Latin culture is very sexy. Incase you did not know.

It’s also somewhat (to a point of conflict) very conservative.

For example…Growing up, my mother was all about glamour and beauty and all things feminine. I would watch her set her hair every week and sit under a giant bubble hair dryer for HOURS (that we had in our own home, by the way). She also never left the house without make-up…And, could often be caught doing some kind of face mask or steam treatment thing at any given time. She also always wore ‘slimming undergarments’ (Think Spanx but like way before Spanx) even though she wasn’t ever fat. It was just a ‘latin thing’ – And my father would take her periodically to this spot in Brooklyn called Olga’s to pick out a new “cintura” so she could look extra fly in whatever dress she was wearing to whatever family event was happening at that particular time.

I find this to be a huge paradox considering I was never allowed to show skin. In fact…Whether I’m 16 or 26 it doesn’t really matter. I’m still not allowed to show off the goods. Think I’m joking? Well, then allow me to share the fun fact that when I visited my parents in February my mother gave me 3 tank-tops – But, not before she SEWED THE FRONTS CLOSED because she didn’t want me (and this is a direct quote) ‘Showing off my TITS for all the world to see.’

She also hilariously (not to her but to me) declared that she’d heard that it was no longer ‘in’ to show so much skin, and that I should really follow the fashion and cover up.

Um…I’m not sure where this fashion is happening, but it’s not happening in my world and seeing as how my parents live on an island I can’t imagine wearing copious amounts of clothing is really what the girls are doing there either.

Anyway, according to my parents my decolage makes me look like I’m asking for it. And…well…what I really wanted to say to them was that I’m actually a classy kind of girl, and I don’t really try to show off my breasts so much as I just try to embrace them. And, honestly if I were in the business of asking for it – I would totally dress the girls up. You know…A little bronzer here, with some contour there…and voila: INSTANT, AMAZING, SEXY, LIFTED AND SCULPTED CLEAVAGE.

I don’t really do this all that often – But, that’s no reason that you can’t!

Here’s what you do:

Get a good bronzer. I prefer matte because it’s less obvious than a bronzer with shimmer – However, if you’ve got smaller boobs than a little shimmer might give you more ‘oomph.’ Using a giant powder or blush brush (a Kabuki brush works fabulously for this because of the short handle) swipe a generous dusting of bronzer over your breasts and well into the decolletage. The more bronzer you apply there, the bustier you’ll look…So if it’s giant amounts of cleavage that you want, dust a light layer of bronzer over the tops of your breasts while applying 2 or 3 generous layers into the decolletage.

Product recommendations:

Bronzer: Hula, Ultimate Bronzing Powder

Brushes: Big Buddha Brush,