585 Magazine - Getting its Fierce on for January!

I'm having a lovely holiday with my best friend Lisa, our four kiddos are giggling over music in the background, and my love is at my side (if Lisa likes him, he's in like Flynn ;)). It's all pretty much perfect, couldn't possibly get better, right? Wrong! Lisa gets a text from one of her friends 'Tell Teri I need to do one of her sessions after seeing her article in 585!' YES! I've been patiently (maybe not so patiently) waiting for this issue to come out.

A little background into this story: I had a fantastic writer come into my studio and do a session. She wrote about her experience and Jane Farr, Editor-in-Chief loved the article, so we were a go! Then came the task of choosing images to use. I have so many gorgeous women entrust me with helping them Find Their Fierce! I was thrilled with the number of clients who were willing to have their images used in a local article. Each of these women, who had come to me with a bit of trepidation, found after their session that they LOVED the way they looked. They had found their fierce, and believe me, no one can take that away from them. 

'Find Your Fierce!' You'll see that over and over again on my website, on my Facebook page, you'll hear it from me when I speak. I am a huge fan of women finding their fierce, in whatever way works for them. I also believe a Boudoir Session is one of the most cathartic, self loving ways to find your own fierce, embracing the beauty and sexuality that is you. During your session you are pampered by my fantastic hair and makeup artist, Valerie Schaubroeck. Then we move on to your session creating gorgeous images of you while you are reminded that you are, without a doubt a gorgeous, sensual, powerful, and fierce woman. 

Embrace this year as YOUR year to Find Your Fierce. If you need a bit more convincing, read the 585 article and find a better understanding of what a Boudoir Session can mean to you.

Find the full article here: 585 Magazine - In the bedroom

Find Ciao Bella Boudoir (and your fierce) here: Ciao Bella Boudoir

Of course, not all of the gorgeous women who were happy to share their Ciao Bella Boudoir images of them Finding Their Fierce were in the article, so I'm sharing this image here and telling you -

Find Your Fierce!

Make this year the year you celebrate you. The year you fully realize how beautiful, powerful and sexy you are. The year you decide that only you are the perfect awesomeness that is exactly, perfectly, FIERCELY you!

Oh, and for the record, Lisa likes my love, so this year is not only going to be fierce, but also filled with love. Happy New Year all my fierce lovelies! May your 2016 be amazing!

Celebrating a Woman's Beauty and Power with a Gorgeous Blonde

She sent me a message asking "Should I keep my hair natural and wild or tame it?" My answer was natural and wild, of course! We get wrapped up everyday in what is ideal for everyone else, but forget to consider what is ideal for us? What makes YOU feel beautiful, what makes YOU feel powerful? The sexiness that will shine from every pore of your being comes from those two feelings. A woman empowered by her own beauty and power will empower those around her, she does not need to be told she is 'sexy' by anyone else or on anyone else's terms. My goal with every one of my sessions is to help each woman realize her beauty, her power and to leave her session with those feelings. I want every woman to know those feelings and carry them with her out into the world.

This woman? She came to me already there, already full of her own power and beauty. It was a complete pleasure working with her. I fed off her energy and she off mine. There is nothing like it in the world: two creative souls working together to create magic. Miss Fredua was a natural, wild beauty and it was my pleasure creating gorgeous images with her!

What makes you feel beautiful, powerful and sexy? A session at Ciao Bella Boudoir may be just what you need. ;)

Maleficent: Queen of beauty, power and sex appeal.

I adore Maleficent. She's my favorite fairytale queen. Seeing the movie trailers has inspired me to want to do a shoot for quite some time. I had a wonderful model in mind, Harsiese. She was in the process of taking her hair to a lovely shade of silver, so we waited until that was done. I needed a dress worthy of Maleficent, Khaos By Design had the perfect dress for me, along with gorgeous necklaces. Valerie Schaubroeck created the gorgeous hair design and Nicole Barry did Maleficent's makeup. Michael Hanlon, my partner in crime, was my lighting assistant and master of the smoke. It was amazing collaborating with such a fantastic team! I only have one teaser for you for now. The rest will come soon. Thank you to my inspired team for helping me see this vision come to life!

A bit of Hollywood Glamour with a very modern girl...

Bonnie is definitely a beautiful, powerful, sexy woman. She embodies all of the grace of any Hollywood starlet you can conjure up: Lillian Gish, Marleen Dietrich, Veronica Lake, Jane Russell; she just has it. We were thrilled that Bonnie was available to work with us and got started planning the Hanlon-Fiske Studios, INC old Hollywood style shoot with wedding dresses from Heart to Heart Bridal.

As always, Valerie Schaubroeck did the makeup and honestly, I think she knocked it out of the park with this one! I'm looking forward to our upcoming Ciao Bella Boudoir sessions not only here, but in NYC as well.

We are all thrilled with the results and think you will be as well.

On another note, we (Hanlon Weddings) love that we have the space and gear available to offer a shoot like this to any of our brides. While the 'Bridal Shoot' is not as popular here in New York, it's something Mike and I love! We've had couples do 'Day After' sessions as well which is another way to get more amazing images of just the two of you!

Ciao Bella!