Velvet Polka Dot Goodness - OOTD

I have seen other ladies doing lovely underwear reviews, and they all look so lovely doing so. And I never quite understand why my body doesn't look the same in underwear, so I decided to post my beautiful body in said underwear so it's out there for other lovelies like me who just don't have the same shape as everyone else.
I recently purchased 2 sets of bra and knickers, today Im showing the first set. A gorgeous purple polka dot pair. I got them all from Simply Be.

This isnt a review, it's a "hey look at me being semi naked looking awesome" kinda thing.

The Bra is £22.00 and the Knickers are £16.00

So this is MY body, its not the same shape as anyone else's, its mine! And I can wear matching underwear too!

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Body Positivity #2 Fat bellys

Back in September I posted a delightfully well received piece on body positivity, I said I wanted to continue posting such posts which challenge people's perception of beautiful and acceptable body types. Last time I spoke about stretch marks, and how much I love how beautiful they look over my body...  this time round I am going talk about my big fat belly.

This is my fat stomach.

And you know what, I FUCKING LOVE IT! 

Yes Its fat, wobbly and not what many perceive as attractive, but I think it looks awesome!
I love how it looks in dresses, skirts, I love how it looks in leggings, and a bikini.

I think more girls should show off their belly's.

When I see a girl rocking a crop top and a bare belly, it makes my heart flutter!

I kinda feel like as a fatty we are always told to hide out fatness and bellys, but I say SOD IT you nay sayers!
I'm going to wear a bikini on holidays, I'm going to wear sheer tops which show my round belly underneath them, I'm going to wear crop tops and you know what... I'm going to look good doing so!

It's high time people stopped dictating what IS or ISNT attractive and start teaching young girls and boys to love their bodies regardless!

I mean, just look at it!
My belly is glorious!
<3

Body Positivity #1 Stretch marks

WARNING SEMI NUDITY

A while ago I had posted a bit of a rant about being fat, again, like most of my posts recently, it was deleted. 
And I was wanting to do another one again because I think it's important that people don't only see the polished make up clad person I am, but also see what I am underneath all the clothing and hair bows.
I felt like maybe I would make this a mini series of posts about body image and body positivity would go down well, mostly because it's something I would enjoy reading, and hopefully so will my readers.
(I did manage to find said photo's of that post though, so I'm going to put them here since they're definitely appropriate for this particular post.)

So onto #1 - STRETCHMARKS

What people usually see of me is this sort of thing...



A polished face, hair styled and dressed in some dress and cardigan combo... which is generally a good representation of me and my style and how I like poeple to see me.
BUT what people don't see if the glorious "tiger striped" adorning my body, predominantly on my tummy, sides and some tiny ones on my boobs.


I can't honestly remember a time when I didn't have these lines on my belly. All through school I remember having them and they never really bothered me.
My mom always told me to rub my tummy with bio oil so the marks could reduce and lighten in colour, but I never did.
They are a part of my body, and I don't want to change my body in any way, so why try make these pretty lines disappear?

So whilst laying out in the sun yesterday afternoon, I looked at my belly, and studied these wonderful lines that cover my tummy, and I wanted to "showcase" them for once.
I have yet to find the perfect fatkini to wear, so for now... this will do.

I outlined some of them and it looks like a map. I love it! A map of my belly.

I often have people on tumblr asking me how I became so confident, how am I able to post pictures of my fat stomach. And I often wonder myself when this confidence kicked in, in school I was never shy or scared of my weight. I didn't wear baggy clothing to hide my body at all, I can always just remember being quite extrovert and boisterous. Obviously I wasn't as confident back then as I am now, but I think this feeling of self love has always been there.

My stretchmarks aren't as dark as they used to be. They have faded severely in the past few months.

I love love love how these images came out.

It's important to remember that we aren't just the pretty faces we put on everyday, we are also the grey hairs, stretchmarks, scars, folds, and all other faults, but that is what makes us all special! (cheesy, but true)

And here are the other pictures of my glorious belly.

Ciao for now bellas!