From Russia with Love… maybe not Russia, but with Love ;)

Yesterday we had the first real snow over here, which was on the ground longer than just a few minutes before it did melt again. But it did not survive the night ;(

But while it was snowing big flakes yesterday, I was in such a winter mood, I could not resist to grab the awesome “FRWL” gacha set from Salt & Pepper and play with it a little. What caught my attention was one of the rares. FRWL means From Russia with Love and the set was built for the actual round of Epiphany. What caught my attention, was the way how the coat falls and the incredible texture of the fur. I rarely saw a coat falling so realistic and even moving awesome with all kind of poses. But the texture did really blow me away. Usually if you see fur in Second Life, it is a lot of alpha and some blurry textures to get the feeling of fur and that often gives you a headache with pictures as you have all kind of alpha glitches all over with your background and hair, if you not just use a plain wall.

The cool hair certainly was made by no.match ๐Ÿ˜‰ I never made a secret out of the fact, that I am a no.match addicted for hair :p This time it is the release for the actual round of the Tres Chic event. With the curly hair, it gave the whole look a not as strict and classy look and I could use some sexy boots with over-knee socks from Eudora 3d to complete the look.

I was thinking a lot about a background for this look. First I was thinking about an airport scenery, but I could not find any with snow around. Then I tried some kind of shopping mall, but that just did not look right at all. In the end ร decided to look for a sweet winter location, which I found with Luanes Winter World. When I joined the goup wich was for free, I even could rez my pose stand and some extra snow here and there ๐Ÿ˜‰ Certainly there is a way, where you can still put stuff around you even if you can’t rez – you simply can attach everything to your body and when you found your pose you can edit it and move it all in place. But just rezzing it is way more easy! When I was done I just explored the sim a little more and found a lot of other corners, which would be great for pictures, so I am sure that was not my last visit there…

Outfit

Coat: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “FRWL Coat RARE” (Maitreya, Gacha)

Dress: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “FRWL Dress Black” (Maitreya, Gacha)

Gloves: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “FRWL Gloves Black” (Maitreya, Gacha)

Shoes: Eudora 3D – “Yana Boots” (Maitreya)

Tights: Izzie’s – “Sheer Tights Basics” (Maitreya Applier)

Accessories

Bag: *{Junbug}* – “Cute Coin Purse Worn” (Gacha)

Glasses: [Steinwerk] – “Aviator Custom”

Necklace: CODEX – “Vintage Time”

Septum: [ kunst ] – “Anuket Septum Ring”

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No.Body” – NEW @ Tres Chic

Lipstick: alaskametro<3 – “London” (LeLutka Applier)

Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.3”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”

Poses & Props

Foxcity & Luanes World

Location

Luanes Winter World

Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Temptation in Black & Red

Today I have some amazing news from *ROMP* for you!

It was about time for a black & red styling I guess and with the new items from ROMP it was just perfect timing ๐Ÿ˜‰

To me this round of ROMP is a very exciting one as we are allowed to participate for the first time with our store as well. I will probably do a post of our design as well but for now I would like to showcase some of the super awesome items I found there.

What caught my eyes as soon as I saw the vendor picture, was the amazing “Carmen” coat made by [sys]. The knee long open coat is decorated with an amazing fur looking fabric. You have 2 different versions available in each pack for the fur part. It comes fitted for all popular mesh bodies.

The amazing, delicate lingerie I am wearing underneath, comes from chocolate atelier (::c.A::). Chocolate Atelier usually provides the lingerie as system body layers, tattoo layers as well as appliers for Slink, Maitreya and Omega. For this post I used the “Nadia” lingerie in black but you can purchase it as well in red or white.

For the stockings I chose one of my favourite brands… AviCandy. They are always very well made without any seams – except the wanted ones in the back – and just look so realistic with their wonderful filigree lace decoration at the upper thighs. AviCandy provide for their nylons usually 2 different versions – one more opaque and one sheer one.

For the shoes I used the “Parrasana” heels from Glamistry. They might not be brand new but still brand hot with their special heel :p.

Let’s take a closer look at the strong makeup I chose for today’s look. Normally I am a fan of either bold eyes OR lips and rarely use both but the look kinda called for a more dramatic looking makeup.

The stunning, dark smokey eyes were made by Zib Scaggs, owner and designer of Zibska. I am using the m aitreya applier of the “Selise” HUD. Zibska is definitely a must go for the new “Simone” bento head from LeLutka. Zibska offers a wide range of incredible makeup designs for that head, that just fits amazing. You will not only find a LeLutka applier HUD in the pack, there also is an Omega, Catwa or TMP one as well plus still all the system layer tattoos.

The great, deep and dark lipstick is one of the newest releases from je suis. Yes you heard right – Julia Merosi, owner and designer of je suis, is back! And she already made stunning new things including the “LeLutka Lips 006”, which she released at the actual round of the Chapter 4. The perfectly fit the “Simone” head and you can even play with the gloss and the blending to get the perfect result for your look.

For the set I mainly wanted to play with projectors and lights in different colors (thanks to Leah for teaching me some more about self made projectors!).

As a basic furniture I put down the new “Neo Victorian Sofa”, that you can get at ROMP as well made by 22769. It comes in different colors and as PG or adult version – for today’s post I just went with the black PG version, as I anyways wanted to play with other poses, even if the sofa has great inbuilt animations that you can play with via a touch menu. The curtains, that I used for the golden accents are as well made by 22769.

ROMP has some great goodies this round so it is definitely worth a visit ๐Ÿ˜‰

ย Details

Coat: [sys] – “Carmen” – NEW @ ROMP

Lingerie: ::c.A:: – “Nadia” (Maitreya mesh body applier)

Stockings: AviCandy – “Lace Back Seam” (Maitreya mesh body applier)

Shoes: Glamistry – “Parrasana”

Face: +XAnSA+ – “JianDi Face Straps” – NEW @ ROMP

Colar: AsteroidBox – “Three Strap Collar” – NEW @ ROMP

Rings: Formanails – “Rings Simple Maitreya”

Nailpolish: Nailed It! – “Diva Set” (Maitreya nails applier)

Hair: enVOGUE – “Milly”

Eyeshadow: Zibska – “Selise”

Lipstick: je suis – “LeLutka Lips No. 006 – [reds]” – NEW @ Chapter 4

Body Basics:

Head: LeLutka – “Head.Simone 2.1”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V3.5”

Set:

Drapes: 22769 – “Long Black Drapes”

Curtain: LeeZu – “Greta Curtains / Owls” (no longer available) & 22769 – “Segmented Curtain Gold”

Couch: 22769 – “Neo Victorian Sofa” – NEW @ ROMP

Black Friday Sale at GizzA

GizzA 1

Black Friday Sale at GizzA!

From the 27th of November until the 6th of December GizzA has several items discounted from 20% to 50% off.

So I decided to make some pictures with my today’s work shift outfit ๐Ÿ˜‰

GizzA 3

The amazing “Norsk Jacket with Cardigan” is one of the latest releases of GizzA at Shiny Shabby.

The cool jacket, the cardigan and the dress are one piece and you have a wide color selection available, where you can choose from.

GizzA 4

ย The amazing “London High Boots” are sold by GizzA as well. The cool over knee leather boots are perfect for the winter season and with each pack you will get two different colors.

The cute “Pastel Brushed Leather Bag” is one of my long time faves from NYU. It kinda reminds me about a bag I had, when I was at the university ๐Ÿ˜‰

GizzA 5

The awesome glasses are as well an item, you will find at Shiny Shabby, made by Sora Tatham for Gabriel.

What got my attention is a wonderful, sweet animation, that lets you swap the glasses from the usual ‘on the nose’ up to your forehead. That feature is part of a huge HUD, which lets you change the frames to different fabrics, as well the lens color and transparency and certainly you can resize it too.

GizzA 2

Details

Outfit: GizzA – “Norsk Jacket with Cardigan” – NEW @ Shiny Shabby

Shoes: GizzA – “LondonHigh Boots” – NEW

Glasses: Gabriel – “Johnny Sunglasses” – NEW @ Shiny Shabby

Collar: EMO-tions – “Tiffany”

Bag: NYU – “Pastel Brushed Leather Bag”

Location: Neva, Sky Villi

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Male News at Mea Culpa!

Mea Culpa - Arctic Storm black HALF

After a longer pause Mea Culpa is back with new designs for the males! Tatanka Kaligawa, owner and designer of Mea Culpa, released a new male collection and I am very happy, that I could talk Redclaw Inshan into it to wear it for me, so I can show some of the amazing news ๐Ÿ˜‰

Mea Culpa - Arctic Storm black

The new “Arctic Storm” coat is my main focus for this post. This amazing coat has wonderful flexible parts that move fantastic with every step you take. The awesome textures give a perfect realistic look. For this post I chose the “Arctic Storm” in black first like you can see above.

Mea Culpa - Arctic Storm grey

For all who prefer the lighter tones, the “Artic Storm” in grey might be the choice ;). You have the same amazing features like for the black version. The long arms make an amaziing contrast to the open front and you do not really need to wear a shirt under it in my opinion *grins*

So even if the colder days get shorter, the new “Arctic Storm” coat from Mea Culpa should not miss in a good sorted males wardrobe ๐Ÿ˜‰

I would like to thank Redclaw Inshan for the time and patience to model the new “Arctic Storm” coat for me.

To see all of the amazing new male creations you better take a look for yourself at the Mea Culpa Mainstore ๐Ÿ˜‰

Mea Culpa - Arctic Storm grey FULL

Details

Coat: Mea Culpa – “Arctic Storm” /black & grey – NEW

Pants: L&B – “Mesh Leather Mens” (mesh)

Shoes: [GOS] – “Desert” (mesh)

Necklace: Divinity – “Raider Silver Chain”

Poses: *PosESioN*

Model: Redclaw Inshan

Photographer: Wicca Merlin

A “Starry Night” with NV Corsetry…

Today I would like to showcase one of my favourites of NV Corsetry. Even if it is hard to pick as they have many amazing corsets and all are different. As I wrote, before NV Corsetry has different levels of corsets. The basic ones, some with an advanced look and some that come as full outfits. I would call the โ€œStarry Nightโ€ corset one of the advanced ones. It is not just the basic corset, the white puffy part under the chest is part of the corset. I made myself the challenge to style a look around the โ€œStarry Nightโ€ corset. I wanted to repeat the white puffy part of the chest, an elegant look and for some reason I always had a snow queen in my mind :) . Maybe it is the vanishing winter outsideโ€ฆ idk ;) โ€œStarry Nightโ€ is only one of the wide range of corsets that you can find at the NV Corsetry Mainstore (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wicked%20Gear/116/118/22)

Corset with Fur: NV Corsetry – “Starry Night”

Hair: Urban Lutz – “Forren” – NEW

Headpiece: Tres Beau – “Miss Canada” /headpiece

Jewelry & Nails: Finesmith – “Snowflake”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie” /fair

Eyeshadow: L.Fauna – “Basic Shadow”/blue

Lashes: Detour – “Spieder”

Skirt: PurpleMoon – “Nefertiti” /white

Gloves: PurpleMoon – “Eve” /silver

Pumps: *GF* – “Flower Pumps” /modified

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

PurpleMoon – “Lourdes Gown”

Gown(incl. handbag): PurpleMoon – “Lourdes” /mink – NEW

Hair: PurpleMoon – “Dew” – NEW

Skin: !SilkenMoon – “Rookie” (Signature Makeup Wicca Merlin not for sale) – NEW

Pose: Manifeste

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Fur News at Egoisme!!!

Egoisme starts the year with great releases. One of the latest ones was the awesome “Fur Coat”, here shown in the light brown version. Fur is a theme for it self and I was told not that easy to make. Most of the fur I saw before in SL was kinda fluffy but not really fur looking. For all the ones that now wanna stand up and get mad… no I am sure no animal had to supper for the amazing fur coat of Egoisme ๐Ÿ˜‰

The long parts are made perfectly flexible, as well the short neck parts, you nearly get the imagination you can snuggle inside if the winds gets harder and it becomes colder ๐Ÿ™‚

As well out of the latest releases I chose the “Trendy unisex leather pants” in silver-camo. The texture is so amazing handcrafted you really can see a shine on it ๐Ÿ™‚ The pants include great prim parts for the leg sleeves as well.

The cool boots I am wearing for this post are as well from Egoisme and they are called “Trekking Boots”. If you purchase a pair of the “Trekking Boots”, you will find 2 version in your box, one with a resizer and one without that you can resize manually. Overall I think with this fully Egoisme styled outfit you are fashionable prepared for the actual season ๐Ÿ˜‰ So do not hesitate and try your luck at Egoisme, I am very sure you will find your fur outfit there as well ๐Ÿ˜‰

Details

Coat: Egoisme – “Light Brown Fur Coat” – NEW

Pants: Egoisme – “Silver Camo Leather Pants” – NEW

Top: Egoisme – “Thong Top Dark”

Boots: Egoisme – “Trekking Boots” – NEW

Eyeliner: !Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW

Choker: Mandala – “Milky Way”

Earrings: Mandala – “Monica”

Nails: Mandala – “Milky Nails”

Hair: LoQ – “Ouzo”

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

[sys] Winter Collection 2011 Part I

Outfit & boots: [sys] – “Ynuit” – NEW

Hair: LoQ – “Brandy II” /mocha

Glasses: Crie Style – “Felice” /white

Jewelry & Nails: Mandala – “Soul” necklace & earring + “Takara” nails

Poses: Fluke

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

News of the Elan Winter Collection 2011

Jacket: Elan – “Winter Pretty” /red

Pants: Elan: “Pinestriped Pants” /black

Shoes: Convoitise: “Elyna” /red

Hair: Mirone – “Gigi” /black

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: WiccaMerlin

Fantastic new outfit from Yasum!!!

Again I have wonderful news from Yasum. One of the latest releases of Azlyn Vaher is called “Day Out” and it totally matches its name ๐Ÿ˜‰ “Day Out” is the perfect outfit for the actual winter season.

High-waisted pants combined with a wonderful jacket. I would like to take a closer look at the totally awesome jacket. The sculpted prims are perfectly attached to the body so that for a reason this jacket nearly does not move if you are in motion… Usually jackets like this, for example with animations of your AO or even dances move weird through your body… the “Day Out” jacket does not! At the awesome fluffy fur wrist parts again we see the incredible designing skills of Azlyn Vaher. She indeed has an eye for the little and cute details, what makes her clothing so outstanding. The same texture gets repeated at the wonderful neck collar of the jacket. “Day Out” is available in the light version, wich I have here on my blog and as well in a darker version. So anyways what you like more you will find it at the Yasum Mainstore ๐Ÿ˜‰

And again I would like to zoom closer, to see the amazing glasses I am wearing for this outfit. For longer I had my eyes on a store called Crie Style. This fantastic store made glasses and eye wear I never saw before. The glasses are so unbelievable detailed in many parts and the wild ideas of different eye wear is just incredible! For today I chose one of the Crie Style glasses called “Garbo” The beautiful glasses can be worn to nearly every style you can imagine, as they are so soft and filigree, that they go with nearly everything you mix and match. With a HUD you can change the look of the lenses and some other appearance depending on the model of the glasses. I rarely saw glasses like this and Luxury Eyewear hits the nail on the head ๐Ÿ™‚

Details

Outfit: Yasum – “Day Out” /beige – NEW

Glasses: Crie Style – “Garbo” /limited edition

Hair:Baiastice – “Feodora” /brown

Jewelry: League – “Wanderer Jewellery Set”

Boots: J’s – “Long Boots Round”

Poses: Morphine

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin