Padded Underwear: A Guide for Padded Shapewear Shoppers

Updated: August 19, 2023

As the foremost padded underwear experts, Love My Bubbles is the #1 resource for anyone looking to boost their bum. From padded panties to butt bras, as well as our exclusive adhesive booty and hip pads, Love My Bubbles has a solution for just about any fashion goal our customers may have.

Here's a guide to help new shoppers learn boosting terminology - our own Bubbles lexicon if you will, to define and describe our innovative shapewear designs.

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Watch this recently updated explainer video from our Owner, Karen Jones, or read below for answers...

 
Padded Underwear vs. Padded Panties

Is there a difference between Padded Underwear and Padded Panties? The answer is no - we use these terms interchangeably on our website to describe any underwear style that features padding in the back and/or the hips. Padded Panty and Padded Panties are also the same thing - one is just the plural of the other.

However, the term underwear is used more frequently to describe padded briefs for men. We never use the term "Panties" when referring to our men's padded styles.




Padded Panties with Removable Pads vs. Built-in Pads

We have two main types of padded panty: Panties with removable butt pads and panties with built-in butt pads. Our best-selling type is our Panties with Removable Pads. These panties feature pad-pockets to hold our exclusive removable booty pads in place.

Panties with removable padding are our most popular padded option because pads can be removed and therefore interchanged with different types of padding for different looks under different fashions. For example, a customer might like to have a bigger boost under bulkier clothing so that the boost doesn't get "lost" under the outfit. But a thinner boost might be more desirable under a tight pair of jeans so the boost isn't "too much".

Since we specialize in designing and offering a huge variety of Booty Pad styles, from Premium Silicone Butt Pads to Standard Foam Butt Pads, purchasing this option allows our customers to customize their panty/pad combination for an amazing perfect fit.

Panties with built-in booty pads had the advantage of simplicity - just pull them up and get dressed, like any traditional panty. The pads are molded to the shape of buttocks so they mimic the shape of  the body. There are no separate pads and panty parts to put together, which some of our customers do prefer. When you find a molded padded panty that has the right fit and thickness for you, it's time to stock-up with 7 pair - one for every day of the week, because when you get used to the boost, there's no going back!