A sparkly dream from Zaphon

The lovely, stunning and gorgeous.... Zaphon Hot Pink Strap Dress with Chiffon Animal Print Dress!

My, my, my! I don't have enough words for Zaphon.com's lovely items. Spectacular? Amazing, beyond stunning! To name a few.

The dress in the photo is from Zaphon. It's the most beautiful dress I've ever put on. I am crazy about this bright, sparkly thing.

A little about Zaphon:

Zaphon has an outstanding selection of very fashionable clothing, shoes, lingerie, swimwear, clubwear, etc. for men and women. You can find anything from sexy & always unique apparell. Zaphon has a site for prom gowns as well as their own special site for Zaphon shoes. (certainly to drool over!) At Zaphon.com you can find a very nicely categorized (I so appreciate that!) site making it easy to search. The list is huge!

You can shop the shoe section, clubwear section, the new arrival section, men's, accessories, swimwear section, etc. I told you they had everything!

   I'd also like to add how great & kind the customer service is which is always a plus. I'm also happy to say, Zaphon does have a beautiful collection of plus sizes as well.

                                        Now on to the dress here.  

No idea why I had my head like that, ignore that & check
out the dress! I've added pics of every angle of this dress!

    It's a beautiful pink sparkly material all over except for the bust which is animal print chiffon with some sparkle to it too. Y'all know nothing makes me happier than sparkles and animal print! I couldn't be happier in this dress. It's extremely bright and unique. I can be absolutely certain there won't be anyone else showing up in the exact same dress when I'm in this one! The straps are thin and even they're made of the pink sparkly material.

    Upon first glance on the site a little gasp slipped through my lips. It was love at first sight, but I did wonder if the sparkles would stay on. I wasn't sure if it was the material itself or if it was more like a sequined thing. I was happy to realize that there's no chance of sparkles falling off since the actual material itself is sparkly. I wish I was better able to explain the lovelyness of this thing, but words and photos will have to do. In the photo above it shows better just how bright and sparkly it is.

    The material has a good bit of stretch to it so it kind of forms to your curves. The bust is, like I said chiffon animal print and it's a bit ruffly so that adds a nice touch and it could possibly be worn without a bra though I didn't go in public without one. I was so excited I could hardly contain myself, but I had one worry. That the dress would be like most, so short that it would be considered a shirt. No joke! I have gotten several club wear dresses which I love dearly (although none are any match to this one!) but they are all so unbelievaly short that they don't even fall past my lower back! And that's saying something because I'm short, barely 5". Me, I'm not going to let a beautiful dress hang in the closet and not get worn so I've found a solution to those short dresses. Black spandex shorts underneath! Ha! Now, it's not the sexiest thing, but it's better than nothing. I was afraid I'd have to go find some matching pink shorts just to wear this dress outside the house. Guess what? This baby exceeded my expectations by far! It's perfectly long enough.

     While I complain about club dresses being too short, I can't wear regular dresses often either because they're so long on a short person like me that they're hard to find in the right size. This one was perfect. Couldn't be any better. It's the perfect length, falling above my knees, but it can be slightly pushed up without causing the material to gather around your middle. It forms perfectly to your shape without gluing to your body and making you uncomfortable. This is the kind of dress that would look stunning on every body type.

     I had to wear it around for a while to get a good idea of how comfortable and easy to maneuver in would be. Passed the test! I'm telling you, this thing is purrrrrfect! I felt so nice & pretty... and sparkly! I had no problems bending over, picking up kids and sitting down. I don't have to worry about my cheeks peeping out when I bend over and that's a huge plus.



    There's another thing that puts this sparkly dress at the very front of my closet. It's totally comfortable and requires no work! It's summertime and I hate having to wear clothes in the heat, especially with kids to lug around. I will do anything to not have to wear a lot of clothes. I hate jeans so much I will throw on dresses with a jacket and even carry around blankets in my car just so I don't have to wear jeans in the winter time, much less summer! I'm usually out and about a lot and going out regularly for "girl's night out" which isn't really girl's night out, it's more like girls plus one man night out. Lol. But I the kind of girl that wants to look like a lot of work without having to put in that work. I don't want to spend all my time slapping on makeup, doing hair, etc. No time for that. I want to throw something beautiful on and be done.


     Thing is most beautiful clothing is not that easy. Most of the time wearing a beautiful dress or a sexy dress is far from easy work. This little beauty goes right on no matter how bloated you feel and instantly gives you sexy plus pretty. No extra work required. Put on a layer of mascara and you look gorgeous! I've already gotten to wear the dress out twice and both times, it took me less than an hour to be ready. That never happens! This dress goes right on, you look great instantly and your done. It's so surprisingly comfortable and in the summer time I want extremely comfortable, but very beautiful. This dress really delivers. It's an easy wear and I have to admit gives a nice boost of self esteem. :)


    I get it, I did go on & on here about Zaphon and the dress I got, but I could not resist. I'm really a fanatic!


  Be sure to check them out and don't forget Zaphon's shoe site and their prom site!

- Zaphon Prom: http://www.zaphonprom.com/
- Zaphon Shoes: http://www.zaphonshoes.com/

     *You can ready my honesty pledge at the very top of the page*



Much love to my wonderful Pearls,
Kendra

Big IS beautiful too!

As you know, I dedicated a whole month to the bigger & beautiful women. It's taken me a while to get my posts going because I spent most of the month talking, interviewing, and finding out what these women had to say.

My interview with Kathy M. went deeper than I had expected. When I asked Miss Kathy how she felt about her self and her body she said "I could sit here & say that I am proud of who I am no matter how society looks at me but, that wouldn't be true." She told me that she didn't feel beautiful or happy. "I just don't know why bigger always has to mean less pretty." Kathy said. She also told me that most of the bigger women she associates with also are not happy with themselves often.

I asked Kathy what she thinks would make her feel happier & better about herself. I also asked her what she thought would make other women like her feel better about themselves.

She told me that she thinks that her being big means she can't dress stylish. "Big girls just can't do it." It really made me sad to hear that she truly felt this way. We talked about what kind of things Kathy wished she could wear. She said she just wanted to be able to wear things like a "belted tops, leggings and skirts."

I told Kathy that she CAN wear those things and look & feel good. She just has to find the right fit. "I want to shop at places like wet seal & rue 21." She told me. I replied with "Then do it." I told her that she is the only person that matters when it comes to what people think and I also told her that if she took the step to do these things then, maybe she could inspire others like her to do the same and allow themselves to feel happy & better about themselves.

A few days after talking with Kathy, I got a call from her. "I made my first purchase at rue 21!" She screamed. She was so excited. She finally had the courage to wear something that she wanted and she done it for herself. I was so proud of her. She told me that she hasn't yet got the nerve to try a skirt yet but she did go for the belted top & she loved the way it fit!

I hope that Kathy's courage will give other women the courage to do things like this & feel good about themselves too.

Kathy has plans this weekend to have her hair and nails done with a friend. I'm waiting to hear back from her & find out if she followed through with those plans. I really hope she did. After all she does deserve it. Every woman does.

What do you think would make you feel better about yourself? And what advice would you have for Kathy?