So, as a few of my longtime followers know, I am not much of a writer... dumb videos, silly made up songs are more of my jim jam. I feel most experiences are hard to put into words for me, and the 420 shootfest is no exception to this rule.. but I shall shakily attempt to scratch the surface.
The key details are now fuzzy to me at this point, but the feeling of community and "damn, was that a fucking dream" is definitely still there.
For basically the entirety of the shootfest, I was doing makeup on various girls. Naturally, I"m incredibly shy and awkward when you first meet me (ESPECIALLY in a group setting), but makeup allows me to get on a more personal one on one basis with whom I'm working on.
My first makeup was on my sweet, sweet @silvery , whom I had never in fact met until this point. We immediately bonded on being weird, squrriely and most importantly awkward as fuck. After our makeup, we clung together with this awkward, sticky clammy glue for the entirety of the shoot fest.
The 420 shootfest was where @sirenerouge and I finally got a chance to actually bond IRL, we had been chatting online for months, discussing the YEG & YYC shootfests that she and @haileigh were planning. @sirenerouge and I shared a room which by the end of the shootfest was covered in fake $100 bills and makeup. @sirenerouge is such a fucking badass for being as young as she is, I admire the living fuck out of her for pursuing her goals, and always persevering no matter what the circumstance.
Our room was my workspace, and if I had one regret about the shootfest it was that I should have had my makeup lair in a more public place so I could have spent more quality time with the rest of the girls that I didn't do makeup on.
I got to hang out again with the lovely @lizzibear whose first set I was holding the reflector for in January at the mini YVR shootfest that the ever adorable @psypher held. @lizzibear is such an angel , it was wonderful getting to know her on a more personal level. I was super pleased with the cute lil makeup I got to do on her.
@kezia is the champion behind the whole fucking shootfest, and without her none of this would have happened. @Kezia was incredibly busy the entire time, just as I was, so we weren't able to hang out as much as I would have wanted. I did, however get to do an adorable purple smokey eye on her for one of her sets. @kezia has such beautiful features and has a literal dream face of a canvas. I think @Kezia and I were both also pleased that we could listen to some metal together . (@sirenerouge digs it too) It would make my life if one of @kezia 's sets made it to front page after all her hard work, because damnit shes a true ambassador for the community. ALSO, shoot out to her man MORGAN, who fucking cooked every day for all 20-25 of us, and tried to work around all of our bullshit model dietary needs.
I also had the pleasure of doing makeup on the wonderful @daisyblayze_sgh ! We shared many laughs ! The angel gave me a link pink rose afterwards that matched one of my pieces of lingerie I ended up shooting in. I cant wait to see this babe again! ALSO let allowed my Sarah "MOON" in her set (Amungst other lovelies)... which I will cover in a little bit.
I had the pleasure of doing makeup on @shorty , who is fucking ADORABLE AS FUCK. She has the literal longest natural eyelashes that Ive ever seen, THEY ARE EVERYTHING. I got to do makeup for her up and coming cosplay of Kahlessi from Game of Thrones. Im pretty sure that @sirenerouge is the photographer for this set, so you know its going to be FIRE. ehehe literally... mother of dragons.. get it? This was also an iconic makeup for me for my makeup career because it was the first time id ever done makeup in the NUDE! i had just finished shooting with @sirenerouge in the pool for patreon .
Alrighty, so I think Im really funny and I started cameo'ing in girls sets with my butt, my "sarah Moon" if you will, I cameoed in as many sets as i possibly could throughout the shootfest. I was typcially very busy and stuck in my makeup lair, so my buns definitely didnt make it into as many sets as i wanted too. (however, the YEG & YYC i stepped my 'mooning' game up tenfold) I also had friends join in on the fun ; featured below @jessacat & @leemalee shot by @mdt . I have heard from several photographers that there may as some point be a blog or thread with all of my cameos in all the sets
Speaking of @leemalee , we shot an impromtu set on one of the many stair cases in the manison, which was just officially submitted into the queue yesterday, it comes out in 4 months and 3 weeks. I remeber laughing a lot while shooting, @leemalee is adorable and hilarious. I love how excited she gets when she likes a photo shes taking, it really makes you feel good while shooting. Here's a preview of my set "promise everything", check out my sick hair flip.
Also i have to mention that I did a little makeup on @leemalee for one of her shoots, and it was so much fun. It took me way longer than normal because of how much we were laughing. @chalk was also braiding @leemalee 's hair and we had a couple pals visit also <3 @psypher @jessacat
We couldnt menetion my cameo's without the single greatest cameo of my came-hoeing career without mentioning me pushing @silvery into the poolfor her pool set. Below are two images of us pissing ourselves lauighing right before I pushed her into the pool, we had an audience.. like it was a big fuckin deal. @leemalee captured this moment. I have no doubt in my mind that this set will be on front page, without a doubt.
I also shot a set with @mdt photography , when we both managed to have some free time. @mdt shot my first SG set that I ever did , its still in member review, its called "rising Tide" . It was neat to shoot with him now, because Ive grown a lot as a model since we shot that first intial set.. I am very excited to see the final result.. also can we have amoment of silence for that fucking ridiclous scar face house we stayed in..
I also had a couple special moments I wanted to mention with @mdt & @silvery watching movies in the gigantic home theatre system before bed during the night. it was a chill way to wind down at night before bed.
My LAST big and favorite memory from the shootfest is the shooting & aftermath of the trailer park boys set... There was a lot struggles getting everyone together for multi's for the weekend.. so much so that the trailer park boys set got pushed back for days. I am so glad that we managed to shoot it. Poor @chalk was supposed to be Julian, but she never recieved her Julian style wig, and we were unable to obtain one by any other means. @sirenerouge was also intially supposed to be the one shooting the set, but @kezia ended up shooting it.. @kezia was also suposed to originally be Ricky, but I had also before the shoot fest simultaneously had the idea for a trailer park boys multi .. and begged the girls to be in it.. @kezia graciously gave me her roll as ricky and opted for Mr. Lahey. @silvery and i wanted to shoot it so bad , we asked @chalk if she would mind if @jessacat took the roll of Julian.. and thankfully she was okay with it.. Which we really apprciate @chalk !!! @chalk also made a cameo in the set, as well at @lita and @delaney <3 @silvery @jessacat and I started a chant , which has now carried on from the 420 shootfest into the YEG & YYC shootfest "nakie nakie nakie, ass ass ass, titties titties titties"... which i think has simultanteously boosted the morral between models, gotten everyone excited and has helped everyone feel really fucking comfortble while shooting... i mean i can only speak for myself and all else is technically just based on assumption, but i know thats how it felt for me. Anyways, y'all have to turn @jessacat and I pink so that we can post this multi, because my sweet @silvery turned pink since these photos were taken.
Okay, so this blog post is VERY fucking long which is probably why i haven't sat town and wrote anything yet..there was just too many special moments than i can possibly name.. but I am just so fucking appreciative of all these beautiful and talented women.. i am so lucky to be a in such a wonderful community with them.. even if i dont ever turn pink, at least ive had these experiences.
thank you to all of you <3
@lizzibear @zory @sirenerouge @lita @delaney @merlady @melei @silvery @chalk @leemalee @ceres @bustybella @kezia (& Morgan) @mdt @psypher @shibu @daisyblayze_sgh @shorty @jessacat @vida (& Pip) @elses
and if i forgot anyone I'm sorry, ive just been writing this fucking blog for a decade