Skincare routine

When I asked what you all wanted to read about on my blog, Tanja Sophie answered "Skin care, make up, how you stay in shape, what you eat". At first I was a bit surprised by this (because I don't consider myself the best person to talk about that...I don't have a perfect body nor perfect skin) but decided to give it a  go anyway.

Eventhough I am not a "girly girl", I love to read blogs about make-up, skincare, hair.and I also regularly watch youtube videos about these topics. I also love homemade DIY beauty recipes a lot.

This first post is about skincare only, but I will write about the other topics later. (Sorry guys, I guess a lot of you will skip these posts, hehe.)

My skin is mixed (normal to dry with sometimes a bit an oily T-zone), but after a skin analysis with a skin scanner, I learned that my skin is also dehydrated. They advised me to moisturize extra well and especially drink a lot of water.

Basically there are only 2 things I do for my skin every morning and evening: cleaning and moisturizing.

In the morning: For the cleansing I don't use any water or soap of any kind. I just drench a cotton pad with rosewater and clean my face and neck with this. Most of the time I buy ready made rose water in bottles, but you can also make it yourself. (You can find a good recipe on *this* website)

After some seconds the rosewater gets all dried up and then I apply my moisturizer.

Since about a year ago, I use "Belle de Jour" by Kenzoki and I absolutely love this cream. The smell is just incredible and it makes my skin very soft. Unfortunately it's quite expensive (about 110 euro for a little pot of 50ml) and -for me- it's not sufficient in cold/winter time. My skin gets very dry in this time (especially on the cheeks) and some hours after applying the cream, I can feel that my skin starts to be more dry and pulling again.

In the evening: When I'm wearing make-up that day, I first remove all my make-up with a makeup removing tissues for sensitive skin or with a cleanser milk. (Most of the time I use Diadermine but it can change). I find it very important to sleep with a clean hydrated face and so I will never go to bed without cleaning and moisturizing first. No matter how sick/tired/drunk/ I would be.

When my face looks clean, I use yet another cotton pad with cleansing milk to be really sure that all the make-up got removed.After this I clean my face again with a cotton pad drenched in rosewater. And to finish I apply my nightcream.

As nightcream I use Biocura's anti-aging nightcream since some years now. I love this cream. It doesn't make my skin feel more soft or so but it does moisturize very well. It's really the best cream I've ever used, it works like a charm and it's very budgetproof (only 2,70 euro for 50ml !). I tried other creams of this brand but they definitely work less good for me. 

In winter or when my face feels more dry, I don't use my normal daycream in the morning but apply my nightcream instead.

Additional care: 

I like to stick to my basic routine and prefer to not use too much extras.

Sometimes it's necessary though.

- Before going outside and when my lips feel a bit dry, I use a chapstick.

My favorite is Labello with cherry taste. I'm not a fan of fruity flavoured lipcare but this cherry Labello is definitely an exception. And it also gives a nice subtle red color.

- If my lips are dry or chapped, I use Blistex lip relief cream or pure karité butter. They both moisture and soothe my lips very fast.

- After taking a shower I sometimes apply a body butter from the Body shop (Moringa or coconut smell). It works very well (and I love that all their products are animal testing and cruelty free). I'm too lazy to do this every day though. I also don't like the fact that I'm all sticky before putting my clothes on, and find the smell of the cream too much in combination with my perfume. 

- When my skin starts to feel a little bit dull, I use a homemade sugar & honey scrub, or a rough sea salt scrub. I only do this 2 or 3 times a year, mainly after I've been on holidays and had a lot of sun exposure.

- When I have a dry area of skin somewhere, I swear by pure karité butter (also known as shea butter), or pure argan oil.

- Sometimes I apply honey all over my face to make it a bit more soft and nice. It doesn't work as well as karité butter, but it definitely works. And it's easy and quick, and smells nice.

- When my skin complexion isn't so good (due to bad foods in the days before f.e.), I use sea salt to get it better again. Sea salt works as a natural exfoliator and detoxifier, and it has antiseptic effects. I take a tablespoon of sea salt and mix it with a little bit of water. Then I apply it all over my face with my fingers or with a cotton pad. I leave it on for about 30 minutes and then wash it off. After 2 or 3 days my skin is usually already in a much better state again.  

- To take care of my feet I also use pure karité butter, this way they are always super soft. I apply it just before sleeping or during the day (when I stay at home) in combination with thick socks.

Same goes for my hands. During the day I apply a little bit of butter so they don't get too greasy. Once in a while I put a thick layer in combination with cotton gloves.

That's about it.

I have to add that my skincare routine has been completely different until 3 years ago. I had tons of stuff which I very regularly used (masks, facial scrubs, peelings, body scrubs, toner, body creams, eye cream, cleansing soaps...all kind of different types and brands). Over the years I just started to use more and more.

After my teenage years (with accompanying  acne), the acne dissapeared more or less but my skin stayed in quite a bad state. Redness, very sensitive, quickly oily, very easy break out... it just wasn't clear and healthy looking. So I kept on buying new and more products, which all promised a clear and healthy skin. But nothing worked and it only got worse.

So on a certain day I decided to drastically change my skincare routine. I stopped using all the products and only used a moisturizing cream in the morning and evening. My skin instantantly started to look way better.

Shortly after that, a friend told me about rosewater and how she benefits from it. So I decided to try it out. With absolutely great results. Since I don't wash my face with water anymore but with rosewater instead, it doesn't "pull" anymore and feels a lot less dry. It may sound a bit odd, but water really dries out your skin.
At the same time I started to browse through youtube videos which plead for natural approach in skincare. And this is how I found out about karité butter, argan oil, coconut oil, healthy homemade masks and scrubs and much more.

Rosewater and karité butter are definitely 2 wonder products and I would recommend everyone to try them out. Maybe it works as good for you as it does for me. On top of that it's way cheaper than other products.

In general I would say, reduce in all the chemical and synthetic stuff and go for natural. Just be nice to your skin. :)

To take good care if your skin, it's very important to also live healthy. Enough sleep, regular excercise and a good diet.

I notice a very big difference in my complexion when I change my eating habits, even when it's just for 1 day. Cheese or dairy products don't do much good for my skin. Sometimes I even get an allergic reaction from certain cheese (think red spots and bumps all over my face and neck...very sexy, hehe). That's one of the reasons why I switched to soy milk and almond milk. When it comes to good cheese, that's unfortunately one of my weaknesses...

But more about a healthy diet and excercise in upcoming posts :)

It's needless to say that every person is different and may benefit more from other products and treatments. I just wanted to share my personal routine and hope you enjoyed reading!

Prints available!

I have a couple of prints available of this picture. It's 20 x 30 cm high quality prints on glossy paper. I can autograph the print and add a personal message on the back in case you'd  wish that.

Prints are available for 20 euro each, excl. sending costs. Email me (miss.kaymorgan@gmail.com) if you are interested!

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Lokurah videoclip

Last July I had my very first acting experience. I was asked to be part of the newest videoclip of French metal band Lokurah, directed by Julien Metternich.

I wasn't sure in the beginning because I didn't have any experience at all. Also, I'm quite shy and acting is still something completely different than doing a photoshoot. But I accepted and in the end it was a very nice and interesting experience. I wouldn't hesistate so long anymore in case someone would ask me again now :)
My boyfriend was also asked to act in this clip, and played the main role. It helped a lot that he was there I guess. Mental support and so :)  And of course it's nice to do something like this together.

We started at 8 a.m. in the morning and finished around 10 p.m. in the evening...quite a long day!

Maybe I should tell you the story of the videoclip first...

The story: A former topmodel gets disfigured in a car crash. She gets so envious of the beauty of young girls that she lures aspiring models to her house, under the false condition of a photoshooting. Once a girl arrives, she kills them by suffocating with a plastic foil.

In the videoclip you can see how there is a crime scene photographer who takes pictures of all the bodies and starts to be haunted in a way (he gets some kind of déjà vu feelings and images of the murders). In the end he discovers the place where the killer hides. It's a place full of burned and damaged pictures of the girls, creepy barbie dolls and masks. The killer then tries to kill the photographer too, but fails, and she gets killed herself. Ironically also being suffocated with a plastic foil.

As you maybe already may have guessed, I was the killer. :)

So I needed an "ugly" special effects make-up to make my face look damaged.

Here are some pictures of the preparation:

(The make-up was done by Laetitia Laverdure)

After the make-up was finished, I put on my black Fantastic Rubber catsuit in combination with long black latex gloves.

Then we were ready to start shooting my video part.

(My part is in the last minute of the video)

Here's the final result:

And here are some screenshots from the video to finish... :)

 

I hope you enjoyed reading and watching!


Check out Lokurah's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/lokurahmusic

Rubber cat Kay and Ultimate Psycho

On September 27th I did a shooting with Ultimate Psycho. It's a team of Yann and Coco, where Yann is the photographer and Coco defines the athmosphere and does the postproduction afterwards (and so much more).

They already told me before that they wanted to do the shooting with a cat style outfit, and I was very excited about that.
When they arrived they brought the outfit but also some "accessories"...

My make-up was already done so we immediately started to dress.

I wore pink high stockings, a black short pants on top of the stockings, a pink top with a black corset on top, long black gloves, cute black&white mittens with cat paws, a black hood, and an open hood with cat ears on top of the first hood. I just love when I wear multiple layers of latex.

I only had to finish my lipstick after putting on the (first) hood because otherwise it would have been quite a mess on my face, haha.

After this we started to shoot. It was a great shoot and I really enjoyed.

Here's a little preview. (Some of you may have already seen it on my facebook page)

Pictures will follow soon and I can't wait to see them and show them to you!

In the meantime I can already show you a backstage video. It's my first real backstage video I think.

Do you like this and would you like to see more backstage videos in the future? Please comment and let me know :)

VOTE for me to win the "Miss Fetish Europe" title!

I am nominated as one of the contestants for "Miss Fetish Europe", that will take place during the next Dominatrix party Saturday November 10th.

In total 8 models take part in this competition...and the competition is hard!
Look at all these beautiful girls...

Voting goes in 2 parts; 50% of the voting is by public voting (click *here* to vote), and 50% by a professional jury.
The winner will be announced during the "Fetish Dinner" that takes place in the same evening, before the party.

There are great prizes to win for the top-3 models:

Normally I am really not a fan of miss contest stuff and I always find it a big farce. That's also why I would never subscribe myself to it.
When I got nominated for this contest and got the news, I honestly hesitated for some days to refuse and distantiate from it.
But after taking everything into account, I am now happy with my choice to stay in the contest anyway. I mean...the party will be great, there will be plenty of great people, I will be able to enjoy a pleasant weekend off in a nice hotel, there are great prizes to win.
I should shut up and just be happy and honoured to be among this list of impressive models I guess :-)

I find it also a big difference to be "nominated for something" or to "actively apply". (It's a principle thing. For the same reason I also don't ask photographers to shoot with me, but let them ask me.)
The contest itself is quite "passive" and none of the models has to do something for it. Except for collection online votes of course.

Following the example of other models, I also made a vote-flyer:

Just a bit less serious as you can see ;-)

So cast your vote now! >> http://dominatrix.nl/MFE

It just takes a minute of your time and it would mean a lot to me.
And think about the fact that *if* I win (or am in the top 3) I will be able to buy new latex and use it for future shootings and have new pictures to show you. So win-win, haha ;-)

It will be my first Dominatrix party and I'm very excited to discover it. They have several dungeon areas, fashion shows, a mistress lounge...  In combination with the company of my friends, good music, and all the international attending models, this will be an awesome party. I'm sure!
(The party/contest is saturday november 10th and I'm definitely going to write an article about it here afterwards)

And now I'm already thinking about what outfit I can wear...

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VOTE  VOTE   VOTE!  (voting is open until the 23th of October)

Sorry!

...I neglected my blog for a while. But I promise to write/publish some articles soon :)

Here's a little update for now:

At the moment I'm on holidays in France and just trying to enjoy some relaxed time and being not so much in front of my computer screen. So sorry if I answer your messages/emails with a delay.

Last week I visited Marseille and also made 2 shootings there. You will get to see the results very soon.
I also did a spontanious shooting here at home with Stéphane Roy, from which I posted the result on my Facebook page yesterday.

It was the first time that I actually tried to do something more special with my hair, and I'm quite pleased with the result :)

That's it for now. 

In 2 weeks I have to do my last exam so I better start to study a bit...

I'm on the cover of Heavy Rubber!

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Fetish Evolution weekend 2012 - Part II

On Sunday noon there was the rehearsal for Brigitte More's fashion show, which would take place at the ball in the evening. Like always she prepared a real kind of show, and not just girls walking the line one by one. Our show would be the headliner fashion show so I was proud to be part of this. It's the third year in a row that I'm walking for Brigitte at Fetish evolution, and always a pleasure to work with her.

I only have this picture with Honeyhair posing on the catwalk. You can see me in little in the back on the right side...waiting my turn :)

After the rehearsal I had to go back to the hotel to get my hair and make-up done by Mariska  de Jong. The make up was very nice and included a smokey eyeshadow with grey, black and metallic green. For the hair they chose a high ponytail and lots of curls. I think this was a hairstyle which doesn't really suit me (Not a big fan of curls + too much volume on and around my face), but it was definitely fitting for the show. Like always, having make-up and hair done involves a lot of waiting, and it was already very late afternoon by the time I was done.

There were several stands I still wanted to see at the expo, so we filled two more hours with strolling around there. Then back to the hotelroom to choose my outfit for the ball and getting some food, and off to the venue! We (Me-Chiel, Tony Mitchell, Stéphane Roy, Lotte Groeneweg, Lara Aimée, and myself) squeezed in all together in Michiel's little car (it was a fun ride for sure!) and arrived a little bit later at the MudiaArt. Earlier that day we were told to NOT come via the main entrance but take the backstage entrance. But we waited and waited (while it was freezingly cold in just a little latex dress!) but no-one answered the door. In the end we returned to the main entrance, which is a quite far and uncomfortable walk on high heels in a latex dress. Once arrived there the security men sent us back to the backstage entrance because we *really* had to be there. They ensured us that someone would come to open the door now. But after returning to the backstrange entrance, and waiting again, no-one came to open the door! Unbelievable... So we returned again to the main entrance and got in finally. But when we wanted to enter, the woman at the pay desk made problems and didn't want to let us in (while we had model & backstage passes). We decided to just run and make our way to the backstage. It wasn't a good moment for her to make stupid problems after letting us wait half an hour outside in the cold ;-)

Time to get ready for the catwalk show then. It was again a long time waiting before we could finally be on stage. But at least there could be plenty of nice company found in the backstage while waiting.

For the show I wore a dark pewter with black ensemble.

For the people who were there; I hope you enjoyed the show :)

Personally I think Brigitte More is very talented and made a great collection again.

By the time the show and the finale (involving all the models/designers/organizers) were done, it was after 3 a.m. I went to the backstage to change from my show-outfit to my party-outfit and got ready to start the real party.

Since it was already really late, the party didn't last long. But it was good! 

Together with Honeyhair and David Rikapt

And another party picture 

It got really late and drunk so we didn't go to bed before 8 in the morning. Luckily after the ball there's always a brunch (until 3 p.m.!) instead of a normal (early) breakast.

The rest of the day was really relaxed and I drunk a lot of coffee, haha.

In the evening there was the pool party. It took place in the swimming pool area of the hotel.

I chose a black&white outfit to wear in combination with a classic hairdo plus vribrant red lipstick. When we arrived at the pool party there were not many people present. I decided to take a little swim but the water turned out to be cold (!). Not very nice... But I took a swim anyway and enjoyed it. The feeling of latex in water is just very pleasant and exciting. Not for too long though because it was really too cold to stay in.

So time for a sauna visit then! The sauna was full unfortunately so we went inside the steam cabine. It was nice, wet, and hot. I really enjoyed this and stayed in for more than half an hour. It was also a very special experience wearing latex. This was the first time I did this, but certainly not the last :)

In the wellness area were also some heated foot baths. So of course I enjoyed this too...and it was very pleasant and also relaxing.

The pool party wasn't much of a party but it was a nice way to end this weekend for sure.

The next morning it was time to pack and go home. We checked out right after the breakfast and decided to group together with Belgium Marc, Jennifer, and Ifhegemeia Bernheart. (Marc has been so kind to offer us a ride to and back from Essen). Before to leave back home we would visit Villa Hügel, the house of the well-know german family Krupp.

It was a very interesting visit and nice surprise being located so very close to the hotel. I've been to Essen for several years now but never realised there was such an interesting place so near there.

Here are some pictures:

"This is my house" ...I wish! :)

Bdsm tools?

I hope you enjoyed reading :)

And like I said before, don't hesitate to give some constructive criticism about my writing or anything!

--- If you want to read more about this year's Fetish Evolution, this article on the Fetishistas is nice to read: http://www.thefetishistas.com/index.php?menu=3&sub=32&display=693

Fetish Evolution weekend 2012 - Part I

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