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Feeling Myself

I did a boudoir photo shoot a few months ago and I highly recommend every women does one. It can be a nice gift for your significant other or just for yourself.

I'm already photogenic but after that shoot I felt like America's Next Top Model. I also started to call up Victor to see if he needed some fresh new melanin on his runway becuase Victoria didn't have nothing on this secret I was hiding.

Now I have confidence in myself but some days like every other human I stress over my imperfections, but that shoot put me on cloud nine. I appreciated every roll, scar, and stretch mark that the Lord blessed my body with. It told a story of life. If you aren't living you are dead, and I don't want to die until the Lord calls me home.

I won the boudoir shoot in a drawing at a women's conference I attended with a friend. It was so expensive to the point that my pictures are on a layaway plan. I didn't even purchase 1/4 of the pictures that were taken of me. I couldn't see myself paying that much money for some pictures when I knew I had real life responsibilities.

But ladies I recommend you find a reasonably priced studio and do a boudoir session. You will love it. They gave me great skin care recommendations leading up to my shoot. One that I really loved was to take a bath or shower using a body scrub the day of the shoot. I was all waxed and my skin was positively glowing.

Choose outfits that you love to see yourself in. I wore two lingerie outfits and one oversized male button down shirt. It's funny I looked smoking hot in the two lingerie outfits but I love to dress comfortably. So my favorite photos were of me in that oversized button down shirt with just my bra and panties on under it. My photographer was called to shoot photos. She could do wonders for people with any type of personality. She even recommended I try my hand at photography, and she said she would look out for me if I decided to get in the game.

Step out of your comfort zone and do something for you. If it makes you uncomfortable try it at least once. I amost backed out of my shoot because I had a lot going on that week. The person scheduled to do my makeup had to cancel. I was tired because I had  just come from out of town earlier that morning. But I'm glad I stuck to it.

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