How to Get a Bikini Body

How to get bikini ready in two easy steps by simply being comfortable and confident in your own skin. No changes to your body necessary. All you'll need is a rocking bikini and some attitude.

Photo Credit: Fit + Flatter / Bikinis: Duch of Dupont

1. Put a Bikini on Your Body

The difference between confidence and arrogance is that with arrogance, you think you are better than everyone, but with confidence, you walk into a room and know that no one is better than you. When I walked into Essex Studio wearing a Duch of Dupont bikini, I felt everything but confident. I felt awkward and uncomfortable in my own skin. I wasn't sure if it was the fact that I put on a few pounds or that I forgot to shave. Regardless of what it was, I wasn't confident like I should have been. I was so focused on what other people would think when I should have been focused on having a good time and embracing my raw, natural beauty. It wasn't until Cardi B started booming through the speaker and the camera starting snapping that I then felt comfortable and confident. It was as if it was only me and the camera and no one else was in the room. I no longer payed attention to people watching or the models next to me because I had achieved a level of confidence many girls have yet to reach. I put a bikini on my body and the rest was history.

2. Love Your Body

Growing up, you could find me wearing oversized tees and other clothes that weren't flattering on my body. I would hide away my figure from my own eyes and other people's. Now, I don't give a damn because I love myself and the skin that covers my soul. I wear what I want, how I want and no one else's opinion matters. Of course since I love my body, I try to nourish and take care of it with health and exercise because self care is so important. My advice to anyone reading this is to first accept your imperfections and flaws. That's the only way to reach self love nirvana is to appreciate what you can not change. Then from there, you can work on bettering yourself in a positive way. Don't just love who you are, love the body you move in!

"There is noting more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty." - Steve Maraboli