First of all, I have to say I feel horrible that it’s taken me so long to review these products. I received some Shapercise shapewear, along with some Kushyfoot Flats To Go and Foot Covers before Christmas but am just now hitting “Publish” on the post. Why? A few reasons:
1) As a work-at-home mom, I don’t go anywhere that requires me to wear shapewear. Yeah, I could’ve just thrown ’em on and worn them around the house, but, um, who does that? I’m pretty sure no matter how comfy the shapewear is, I’m not going to want to be lifting laundry baskets and tackling kids in it.
2) I live in Ohio so folks know better than to plan events where guests are asked to dress up from the months November until April. Who wants to trudge through snow and slush in your brand-new pumps? Not I. So I was waiting until I had an actual “event” to go to.
So there you have it.
I was pretty skeptical when the PR people working with the Shapercise brand contacted me. Not about the shapewear – I had no doubt that it would slim you down somewhat. But it helps you burn calories while you wear it? Hmm…let’s try this out.
I wore the Shapercise to the Music Matters concert featuring Melanie Fiona and Marsha Ambrosius. I have to say – it was a little better than your average shaper. No rolling down, it stayed put and best of all, I felt slimmer in it.
Did it burn more calories? The jury is still out on that one. I didn’t remember to grab my heart rate monitor watch so I could check my calorie expenditure. But really – I understand the messaging (resistance band toning is hot now) but if you’re buying this in the hopes that you’ll lose weight by wearing the shaper, I’d suggest you think again. But if you’re in the market for a new shaper to simply erase some of the jiggles and lumps, try the Shapercise on for size.
Along with the Shapercise came these beyond awesome foot covers that give extra padding to the bottom and back of your foot. When you’re wearing shoes like these…
it allows you to wear them for an extra half hour or so without throwing in the towel and walking to the car barefoot.
But in case you do, throw in the towel and think the walk on cold concrete would be preferable than spending one minute in the 4+ inch heels you thought were so cute only hours before, they have cute fold-up slippers you can put in your bag, that take up virtually no space. At $9, I’d say they’re worth it.
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Jill Zarin has come out with a new line of shapewear called Skweez Couture. It is so comfortable and looks great. Everyone should give it a try.
Kelly…I’ve heard about Jill’s line Skweez Couture as well. I heard it really works well! I have a friend who swears by it. I’ll have to look into it!