u/februarytide-

Looking for recs for a place to get my daughter’s ears pierced. I am looking specifically for a place that:

1. Uses needles - no guns
2. Staffing to do both ears simultaneously
3. Offers titanium and 14k piercing jewelry
4. Has experience piercing children

We are in the east bay, but happy to drive somewhere highly recommended.

Headed there for a work trip this week and my tradition when on work travel is to get a great cheesesteak to house in the comfort of my hotel room while watching European soccer. Bonus points if I can DoorDash or UberEats it for peak laziness on the company’s dime (and since the weather is not looking nice for a walk).

Obligatory measurements (in.):

Loose 36.25 - 34.5
Snug 35.5 - 34.25
Tight 32.75 - 32
Standing 43 - 41
Leaning 47.25 - 45
Laying 45.25 - 41

TLDR: Any suggestions for an underwire, seamed cup, unlined bra that “squishes”? I’m not sure just going with a smaller cup would work the same, as I’d get spillage I assume.

I’ve lost 60lbs over the last year and my band measurement remains the same (at least on snug and tight). My bust measurements are likely a bit smaller now, and my trusty Gaia Samira 36FF is a bit empty in the cups.

I haven’t gone and purchased new bras yet because I’m finding with the drastic change in my figure, and what clothes I like to wear now, I’m preferring a somewhat different shape/silhouette from a bra, and want to see what other bras I might try out in addition to just sizing down my old faithful.

I have quite projected breasts that are very loose, and have a full on bottom look. What I’ve found is I really prefer how they look in my sports bra (Moving Comfort Fiona 36D) - which is more rounded and flattened a bit. You can see the bra is not my size, as I like/need a good bit of compression in a sports bra. That compression factor also sort of squishes more of my volume “up” into the top of my chest, which I think looks more fit and youthful on me.

To be clear: It’s not what a push-up bra would do, because those don’t give me the minimizing that the compression also gives.

I’d just wear my sports bras all the time, but they’re too warm and sweaty compared to my (unpadded/unlined mesh/lace) underwires, as I get a lot of skin on skin contact in the underboob area with my sports bra, which is fine for when I’m active and expecting to get sweaty, or for shorter stints, but wouldn’t want that for all day or at work.

Any suggestions for an underwire, seamed cup, unlined bra that “squishes”? I’m not sure just going with a smaller cup would work the same, as I’d get spillage I assume. It looks like most minimizers are not seamed cups, and without it the wire gets pushed down and I get the skin on skin contact underneath, I assume due to immediate projection (again, yes, my sports bras do this too, although I sort of fold them up out of the underboob lol and they stay kind of well because it is so compressive)