I've been on the search for the perfect vintage-inspired bikini for a while, and I finally found one that I love from figleaves.com. I'm in Vegas for work, so yesterday I broke out my two-piece and went for a dip with my co-workers!






Bikini-Fig Leaves/Sheer Blouse-Thrifted Oscar de la Renta/Jewelry-Fennimas/Shorts & Shoes-F21
If you're looking for a bathing suit, make sure you check out Monif C's line this year--it's mindblowing! Oh, and congrats to the Forever21 Giveaway winners: Nicole, Shannon, and HappynessMagnet; I'll email you guys soon!

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Omg you look so adorable and you are working those swimsuits. You make being thick look like the in thing. Won't mind if you stopped over to check out my blog. :)
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Seriously, Gabi, you look so great! I absolutely love your hair. It's perfect! And the suit is sexy. Thanks for showing us that looking good has nothing to do with size!
ReplyDeleteYou look so gorg and I've missed your curly hair :)
ReplyDeleteGABI GET.OUT. you look UNREAL in that suit!!!! And your hair is so fab!! I'm so in love with you always!!! xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteI love it! You look great!!
ReplyDeleteYou look INCREDIBLE!! Wow, wow, wow xxx
ReplyDeleteI think they are pretty awesome, just like your hair. I like it when it looks so wild and free!!!
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You look INCREDIBLE. From the hair, accessories, and of course the swimsuit! I wish I had enough courage to rock a bikini. I'm not quite there yet in terms of confidence.
ReplyDeleteGABI IM IN LOVE WITH THIS!
ReplyDeleteThe suit, the BOOBS, the HAIR!!
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OMG, Gabi. I can't even begin to describe how amazingly fierce you are. And your courage is unreal. I love the suit, I love the bling and I looove your hair. Thanks (again) for being such an inspiration.
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Love the swim suit and your hair is goregous!
ReplyDeleteAs a swimwear designer - I love it on you. Especially the color.
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You look stunning and glowing and GORGEOUS.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!! I'm a 36DD and this top looks like heaven on you. I need something like this in my life asap.
ReplyDeleteYou look beautiful in this suit. I love your hair, the way you styled the outfit...everything! Very inspiring to others. Thanks for this post.
You look just AMAZING! :)
ReplyDeleteYou look cute, love the pink bikini :)
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Gabi, your hair looks GORGEOUS! I think that's the best hairstyle for you yet!
ReplyDeleteStunning!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful suit! love your hair!
ReplyDeletework it honey!!!! I got a high waisted black bottom, and wear it with a bunch of different bikini tops. It definitely makes me feel more sexy and empowered. One pieces can be very flattering and sexy too, but why limit ourselves to just that, right? Love your big curls! You look fantastic!
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I wish I had your confidence! You look great! That color is beautiful on you! Love the cut of the top and your hair looks FAB!! Kiah
ReplyDeleteGabi, you look amazing. Your hair is to die for. I love the bikini and I am going to be totally fearless about radically accepting my body. Thanks for a great outfit post.
ReplyDeleteO So Fabulous .........
ReplyDeletei love this!!! the bikini looks so amazing on you and don't even get me started on the hair- fabulous. i know you used to use herbal essences mouse on your hair, is that what you used in these pics?
ReplyDeletexoxo Anna
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you look WONDERFUL and this post has given me so much inspiration!
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You look gorgeous in that two piece!
ReplyDeleteYour such an inspiration to me:)
I started blogging after visiting your site and seeing you in Seventeen magazine<3
-Jaz
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absolutely adore the color! you look majorly pretty, lovely suit
ReplyDeleteYour boobs look great Gabi! Lol, oh yeah the suit's cute too :)
ReplyDeleteyou look beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGREAT BIG HAIR.
The curly hair is back! Yaaaay!
ReplyDeleteI know this may sound creepy but when you wear outfits, I can see myself in them as well because we're about the same size (I'm slightly bigger though) and I'm light as well, and also transitioning my hair to natural so, I'm wearing my hair curly these days (well, tighter roller sets and braid out with spiral tips). Thanks for the photos :)
The boobs! Owwwww! You look so juicy. (and I sound like a creep, but CeCe said it too! Lol) Love it! Getting that suit asap!
ReplyDeleteYou look amazing and your attitude is tres fab. Thanks for being you and telling everyone who doesn't appreciate it where the door is. ;-)
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You look amazing!
ReplyDeleteOfficially dead from all this fabulousness!!! Get um Gabi!!
ReplyDeleteYou are gorgeous beyond all sense! I want to look like you! Beautiful! And well done you!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had your confidence....go girl!!!
ReplyDeleteWOOO nice bikini. :D I'm jealous once again of your curviness hehe
ReplyDeleteyou look so beautiful gabi! x
ReplyDeleteI can't even say how amazing you look cause you already know!!!! I gave you a shout out on my most recent post and would love for you to read it!
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I LOVE your suit!! And I totally agree. Born + raised in Hawai'i, I spent the first 15 years of my life hiding in one-pieces and under long shirts and surf shorts. And then one day my friend said I should try a two piece. I did, and I went to the beach... and I realized that the only thing different was ME. My attitude about being able to wear a bikini had changed. When I became comfortable in my own skin, my beach experiences became much more fun!
ReplyDeleteCan we get a sidenote post about the hair?! its SUPER cute!
ReplyDeleteLOVE YOU! YOU LOOK AMAZING!!!
ReplyDeleteYou look GORGEOUS!!
ReplyDeleteCan I just say that you look absolutely fabulous and I love you! I need to now shop on figleaves to find one for myself ('cuz I been lookin' for a while now...).
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post!
Oh my, you look so cute :) Love the colour of the bikini, love the sandals, love your attention to details (the earrings, the bracelets)...and you are definitely a role model for us curvy girls :)
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AMAZING! Not going to lie... I'm a bit jealous. You look great!
ReplyDeleteyou always take the best pictures...because of you...im going to rock a bikini this summer (:
ReplyDeleteYou are SUCH an inspiration to me. I just recently found this blog and have been checking every day for updates. This just means so much you'll never even know. You basically brought me out of a depression... I just can't thank you enough, for your courage, for this blog, for your fashion sense... just thanks a ton. And please please PLEASE keep posting.
ReplyDeleteYOU LOOK STUNNING !!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, the color on you is so perfect
& you were definitely rocking that bathing suitt
Thank God there's a blogger embracing her curves in the WARM WEATHER !!
again,that swimsuit is so perfect on youuuu =D
you look AMAZING!!
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ReplyDeleteomg that suit is divine-rocking it
ReplyDeleteSo I love you, your blog is amazing, it is actually one of the ones that inspired me to start my own This swimsuit is killer and the hair is great, although I am somewhat biased, having (and loving) big curly hair myself.
ReplyDeleteI love that you post swimwear, only recently in my life have I become comfortable enough with my own body to wear one in public without like two or three different forms of cover ups. Meaning that I almost never actually got in the pool. Having forums, like this, really aided me in getting past those specific insecurities.
Cannonball!
Gabi you are super gorgeous and such an inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful. You look wonderful. You reminded me to love myself on a day when my self esteem was rotting in the shitter.
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you are so pretty!!! love your bathing suit!!
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Cute pictures! I love your bathing suit, especially the color, looks gorgeous!
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HOT. You're so HOT ! xx
ReplyDeleteI love this! Ive been looking for one like this for years, but anything close to what I want I cant afford. But I think I might have to just invest. If I get one that suits me as much as that does you then Id use it over and over x
ReplyDeletenice colour and the top looks really supportive!
ReplyDeletewow you look absolutely stunning in that bikini! very gorgeous! Nice color pick too.
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oh the HAIR and TOP and that BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO!!!!
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great bikini!!
ReplyDeleteEvery winter I go through a frumpy phase and come swimsuit weather I feel like I need to recondition my brain all over again back to the me who will bare all at the beach and not care about the pasty rolls on my tan-less back. This post and the pics of you looking fab in your bikini have just kicked me into summer-sexy overdrive a few weeks early! Thank you for that!
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ReplyDeleteoh my gosh girl! you have such a cute body ;) love that two-piece!!
ReplyDeleteCute! Hot bathing suit I love it! You seem way more comfortable in your own skin, than a lot of skinny rail thin girls I know!
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i'm going to check their website, i want your stunnig bikini!
ReplyDeletemany kisses from italy!
so cute!
ReplyDeletei love your pictures =)
great look :)
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Love how it looks on you!
ReplyDeleteHOTT! the way you wear your bikini with confidence is beautiful to look at! You are glamorous and stunning you work that pool side hun xoxo
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Gabi you should seriously give me some lessons in confidence! You are/look great! Hair and earings = awesOme!
ReplyDeleteMuch admiration from South Africa**
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Girl you rocked that vintage style bikini! This post made me really excited about summer and feeling damn good about myself and my swim body!
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT. You really are an inspiration :)
ReplyDeletelove it!! so cute!
ReplyDeleteThat pink color looks great on your skin. I want that Oscar de la Renta shirt like yesterday. And loving the 'do.
ReplyDeleteyou're so gorgeous and this is just amazing. i love this beach outfit. i'm definitely going to take inspiration from this!
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Ohhhh wow! You look beyond stunning!
ReplyDeleteI came here for some ideas about what to wear for my birthday outing and instead, I got inspiration and the push I needed to lift my mood, just from seeing you in your 2-piece! Way to go Gabi! You look amazing and I'm going to stop being so worried about the few pounds I've gained lately! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYou look great!!! I love your confidence...
ReplyDeleteSOOOOO beautiful!!!! wow! get it girl!
ReplyDeletei swear if i knew i would look as awesome as u i would totally use a swimsuit, you look AMAZING, i wish i had ur confidence and ur beauty! :D
ReplyDeleteHottest babe ever. There's really nothing else to say.
ReplyDeleteYes...
ReplyDeleteEvery Body is a Bikini Body . . . but Yours is a Bikini Goddess Body !
..Try a Yellow coloured Bikini I guess it could look Great on You!
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you are gorgeous! You do something fierce to that bikini. I love the color & the cut. Also, I'm in love with your hair.
ReplyDeleteyou look amazing!
ReplyDeleteYou look really beautiful in your bikini. Maybe I'll take the plunge this year, too!!
ReplyDeleteYou are KILLING IT in that suit and that hair and that shirt and that EVERYTHING.
ReplyDeleteAny chance you could link to the exact bathing suit pieces you purchased? Seeing you looking so fabulous has given me the courage to try it for myself, but I had trouble finding those high-waisted bottoms on the site.
stunning.
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ReplyDeleteI love your confidence. You truly are an inspiration. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI SOOO love that swimsuit and you are working it...love it all and it looks fab on you
ReplyDeleteWOW you look great! I love BIG hair! You look AMAZING in that swimsuit!
ReplyDeleteI think this is an adorable bikini for curvy ladies, and you look great! Damn jealous of your boobs and hair, too, if I might say.
ReplyDeleteYou look delicious in that bikini! Great color, great hair- Gabi= Greatness
ReplyDeleteYou look amazing!!! I loooooooooooved your hair! :)
ReplyDeleteYou look lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou look GORGEOUS! I wish I could have the confidence you have.
ReplyDeleteIt takes great confidence to wear a bikini. You CERTAINLY don't lack confidence with this one! It's a very nice bikini in my estimation. Great pictures, Gabi! Lovely hair as well. Love the curly afro bob hairstyle here.
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You look absolutely gorgeous Gabi and this hairstyle is a perfect compliment to this fabulous suit. So Diana Ross!
ReplyDeleteIt's so true what you said ! I love it !
ReplyDeleteI love this blog - you look great, have the confidence and the sense of fashion.
ReplyDeleteYou look amazing and is a true inspiration to everyone else - long or short, thick or thin.
Hugs and kisses from Carina in Norway!
Go girl ! You look gorgeous in this swimsuit. I'm overweight and I have to tell you that you are a great inspiration !
ReplyDeleteyou are very beautifull, i loose a lot of weigth but when I see you, it make my nostalgic, if i was pretty like you when I was " fat" .... I'm not fighting so much with my weight!
ReplyDeletePs: you hair are marvelous!
Love the hair and totally diggin' on the swim suit...it makes me want to go get one!
ReplyDeletewow this suit is gorgeous!! you look incredible.
ReplyDeletechecking out figleaves now...
you look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, sexy, feminine, colorful, stylish, confident, beautiful, fierce, awesome, hot....
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You look beautiful honey! Work it!
ReplyDeleteI, for one, believe that every body is a bikini body! way to go, girl!
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You look so beautiful and fashion-ish.
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You look sooo beautiful! ..aaaand I'm checking fig leaves now. I'm gonna go put my fat and fabulous but in a bikini!
ReplyDeleteHOTNESS!!!! Love the Bikini and you look fab!
ReplyDeleteomg u look fab!!!!
ReplyDeleteAm lost for words...jus fab, fab, fab
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i really needed this post, especially after seeing jordin sparks' svelte new bikini bod. you look stunning in this bikini, and just further proved why i heart you so!
ReplyDeleteYes its too bad they didn't look at the one plus size web site that is really pushing the boundaries above and beyond of what is currently offered. There are many brands out there that specialist in clothing for youngsters and teenagers. If you want to stay with the trend, you can always go to one of these stores and look at the new designs and trends and shop for yourself. However, all the while, you do have to keep in view that whatever you get should look good on you. Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteOh my goodness you are so, incredibly beautiful! I just found your blog and am already in love! <3
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!! I need your confidence, seriously! I wore a black one-piece this weekend and was sooo insecure. You look STUPENDOUS, thanks for inspiring
ReplyDeleteyou bring me courage
ReplyDeleteI am in love with your hair and your CONFIDENCE! It just radiates from the picture, you look gorgeous. You've just inspired me to look at other swimsuits!
ReplyDeleteYou're really beautiful, I'm so glad to tell you!
ReplyDeleteAs much as I don't like the phrase "you are absolutely killin' it", I must say that- "you are absolutely killin' it". Dead.
ReplyDeleteOne look at your blog and I am hooked. You rocked that two piece like nobody's business.
ReplyDeleteYou look like a freakin' BOMBSHELL. So, so insanely hot, miss!
ReplyDeleteyou look haute honey work it!!! people pay GOOD MONEY for cleavage like that!!! FIIIEERRCEEE
ReplyDeleteYou look abosultely stunning, girl!
ReplyDeleteI love the bathing suit and the hair is awesome... are you on YouTube..? OMG I want to subscribe to your blog ... suddenly I am empowered... Thank you..
ReplyDeleteyou really do are an inspiration for plus size women! I LOVE YOU ALL THE WAY FROM INDONESIA - where the women are petite and slim, and usually the clothes are made that way too ;(
ReplyDeleteas the fellow Indonesian people, can't help but give a comment here as well!. I love You Gaby!! wish Indonesian plus size lady could happily dress like you too ! ;D
Delete*btw, nice to meet u Deisha Tamar hehe, sorry for a lil interuption here, maafkeun yaa :)*
You look beautiful! You've inspired young plus size girls and women all over that you are beautiful no matter what shap or size. I love this blog. Thank You so much for doing this
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I have to agree with you. No matter what size and shape! I love your blog.
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You go girl! Not everyone is a size 2, and fat CAN be fabulous as well!
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I love your swimsuit and am looking on the website but can't seem to find it!! help?
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Gabi you look STUNNING!!! Hair is also Amazing :)
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Late to comment, but Gabi, you are wonderful. You've shown us what we need to see: a plus-size woman looking amazing in a two piece bathing suit. It helps to question, "why are these rules in place anyway?"
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ReplyDeletelove this look super hot
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Good options for this summer. I really loved the mix of colors!!!
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XOXO
Celes
I agree with you! If only I could find a top that fit.. even the site you linked to seemed to only go to a 38 band size. Finding a 40C seems pretty impossible! All the larger bikini sites seem to start at a D and the smaller ones stop at a 36 or 38 band. by the way- you look *fantastic* - I'm loving the hot pink!
ReplyDeleteI just tuned in to your blog, and oh my gosh, you are so beautiful. I wish I could get as much confidence as you have. I will definetly follow your blog from now on!
ReplyDeleteyou look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow, you definitely pull it off! Super sexy!
ReplyDeleteGABI! YOU LOOK AND ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!! i don't know if I have your marvelous body shape or confidence, but I want to try to pull this off! I secretly have been wanting a high wasted bikini since last summer, but never looked because I didn't think they made it in our sizes and i thought "there is no way in hell i will look good in a bikini"...but girl if I look ANYTHING close to the way you do in this suit i would be happy. lol
ReplyDeleteI'd love to know the style name of the bandeau and bikini bottoms u bought. there are so many on figleaves (awesome site btw thank u for sharing that!) that I dont know what style is the one you are wearing.
you are such a role model to plus size girls! we love you!
Gabi, after reading this post I went and got the same swimsuit! It fits perfect and I'm a 42DD up top and they had my size! I can't wait to rock it at the beach next week!
ReplyDeleteConfindence is everything ! Strut girl ! You rock ! :)
ReplyDeleteCaley Ann @ PARDONMYCLOSET.BLOGSPOT.com BE SURE TO VISIT THANKS DOLL !
I totally agree with you. Every damn year it's all "working out for that summer bikini body - you can still make it !" It's never "bikini for every body type and size", only very very few places :(
ReplyDeleteI'm a size US 8/10 and I have a hard time finding clothes that fit me properly, and don't get me started on lingerie/swimwear. I'm a hourglass but everything seems to be made for straight up and down bodies :(
Anyways, am a new reader/follower of your blog, and yes you're incredibly beautiful and you look so confident and relaxed which is the most important thing :)
Isn't that interesting? As a plus size girl, who is "banana-shaped" (i.e. pretty straight up and down, few curves) I have an almost impossible time finding clothing (and I mostly just wear men's clothing to get around this). But I find it fascinating that if you're smaller or average sized, clothing is designed to fit that way, but if you're a big girl you're *supposed* to be curvy (and have big breasts! I'm small breasted and cannot find a bra to save my life) and if you don't... well, you're SOL.
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First off, you are rocking the mess out that bikini! You have given many women, including myself the confidence that is needed to pull this look off. And mama you got it!!! Kill it boo! Thanks for this post!
ReplyDeleteneed, need, need those fabulous earrings!! Met you through the Black Enterprise round up which I loooved to be a part of. How wonderful to connect with other young fabulous women! Love your site. Following now! :)
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U look amazing. U inspired me. Keep it up, you goreous, fluffy diva.
ReplyDeleteAwesome suit and awesome pics. Thanks to your blog, I found an awesome suit at Forever 21+. I tried to post something on the YYF facebook page but I'm not sure if it was deleated. I would love to post pics so maybe some other fans can could inspired too. Thank you, you're awesome. keep up the great work : )
ReplyDeleteOmg hunny you look FAB, i just recently came from Vegas and will be going back in about 3 weeks! YOU ARE ROCKING THAT SUIT! Having always been a big girl, I recently put back on 20lbs that I had lost! Your blog is fab hunny!
ReplyDeleteJust BEAUTIFUL :)
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love this post and had to return to it now that i am regularly wearing my tankini.
ReplyDeleteBut I was wondering if maybe you could blog a little bit about bras and underwear too? I am always looking for a better bra and never know where to find one that fits my curviest part!
xoxo
you look great! just found your blog tonight via galadarling.
ReplyDeleteYou've got great skin! =)
ReplyDeleteCan't begin to tell you how gorgeous you are! And your style is so refreshing! There's nothing that says this is "plus-size fashion", instead you are just fashion girl! What bathing suit is this off of figleaves.com? It's gorgeous, and I'd love to own it! You inspired me to purchase my first bikini! I've been roaming around the site but can't seem to find it. And, if you have any idea a place where to find something similar, that would be great too! <3 Atiya
ReplyDeleteThe confidence you show is so incredible. When you show that kind of confidence you can wear and do anything! I just recently found your blog, and just love you! You've inspired me to not be afraid and I'm starting my own plus size blog!
ReplyDeleteu r so sexy n this swimsuit!!!! just fab following dear
ReplyDeleteI just had to come here and comment on this post AGAIN!! Very cute!! =D
ReplyDeleteLove this pink bikini but I'm having a hard time finding it on the figleaves website does anyone know the exact name of the suit? or any other details that may help me find it!?
ReplyDeleteunfortunately it's no longer available; this post was from april of last year.
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