Popilush Shaper Dresses

 Okay, first and foremost, I am going to stop saying I don't normally do this because I'm starting to believe that this might be a trend, especially if I'm upset or super excited about a product. On that note, I am going to tell you about the Popilush shaper dresses that I keep seeing on the internet.

 So I'm sure my phone has betrayed me and given away my search information, and that's why I keep getting advertisements for this dress because I was looking up shapewear maybe an hour before I started seeing these ads on Facebook and Instagram. So of course I did the stupid thing and clicked on the link to their page. When looking on the website, they come in about four different types of “lounge” dresses, but who wears this dress to lounge in? I have absolutely no idea because it has shapewear built into the dress to help smooth out the “imperfections of your body shape."

I had looked through the comments and reviews on the website and the Facebook post, and I didn't see any negative ones per se but I didn't see any positive ones either, so I decided to find out for myself. 

 Anyway, I decided to buy three forms of the dress: the spaghetti strap lounge dress, the spaghetti strap maxi dress, and the long sleeve maxi dress, all in size XL.  With the discount, I think I paid a total of $89, but I'm not sure if that included shipping for all 3 items. I think it took about 2 weeks to get here, but once again, don't quote me on that because I didn't really pay attention to the shipping time. I honestly forgot that I even bought the dresses until they showed up on my doorstep.

So the packaging wasn't amazing, but it was probably biodegradable and the cheapest option, so I'm not mad at them about that. They came in those little zipper things, like, you know, SKIMS has those zipper bags that they come in. I like using them for other projects, so I save them.

(Before reading any further, keep in mind that I am a seamstress in my freetime and the onset of what I call fast fashion has been the bane of my existence ever since its onset, if you don’t pay for quality material, you won't be able to maintain the product.)

At first touch, the material was really smooth, soft, and stretchy. I knew it was probably some type of mix of rayon and spandex, which for all intents and purposes is a cheaper material but allows for more flexibility. It is a material that has been more common in fast fashion trends such as SHEIN, Fashion Nova, and Wish. 

The first one I tried on was the spaghetti strap midi dress. I say midi because I believe it was supposed to go down to your knees, but because of my body shape, it comes up a little shorter than my knees. I had never worn full body shapewear before, so I don't really know what I was expecting. I had to step into it instead of putting it over my head because of the shapewear, and it took about 2 minutes for me to adjust the shapewear underneath (the bra padding and mesh) to where it was "comfortable." 

I put the word comfortable in quotations because, possibly due to my undiagnosed textophobia, I do not like the shaper material rubbing against my skin, nor do I like the sound of my thighs rubbing against the shaper material ( you know what sound I'm talking about). I also noticed that the shaper wasn't smoothing down my problem areas in the way that I would have liked. Another thing I realized about myself is that I do not like U- neckline cuts on myself. I prefer v-necks even when I'm wearing spaghetti straps, I feel like it accentuates my neckline and my chest area (which I constantly say is too small). But I DID like the length. So of course, without thinking, I decided to take a pair of my sewing scissors and cut out the mesh inner lining of the dress. When I tried it back on, I liked it more than I had previously, but I probably won't go out without a shirt and some leggings. The one I ordered was black, so it covers up my problem areas better even without the shaping material in the dress. But yes, it did defeat the purpose of the dress.

As you can assume, I cut out the shapewear in the other two dresses. But I probably should have just given them away, because now I am afraid that this is the type of material that gets prickly in the Florida sun. 

I haven’t worn the outfits anywhere because it is labeled lounge-wear, so I am assuming that it means that you are supposed to wear them in the house, but I am sure you can wear them outside. I will probably update you on my experience later if I ever manage to wear these outfits outside. 

At the end of the day, I'm probably not the best person to review this type of item because of my aforementioned textophobia, but like I said before, I kept seeing the commercials for this dress on my Newsfeed, and I finally gave in and went to see what the hype was about. It turns out the hype was about nothing and was a waste of $89. If anyone else has a different experience, feel free to share it with me, but currently, I am against these dresses, I am against fast fashion, and I don't believe it should be worth as much as I pay for it even with the discount.But in their defense, I did absolutely no research before buying their product. 

And that is my total account of the Popilush Shaper Dress. So what should I review next month? I am not big on trends, so I will need suggestions! Send your review request to FembeautyBar@gmail.com, and I will make sure I do a full and honest review!