In the spirit of V-Day, we thought it would be apropos to do a boudoir post! Sure, it's the sexiest day of the year but why stop there? A boudoir photo session is a great way to keep the love going all year round and makes the perfect wedding, birthday or just-because gift for that special someone in your life! YOU! (But we don't think your guy will complain either *winks*)

As if you need an excuse to get pampered and feel empowered, a dreamy photo session with Nomo Akisawa of Simply Sweet Photography and make-up by Jasmine Hoffman is the perfect time to get all dolled up and embrace your unique beauty.

“And don’t think that you have to be a perfect 0 to do boudoir, look like a Victoria’s Secret model, or be as young. Boudoir is for every woman every shape & size, every age, and beauty is truly in everyone. You just have to leave it up to the photographer to embrace it. Boudoir is for the every day average woman – you DO NOT have to be a model.”

— Nomo Akisawa, Photographer

“Don’t be nervous to do one. I will guide and pose you, and use my creative eye to get all the right angles. You don’t walk in a model, but by the end of the session, I promise that you will feel like one! Stop giving yourself excuses as to why you can’t do one. Just do it!”

— Nomo Akisawa, Photographer

Ready to book? Our friends Nomo Akisawa of Simply Sweet Photography and Jasmine Hoffman are having a February Boudoir Special for $585 that includes:

1 hour photo session
Makeup Application by Jasmine Hoffman
Hair Styling by Cara Christensen
Mink Lashes from SLMissGlam

And to sweeten the experience, brides who purchase their bridal jewellery from us at Jeweliette Jewellery by March 1, 2016 will receive a complimentary jewellery rental for their boudoir experience*

To take advantage this offer, please contact Jasmine Hoffman at littlejasminebeauty@hotmail.com for more details and to book.

When your best friends are a makeup artist, a hair stylist, a couturier and a photographer you know that a styled photo shoot featuring your favorite things is inevitable! Throw in a pink convertible Mini Cooper, some balloons and a beach sunset...and, well, you end up with the ultimate girly style session!

Many thanks to Best Friends For Frosting for featuring the results on their blog this week! BFFF is a lifestyle website and inspiration guide for stylish and creative living, dedicated to sharing cutting edge, chic ideas to inspire you to become your best self and to celebrate the every day in style! We are totally down with all that, so it was an honor that they loved our shoot as much as we did!

Read the full feature online HERE and keep scrolling down for some of my unpublished personal favorites!

Makeup Artist Jasmine Hoffman has a special talent for always picking the perfect lashes! These ones are by SLMissGlam in Dangerously Glam...they feel so luxurious on, if only I really was born with it!

The outfit was designed by Kim Ironmonger of Valencienne Bridal in Toronto. Valencienne is our Toronto retail partner and you can find us there three times a year for our designer attended Trunk Shows. Kim is a magnificent designer and her attention to detail and craftsmanship is enough to make your head spin! A little fun fact about her is that she even designed a wedding dress for Whoppi Goldberg!