Many women these days are deciding NOT to undergo breast surgery as a way to transform breast size and shape. The dangers and risks are just too great for most women to face. They decide instead to live with a body they are not comfortable with, OR they try breast transformation alternatives (such as creams, supplements and laser treatments) with varying degrees of success and failure.
The truth is: women spend a lot of money trying to make themselves feel better about their bodies, their breasts, and ultimately about themselves. But does it work?
There is a new hope for natural transformation.
Luckily there is a new trend that women are embracing to receive lasting, natural breast transformation. This process has been around for a long time, but has not received much mainstream attention - until recently.
A demi cup bra is usually cut one inch above the nipple while a balconette bra is cut horizontally, above the bust to show a fuller cleavage and increase the breast size.
The name balconette cheap lingerie came from the old days where men would look down from the balcony of a theatre at women's busts but would not be able to see their undergarments.
A shelf bra or quarter cup bra on the other hand can leave the nipples exposed and are more suited for women who are petite or don't have a large bust. They allow for some support but keeps a natural line underneath tight fitting tops and dresses. The quarter cup bra or shelf bra is most commonly used as erotic lingerie as well.
Quarter cup bras have very little padding, unlike balconettes and demi cups. They are made to show more, and be more revealing.MORE:cheap sexy
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The pearl market is a "cultured" pearl market today
A pearl is the gem produced by oyster (the non-edible variety) in saltwater, or by a freshwater mollusc. In either case, a small foreign object (such as a tiny sea parasite from the ocean floor) finds its way into the shell, and then into the tissue of the mollusc. If the intruder becomes trapped, and the oyster can't rid itself of it, the foreign body becomes an "irritant." To ease the discomfort this irritant creates, the mollusc takes defensive action, and produces a blackish substance called conchiolin, over which another substance, a whitish substance called "nacre," is secreted. The nacre is composed of microscopic crystals, each crystal aligned perfectly with others so that light passing along the axis of one is reflected and refracted by the others to produce a rainbow like glow of light color. The pearl is the result of the build up of layer after layer of this nacre. The thicker the nacre, the more beautiful the pearl.
The pearl market is a "cultured" pearl market today
Most pearls sold today are cultured pearls. Natural; or "Oriental" pearls, as they are sometimes called, have become one of the rarest of all gems, with prices to match. Cultured pearls are much more affordable.
Freshwater pearls are cultured in a freshwater environment, as the name suggests. Grown in lakes, ponds and rivers, freshwater mollusks are nucleated by inserting a small piece of mantle tissue into a young mollusk's valve. This can be done up to 25 times per valve, although it is usual to limit insertions to 12-16 per valve. After the growth period the pearls are harvested, dyed (if required), drilled and strung for sale. Freshwater pearls are generally low quality, irregularly shaped and with a lesser luster than their saltwater cousins. As such, they fetch a much lower price, and so are in demand for costume Pearl Jewelry.
Saltwater pearls
Saltwater pearls are grown in marine mollusks, and are usually rounder and of a higher quality than freshwater pearls. This is because marine mollusks are nucleated with a small bead nucleus as well as the piece of mantle tissue which forms the bead sac, and having a round nucleus to form the scaffolding for the pearl reults in a round pearl being grown. There are multiple types of saltwater pearls available, which explains the confusion around what the various names for pearls actually mean.MORE:white pearl necklace
The pearl market is a "cultured" pearl market today
Most pearls sold today are cultured pearls. Natural; or "Oriental" pearls, as they are sometimes called, have become one of the rarest of all gems, with prices to match. Cultured pearls are much more affordable.
Freshwater pearls are cultured in a freshwater environment, as the name suggests. Grown in lakes, ponds and rivers, freshwater mollusks are nucleated by inserting a small piece of mantle tissue into a young mollusk's valve. This can be done up to 25 times per valve, although it is usual to limit insertions to 12-16 per valve. After the growth period the pearls are harvested, dyed (if required), drilled and strung for sale. Freshwater pearls are generally low quality, irregularly shaped and with a lesser luster than their saltwater cousins. As such, they fetch a much lower price, and so are in demand for costume Pearl Jewelry.
Saltwater pearls
Saltwater pearls are grown in marine mollusks, and are usually rounder and of a higher quality than freshwater pearls. This is because marine mollusks are nucleated with a small bead nucleus as well as the piece of mantle tissue which forms the bead sac, and having a round nucleus to form the scaffolding for the pearl reults in a round pearl being grown. There are multiple types of saltwater pearls available, which explains the confusion around what the various names for pearls actually mean.MORE:white pearl necklace
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