Beauty Tip - Deep Cleaning Shampoo

I love this trick I learned back in high school.  Sometimes all those products just build up in your hair.  Every shampoo brand has their own deep clean shampoo, and they're usually not cheap and can be damaging. Here's what I mix, 1 travel bottle of baby shampoo mixed with half a tablespoon of baking soda.  It will create so much lather and strips all those nasty products and oils away.  It will leave your hair a bit dry if you don't condition, so remember to do that.  Try it on Sunday after  a weekend of hair torture.

Note: I'm a blonde and I can't say if it's color safe if you dye your hair darker.

Happy Birthday to the Love of My Life

I'm married to the most wonderful man in all the world, and today is his birthday.  CJ, I love you very very much and am grateful every day for your support, caring and of course the fact that you cheerlead all these boudoir shenanigans.

Miss C - Boudoir

I featured a single image of Miss C a few months ago, but never got around to publishing some extras.  I shot Miss C's wedding way back when.  She found me on Google and decided to take a chance on my work.  Wow... the energy and celebration of that wedding was off the charts.  This girl can move.  When I announced that I was offering boudoir, she decided that she had to have her own session.  On a vacation to the East Coast, she called up and said... meet me in Savannah!  We worked out the perfect location and got to work planning her session.  These are just a few of our favorites from the session and I am so thrilled that she allowed me to share them here.  Thank you to my favorite little red-head.

Favorite Things for a Lavish Life

 " Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it"  - Mean Girls

By the way, if you haven't seen that movie, rent it immediately!

Beauty Tip - Eat for Your Skin

Beauty comes from within. You are what you eat.

Of course these sayings have been appropriated to refer to my topic, but what you feed your body and your skin makes all the difference in the world.

Here are my favorite foods for your skin and why:

Somewhere along the line we got convinced that fat is bad.  Yes that gristle stuff you cut off of a steak is terrible, but omega-3 fatty acids are essential for glowing skin.  Watch the serving sizes and you'll have lush hair, soft skin and maintain that slender waistline.

Tomatoes are just one example of a food high in antioxidants.  The more colorful the food and the more delicious the smell, the more nutrients it will have.  The lycopene in tomatoes has also been shown to beef up your skin's defense against harmful sun rays.  Buy the ones with the least amount of pesticides for the best results (and taste).

Food high in water content is super nutritious.  On my recent trip to Greece, dessert wasn't a pile of refined sugars and wheat, it was a heaping plate of watermelon.  Sooo yummy.

Eat up!

Miss A - Boudoir - Sacramento, California

I LOVE working with clients who are referred by former clients (or current in this case).  Miss K, who is one of my repeat customers, sent Miss A.  We did her shoot in Sacramento while I was in town.  She elected to do her own makeup, which I'm usually very nervous about.  This girl didn't even need makeup.  Who has skin that luminous without makeup or retouching???  A was so much fun to shoot.  She's got all the right curves and knew how to rock them.  It was such an honor to shoot another military spouse.  She's been with her husband since they were just teens and she is clearly wild about him.  Miss A, thank  you for trusting me to create these pictures for you and your man.