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Swimsuits to Flatter Your figure
May 12th, 2010 | 
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Are you sick and tired of your daggy, frumpy swimsuit? Do you want to look stunning and feel positive at the beach this Summer?
The secret to looking sensational and feeling confident in your swimsuit is to enhance and play up your good features, whilst minimising or covering up your problem areas.
Body Shapes and Swimsuit Solutions
Larger Bust
Enhance – Your bottom and legs with bright colours/prints and a medium to high cut leg on your pants.
Minimise – Your bust with a solid colour Tankini Top. Some swimsuits now have built in bras which offer good support, or look for wider shoulder straps.
Avoid – Mini bottoms and plunging neck lines.
Pear Shape
Enhance – Your bust and the top part of your body with a halter top, a high necked suit or interesting patterns and details.
Minimise – your bottom and hips with solid colour pants.
Avoid – high cut legs as they will emphasize your bottom and hips.
Flat Chested
Enhance – your bottom with a string bikini or interesting detail on your bikini pants.
Minimise – your small bust by keeping the same pattern/colour for both your top and bottom. A triangle shaped bikini top, ruching or details on your bikini top will give the illusion of a larger breast. Or go for a padded bikini top.
Avoid – Horizontal stripes, they make you look flatter.
Sporty Figure
Enhance – your fit body with a two piece suit in a strong bright colour. Or go tomboy style with a short style fitted singlet top and cute boy leg pants.
Minimise – your lack of curves with interesting patterns or detail on your swimsuit.
Avoid – Solid coloured shapeless tank tops, and vertical stripes.
Solutions to other Problem Areas:
Short Legs – try spaghetti style bikini bottoms or high cut leg styles they will make your legs appear longer.
Flabby Tummy – try a dark coloured tankini top, worn with roll top high waisted pants, these will give your tummy support.
No Hips – try patterned pants or pants with interesting details, this will give the illusion of curves and give you some shape.
Broad Shoulders – try a square neckline with wider shoulder straps this will help to make them look narrower.
Round Bottom – try baggy boy leg board shorts, wear them with a fitted lycra singlet, this will balance everything out and give you confidence.
Have a great Summer!
By: Sandy Prosdocimo
Tankini: The Bikini Revolution
Women everywhere have always been faced by the existential sunbathing dilemma: to hide or not to hide? How much is too revealing and how sad is not showing enough? But due to the recent revolutionary efforts of swim wear designers from all across the fashion world, there is bound to be one just perfect for you. You don’t have to resort to extreme flaunting nor do you have to cover up like an uncomfortably wrapped burrito either. With this fairly new genius take on bikinis, you can’t go wrong. Next to the bikini and the one-piece maillot, the tankini could as well be the next great addition to the wonderful world of swimsuits. Thank God for the Tankini!
This hybrid of the tank top, the one-piece suit and the bikini has proven to be one of a girl’s best friends. Who would’ve thought tank tops could be so hydro-fashionable? It captivates onlookers and soon-to-be supporters of the movement with its ability to hide unwanted skin surface area and minimize flaws in the middle section, yet still manage to exude the sexy factor. If you aren’t a big fan of showing off too much skin or are still a little apprehensive about flaunting your God-given assets, then it would be a good idea to take this direction. Next to the skin-baring eye-catching string bikini comes the comfort and charm of the tankini.
As with any other kind of bathing suit, there is a lot of variations to the tankini as far as fit and style are concerned. Some tops are meant to reach down to the hips to meet the bikini bottoms and provide full tummy coverage. Other tankini tops cut off mid-waist or just around the upper hip area to show a little ab action. For a more ruffled and wild tankini experience, a Ruched number would be perfect. It provides for a slightly more form-fitting top and suits women who want a tailored look. If you’re interested to get this elegant whim, you can check out the DKNY Dark Teal Green Ruched Tankini. It is made utterly fabulous by its shiny stretchable ruched nylon top highlighted by its sexy v-neck cut, adjustable shoulder straps, full bottom coverage, and sufficiently padded shelf bra. For an irresistible 40% off discount, you can purchase the gorgeous item for only $61.00 at http://www.bluefly.com.
I would suggest getting a camikini for more breast support, which is almost like a tankini except the top looks more like a camisole or undershirt. It boasts of ultra comfort and supreme hold. The Nautica Palm-print Soft Cup Camikini and Hipster Swimsuit, for example, will surely turn you into the hottest babe at the beach. Its camisole top has easy-rest straps, soft cups, and an elastic back to ensure a delightful yet relaxed summer experience. Its blue and yellow palm-leaf print trimming camouflages undesirable love handles and back flabs making it the ideal suit for women with weight concerns. This gem should be available in sizes 0 through 16 on http://www.overstock.com and if you find the desire to buy one, you get to save over $56 from the online purchase.
Since tankinis are basically two pieces of brilliant couture, it would be fun to mix and match solid or printed tops with other bottoms that you might already have. They are versatile and pocket-friendly that way. You could start with the Starlet Halter Top from the *Vitamin A* swim wear collection which is made with a super soft fabric finish. It has no padding or under wire, but proves to be one hell of a supportive tankini top even for the moderately top heavy. Pair it with your favorite khaki shorts, swim suit bottom, denim skirt, or low-rise jeans and you’ll surely turn heads at the beach or on a blissful and elegant evening around town. Get it for only $84 on instyleswimwear.com. So before you take that in-door summer sabbatical, bid adieu to the yummy lifeguards on duty at the beach or stick to your very own inflatable pool. Do consider the tankini for one second. It would not just save your social life but it can actually feel pretty good once you’re wearing it.
By: Phoenix Lindbergh
Posted in Shopping And Product Reviews | 
Tags: Best Friends, Bikini Bottoms, Fashion World, Fashionable, Nylon Top, Piece Suit, Skin Surface, Tank Tops, Variations, Whim | 
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The Bikini Workout For Women
It is a great time to wear sleeveless blouses, shorts, tank tops, and (of course) the bikini. Now, in order to wear the bikini comfortably and confidently, you want to ensure that you look your best. There are exercises that women can do to make sure they look their best in a bikini.
Here are the exercises. Spend about one minute on each exercise. If you are a beginner, your one minute on each exercise can be 15 seconds performing the exercise and 45 seconds to rest. If you are fit as a fiddle, your one minute on each exercise can be 45 seconds performing the exercise and 15 seconds to rest. You can try 30 seconds on the exercise and 30 seconds to rest. These five exercises comprise one circuit.
• Dumb bell lunges with rotation or twist
This is like regular lunges with an additional rotation or twist at the bottom of the lunge. If you find this difficult to do with weights, try it without weights. Hold the dumb bell with two hands on your chest. When you are rotating to twisting, you will be twisting or rotating towards the direction of the leg in front. Make sure your knees do not go past front of your foot. Try contracting your buttocks at the bottom of the movement. You will have accentuated and firm buttocks in your bikini.
• Mountain climbers
This is done by being on all fours on the ground. Now, alternate moving your legs like you are climbing a mountain on the ground. Try to get your knees up to your chest. This exercise is also great for your abdominals. You can make it even more difficult by shifting your arms like your legs. You will be conditioning your arms, legs, and abdominals for that sleek look when you are in your bikini.
• Dumb bell Push Press
With two light dumb bells in the shoulder press position, go up and down with your legs going down when your arms go down and your legs going up when your arms are going up. At the bottom of the movement, try contracting your buttocks. This is great for your shoulder and arms that will look great in tank tops and bikini tops.
• Dumb bell Back Row
With one leg in front of the other and you are bend over, hold two light dumb bells in your hand. Row the dumb bells up and mentally think of trying to have your shoulder blades touch in the up position. Your back will look great in your bikini.
• Squat Thrust (Burpee)
This is done with your body weight (no weights). There are three positions to this movement. The first is the standing position. The next position is the squatting position. Then, the next position is the start of the push-up position. From the squatting position to the push-up position, you kick both legs back while you place both your hands in front of you. If you are advanced, you can add a push-up. Then, from the push-up position, you go back to the squat position then the standing position. This conditions your overall body to fit and look great in that bikini.
Do four to five circuits. It may get tough especially towards the end, but it is a great workout. You can try to do this three to four times a week. Try this simple but effective workout. You will develop your body to fit well in that bikini.
By: Pascasio JR Felisilda
Posted in Health And Fitness |
Tags: All Fours, Dumb Bell, Dumb Bells, Great Time, Knees, Push Press, Shoulder Press, Sleek Look, Sleeveless Blouses, Tank Tops |
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