Melificent

What I Wore: Plus-size edition

I’ve always identified as a chubby girl, from age nine when my friends began calling me “Thunder Thighs” to today, where I find myself relegated to the upstairs, back-corner section of Macy’s “WOMAN” section. Being a plus-sized girl isn’t easy, especially when you’re surrounded by the superficial, body-conscious masses of South Florida.

Over the past few years, I’ve overhauled my wardrobe, going from 2XL t-shirts and jeans to dresses, skirts and blouses. After earning a double-platinum super rewards edition of the Lane Bryant credit card, I still found myself craving fashion that was out of my reach. Thanks to the amazing online community of plus-size fashion bloggers, I’ve slowly been amassing a great collection of pieces from curvy-friendly online retailers.

Here’s a peek from my latest hauls from Torrid and ASOS Curve.

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SQUEEWORTHY: nail polish giveaway

While Meli is romping around Western Europe with the love of her life, some of us girls have been holding down the fort for her. Elissa got us all hot and heavy over Emile Hirsch and shared some fabulosity with us, and Anika reminded us why Nathan Fillion earned the title of Captain Hotpants before giving us her own rendition of Loveable Friday. Now that the baton has been passed to me, I don’t intend on dropping it!

I’ve got a little confession to make: Over the past 12 months, I’ve become quite addicted to nail polish. My collection began with a meager bottle of Rimmel 60 second vinyl shine in “Zeitgeist”, which I had been hauling all over the states with me since I graduated college over six years ago. (Nail polish NEVER goes bad, ladies! It’s true.) And today my collection looks like this:

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Lovable Friday!

1. Kleancolor’s chunky holo nail polish colors

Like Miss Melificent herself, I adore a fun manicure. When I came across the above manicure from The Swatchaholic the other day, I knew I had to look into these colors more. Turns out: there are a ton! Even better? On BeautyJoint.com they’re only $1.75 a piece. I haven’t placed an order myself yet, but at that price I feel like you kind of can’t go wrong. I also found swatches of all the chunky holo colors on Swatch and Learnso check that out if you want to see how a particular color looks.

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Just Fabulous

 

Hello fashionable, smart shopping ladies! Have I got a good find for you. Some of you may already know about JustFabulous, but for those who don’t, I wanted to take the time to introduce you to my #1 personalized shoe deal site. If you’re like me, you are a member of a large number of deal sites by now, but I cannot express enough how much I love this site, brought to us by the fabulous herself Kimora Lee Simmons, President and Creative Director for JustFabulous.

I have bought a few shoes from a couple of similar sites, however, I haven’t been impressed with the selections offered to me on a monthly basis. In my opinion, JustFabulous has exceeded my expectations in offering incredible shoes, jewelry and bags with great prices, quality and fast delivery.

JustFabulous is similar to ShoeDazzle, but they have impressed me in having style options that are more in line with what I feel, supplies better shoe results. Have I mentioned their rewards are pretty great? Not only will you receive points for your own purchases, but you receive them for your friends purchases (should they use your invitations to join the site) and they will continue to add more ways of earning points to redeem. The point redemption prizes are great, you can choose from a variety of point sets that include: shoe accessories, clothing accessories, haircare products, sunglasses, beauty kits and even credits for a free purchase!

I would also like to add that, the personalized boutiques don’t just stop with you, but you can shop your friends boutiques as well. Since the first day I joined JustFabulous, I have purchased 2 pairs of shoes, one handbag and a necklace. Sign-up is free and it does not require you to enter in any payment details for VIP Memberships. So without further ado, I invite you to join JustFabulous.

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Lovable Friday!

1. Cloud hangers

I wish I could tell you I know exactly where you can find and purchase these adorable cloud hangers, but unfortunately, this was one of those random Tumblr finds. However, after some Internet research, I found similar ones from one of my old favorites, Fred Flare. How cute would these look in a child’s closet or just to display some special frocks? Sigh!

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