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  • Showgirls.Life – The Importance of a Proper Bow

    How important is a proper bow?

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    Take a Proper Bow During a curtain call recently, I witnessed another performer fail to fully take their bow when their name was called. They just sort of…

  • Showgirls.Life – Showgirl Shortcuts: Choreography, the Quick and Dirty Way

    Choreography, the Quick and Dirty Way

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    Choreography tips for those who hate choreographing Choreography. It’s my arch nemesis when it comes to creating a new act. I have never been good at it, nor…

  • Showgirls.Life – Showgirl Shortcuts: How to Put on False Eyelashes Like a Pro!

    How to Put on False Eyelashes Like a Pro

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    /> Put on false lashes like a pro I learned how to put on fake eyelashes early in life. Or so I thought. I have been wearing stage…

  • Showgirls.Life – Defining Success: It's Not About the Numbers

    Defining Success: It’s Not About the Numbers

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    How do you define success? Growing up, I was taught that success is how much money you have in the bank (or how big your house is and…

  • Showgirls.Life – Showgirl Shortcuts: How to Make Your False Eyelashes Last

    How to Make Your False Eyelashes Last

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    How to clean false eyelashes Before I quit Instagram, I asked my followers on Instagram how often they get new lashes. Why get new ones when you can…

  • Showgirls.Life – Showgirl Shortcuts: How to Prep Your Lashes Like a Pro

    How to prep your false eyelashes like a pro

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    How to customize false eyelashes Do you customize your false eyelashes? Or do you just buy a new pair, trim them to fit your eye and then glue…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – Are You Undervaluing Yourself as a Performer?

    Are you undervaluing yourself as a performer?

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    The hard truth about burlesque performer pay It is infuriating to learn that burlesque performers are stripping for free. The truth about burlesque performer pay is that someone…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – Top 5 Mistakes When Wearing Fishnets

    Top 5 mistakes when wearing fishnets (are you making them?)

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Top 5 fishnet mistakes This is part 2 of a 2 part series The secrets of fishnets: how to wear fishnets and how to fix fishnet mistakes. (If…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – Showgirls Shortcuts: Hide Those Tights!

    Are you making this mistake? Hide Those Tights!

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Do you know how to wear fishnets? One of the first things I learned as a dancer in Jubilee! is the secret of how to wear fishnets. This…

  • ShowgirlsLife Blog – How Much Does a Burlesque Act Cost to Produce?

    Five Little Known Ways to Reduce Your Burlesque Act Expenses

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    How to cut burlesque act expenses If you saw this post, I am sure it brought up a lot of questions about how I can possibly reuse a…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – Growing Your Repertoire: Should You Really Create Another Act?

    Growing Your Repertoire: Should You Really Create Another Act?

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Why you shouldn’t create another act You know that feeling you get when inspiration strikes and you just HAVE TO create another act? Read on to learn more…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – Adding Value: How to Get More Bookings

    Adding Value: How to get more bookings

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    How to add value to get paid more There has been a little bit of an uproar in the burlesque community due to a show pay poll and…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog How NOT to lose a wig onstage

    How to NOT Lose a Wig Onstage

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Showgirl shortcut: Keep your wig on Please don’t fall off, please don’t fall off, please don’t fall off! Ever had those pleading thoughts running through your head onstage…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – How to Rubber your Shoes

    How to make high heels last

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Prep your brand new heels to last Well you did it, you just blew $100 on a pair of shoes for an act. And that’s just the shoes.…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – How to Rubber your Shoes

    How to NOT Face Plant Onstage

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Prevent slipping onstage in heels There is a video out there in the world, probably several, of a long-legged burlesque artist gracefully walking across a parquet floor and…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – Gazella High Kick

    High Kicks and Kick Lines

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Improving High Kicks I’ve always been a pretty flexible dancer—not one that needs to improve high kicks.I was always the one doing splits on chairs and practicing over…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – Top 7 Costume Malfunctions and How to Avoid Them

    Top 7 Costume Malfunctions that Can Be Avoided

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Burlesque Costume Malfunctions How terrifying is it as a strip tease artist when you get stuck in that dress or that corset and you are running out of…

  • Showgirls.Life Blog – How to Rubber your Shoes

    What you need to master the art of walking

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    There’s an art to walking Showgirls walk. A lot. In my experience as a Las Vegas Showgirl, half my time spent on the Jubilee Theatre stage was spent…

  • ShowgirlsLife Blog – What exactly is the X Factor?

    What is the X Factor?

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Connect with the Audience As a performer, you’ve probably heard of the “X Factor.” No, I’m not talking about the TV show. I’m talking about the essence of…

  • ShowgirlsLife Blog – How Much Does a Burlesque Act Cost to Produce?

    How Much Does a Burlesque act really cost?

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    How much does a burlesque act cost to produce, really? My first big burlesque purchase was a pair of feather fans. They are gorgeous,huge and have a real…

  • Are You a Dancer or an Artist? - Showgirls.Life Blog

    Are you a Dancer or an Artist? How to distinguish the two

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    What’s the difference between dancer and artist? This has only recently become a “thing” for me. After performing on stages over the past 25 years and redefining myself…

  • How to make your own facial cleanser and save money!

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    It all started with the Island Life Read on to learn why I decided to create a DIY facial cleanser followed by the recipe! Several years ago, I…

  • Showgirls.Life - Real Magic of Being a Performer Read Blog

    The Real Magic of Being a Performer

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    What the heck is the fourth wall anyway? Fourth WallNounThe space which separates the performer or performance from the audience. It took me years to understand what the…

  • Are You Being True to Yourself as a Performer?

    inBlog, Showgirl Shortcuts

    Where my authenticity as a performer began I remember being a little girl, in my mint green unitard, black knee pads and lyrical sandals, getting ready to compete…

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    How to NOT POP a Pastie!

    inShowgirl Shortcuts

    I never thought I would be wearing pasties As I entered the world of showbusiness, I never thought I would see the day when I would wear pasties…

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