Peng Towers :')

After spending over a year trying to purchase my dream house (my dream house was not the bank's dream house!), I got some magical, life-changing, opportunity-opening news this afternoon: I am finally, finally buying my first house!

:')

I'm glad that it took so long and various other places slipped through my fingers, because it forced me to wait long enough to come across the bargain of the Nineteenth Century: a much bigger and better place than I could have hoped for, which is going to open a wealth of artistic opportunities, and make a beautiful home- the kind I've dreamed about since I was a little girl :D

I don't have any photos yet, but it will be redecorated from top to bottom before I'm done anyway, so I'll just describe it for now!

It's a three-storey Victorian house with high ceilings and big windows, perfect for photography, with French doors leading onto the courtyard downstairs, and a rooftop garden. There is enough space to have my own office, library, cinema, and a yoga/ meditation room hidden behind a secret door, as well as the usual lounge, kitchen, dining and powder rooms, and a couple of spare bedrooms for my model friends to stay in when they come and visit! I love making breakfast for guests; organic almond lattes, freshly squeezed juice, and poached eggs from the local rescue hens are my specialities!

I have no idea yet when I will actually be in and unpacked; hopefully by the summer. For now, I'm just making Pinterest boards of decor ideas and adding to my Amazon Wish List with growing excitement :D

New House is going to be re-christened Peng Towers, a nod towards my six years spent living in London while I established my career, and I hope it will be used for all of the following at various points:

1. photo shoots
2. making a music video
3. making a movie
4. making art films
5. making fetish movies
6. having big parties
7. writing a novel
8. recording music
9. having sex in every single room
10. collecting antiques
11. practising French
12. mixing cocktails (I have my eye on an Art Nouveau cocktail cabinet to go with my various vintage glasses...)

It's a short drive to Bristol, Bristol Airport and Glastonbury, closer to my nan, and 2.5 hours from London, so I shall be well-connected with the places I want to be. There is also a castle, caves and countryside!

If you'd like to help me with any of the above points (bar #9, which I can arrange myself), do drop me a line: contact@anitadebauch.com.

I can't wait to see what my cats will make of Peng Towers; Dexter and Lilith love chasing each other up and down stairs, and this place has one huge staircase spanning three floors for them to race on! I know they will also appreciate having top storey windows to survey the outside world from! They love people-watching...

Many thanks to every client who has ever booked me for a modelling job. You are the reason I can do this! I am eternally grateful x



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Castle in the clouds complete with Prince Charming? Check!

Great news! Boyfy and I put in an offer on our first house, and it was accepted! It was the one I mentioned at the end of my last blog that has a huge old fireplace, library, courtyard and dungeon :D

(Apologies if you already know this from my Instagram/ Twitter!)

It's an apartment in a massive Georgian house in the country. We knew it was ours the moment we clapped eyes on it! Thank you so much to everyone who has booked me over the last two years- it was entirely your constant support that funded my half of the deposit :) As far as I'm aware, I'm one of maybe four art nude models in the whole country who's managed to buy a place purely with modelling money... baby-boomer photographers proclaiming that models over-charge, take note ;)

There is a chance we might be able to move in to our first home by Christmas! :) Visualise this fireplace decorated with fir tree branches, holly and candles if you will (I am!) with deer antlers above and a live tree covered in tiny gold fairy lights in the corner :D

CGI by anonymous local artist :p Those are my cats, btw.

I love old buildings; they instantly make me feel at home. They almost seem alive and with their own personalities that they've accumulated over time. Here is a shot from a recent shoot with one of my favourite photographers in one of my favourite locations, The Pit Studio in Nottingham, a massive Victorian Gothic set of high-ceilinged rooms with big windows and an air of beauty in decay. I will try and do a studio day there on 17 October @ £50ph, if any photographers reading this are interested :)

Photographer: Rob Ellis.

Click on the image to see a larger version!

I am having a wonderful time writing to do and to buy lists for the new house... I should really get my head back in the game and get on with booking tours for October and November!

xxx

Gothesque magazine editorial

I have an arty four-page editorial in this month's issue of Gothesque magazine, styled and shot by Phine Ka in my hotel room :) It's funny how some of my favourite images have been shot in my hotel rooms, my apartment, other people's living rooms and places like that, rather than always being on expensive rented sets or locations!

Click the images to see larger versions!

I just got home from 24 hours of helping my nan settle into her new place, followed by a green smoothie, a two-hour workout, and lots of housework! I'm not the greatest chef in the world, but I'm a real homebody when it comes to cleaning. I like everything to look, feel and smell wonderful, both for me and my man :) The cats are happy because they got to sunbathe in the garden for a couple of hours while I enjoyed lunch al fresco (with my Bareskin Beauty sun cream) and hung out the washing.

The day before yesterday happened to be Marilyn Monroe's 89th birthday and my 9th modelling anniversary, not that I had time to celebrate!

Next up, Wokingham on Saturday! If you are a photographer interested in a studio shoot with me at a discounted rate, I currently have the morning available at Fine & DanDee Studio on Saturday 6 June for £50ph all-inclusive. They have a dungeon room and a boudoir room too! Email contact@anitadebauch.com if you're interested :)

Oh, and did I mention? I'm on Instagram- follow me if you're on there :D

Let the weekend begin!! 💋👙🔗🔒📹😍 #Lingerie: @playfulpromises Photographer: @adamrobertsonphotography #boudoirphotography #redhead #me #stockings #blackstockings #fullyfashioned #nylons #blacknylons #smile #sexy #boudoir #glamourgirl #glamourmodel #lingeriemodel #vintage #retro #kinky #kink #fetish #bondage #50shades #stockingsandsuspenders

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Dark Beauty

One of my favourite magazines, Dark Beauty, has published a photo set I shot with Luci Alice on their website, >here< :)

It was shot at my last Lux Studio Day in Kent (the next one is Saturday 23 May, if any photographer would like to book the remaining slot) and I was thrilled to hear Luci say that it was some of her best work! She is a lighting master!

The leather armour/ harnesses are from Louise McKay, the latex leggings were custom-made by Lady Lucie, the boots are from Fabulously Fetish and I believe Luci said the feathers were from Ann Summers! All my skincare was provided by Bareskin Beauty, and Luci was delighted at how little retouching there was to do (I take good care of my skin!).

I really like how my nipple looks in the last one, LOL. It almost looks like it's been painted on.

I think this is the first shoot I've done where more than one magazine wanted to publish it, but Dark Beauty got in there first! It was fun letting my inner teenage goth out to play, that's for sure. We were even listening to Marilyn Manson while we were shooting! (Sorry if you already saw this on Instagram/ Facebook!)

Being photographed for Louise McKay leather by @lucialicephotography today. #modelling #modeling #photoshoot #fashionshoot #posing #fashionphotography #studiophotography #me #video

A video posted by Anita De Bauch (@anitadebauch) on Mar 28, 2015 at 10:47am PDT

I think today will be spent dealing with the email mountain. I'm glad I spent all of yesterday reading in the garden with the cats, after my shoot was postponed last-minute, as the weather has gone back to grey and cooler today. I want to learn about how to identify common British/ Irish trees, and spring is supposed to be a good time to do it, but I'm going to wait for a sunnier day off to go walking ;)

I bring you...

I had my first lie-in in I don't know how long this morning, until the heady hour of 10.30am, when my fuzzy alarm clock (Lilith) woke me up, demanding breakfast. I feel so rejuvenated!

And I wake to find this in my inbox from photographer Tim Pile :) Apologies if you already saw it on Twitter this morning!

I can't really be bothered to give myself a hair and makeup credit for this as I didn't really do anything, but my skincare was provided by Bareskin Beauty.

I loved this spectacular hand-carved fireplace!

For any photographers reading this, I am doing an Art Nude Studio Day at Lux Studio in Kent on Saturday 23 May, at a special all-inclusive rate of £50ph (me + studio + equipment + parking). Please email me at contact@anitadebauch.com if you would like to discuss.

I'm off for a hike in the Somerset countryside! These Somerset Photographic Tours are really feeding my love and appreciation for this beautiful natural area.

The blooper reel! Out-takes and snatched snaps. Happy April Fool's Day!

Happy Wednesday!

Despite an awful start to the day with a photographer cancelling a full day last-minute and refusing to pay, I'm reading a new book, The Beauty Detox Power, and have just finished my Glowing Green Smoothie, so feeling pretty zenned-out and ready to post some April Fools-related photos from my shoots to cheer myself up!

All of these are outtakes, lighting tests, and so on, not the photos that usually get to see the light of day ;) I think it's fun to share pictures like this sometimes!

Me and Chloe-Jasmine Whichello at a shoot for Beyond Burlesque, which ended up in a British Vogue bridal advertorial (not this shot, though!)

Me "assisting" Stephen Perry at Twiggy's shoot for Who Do You Think You Are? I was absolutely thrilled when she pulled me in for this shot!

Out-take of me chatting to Adam Robertson, the photographer, during this fun lingerie/ glamour shoot. Even though it's not really a "modelling" shot, I like this photo as I think it looks much more like I'd probably look if I was just hanging out with my boyfriend, rather than posing and trying to "look good for the camera".

Me wittering to Dita Von Teese at top speed when I met her at Bloomingdale's in New York.

Photo by David Prutting/ BFA Photo.

 Me pulling faces during a lighting test at my shoot for Kaori's Latex Dreams with Luci Alice last month. I posted a "proper" photo from this shoot on Facebook today.

 Shooting a cover and editorial for Spain's BeDeSeMe magazine with Luci Alice at my London apartment, when Dexter decided to photo bomb us!

At a Fabulously Fetish shoe fitting with Lady Allura. I'm not actually sure who took this picture!

Have a great day :)

Urban Camden Street Fashion Shoot

Happy New Year, everyone :)

I had a very quiet evening compared to last year, when I was raving to The Prodigy at the O2 until 3.30am. This year I had a bit of a sore throat/ was generally feeling too tired to socialise and so stayed in with boyfy, drinking bubbly and watching the fireworks on TV, before sloping off to bed with the cats at 1. Rock on!

I thought I'd share these fresh street fashion photos from a shoot I styled and modelled for last year in Camden. I also did the location scouting and tour guiding :) The photographer was a lovely chap called David Benzie, who I can thoroughly recommend :) We had a good old chat as well as shooting!

So much colder than it looks! :p

I'll be in Camden again on Monday 19 Sunday 18 Wednesday 21 and Friday 30 January, if any photographer would like me to take them on another Urban Camden Street Fashion Tour :)

There are lots of cool little places to shoot there, and in a historically creative and arty neighbourhood easily reached on the tube. I'm delighted to be able to offer one photographer a two hour Urban Camden Street Fashion Tour at 11.30am - 1.30pm on Monday 19 January anytime on Wednesday 21 or Friday 30 January, meeting by Camden Town Station and ending at a suitably Camden-ish coffee shop with a complementary organic cappuccino to warm up before heading home! I can drop you back off at Camden Town Station.

The all-inclusive price for this shoot is £100, which covers me, arriving photo-ready in full hair, makeup and wardrobe; one change of wardrobe, as well as a couple of different coats and accessories to play with the two outfits; four different locations; the signing of any releases; and a delicious organic cappuccino :)

These unusual shoots will be booked on a first come, first serve basis, so please get in touch as soon as possible to avoid disappointment on contact@anitadebauch.com. I hope London photographers will consider taking advantage of this opportunity! Thanks for reading, and please feel free to share this blog using the little buttons below if you know someone who you feel this might benefit :)

Rebelicious magazine latex Star Wars editorial #FetishFriday

I was reminded when updating my website for the first time in about a year last night/ early this morning that I haven't been blogging my publications like I used to. So, here is the latest one that I know of, an interview with Magpie Photography in Rebelicious magazine with some fun Star Wars themed photos we shot on my last Norfolk trip. I actually won the custom latex Storm Trooper bikini from Shhh! Couture in a Facebook competition :D The Star Wars necklaces were lent for the shoot by Chimeric Garnish. Skincare as always by Bareskin Beauty.

I was quite attached to the ATAT by the end of the day.

#WardrobeWednesday with Damian McGillicuddy, Olympus & Bareskin Beauty!

Hi everyone!

I'm writing this on my sofa, in a peach robe, with Lilith purring in it, and drinking almond cappuccino with cinnamon sprinkles from a big china mug. Apparently people like to know these things.

Anyway!

Check out this new photo shot in Finland last month with Damian McGillicuddy using Olympus! I borrowed my boyfriend's tie for this shoot.

I'm quite impressed by just how much you can see my nipple through that blouse. I don't know if it actually looked like that at the time or was enhanced in Photoshop. I did the hair and makeup, skincare is by Bareskin Beauty :) The hair was super easy, I just used coconut oil to slick it down.

Bought some new makeup online today, in fact; I'm gradually converting from MAC to organic pure mineral products. Less talc = less spots. I recently got a bunch of new BsB natural products and my skin looked better immediately after using the Clay Mask and Antioxidant Toner, which inspired me to think, "what else can I do? Improve my makeup case!"

Yesterday's lips =

BsB lip balm + Rimmel Dynamite pencil + MAC Girl About Town applied with MAC lip brush

Here's a little video of me visiting the BsB kitchen in London last weekend, in case you didn't already see it on Vine:

Full day shoot yesterday, spa mineral bath with Thornton's Champagne truffles courtesy of boyfy last night, and full day's domestic goddess activities today. I've already done last night's washing up, three loads of laundry, scratch-made two kinds of soup (Kim Snyder's detox vegan Thai soup, and my own vegan Italian tomato & Chanteray carrot), baked preservative-free vegan wholemeal with coconut oil and BsB Himalayan pink salt, and assembled a huge pile of clothes for mending. I feel super-efficient. Now to see if I can remember how to thread up my digital sewing machine!

 Oh and guess what?

I've officially been modelling for EIGHT YEARS this month.

UNBELIEVABLE!!! Cheers everyone!

PS, does anyone know where I can buy a pair of these in the UK??? They are actually my perfect pair of sunglasses. I think I could handle paying 250 bucks for them if I had prescription lenses put in and wore them forever.

Vintage #WardrobeWednesday... and my holiday snaps. Sorry.

Are we glad the weather's warming up??? I sure am. Here's a photo of me warming my butt by the fire last winter, by Scarecrow Images! We included a couple of other very famous models in the shot, too ;)

I did the hair, makeup and wardrobe styling :)

I'll be bringing my vintage wardrobe to my Eye For an Image Studio Day in Banbury next month, if anyone would like to shoot some nice black and whites there (they had a lovely vintage dressing table set last time I visited) :) Email contact@anitadebauch.com.

Just got back from a week's holiday in Cheddar, where I spent most of my time barefoot and makeup-free, reading my psychonautics books (massively recommend Alterations of Consciousness to any psychology and/ or parapsychology/ shaman types out there! I have a psychology degree but this book totally changed the way I think about awareness and the brain), enjoying magical Glastonbury and fresh local food during the day and lying in the grass stargazing at night ♥

C15th church in Glastonbury on Good Friday.

Sorry if you've already seen all these on Facebook/ Twitter/ Tumblr/ Instagram!

Until I actually live in the countryside, I think I'm going to try and make a holiday out there every springtime from now on. It's the perfect time to visit, with all the wild flowers and blossom trees bursting to life, the sun coming out and baby animals EVERYWHERE! I loved walking into the village to buy my almond milk and other supplies and seeing baby rabbits springing away down the path, and lots of friendly farm animals!

I fed a mummy sheep :D

I also visited a wool farm and bonded with the lambs. They are like living teddy bears! So much more cuddly and immediately trusting than say, a pet dog would be. As soon as I put this little chap on my lap he draped himself over my shoulder for a cuddle, just like Dexter and Lilith do, and gave me lots of fuzzy face nuzzles and little kisses ♥

 Look at his little smile!!!! *cuteness overload*

If he wasn't going to grow into a full-grown sheep I'd have offered to buy him on the spot. I'll just have to make do with this imbecile.

Dexter, high off his arse on catnip in Glastonbury. You couldn't make this up.

Full day latex, lingerie and art nude shoot at a wicked studio with loads of cool sets in London tomorrow. Must go now to pack and do my nails :)

Not a very Christmassy blog... oh well!!

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I thought I should do a Christmas blog while I'm still in London :) Amazingly, I don't have any pictures of myself in a "sexy Santa" outfit or any of that business, so instead, here's a new picture of me wearing Lady Allura's Latex, by Alec Davies. The colours are sort of Christmassy, maybe :p

I'm in Somerset for Christmas to spend time with my family, catching the train tomorrow morning with the cats, which should be fun. Look out for the girl in the vintage (faux) silverfox coat and turban with two bald cats in jumpers on matching velvet and diamante leads :p Dexter and Lilith like to sit with me at a table on the train and watch the world go by out the window.

Chloe-Jasmine Whichello also invited me over for Christmas but unfortunately I only booked off enough time to spend with my family- then it's straight back to London. This is also why I've not booked any shoots in the southwest over Christmas. Hopefully CJ and I will have time for afternoon tea somewhere in London in the new year :)

Last night, Hannah Ashlea and I met up for the first time in ages- she was terribly jetlagged from her flight from Hong Kong but still braved it out for a two-hour "Jack the Ripper" tour of Whitechapel with me last night, looking as gorgeous as ever!

The weather stayed dry and it actually wasn't that cold out of the wind. The tour was super gory and interesting and afterwards we went for mulled wine at The Ten Bells, the Victorian pub where some of the victims, and most likely the Ripper himself at some point, drank in 1888. It was creepy but fun to imagine everyone in the pub in Victorian clothing, lit by gas lamps, with the street outside pitch black, without a single streetlight.

I wore a Victorian style high-collared black blouse with a lace panel on the chest and lots of little buttons running down the spine, with my Victorian mourning locket and long black skirt. I love to dress up! I must have let my imagination run away with me as I had super-realistic dreams/ nightmares all last night about being trapped in a house with a blood-crazed disembowelment enthusiast. Um, hope that never happens o.O

TO DO!

1. Bath cats and put them in their woolly jumpers (it's cold today, even with the fire lit!)
2. Pack for my Christmas break- my wardrobe, and the cats'
3. Have a Bareskin Beauty Green Clay Mask

Over and out! This is my last proper blog before Christmas but no doubt I'll be posting silly pics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr over the next couple of days!

Merry Christmas!

Anita x

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Professional restraint vs total lack of restraint in real life :p

This week, #NakedSundays is brought to you by Restrained Elegance, the classiest bondage site on the net, in case you didn't already see it on Tumblr/ Twitter/ Facebook :) Something weird happened to the quality when I uploaded it from my computer but you can watch the full high quality video in the website's members' area.

I write to you from my own sofa (for once), where I am curled up in front of a roaring fire in my leopard print PJs drinking Vita Coco and having a hungover Simpsons marathon with a friend who's visiting from the Shire. What was going to be civilised birthday drinkies for a friend of a friend in Camden last night turned into a bit of a late-night rampage on Crystal Head Vodka! I must get a bottle for my little cocktail-making zone at home, not that I can bear to think about cocktails too much right now.

I did a LOT of online shopping this morning, which may not have been advisable, but then I did get two pairs of amazeballs shoes and four dresses for under £40, boom! Including my NYE dress, silver sequinned zebra print for seeing The Prodigy :D :D I have gold sparkly studded cowboy boots but I'd really like to find a silver pair to match, hmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

My little baldie cats are in their new winter jumpers. Lilith is in blue, because it goes with her eyes and some of her "blue" colouring, and Dexter is in pink, because he's gay.

"I hate you, Mom."

*drinks more coconut water*

Anita x

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