Girl, You So Well Spoken!

2 months later. 

Sorry for being gone for so long...  :)

after 5 hours of wearing a half-size-too-tight pair of thigh-high pleather platform boots (a pair whose origin, according to my cramped toes, could only have been the deepest, darkest pits of hades) and the most amazing spike-adorned agent provocateur corset (pictures soon to follow), i promptly picked up the fabulous kesh so that we could grace dim mak tuesdays @ cinespace with our presence.

by promptly, i mean to say that it took me 15minutes longer than it should have because i got lost... but don't fret, i recovered quickly!

one devious parking manoeuvre (maneuver...to-may-toe/to-mah-toe/whatever) and two alley-piss pit stops later (it was a TRAGIC EMERGENCY, and if i had a willy, you would not object, so i don't want to hear anything from the peanut gallery please and thank you), we whirled into the club and dancedancedanced the night away! no, literally, we WHIRLED into the club. my feathered earring was flying about and i'm fairly certain that my left breast made at least one or two appearances, because the dance moves that began as soon as we crossed the velvet rope and kissed the bouncers hello caused my american apparel loose crop tee to do it's own thing.

the following pictures only serve to understate the amount of fun we had. but i thought you might enjoy them anyway :) 

xx

[images via thecobrasnake]

Photographer: Fred Greissing
Stylist: Adrien Rabego
Makeup: May Lindstrom
Hair: JUXTA 

[you can find also find these images in the photo gallery]

way back in february, i had the chance to shoot an editorial for tchad magazine featuring actor shawn ashmore (of "x-men" fame... scans coming soon).

the highlight of that experience? the dynamic hair & makeup duo of may lindstrom and juxta dunn [just JUXTA, if you're nasty]. equipped with organic, holisitic, 100% GREEN makeup, i felt like i was at the spa as opposed to sitting in a hair & makeup chair for a shoot. 

flash forward to 3 months later and i'm shooting with may & juxta again! this time, i left the experience with a small take-away: a powder-to-creme face mask made of bamboo charcoal, cocoa, sea salts, moroccan clay, amazonian clay, & vitamin c.

of course, i simply had to experiment with it-- and of course i had to document the experience! 

step one: application-

i mixed 1/3 of the powdery contents with water to create a chocolate mousse-like creme and applied it over my entire face. naturally, the only thing to do was smoke a cigarette whilst waiting for the mask to dry. 

step 2: let it settle

the maximum amount of time to wear the mask? approximately one hour. when first applied it feels all tingly. then, like most masks, it will give you that "i-feel-like-i-need-to-pour-an-entire-bottle-of-lotion-on-my-face" sensation. this would be a good time to give yourself a pedicure or engage in other activities that don't involve moving your mouth. 

step 3: rinse & go!

my macbook camera can't possibly do it justice, but my face feels smoother than a baby's bottom and my inner glow is shining through every pore (yes, i know it sounds corny, but i'm serious)!

that fresh and clean feeling without the harsh chemicals you'll find in your over-the-counter beauty products? yes, please and thank you!

sadly, may's amazing face mask won't make wearing those one-size-too-small pvc thigh high platforms and spiked agent provocateur corset at the wb gala i'm modeling in tonight any easier/more comfortable... but at least my face has the feel-goods!

[check may lindstrom out here and on facebook!]

i really love boston.com’s “big picture” news stories in photographs.

i saw one of the images from this story on someone's tumblr and couldn’t decide which image i wanted to re-post: the oil-soaked pelicans, or the aerial-views of the gulf of mexico.

i picked the first image, that of a dragonfly, stuck to oil-covered marsh grass, trying (in vain) to clean itself off. for some reason, a photograph of the effects of this oil spill on one of the tiniest members of that now-disrupted ecosystem seemed poignant.