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  • katsie
    katsie Member Posts: 19
    edited March 2010

    I hope I can do this.  What a great idea!  Necessity is the Mother of invention.  You are brilliant!  

    Here's another bump...

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited April 2010

    Bumping.

    Have poofies in hand. Now to see if I can create something suitable.

    hahaha. get it? "suit-able"

    easily entertained. LOL

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  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited April 2010

    Ok for those of you who need a little help, send mefies and I will send them back if you need help... lol.. takes me a few minutes to do two... so don't go with out..

    hugs.. check out my website www.pinkstock.webuda.com  I hope to have video soon of poofies too!!

    MB

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited May 2010

    bump

    <sigh>  I found a poofy at WalMart today that matches my skin exactly.  Now if I can just figure out what to do with it....  (I'd like to try to make the foob myself, so I'll know how to do it if I ever need to make another one.)

    otter

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  • Wink333
    Wink333 Member Posts: 143
    edited June 2010

    purblemb,

    LOL! Trying to make swim foob this morning for vacation next week and so far mine just keeps turning out to look like a roll of netting.  If I go more snowball look the foob isn't wide enough and if I go wider it looks more like a roll.  Hmmm! Obviously I need more work. I'll keep trying but wondering if my creative talents may not include this.  May have to go with silicone prosthesis, that if you bend over the slightest, pulls your suit away from your chest.  Lovely!  I have all week to get this net one going.  I'm not giving up --- yet. LOL! Thank you for letting us know how to do this.  Great idea!

    Wink 

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  • robinlbe
    robinlbe Member Posts: 585
    edited June 2010

    I've just decided to go FLAT!

    I did it yesterday at a water park, and not once DID I notice anyone looking at my chest.  Even though I bought a bunch of poofies to do this with, I don't think I"m going to bother.

    Nice idea, though.

    blessings...robin

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  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited June 2010

    Robin.. glad you found your new you!!! congrats.. I go flat most of the time at home, but I only had a left mast.. so in public I try to even out..

    smile and stay strong

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited June 2010

    I went back to an earlier page and retrieved the link purplemb gave us to the photos she posted on flickr:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkstock/3249439914/

    I think I get it.  Now, the problem is that I don't have a swimsuit I can wear in public.  But, I have some bra-style halter tops and some sports bras that I think would be comfortable with one of purple's swim poofies.

    Thanks!

    otter

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  • KristyKay
    KristyKay Member Posts: 3
    edited June 2010

    Just what I'm looking for!  I have 3 weeks until vacation so hope that's long enough to figure this out.  I'm already poofy on the bottom!  :)

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  • dreamwriter
    dreamwriter Member Posts: 3,255
    edited June 2010

    Question, how do you make a D cup....

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  • 2Hands4me
    2Hands4me Member Posts: 484
    edited June 2010

    purplemb is the expert, but if I understand correctly, you just keep adding! 1 poofy = A cup; 2 = B cup etc. So 4 should make a D cup! It may depend on the size of the original though! I've seen some that are quite small and some that are very large. But either way, you can add until the size "fits"!

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited June 2010

    Yes poofies come in every dimension imaginable. It's original size must figure vastly into the equation. Dream, you're the original crafty gal....... you'll figure it out.

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  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited June 2010

    sorry for the absence.. computer crash  again..!!! you will find if you stitch the poofy into the cup on the suit, I wear a regular suit, not mastectomy.. it shapes itself.. if I can help let me know, but just keep on rolling... lol..

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  • Sunshine99
    Sunshine99 Member Posts: 1,680
    edited June 2010

    What EXACTLY is a poofy?  Is it one of those body scrubber things you use in the shower?

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  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited July 2010

    yes they are

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  • krcll
    krcll Member Posts: 343
    edited July 2010

    Bumping for those of you that still have some summer vacation left! (I'm jealous....)

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  • Esmay
    Esmay Member Posts: 1
    edited September 2010

    Hi everyone!

    Does anyone happen to have any pictures of how to make the poofies from step 2 to 3?  I am still very confused with how to do the twist, roll, and repeat. I also want to make sure they're secure so they don't fall out after a swim. This is a wonderful idea MB thank you seriously for sharing.  Its been a pleasure reading all these helpful tips.  You are all amazing! 

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  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited September 2010

    soon.. video..have a friend helping.. dial up is a killer... lol

    remember my website  www.pinkstock.webuda.com  sisters helping sisters

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited September 2010

    omg i just posted on one of the other stes here. the NEW wonder i found in chemo.., and HER IT IS!! i love them, not just for bathing suits, all the time. thanks. does BCO rock, or what?  light and love, 3jaysmom

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  • sharalou
    sharalou Member Posts: 223
    edited September 2010

    What is it that you are talking about????

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  • Bugs
    Bugs Member Posts: 1,719
    edited September 2010

    Hi ladies...haven't been over here since my recon surgery.  I saw this thread in the active topics and just had to pop in here.  Everytime I see the "swimming poofy" thread my thoughts automatically go to AlaskaDeb. 

    I never had luck with the poofies...but then I also flunked home-ec. :)

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  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited September 2010

    we so miss her smile.. I was lucky enough to meet her in person!!

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  • nagem
    nagem Member Posts: 353
    edited September 2010

    What happened to Alaska Deb?

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  • Erica3681
    Erica3681 Member Posts: 1,916
    edited September 2010

    She was diagnosed with mets and sadly they progressed very quickly and she passed away.

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited September 2010

    Don't mean to continue to divert this thread, but can't resist a word of tribute for AlaskaDeb -- truly an amazing person, she burst onto the scene here and brought us all so much joy and laughter, even while she struggled so much with this rotten bc. Saying a prayer for her husband and daughters, who must miss her so mightily but who have a beautiful legacy of all her years with them.

    Miss you, Deb!
    Binney

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  • nagem
    nagem Member Posts: 353
    edited September 2010

    I'm so sorry to hear that. She was one of the first people I met online when I was diagnosed five years ago.

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited September 2010

    Every time I draw my eyebrows (which still need some help, 2-1/2 years post-chemo), I think of AlaskaDeb.  She gave us some very useful advice about applying eyebrow pencil and powder.  She also gave us a recipe for some 3-layer fudge-frosted cheesecake-brownies that I swear I'm going to try sometime.

    otter

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited September 2010

    Aw, Otter, could you post the recipe again for those of us who don't have it? Life is full of those "brownie moments" when nothing else will do -- and we can celebrate AlaskaDeb too.

    Thanks!
    Binney

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  • purplemb
    purplemb Member Posts: 1,542
    edited September 2010

    As you walk into my house there is a sign "welcome to the nut house"  .. lol Deb sent it to me after pinkstock 07.. I always posted from the nut on the hill.. thnks Deb

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited September 2010

    So-back to the swim poofy directions. I must say purplemb your directions were great and I made a couple of handsome poofys yesterday! Thanks!

    Unfortunately, I don't think they will work for me as they are a little too full - even made smaller. When I tried to make them concave in the back then the "nipple" turned inward. I wanted to wear mine in my suit, but under my diving wetsuits that squeeze me a lot. I'm thinking I'll have to stay with my Camp - Little Secrets Breast Enhancers and just look a little smaller than I used to be ;-0 They are much more comfortable for my purposes than the "poofys" squeezed under my neoprene and against my skin.

    But thanks so much, your directions, photos, etc were excellent! 

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