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It’s that time of year once again! The horrible time of year when everyone talks about their weight loss goals, how “bad” they were during the holidays, and how they plan to repent come January 1st.

Diet culture is exhausting, but while the weight loss and fitness conglomerates rub their hands together in anticipation of their yearly boost in sales, we’ll be taking a different approach: prepping our minds and our bodies to face this diet-palooza without fear or temptation. 

Right now, every single weight loss company is going to hone into your insecurities so that you will buy their product. So here are some easy ways to prepare and boost your confidence so when Weight Watchers come knocking on your door, you can give them the middle finger (0 points).

5 Tips to Help You Face Diet Culture In the New Year

Anti-Diet Culture Tip #1.

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Do you find yourself admiring the matching family pajamas, wishing that you and your family could score a cute holiday look, as well? Well, over the past few years, we have had more options in the family pajama trend, and guess what? We’ve found a few places and ideas for you and YOURS to rock matching plus size family pajamas for this holiday!

While we recently shared a few fun plus size pajamas for the winter, today we are sharing the matching family pajamas options in plus sizes and Big & Tall! Because, well… plus size people have families too! And with the options increasing across various retailers, we only thought it perfectly timed to share

Have you thought giving a holiday boudoir photo to your loved one? As a boudoir photographer, you’d be surprised how many clients I have shot for their very own holiday boudoir gift!

Boudoir for the Holidays? Oh Yes!

If you are NOT familiar, boudoir is different from other niches because it is more intimate. You will be more vulnerable and forced to see yourself in ways other photography experiences can’t compare.

This usually results in loving yourself in a new and uncritical way. All of a sudden, confidence is boosted and body critiquing becomes a distant memory.

What to Know BEFORE You Book Your Holiday Boudoir Shoot

The best boudoir experiences include professional hair styling and makeup application, use of a client wardrobe, and a fabulous shoot with multiple wardrobe changes.

Cost varies based on your region but the entire experience including keepsakes could cost

Although the majority of pop-culture depiction of the holidays leaves a warm, fuzzy, and connected familial feeling, it is important to acknowledge and validate that the holidays can be hard for many of us; the overwhelmed, the anxious, the lonely, the othered, the depressed, and even those with the most loving of families. Don’t worry, there are therapeutic tools that can help so you don’t face this alone. 

The good part of that sometimes difficult truth is that if you are reading this now, it means you already survived the start of the holiday slide that is Thanksgiving (or Thanks-taking as my Micmac family cheekily calls it).

Congratulations to you, and quite frankly to me too; we did it!

No matter what iteration of an experience you had at Thanksgiving, you are now on the other side. But with no shortage of Christmas carols blaring at every

This article is in collaboration with Lincoln. Our opinions and thoughts are our own.

If you spend any time in your car, especially in traffic, then you know that if you are going to be in traffic, you’re going to at least want the drive to be peaceful- or as peaceful as you can make it. So, when Lincoln debuted the “Coastal Mornings” scent with Serena Williams at Art Basel  and shared a reimagined interior sanctuary with Rejuvenation Moods, it caught our attention!

Lincoln celebrated its centennial at Art Week in Miami to celebrate Lincoln’s never-ending quest of “serenity, smoothness, and the “Power of Sanctuary”.”

The mysterious part? (We love a good teaser!) Serena Williams even grabbed our attention on the ‘gram with the news of her possibly dropping a new fragrance—but this is not one that you or I can wear—we can only experience, exclusively inside

At this point, we’ve all made at least a few resolutions for the upcoming new year. Mainly to make it a much better year than 2022, because this year? Whew! Why not make those goals official with one of these 2023 planners? And since we’re out here with our sights set on 2023, do you have a theme for the new year?

While we subscribe to creating a New Year’s Theme, having a theme does not mean you negate those goals and plans! You still are going to have them, but the question is how are you organizing and outlining those goals?

We appreciate a good planner. The right planner will and can help you keep your thoughts all together and help keep you motivated, so we’ve rounded up a few 2023 planners to help you get your whole life.

Some planners do more than help organize your life; some

Where did the time go? Well, if you are anything like us and are still looking for those last minute Beauty gifts to score for your loved ones, we’ve got you! Especially if you find yourself headed to a last-minute family get-together and you don’t want to arrive empty-handed. No worries! We’ve got a few great ideas and options for you!

So, when it comes to giving the best gifts, we have a little secret…

When it comes to gift-giving, we like to think if it is something we’d be excited about AND if the gift matches their personality, this is a win. This thought process definitely comes in handy when you do not know the giftee personally or you want to give something, but are not 100% sure what to give.

Yes, gifts are from the heart, but as you are perusing the internet and are on a time

Every star has got their A1 glam team who put together those instantly recognizable looks that make our favorite celebrities who they are, and a huge part of it takes a bomb MUA to bring those looks to life!

We’re about to introduce you to this year’s nominees for Makeup Artist of the Year. Some you may know already, and others you may not. But if anything is certain, it’s that you will recognize the faces they’ve painted and will come out of this with a whole new batch of beauty connoisseurs to take notes from!

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Best known for her work with Ciara, Yolonda Frederick has been in the Hollywood beauty game more than 20 years! She is a skincare expert and even invented the ‘Glam Or Ring’, a makeup palette clutch case for iPhones.

She really has done it all, from

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Amina Muaddi

A go-to for the Bad Gal herself, Rihanna, Amina Muaddi is no stranger to our nominee list for Shoe Designer of the Year. With a signature pyramid-shaped heel, Muaddi creates chic designs featuring crystals, PVC, feathers and animal print. From sexy sharp boots, comfy slingbacks and trendy mules, these heels are a must have for shoe-lovers!  

Over the years’ Muaddi has collaborated with Rihanna, A$AP Rocky and Wolford.

Givenchy

2022 will forever be known as the year of the Shark Lock boot. First created by Ricardo Tisci back in 2012, the Shark Lock boot has a pant-over-boot design complete with a gold or silver padlock with the brand’s GG logo.

Since its’ conception, these boots have become an icon of the Givenchy family and in 2022 it has been redesigned using new mediums such as summertime perfect raffia, raunchy leopard print and trending metallics.

FOURTEEN Years. Can you believe that The Curvy Fashionista has been going strong for 14 years?! I find myself feeling incredibly blessed and excited about this journey of bringing YOU the latest in plus size fashion! And today? We are celebrating with Big Fig Mattress!

It has been crazy to look back at where we have come from to also ideate about where we are headed! What started as a blog to accompany and share my escapades into launching an online boutique, has transformed into a media platform for plus size fashion and lifestyle content! WHOA!

Over the past years, as we have grown and celebrated, we have partnered with various brands to give back to YOU! Well, today, we are extremely excited to link up with Big Fig Mattress to hook one of you lucky readers up with their very own Queen Mattress, frame, and foundation!

TCF is Giving