Busting Excuses:

Why You Deserve a Boudoir Experience

When we get nervous, we make excuses not to love ourselves or take care of ourselves. “Sometimes life is just busy, work is hectic, I want to lose 15lbs first, its not in the budget right now, my kids take up all my time!” and the list goes on. While all of these might be true, they are NOT solid reasons as to why you can’t love on YOURSELF. Notice how much time and energy you give to others, and then notice how much time you take for yourself. You need to be cared for too. You DESERVE to spend some time reconnecting with your soul, your sensual side, who you are outside of all our life titles! I wrote this list so you can see through the excuses, and finally say yes to YOU.

“I don’t have enough time for me”

Ever wondered why in the airplane, they tell you to put your own mask on first? At first tell, it sounds kinda selfish! “but I want to put my kids on first, duh!” They tell you to do this so that you’re breathing and ABLE to help others. Now put that same concept into your own life. Yes, you loooove helping others, and you love your job, and love your spouse, and everything else that takes up time in your life!

But if you aren’t recharging yourself, your own energy, you won’t be able to give your energy away for very long without feeling heavy burnout! This doesn’t always mean sit and meditate (although that’s a great way!). This recharge can be anything you do to hang out with yourself. Do something relaxing, pampering, enjoyable! A boudoir session experience exists to help you rejuvenate and take a break from the noise of every day life. To get back to what makes you the woman you are!… and to celebrate her. <3

“I’m not where I want to be weight wise/I don’t look like the boudoir girls on google”

First thing, don’t look at google, look at my website gallery. We love to show off women of ALL sizes. Second, why do you feel you have to look a certain way to love yourself? Yes, we are our own worst critics, and we of course have a “standard” in our heads that we want to meet! Here’s the hard truth… sometimes, life doesn’t work that way. Life gives us physical scars, babies make us have stretch marks, a fall down the stairs and now we have a limp knee that’ll never change… our bodies tell our story in life! A boudoir sessions purpose is to help you see that story in a new light! Instead of feeling like you’re falling further away from your “standard”, this helps you see that those areas of self-dislike are only that bad in your own eyes! From the outside looking in, they’re beautiful, they’re unique.. and they are sections of yourself that show the world all you’ve been through and who you are today. Those hard times in life deserve to be loved on as much as the best times <3

So! We have options here. IF you have already begun a weight loss journey and have started meeting goals, and you want to get to a certain spot first to show off your accomplishments, I book up to 12 months out! We can look at when you’re set to meet your final goal, (or close to) and schedule you then! Let the session be the motivation for that final push!

IF you have only the thought of wanting to lose weight, but haven’t officially started a plan yet, I would book in as a “before and after” session! You come in, have the full experience to capture the stunning body you have NOW, while seeing that you really do look amazing. Then, once you go through with your plan, you can always come back for session #2 and show off your hard work!!

Even with these options though, I encourage you to book the shoot, and trust the photographer. I am here to show you off in the best light and that’s exactly what I’m going to do.

“I never feel sexy or sensual anymore so a boudoir shoot must not be for me.”

WRONG.

This excuse is actually the EXACT reason you SHOULD do a boudoir shoot!

Often times, we lose touch with our femininity or sexuality when life gets crazy with health, kids, work.. you name it! It happens a lot and is absolutely normal, if not expected! A great way to find this side of ourselves again is to have a boudoir shoot done to put that spark back in us. We take life out of the equation for the day, and only focus on you and how you feel your best. Once you’re in the zone, You’d be surprised how fast during the session you start to relax and show off your flirty/confident/sexy side!

Another thing to remember is, you don’t HAVE to wear super sexy clothing/lingerie. If you feel like this doesn’t show off your personality, there are soooo many other wardrobe ideas and I’m happy to walk you through them! I have many clients who show up with maybe 1 or 2 lingerie outfits and the rest are totally normal every day clothes. Your session can still be YOU, it’s just YOU+. I love when clients bring in every day clothing, because then they get to see how gorgeous they are in their every day life! Not just on the special occasion where they wear lingerie.

“A boudoir shoot is an investment and I don’t have all the money right now”

Yes, a boudoir session IS an investment. It’s an investment in yourself, your well-being, and your confidence. I book sessions up to 12 months out and we do pre-payment plans for all clients leading up to your day! Payments can be weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly and I do accept a few different financing options (PayPal Credit, Affirm, and Afterpay). Broken down, these options make it feel a LOT more doable. Plus, with prepayment plans, you get bonus goodies with each collection! And who doesn’t want some freebies?! If you have any questions, shoot me an email about your session and we can talk details of payment plan options!