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FRESH FACES
Edyn Blair: Carpe Noctem
Age: 27 | Height: 5-foot-5 | Measurements: 34C-27-40 | Hair: Red | Eyes: Hazel
come, and how great they are. I feel
got started and you often
Ask performers when they
like a rock star when I’m there. You
get a vague month and year,
can’t get any better.”
but Edyn Blair will tell you
She has meaningful tattoos: “I dare
she started “January 21st,
you” on her thumb commemorates a
2014” without hesitation. “When I
cousin who died at 19: “[His death]
was 25 I decided to do it, and I moved
lit the fire under my ass. [I thought]
across the country, and got thrown in.”
‘I’m completely unhappy where I am,
She drove cross-country from North
and I think this is going to make me
Carolina in a four-day marathon,
happy.’ Life is too short. Too short
alone, “All the way across. It was
and too unpredictable. You have to
crazy.”
take those chances.” A tattoo on her
She had been a clothing model as a
back declares carpe noctem, “Because
teen, then moved on to implied nudity
the day isn’t the only thing that holds
at 22. “I had always been interested in
opportunity.” And chaos in a cage below
porn, but I was too shy to really do
her navel came “from a poem I wrote
it. Then I saw a documentary called
in high school: There are forces in this
Naked Ambition about a photographer
world/Unbeknownst to men/That save
documenting the AVNs. It was the first
the sinners/And break the righteous/
the world, whenever it’s darkest, they
can always find their way.”
Blair says her best performances
have been for Gingerracial from 3rd
Degree (“I do a lot of interracial.”),
Bush League 3 and 4 for Devil’s Films,
and Lesbo Pool Party 5 for 3rd Degree.
She also has some acting performances
in upcoming features from Wicked
Pictures. “I love acting. I did theater
when I was in high school. A lot of
times on set, I never have my script on
me because I know it already. I grab
my props and do my scene right away.
I think it’s my theater background that
helps with that.”
Edyn Blair is represented by
Nexxxt Level. Find her on Instagram
and Twitter: edynblair.
positive porn documentary I had ever
And in doing so/Tame chaos in a
seen, and it blew me away. I decided,
cage.” That sentiment is surrounded
‘I have to be part of this’ and I decided
by a number of small bats because
to do it.” She has been to AVN Expo:
“They’re my favorite animal. They’re
“I love it. I love the crazy costumes
the only mammal that’s free, because
people wear, and I love all the fans that
they can fly. And of all the creatures in
WHO’S WHO
Photos by Chris King/ReelSeduction.com
Shauna Skye: The Art of Sex
Hometown: Las Vegas | Age: 25 | Height: 5-foot-10 | Measurements: 34B-22-32 | Hair: Brown | Eyes: Green
At 5-foot-10, Las Vegas native
While studying music, art and
more critical, especially with hygiene and
Shauna Skye isn’t your garden-
fashion, Skye was a high achiever,
[ask] ‘Is my landing strip straight?’ and
variety porn newcomer.
earning accolades for her paintings and
‘Do my nails look right?’ and things like
The 25-year-old starlet is an
sculptures as well as for her modeling
that,” she said.
admitted dynamo in front of the
work. But feeling restless, she looked
“I love the sex. It’s a great job because
camera, yet she’s an eclectic painter and
for more avenues to explore and found
you’re always having great sex with really
sculptor at home.
webcamming a few years ago. Doing
nice and really good-looking people. Now
“I’ve always loved art and it’s
webcam shows with her then boyfriend,
I don’t settle for bad sex in my personal
something that I’ve done for as long as
Skye explored her wild side.
life.”
I can remember. I’m not going to stop
But after a while, Skye left her
Skye continues to paint while pursuing
regardless of what else I do,” she said.
boyfriend and decided to head to Los
an adult career, with the ultimate goal of
Though it’s been just a couple months
Angeles, where she could experience the
creating a sex education show.
since her arrival in the adult industry,
thrill of adult filmmaking.
“I want families to be able to give their
Skye brings a creative sense of style and a
“I worked with Evan Stone and he was
kids another avenue to sex education.
background in fashion modeling that have
great and helped me out a lot. It was a lot
Most schools don’t teach sex education as
served her well so far.
of fun. I had a great orgasm with him. But
much as abstinence. It’s wrong,” she said.
“My aunt had a modeling agency
in my personal life there were very few
Shauna Skye is represented by
when I was a kid so I was around fashion
times that a man will give me an orgasm
Matrix Models. Follow her on Twitter:
modeling all the time growing up. In the
without my help,” she said. “That’s what
@shaunaskyeXXX.
fashion industry I wasn’t comfortable
I love about erotic films. I lose myself and
—Carlos Martinez
with my body. People would say, you’re
end up having a great time.”
too thin or you’re too fat or you’re not
So far, Skye has worked with a number
this or you’re not that, so it was a lot of
of companies, such as Amateur Allure,
angry pessimistic people that judge you,”
New Sensations and Girlfriends Films.
she said. “In an erotic environment you
“I love working with guys and girls, but
get a lot of positive feedback. People tell
working with girls sometimes makes me a
you how beautiful you look or how sexy
little nervous and I think it’s because girls
you are, so it’s much more positive.”
are a little more insecure and they get
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