So I made this list a while ago, so I don't know how much I'll stick to... Oh well!
1) Glamour shots China styllleeeee.
2) Custom make some Jewelry
3) Spend 1 week in a village somewhere
4) Get a full medical and dentist check (maybe won't blog about this)
5) Get a Shanghai Tang Cheong Sam
6) Custom make something else really cool
So onto number one... Maybe it was watching too much American idol. Maybe it was my unending love of seeing really bad glam shots and wanting to embrace it in the height of self depracation. Or it was a sincere desire to see if I could pull off glam. But it was actually several months in the making. First research into the tackiest yet raddest photographers in Shen Zhen, then grab a friend who is equally enthusiastic and willing to take the piss. Add some humour, a few shots of sake, know not to take yourself too seriously whilst quietly wishing for somewhat positive results...
My selection criteria was variety, costumes (of course), hair and makeup, oh and costumes... We ended up chosing http://www.szhds.com and with a fairly long trek to China, we started off with a mixture of excitement and trepidation... The studio was clean, bright and the staff friendly. They ushered us off to hair and makeup straight away... I have never had double layer false lashes or had my nose painted on, but this is what it looked like from my chair>>
Choosing costumes was more difficult than I orginally imagined. I was flipping through the books and suddenly, I started to take myself too seriously! So I opted for 2 normal-ish things and one over the top fluff dress frou frou flowery I'm-going-to-go-marry-a-hobbit gown... The results? I'll let you decide for yourself, but here you go! Audrey & my glam shot debut!!
So it toook 4 hrs all in all, the hair dresser went crazy with the crimplers and curlers and hairspray. She had no mercy when it came to excessive inhalation of product fumes and the fake hair was deffo uncomfortable. One of the dresses was held together by safety pins... On we go...
So conclusively, this ain't for the faint of heart. When the guy with the camera asks you to part your lips, bend over and give him a sultry growl, you kind of have to embrace it. Despite my initial reaction to laugh (a lot) I guess overall it was a good experience and I loved going there with Audrey. What a star!! Ain't she hot>??
