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Opinions and advice please - UPDATED

glowgirl_2
glowgirl_2 Posts: 4,591 Forumite
edited 9 October 2011 at 9:11AM in Health & beauty MoneySaving
What does everyone think of the bras below, I am aware they are not the most attractive underwear but do you think they will give any uplift especially with the pads in? (I'm a smallish D cup with a narrow back and usually wear underwired and padded bras) and give a nice silhouette under clothes, has anyone tried this bra or seen it or an equivalent on the high street/elsewhere?

Thanks for any advice:)

http://www.highstreettv.com/genie-bra-pack-free-pads-p-319.html?osCsid=5r75fp250r3ucitnu7mpgc2mv3
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  • glowgirl_2
    glowgirl_2 Posts: 4,591 Forumite
    Bump, Anyone?
    Thank you for this site Martin
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    Good luck for the future
  • lessonlearned
    lessonlearned Posts: 13,337 Forumite
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    Hi Glowgirl

    Not really able to give advice - never seen them before - but I must say I'm quite interested too.

    They look as if they would give a nice clean line, no seams etc and of course I think they would be more comfortable than underwired bras - I find them very uncomfortable.

    The thing is do they give much support - I'm a DD cup :eek: so need pretty good scaffolding too.

    Good luck with this - I will keep watching.
  • BlondeHeadOn
    BlondeHeadOn Posts: 2,277 Forumite
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    I tried to follow the link, but it just gives me a screen saying 'Returning customer, please log in' (and no pictures of bras at all) so I can't go any further. I suspect that may be why you are not getting any useful replies...?...

    Maybe save the pictures as jpg files, and post these?
  • glowgirl_2
    glowgirl_2 Posts: 4,591 Forumite
    I tried to follow the link, but it just gives me a screen saying 'Returning customer, please log in' (and no pictures of bras at all) so I can't go any further. I suspect that may be why you are not getting any useful replies...?...

    Maybe save the pictures as jpg files, and post these?

    Ahh that would explain it, strange as I'm not even a customer, try this link
    http://www.highstreettv.com/genie-bra-pack-free-pads-p-319.html?osCsid=5r75fp250r3ucitnu7mpgc2mv3
    Thank you for this site Martin
    The time for change has come
    Good luck for the future
  • glowgirl_2
    glowgirl_2 Posts: 4,591 Forumite
    Hi Glowgirl

    Not really able to give advice - never seen them before - but I must say I'm quite interested too.

    They look as if they would give a nice clean line, no seams etc and of course I think they would be more comfortable than underwired bras - I find them very uncomfortable.

    The thing is do they give much support - I'm a DD cup :eek: so need pretty good scaffolding too.

    Good luck with this - I will keep watching.

    I agree its the support thing thats throwing me, I like them hoisted up;) I might give it a go later and report back my bras are really annoying me and there is a 30 day money back guarantee.
    Thank you for this site Martin
    The time for change has come
    Good luck for the future
  • glowgirl_2
    glowgirl_2 Posts: 4,591 Forumite
    edited 5 October 2011 at 11:27AM
    Ok the link seems temperamental and I cant save the pic a a jpeg so I found this after a google search, ignore the offer but this is the product http://brafacts.net/


    eta - found this after a little hunt around:( http://www.does-the-product-work.com/genie-bra/
    Thank you for this site Martin
    The time for change has come
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  • poorly_scammo
    poorly_scammo Posts: 34,024 Forumite
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    I've been looking at these too. I'm a 32FF and have come to the conclusion that they won't do much for me. I can't see that they offer much in the way of support and I'm concerned about the whole 'just order your dress size thing' because some people are big but have small breasts and then there are those who are small and have big breasts so...

    The other thing which the infomercial talks about is that they have a lot of stretch. I was always led to believe that a bra shouldn't have much stretch. It should hug the body quite tightly and this won't as far as I can see.
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  • glowgirl_2
    glowgirl_2 Posts: 4,591 Forumite
    edited 5 October 2011 at 2:24PM
    In the link I posted with the reviews a few talk about the bottom rolling up but surly that would only be if its too small, also there was mention of a uni-boob:rotfl: also they come up small and I noticed they only have 4% elastane which wouldn't do much, if you cant see the link they are £39.99 for a pack of three in white, nude and black with separate pads if you need them and a 30 day back guarantee.
    Thank you for this site Martin
    The time for change has come
    Good luck for the future
  • poorly_scammo
    poorly_scammo Posts: 34,024 Forumite
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    glowgirl wrote: »
    In the link I posted with the reviews a few talk about the bottom rolling up but surly that would only be if its too small

    Well, I got measured the other week at Bravissimo and wanted to try some non-underwired bras and they all rolled up. I have a flat stomach and little back fat so I got underwired ones as usual.

    You could order one and see, I suppose.
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  • glowgirl_2
    glowgirl_2 Posts: 4,591 Forumite
    I've ordered a set:D I went for a size 10 (m) as I'm normally an 8 but wanted a bit of flexibilty after reading the reviews It was £4.99 delivery, I'll report back, thanks for all the comments:)
    Thank you for this site Martin
    The time for change has come
    Good luck for the future
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