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Scarlett Update

Once again, posts have been few and far between due to the fact that Scarlett has been immemsely busy over the past month. With routines to perfect, showreels to create, and auditions to attend life has been hectic to say the least.

The World Bodypainting event is also still running in the background - although the painting was done months ago and is merely a distant memory, apart from the beautiful photos - there is still the photography award to be decided. And of course, the photocatalogue and festival tv video to arrive.

Scarlett has also stopped working in her 'other' job, meaning that she no longer feels like a superhero with a secret identity... it does make life much easier, although she still seems to never have enough hours in the day to achieve everything!

More of Scarlett @ Sketchy's

This is an image by Jeni Flynn (zzombiegirl) of Scarlett modelling at Dr Sketchy's in Glasgow.

Thanks to Jeni for a beautiful image.

To see this and more of Jeni's artwork, here is her web address.

http://zzombiegirl.deviantart.com/

Bloom Festival

New images....

Scarlett Flame performing in the Tuaca Cabaret Lounge Tent, at the Bloom Fetival in Cheltenham last week. (8th August) Wearing her new Vegas Baby showgirl outfit - complete with fabulous tail feathers and feathered pasties.

A gift from a fabulous friend, and something that looks absolutely amazing. Its really quite revealing, but perfect for this routine, where Scarlett is showing off her legs... and removing her stockings without using her hands... Its based on the routine she used at Club Noir in Glasgow (hopefully video of this performance coming soon!)


The photos are courtesy of Stuart Woodward, a freelance photographer, based in the South East, who took them of Scarlett during her performance.

However, during this adventure Scarlett has realised just how much she is NOT a festival person - getting changed in tent in the dark, mud, cold, and stinking portaloos... these are not things that make Scarlett at all happy. Nor is navigating a muddy festival site in heels, carrying all the stuff one woman needs to perform something that fills her with joy.

But once again it was an interesting opportunity, and Scarlett does love to be onstage.

And even more Austria Pictures!

From Johann Stritzinger

More Austria Pics...

First up, Scarlett on stage... and this is possibly her favourite picture so far.

Simply stunning.










And Scarlett onstage again...

Another great shot...











And Scarlett on the official stage after the jury tent... immediately after the judges had scored the artwork.










And Scarlett in the backstage photo area for the World Face Award.

Scarlett's Return

So, Scarlett has returned from Austria...

An amazing, weird, surreal, fun time was had. Seeboden is a really small and pretty place, with views of Millstatter See and the festival grounds from our apartment. Lots of hills, a few interesting shops. Great cake. And a postbox in the side of the bus...

And here are the photos...

This is the first design, based on the theme "Science; world of wonder", and this is Scarlett during the stage presentation for this category. Friday was 5 hours of painting time, in tents in the festival grounds, followed by time in the photo area backstage and then the stage presentations. Really long day. But the design placed 18th, and won us a place in the final.

Next up, Saturday was the Face Award.

Two hours to paint and costume your model, again followed by time in the photo area and the stage presentations

This was taken backstage in one of the sculptures that lives where the fesitval site ends up.

These two are both of Scarlett on stage during the presentation of the face.

And finally, a fuzzy and out of focus "work in progress" shot of the design from the finals.

There will be more photos as soon as Scarlett has copies of them from our team photographer. The ones currently displayed here are all available on the official World Body Painting Fesitval website.

More Upcoming performances!

After the sucess of Dr Sketchy's Scarlett is also due to perform at Burlesque Idol in Club Noir on the 2nd August.

She also has dates lined up for Kabarett in Edinburgh, and at the Edinburgh Festival. As well as Bloom on the 8th August.

And possibly the Breast Cancer Ball in Leeds - she has an audition for that on the 7th, on her way to Cheltenham.

More dates coming soon, but Scarlett hopes to see you at one of these events!

More Discoveries with Tuaca...

This is another pic of Scarlett at the final event in Edinburgh for Tuaca, held in the Southern.

Scarlett was joined by an excellent band called Conflict Diamonds, who you can find on myspace.

These events were also being used to find performers for the Cabaret Tent at the Bloom Festval in Cheltenham with the best performers from each city invited there to perform. Scarlett is therefore performing at Bloom on the 8th August!

Illusion

Here is a link to the photoshopped image Illusion, created by Inesperado.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drunkenlemur/2624527635/in/photostream

I would put the picture here too but I am having issues with technology...

Scarlett @ Sketchy's

Scarlett will be appearing at Dr Sketchy's in the Arches in Glasgow.

Sunday 27th July.

She will be performing at the open stage section of the session, with a three minute routine, danced en pointe to Love Potion Number 9... also known as her Shocking Stocking Routine, where she takes off her stockings using her feet.

It has to be seen to be believed!

Final Countdown

10 days to go until Scarlett leaves for Austria... and another painting session planned for this weekend.

Scarlett is starting to get somewhat nervous now, as it all seems to have arrived rather more quickly than expected. But everything is planned, and everything is booked, so there is really no backing out now.

Its been a very very quick journey from someone who felt so shy and self-concious to someone who has already had 3 reasonably sucessful performances in public. And hopefully more in the process of being lined up... But there is still more that is not posted here, and hopefully Scarlett will have time to update properly either before she leaves or when she returns. It has been a really quick 6 months, and hopefully the next 6 will be just as much fun.

The last performance of this run for the Tuaca promotion is at a bar called Southern, on South Clerk Street in Edinburgh... see you there!

Discover Tuaca

Scarlett's debut performance...

Before the show, managing not to look too nervous...

And the all important 'action' shots...

A selection of pictures from Scarlett performing at the Aspen Bar in Edinburgh, for the Discover Tuaca promotion.

For more information about Tuaca please visit http://www.tuaca.co.uk/

So how was it? Terrifying... and fun, and actually weirdly enjoyable in some ways. Good response from the audience. Lots of cheering and clapping. And offers to buy me drinks afterwards, and nobody who I told believed that it was my first night. So that should make me feel better, right?

Next one on Saturday, then the two consectutive Saturdays after that...

As ever, more pictures and hopefully videos when I have them, and time to post them on the internet.

Debut

As ever Scarlett's posts have been few and far between... this week has been particuarly hectic with Scarlett preparing for her first performances. She has been booked for 4 consecutive performances by a company launching a new drink - the Lounge Group, who are launching Tuaca, an Italian liquer.

All of her performances will take place in Edinburgh, with her first one happening yesterday... which was at Bar Aspen.

Pictures will follow shortly... as will the ones which have not yet been taken of Scarlett's next BodyPainting adventure due to take place tomorrow.

Devil Paint

Since Scarlett is busy updating her blog, with all of the shoots that she has not managed to get online yet, here are a couple of shots from the "devil" paint that we tried many weeks ago. Really simple really effective, but unbelievably difficult to get off again. Certain colours seem to stain the skin more than others - red and blue being very hard to remove. Hence the reason that Scarlett remained a little pink several showers after this one, and after the "Chaos" paint had blue knees... looking like a pissed off smurf.

But these are small difficulties, and for the most part it is actually immensely good fun being made to look totally different. Obviously the design for Austria will be much more elaborate than something like this, which is comparison is fairly quick to create - although the 50's pin-up accessories make for a really fabulous look. Plus it was a great excuse to break out the thigh high boots that she is very fond of!

Austria, as mentioned in an earlier post, is approaching pretty rapidly, and Scarlett is starting to get more than a little nervous. Tony - her trusty photographer is also pretty busy with work commitments for the next few weeks and so the next definate plan is for a trial run of some designs towards the end of June.

Updates, as ever, as soon as Scarlett is free.

Persephone

Scarlett was booked last weekend to do a shoot with a new photographer. A young guy by the name of inesperado. (He can be found at http://www.inesperado.co.uk/).

He is the middle of creating a series of images based on the Greek Gods, and asked Scarlett to be Perspehone. These are some of the images that he shot of Scarlett - mainly in her newest wig, which she is rather fond of.

Once again Scarlett has found another wig to play with meaning yet another image change. Its is becoming more and more apparent that not only does Scarlett's look change really quite dramatically when she alters her hair, but it even affects her personality, depending on the length, style and colour.

Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year Competition.

After trying on some specs of a friend, Scarlett decided to embark on a glasses shoot - all the kind of saucy secretary look type of pictures. And then fate lent a hand, as ever, by sending her flatmate a flyer for the Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition.

As someone who is supposed to wear glasses, Scarlett is eligable to enter. And has done so... With this little gem of a picture.

What do you think?

New Fans!!!!

Scarlett has new fans!

They are from http://www.ostrichesonline.com/, which is where a lot of world class burlesque performers buy their fans... and they are really really pretty... much lighter than you would imagine since they are huge, but really nice to work with..

Happy Scarlett....

Now all she has to do is learn to dance with them!

Hats, Wigs, Fascinators and more...

As ever Scarlett has been busy since her last post... things are always moving quickly. It is now less than 6 weeks until she is due to leave for Austria - and she is beginningt to get rather nervous. However, she has been shopping! Mostly buying fabulous bikinis - including a bright pink one, and a black one covered in Diamantes... some things never change!

But the rest of the prep is going well - and she has had several more photoshoots - some of which are below...

Scarlett is really quite fond of this hat... but only as a redhead. And she was really quite pleased to find a set of underwear that goes with it quite so well! Other people seem to find it slightly strange that she buys things that match her underwear... but it does make a change from her buying things that match her hair...














Yet another chance for Scarlett to show off her love of changing her look. They are obviously extentions, but you would be amazed at what she gets away with!

As for the wigs - it never stops surprising people just how different she looks. Something as simple as changing the colour of her hair makes Scarlett look like a different woman.