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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
Yes I know, there is no such word as ‘curvifier’, but isn’t that basically what corsets used to do (or still do)? The minute you say the word corset what immediately comes to mind is the scene from Gone with the Wind where the nanny is tightening the stays to Scarlett’s corset trying to make her already hourglass figure even more hourglass like!
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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
I know that Father’s Day is still some days away (June 15 I believe), but for some reason I am missing papa terribly today. Now, more than 7 years after his passing away, I still think of him and miss him everyday; I still find that most men I have met don’t really measure up to him.
He was gentle, loving, very affectionate, very wise and knowledgeable, and had a rare facility to be able to explain things to me when I was a child and then equally as able to relate to me as a rebellious teen and later as an adult. Continue Reading…
“Yeah, Nancy, I think she’s cheating on me.”
Tuesday the “Sexy at Any Size!” message was made loud and clear at none other than . . .
Playboy!
My words of advice to this guy:
GET A GRIP!
Mike, this guy calling in from Virginia sounded so well — pathetic.
He said, “I’m not sure WHAT I’m doing WRONG.”
He kept blaming himself for the lack of love being reciprocated to him from his girlfriend.
So, what does he do?
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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
I am just back from a week long holiday in the hills, and the break has, for me been good enough to wax eloquent about the spectacular natural beauty of India in general and its hill stations in particular. Just being able to break away from a daily routine with nothing to do but please myself was wonderful and recharged my batteries to go!
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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
We have touched on mood enhancing colors, food, sounds and touch before; our sense of smell can equally as well enhance our mood and be used as therapy to cure ailments. In fact aromatherapy has long been viewed as a very effective treatment for not only physical but also emotional and mental problems such as stress etc.
The history of aromatherapy dates back thousands of years before Christ, when the Egyptians burnt incense in the hope that the smoke would carry their wishes and prayers heavenward. The Kama sutra also Continue Reading…
by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
My sister in law once memorably said, “man has gone up to the moon, but no one thought to invent a caress machine”. Evidently that would have been a far more useful invention than a space ship capable of traveling to the moon!
Touch or our tactile sense is tremendously powerful and able to bring us great pleasure or great disgust. While a lewd stranger’s grope in the dark may cause the sort of revulsion that can mark us almost for life, a light touch from a loved one can have the opposite effect. Continue Reading…
by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
In a place like India where the economy is so heavily dependent on the rains, sight, sound and smell of the first rain after a long hot, dry, arid, spell is an indescribably uplifting, blissful and joyful sound. Since our sensory experiences are visual, aural, tactile, and taste and smell related, each of our senses can elevate and enhance our mood.
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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
Ever since Nancy did the three things quiz, I have been looking forward to taking the quiz myself. Why don’t you take it with me?
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Reena
2. Reens
3. Reena Kavina (my maiden name)
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Smile
2. Butt
3. My elegant hands
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Indian
2. Zoroastrian
3. From Gujarat
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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
O Magazine, in their June issue featured swim wear from Always For Me, a line of swimwear that can ‘handle the curves’ of real women.
This particular style with a Twist Front Bandeau is designed in a way that enhances the bust and waist, while disguising the tummy and minimizing the hips. It comes in many different colors and for the price of $79 I thought this was a pretty good deal!
Then this design I thought was a very flattering and sexy style for full figured women with its plunging neckline and tummy control and hips minimizing features. To see more styles and designs take a look here. Continue Reading…
by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
As a matter of principle my husband and I do not buy our girls Barbie dolls.
One we don’t want to have to buy the bedroom set and the kitchen set and the hundred other sets that go with the doll and secondly because we don’t want them to think that being blond and thin is an ideal to be emulated.
Besides there are several other for useful and skill building toys out there, which are better for them.
Barbie’s vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches (chest), 18 inches (waist) and 33 inches (hips). If you scaled her up, her legs would be inordinately and disproportionately long. In 1965 Slumber Party Barbie came with a book entitled How to Lose Weight which advised: “Don’t eat.” The doll also came with pink bathroom scales reading 110lb, which would be around 35lbs underweight for a woman 5 feet 9 inches tall. Continue Reading…
