WELCOME TO LOLA & FRIENDS!

Hello to my amazing fans <3 I hope you all had an amazing 4th of July! 

It is with heavy hearts I must announce that it looks like the end of Lolasfriends is coming sooner than I had hoped.

I would like to ask of you all to please go ahead and cancel your subscriptions, this way you are not charged further for the site. All the information and explanation will be in this blog post. You can stick around if you'd like to download as much of the content you can.
This site will be put into archive mode; meaning you can still sign up to access all the content that will be available for download. 
I am very sad about this choice I have to make, if I had it my way I'd be able to provide the content I have for everyone for as long as I have. Unfortunately I do not have the means to run this the way it was.
To be completely honest, my site has kinda been dying for quite sometime. I've been trying different ways to resurrect it, but nothing seems to show much results. :( From recruiting new models, camming for members here and potential ones,
shooting with other producers, networking with models and studios, all the way down to promoting myself in new ways. 

With the rise of platforms like Onlyfans, models are very focused and utilizing it as there main source of income, the pandemic also got more models on that platform with the ability to work from home.
While this is great! and benefits many models, it has made it increasingly harder to get models to shoot for my site, even if I pay them. I put out ads on SexyJobs, scouted on Myfreecams, gone to networking events out of my comfort zone, and have even rekindled old friendships, but a lot of models focus is on owning their content, monetizing it themselves and creating their own fanbase. Onlyfans is very simple for models to use and is constantly working on staying up to date. Even ModelCentro (the hosting for my site) has acknowledged the rise of things like premium snapchat, and Onlyfans, shifting their focus from Modelcentro to Fancentro, and dropping features on Modelcentro in the process. This is the exact reason that Live shows are no more on my site, Modelcentro dropped their contract with Streammate's services, to apply more focus 
to Fancentro. Time's are changing, and change is hard. This is why I started to cam on Myfreecams, to offer live shows to my fans on here and create new ones. 

This where honesty comes in, and I have to be honest with myself. These last few months, have been especially hard for me working with my site. I had some drastic life changes, which reflected onto my business. There has only been about 12 members for the past 6 months on my site. I'm very happy and blessed to have you guys here <3 You guys literally mean so much too me. All my fans throughout the years are why I've put so much work, blood, sweat, and tears into this site. Unfortunately, as a business, this isn't enough to keep things operating as normal. My business partner has stepped away for various reasons, but the main being;
it is more in than out. In regard to time, money into the shoots, equipment, resources, etc. I understand their decision completely and hold no grudge, we are still friends :) This has made it harder for me to have the means of production. Having and knowing how to use the lights, cameras, editing software, powerful computer, access to models, etc. If you haven't noticed, the last updates have been selfie sets and videos, which is a steep difference
between professionally produced content.

I also had a new partner come into play but that didn't work out for very long. This was the small access I had in the last few months, to my own equipment, computers, software, camming while I was, even male talent.  We just came to a disagreement and decided after trying to work things out different ways, it wasn't going to work out. I hold no grudge against this person either :) I understand, as they did invest a lot to help me be able to do all these things on my own. I am grateful. I'm grateful for all the help I've received in trying to keep lolasfriends alive, from professionals, all the way to the members who have supported me. <3 So, with that being said, this is why things have been produced on a cell phone lately and not professionally. I can not afford to pay models and a photographer, as well as getting a Airbnb or hotel to make the content in. That is the hard truth. This last Airbnb trip I have talked about and made selfie sets in was not setup or paid for by me. It was my first time meeting the photographer who shot collaborations between us models, agreed to use on 
Onlyfans. This is what I meant about the focus of other models, they are very focused on Onlyfans and not very interested in being a featured model on a site nowadays, but again, this is perfectly ok! I understand more 
everyday.

So now it is just me, making content on my phone. I'm learning, studying and playing with cameras and new equipment hoping to master it one day. The issue with that is it's hard to be the photographer and the subject at the same time. Seeing as I only have access to using my phone and producing myself, it seems sorta... wrong, to have you guys here paying as much as you do when professionally produced content and featured model content  is not looking to be something obtainable in the near future. It only feels right to, let you guys know exactly what is going on. You're my biggest supporters, my drive! This isn't easy for me... I never pictured my site  lasting for over 4 years, and I wanted to keep it going as much as I could. I just feel wrong, I feel like I'm ripping you off. I don't really shoot Boy/ Girl content anymore, which I'm sure some of you have noticed. I don't get much feedback on here, so I'm unsure of what drew people in specifically; my personality, my looks, a certain video, things I was doing, a specific model, etc. And that's ok :) So I just really want you guys to
understand why this is happening.

The site will remain active, you will still be able to come back anytime are re-join to download more stuff. But since your already here; go ahead and download what you can or re-visit your favorite updates :)  Seeing the site will stay active PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL NEED TO CANCEL TO NOT BE REBILLED! I notice a few of you already here have been recently rebilled; There will be a few more updates like the last to help make up for that. I'd also like to make something special for you all, you will be contacted about this :) I'd like to make a nice video and thank you all for supporting me as you have. I'd also like to offer a discount  to you all for my onlyfans, which is a price lower than here, but is where cell phone produced content and the like is expected. I feel horrible charging you guys so much for just a fancy onlyfans at this point. So you will also be contacted about the discount as well. I seem very happy in this posts, but it very sad to me. I have cried and feared this day for very long, but if I keep putting off I will just feel I am doing you all wrong longer, and I loose sleep at night because of things like that. I really want you all to know you mean a lot too me <3 And that I'll do anything to right a wrong if you feel you have been wronged. 

Again, you guys are literally the best, and biggest supporters in my eyes <3 I wish I could keep this going reasonably, but I won't be able to do that all on my own. If you have any questions, feel fee to contact me via the site or even email me; lola@lolaleda.com (you can also email lolalolaandfriends@gmail.com if you prefer gmail contact) I know this was a very long, and not exciting blog, I just really want you all to understand, this has nothing to do with you <3 you guys are simply the best. This is all on me for not being able to produce content for you guys the way I was and not adapting to the new ways of the land. I'm still learning :) I have a free onlyfans I will link to on this blog post, so that everyone can follow me there if they'd like. You all will be contacted in regard to a discount to my premium page. Thank you for being here for me <3 
YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST <3 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ALL <3 I will be in contact with you shortly :) Thank you for reading this blog post :)