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(81 Posts)
janeainsworth Wed 11-Dec-13 09:55:16

Ever since I was pregnant with DD2 30 years ago I have had horrible broken capillary veins all over my legs and am wondering whether to do anything about them before old age completely takes over.
Has anyone had their legs lasered or tried any miracle cream to help with this problem?

Grannylin Wed 11-Dec-13 18:15:56

Slight diversion.... I was looking for some 'hold in your bulging tum' knickers today and came across bum enhancers.What?It's taken me nearly 50 years to tone mine but obviously now I 'need' to make it bigger. A bit like these
www.siliconebody.com/Before-After

Penstemmon Wed 11-Dec-13 18:19:16

Some legs take a lot longer to get to a btm than mine do! tchwink

Nonu Wed 11-Dec-13 18:28:38

Granny , I love their slogan,
"Our duty is your booty" !!

tchwink

JessM Wed 11-Dec-13 21:32:03

hmm grannylin is this the must have or maybe the must have not for us grans and nanas in this season of yuletide party-going gift-giving. Mine is in pretty good nick since discovering that it needs exercising or it hurts . No more wobbly bits. At last.
You can't beat a nice rhyming slogan can you nonu.
I still have not quite recovered from my discovery earlier this year that Asda sell shape wear - for men. What next? Makeup for men? The tattooed-on variety to avoid smudges?
God knows they (and in particular the anglo saxon variety) could do with something to make them a tad more pleasing to look at. Do you think there is a market for that leg stuff in the cycling community. Hell they must get fed up with depilating every day on that tour de france thingy.

Tegan Wed 11-Dec-13 22:07:34

You mean, like cod pieces blush?

Ana Wed 11-Dec-13 22:15:07

tchgrin tchgrin Tegan!

Galen Wed 11-Dec-13 22:21:37

Henry VIII had a very nice one!

Soutra Wed 11-Dec-13 22:26:53

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

Ana Wed 11-Dec-13 22:32:45

Perhaps it's an American company?

Soutra Wed 11-Dec-13 22:37:57

Oh hadn't thought of that.blush 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?

absent Wed 11-Dec-13 22:43:08

So why is our duty your bottom? Piles ointment?

Soutra Wed 11-Dec-13 22:58:04

And what on earth does "bootilicious" actually mean?

Ana Wed 11-Dec-13 22:58:15

Reshaping it, apparently, absent!

Nonu Wed 11-Dec-13 22:58:20

Absent "to lift & enhance !
tchwink tchwink

Galen Wed 11-Dec-13 23:10:49

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

Nonu Wed 11-Dec-13 23:17:05

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
tchwink

Penstemmon Thu 12-Dec-13 07:27:05

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

JessM Thu 12-Dec-13 08:05:11

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. grin

thatbags Thu 12-Dec-13 08:10:53

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

MiceElf Thu 12-Dec-13 08:13:49

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.

JessM Thu 12-Dec-13 08:28:15

Or maybe nicely decorated nails bags wink

annodomini Thu 12-Dec-13 10:14:03

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.

Nonu Thu 12-Dec-13 10:52:32

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

Nonu Thu 12-Dec-13 10:54:22

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

janeainsworth Thu 12-Dec-13 11:11:16

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.
tchwink