If the weather starts to warm up, it means that swimsuit season has arrived. For most women, this season also requires them to go buy a bikini to wear this year. However, bikini shopping doesn't have to be a scary thing. You don't need to have a certain body shape to look beautiful in a bikini. In fact, everyone with various body shapes and sizes can look beautiful in a bikini as long as they know the tips and tricks. Soon you'll be able to find a bikini that fits your style, and supports your body!
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Step 1. Determine your body type
Your body type will determine which body parts you want to highlight or hide when wearing a bikini. Here are the most common body types:
- Athlete. Your chest and hips are quite small and overall you are thin. You can emphasize your small body or make your chest and hips bigger.
- Apple. Your chest and belly are a bit big, but your legs and hips are small. In order to imitate an hourglass figure, choose bottoms that make your hips appear bigger and tops that make your chest appear smaller.
- Pear. Your hips and buttocks are a bit big, but your waist and shoulders are small. In order to imitate an hourglass figure, choose a top that will make your hips appear smaller and your chest appear larger.
- Hourglass. Your chest and hips are big, but your waist is small.
Step 2. Choose a top
The cut, color, and material of your bikini top can make a big difference to your appearance. Use these tips to choose the right top:
- To make a small chest look bigger: Don't choose a black top. Choose white or bright. You can also use a lacy top to make your chest appear more volume. Bikini tops such as bandeau and halter are suitable for women with small breasts. You can also use a padded or thick top.
- To make your big chest appear smaller: Wear a top that's dark or black, or one with a solid pattern. Avoid all tops that can not support your chest. Choose tops that have support straps if possible and avoid bandeau tops. Also avoid striped or infrequent patterns.
- To make your chest stand out: A triangular top, or a classic bikini look, can instantly turn everyone's eyes on your chest. You can also highlight the cleavage or uniqueness of your chest with dumbbells or bandeaus.
- To support a large chest: Choose a top with wide straps, bottom support straps, and one that can cover your chest.
Step 3. Select subordinates
Choosing the right bottoms not only determines the appearance of your buttocks, it can also accentuate or even hide your legs. Here are the things you should know:
- To make your butt appear bigger: Choose bottoms that are white or bright. To further accentuate the buttocks, wear lacy bottoms or those whose cut is similar to men's bottoms (boyshorts)
- To make your butt appear smaller: Choose bottoms that are black or dark and avoid stripes and solid patterns. Choose a high cut or tied at the side. While it's tempting to wear boyshorts, you should avoid them because they will only make your butt look wider.
- To make your buttocks stand out: Use thin bottoms (strings). You can choose strings with lots of detail like side rings, lace, or a solid pattern.
- To make your legs look longer: Choose high-cut bottoms that reach the sides of your hipbones.
- To make your legs appear shorter: Choose boyshorts that will create a firm horizontal line across your thighs.
Step 4. Mix and match your tops and bottoms
So, now you know what kind of bikini you want, but how do you mix and match? Here are some tips for mixing and matching different bikini tops and bottoms:
- Choose a lighter color for the parts you want to highlight more. For example, if you want to highlight your chest, choose a light blue top and dark blue bottoms.
- Customize the color you choose. Try mixing and matching your tops and bottoms with a monochromatic color theme (same color gradations), pairing bright colors with black or white, choosing gem colors (like dark purple and dark blue), or neutral colors (like black and white).
- Don't be afraid to choose different sizes of tops and bottoms. If you have a small chest and wide waist, choose a top with a small size and a bottom with a medium or large size. The size of your bikini top and bottom doesn't have to be the same. The important thing is that they fit your body. If you're not sure what size fits you, ask the sales clerk.
Step 5. Adjust your bikini choice to keep it beautiful and age-appropriate
Some types of bikini can make the people you're with feel more embarrassed than seeing someone else in a bikini that doesn't suit them. Follow these basic guidelines to avoid unwanted disasters from occurring:
- Avoid strappy tops if your chest cup size is larger than C. If your chest sticks out from the side of the strappy top you chose, it means the top is too small. Choose a top that can better support your chest like dumbbells.
- Let the celebrities wear thongs. Taken as a whole, the thong is unimpressive and shows a lot more body parts than people would like to see.
- Bikini bottoms like skirts are for the elderly. Unless the bottom is pin-up with lace, don't wear a bikini like a skirt.
- Use a cloth cover when you walk to and from the beach or pool. Attractive covers can help you feel more comfortable when you're not in the water. Choose a cover that is easy to open and install.
Step 6. Wear a bikini with confidence
Even the best bikini in the world will look ugly if you are slouched and your posture is bad. Show off your body! Stand straight, pull your shoulders back, and tilt your head back. Don't forget to keep smiling and act confident. You will also look stunning wearing the bikini you have chosen.
Tips
- Make sure you feel comfortable in the bikini you choose. If you're not comfortable, people will notice.
- If you're wearing a bandeau top in a choppy area, make sure you always carry the straps with you (if extra straps are provided) because you don't want the top to just fall off!
- Look for a store where you can mix and match different tops and bottoms. These stores allow you to choose tops that match your bust size and bottoms that fit your body shape. Only a handful of people are the same size top and bottom. So, this is the most appropriate approach.
- Ties on the side of the bikini allow you to zoom in or out on your bikini to suit your changing weight.
- You can mix and match different tops and bottoms to make them more colorful. Choose the bikini that best suits you.
- If you wear a bikini to impress a guy and the guy asks you to buy a bikini, it means he already likes your body.
