Topless Vlog #20

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This week I chat about two photo shoots that involved the pets, the worst king cake ever, birthday shenanigans, and another way to dress up those nipples for Valentine's Day.  Mr. Snapper has hiccups.

LINKS:
Wild Things: Burlesque Beauties & the Pets They Love
Burlesqueland

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This week's episode contains:

• A list of the people who died from nipple radiation from last week's episode
• Buster being a little dick
• A teaser of the new duet I'm debuting at the Viper Room on Thursday
• Info on Fresno's show this Saturday and classes this Sunday
• Buster being a little jerk
• A peek at my spread in Bachelor Pad Magazine

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Fancy in Life

My day job boss is having a luau-themed party this coming weekend, so I'm making myself a gigantic hair flower and making one for a co-worker so she can have a fancy flower as well.  (My flower is the gigantic one because they would expect nothing less from me, while the flowers for my co-worker are a bit more conservative.)  Hair flowers are great for sharing your fabulousness with people in the real world, and they doesn't cost a ton.  (Princess Farhana had a great blog in December for using leftover costume and craft supplies for gifts.)

For this project you will need: Mod Podge (I'm using glossy since my jar of matte is on loan), flowers, glitter, paintbrush you can ruin, dixie cups & a toothpick or cocktail sword (for stirring), hair clips, hot glue, felt or fun foam, leaves leftover from your flower stems, clothespins.

To remove the flowers from the stems, use wire cutters to cut as close to the underside of the flower as you can.

I used fine glitter on this project, but you can use whatever glitter you want.  The fine glitter gives a delicate shimmer, where thick glitter is a bit more aggressive in its glitziness.

Pour enough Mod Podge in your dixie cup to coat the bottom.  (You may see some pink in the bottom of the cup.  That's because I did a coat of glitter on parts of my flower before snapping the photo.  This makes it easier to see how much Mod Podge I actually used each time I mixed up the glitter goo.)

Pour enough glitter onto the Mod Podge to cover it well.  (You know about heaping spoons in cooking?  You want a heaping cover of glitter on your Mod Podge.)  I used three kinds of glitter for variety and better texture: hot pink cosmetic glitter, fine pink glitter, and fine iridescent glitter.  You can mix glitter shades and sizes.

Use your toothpick or cocktail sword to mix up the glitter and Mod Podge until fully blended.

It's handy to have dixie cups on hand for mixing small quantities of paint or glitter.  They make clean up very easy.

I use toothpicks or cocktail swords all the time for mixing paint and glitter, and for rhinestoning.




Paint each petal of your flower with the glitter mixture.  Be sure to work in a circular fashion so it doesn't look wonky if you run out of a particular shade of glitter before you finish the flower.  You can paint the edge or the entire petal.

The Mod Podge will stiffen the petals a bit.

I used a cheap, crappy paintbrush because the glitter doesn't always wash out completely.

Cut felt or fun foam circles to cover the green frame on the back of your flower.  I used felt for the smaller flowers and thick fun foam for the large flower.  This gives you a place to attach the clip and stabilizes the flower so it doesn't flop around on your head.

Hot glue leftover leaves to the top of the circle.  You don't have to cover the circle completely.  It's okay if the leaves peep out from behind the completed flower.



Cut a piece of grosgrain ribbon to cover the inside back of your clip.   For the small flowers I used pin curl clips.  The metal gets really hot from the glue.  The grosgrain ribbon keeps you from burning yourself as badly with the hot glue, and it prevents the clip from getting glued shut. 

With the larger flower, I used a larger clip with teeth.  Since I didn't use a metal clip for that one and since it had teeth, I had to position the grosgrain ribbon at the inside top and bottom of the clip so the teeth were free.  This will make it more secure.







With the flower face down and the clip on the felt circle facing you, glue the circle to the back of the flower.  I had to glue some of the backs of the petals of the large flower to the circle to make it more secure.  Use clothespins as needed to pinch the felt circle to the flower while the glue cools.

Double check everything you've hot glued and touch up as needed.  Use a piece of tape or lint roller to get rid of any glue strings.




Here is my completed flower, secured above a simple bun.  This flower is bigger than my head but it's stable and pretty.   I initially planned to teach my co-worker how to make her own hair flower, but I'm presently at home with a fever.  So I don't have idle hands at home, I'll use the same glitter treatment on the hair flowers for my co-worker.

There are great sales on last season's flowers at many chain stores that sell silk flowers.  I bought the giant flower for $5, and spent under $2 each for the two smaller flowers.


Make these simple and inexpensive flowers to share with friends, or forward the link to this blog to them so they can learn to do it themselves.

A Wonderful Resource

I was hunting for a pattern for a high low skirt, and I put out a call for help on my Facebook page.  My sister's friend (and my FB friend) sent me a link to an incredibly detailed YouTube video with instructions.  That video lead me to a pencil skirt how-to, and some other great tutorials.  In fact, I found this hair tutorial that I'm going to try for Sophia Sirena's wedding tomorrow.  There are so many great videos.

Snapper on the Half Shell

This was shot yesterday by the amazing Amanda Brooks.  Hair & makeup by the wonderful Vivienne Vermuth.  Pasties by my dearest Evie Lovelle.  Body by Snapper.

Amanda Brooks is a resident of Los Angeles.  Please contact her via her website for rates and information on shooting with her.

Vivienne is a resident of Dallas.  (She always makes me so pretty!)  Please contact her via her website for rates and information for makeup and hair.

Evie is wonderful, as I'm sure you know from all of my posts about her.  I should probably give her a tag.

Biscuits & Gravy Tour: Dynamite Dames Photoshoot

A few short hours after I arrived in Texas, my dear friend Vivienne Vermouth whisked me away to the studio of Dynamite Dames in Dallas.  Vivienne did my makeup and Sarah of Dynamite Dames styled my hair.  I modeled a latex bikini by Zamra Dollskin and a vintage gown and hair accoutrements by Decadent Dame Designs.  You only get camera phone pics here for right now.  I'll share some of the final shots when they're available.

Let me just say that if you ever get the opportunity to shoot with Dynamite Dames, jump on it.  Sarah is so down to earth and friendly.  I look forward to shooting with her again.

Movie Starr Model

I am pleased to announce that I'm the face of Movie Starr burlesque costumes.  (Actually, I'm more like the body of Movie Starr burlesque costumes, but that sounds a little strange.)  Check out these wares, designed and constructed by Penny Starr, Jr.  I have a Movie Starr bra and shimmy belt that I wear as part of two numbers and I love the products.

Baring All

I'm a nudist.  Specifically, I spend as much time at home naked as I can.  I used to go to the nude beach before they shut them all down in California.  (I went to a nudist resort once and had such a terrible experience I haven't gone to another.)  I'm very comfortable in my own skin.  In fact, I'm more comfortable being naked than I am wearing a swimsuit.

While I'm comfortable being naked, I know I have to be smart about nude photos.  I only shoot nude or apparently nude with people I trust.  I usually have a helper there (Mr. Snapper) to make sure my exposed parts look as good as possible.  I also like having control over my naked images so I know where and how they're being used.  I don't want bad photos all over the internet, and I don't want my pictures used to endorse something I don't endorse.

My advice to new performers is not to do naked shoots unless you know and trust the photographer (or if that person is highly recommended for what you're shooting).  That is, unless you're willing to have the bad photos appear everywhere.

This photo was taken by Crazy White Lady Photography with hair and makeup by Eva Woodby.

Cover Girl

I'm the cover girl and centerfold of Chris Beyond's Bootleg Stag Party Volume II.  It's a wonderful collection of naughty music.  Chris is great at crafting liner notes like an old school album.  I really enjoyed the first album and am looking forward to finding the time to listen to this one.

You can't buy this album.  It's only available as a prize at Peepshow Menagerie's monthly show.  Visit the website for details on the next show if you want a copy.