity is due, in part, to the fact that baby doll screams young, innocent, and cute. What woman can argue with that?

Baby dolls are basically short, sleeveless negligees with shaped cups and loose fitting skirts (usually hitting mid-thigh or a little higher), but there are many types and styles available. The options include sheer baby doll lingerie, exotic print babydolls, and lace babydoll lingerie. Some favorite fabrics for baby doll lingerie are silk, nylon and chiffon. These are often trimmed with ruffles, lace, fur, bows or ribbons-and sometimes even several of these at once for an extremely **** or risqué babydoll twist.

And **** is what babydolls are all about, especially ones that come with matching panties, often thongs or g-strings. A sweet, **** style like that is sure to make babydolls a big hit with the man in your life.

Lingerie Online

When shopping for baby doll lingerie, browse online from the privacy of your home. This is far different from when women of the 50s had to go into department stores to purchase risqué lingerie and felt as if the sales clerk was looking on with distaste. There is no more embarrassment, and online shopping has made it easier than ever to buy any type of **** lingerie without a woman feeling she has a scarlet letter attached to her blouse!

Shopping Tips for Necklines

Some tips for purchasing baby doll lingerie include looking for a neckline complimentary to your bust line. Many babydoll lingerie pieces have V-necklines with built-in push-up cups. This type of neckline is great for anyone with a small bust or one that needs some lift to look its best. Scoop neck lines that are curved are good for full-busted women. If you’re petite, stay away from too many ruffles around the neckline of your baby doll lingerie because ruffles tend to overpower your face-and bust.

Color My World

Consider the color and pattern when shopping for baby doll lingerie. Red may scream sexy, but not if it’s the one color that makes you look as if you’ve had the flu or your skin already has pinkish tones. Choose colors that are flattering to your skin tone and hair color, just as you would for any type of clothing. Be wary of exotic patterns that can overpower and put too much tart into the innocent but **** look you’re aiming for.

Soft and Soothing

Finally, think about the fabrics. This may sound negligible, but soft and comfortable fabric is important if you’re planning to wear your baby doll lingerie often, and easy care is important too. Fabrics like silk may not be your best choice. That’s okay, because nylon makes a great substitute and is much more washer-friendly. After all, baby doll lingerie should bring extra fun into your life, not extra work!



ROSELLA

Guide in Choosing the Best Handbag for You

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
petite clothes
Lhancel Kurt asked:


Since most women always keep their eyes on hot styles and designs of handbags, they became more focused on following these latest fashion trends without considering if the handbags will suit their figure. Perhaps, this is one of the most common mistakes that they make. Instead of buying the right handbag that matches their body type, they go after with its brand, styles and designs just to be in step with the hottest trend in fashion.

We all know that trendy styles of handbags, most especially if these are designer handbags are very tempting to buy even though they don’t suit your figure. But this attitude is not an ideal way to make your outfit looks stand out. Keeping up on the latest fashion is not just enough to make you shine. Always remember that anything you wear must have some coordination and balance with your body. For some women who are fashion enthusiasts, choosing and matching handbags are just simple but for others who are not, it’s not just as easy.

Here are some basic guide lines to help you out in choosing the best handbag for you:

1. Select the Right Size of Handbag

Knowing the right size of a handbag for your body type should be the first thing to consider before buying it. This will help you find the most appropriate handbag that would look best for you. Just keep in mind that no matter how stylish and elegant a handbag that you carry, it will be unfashionable if it doesn’t set off with your figure.

Most fashion experts suggest that if you’re short and petite, it’s best to choose small handbags to work well with your outfit. This is because selecting big handbags will make you look smaller. On the other hand, if you’re tall and slim, you must avoid these small bags. You can rely to use for some mid size, bulky and large handbags because these sizes will be best suit for your stature.

2. Pick out the suitable shape of Handbag

Choosing the best shape of handbag for your figure is another preference before purchasing it. Always bear in mind that carrying a handbag that is proportioned with your body shape is the best way to look stylish and fashionable because it really helps to change and enhance your overall look.

The best tip to achieve this is to make sure that your choice of handbag shape is the opposite of your body type. So if you’re slim and tall, you should choose rounded bag to best match your look. However, if you have a shorter physique, tall and rectangular bag is suitable for you to make you look elevated.

3. Choose Color that Complements most of your Outfit

After you have selected the right size and shape of a handbag that best suit to you, it’s now time to choose for its color. Matching up the color of handbag to your outfit and shoes is an ideal way to have a fashionable style. Try to buy a colorful handbag that has dominant colors that will match most of your clothes. But to be more practical, you can also go for a plain handbag with just one color. It’s most recommended to take neutral color handbags since they are popular choice. Black is a neutral color so you can never go wrong in selecting it because it always comes in style and fashion. You can also harmonize it with any color of your outfit. Brown and white colors are also advisable to use because you can also match them with most of your clothes.

4. Set off Handbag According to Occasion

And finally, it’s really important that you know what will be the purpose of a handbag. To be practical, you must put some considerations on its functions because every occasion, place and season calls for different styles and designs of handbags. Just be sure that you’re chosen handbag complements to a specific place or occasion and there’s no doubt that you’ll achieve the stylish outfit you most desire.

Now that you’re familiar with some basic tips in choosing a handbag that looks well with your figure, you can now enjoy your shopping in some handbag stores and boutiques. But if you’re a time savvy customer who doesn’t have enough time in going out to mall, you can find some online shopping sites for your convenience and visit their designer handbag section for your wider selections of different sizes, shapes and styles of handbags that will make you shine above the rest.



BRYAN

I need to find jeans for my daughter in law that are reasonably priced. She is a petite size 5. Thanks?

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Petite Sizes
Sassy Shut Your Mouth asked:


Actually between $20-40 is great. I bought one pair from Rocawear but she is so tiny I am having trouble finding more jeans. She is a college student and very picky about her clothes. She is also 22

MANUELA

Do the North Face Denali women’s jackets only come in petite sizing?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Petite Sizes
A city lit by fireflies asked:


All of the ones I’ve found online are petites.

JEWELL

Spotlight on Stylish Designer Outfits

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
petite clothes
nickol asked:


During a day as well as epoch wherever fashion flourish and give the impression of being add up pro an assortment it is not astonishing to present is a sturdy spotlight on designer outfits. In the age of style and designer outfits, the spotlights have for eternity is on women’s fashion and accessories. Currently though, several guy are now the same as anxious through individual awake to date on style along with seeing that fashion as women be.

A diligence that is one time busy through most of fashion design for women lone is at present flourishing with male designer attire. Well further than the traditional clothing is nitty-gritty, these days focus is not merely happening on the clothing ABC other than too on enunciation stuff that support a anyone to explain his individual delicate fashion.

It depends on your requirements and what kind of situation you fritter mainly of your time in preferring a fashion that not merely stares excellent other than it too works fine into your existence can be awkward. The main significant feature to think while, shopping for designer outfit are style statement but also that you believe relaxed inside, garments that determination be present an excellent vigorous for your life and obviously, in your budget. The mainly vital object prefers a fashion that ensemble you. If you be fond of, what you are wearisome and you recognize that it look fine on you, you determination in twist believe additional self-assured in trying these clothes. If you go through the vigor toward seek with an open wits you are confident to get some riches.

In several occasion, wishing a fashion that workings for you is an extremely personage picking. At last, you will be wearisome that attire then it is you that are requisite to feel gigantic in them. I would motionless, as well support you to struggle on a number of dissimilar belongings as well. You might finish agreeably astonished by astonishing to you might contain feint away through considering it merely on lynching on the frame.

There is no finish point of people who desire to carry designer outfits that cannot complete their desire pro several reasons or further. Several of them perform deal with to find designer outfits at an incredibly low price with seem to be into various resale supplies plus label retailing. Although the professional of the fashion trade think that, nearby numerous additional ethnicity to acquire the designer outfits in extensive and keep a lot of wealth for your wallet.

You can too garb like Paris Hilton and Leonardo De Caprio and stare magnificence with no pay out immense currency now by using your intelligence. Just be real a small imaginative, a petite smart, a small enduring and definitely, you will too be tally in the listing of smart punters who pay cash pro their garments sensibly.



DELMER

Crystal Jewellery – Regain the Shine

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
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Paul Shane asked:


Those who love wearing jewellery would never say no to crystal. They are simply irresistible and ravishing. The soft glow and the brilliant lustre of crystal make them simply wonderful. When they dangle from the ears or hang from the neck, the petite designs and the reflection of light simply makes them look awe inspiring and mesmerising.

New crystal jewellery always shines bright and dazzling. But what happens to the shine when the crystal jewellery is a little old? You may find your old crystal jewellery getting a bit dull and the lustre fading away and that makes you sad, especially if the trinkets were your favourite. But now, there is something that you can do about this problem. You can make your crystal jewellery shine like the day you bought them, again.

Crystal jewellery lose their brilliance over time because of layers of foreign particles on them. You may be using hair care products, skin care products and make up which may come in contact with the crystal jewellery. Over time they form layer over layer and that covers the jewellery. This dampens the brightness of the jewellery and hence they appear dull and sad.

Now, what you can do to remove the layers and make your jewellery shine like new is make a solution with water, rubbing agents like alcohol and utensil washer. Now with a clean cotton cloth you can rub the jewellery with this solution and make the jewellery regain their sparkle and glow.

You can then put them in a different but clean cotton cloth and wipe them off the solution completely. Now you are left with crystal jewellery that are as good as new and as bright as light. You can wear them and set the night on fire.



MELVA