A 40+ Year Old Tries the Hidden Scrunch Booty Shaping Leggings
I see the adorable twenty-something instructor at my gym wearing the booty sculpting leggings and quite honestly, I cannot stop looking. I know she is super strong and works hard for her glute gains but man, oh man, her butt is amazing. She only wears one kind of legging- I know this because I am always looking.
The activewear companies that make those “scrunch” booty leggings are always spamming me on instagram. I swear sometimes “they” really are in our brains. But, I have never stopped to shop because I am 40+ years old and no 40 year old can actually wear scrunch-butt lifting leggings… but why the f not?!
So, I decided to do a little legging experiment and buy the damn leggings. I wanted to find out if the leggings that really market a peach- shaped ba-dunka-dunk can actually help lift, round and sculpt my (almost 45 year old) ass. Full disclosure: I work hard on my glutes, but they don’t look anything like my instructor’s… at least not in the leggings I was wearing. Spoiler alert: Give me all the scrunch booty leggings because they’re freakin magical. Keep reading to find out why.
First Up, the Regular Leggings
I’m not going to lie—these regular leggings actually look pretty good. They're some of the best I own for smoothing and shaping my rear. I think my butt looks decent in them, maybe even good. But sit tight for the booty transformation…
Next, Brooke Puts on those Freakin Magical Leggings
Enter the Sculptseam Leggings from Paragon. This is the brand that spams me the most, almost taunting me with the butt I long to have. Paragon claims to “design activewear with your peach in mind” so I guess I’m in the right place. The trademarked “Sculptseam” leggings use “a piece of elastic sewn into the leggings that gently pulls the fabric between your glutes for a subtle contoured look.” The result— a subtle lift and invisible shaping for a more natural look. So it was a no brainer to start with a pair of Paragon’s bestselling Sculptseam Leggings.
My first reaction after pulling them up was “holy shit” followed by a huge grin and a little happy dance. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting too much when I put the Sculptseam on for the first time. I thought that if anything, I would look like I was ridiculously trying something that no mom my age should be trying. So you can just imagine my reaction when I turned around and saw my very own little peach! See for yourself …
Paragon makes another type of Sculptseam legging and of course I bought them, too. Sculptseam Plus delivers an “extra 'oomph' and enhanced separation.” I put these on after the first pair and so I didn't have the same shocked reaction that I had with the black pair. It was almost as if I was suddenly so used to having this amazingly shaped ass. How quickly I forgot about all of my old leggings! The Sculptseam Plus, gave me the same natural-looking, lifted look, just with more definition.
I think I likey… You can probably sense my confidence growing right through these images!
I’ve had the idea for a blog post for months now and chose to highlight these leggings while we are focusing on self care this month. And more specifically, on Valentines Day weekend because confidence is sexy. So maybe you too should buy the damn leggings. I hope to see the streets of the Main Line swarming with amazing asses soon, and not just on the twenty-somethings!