BEAUTY In the Boudoir 2336 views

The US trend for a 'trash the dress' shoot after the wedding is catching on fast, as is the 'boudoir shoot'. It is a cool gift for your man-to-be - but do you dare to bare?

'The concept of having a 'boudoir shoot' is catching on fast in the UK', says make-up artist Louise Walsh who set up Boudoir Shoots three years ago after seeing how popular it was in the States. A professional photographer and top make-up artist are the essential ingredients for little old you to be transformed into a boudoir belle. Good lighting and clever makeup work wonders!

Louise offers a professional make up and hair service with advice on styling and choice of outfits before a 2.5 hour session in the photo studio. You can change up to five times and the photographer will give you all the advice and tips on posing for the camera. It makes a fab gift for the groom-to-be, perhaps delivered to where he is staying the night before the wedding!

After your shoot, the photos are posted on-line for you to see using your own unique code. After you have chosen your favourite pictures, they are displayed in a leather book. The full session is £495 (with a £50 discount for WP brides quoting WP03, booked and paid for by the end of March for a shoot date before the end of June) or book a mini-boudoir session from £275. For more information go to boudoirshoots.co.uk.

Related post: boudoir/trash dress "try not be to scared a few of the girls on here have done the boudoir shoot for there H2B and the photographers have made them feel so much at ease they have ended up going a bit less dressed than they ever imagined......and the H2B LOVED them" (Bev06)

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