Houston, we’ve got photos!

These are photographs from the shoot I did at the beginning of last week. The makeup artist was the beautiful and talented Lily Webb and the photographer was the equally beautiful and equally talented Christine Lim. They were both a pleasure to work with – this is the first time I worked with Christine and she was great! I’ve worked with Lily before on several occasions and it’s always been a grand experience.

On to the photos!

I have discovered a great, great thing.
A thing that I never even thought about before.
Ever.
I’m over here trying to stay healthy, tone those muscles (especially the butt ;) ), etc.
But when it comes to the face I have reclined to thinking that when it goes it goes and you can do nothing but good maintenence and plastic surgery to change it.
I just discovered face exercise! 

Ok so it started on a forum where the discussion of face exercise came up.
I got my hands on a nice collection of a few different face exercise programs. Most of these are for older people (mostly women, but men as well) who want to get that youthful appearance back.

But I thought: “Why sit and wait to look old and then fix it? I’ll start doing the exercises while I’m young to maintain my appearance!”

So that’s what I’ve been doing. I’ve been getting bits and pieces out of these programs, different exercises for different parts of the face, to mush together and try.

So far my favorite has been Facial Magic, which actually produces instant results! (Though the results only last a few minutes until your muscles develop better). I’m now on to looking into Facercise. 

Exciting :):)

That show may as well be classified as soft porn. The hotness of the actors isn’t really why I like it so much; besides, the hot female actors don’t do anything for me. But it’s worth mentioning that there are definitely some sexy people aboard Galactica!

1) Lee “Apollo” Adama

2) Six

3) Samuel T. Anders

4) Karl “Helo” Agathon

5) Anastasia Dualla

I have a folder full of photos of me, friends, Keeda, and random stuff. I was looking through it today and found a lot of unflattering photos of myself. The awesome thing is, there was a time when I would absolutely cringe at any unflattering photo. But now I don’t even think it’s that bad!

Prepare thyself!

The damn hairdressers won’t let me go brunette! 

I’ve been to this hair place 3 times now and each time I ask to go a bit darker. They always say: “Oh, ok, so we’ll put some darker foils in along with the blonde.”

“Will it be visible?”

“Oh yes, it’ll definitely stand out.”

IT NEVER DOES! What is wrong with people? I’m still as blonde as the last time I went to the hairdresser! I just want a LIGHT BROWN color, or even a DARKER BLONDE instead of this light blonde. I’m tired of the light blonde. I can NOT see any of the dark color that was meant to be put in this time, all I see is blonde!

Gah. Well, I’m happy right now anyway, I look good with this color. But it’s the principal. I want to try something new, dammit!

People say “it’s what’s on the inside that counts” or “it’s all about the personality” or “looks don’t matter”. Even I have admitted that looks are not as important as attraction in a man.

But there’s a catch. People who don’t take care of their looks are unattractive. I don’t care if you have a slightly crooked nose, I may still find you an attractive person. But I do not want to see curly nose hairs sticking out of that thing. 

The same goes for men and women. In fact, someone who may be considered conventionally good looking will still kill any attraction their looks may provide if they don’t care for themselves.

Some things to keep in mind when it comes to taking care of your body:

TEETH - yellow teeth are not attractive. You may have the straightest, most perfectly shaped teeth in the world. But if those pearly whites are actually pearly browns people will run for the hills. 

Tips: Brush your teeth twice daily and brush your tongue as well. Don’t forget mouthwash.

HAIR – Matted, dirty hair sends off a horrible impression. Wash it, darn it, wash your hair! Also, shave your damn legs if you’re a woman. And for both genders – pluck that fricking unibrow.

Tips: Washing your hair too often can actually get rid of essential oils that keep your hair clean and healthy. Washing every 2 to 3 days is recommended.

NAILS – If your fingernails and/or toenails are crusted with dirt and grime, if they’re yellow, if they appear raggedy and bitten, they will turn people off. You’d be surprised how much importance some people put on something as seemingly small as fingernails. It may not even be their appearance itself that turns people away – it’s the indication that you obviously don’t take care of them!

Tips: Stop biting your nails. There are products on the market which help people to break this bad habit, such as bad-tasting nail polish.

SKIN – Take care of your skin. If you’re a woman it’s easier to cover up bad skin using makeup. Most men do not wear makeup and pimply men are not attractive. Neither is overly dry or oily skin. I’m not saying it has to be perfect – I’m saying don’t let it look like you don’t give a crap about having healthy skin! And even if you wear makeup – bad skin will eventually catch up with you. And trust me, it’ll feel great to be able to go out without any makeup on and not have to worry about pimples or scabs. 

Tips: Invest in some pure Jojoba oil and apply a very small amount to your face daily. 

EARS – Is it that hard to pick up a cotton swab and clean out your ears once in a while? Seeing yellow gunk in that junk is really disgusting. 

Tips: Be careful not to stick those cotton swabs too far in your ears, they can cause damage!

I’ve got a few shoots from a recent photoshoot with Otilee. They look so great! Cindy Mather did the makeup and she was amazing. Looking forward to seeing more photos:

I had two photoshoots this weekend and am still all pumped from the one I just got back from. The theme of the shoot was the devil tarot card and I was like an evil cat woman with dark makeup, big poofy hair, and an overall 80s look. Can’t wait to see the shots.

Going to a Charisma  Arts talk soon, to be honest this weekend has been so busy that I can’t be bothered going anywhere anymore, but I guess since I already paid I may as well attend.

I was walking to HHRay’s house from the train station today and this lady in a car pulls up and goes “Are you going to Atwell? Would you like a lift?”

It was so nice of her, I couldn’t believe it! This random person just offered me a lift! I gratefully accepted and my trip went from 15-20 minutes to 5.

When Lily was doing my makeup for the snow shoot (below), she put this stuff called Jojoba oil on my skin and said that it was truly a miraculous natural product. I read up reviews on Jojoba oil and couldn’t believe what I saw – people claimed that acne was disappearing, wrinkles were gone, and their skin looked absolutely flawless. You know those late night commercials that claim these miraculous results for your skin? Well this is what it was like – except it was real people claiming miraculous results for a natural treatment itself, not a brand.

I was surprised at how cheap this oil is – you use only a couple of drops before bed each day and you can get a pretty large bottle for around $15. So I went to the health food shop (I was told that chemists probably would not stock this) and got some Jojoba oil. My first application was just a few minutes ago (not before bed, I admit, but I couldn’t wait) and my skin feels tingly and clean. I can’t wait to see what results I get with this.

I had a shoot with Wayne of Warped-Photography and Lily of Beauty Contour this past Sunday. I must say, it was lots of fun. There was fake snow involved, as well as a wig – awesome :D. Here’s one of the shots: