A reader sent me an email tonight asking what I do for my bottom when it is red and sore after a spanking. Since I don’t think I’ve specifically covered the topic here, I thought I’d answer with a post.

Rubbing: It can help reduce the tingling sensation, but more often than not I do it just to feel the amazing amount of heat my scorched cheeks are generating.

Lotion: Lotion helps to keep my skin soft and hydrated after long spankings or ones that involve wooden implements. I don’t like using it right afterwards though as I find it really stings the sensitive skin. Instead of being soothing, it actually adds to the punishment.

Arnica: I haven’t experienced significant results in using arnica, but when I need to be free of marks as soon as possible, I use it as it’s certainly not going to hurt. I do have to be careful to stick with the tablets and cream formula as I’m allergic to something in the gel. No need to add insult to injury (literally) and be itchy and ouchy.

Ice: After very severe spankings I’ll apply a bag of ice to my upturned cheeks and have even tried sitting on a large ice pack on my drive back home following a shoot. It really helps to reduce the swelling and pain. In a pinch, any cool surface will do. I’ve been known to rest my punished buns against the cool body surface of a car or take a seat in the snow.

Massage: The day after a hard spanking, the surface sting will have subsided, but the deep down muscle soreness really sets in. A loving bum massage from my boyfriend is the nicest of all methods of tending to my punished backside.

Neosporin Plus: Although broken skin isn’t something I aim for, it does happen from time to time. Usually it’s more that a couple of the top layers of skin have worn away, but on rare occasions I’ve had the skin actually open up. In either case I use Neosporin Plus to help heal, prevent infection, and reduce scarring. I don’t find that it does much in the way of pain relief despite the label’s claims, but it definitely speeds up the healing process.

Any other bottom soothing techniques you’d recommend?

As promised, here is the 400 count spanking for charity I took on Tuesday for Cause for Paws.  It’s a rather long video (8 minutes and 13 seconds) and so the file size is up there at over 90 MB for the 1500 Kbps Windows version and more than 40 MB for the more compressed Real Media version so it might take a while to download.  I hope you enjoy it and find it worth the wait!

   Windows Media Version

    Real Media Version

Although we are all smiles because this was a light hearted spanking all done for a very good cause, it certainly doesn’t mean that it didn’t hurt.  One of the funniest and simultaneously most painful moments was when the belt landed a little errrmmm … off target.  As much as that stung, Veronica and I couldn’t help but laugh.  Look for that swat landing about 6 min 54 sec in.  

my butt can’t CAN cash. 

 Well, the final total for the Cause for Paws is in and I am absolutely thrilled.  Together we have raised $1,115 for the shelter!  Amazing!  Thank you so much to everyone that participated and contributed to the cause.  Beyond everyone’s generosity, I was also touched by the sweet notes, emails, and cards that were sent in along with the donations.  I’m saving them all in my keepsake box.

As promised in return for all of the wonderful donations, I received my bare bottomed charity spanking yesterday following the PB shoot.  Now, the spanking didn’t quite occur as pictured here, but David, Beverly, Veronica, and Eric (not pictured as he was the one taking the photo) each took turns dishing out the 400 count spanking.  Started out with a 100 spanks on the bare each from Beverly, David, and Eric and then Veronica finished off the last hundred with a combination of the hairbrush, spoon, belt, paddle, and cane. 

I was starting to get a little nervous about my promised spanking as I’d received several comments from friends worried that such a spanking would be too much to handle after a full day of shooting scenes.  And when my scenes ended up getting bumped towards later in the day and I realized I’d have to do a rather long paddling scene immediately before the charity spanking, I really wondered if this was such a good plan.

But I made it through just fine.  Since it was all done for a good cause and I was being spanked by a group of friends, there were as many smiles and giggles as there were ouches.  As you can see, my bottom is still in one piece and although I’m sore, I’m surprisingly free of marks today.  Actually, the only bruise I sustained yesterday was not on my butt, but on my elbow when I whacked it on the seat of a wooden chair during a scene.  Graceful, eh?

I’m not exactly sure when the video will be available, but as soon as it’s ready, I’ll post it here on my blog for you to see.  And speaking of the video, there was a rather startling moment as far as the filming was concerned.  We’d just finished the final stroke of the cane when we realized the camera hadn’t been recording!!!  “Can we do that over?” is not something you really want to hear when you’re doing a spanking video, but thankfully it didn’t come to that.  Two other cameras captured the footage from other angles and all will turn out just fine without any need for a do-over.  Whew!

Yesterday, despite the rather dreary weather, I attended a Celtic festival with my boyfriend.  

Have to love a place where people of every size, shape, age, and gender are decked out in plaid!

Of course I had to take the opportunity to don my tartan kilt and let my Irish curls flow - well, given the humidity, there was no chance of denying my curls even if I’d wanted to. 

I suppose my skirt was more along the lines of a mini-kilt, but it had the standard flat front and pleats in the back (though they don’t seem to show well in the photo).  I blended right in with the others at the festival, but I got a few side-glances when we stopped at Applebee’s for dinner afterwards.  I suddenly wished I’d brought along a pair of jeans.

Just in case we go again next year, or I have another occasion that calls for tartan, I ordered a slightly more regulation kilt in blackwatch plaid (my favorite) from one of the vendors.  Wouldn’t want to face the consequences of a length violation, would I? 

My Cause for Paws fundraiser is coming to a close in a couple of days and already it has proven to be a much larger success than I could ever have dared to imagine.  I am truly amazed and incredibly grateful for everyone’s generosity.  Either many of you share my passion for animals or you really want to see me spanked.  :) 

And that brings me to the topic of the promised spanks.  As stated in my original post, I promised I’d be spanked based on the total number of donations and I’ll happily honor this as I gave my word.  However, since the total has far exceeded what I ever thought possible, I would like to offer an alternative. 

The current total is about $800 and I know there are a couple of additional donations on their way via snail mail.  This is a lot of spanks, not just for me, but 800+ hand spanks would make for a very long, boring, repetitive spanking for viewers.  My proposal is to incorporate some different implements, but reduce the total number of spanks received accordingly due to the more intense swats.  My offer is instead of 800 hand spanks, to receive:

300 by hand
50 with hairbrush
20 with wooden spoon
10 with belt
10 with school paddle
10 with the cane

The total comes to 400, but that’s still a very intense punishment and I think it would offer a little more viewing interest than endless hand spanks only.  And since I’ll be shooting this after the other three PB scenes I have scheduled to do next week, I think I’ll be lucky to sit by November!  It’s all for an excellent cause though and so I’m happy to do my part.

Spank a brat, save a cat (and a dog, horse, bird, and many other companion animals)!!

I received a ticket the other day.  No, not a speeding or a parking ticket, but “an official household court” ticket from my boyfriend.  Can you believe it??  I was shocked and proclaimed my innocence with every step as I was hauled off to the kitchen. 

Now I admit that strands of my long blonde curls do have a habit of showing up just about everywhere, I sometimes forget about mystery leftovers in the back of the fridge, and if I had my way, the thermostat would permanently be fixed at 80 degrees, but the other charges are unfounded, I tell ya.  Sheets can’t be tucked in when you’re using them to huddle up in the frigid sub-80 degree environment, buying the wrong brand of dry food does not qualify as cat neglect (even Stink will back me up on that one), and clickbeetles are the grossest bugs around so that fear is completely reasonable.  My pleas fell on deaf ears and I was given my punishment - 2 smacks for every offense. 

Despite my pleading, I couldn’t help but grin and giggle at the same time.  I thought it was really funny and kind of sweet that he surprised me with a ticket mandating a playful spanking.  My only hope is next time the ticket will be delivered in uniform!

**PayPal issue now resolved.  Please see notice at bottom of this post**

If you’re a reader of my blog, you probably already know that one of my passions (aside from spanking) is animal welfare.  Last year, I participated in a local charity event called Walk For Animals which aids the shelter I volunteer at.   The facility is full to capacity and in desparate need of supplies, funds, and of course, loving homes for the hundreds of domestic animals they care for. 

This year I will be participating in the fundraiser again and would like to ask any of you that can and wish to support to please help out.  Every last cent goes to help an animal in need - nothing in my pocket.  Also, for every dollar raised (through this blog), I will receive one hard bare bottomed spank which I’ll record and post in a later blog update.  I’ll gladly hurt if it means an animal doesn’t have to.

Sponsorship is a flat fee (not a per mile increment).  Donations can be made via PayPal by clicking here:

If you would like to donate by check, money order, or well concealed cash, you can send it to the PB P.O. Box:

PB / Amber Wells
P.O. Box 413
Doylestown, PA 18901

Please make checks or money orders out to directly C.S.A. (the charity organization).  Please include a little note so we know it’s a donation, not a product order.

If I manage to raise even just $1, that’s one more dollar I can give to the rescue foundation and my bottom gets off pretty lightly.  And if I raise nothing at all (I know right now is a tough economic time for many), I’ll still have given it a good try.  But with any luck, I’ll have a sore, red bottom and will be helping a good cause at the same time.  Donations can be accepted through September 28th.  Thank you!

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*** I hit a slight technical snag with PayPal.  In order to accept any donations made, I must verify my PayPal account using my bank account … which I’d have no trouble doing except that “Amber Wells” isn’t the name on my bank account!  I therefore have had to unfortunately return all donations made yesterday and this morning and I’ve posted a new donation link using a 100% verified account.  I apologize for any confusion for those who so generously tried to donate.  I do hope that you’ll donate again now that the issue has been resolved.  Thank you to those of you who have already re-sent their donations.   ***

Congrats!  Most of you identified our bottoms correctly.  I even tried standing on my tippy toes while Chloe crouched a little so that our bums would be at the same height to try to throw you off.  But I guess you’ve probably seen both our bottoms quite a lot!

Here are some more fun behind the scenes photos from Saturday’s shoot.  While we were taking the still photos following our cheerleading scene, I got a phone call from my boyfriend. 

I took the call while Chloe kept herself busy with caffeine assisted bratting.

When she didn’t get the reaction from me she was hoping for by lightly kicking my butt, she grabbed the school paddle and took advantage of my nicely positioned target.

I never expected Chloe to really hit me, let alone smack me so hard!  My poor boyfriend is probably a little hard of hearing after the scream of shock I let out right in his ear.   

I wasn’t going to get her back (at least not right away) but I couldn’t resist.

I was nice and only gave her a light tap, not a brat whack.  I am so not a top!! 

Veronica was so disappointed with my efforts.   Thankfully she helped me out by grabbing the paddle and giving Chloe a few extra swats on my behalf.

Can you tell which bratty bottom is which?  I think one must have been mislabeled because both Chloe and I can be pretty naughty. 

See some of our cheerleading antics on Pixie’s Previews (just published!).  And I’ll post some more of our behind the scenes bratting here tomorrow.

Although the majority of my spankings these days are either role play for scenes or more light hearted (but heavy handed) on-the-spot discipline from my boyfriend for minor infractions or bratting, I have in the past received spankings as a form of therapeutic discipline. A goal would be set regarding a particular issue I’d like to improve on and the spanker would help hold me accountable by regularly checking in on my progress and dishing out discipline as needed.

I’ve worked on smaller / simpler goals such as drinking more water (takes sip of Diet Coke …clearly need more work on that one) or tackling an ugly chore I might otherwise procrastinate about and more difficult ones such as low self-esteem and other related struggles.

Even though I am a spanko and therefore enjoy spankings in many ways, they still hurt and the disciplinary ones pack that extra sting of disappointment. Knowing that I’ll otherwise face swats with an implement I don’t like can sometimes provide the extra little push I need to make a step in the right direction.

What is key though is a desire to change and improve regardless of the spankings. The accountability can help as can the little extra motivation, but if deep down a person isn’t willing or ready to change, I don’t think it would work as you can’t force a person to comply in this manner. The spankings simply lose their therapeutic value.

For me personally, I experienced both some success and some failure in being held accountable with therapeutic disciplinary spankings. After a while the need and desire for strict monitoring and punishment would lessen. Sometimes this was because I’d made significant strides, other times it was because I wasn’t ready to move forward yet, and in some rare cases it didn’t work because there simply wasn’t the right connection between the spanker and me for such a relationship to work.

I know for some, spanking is purely fun or erotic and spanking for true disciplinary reasons never even enters the picture. But for plenty of others, some level of therapeutic spanking is common particularly in addressing areas related to self-care habits such as proper diet or quitting cigarettes.

Have you tried therapeutic disciplinary spankings (either as a spanker or spankee)? Did you find the relationship to be helpful? Did the spankings remain a consistent motivating factor or did they lose their effectiveness over time?