Your Custom Text Here
A few weeks ago, I shared some teasers from Miss J's insanely amazing session. Her images seriously make me swoon over here. Her husband had a milestone birthday and she knew she wanted to blow him away with his gift. She accomplished that, wouldn't you say?!? I love how much fun she had during her session; her smile says it all ....
I'm not sure if I have shared this tip with you guys yet, so here it is!
This Technique is so great and works out for almost everyone. People with super oily skin would not benefit as much as people with dry skin or more mature skin. What we are talking about here is adding oil to your foundation. Take any beauty oil, whether it be maracuja, argan, jojoba or whatever it is that you have and add a drop to the foundation that you are going to put onto your face. Mix it together and either apply it with a beauty blender, a wet sponge or any flat top kabuki brush. Let it sink in for a few minutes and then blot off any excess oil with a dry sponge. This will leave on all of the pigment and everything that that has already absorbed into the skin. After that, Set it with powder and finish the rest of your face.
This technique will literally help your foundation be one with the skin and the outcome is beautiful. Just glowy, healthy, hydrated skin! If you give this a try, let me know how it works out for you.
We may not get much of a fall season here in Southern California, but we know fall is right around the corner because the afternoons get a little shorter, pumpkin flavor is EVERYWHERE and football is on our TV's. As pre-season is coming to an end and he's picking his final selections for his fantasy team, why not celebrate the upcoming season with your guy's favorite jersey? Go ahead and incorporate some of your man's other true love into your session and see if you don't get his attention away from the screen or fantasy football for a little while? A boudoir session will definitely be a touch down and will make him think of you when he pulls out his jersey for the next game. :)
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Do you find it odd that a woman wearing NO makeup on the red carpet can make a such a splash in the media? Have we fallen so short as a society that it is against the norm to go barefaced anywhere?? The fact that there’s even a debate over whether a woman should or shouldn’t wear makeup is asinine! I applaud Alicia Keys for deciding she doesn't need make up whether she’s on the street or on TV and NOT apologizing for it. It’s beautiful and inspiring and it is her CHOICE.
Don’t get me wrong, I love makeup. I love having the option of wearing it. There is obviously no shame in wanting to wear it for fun or as art form and I respect other women who simply love make-up because it's fun, too! If that were not the case, we wouldn’t even offer it in our boudoir experience. But feeling the NEED to cover our faces or being TOLD to look another way because of society’s standards is completely different. That’s not confidence. A woman showing up without make up should not be considered “courageous." No woman should ever be made to feel like they need makeup to be taken seriously or to look pretty. We are enough, just the way we are.
I've been trying to go without makeup a little more this summer so that my sons never ask me why I won't leave the house without it anymore. I don't want my sons to feel like makeup should ever be a necessity on a girl. When they’re old enough to start dating, I want them to be with a girl who is confident in her own skin to wear it when she wants to and NOT wear it when she doesn’t. And it starts with their own mom feeling confident enough wearing a natural face as much as a made up face.
It is actually my hope for all of us girls to be confident and strong enough to throw off the restraints of a society that tries to force us to make personal style choices for the benefit of others. Be true to yourself. If that means wearing makeup daily, do that. If that means wearing minimal to no makeup, I support that too! Just let your own beauty shine! Alicia Keys made the choice that's right for her and set an amazing example at the same time. Three cheers to her for giving us a chance to love her as she is and who she wants to be.
"I hope to God it's a revolution. 'Cause I don't want to cover up anymore. Not my face, not my mind, not my soul, not my thoughts, not my dreams, not my struggles, not my emotional growth. Nothing," Keys wrote in an essay for Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter in May
And just for fun, here are a few recent pictures of myself sans makeup and with makeup. Nothing special, just a couple selfies...
Yas girl Yassss! Our woman crush Wednesday goes to this sexy lady!
Our woman crush Wednesday goes to this beauty!
Love Tushy Tuesdays!
A little Motivation for your Sunday!
This is Kara, She posts all of our Fitness Fridays. Kara started her health journey a few ago. She has always struggled with her weight, I know this because we have been best friends for 22 years now. She works hard, Really hard. Shes passionate about fitness now, she quit her job of working in retail for 15 years and is now teaching TRX classes and Yoga. She's an inspiration to me, and hopefully to you to. <3
"I had a friend that had done a boudoir shoot with Jeni and Sarah and told me to check it out. I ignored her constant requests for a year. Finally I noticed they were looking for a tattoo'd model, so I said why not. Well they loved my look and asked me to come. I cancelled on them once due to weather and even got major anxiety over doing this. I was literally sick over the idea of this. I finally came to peace with ok just get it done and over with. I brought my sister for "support" and drove the 3 hours to the studio. Upon arriving they made me feel immediately comfortable. I was shaking with nerves! I swear it was only 5 photos in when I was hysterically laughing and felt like I had known them for years. It was like a few friends getting together to hang out. I reviewed my pictures today and to say that I am blown away is an understatement. I keep looking at the photos and almost cry, there is no way those pictures are of me. I have never felt and looked so sexy and confident before, and I cannot wait to surprise my husband of over 20 years with these photos. Thank you ladies for everything. I cannot recommend them enough. They really bring out your inner goddess. xoxoxo"
Miss N brought a certain sass with her to the studio that morning. She came in with such a fun energy all over the place that I knew instantly we were going to have a blast! I love how easy she was to pose, how animated she was during her shoot, and just her general badass-ness! A big thank you for not only trusting us for your boudoir experience, but for being so fearless, too. Check her out!
"The most powerful weapon on Earth is the human soul on fire." -Ferdinand Foch
With summer here already, our calendar is filling up fast. For more information on Orange County boudoir photography, send us an email, info@eye-kandie.com.