About two weeks ago, I decided to head to my local Nordstrom to see if they could recommend some “cups” for my boobs. You know – something without straps that’s not your typical strapless. Some of the tops I purchased recently required that type of man-power so there I went. The girl at Nordstrom recommended these:
They are NuBra Ultralite “a softer, lighter definition for freedom“. I figured my boobs could use some “freedom” so I purchased them for around $30.
On Thursday of last week, I woke up in the morning kinda late. However I was determined to make myself look not-too-bad considering I had a full day of festivites with friends in DC planned. Normally I just do a 10-minute makeup routine and I’m out the door with a Vitamuffin in hand.
I planned to wear a tube top with a cardigan overtop because I figured my outfit would easily transition from day to night. So around 7:00 am I decide to try the Nubra cup thingies. Half asleep, I open the box, glance at the directions (my eyes were so tired and the lights were so bright in my bathroom) and place one of the sticky cups onto my left boob. Now, I don’t want to sound egotistical here so I’m just going to state the facts: I have a slightly big chest. I swear at that moment I heard my boob scream bloody mary at me like, “NO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?” I glance in the mirror and my boob looked like it was crying. It was droopy and looked like I put a big circular bandaid on top of it. I slapped on the right cup and “hooked” them together as the directions stated I do.
Folks, it was so, so, so awful. As soon as I could I rushed back to Nordstrom to return these utterly terrible thingies (can’t even think of a better word than “thingies”)
I hope none of you have to go through something like that. PROMISE you won’t okay? In the meantime, does anyone have any recommendations for a similar product that won’t make my ta-ta’s scream and have nightmares for days?
xoxo,
Julie
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LMAO!!! I thought I would be sneaky and wear the Target version of these a couple of years ago under my Halloween costume. They looked okay on. I moved them super far apart and when I snapped them together I had fantastic cleavage. Hell I won first place in the costume contest that year. But…after dancing all night at the bar (and drinking) I was super sweaty and the “bra” I had was clear plastic. so when I took my top off I looked like I had stuck my boobies to a wet window. Not to mention that it was about 100 times worse than pulling a bandage off an open wound to remove these suckers from one of the most sensitive regions (that should obviously never have adhesive stuck to them). Oh and the best part was the bright red rash that followed the removal for days after. I agree…anything you stick to your body should be reserved for when you happen to fall and scrape your knee really bad. Glad you were able to make the return without a problem though. Oh how we love Nordstrom’s return policy!!! XOXO
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Ahhhhhhh I never thought about sweating until you mentioned this! That would NOT be fun! Oh and I do love Nordstrom’s return policy too
Well hmm…. I had a pair of these high school and I actually liked them pretty well. I will say that the application of these bad boys is pretty precise and you have to get the cup under the boob or else they just sag.
I also used them on my best friend for her wedding and she too sported a lovely rash for the remainder of the honeymoon. Awesome.
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Interesting comment! I’m so happy to hear that some people like these. Maybe I should give them another shot – or try another brand!
I’ve been looking at buying a set of those, but with my humongo boobs, I figured I need some kind of support. I only have 1 strapless that I can get away with and that thing is heavy duty. I hate bra shopping. So sorry, no advice, but good luck!!
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Thanks for commenting! I hate bra shopping too. I just got when I need to.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I needed that laugh today! such a great post! Although sorry for your boobs! haha
Hahaha thanks!
Hey girl!
My sis used the Wal-Mart version of those for her wedding. They worked great. However, for a wedding she was in recently, she found a bra that had cups on the front, but all the straps (including the back) were clear. You really couldn’t tell she had it on. I just know that she had to special order it.
Good luck!
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Good to know! I love WalMart – I bet I could get a good price too. I may try the clear straps too.
that’s hilarious!! i bought some gel ones one time from VS! they were awful. unless your shirt is tight as all get out, they don’t work! and i think def are not for us big boobied girls
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LOL! I’m sorry they didn’t work out either. It’s good to know though!
From what I can gather from other people, the NuBra really only works if you are small enough chested that you don’t really NEED a bra. And if you can get away without one… why would you subject yourself to such torture?!
I hope your boobs have recovered from the experience.
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LOL – yea and I’m definitely not small chested!
I am in the market for something like this too. My boobs are small though, so maybe these would work for me?
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I think they might! Try them and let me know.
I love mine. I’m on my 4th pair. You have to put them on different than the directions say. It is hard to explain, but I wear it with a crease at the bottom. I need a bra too. You may want to mess around with the position of them. I find them extremely useful.
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So good to hear! I’m glad you love them. I wish I could see how you put them on so I know how to (is that weird?). haha
Cracking up!!!!!! Thanks for product intel.
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Hahaha no problem! Thanks for coming by
Oh dear lord, I just died laughing. I think my boobies would be terribly sad in those horrendous things as well. I will stick to bras WITH straps for my girls. Well, now you know, right?! I will for sure stay away from them.
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Hahaha yes I definitely am sticking to straps.
Oh Lord!! Return that ASAP!! I could never understand why we want our boobies to suffer…lol! It looked like a great invention, but always ends up going the other way!
It’s so deceiving! I did return them with no questions asked. Yay!
I’m sorry about your boobies.
I don’t have any suggestions for you, because I don’t have that problem. I have no boobs to have issues with unfortunately.
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Aww! Thanks for coming by!
YIKES! I will for sure never try that out. I’ve never had good results with strapless and I have seen these and I’m glad I didn’t waste my money! Thanks for the update. ha ha but I laugh kind of, I’m sorry!
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I’m so glad I helped you to not purchase these. I’m glad I made you laugh too
OMG I totally hate those. I can’t figure out why they can’t make one that doesn’t slide off and turn into a gooey mess when you sweat. EW EW EW.
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Ew yea I think that fact alone is what sucks about these babies.
That’s hilarious!!! I totally thought of buying these but I’m glad you posted this…
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I’m glad I stopped you from purchasing them! haha
I’m pretty sure these kind of things weren’t made for people like us with big chests. No way.
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Yea seriously!
I used to have the NuBra that had the silicone cutlet thingies. I kind of loved it…all summer, I would just stick them on and I felt like I wasn’t wearing a bra!
Until the fateful day when I wore them to my friend’s wedding. It was approximately 205827308 degrees and my boobs sweat SO MUCH under those little silicone stickies that…after that day, they never were sticky again. So sad.
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I thought about getting the silicone ones when I was there. I wonder if they would have made a difference rather than the cloth ones. (Minus the heat!)
I have the GAP version of this bra. I love it, but peeling it off is like peeling off a bandaid, ouch.
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Ouch! Yea. I haven’t tried the GAP ones but that could be a possibility!
haha. This is hilarious. I wish I could help you out, but I have no idea where to start. I have a little chest …
but really, thanks for this story. It made my night!
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Thanks for stopping by and I’m glad it made your night
xx
So not cool! I’ve never tried those, but I don’t get how they’re supposed to “support” (esp. for bigger busts) without a band?
Those thingies look like they would only work for gals with barely-there-boobs.
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