
Hello everyone!
Long time no see, but here I am again. I believe it is the first time I posted nothing for six days, but to me it seems like eternity! I love talking to you guys and expressing my thoughts with you all! So today I am back, and I will never be longer gone than this amount of days. Today I will be talking about bra-blems. Every woman has had a problem with their bra at some point in their life. I talked to a lot of my friends and family, to know what the most common problems are! Here we go!
I am not blessed with a big size of breasts. Maybe you think: “Then you must not have a lot of bra-blems, right?” All the women that have a small cup will agree with me: we do! Here are some of the problems I experience:
#1: Straps sliding off
I think this is one of the most common bra-blems. But as a woman with small sizes and a small cup, this is one of the main struggles I experience.
#2: Bands that are too tight
Women with a small cup, tend to reach for a small bra that pushes together their breasts so they fit into the bra just right. I did that in the past as well.
My bra’s were sitting so tight that the bands at the back were clipped way too tight. I felt more confident that way because the bra “fitted” me. It actually is so wrong.
Your breasts are pressed together so they can’t breathe, and that is so uncomfortable.
I also think women with a big cup have this problem as well because they want to fit into a smaller size.
#3: asymmetric breasts
I experienced this one as well myself, but today I do not have this problem anymore. When I was still in puberty and growing, I had this problem. This problem comes with a lot of confident issues I think.
It is actually so normal that your breasts aren’t identical. Your brows are sisters and not twins, and so are your breasts!
#4: wire sitting on top of your breasts
As weird as it is, as a small cup-woman I have this problem. Sometimes my bra tends to crawl up so my bra isn’t sitting the way it should anymore. This is the second common problem I have up until today. It isn’t as annoying as the straps-sliding problem, but it isn’t comfortable as well. Luckily there are some solutions for that!

Now it is time to talk about some problems bigger cup-women experience.
#1: straps digging your skin
I have seen this problem a lot in my family. The straps at the shoulders are carrying so much weight, it actually looks like it is tearing the skin apart. To me, it looks quite painful.
#2: Cup overflow
I see this problem a lot, especially when women are wearing a deeper décolleté. The breasts are almost popping out of their bra. I can understand women want to show their big blessings, but this way it looks more tacky.
Solutions
Luckily there are some companies out there that help us out with these problems. Personally, I buy bra’s myself at H&M, because I do not have a big cup or have a lot of fitting issues. If you have more issues with your bra, I can also recommend Hunkemoller. I love this store, especially since they freshened up their stores. The girls at the store are very helpful and skilled.
A company that is specialized in common and less common bra-blems, is Thirdlove.
It is a California-based company that helps out women with their bra-issues. They believe that the best bra is the one you’ll never think about. I really like that baseline because it is simply the truth.
If your bra feels like a feather on your skin, you are doing a good job.
I am happy to see that more and more companies are doing this because sometimes, you just don’t fit in small but a medium is way too big. It is a real struggle, especially when you have small sizes.
You can also do a bra-test on the website of thirdlove, or check out the bra’s they have and why they love them here. They have a Bra-101 guide. I highly recommend checking out the site if you have some issues with your breasts you can’t solve yourself.
That was it for today everyone. I hope you enjoyed reading this post and recognized yourself in some of the things I mentioned. If you have any other problems experienced with your bra, feel free to add a comment down below! I would love to chat in our community about our experiences!
What is your most common bra-blem?
See you next time,
Your Belgian blogger,
xoxo, Tessa
Disclaimer: I was introduced to Thirdlove, a new company that is dedicated to creating the most comfortable bra. They have shared this guide with me to put a spot light on “Bra-blems”. It is something that can’t be ignored. Pictures aren’t mine. A credit is always mentioned. Please note that I am not a professional.
2 thoughts on “What is your Bra-blem?”
Great post!
Thank you!