Boudoir is not just about sexy photos, I will say that again and again!
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| Makeup & Hair: Stephenie Barba, |
Sometimes you just need to find yourself again. Everyday life, growing older, children, jobs, taking care of everyone else but yourself.. maybe something traumatic happened, and you need to find yourself, you need to feel beautiful, you need to find your way back... This beautiful lady came to me and told me her story, and now is telling it in her own words.
“I've always been very feminine. Since I was a little girl I loved wearing feather boas, makeup, and strutting around in heels. The same habits followed me into adulthood. I wouldn't leave the house unless I was done up from head to toe. Everything changed when I became a victim of a sexual assault. I felt guilty, like I had brought it upon myself. Maybe if I wasn't wearing so much makeup, or if my breasts weren't so big it wouldn't have happened to me. My body and soul were broken. I turned into a person I never imagined myself being. I wore baggy clothes to hide my figure. I stopped wearing makeup, and I hid my face under tangles of hair. I did everything I could to hide away my beauty. To hide the person I once was. A year went by and I told myself that I couldn't live like this anymore. I wasn't happy with who I had become.
When I discovered Angelina's photography I was mesmerized by the uniqueness and beauty in each of her photos. I wanted to be that girl in the picture. I longed to feel sexy again without fear tearing at my heart. It took me a couple months to finally book a session, then after I had one I canceled it out of fear. Finally, when I worked up the courage I went. Angelina and Stephanie were so kind and encouraging. When Stephanie finished my hair and makeup I looked in the mirror and wanted to cry. It was the old me, the me I had loved being. There must have been some magic in that makeup because all my fear seemed to melt away. I was posing, smizing, and throwing sass all over the room. When the session was over I felt weightless, like I could fly if I wanted to. Angelina did so much more than just take my picture, she helped bring the old me back. She gave me my confidence back. Thanks to her I'm not ashamed to feel sexy or beautiful.”
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