Holding Up the Girls

So, I'd like to post a quick review. Recently I had a boudoir-type photo shoot done of myself where I was having my shirt open. Clearly, I needed some type of support for the girls. I am a D cup, though bordering on DD sometimes. This makes things a bit more difficult, as there's a good deal of meat to hold up. So! I bought several things in hopes that I'd get it all squared away. So let me go on and review these things, in the event that you're ever looking for something like this in the future.

Fashion Forms Women's Backless Strapless U-Plunge Bra - Amazon item page
This was my first choice, and the biggest fail. Not only was it complicated to put on - lean forward, adjust boobs, not to mention adhesive inside the cups, in addition to the adhesive straps on the side - but the support was minimal, and my ladies were hardly contained. If it had been all of the cleavage, that would have been fine. But oh no, they were on the side and bottom and top and center and just... my cup overfloweth. Like I said, I run a D-cup, and bought the D-cup. No way. I would have needed a DD or E, an they don't make them that large. On the plus side, the adhesive sides, which seem the sketchiest aspect, work incredibly well. But if the rest is a fail... then it's not going to work out anyway.

Hollywood Fashion Tape Double-Stick Strips - Amazon item page
I knew that if I was wearing an open shirt, I would probably want it to stick on, lest I have a nip slip. For that aspect, this works fabulous. Granted, it was to a cotton white dress shirt, so it was probably the most ideal fabric you could adhere to. However, when it came to lifting the girls and adhering the clothing to them... The lift was pretty minimal. That isn't really an advertised use, but I was hopeful. It ended up working well, though, and I am glad to have these for the future. I will probably also end up using them for dress shirts that tend to have open gaps across the bust, instead of using safety pins.

Bare Lifts - Amazon item page
So, I kind of bought these as a "what the hell, why not" after the U-Plunge Bra failure. They had these at Dollar Tree. These actually worked great. I had my boyfriend help apply them, but they did a great job! For something that's an "As Seen on TV" and found in the dollar store... I was really pleased. It's not as super perky as seen in the before & after pictures, but that could be just because of my breast size.








In any case, I may post some of the pictures later, as a follow-up to this post. Plus, hopefully they will be nice looking, once I get them back, and will want to share them!