Fragilestrong with Salt & Pepper!

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Today I have something very special and as well a personal favour for you.

Lately I got an incredible rope harness from Salt & Pepper. I did not know that amazing designer personally before and I was super surprised, that we share the same country in RL*grins*

It is always kinda funny, if you talk to people in English and after a longer while you discover, that you could have spoken your mother tongue :p

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When I met that wonderful lady, I immediately had an amazing and comfortable feeling talking to her and the more we talked, the more I felt, I would like to do that sweet lady a favour. Just because she was so nice and kind to me πŸ˜‰

She released an amazing Rope & Flowers set on a very new event called Objets d’Amour, which was hosted by the owners or the ROMP event. The first round, where this artpiece was released, was going on from the 4th or February until the 15th.

Sadly, RL did not let me do the pictures in time of the event :/

But since I wanted to do something very special, I simply could not rush the pics through.

But I took a peek at the main store of Salt & Pepper and I saw that she has the gacha machine up there now with that amazing items πŸ˜‰

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I know that many people have prejudices about ropes on a nearly nude body and many times it just falls towards porn or gets judged like that. But as in so many cases, it is always in the eye of the beholder or about personal taste I guess.

To me ropes can be very artistic and as well, tasteful and artistic lingerie or nude shots can be very impressing and amazing.

And exactly that, I wanted to transport on my todays pictures πŸ˜‰

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First I put on the harness and all the parts that came with it and looked at it very close. It comes with HUDs for all pieces, where you can change the colors of the ropes, metals and roses. The set contains even more parts than the ones I used but for the purpose and look I was going for they did not wanna really fit in to my view this time πŸ˜‰

I decided to go with the harness, the gag and cuffs for ankles and wrists. All parts are scripted for roleplay as well.

The more I looked on the different pieces, the more I found all those incredible details like the little chains that lead for the ropes to the metals or the amazing detailed texture of the rope itself. That already proves the high quality of the Salt & Pepper designs. The whole set contains 5 standard sizes for the classic avatars, Slink Physique/Hourglass and a Maitreya Lara fitting version.

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When I was staring at my pixels wearing the awesome parts of the “Ropes & Flowers” set, imaginations ran through my head about what to do with it.

First I tried the black ropes and everything I tried to style kinda was sexy and seductive… but I wanted more. The more I tried, the more an idea got stuck in my mind about opposites. I wanted something artistic, something sexy, something classy.. something fragile and something strong and powerful.

First I thought that will be too many in one but the more I played with stuff the more I was confident about it can work.

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I got stuck on the white ropes with the rose golden metals and the darker red roses. To give an opposite to the strong and kinky look of the “Ropes & Flowers” set, I wanted some white lingerie – not too playful with lots of ruffles and lace. More something classy, simple but still modern and different looking AND for the Slink Physique mesh body. After spending more than an hour on Marketplace, I made my way into the Starwalkers2010 chat and asked – kinda depressed – about ideas for something like that.

I got some very good advises but one girl hit the nail on the head with her suggestion… Thank you Voshie Paine!!!

She lead my way to Chocolate Atelier (c.A.). I TPed over to the store and already was very impressed about the designs and I was curious what Marketplace would give me for that brand since sometimes gacha items or older products are not available in world anymore but still there.

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BINGO!

I found the “Thea Bra & Panties” ensemble. The amazing layer set can be worn on many different mesh bodies and mesh body parts with the provided appliers and it has the layer versions inside as well.

The simple looking light, smooth fabric has some very fascinating cutouts on both parts, that make an amazing front and back view πŸ˜‰

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While I was searching through my inventory for any kind of scenery or decoration ideas, I stumbled over something that I got a long time ago and never really used it. It comes out of a time long before mesh even was talked about :p .

The “Draped” set from Glitterati was released back in 2011 and comes with a sheer satin looking fabric prop and 10 different poses. I did not use all of them but for a few I wanted to give it a try.

With all the new windlight, the old sculpties did not cooperate too well and I had to rework them a little later in PS. Since I am not a trained graphic artist in RL… go figure… that took a while, but it was well worth every minute for me and I learned new things πŸ˜‰

I had so much fun doing those pictures and post. I met a wonderful and kind person, I learned about 2Β  – for me new – brands I definitely will put on my “to shop and watch out for” list so overall it was a wonderful experience and try to play with lingerie, ropes and opposites πŸ™‚

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Outfit: Salt & Pepper – “Ropes & Flowers” (Gacha)

Lingerie: Chocolate Atelier – “Thea Bra & Panties” (Gacha)

Hair: no.match – “no.perfection”

Poses & Props: Glitterati & Del May

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

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Wicca’s Wardrobe: Torn

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Sometimes you just do not know where to go or what to do, you feel torn inside and you only see darkness. Sometimes your inner only feels like a big fight and you have no clue how to escape.

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Sometimes it it hard to find words to describe what you wanna say. And I tried to find words for this post and they just did not wanna flow. A close friend of mine, who is way better with words and who knows me very well wrote something for me after i showed her the pics and gave her a lot of single words and emotions and I would like to share it as it really expresses, what I only could say with pictures. Thank you Mal for finding the right words for me, for knowing me and understanding me even without any words sometimes.

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Torn

I am alive – though I am dead

I am over you – though you bury me

I am me – though I am no one

I survive – though I die each day

I am strong – though I feel I will break any minute

I am you – though I don’t know who you are

I am here – though I don’t know where

I am understood – though you don’t know what I am talking about

I wanna enjoy – Β though I don’t know fun anymore

I miss you – though I never know who you were

I am lonely – though there are crowds around me

I am dead – though I still move

I submit – though you are not worth it

I am all – though I cant cope

I will die – though I wanna live

I am weak – though I can do all I want

I am me Β – though I am lost

I am there – though I don’t know where

I am a riddle – though it would be so easy

I wanna think – though I get stuck

I am happy – though I should not be

I am – though I am not

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Outfit: Graves – “G 179 Crossfire”

Hair: DeLa – “Marley” (mesh)

Chains: [Ca.Co] – “Chained Down”

Tattoo: [iN] – “Eternity Awaits”

Blindfold: N1CO – “Devotion Blindfolds”

Makeup: Shakeup – “Bleeding Mascara”

Lipstick: Silken Moon -“Wicca Lips Cardinal”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Boots: Slink – “Tall Leather Thigh Boots” (mesh)

Poses & Prop: Glitterati – “Mausoleum”

Poem: Malicia Python

Set building: Sazzy Nirpaw

Concept, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

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Culture Shock!!!

I made it to the Culture Shock sim… finally and I have to admit… you can go broke there *grins* So many designers made amazing new creations and items for that fashion event.

Β Β Β  The 2nd annual culture shock event opened on May 4th 2012 and will close at the 26th of May. The event is meant as a charity for Doctors Without Borders (known also as MΓ©decins Sans FrontiΓ¨res). This new event will feature art, music and of course – Fashion.

Every store has a mandatory participation of one NEW and EXCLUSIVE (for the duration of the event) item that gives 50 – 100% of the profits to the charity, however because last year we asked for THREE items, most people have more than the minimum.

To start with something I combined the “Lozenges” dress in black and white from [Sakide] with the amazing “Brera” heels from YS&YS. But there are so many new releases and wonderful designs, that I have to part my Culture Shock styles in more then one blog post :p

In the meanwhile you can go and shop yourself crazy at the Culture Shock Sim (http://slurl.com/secondlife/CHIC/127/133/6)

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Dress: [Sakide] – “Lozenges” – NEW (Culture Shock) (mesh)

Shoes: YS&YS – “Brera” – NEW (Culture Shock)

Facetattoo: White Widow – “Skittles” – NEW

Hair: Posh – “Beat”

Necklace: Mandala – “Hannya”

Earrings: SoliDea FoliEs – “Cube Earrings”

Poses: Glitterati – “Shopping”

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Dare to be hip and colorful?!?

Today I have the great pleasure to welcome a new designer on my blog. Dani Plassiz, owner and designer of Styles by Danielle. We all know Styles by Danielle as a wonderful casual chic and elegant gown paradise. The more the outfit I wanna showcase today jumped my eyes as I entered the Mainstore.

I was told to pick me one of the wonderful outfits. After I saw the “Groovy Poa” outfit I tried to find one that is more representative for the wonderful creations of Styles by Danielle because I thought Dani will kill me, if I would choose the “Groovy Poa” for my first outfit to showcase. But my eyes always went back to that wonderful colorful outfit.

Then I saw the cool “Catina” booties and the matching “LP” jewelry set for the “Groovy Pow” and could not longer resist…

The “Catina” booties have a HUD with wich you can chnage the seams of the “Catina” booties to every color you want. The amazing black leather texture is made so realistic. you can see the shine and reflection of the lights… simply amazing.

The jewelry set carries the simple name “LP” and just tells what it is πŸ˜‰ A wonderful set of little vinyl LP’s where you can change the middle color by a menu.

The Styles by Danielle Mainstore is really a paradise for lovers of elegant gowns, classy casual chic, city chic and even for the crazy people like me πŸ™‚ All the textures are wonderfully made and put on the prims and layers.

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Outfit: Styles by Danielle – “Groovy Poa” /colors

Shoes: Styles by Danielle – “Catina” /black

Jewelry: Styles by Danielle – “LP” /color changing set

Hair: Miamai – “Reka Mohawk” /black

Nails: Candy Nail – “GATCHA Toy Nails” /yellow

Lashes: Redgrave – “Rockstar”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie” /Fair Rock

Disco Balls: Glitterati

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Scary sexy news by Faster Pussycat

Tonight is the night, every Halloween addicted waited for the whole year πŸ˜‰ Tonight all the creatures will go out for some party or event and show off their wonderful scary and creepy outfits. I chose one of Honey Bender’s latest creations called “Vampira Glamour Gown”.

The outfit is made very delicate and aerial. The deep, rich red matches wonderful the theme of the gown and the lace gives a very sexy touch as well. The huge neck collar adds a very victorian touch. The fabric of the prims gives a wonderful vampiristic look as it looks kinda as you were still the gown of the night you were transformed into a vampire and show it off every night if you leave your coffin ;). If you still search for your Halloween costume for tonight, definitely jump over to the Faster Pussycat Mainstore… you will find what you need πŸ™‚ The perfect finish for me was one of the Bliss Couture “Terror hats” with the big red spider.

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Gown: Faster Pussycat – “Vampira Glamour Gown” – NEW

Hat: Bliss Couture – “Aphrodite” (Halloween Special) – NEW

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia” /Vampire

Hair: Miasnow

Coffin + Poses: Glitterati

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Mea Culpa – “Broken Mirror”

Again we have incredible news at Mea Culpa. Designed for the ‘One in a million’ contest “Broken Mirror” was the outfit Tatanka Kaligawa made to enter.

“Broken Mirror” is a incredible, extraordinary, modern and fresh creation. The prims and sculpties are textured with perfection and the layers are beautiful fabrics that needed very filigree and unique work. The awesome glasses, earrings and shoes are as well part of the outfit.

The prims have an amazing shine that makes the whole design very realistic. The shoes – as always for Mea Culpa shoes – have a HUD that is included as well, what lets you match the skin of the bare foot to your own skin tone. As well you can change the toe nail color.

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Outfit: Mea Culpa – “Broken Mirror”

Skin: Glam Affair

Lipstick: L.Fauna

Hairbase: White Widow

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Buisness vs. Private ;)

For longer I had a sweet couple pose idea and now I finally found the time and inspiration πŸ˜‰ For the business pics I used poses of the “Photoshoot” series made by Glitterati and for the private ones the “Romance” set by Body Talking.

The female business look styling I will have detailed here on this blog post, for the male one I just can guess what it was but not in all details πŸ˜‰

As the basic I chose a wonderful outfit from bijou called “Couture” The grey-black skirt combioned with a white blouse and that huge ruffles made a perfect basic for a female business outfit that also has a very female and stylish touch. For this outfit the “Stylus” pumps from N – Core looked perfect for me. High heels with a sweet ankle strap in simple black.Not to overdo it I just added the black “Lick Me” earrings from Ticky Tacky and the “7Luck” bangles from Mandala. For the hair I wanted some strict looking to underline the business theme but still some that is me ;). I chose the “Wilma” hair attachment from Baiastice that perfectly goes with the “Pulchra” skin on pale and the red hair base. The male suit we found at Hoorenbeek. The hair came from Mad.

After a hard-working day it is nice to have something comfortable you can slip on and no it don’t have to be the PJ or the jogging suit *grins*

I like jeans and some kinda cool top. So I do not have to stick on the couch if I suddenly feel that I wanna go out for a coffee or some like that. For the actual season maybe the white tank top from Maitreya is a little freezy so I wrapped around one of that great “Shirt-tied-around-Waist” done by COCO. The jeans that I am wearing for this post are the “Robin” jeans made by LeeZu. This jeans are really great made. All little seams you can see and for the leg sleeves you have 2 different options to wear. Also the “backside” is really great made. I rarely has such a nice shaped back side in a jeans. The 2 little pockets there have exactly the right size to for a really sexy ass πŸ˜‰ The male jeans come from LeeZu too. As we know LeeZu for the jeans are totally made with a lot of details that let the jeans really look very realistic!

This pose above is out of the “Romance” set by Body Talking, as all my “casual-private” ones in this post. It made the right look for a relaxing time for 2;) Too lazy to change my hair and skin I just kept the “Pulchra” skin with the red hairbase and the matching hairpiece “Wilma” from Baiastice.

A big thank you goes to Magnus Stovall for being patient with me during the whole shooting πŸ˜‰ I really enjoyed doing this pics and the making of will stay in my mind πŸ™‚ as something special.We really had a good time and lots of fun!

Again News from Mea Culpa!

(Mea Culpa – “Style Disaster” /purple & white – Models: Arisia Ashmoot(l) & Wicca Merlin (r), Pose: Glitterati)

Unbelievable but true… the store is not long open and again Mea Culpa released new incredible outfits!

(Mea Culpa – “Kiss of the Scorpion”Β  – Model: Arisia Ashmoot)

The “Kiss of the scorpion” in a very egocentric and extraordinary outfit with many gorgeous attachments and details. A big twisted wild skirt covers the lower body and carries a strong scorpion tail. The top looks like kinda corset that carries 6 amazing tentacles.

(Mea Culpa – “Kiss of the Scorpion” /copper – Model: Daffodil Crimson)

Both shoulders are covered with amazing “shields” that underline the character of this wild outfit. For me the eye catcher on this outfit was the head-piece that can be worn with or without hair. A big detailed scorpion with a long tail and a very sharp and dangerous tail end πŸ˜‰

(Mea Culpa – “Japanese Sublime” – Model: Wicca Merlin)

A lovely contrast to the “Kiss of the Scorpion” makes the “Japanese Sublime” A asian gown that carries wonderful prim attachments beside the laced skirt and top. The big fan in the back is decorated with long sharp spikes. Round the waist as a wonderful contra you have sweet ruffles that move dreamy with every step..you nearly can hear them rustle πŸ˜‰

(Mea Culpa – “Here comes the Sun” – Model: Wicca Merlin)

“Here comes the sun”… the name is program πŸ™‚ A very light and strong glowing dress that only is made of prim attachments – even the top and panties πŸ˜‰

(Mea Culpa – “Here comes the Sun” – Model: Wicca Merlin)

The big head part gives the perfect imagination of a rising sun. All attachments are made perfect flexi and wave around your body with every movement. Haute Couture pur! You will be definitely be the center of view with this magnificant design!

(Mea Culpa – “Style Disaster” /white – Model: Wicca Merlin)

My last outfit for this blog is called “Style Disaster” and is available in white and purple (to be seen in the very first pic of this post). This outfit is a combination of all forms and shapes πŸ˜‰ A wonderful mix-up πŸ˜‰ The skirt is very tight long and decorated by amazing ruffles at the sides. The left right side also carries long and sharp glass parts. The glass look is repeated on the upper arm attachments. The top is opened in the font and allowed a peek on the skin πŸ˜‰ The shoulder and chest are covered by a wonderful smooth and round swirled ruffle that has an edgy part up high, this also carries one of the “glass pins”Β  Again we have a wonderful head part that doesn’t need any hair in my opinion πŸ˜‰ This head part also caries a sweet glass part that covers the left eye wonderful and gives you a mystical touch.

(Mea Culpa – “Style Disaster” /white – Model: Wicca Merlin)

As a special gift for all that add Mea Culpa to their pic section:

(Mea Culpa – “Lava Love”, Model: Arisia Ashmoot (l), Mea Culpa “Electric Temptation”, Model: Wicca Merlin (r)

“Electric Temptation” and “Lava Love” and a 10% discount voucher are the gift for all that add Mea Culpa to the pic section of the profile πŸ™‚ Both dresses are made with animated textures on the attached prims.

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Outfits: Mea Culpa

Poses: Body Talking by Arisia Ahmoot (except “Kiss of the Scorpion” /copper and Pic 1)

Models: Daffodil Crimson, Arisia Ashmoot, Wicca Merlin

Photographer: Wicca Merlin