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3 Surprising Bra Tricks
We all know that bras can be a girl's best friend, or worst enemy. Join Emily Curl and her R29 friends as they test out some of the Internet's most popular bra tips and tricks. From adding extra cleavage to getting better support, we have the inside scoop to make you fall in love with your bra again!
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Transcript
00:00It's Emily here.
00:01Today I have three bra tips that we are going to test out on set for you.
00:05It's going to be un-bra-lievable.
00:08So bra-some.
00:09So I am here with my friend, Laura, Hannah, Courtney, so we're going to test out some
00:13fun tips and tricks for you to try.
00:15The first trick is going to come from these guys.
00:18Handy dandy things you find in your drawer trusty old safety pins.
00:23You take the pin and take your two sides of your straps, put them together in the back
00:29and pin them together so it becomes more of a V-shaped in the back.
00:34It pulls up on the sides, so it gives you that little extra cleavage.
00:37Well, I've never had cleavage before, but if this pin trick will do it, then it's literally
00:42the trick of all trades.
00:44I don't think something that weighs this amount is going to hold up my chest.
00:50I just don't think that that's going to be possible.
00:52So we pinned it in the back here.
00:54It feels like I just got a boob job.
00:56Look at you, like, cheesing over here.
00:58I'm glowing.
00:59The reason I don't like wearing bras with straps as much is because I feel like throughout
01:05the day the straps just get really loose and they fall down and I don't feel as much of
01:11a support from my bra, but this, it's like turbo tightening my bra straps.
01:15It didn't give me cleavage per se, but, like, definitely a little more, like...
01:21Yay to the safety pin or nay to the safety pin?
01:23Yay to the safety pin.
01:25Yay on the safety pins.
01:26Yay on the safety pins.
01:27So this next tip is to be just an added layer of support.
01:30So if you're wearing a strapless bra, you can use one of your straps to kind of circle
01:35around because we all need that little extra support, that little 3 p.m. pick-me-up.
01:40That's insane.
01:41That's not a thing.
01:44So this one's not working for us.
01:46So Laura, tell me what's happened.
01:47The top part of the bra is actually folding down, so I'm actually not even, like, I'm
01:54not safe for work right now.
01:55That's what this is.
01:56Um, I think it would definitely help it from falling down.
01:59It's a little snug.
02:00Um, but yeah, no, it is a lot of added support.
02:03If I'm down.
02:04I'm afraid I'm about to have a nip slip.
02:05Like, seriously.
02:06It's the worst thing when you're in the middle of, like, talking to somebody at a party,
02:11and you're like, like, gotta tug it up.
02:13So I think I would definitely use this.
02:14That's so true.
02:15The awkward tug.
02:15Yeah, you're, like, trying to be, like, coy.
02:18Like, it's like popping your collar.
02:19Yeah, right.
02:21Maybe someone with smaller, smaller boobs can do this.
02:25Not me.
02:26That's okay, though.
02:27Next we have these blister pads that you can use to tape down to your bra straps to avoid
02:33lines or, like, painful straps from wearing them all day.
02:35So what you do is you can peel and stick, put the sticky side against your bra, and then
02:41the soft, squishy side, wherever it, like, really digs in the most.
02:45What do you think?
02:46It adds extra, especially on, like, closer to my shoulder bone area.
02:50Mm-hmm.
02:50I think it's a little bulky, so I think you have to be careful.
02:52It is a little bulky also.
02:53Final words on the blister pads as bra straps.
02:57Is it a yay or nay for you?
02:58It's a yay for someone with big boobs.
03:00You're not, okay, okay.
03:01As I was gonna say, you're not convinced.
03:02Yeah.
03:03That was good.
03:04Yeah.
03:04Cool.
03:05Not convinced on this one.
03:06Already feeling the relief.
03:08Ooh.
03:09Just you doing that right there makes it feel a lot better.
03:13Yay!
03:13Cool!
03:14Approve.
03:15Approve.
03:16Forever.
03:16Approve.
03:17So, Laura, of all three of them, which one do you give the absolute thumbs up?
03:21I'm using this in my daily life, and which one are you like, no way?
03:25I would definitely probably rank them number one, the wrap around strap, number two, the
03:30pin in the back, and number three, the blister pads.
03:34The one that I'm super no, no, no is the strap around the boobs, and then the one that
03:43I thumbs up is actually the really cute pads that you can put underneath your straps.
03:48My big takeaway from today is that every body is different, and every body is beautiful,
03:53and I hope these tips or tricks make you at home feel more comfortable or confident in
03:57the skin you're in, because you are important and you're valuable, and I love you.
04:01Thanks so much for tuning in, and thanks so much for watching.
04:04Click here to subscribe, and click here for more cool content from Refinery29.
04:08I'll see you next time.
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