Cupid's Undie Run - a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day!

I was one of the event photographers at the Cupid's Undie Run at Brittania Arms in Downtown San Jose on Saturday, February 15th. Wanted to post these videos on my blog, to show how much fun people have at the event!  It's a great cause, benefiting the Children's Tumor Foundation. Hooman, Brynn, and Uzette from Alice were there, giving away an awesome guitar and holding the costume contest. There was a raffle as well.  If you have never signed up, you should check it out! You can see more on Facebook, HERE.

Other pics can be seen HERE.

The photos I took can be viewed by clicking HERE.

And you can bookmark THIS SITE to register for next year : )

Congratulations to all the runners, fundraisers, volunteers, sponsors, and all the staff at Brittania Arms for making this an event to remember! Special thanks to Debbie for inviting me to photograph this event, and for all your hard work.

Here are the videos (ok please excuse the NON HD Video... I was only able to bring my little point and shoot!):

Congratulating the biggest fundraisers
 


Cupid's Undie Run Honorees


Cupids Undie Runners dance to I wanna Sex You Up


Cupid's Undie runners dancing


Cupid's Undie Runners dancing 2


Cupid's Undie Runners running


Hooman doing the costume contest part 1


Hooman doing the costume contest part 2


Debbie giving away raffle prizes
OK so I'm going to take this moment to publicly apologize to Debbie, for the fact that me and another volunteer ripped up way too many raffle tickets, after hearing someone say there were 500 in the whole roll (I want to blame it on sleep deprivation processing boudoir photos for Valentine's Day, but really, I should have been able to tell there were more like 5,000). So this will explain why she had to call so many numbers before a winning number surfaced! Eeek! Sorry Debbie, that was my bad! : D

How to get 10% Off Your Session!

I just had some 10% off postcards printed through PS Print in Oakland, and I have to say, they did a beautiful job! The cards were printed on recycled paper and I couldn't be happier with them. They always have a very fast turnaround time and do excellent work.

The 10% discount is good through the year 2014. I don't know if you feel that the years are just passing by faster and faster, but I sure do. It seems like 2013 went by in a blink... I swear, when I was watching the New Year's eve countdown with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin this year, it felt like it was just yesterday when I was ringing in 2013.  So all this to say - if you're going to book a session, don't wait too long, because 2014 is going to be gone before you know it!

Anyway, to get the 10% discount, you can:

1) Go to Facebook and "Like" Tigerlily Boudoir. Then just send me a private message to book your session and mention the discount.

Or,

2) Pick up a card in person at one of these locations (click on the name for a link to their business page on Yelp). I will be addiing more soon.

Powerhouse Gym - Redwood City
Precious Nail - Redwood City
Creative Image Hair Salon - San Carlos


Thanks for visiting my blog, and I look forward to working with you!

Laura

Hair & Makeup Tutorials - For Tigerlily Boudoir Clients who choose not to hire a stylist

I can be a little control freaky about doing my own hair and makeup. I'm not saying I don't enjoy being pampered, but sometimes, I just prefer to do my own styling. I am so used to having beachy, windblown hair, that sometimes it just looks funny to me, to be too glammed up.

That being said... when I am working with someone who knows how to do a really professional looking job on their own hair and makeup, it really does make a difference in their photos. As an example, false eyelashes may appear unnecessary, but when you look at them in photos, they really do make a person's eyes POP, in a photograph. Especially in boudoir photographs!

The bottom line is, you have to feel comfortable with the way you look and feel. If you would really, truly prefer to do your own hair and makeup, I'm okay with that, but just know that once the photos are taken, it can get very expensive to add "photoshop makeup" later!

I learned a few tips from YouTube, and wanted to share them with my other clients, in the event that you are having a session without a makeup artist. My goal is to make these sessions affordable for women, but sometimes that will mean you will end up doing your own makeup!

You could go on YouTube and find a ton of other tutorials, but I just picked out a few for this blog.

Enjoy!

 How to apply false eyelashes

How to get really full lips 

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How to get Perfect Red Lips

Smokey eye with a dash of glitter

How to do your foundation to look like you have perfect skin

Perfect Skin on the Cheap!

How to get Whiter Teeth in 2 Hours

How to get perfect brows

  Great Mascara and eyeliner tips!

How to curl your hair (the Kim Kardashian look)

Btw there are far more "how to curl" and "how to style" your hair, videos, on YouTube, than this one. So if the Kim Kardashian look is not your thing, just click on the "youtube" icon on the video and you will see lots more videos pop up on the right (you probably already know this but... I'm just sayin'... )

I may post some more videos later, but this is what I have for now.

Hope you enjoyed them!

Laura