Make Money - Sell your Body!!

skylight

I have pinched this from AOL! :T

There are lots of legal, decent and honest ways that you can make money out of your body. You don't need particular skills and, in most cases, you don't have to be a raving beauty either!

Police line-ups
It used to be that you could make about £15 quite regularly taking part in police line-ups. Now, though, thanks to technology, you just get a one-off fee of £10 for taking part in a 'video line-up'. Just go to your local police station and ask them about being videoed for identity parades.

Sell your hair
Extensions, wigs and hair-pieces are increasingly popular now, and many are made out of real hair. To make money, your hair needs to be at least six inches long. It must be clean and must have had no chemical treatments at all - no colouring, perming or tinting. According to Banbury Postiche, the main hair buyer, the fees are £3 per ounce if your hair is 6-12" long and £5 per ounce if it is more than 12" long.

Useful contact:
- Wigsuk.com (also known as Banbury Postiche) | https://www.wigsuk.com | 01295 750606

Psychological research
This is much less invasive than straight medical research, which although well-paid is potentially very dangerous. You can find work as a psychological research 'guinea pig' through ads in local papers, on student notice boards and on the internet. The experiments are usually pretty easy, and either involve brain scans or simple memory tests. You will be paid cash for your time and your travel expenses. It can be very easy money. For example, the Manchester-based School for Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences will pay up to £60 a session for brain scanning and imaging studies.

Useful contact:
- School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Room G907, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT

Life modelling
If you are good at sitting still for long periods then life modelling is good whatever you look like. Contact local art schools and adult education colleges for an application form or information about how you can offer your services. Life-modelling sessions usually last about three hours each, with breaks for rest. It may be for a school or institute class, an art society group or privately for a professional artist or sculptor. Most artists will need a few sessions to get the likeness they are after. In London, life models make between £7-8 per hour clothed and £10-11 unclothed. Outside London the pay is about 10 per cent less.

Useful contacts:
- Royal British Society of Sculptors | https://www.rbs.org.uk | 020 7373 8615
- Royal Academy | https://www.royalacademy.org.uk | 020 7300 8000

Hand-modelling
If you have lovely hands that you have kept nicely moisturised and manicured - whether you're male or female - you can make money out of them. Most of the work is in London, although some major cities such as Birmingham or Manchester will also have jobs. You can make anything from about £100 a week to a £1,000s a week if you get some adverts that take a long time to film.

Useful contact:
- Derek's Hands: https://www.derekshands.com | 020 7924 2484

Film/TV extra
Anyone can be a film extra or have a walk-on part. You don't need any acting ability or particular looks. Simply contact some extras agencies and get yourself on their books, although you should be careful who you sign up with. There are some rogue agencies that will charge you money to register with them and then do nothing for you.

You can earn up to £200 if you have to do an hour or two overtime, use your own uniform or special props, do a night shoot, or all sorts of other things. Most filming work is on weekdays - and it really helps if you have a car so that you can get to the more rural shoots.

Useful contact:
- Casting Collective | https://www.castingcollective.co.uk | 020 8962 0099

catewithers

what a brilliant post! Thanks. Always fancied being an extra!

GreyPilgrim

Charlotte, you've a striking resemblance to a polar bear. You must be able to capitalise on that somehow.

skylight

GreyPilgrim wrote:

Charlotte, you've a striking resemblance to a polar bear. You must be able to capitalise on that somehow.

I do body doubles! Obviously real animals can't be hurt in films, but the same rules don't apply to humans! :rotfl:

GreyPilgrim

Polar bear walks into a pub, climbs up onto the bar and says "Can I have a pint of.................
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lager please"?

To which the barman replies "sure, but why the big paws?"

poppy10_2

What about escort agencies? Not the sleazy kind, the reputable ones. You can earn quite a lot of money if you are good-looking enough and don't mind going to some boring dinner part with a middle-aged businessman

grastgirl

Health, nutrition and sensory research is another option.

Generally much less scary and unlikely to get you in a hospital than pharmaceutical tests, and can have monetary benefits. Only place I know of that does it is in Norwich, although I'm sure there are other places dotted about the country.

I've heard of one guy doing a study where you change your diet for 4 weeks in 8, have blood and urine tests on tue and wed of those weeks and get about £300 for it. Probably most suitable for housewives/husbands or those that are available during the day. Seems like they may be pretty flexible about physical attributes as well. Here's the link to the place I know of:

Website: http://humanstudies.ifr.ac.uk/

Grast girl

newmum1

This is a great post I quite fancy being an extra or doing the police line ups. I think I will be giving them a call.

lady_noluck

poppy10 wrote: »

What about escort agencies? Not the sleazy kind, the reputable ones. You can earn quite a lot of money if you are good-looking enough and don't mind going to some boring dinner part with a middle-aged businessman

I hate to tell you Poppy, but these companies don't exist. Escort is a glam way of saying "prostitute". It always has been and always will.
Escort agencies will always use the line "what you do with the client after the booking is up to you" as a classic legal loophole. They can't be seen as selling sex so tell you it's your choice and they don't want to know. BUT if you refuse a client, you'll get sacked very very quickly!
Sorry to ruin your illusions

lynzpower

lady-noluck

A mate of mine ( male) has been escorting for years off and on, he gets paid amazing money for going out with older richer women and sometimes they make a pass at him, but usually they dont he said. He said the sort of women he goes out with are usually divorcees who are a bit to committed to thier careers than anythng else.

He certainly hasnt sold sex, he siad the only time he wanted to the woman never asked him LOL . Escorting he said is flexible in that you can always say no- to anything.

Lynz
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wherediditallgo

lady_noluck wrote: »

I hate to tell you Poppy, but these companies don't exist. Escort is a glam way of saying "prostitute". It always has been and always will.
Escort agencies will always use the line "what you do with the client after the booking is up to you" as a classic legal loophole. They can't be seen as selling sex so tell you it's your choice and they don't want to know. BUT if you refuse a client, you'll get sacked very very quickly!
Sorry to ruin your illusions

Not all escorts go down the sex route. One of my friends has been an escort for over 2 years. She's never done anything more than accompany a client to dinner or a concert or on a short business trip. She works when she wants to, & although she probably doesn't make the same amount of money that others offering sex do, she certainly makes much better money than I do & declares her income to the Inland Revenue.