I am so excited to be dancing with a bunch of my girlfriends this weekend at Sedusa. If you don’t know about this local gem – you need to know about it. It’s a beautiful dance studio oasis with 20′ poles and so much more. Carol, the owner of Sedusa opened her pole dance studio in Campbell about 7 years ago. She and I both started our businesses right about the same time. It’s been so fun watching her business grow and we’ve been big supporters of each other’s businesses almost from the very beginning. Our customer base definitely has lots of synergy.  Sedusa Studios Website  

Sedusa is the “largest Sensual Pole Dance studio in the U.S.” and it just so happens to be in the Bay Area. She has a studio in Campbell, S. San Francisco and Walnut Creek. It’s such a great place for a girls’ night out or a great place for a work out, too!

 I have been looking forward to this for a month. For one thing, I just love to dance. I can dance and dance and dance some more. I always have since about junior high. I am not the world’s best dancer, but I can do my thang. Plus, I just don’t really give a flying YOU KNOW WHAT about what people think when I am on the dance floor! But dancing with my girlfriends gets me so happy! A few cocktails, some “cool jams” from the 80′s and some FUNK and this big girl likes to shake her money maker.

 At Sedusa, it will be more of an intro to Pole and Sensual Dance, so it will be not quite so energetic and unbridled. Sedusa teaches the art of SLOW purposeful moves that will excite your partner or just make you feel like the sexy, confident goddess you are. Sedusa has classes all week long at the studios and all sorts of women take classes at Sedusa. Old, young, skinny and not so skinny. It’s designed to let you feel and KNOW your inner vixen.

When you walk in, you get to put on their VERY sexy shoes! It’s like the bowling alley, but way way sexier. The studio is very dark with AWESOME lighting that makes us all look like we have PERFECT skin and no wrikles! Chrystal LOVES this. There is a lingerie boutique inside, lots of mirrors everywhere, cherry hardwood floors and 12 20′ dancer poles for you and your girlfiends.

Get your freak on. Get your freak on!

We are going to be a group of about 10 women. Some of the women are friends of mine from my book club and some I have met through being a business owner / entrepeneur. They are the smartest, sexiest women I know and I can’t wait for them to all experience Sedusa and walk out of there feeling even sexier and smarter then when they walked in. The studio is so beautiful on the inside – you can’t help but feel super sexy inside with all of the sexy imagery, the sexy clothes, panties, booty shorts, lingerie and hot hot shoes.

 If they are o.k. with it, I promise to take lots of pictures Saturday night to share with all of you. (I need their permission first.) It’s going to be a blast and I am so excited to learn some moves and find my INNER VIXEN! Girls’ Night Out. Watch out Campbell! Lusty vixens on the loose.

Join our fan page on Facebook and you can see the pictures from our Girls’ Night Out. Bliss on Facebook

Have you heard of “Mr. Burlesque” – the world famous Burlesque star and instructor, Rodney James? He was a lead dancer in the “Moulin Rouge” movie!  Well he is coming to Sedusa in August and you won’t want to miss this! Sedusa Studios in Campbell is hosting a Burlesque challenge and has all kinds of saucy, sassy fun planned while Mr. Burlesque is in town! This is your chance to dance and have fun with Rodney and the Sedusa instructors.

Guest Burlesque instructor- Aug 22 & 23

Sunday Aug 22, 3-4:30pm-Burlesque Chair Challenge

Sunday Aug 22, 5:00-6:30pm Burlesque Dance Class Party time-come all dressed up to the hilts if you like! Pumps, fishnets, (no boas) corsets etc. Vamp it up and if you need some sexy dresses, skirts, stockings or shoes you can also shop at the Sedusa lingerie and shoe boutique! Mention Bliss for $20 of your sexy shoes.

Monday Aug 23, 10-11:30am-Burlesque Chair Challenge

Monday Aug 23, 5:00-6:30am Burlesque Beat (learn to walk and Move like a Rodney’s Girl)

You can tell a Rodney girl by the way she walks into the room!!!

Rodney has been fortunate enough to have been involved in almost every event in the last 15 years that has increased the profile and standard of dance in theatre and live events in Australia. He has appeared with many of our top performing artists, including touring with Kylie Minogue many times throughout the country, as well as appearing in concerts by Marcia Hines and Belinda Carlisle, amongst others.

Making the transition into film, Rodney featured as a dancer in Baz Lurhman’s film, “Moulin Rouge”, and was selected to join Caroline O’Connor in New York and at the Cannes Film Festival to launch the film internationally.

Burlesque Beat™ Intensive Masterclass (90 mins)

A master class designed for all girls of any level and also a great class for pole dancers. Rodney James aka Mister Burlesque will focus on his signature walk. This powerful walk technique delivers impact on the way you walk. Sexy and edgy, this unique formula will prepare women to be and fierce whilst focusing on core, strength and poise enhancing your burlesque and pole skills

Chair Challenge (optional if you have chairs available)

There’s a man in there and a chair as well. There will be lots of girls, with great stories to tell. This class will begin with a great warm-up to improve strength in both the upper and lower body. The class will focus on developing core stability. Learn great choreography based on the chair. Get ready to tone your arms whilst sculpting your ass-et! It’s a great workout!

Burlesque Dance Party Class. Come all dressed up to the hilts if you like! Pumps, fishnets, (no boas) corsets etc. This is a new class, Rodney has added, because of it success. Costumes are a part of dance and make you dance and move differently. Enjoy a beverage after and chat.

The workshop is now 90 minutes instead of 60min.

Cost: $35 Sedusa students $50 non students. Space is limited, so email Sedusa@SedusaStudios.com right away to reserve your spot at this Extra Special Event. Invite your girlfriends, dress up and have fun!

Become a FAN of Sedusa on Facebook.  Facebook.com/SedusaFans  or become a fan of BlissConnection and BlissRadio on Facebook at  Facebook.com/BlissConnection

My friend Carol, the founder of SedusaStudios.com, is an amazing business woman. She created the largest sensual and pole dancing studio in the United States right here in Campbell and now has one in South San Francisco and Walnut  Creek, too. I think she opened her doors about 6 or 7 years ago, too. She had a vision and the drive to make it all happen. She helps women of all ages and sizes realize how beautiful they are through this very empowering, sensual dance – and I think that is a NOBLE cause. It’s my mission, too. If you have not been to her plush dance studio in Campbell, you need to treat yourself to a fantastic, empowering, sexy and discreet GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT! ( I say discreet because when you take lessons there the lighting is low and her dance studio in Campbell is off the beaten path.)

If you do take a Pole Dancing or Sensual Dance series at Sedusa or if you set up a Moms’ Night Out or Bachelorette Party at Sedusa, do mention BLISS and you will receive  $20 off your stiletto purchase. And trust me, you are going to want some of your own! Sedusa does lend you their stilettos when you dance with them, but you will want some of their shoes when you get home to practice what you learned. I asked Carol to share with my Bliss fans more about her events at Sedusa Studios  so below is a description from Carol and what you will need to set up your own special event at her luscious pole dancing studio:

Sedusa Studios was designed to host Your event. We have 10-12 20 foot dance poles, a huge dance floor and stage, stilettos, special lightning, incredible sound system, boutique and an abundance of parking.

Plan a Pole Dancing Party. Don’t feel you need a reason! It is a great place for a group of female friends to get together for a comfortable, fun night while you enjoy exploring your femininity.

Suggested Event Themes:

Pole Dance Lesson (Learn an exotic Pole Dance)

Sensual Dance Lesson (Learn a Sexy Dance to take home)

Pussycat Dance Party (Learn a fast-paced sassy dance)

Lap Dance Lesson (Learn a Chair Lap Dance – for small parties, less than 10 women)

Sedusa Studios Events are for 1 1/2 hours. You get the whole studio for your group, plus one or more instructors (depending on your group size) to teach you a dance. The most popular dance now is learning a Pole Dance.

Cost: $35 per woman if you have 10 or more women. If you have under 10 women the price is $350.

Cancellation Policy:

NON refundable $70 deposit is required when you book your party. This will be used toward your entrance and for 1 guest the night of your party. The remainder of the party you or your guest will pay that night.

I look forward to dancing with you and your friends,

Carol Whitsett, R.D.

408-867-2224

www.sedusastudios.com

Tori, our lucky fan

Facebook Fan Page Contest: We hit 800 Fans and we offered our fans a FREE Rabbit Pearl or a FREE Stripper Pole and our lucky fan chose the Free Stripper Pole! Tori is our big winner and she was chosen randomly from our first 800 fans. (Join our Fan Page as we will be giving away something special when we hit 1,000 Fans! http://www.Facebook.com/BlissConnection )

I had the pleasure of emailing Tori this moring to tell her she is our lucky winner. She emailed me back right away to say she would LOVE the Stripper Pole. Here is her exact quote:  “Hi Chrystal!!   I am so excited!!!  This was such an awesome email to wake up to this morning!!  WELL I already have the Rabbit Vibrator so I’m going to have to go with the stripper pole!  It’s going to give me more incentive to get my butt in shape so I can take those pole lessons! So you said you’d like to know some stuff about me..   I’d be happy to share!    (AND I’d love to book a party with you soon as well!) Looking forward to hearing from you!”

I am just tickled she is so excited! And, Tori, I do have a business partner that will come to your home once you install the pole and she will teach you and some of your girlfriends how to really give that stripper / fitness pole a work out! Her business is called http://www.JewelSexpression.com when you are ready to book her.

Stripper Pole

And Tori, please let us know when you are ready to book your Bliss Pleasure Party!   We set up a full store in your home when do a Bliss Pleasure Party and you and your friends get to take home your purchases home THAT NIGHT. No waiting at our Bliss Pleasure Parties!

Enjoy the pole! Take some pics for us once you install it. G  rated please.

Blissfully, Chrystal   http://www.BlissConnection.com

Sensual Dance Lessons and Pole Dance is still a huge phenomeonon here in the Bay Area and I am excited to introduce you all to one of my Viva La Diva Business Partners, Julie, the founder of  http://www.JewelSexpression.com . Julie’s company is a local company that does Home Sensual Dance Lessons and they teach Pole Dancing in the comfort of your home, too. 

Julie will join us this week to talk about what is involved in a Sensual Dance or Pole Dance Home Party and she is going to give us a little sneak preview into her SHOE parties, too. We also partner together with our parties and some of our customers do a Dance or Shoe Party in conjunction with a Bliss Pleasure Party. We call it Viva La Diva Parties!

Tune in to http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/BlissRadio at 11 a.m. Pacific on Oct. 14th.

Join our Facebook Fan Page, too:  http://www.Facebook.com/BlissConnection or check out our online romance store at http://www.BlissConnection.com/Sexy-Toys

You can see our Home Stripper Poles from BlissConnection.com at http://www.BlissConnection.com/Stripper-Poles

Stripper Pole Buying Tips from BlissConnection.com

There are lots of stripper poles on the market designed for your home which are called Portable Stripper Poles. There are a few things you should know before you buy a Stripper Pole and I have outlined some tips for you here. My most important piece of advice is to MEASURE your cieling befor you buy your home stripper pole. And, even though they are called PORTABLE STRIPPER POLES…what the manufacturer means is that you can put it up and take it down quickly. But, if you want to do inversions and really give it a work out, you should install the HARDWARE in your cieling or floor.

Tips from www.BlissConnection.com  on buying your own Home Stripper Pole/Stripper-Poles

1. Most cielings seem to be about 8′ tall (or 96 inches). Of course, if you live in an apartment or a condo or if your house is older, you should measure. Also, sometimes more expensive or luxury homes seem to have 9′ cielings, but again, MEASURE before you buy a Portable Stripper Pole.The pole that has the most “wiggle” room for various cieling heights is the TLC Portable Private Dancer Pole. This pole will work with a cieling anywhere from 7’4″ up to 9’2″ tall. This pole can be used with or without the hardware required for the cieling. If you do not want to install the bolt in your ceiling, you can just use it with the compression. (Wedged tightly between the floor and the cieling.) However, we STRONGLY recommend you install the bolt in the cieling so you do not hurt yourself.

More details about the Private Dancer Pole:
Spice up your love life or spice up your workout!This portable stripper pole from TLC is super easy to install and to takeback down when you have visitors!Private Dancer Pole Kit, Pink • Adjustable: minimum height: 7’ 4” (2.2 m) maximum height: 9’ 2” (2.7 m) • Rubber non-slip pads protect floor and ceiling • For use on hardwood floor or carpet • Heavy duty steel for longevity • Kit includes: erotic dance instructional DVD, black feather boa, black lace garter, fake money • Installation instructions included, can be used with or without screws • 7’ 4” to 9’ 2” x 2″ (2.2 m to 2.7 m x 5 cm)

2. If you really plan to give your pole a work out and you want to hang upside down from it, the strongest and most strudy pole seems to be the My Sexy Stripper Pole from Sweet Lust. Again, this pole has a bolt or nipple style attachment for the cieling. It’s very easy to put up and take back down, but you do hae to install the bolt in the cieling to give it the strenght and stability to allow you to spin and hang upside down on it. (You should be under 200lbs with all of the poles.) You can view the INSTALLTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MY SEXY POLE on our shopping site at: MY SEXY POLEThis pole only works with cielings 7’5″ to 8’5″ high.

I should mention that all of these poles work best with the type of cielngs that have NO texture. (Meaning the popcorn texture does not work well as it can create a flat sop on your ceiling if you put it up and take it down often.) The My Sexy Pole is by far our best selling stripper pole and it is very simple to install and very simple to put up and take town – just in case you have company or your Mother In Law is coming over for dinner.

More Details about the My Sexy Stripper Pole for your home:

Sweet LustTM wants to spice up your home life! My Sexy Little PoleTM is strong, safe, durable. You can swing, spin and hang upside down. My Sexy Little Pole is appropriate for beginner through the advanced pole dancer who wants to have a pole at home! This pole is REMOVABLE and you only need 1 screw in the ceiling to make this pole sturdy and stable. Works with ceilings 7’5″ to 8’5″.

Start spinning, swinging and putting routines together! My Sexy Little Pole and accompanying instructional booklet and DVD give you detailed practical advice, tips, techniques and routines to start you Pole Dancing – for both exercise and exotic entertainment at home! Link for Easy to Install Stripper Pole Instructions:http://sweetlusthk.com/downloads/Sexy%20Pole%20Instructions%204-10-07.pdf

Easily removable and goes up and down in 5-minutes
Includes a step-by-step Assembly DVD
Three finely-wrought, slot-together pole sections featuring smooth joins and a chrome finish for a pro-level, pole-dancing experience
Extendable top section for ceilings from 2.2m (7’2’’) to 2.6m (8’6’’) in height
Fully removable and portable
Includes a handy Carry & Storage Bag
Features an extendable top section for high ceilings.
View the Pole Video on the manufacturers site: http://www.electrapole.com/action.phpWe sell the Carmen Electra Pole for $160 and we pay the ground shipping so shipping is free to the lower 48 states.

There is only tax applied if it’s shipping into California. You can also use our coupon code SAVE10 for 10% off.

Also, if you would like to hear our radio show where we talked about how to buy a Stripper Pole, you can listen to our podcast about how to buy the right pole for your home on Better Sex Radio. Just log on to www.WSRadio.com/BetterSexRadio and tune into the podcast with Julie from www.JewelSexpression.com

If you have additional questions, give us a call at 408-826-9087 or toll free at 866-200-9475 and we can help you find the right stripper pole for you. (You can call it a FITNESS POLE, too!)

Blissfully,

Chief Toy Diva

http://www.blissconnection.com/

Email: Info@BlissPartiesInc.com

Have you seen these gorgeous and discreet sex toy boxes? They look like a jewelry box or a tissue box. NO ONE would guess you have sex toys (or other stash) hidden in there…unless they own one, too!  Interesting that they were also featured in HIGH TIMES magazine, too. High Times Magazine said that the ToiBocks.com Toy Boxes ” allow you to hide your valuables and unmentionables” but somehow I don’t think they are talking about your panties, ladies.

Funny, they talk about hiding your “jars and glass pieces”, too. Maybe they mean the fantastic “glass pieces” we sell on our VERY tasteful online sex toy store www.BlissConnection.com.  What do you think? 

Well, either way, Dawn Tulman, President of www.ToiBocks.com is joining us on Better Sex Radio this week at 11 a.m on http://www.bliss-radio.com/Tune-In and we are going to talk about her beautiful toy boxes and what inspired her to creat them. She is a MOM, too, so we want to know all about how she explains her boxes to her kids!

Dawn is an amazing business woman and is around sex toys, sex toy manufacturers, sex toy trade shows and I can’t wait to pick her brain and hear all about the new trends and innovations in our sex toy industry. I am also dying to ask Dawn her thoughts about the new study from the U.K. that has determined that “an Orgasm a Day Keeps the Doctor Away” for women! 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/2660797/Sex-boosts-health-for-women-say-experts.html

Tune In: 11 a.m. PDT  http://www.bliss-radio.com/Tune-In

http://www.BlissConnection.com/Erotic-Books to check out our Sex Toys, our Glass Dildos, our Books and much much more! Oh, don’t forget our stripper poles, too!  http://www.BlissConnection.com/Stripper-Poles

Blissfully, Chrystal Bougon

Sex Expert

http://topsecretroom.topcosales.us/  Desiree from Topco is joining us on Better Sex Radio today, August 26th at 11 a.m.  Tune in as we stream live on http://www.bliss-radio.com/Tune-In  at 11 a.m. PDT.

Malibu and Sex Toys

Too funny. Topco Sales, which is the company that makes my ALL TIME  favorite toy the 5 Speed Bullet and they are also the makers of the LOVE SWING, has a special MALIBU secret beach house where celebrities can go to find the latest and greatest sex toys from Topco.

Hey, Bay Area peeps, our very own Cheryl Burke is photographed at this beach house. Do you think she picked up some sex toys from Topco? We will be interviewing Desiree from Topco on Better Sex Radio to get the low down….since this is clearly not on the down low!

Tune in at 11 a.m. to http://www.bliss-radio.com/Tune-In   as we talk sex toys, stripper poles, the celebrity Malibu secret sex toy beach house and so much more with Desiree from www.TopcoSales.US

OH, I should mention TOPCO is also the manufacturer of the TLC Private Dancer Stripper Pole which is a HUGE seller for BlissConnection.com  and I am anxious to hear from Desiree which celebrities are the proud owner of this super cool PORTABLE stripper pole, too.

Need some tips for buying a HOME portable stripper pole? Read our STRIPPER POLE BUYING TIPS Blog.

WOW! I am so excited. I am leaving at 9pm to drive up to San Francisco to the CBS studio for my IN STUDIO interview with Emily Morse, the host of Sex With Emily on 97.3 FM.  We are going to talk about all kinds of fun stuff…maybe start off with what I have heard over the years from the women I have met here in the Bay Area about what it is they really want from sex. (For those of you who listened tonight, you can use the coupon code EMILY or ALICE on our sex toy store http://www.BlissConnection.com for a FREE gift with purchase, too.)

I have personally facilitated over 1,000 Bliss Parties since January 2003 and have talked privately and personally with over 10,000 local women (and a few men) about their fears, dysfunctions, kinks and everything else under the sun around their sex lives.

You have to remember, at a Pleasure Party, we are in someone’s home and they are all there with their girlfriends. There is usually a glass of wine or two involved, too. In fact, I often share my NAUGHTY COCKTAIL RECIPES  with our pleasure party hostesses before each party – some fun stuff on that list like Pink Panty Droppers and Knock You Naked Margaritas….. a little social lubricant never hurt anyone!  Because they are comfortable and have a glass of wine or two, they SHARE with me all about the sex they are having or NOT having.  I always feel great that they feel they can open up to me. They know they can trust me not to judge them and I will suggest some ideas that might help.

Hell  – sometimes ( a lot of the time) I learn from them! Ideas, techniques, and about things I have never heard of!

So, I do have a lot of insight and have heard some VERY funny stories over the years. We are always working hard at elevating the concept of sex at Bliss. We are on a mission to bring SEXY back to Silicon Valley and to all of our bedrooms. Everyone Wants to Have Better Sex and more sex, too.

Wish me luck tonight. I am a teeny bit nervous, but mostly just super excited to join Emily on her show. I am a huge fan of hers and have been listening to her on and off again on the radio late at night talking about sex. MY FAVORITE SUBJECT of course.  Check out Emily’s blog/website and you can also download her podcasts from previous shows on her site  http://www.SexWithEmily.com

Browse our very tasteful online sex toy store http://www.BlissConnection.com or learn more about our Bliss Pleasure Parties at http://www.BlissPartiesInc.com  or tune in to our show ONLINE only at http://www.BetterSexRadio.net as we talk about sex every Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. Pacific.

You can reach Chrystal Bougon, Sex Expert & Pleasure Coach at 408-826-9087.

Follow MISS BLISS on Twitter @BlissConnection

or join our Facebook Fan page at http://www.Facebook.com/BlissConnection

Wooo hooo. It’s that time of year. We are heading to the toy trade show and we can’t wait. We go to Vegas every April to ee all of the latest and greatest innovations in sex toys, romance products, lubricants, massage oils, games and books. It’s always a blast, but maybe not as much fun as you might think. It’s still just a trade show, so it’s still lots of work. But, like I am fond of saying – even on our most stressful days it’s still just SEX TOYS!

If you would like to take a look at our current sex toy catalog you can browse our online store here:

http://www.BlissConnection.com   and check out all of the goodies. We will update the web store with all of our new finds when we are back, but stay tuned for some updates during out trip to Vegas!  We are bringing our Flip Mino to the show and our digital camera so we can keep you updated on the fun things we see at the show this year.

Blissfully, Chrystal