Legs!

Isn't it the Bantu who measure a man's wealth by the protuberance of his wives' buttocks?

A very different standard of female pulchritude, Mice. When 'our girls' did tribal dances, they wrapped themselves in bedspreads with pillows underneath to give themselves bigger backsides. My mixed race GD says it's her African ancestry that has given her a big bum. Might be true - she is quite small 'up top'.

Or, to put it another way, if it is peculiar on men then in my view it's peculiar on women too. It's only body painting when all's said and done.

Absolutely, jess. Why ever not?

Really. Not kidding. I do think it sexist to think that make-up on men (or nicely decorated nails, and things of that ilk) is somehow peculiar.

Thank you for that Jane. It explains a lot. In fact when I was in Africa my students once took me aside and offered to show me how to make my bum look bigger as they said I would never find a husband looking as I did.

Nonu, I've tried Googling, but I suspect it's too upmarket to appear there.

MiceElf re bums looking big.
My understanding is that a big bum is not desirable when it is viewed laterally, ie from behind, so that those of us who were blessed with wide childbearing hips are sadly predisposed to have a bum that looks big in anything.
But it is a desirable feature if your bum looks big antero-posteriorly, ie viewed from the side, and the website to which Grannylin posted the link even going so far as to imply that if you haven't got a big bum antero-posteriorly, you should avoid wearing jeans.
Hope that helps.

perhaps to find out where to get this "Rose Mist Blush" , google it ?

PENST & JESS Laugh &
I don"t sink in the sand as I only wear them in the evening !!!

I tried to put on a pair of tights last week and realised that they were 'body control' tights I had ill-advisedly bought last year. I swear they are armour-plated - almost impossible to squeeze into and impossible to keep up, as they were slippery. And if I had bought a bigger size they wouldn't have controlled anything. I gave up and wore trousers.

Or maybe nicely decorated nails bags

I always thought shape wear was the modern word for corsets. But I'm confused. First we have 'Does my bum look big in this?' and then garments to make you bum look bigger.

And anyway, I thought this thread was about thread veins. And nobody had come up with answer to the problem of getting the Rose Blush Mist. There must be someone out there who knows.

jess, why not make-up for men? Let's not be sexist.

respect nonu 4" heels? Don't you sink into the sand?

And no tegan, not cod pieces you little tinker - more like "pantyhose and elasticated vests" to translate "shape wear" into gran speak.

Is the ground lower in Mauritius nonu or are people taller that u only wear 4" heels there?

I don"t I am afraid . Glad to say it is not something I need . my legs are in good shape . hence the 4inch heels when I am in Mauritius

So nonu I gather you visit the US of A, so do you know where we can get this miraculous thread vein stuff?

Absent "to lift & enhance !

Reshaping it, apparently, absent!

And what on earth does "bootilicious" actually mean?

So why is our duty your bottom? Piles ointment?

Oh hadn't thought of that. I find the American use of the word "booty" for bottom slightly strange and rather childish - like "botty".
Are American products as carefully tested as UK products? I sometimes wonder about animal testing and if the mighty dollar is the prime factor. Does anybody know whether organic products or Beauty Without Cruelty are as popular as in this country?

Perhaps it's an American company?

I don;t get that rhyming slogan
Shouldn't it be
"Our duty is your beauty" ??

Henry VIII had a very nice one!

Tegan!