I do get it that a lot of companies are jumping on the plus size band wagon. I know Delia’s has plus size and some other stores as well. There are top name designers who are now catering to plus sizes up to a size 24 and there are several plus size chains and web-based companies who are exclusively plus size. However, I would like to talk about Forever21′s plus size collection. Forever 21 carries their Faith21 line in select locations and I just happen to live about an hour away from the Holyoke, MA location so I took a drive down about two weeks ago. They have a very limited size range which goes from 1x-3x and those sizes would approximately fit size 14/16- 18/20 (size 20 is pushing it). Over the years I have run the gammut of clothing sizes from 14-28 so I can look at something and know if it’s going to fit me or not, regardless of the size that is on the label.

First of all, I walked into the store which did seem to have a good number of employees yet nobody ever greeted me upon entering the location nor did anyone at any time come up to me and ask me if I needed any assistance in finding anything or if I was looking for something special. I was left to my own devices. It is a very nice store, very large and I can see how people could possibly get overlooked. However, I did observe an employee who was busy folding clothes while he was busy flirting with a guy who was in there chatting up a storm with him!

So if you are on the bottom end of the plus size scale you should have no problem squeezing your fat butt into their clothing as long as you like helping yourself when you go shopping there. I mean for that matter you could just shop online where nobody helps you anyway, at least online you kind of expect it and you know that your money is not getting spent on someone who gets paid to flirt. I don’t know that’s just me. This is just my experience that I had in one store and was disappointed with the whole thing. If stores want to truly cater to plus sizes, they should understand what the plus size market is comprised of. But I fully understand that they are just not ready to have an army of fatties in their stores wearing their clothing. I guess companies are willing to forgo the green when it comes to who wears their stuff.

I am not saying that I should not have to lose weight or anything, however I am the size I am right now and right now I am looking to find the best clothes I can to put myself in the best possible light. The bottom line is Faith21 does not allow me to do that with their clothes so I have to continue to shop elsewhere.

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There are certain things about New Hampshire that I like, dispite the fact that life is just a little too slow for me up here. One of those things that I just love about NH is Badger Balm. I’ve talked about them before because I love their balms, especially their lip balms because of the unique scent combinations that they offer.  Well today I went to a Food Co-Op up near Dartmouth-Hitchcock hospital and I managed to get my hands on some of their very scrumptious Cocoa Butter Lip Balms. The flavors I picked were Creamy Cocoa and Vanilla Bean. Who wouldn’t want those flavors on their lips?  The cocoa butter balms are 100% certified organic and they are nice big tubes, much larger than their regular balms.

Now that I’ve got the tube open I can’t stop applying this stuff to my lips. I just love the feeling of it, when your lips start to warm up the balm it glides on so easily. It makes them feel so incredibly soft and the feeling of the creamy cocoa butter is just outrageous. It’s so much better than having a waxy balm on your lips. Considering that the first two ingredients listed on the label are extra virgin olive oil and cocoa butter, I don’t see how you can really go wrong. I cannot not sing enough praises about this stuff and I really am a little proud that I live in a place where they have developed this little gem.  They might not be “girlie” but they are packaged in brightly colored tubes and have the cute little badger logo on them so they are sure to grab attention where ever you might go. So I feel if you like to take good care of your skin and especially your face this is one product to add. It’s just delish!

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I have amassed a nice little haul of stuff over the last couple of weeks. Even scoring three maxi dresses now and lots of other pretty tops for the summer. I’ve been having great success finding cute pieces of plus size clothing in my immediate area which really only has Fashion Bug, TJ Maxx, and JC Penney, and latter can look downright matronly lol.

I went to Forever 21 two days ago to check out their Faith 21 line for plus size girls. While 90% of the clothing was very cute, they are cut way way way small and you can tell that they have just extended up to maybe about a size 16 with their 2x size which is all my store had. You can tell when they go from a size 8 and just make it bigger. I applaud them for making a line for plus size girls and that they are hoping on the bandwagon even if the entire plus size collection took up only a corner of the HUGE store.  If you are a real plus size woman though, there is no way that any of their clothing will fit.  I was hoping for at least one item I could have bought but none of the fabric had any real stretch to it and those that did really didn’t look like they could withstand being stretched too too much and would have made the dress or top look bad. Oh well…

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