Summer is quickly approaching and with it comes a slew of diets, tips to hide our flaws, and slimming creams… For all those who are tired of this hegemony of perfection, we are going to show you that even with a few physical flaws, women can fully embrace themselves and reveal their bodies on the beaches of the Côte d’Azur!
“Nobody is perfect,” the saying goes, but when it comes to putting it into practice and accepting our little complexes, things get complicated. The media overwhelms us with images of women as beautiful and perfect as Adriana Karembeu and Heidi Klum. In short, a very rare species that it is not always good to identify with. So, for us ordinary earthlings, two possibilities remain: to hide at home, thus hiding from the rest of the world our feet, our curves, our stretch marks, or to embrace our physique and also enjoy the beach, the low-cut dresses, our femininity! So ladies, to hell with complexes, this summer, we’ve decided to accept ourselves!
First Commandment: Love your curves!
This is cursed fault number one: curves. Well, this year, we say stop! No more tears in swimsuit stores! We learn to accept our little bulges.
For Magalie, weight is no longer an issue when the beautiful season arrives, “My shapes are an inheritance. On the beach, I don’t hesitate to wear a bikini, showing off my rolls and cellulite, and then I find it so sexy—the mark of the swimsuit… After all, I live by the sea and I’m not going to lock myself up all summer. Obviously, I feel more comfortable when I am dressed. Today, clothing is adapted to full-figured women and we too can wear fashionable outfits that flatter us a bit more…” But cellulite and excess fat are not the only hard-to-accept curves.
Yes! Those with too much bust also tend to dread summer. It’s hard to sport a plunging neckline on the beach or at a café terrace without attracting persistent stares from men. Nicole, however, accommodates her 105E very well: “Until last year, July and August were a somewhat complex period for me, as for finding a swimsuit that did not make me look like Pamela Anderson, it had become a real ordeal. Since then, I’ve found all the tricks needed to finally not feel embarrassed. I finally found the right swimsuit—a true 105E that supports me well and doesn’t look like something our great-grandmothers wore. But my biggest ally has been discovering a brand of bras specialized in larger sizes with sexy colors and shapes. I wear tank tops again that no longer show 5 cm thick flesh-colored straps!”
Second Commandment: Accept your feet!
Another widespread complex when the sun starts to shine: our feet. Too thin, too long, toes too small or too big, small birth defects, and other corns sometimes seem hard to accept in the season of sandals and flip-flops.
To overcome these anxieties, a few little tips are in order. First of all, it must be said, feet are absolutely not the first thing people notice about a person. Moreover, like any flaw, the more you try to hide it, the more it stands out. Just like a sweater tied around the waist to hide a too-large posterior (never do this since it accentuates the hips by several centimeters), wearing only closed shoes in the middle of summer on the Côte d’Azur is a placebo that fools no one! Not only will everyone find it strange, but your feet will be even more damaged and… hello odors!
Secondly, we take it upon ourselves and go shopping to find the right pair of shoes that will hide our little flaws. Thirdly, on the beach, we avoid burying our feet under the sand or pebbles: once again, they will suffer from the heat while no one will have noticed them. In conclusion, we stop harming ourselves and we learn to accept our feet as they are!
Third Commandment: Embrace your skin tone!
The skin can also be experienced as a problem. Skin that is too white that does not tan but reddens, or freckles that multiply as summer progresses, are all inconveniences that we must learn to overcome.
In the first case, it is certain, spending the summer on the Côte d’Azur and looking like a tourist from northern countries can be embarrassing. So, we stop lamenting our fate and turn to modern techniques: self-tanner. Whether we apply it ourselves or go to a specialized institute for a self-tanning shower, we benefit from the innovations of various cosmetic laboratories to display an artificial but effective tan. Especially since today, the days of disastrous carrot-like results are over: the technique is refined. As for freckles, they can be a real asset of seduction. For Amandine, zero complexes: “The more the beautiful days appear, the more my skin becomes speckled. It doesn’t affect me at all, I even find it pretty. People who are not used to it make the remark at the beginning and then they get used to it. For me it’s not a flaw, it’s a bit of me that appears each summer, that’s all.”
Fourth Commandent: You shall not suffer from your thinness!
Full-bodied women are not the only ones who feel complex. The overly thin also sometimes find it hard to undress as the beautiful days arrive.
We understand, of course, the difficulty in finding clothes that plump a bit and hide too prominent bones and a small chest. But once again, we do not fall into depression and we see the bright side of things. On the beach, enjoy wearing a monokini without the unhealthy looks that go with it, shorty swimsuits that only fit those who do not have an ounce of fat and bandeau tops that really stay up.
In town, you can afford not to wear a bra under your tank tops and small dresses, a benefit of freshness and seduction. Finally, you can indulge in ice cream and other summer treats without any guilt… to the envy of everyone!
Fifth Commandment: Forget the gaze of others!
Last commandment, and not the least: forget the female models that are shown to us throughout the year and especially do not pay attention to the gaze of others.
Let it be known, Angelina Jolie may not be so different from us when she wakes up! Let’s learn to love our bodies as they are, forget cosmetic surgery. From now on, we take it upon ourselves, put on our little dress and mules, and take advantage of the beautiful days, otherwise in September, we will regret not having enjoyed the summer! And do not forget, when we show ourselves and love ourselves, it is this image that others receive… It’s all about attitude!
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