Friday Favorites

Hey Everyone! It's Friday again and that means Friday Favorites! :) I'm still trying to figure everything on my blog but I'm liking these Friday favorites. 

So my first favorite is strawberries, I've been eating strawberries this whole week. I don't know if its strawberry season yet, but they are selling them everywhere and there all on sale too, so that means I have lots of strawberries in my fridge! Today I even went to a doughnut place near my house called Donut Man and they are famous for there strawberry donuts. The picture below is of the strawberry doughnut, looks yummy huh? It was! :) 

My next favorite is the show the Voice, I've always been a fan of the show. But I'm liking this season a lot but I'm not going to lie, I do miss Ceelo as a coach. But yeah I have to say I really like this show and I'm excited for next week. This one of my favorite performances from this weeks episodes. :) 

I saw this on pinterest and I don't know I just love everything about it! It made me smile! I got the pin (here), I believe it's from SWAK designs, which is a plus size line. But yeah I just love it because really it shouldn't matter what shape you are, your awesome! :) 

That's about all the favorites that I can think of right now. What are some of your favorites? Is there anything you think I should put on my favorites? Suggestions would help a lot! :) 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! ~Nina~ 

Break the Rules

Hello Everyone! So I was on pinterest (I love pinterest) and I saw something from stylishcurves.com about breaking the rules and wearing crop tops. I totally agree with this. I actually made this post about how I would wear a bandeau because I saw one on Forever 21+ website but they recently sold out and it is no longer on the website. But since I saw this on pinterest I decided to post it anyways. I really believe that women of all sizes can wear anything they want as long as they have confidence in what they are wearing and they feel great in it. Who cares what other people say or think. But of coarse I know there are women who might not feel comfortable in a crop top and I think that's fine, I'm just saying if you want to wear one and your comfortable then do it. 

I know personally, I've never been comfortable in wearing a bikini or a cropped top. But I feel like it's because I always felt that it was frowned upon just like wearing horizontal stripes, shorts and all the other things your not suppose to wear because your plus-sized. But I've come to realize that you can wear those things as long as feel comfortable in it and you love yourself not to care what others think. I don't think I'm comfortable enough to wear a bikini or a two piece yet but that's why I really want to try this trend, I think it's a step for me to be like "hey I'm beautiful and I love my body and I don't care what society says!" 

How I would wear a Bandeau by curvy-mod featuring h&m jackets

The bandeau that is in the picture is from Forever 21+ and I was so happy they made one for plus-size women because I've seen bandeau's in a lot of stores but never one that fit me. So when I saw it on the F21+ website I was excited because I think you can wear them in numerous ways. I really hope they make more and in different styles. So these are just a few ways I would wear a bandeau which is technically a short tube top or tube bikini top. But these different ways can also go great with a crop top as well. 

1. I think it would look great under a blazer, ala Nadia Aboulhosn. I can picture her wearing it this way or I'm pretty sure she has already worn something similar to this. This is just a classier way to wear a bandeau or crop top and you can adjust how much you want to be seen by buttoning up your blazer or leaving it open. 

2. For a more sporty look or toned down look, you can pair it with a one of those tank tops that are cut widely on the sides. I think this would look great going to the beach or a nice day out. I personally have a few tank tops like this and I usually just wear it with my bra showing, but i think a bandeau is a much nicer way to wear it. :) 

3. Lastly, I think this is the easiest way to wear a bandeau or a crop top is with something that is high waisted, a skirt or some jeans would really look great. I like this way a lot and this is the way I've seen a lot of plus-size women wear cropped tops and look awesome. 

I hoped I helped some of you in maybe trying this trend out. I know if I find a cute crop top or i'm able to find this bandeau in a forever 21+ near me I will try it out and show you all how I wear it. 

"Her life improved dramatically when she decided to break the rules and find beauty where she was told there was none."

Have a wonderful day ~ Nina ~

Tribal Print

"I intend to accept my body today, Love my body tomorrow 

and appreciate my body always! (no matter what size)" 

Hey Friends! So today was a warm day here in California. So i decided to wear a nice flowy dress and to be honest this isn't my complete outfit. I actually wore the jean jacket i wore in my last outfit post but i decided since i wore that in the last post i would take a picture without it on. Which brings me to the quote above, I have always been uncomfortable with showing my arms. But I have been inspired by so many body acceptance blogs and things I've read on the web that i decided I shouldn't be ashamed of my body and just let my arms show. So this summer i'm going to start showing off my arms and not wear long sleeve jackets when it's 100 degrees outside. But of coarse i gotta start off slowly and this is my first step! :) 

So my dress has a little story and it goes like this, I used to see nice printed hi-low dresses at forever 21 but they never had them in the plus sized line and I don't fit in the regular forever 21 line. So I looked at other places and I could only find plain hi-low dresses in single colors and no prints. So I decided to make my own and this is the result, a tribal print hi-low dress. Its kinda big so that's why I put a belt, and i got the belt from a friend. Well that's my outfit of the day! I hope you're all having a wonderful day! ~ Nina