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Teenrotica
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RustyJ's Reply
Rusty I was there 18 months ago and it had already stopped updating by then and taking a quick look at the models in the tour i don't see anything new added that i haven't already downloaded back then.
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06-22-11 10:03am
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1102
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Teenrotica
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Kalle's Review
Welcome to PU Kalle and nice first review. I have to admit i found the photo sets a bit repetetive when i was there, it was an ok site but i wouldn't go back again and would tend to agree with your score.
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06-22-11 10:01am
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1103
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Teens In Nature
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My 2 cents's Comment
Thanks for the warning. Same as Monohan I had also bookmarked these Hot Bunnny sites as a possible future join so I'll probably give them a miss for now.
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09-07-12 09:23am
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1104
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Tera Patrick
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lk2fireone's Review
I really missed having the use of DownThemAll so in the end a few nights ago I decided to uninstall the latest version of Firefox and reinstalled the older version so I have use of my DownThemAll again.
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03-13-18 10:35am
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1105
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Terri Jane Official
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hobsgrg's Reply
Thanks for the additional info.
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12-16-12 02:27pm
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1106
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Terri Jane Official
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Reply of
hobsgrg's Review
A better tour would help the site. I checked out the site but it don't give anything away. Click on photos or videos and it just goes to the sign up page. Click on updates and there's no list of updates nor any clickable samples. After reading your glowing review and checking out the site tour I still have no idea how many photo sets or videos I would be likely to find on the site.
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12-14-12 01:42pm
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1107
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Thai Chix
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pinkerton's Reply
Thanks for the extra info.
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03-18-11 02:56pm
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1108
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Thai Chix
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Reply of
pinkerton's Review
Thanks for this review pinkerton. I'm thinking of joining an asian site next just to have a break from the skinny russian teens and this is one i have on my short list due to TPB discount which makes it a good deal. What is the average picture size here? I assume there's a decent amount of solo content which is my interest? Content wise i think i would probably prefer 88 Square but that's nearly double the price and price matters these days.
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03-18-11 12:51am
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1109
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The Art Porn
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Reply of
lk2fireone's Comment
404 Error also here in the UK.
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01-23-17 02:19pm
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1110
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The Black Alley
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PinkPanther's Reply
I was a member just over 2 months ago and yes the site was still adding around 6 new photo sets and 3 new videos per week. It's a little confusing because the updates calender is running about 2 months behind schedule which appears to still be the case looking at the site preview.
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08-01-17 08:36am
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1111
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The Black Alley
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Reply of
tangub's Review
Ooops....sorry duplicate post on my reply to mbaya. I thought the first one had not posted as I clicked submit and it logged me out of the site.
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05-12-17 10:43am
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1112
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The Black Alley
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Reply of
lk2fireone's Reply
My connection is slightly slower than yours at 38 Meg but I usually get between 2-4 Mb/sec at most sites, I don't think I was getting much more than 2 Mb/sec at The Black Alley though.
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05-12-17 09:35am
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1113
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The Black Alley
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Reply of
mbaya's Reply
Hi mbaya,
I see Amanda has partially answered your question, yes I was aware of the download limit before I signed up, since I'm not that bothered about videos I was hoping 30 days times 5GB would be enough for me to get want I wanted but it turned out the site had a lot more content than I was expecting which was mainly due to the site not having a very comprehensive tour. In the preview area they only show 185 models when there's actually 300 and the tour doesn't allow you to click on the models to preview there content so I had no idea that I was going to find many models with 50, 60, 80, or 100 or more photo sets.
Since the video specs are not hd the file sizes are not huge, none of the ones I downloaded were more than 250 mb so I guess that means you could download around 20 videos a day with your 5 GB allowance. I'll add a line to my review regarding the file sizes.
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05-12-17 09:31am
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1114
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The Black Alley
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Reply of
lk2fireone's Reply
These days it only takes about half an hour to download 5 GB so yes it is frustrating as hell to be paying a premium price for a website you can only use for half an hour a day. One Sunday evening at the end of March I thought I'd waited my 24 hours from my last session the night before to go in and get my daily 5 gigs but after downloading only 3 photo sets I got blocked and then it occurred to me that I'd forgotten the clocks had gone forward 1 hour for the start of British Summer time so in fact it had only been 23 hours. I then had to wait another 24 hours to get back in again....really annoying.
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05-11-17 02:17pm
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Review
1115
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The Black Alley
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85.0
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Status: |
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
Billing by CCBill, no regional pricing or cross sales.
100% exclusive and unique Asian glamour content.
New photo shoots and videos added several times a week.
Good quality photos and videos (although not quite hd specs)
Zip downloads for the photos.
Decent download speeds.
The archives of the old Asian 4 You site that closed down over 10 years ago are included. |
Cons: |
The biggest con without a doubt is the 5 GB per 24 hours download limit.
Expensive by today's standards at $29.95 a month.
Photo shoots all have that glossy airbrushed look to them so may not be to everyone's taste.
Quite a lot of models with fake tits and/or tattoos.
The content is about 99% solo glamour here, although that's not a con for me personally it should be noted here for anyone who is looking for harder content.
Latest video updates only have 1 download option.
No streaming of videos available.
None of the content date stamped apart from the most recent updates.
Lack of navigational features, no way to search or sort the models or content, no categories or tags, no user interaction such as add to favorites, comments or model ratings.
Need to stay 3 months to get access to the VIP area. |
Bottom Line: |
I was always a fan of the old Asian 4 You site back in the day so I was always going to join this site at some point, it's just taken me a long time to get around to it. I believe The Black Alley has been online something like 10 years although it's difficult to be exact since none of the content is date stamped apart from the most recent updates but the site stats would seem to suggest a site that has been regularly updating for that length of time. Again it's hard to be precise with the site stats due to the way the site is laid out but from what I've downloaded I can gauge that there are approximately 300 models in at least 3529 photo sets (385,000+ total pics) and 1129 videos. If you add in the A4Y archives that gives you another 2000+ photo sets (120,000+ pics) and another 242 videos.
When I first signed up back in March I thought the site had stopped updating as the latest updates were showing dates in January but it soon became apparent that new content was being added, just that the updates calender is running 2 months behind schedule, the latest updates from this last week are now showing March dates. In the last week I've seen 6 new photo sets and 3 new videos added and this seems to be what you can expect most weeks.
The photo shoots here are high end glossy professional glamour shoots, gorgeous Asian models shot in a variety of stunning indoor and outdoor locations with professionally styled hair and make up, sexy outfits, lots of sexy underwear, stockings and high heels. The majority of sets go from clothed to explicit nudity with spreading, masturbation and sometimes toy play. The models all have that flawless airbrushed look to the extent that the skin tone can sometimes look unnatural particularly in close up shots so that style may not be to everyone's taste if you don't like to see all the blemishes smoothed out.
Around 90% of the photo collection has the option of 2 sizes, a larger one at 1333 x 2000 and a smaller size at 920 x 1379 (although they've recently stopped offering the low resolution option with the new updates) with both sizes available in a zip or to view online. I'm afraid there's no online photo viewer or slide slow feature to view the photos online, I'm afraid it's click photo, hit back button, select next photo and so on. A small number of what must be the oldest sets don't offer the larger size photos.
The videos fall into 3 basic categories; you have Behind The Scenes, Private Videos and Masturbation videos. BTS is basically a video of the photo shoot, usually 5 to 10 minutes duration with background music. Private videos you might see the model doing a slow sensual striptease, sometimes doing a sexy dance, sometimes taking a bath or shower, they would often show the model touching herself but generally stop short of masturbation. Again these videos are 5 to 10 minutes duration with background music. The masturbation videos are definitely the best ones, a bit longer at around 15 minutes and no background music so you can hear the sounds of the model as she pleasures herself. The latest videos are offered as an mp4 file at 1080 x 600 @ 3000k, not quite hd specs but they certainly looked good on my monitor. A lot of the older videos though are only 720 x 400 @ 2000k, they don't look as good but certainly not unwatchable. The videos are listed with just a small preview thumbnail picture and a link to either download the video or view video info. Clicking video info will show you the duration, file size, resolution and display 30 small thumbnail sized screencap preview pictures.
The most frustrating thing about this site for me was the 5 GB per 24 hours download limit. I can confirm it's enforced because I managed to get locked out on 3 occasions for a period of 24 hours. If you are downloading close to the 5 gigs every day then you basically have to schedule your downloading for the same time every day because it works on a 24 hour time scale which is a real pain. In my mind the limit is nothing but a cash grab designed to force you to stick around longer to get what you want. If you're like me when it comes to this kind of softcore glamour content and like to download every photo set of every model in the largest resolution then it's not possible to do it in one month as the photo collection is close to 200 GB in total making the site expensive with a mimimum spend of $60 required for what I wanted to download. If I also wanted a large number of videos it could cost considerably more although they do tempt you with access to the VIP zone with a load more photo sets and videos if you stick around for a third month.
The only positive thing I can say about the download limit is that they are upfront about it and mention it on the join page. File sizes on average for photo zips are between 40 – 80 MB and video sizes generally 200 – 250 MB which means on average 80 to 90 photo zips or 20 videos with your daily download allowance. |
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05-11-17 11:31am
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1116
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The Life Erotic
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Reply of
Parsnip's Review
Interesting review, it seems like this site has upped their game in the last couple of years. I was quite disappointed with this site when I had a membership here back in January 2012.
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11-06-13 07:54am
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1117
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The Life Erotic
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Reply of
otoh's Review
Excellent review as always otoh. Interesting to read that they've upped their game since last year and sounding more like the site they advertised themselves as.
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02-07-13 10:54pm
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1118
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The Life Erotic
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Reply of
TalonIcefire's Comment
I'm glad i'm not the only one that thinks that. Most of the recent updates i find less explicit than much of what you find at Met Art.
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01-22-12 12:59pm
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1119
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The Life Erotic
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Reply of
BradlyH's Reply
I must admit i don't really have a very critical eye for the technical aspects of the photography as i'm more interested in looking at the models but yes there does appear to be some touching up going on here. I certainly don't get the same natural lighting feel as i did with Breath Takers for instance.
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01-11-12 03:24am
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1120
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The Life Erotic
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Reply of
otoh's Reply
Yes unfortunately there's quite a few models who only have 1 photo set or 1 video. Sadly that Valentina set here is not even exclusive, i'd previously downloaded it from Babes.tv although here it is in a larger resolution so i did keep it. There are much better sites around for finding Valentina Vaughn content
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01-08-12 12:20pm
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Review
1121
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The Life Erotic
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79.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
Billing by CCBill
260+ models
Daily updates since 6th December 2011 usually 6 photo sets and 1 video per week, prior to December was updating 4 times per week
Currently 423 photo sets and 114 movies online
Photos offered in 3 sizes, 1024px, 2048px and the largest size varies quite widely from around 3000 to 5000+ pixels on the long side.
Zip downloads offered in each size.
Several video options including HD 1080p MP4s, WMV, AVI, mobile downloads and Flash Streaming
Model info provided |
Cons: |
Lots of non exclusive content
Those looking for anything other than softcore solo content will find little of interest here apart from a handful of lesbian photo sets/videos
Some older vids don’t look HD quality
Most videos contain music backing track
No file sizes listed for zips or video options
No scene description or preview for videos, all you get is 1 thumbnail picture to decide if you want to download a scene.
Some small photo sets, only 30-40 photos
A lot of models only have 1 or 2 updates |
Bottom Line: |
As a current member of Met Art I was able to add a membership here for less than $12 so couldn’t resist the chance to see what’s on offer here for that kind of price. The Life Erotic claims to be a nude art site with an erotic explicit edge to it. The archive here goes back to May 2009 so there’s a little over two and a half years worth of content already online.
The models here tend to be a little older than the nubile teens you will find at Met or MPL, most here according to the ages given in their model info tend to be early to mid 20s. You’ll find quite a few established models who have been around for years such as Ariel, Eve Angel, Nella, Lucky and Peaches to name a few.
The navigation is fairly basic with the usual options to browse by updates, images, movies or via an A to Z model index. No other categories or options to search the models by age, location or breast size etc as far as I could see.
My primary interest in any site is always the photo collection and I must admit as I browsed through the collection here I was struggling to see the erotic and explicit side that they promised in much of it. Admittedly they do have a few sets that contain some pussy play, toy use and even a couple of fetish wear and light bondage theme sets but 90% of the photo sets I would say are not much different to the kind of content you would find at Met Art or MPL Studios. Take today’s update of Nika N, 120 photos and not even a decent spread shot, Thursday’s update of Kira, 55 photos standing against a rock face, barely a glimpse of her pussy. Where is the erotic or explicit in that?
Many of the videos however do contain a little more erotic action with many of them featuring some masturbation and toy use. The wmv files I downloaded came in at 1280 x 720 @ 4128 kbps and mostly looked pretty sharp. Average run time of videos is usually between 5 and 10 minutes and overall they look professionally shot with decent lighting and camera work. All the videos I’ve watched so far have a musical backing track to them.
The most disappointing aspect for me was the amount of non exclusive content I recognised from other sites. Anyone who has had a membership to the old Eve Angel solo site will instantly recognise some of her content here as Exotics4me mentioned in a recent comment. There’s also stuff here I’ve previously downloaded from Teen Dreams, Viv Thomas, even some old licensed content seen on Eurobabez that must be nearly 10 years old and my initial excitement on discovering the model named Elise here is actually Young Legal Porn’s Gloria soon turned to disappointment when I realised her sets here are the same ones I already downloaded from YLP. There’s also a lot of content here carrying the Walter Bosque copyright mark and although I’ve never had a membership at Walter Bosque Art a quick browse of the tour there would indicate that there seems to be some duplication of sets between the two sites.
Overall some nice content and can’t really complain too much for the $12 it cost but 79 is the best score I can give for a site padded out with so much non exclusive content. |
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01-07-12 03:36pm
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1122
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The Lisa Ann
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Reply of
graymane's Reply
Thanks for the feedback graymane. I don't foresee any problem with the billing as the cancellation procedure seemed to go through ok...it would just be nice to recieve an email to confirm it. I'll just keep an eye on my credit card around what would have been the renewal date and of course report back here if there are any problems. I have a feeling i might have used DHD Media before without any problems as they are also the biller for Suze.net although its been a few years since i was there.
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12-25-10 01:00am
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Review
1123
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The Lisa Ann
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78.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
Access to 9 other sites including Holly Randall, Play With Faye and Club Kayden plus access to live shows and archives of past shows via the Brand Danger Live network.
Site still updating regularly every 2 to 3 days with new photos or a video.
Browsing of photos available in 3 sizes, 800 x 600, 768 x 1024 and 1600 x 1066 with slide show option also available in the 3 sizes.
Zip download of photos but only available for the largest size
Content dated
Multiple video options, WMV medium/high, Quicktime medium, iphone and Flash streaming available
Easy access to bonus sites via drop down menu with no need to re-enter log in details |
Cons: |
The $17.95 special offer price I paid to join this network of sites appears to be ended as I’m now seeing $24.93.
Billing by DHD media who don’t send a confirmation email to confirm cancellation so still hoping there won’t be a problem there. Would prefer to see a more familiar processor such as CCBill or Epoch.
Many of the photo sets are spread over 2 updates with the pictures in each part being numbered from 001 so if you want to combine all the pictures from each set into 1 folder you’ll need to do some renumbering.
No file sizes or run times listed for the videos |
Bottom Line: |
This is the website of American MILF pornstar Lisa Ann, a busty brunette who has been around in the adult business since the early 90s. This looks to be the second biggest solo model site in this network content wise after Club Kayden so you’ll find a reasonable sized collection of photo galleries and videos featuring Lisa Ann in a mixture of solo, girl/girl and hardcore action.
The pros, cons and navigation features are basically the same as the other sites in the network I’ve already reviewed The oldest content on the site dates back to May 2009 and has been updating regularly every couple of days or so to give you around 18 months worth of content amounting to 159 picture and 66 video updates at the time of this review. As many of the photo sets are spread over two updates the actual number of photo sets I counted after combining the split updates was 100 with the breakdown being 62 solo sets, 11 lesbian sets, 22 b/g hardcore sets, 4 behind the scenes sets plus 1 other solo set of a guest model Diamond Foxx.
Many of the photo sets also come with a matching video which range in quality from 640 x 360 @2000 kbps for the older ones to 720 x 406 to 5000 kbps for the recent ones. Of the 66 videos up so far you’ll find 35 solo strip, masturbation, toy scenes, 9 lesbian scenes and 18 b/g hardcore scenes plus 4 behind the scenes features.
There looks to be some interaction from Lisa Ann on the site with a forum and blog and she’s still doing occasional live shows with the latest one as recent as 13th December plus you can download and stream the archives of previous live shows via The Lisa Ann Show site. |
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12-18-10 11:18am
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1124
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The Squirt Instructor
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Reply of
chiselman's Review
Well I would certainly dispute that reply from the credit card processor as at the bottom of the tour page where you click to join it clearly says "Instant access, start downloading everything now". I would say that's a good case of being sold a subscription under false pretences.
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05-30-12 02:31pm
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Review
1125
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This Is Glamour
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85.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
Billing by Epoch with no regional pricing.
Variable pricing options allowing you to choose whether you want a “downloads” or “streaming” membership.
Exclusive content.
109 gorgeous models, 902 videos and 653 photo sets (approx 79,000 total pics)
Professional quality photography and 1080p full hd video.
Zip downloads for the photos.
Choice of 3 download options for the videos.
Site is currently updating with a new photo set or video daily.
File sizes and run times shown for videos.
Posting dates of photos and videos shown. |
Cons: |
Watch out for the pre-checked cross sale on the sign up page.
Quite expensive at $35 for the regular monthly “downloads” membership option if you don't have access to a special offer.
Many pornusers will no doubt find the content here too softcore although not an issue for me personally.
Large watermark on photos and videos.
Quite a lot of the models have been surgically enhanced (may or may not be a con depending on your taste). |
Bottom Line: |
This Is Glamour is a site dedicated to British magazine and Page 3 glamour models in softcore solo photos and tease videos. Although I'm from the UK I have to admit it's years since I've bought any kind of magazine or a copy of the newspaper famous for it's Page 3 models so most of the models here were unfamiliar to me. There were a few names I recognised from previous subscriptions to sites featuring British models (Only Tease, St Mackenzie's) such as Amy Green, Gemma Massey, Jess Impiazzi and Syren Sexton. The models are mostly aged from early to late 20s and most tend to be on the busty side with a D cup or larger although a lot of them have obviously had a helping hand from surgery. Each model has a nice profile on their model page giving you those vital statistics and some brief background info.
Browsing the site is easy, you can choose to browse by photos, videos or via the model index. The photos are split in to two categories, regular photo sets and bonus photos. The main difference is that the regular photo sets come with a corresponding “Featured Tease Video” and “Behind The Scenes Video” and the bonus sets are just photos. Photo sets can contain anything from around 50 to 200 plus pics but generally the bonus sets contain fewer pics than the featured sets. If you browse the photos online you click on a thumbnail and the photo opens up in a new window sized 559 x 840 px, you then have to click on the “toggle size” icon to enlarge it to the full size 1331 x 2000 px, you click to move to the next photo in the sequence and it reverts back to the small size again. It's a shame they don't have any user settings to set a default display size. The 2000 px photos also come in a zip download.
The videos give you 3 download options plus the option to stream online in your browser. As far as I can tell the entire video collection is available in 1080p full hd going back to the earliest ones on the site dated December 2013. The 1080p videos I downloaded were all MP4 files with a bitrate of 6000 kbps and 59 frames per second. The other download options are also MP4 files, 1280 x 720 @ 1800 kbps and 640 x 360 @ 800 kbps. Videos are pretty much a 50/50 split between the Tease Videos and Behind The Scenes. The videos are generally between 4 to 6 minutes long and all the ones I've watched so far contain background music.
The photos and tease videos all look professionally done, good lighting and camera work, models with professionally styled hair and make up, a good mix of indoor and outdoor shoots (around half of the content on the site is shot outside). The models usually start out wearing some sexy lingerie or swimwear, occasionally a little more but generally this is not a fully clothed striptease theme. After some teasing they eventually reveal those amazing boobs. The content is very soft, essentially this is a tits and bums site. A couple of the models might give you an occasional glimpse of pussy but overall don't expect to see any open leg shots or close up pussy shots.
Other features I haven't mentioned include a photo slideshow, model ratings, comments, add to favourites and a category search (Blondes, Stockings, Outdoors etc.) There's also a further 40 bonus videos which are streaming only and basically intended to promote other solo model sites presumably run by the same company.
I only signed up here due to an email promoting a half price offer but overall I enjoyed the content on offer and would recommend the site for anyone who enjoys beautiful women teasing in and out of lingerie. |
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01-11-16 04:47pm
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