I have always struggled with my self image and how I looked; I never liked what I saw in the mirror, so I started comfort eating and pilled on the weight.  I didn’t love any part of myself; I stopped looking in the mirror and I stopped socialising and enjoying being with other people.  

 

Then last year, I looked at my life and thought that I was wasting it all by not living and by not loving me for who I am.  This pushed me to start losing the weight and to start doing things with my friends and family again. I have lost 4 stone so far and this has helped me to start accepting myself for who I am and to start loving myself again.  

 

I saw a post advertising a competition to win a photo session with Kensa Boudoir, so I decided to have a go at trying to win (even though I had zero confidence that I would).  When I received the phone call from Karen to say that I was the lucky winner; I was shocked, scared, but also really excited to get to experience this.   

 

The photoshoot was 100% not what I was expecting; Karen and Julie put me at easy from the moment I arrived; they talked me through everything they were going to do during the shoot and always made sure I was ok.  I felt so relaxed and thoroughly enjoyed the whole  experience.  When I was shown the photos that had been taken, I was blown away at how beautiful, relaxed and happy I looked in them all; which in turn, made choosing just a few photos really difficult.  

 

I would 100% recommend anyone who is thinking of it, to go have a photoshoot done with the lovely ladies at Kensa Boudoir. It was an amazing, fun, moving experience and I will definitely be going back to have more photos done again in the future.