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Beauty in the Forest: A Socially Distanced Photoshoot Experience 1500 1001 COCO HAUS

Beauty in the Forest: A Socially Distanced Photoshoot Experience

Beauty in the Forest: A Post-Covid Photoshoot Experience A big thank you to Tracey for sharing her photoshoot experience in the following post. “From the moment I stepped out of…

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9 Questions about Boudoir Photoshoots 1334 2000 COCO HAUS

9 Questions about Boudoir Photoshoots

9 Questions about Boudoir Photoshoots That you were too embarrassed to ask but really want to know So you’ve always wanted to do a Boudoir photoshoot but you’ve just got…

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The Perfect Revenge: Living Your Best Life 1335 1870 COCO HAUS

The Perfect Revenge: Living Your Best Life

The Perfect Revenge revenge photoshoot (noun)re·venge/rəˈvenj/ pho·to shoot/ˈfōdō SHo͞ot/ The process of self exploration during a glamour or boudoir photoshoot after exiting a toxic relationship. The perfect re-entry onto social…

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4 Reasons Why a Boudoir Photoshoot is Important 1364 2000 COCO HAUS

4 Reasons Why a Boudoir Photoshoot is Important

4 Reasons Why a Boudoir Photoshoot is Important for your Spiritual Health It doesn’t matter if you’re single or in a relationship, creating a loving relationship with your body and…

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The Maui Photoshoot Experience 2000 1320 COCO HAUS

The Maui Photoshoot Experience

The Maui Photoshoot Experience I love adventures and I especially love when my photoshoot clients join me on them. This was my first time visiting Maui and I’m in absolutely…

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The Bond between Mother & Daughter 1500 1199 COCO HAUS

The Bond between Mother & Daughter

I loved photographing Lola & Robin for their mother daughter photoshoot. There’s something about their bond that’s so beautiful. My wish was to create images that they would hold onto forever.

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Finding Yourself in Nature 2000 1268 COCO HAUS

Finding Yourself in Nature

Finding Yourself in a Nature Photoshoot 5 Reasons Why a Desert Photoshoot Might be Just What you Need I don’t know about you, but living in LA can sometimes feel…

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Do you lose yourself when you’re in a relationship? 2000 1333 COCO HAUS

Do you lose yourself when you’re in a relationship?

When you’re in love, it’s so easy to replace ME with WE. When was the last time you did something just for you? We want our partners, our friends, our families to be happy so much so that we’re constantly compromising.

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I have the coolest f*cking clients 2000 1459 COCO HAUS

I have the coolest f*cking clients

I have the coolest f*ckin clients. Like when this babe came to me wanting to create Cannabis imagery for her social media. We wanted to break old stereo types of a stoner. We wanted to create something sexy and modern. I actually brought in a full wall of cannabis leaves and with the perfect playlist, the mood was set.

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Say Yes to Film Noir Drama 667 930 COCO HAUS

Say Yes to Film Noir Drama

Are you ready to unleash your inner femme fatale? Follow these classic tips to add a little vamp to your weekend look. When it comes to Film Noir beauty tips, you do not want to play it safe with your beauty routine. Big lashes, bold lips and perfectly coiffed hair are the first things you need to do to start oozing that sultry je ne sais quois attitude.

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A Must-Do Before the “I Do” 1445 2000 COCO HAUS

A Must-Do Before the “I Do”

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…Let us countdown the ways a boudoir photo shoot should be something all brides must-do before the “I do.” A boudoir photo shoot: it’s not just for the Bridezillas but also for the Bride-Chillas. It’s letting go of self-doubt and letting in self-love.

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What happens in Vegas…. 2000 1333 COCO HAUS

What happens in Vegas….

One of the things that I’ve learned very quickly over the years is that Empowered Women Empower Women.  There are so many people out there who would rather tear you down than lift you up, so many women that see life as a competition.  I have been so fortunate over the years to be friends with and work with so many …

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Personal Branding for the Creative 1457 2000 COCO HAUS

Personal Branding for the Creative

When it comes to presenting you and your business to the world, it’s important to have striking photos that make a person stop and think: “Who’s this? I need to know more.” When you have an unconventional creative job, like tattoo artist, you need your photos to scream …

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What is Bridal Boudoir? 2560 1707 COCO HAUS

What is Bridal Boudoir?

What is Bridal Boudoir? Isn’t Boudoir just lingerie photos? Well if you work with the wrong photographer, it absolutely can be just lingerie photos.  But if you take the time…

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My three look rule for the perfect photoshoot 2000 1333 COCO HAUS

My three look rule for the perfect photoshoot

You’ve been thinking about your dream photoshoot for awhile and the day is finally coming up but now you’re panicking because you don’t know what to wear.  Did you choose the right outfits? Are your looks …

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Why you need a revenge Photoshoot 2000 1333 COCO HAUS

Why you need a revenge Photoshoot

Why you need a revenge Photoshoot A revenge photoshoot is all about living your best life and leaving your haters in your dust.  It’s about having fun and showing you…

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How to give a sexy look during a photoshoot 2000 1333 COCO HAUS

How to give a sexy look during a photoshoot

How to give a sexy look during a photoshoot “Being sexy is all about attitude, not body type. It’s a state of mind.” ~ Amisha Patel I want you, for…

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Getting in the Mood when you’re not feeling it 2000 1380 COCO HAUS

Getting in the Mood when you’re not feeling it

Every once in awhile, your plans for the day (or night) may not match up with how you’re feeling.  You get into a fight with your partner, your job is particularly difficult that day, you just want to ignore …

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A Classic Style Piece: The White Dress Shirt 2000 1333 COCO HAUS

A Classic Style Piece: The White Dress Shirt

A Classic Style Piece: The White Dress Shirt There is just something so timeless and sexy about the Classic White Dress Shirt.  Over sized or fitted, you can’t go wrong…

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How to Vintage Pin-Up, The Modern Way 2048 1463 COCO HAUS

How to Vintage Pin-Up, The Modern Way

Pin-up photography is more than the right pose. It’s an attitude. When it comes to pin-up, it’s not about posing or looking natural. It’s all about loving the falsity of…

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Fresh Skin for a Fresh Spring 2560 1709 COCO HAUS

Fresh Skin for a Fresh Spring

I have this philosophy that if you complain about something for a decent amount of time, you either need to fix it, change it or stop complaining.  My go to…

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Treat Yourself on Valentine’s Day 635 445 COCO HAUS

Treat Yourself on Valentine’s Day

I have a love hate relationship with valentine’s day.  I love hearts, roses, the idea of romance, delicious food, wine, and chocolate.  I love the idea of dressing up and…

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Hitchcock’s “The Birds” Inspired Photoshoot 2000 728 COCO HAUS

Hitchcock’s “The Birds” Inspired Photoshoot

“The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.” Alfred Hitchcock I absolutely adore everything about “The Birds” (and well everything that Hitchcock did). So when my client, Cheryl, came…

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How to Create a Dress with Champagne & Pins II 2000 728 COCO HAUS

How to Create a Dress with Champagne & Pins II

Back at it again with another Behind the Scenes video of how I create dresses with safety pins.  What was interesting about this design was that it was the first time…

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How to Create a Dress with Champagne & Pins 2560 932 COCO HAUS

How to Create a Dress with Champagne & Pins

How to Create a Dress with Champagne & Pins How many times have you gone shopping and were unable to find an outfit that was quite right?  How many times have…

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5 Step recovery from a break-up 1600 1184 COCO HAUS

5 Step recovery from a break-up

[Image via Kiss-us.de] In life you go from one relationship to another and one broken heart to another, and it is the most exhausting cycle. You become jaded each and every…

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How to reset, repair, and refine your life. 1024 614 COCO HAUS

How to reset, repair, and refine your life.

In life, we often become comfortable with routine. We stay at jobs we hate longer than we should because they are secure, we stay in friendships/relationships we aren’t happy with…

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My Big Los Angeles Move 1900 1080 COCO HAUS

My Big Los Angeles Move

I’ve been talking about moving to L.A. for the last 2 years now and I’m beyond excited that I’m here.  I sacrificed one life for the dream of another.  Some…

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No Experience Required 966 352 COCO HAUS

No Experience Required

No Experience Required This is one of the few moments in life where having zero experience can be a great thing.  Your first time can be exciting and intimidating and oh,…

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Film Noir Inspired Weekend 2400 888 COCO HAUS

Film Noir Inspired Weekend

Film Noir is defined by high contrast lighting, intrigue and dangerous women. I love Film Noir photoshoots because of the intense lighting, dramatic make-up and the how my clients ooze sex in…

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Classic Quotes from Silver Screen Beauties 2000 966 COCO HAUS

Classic Quotes from Silver Screen Beauties

Classic Quotes from Silver Screen Beauties “Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.” –  Lucille Ball   “Between two evils,…

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15 Promises to Commit to this Year 1333 2000 COCO HAUS

15 Promises to Commit to this Year

Happy New Year, COCO HAUS lovers! My name is Jasmin Rodriguez, and I will be a contributing writer for Coco Haus this year and can’t wait to share some exciting…

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