Essence of Women in plum… ok that sounds weird :p

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Sometimes you have the feeling you wanna do something but you are not yet sure what and then you start to look through your inventory. I stumbled over one of the latest releases of LeeZu, that I not yet had blogged and I put it on. Usually I tend to choose black for the first try, because I love black so much. But in that moments when you are not yet sure what the result will be you are a bit more daring :p. So I tried the plum version… I have no clue why, as the outfit is really different and a totally other color, but all of a sudden I had Kylie Minouge in my head with the video to the song “can’t get you out of my head. Even if the original outfit had a deep neckline and some floating fabric at the legs… it must have been the hoodie what reminded me of it 😉

If you choose such a special color it is hard to find shoes in the same color range, since plum can have different shades as well. I went directly to my LeeZu shoes folder and with the “Times Square Overknee Boots” I found the right color for my boots to match the “Raphael Hoody”. It is no secret that I am LeeZu addicted, so I thought I can finish the styling with LeeZu items as well. The “Marmour Tights” in pink and the new mesh version of the “NifNif” gloves in mauve completed my plum-purple-lilac outfit.

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Usually I wanted to attend the Home & Garden Expo 2013 as a blogger, but some unexpected RL issues came up and prevented me from blogging for over a week. But even if the event is nearly over, I do not wanna let the few things I got to get dusty in my inventory. The wonderful scenery of a room I made with the amazing furniture from Second Spaces. The “Messy Bookshelf”, that comes in a filled and empty version, the cute “Bennie small Chests”, the amazing “Honeycombs”, that you can get in different color shades and the “Bullseye Stool” made an amazing set for the styling, as I could match all the furniture design to my outfit color 🙂

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As we spoke of so many news, I would have another great new release to announce 😉

I use Vista Animati0ns for my AOs in ages. I tried several others but in the end I always came back using my Vista ones. Their animations are simply the best ones I ever saw, not to mention that I nearly bought all of their AOs in the past*hides*. Natural and everyday usable for every kind of styling and attitude, because of the wide range of different AOs and animations. Now you can imagine how happy I was when Persia asked me if  would like to join the Vista Animations blogger team. I was jumping up and down not even believing what I just heard. To the same time she told me that soon thre will be a brand new AO. Now go figure… I kinda counted the days like a little child before Christmas. Not too long ago it happened… the new “Essence” AO for women was released!

The press release says:

“This AO is a tribute to women who are self-assured, passionate and playful; women who are aware of their femininity and the power that it holds.

With a series of relaxed and stylish stands, confident walks and cool new sit poses, this is the AO that the grid has been waiting for!

The Essence of Woman AO also features NEW subtle breathing animations and can be used with mesh clothing and Lola’s Tango breasts, so you will look perfect from head to toe.

This is an AO that you can wear in any situation: from nightclub to catwalk, from the beach to the bar and you will look the very essence of woman wearing it.

Our new Mocap technology now means that the Vista Animations team can provide you with the most realistic movements possible and we hope you enjoy this brand new release.”

And that does not promise too much!!! The new “Essence” AO has several new features like lola and mesh friendly animations, a soft and subtitle new breathing effect, 24 mocap stands, 9 brand new dances and 6 new couple animations were added. What I found very interesting and useful was the option for handbag and accessories. The handling still is easy and user friendly like always.

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Now you for sure wanna know what’s included in that fantastic new “Essence” AO by Vista Animations

25 STANDS
7 WALKS
1 RUN
1CROUCHWALK
2 CROUCH
5 SIT
5 GROUNDS
2 PREJUMP 3 JUMP 2 LAND 1 HARDLAND
1 FLIGHT/UP/DOWN
3 HOVER
1 SWIM
9 DANCES
5 COUPLES ANIMS
LOTS OF FORCE ARMS!

Since it is very hard to capture the beauty of an AO in pictures and I am not yet able to make proper videos (yes I tried…), I would like to share the short video from Vista Animations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk3CbiTvjdg

I really fell in love with my new AO 🙂

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Details

Outfit: LeeZu – “Raphael” – NEW (mesh)

Boots: LeeZu – “Times Square Overknee Boots” (mesh)

Tights: LeeZu – “Marmour Tights”

Gloves: LeeZu – “Nif Nif” (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Madrid Solo – “Twice Shy”

Stool: Second Spaces – “Bullseye Stool” – NEW (Home & Garden Expo 2013)

Rack: Second Spaces – “Messy Bookshelf” – NEW (Home & Garden Expo 2013)

Wall Deco: Second Spaces – “Honeycomb” – NEW (Home & Garden Expo 2013)

Cupboards: Second Spaces – “Bennie small Chest” – NEW (Home & Garden Expo 2013)

Poses & Animations: Vista Animatons – “Essence” – NEW

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Ascension

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Explore the seven levels of the Ascension tower and lose yourself in a mysterious world where musical notes appear from under your feet, robotic bumblebees hover close by and particles shimmer in the alien atmosphere.

Create your own music alone or with friends by jumping on the glowing sound pads and solve riddles under the illuminated eyes of the mantis sphinx!

Sound is important to the Ascension experience, so make sure your local sounds are on and walk through the whole sim to discover mystical places and secret trails.

Created by Mantis Oh (Cari Lekebusch in RL) you can also look forward to a schedule of Techno music events and DJ sets from RL record label H-Productions.

It’s time to ascend…

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With this words I made my way to the Ascension sim, that was buited on LEA 16 by Mantis Oh. Mantis Oh is well known for futuristic environments and objects in SL. “Ascension is a fun and immersive experience that can only be found in virtual worlds. It is a build based on the intuition and actions of each individual visitor and encourages collective consciousness and social interaction through a range of sound displays, visuals and futuristic objects.”, the official press release says and I have to say, I was not dissapointed after I explored the sim, looked tried all of the great installations and saw all this amazing buildings. The Ascension sim is really worth a trip. Do not wait too long as it will be only available till the end of May.

That was not all as Persia told me, that he not only builted that amazing sims and arranged all that great DJ events, Mantis Oh as well creates prefab homes and … what really caught my attention, he creates wonderful futuristic acessories. The “MartialArts Armguards”, the “Martial Arts Waistguard”and the “Third Eye Tiara” headpiece are made by Mantis Oh, owner and creator of Hybrid Productions. All of his pieces are incredible detailed and you can only imagine how long Mantis sit and worked on them. The belt with the ornaments and the to little bags where you can put bottles or what ever in are as well great for a fantastic roleplay 😉 But for me it is a wonderful fashion accessory, as O really love to experiment with futuristic ideas ;).  The “Third Eye Tiara” reminded me of the ‘Visor’ of Lieutenant Commander Georgdi Laforge of the Star Trek – The next generation movies and so it was clear I had to do a post about something futuristic 😉 The armparts and the belt as well have little glowing effects, that are not static. There is many more awesome creations of Mantis Oh at the Hybrid Productions Mainstore and I am sure this is not my last post about them 😉

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I thought for a longertime about a cool styling for the “Outland” from [sys], that is sold at the 100 Block event. The cool blue & black pants outfit perfectly goes together with the acessories from Hybrid Productions. The top has a very sexy touch at it looks like it would be sheet while it is totally opaque. The pants are mesh made and very modern with the loose style. The “Vouge” shoes are as well from [sys] and made the perfect addition to the whole look.

So I only had to find the right jewelry and hair. For the jewelry I remembered that Sora Tatham, one of the genius designers of Gabriel, gave me a wonderful mesh set. She said the “Curb Chain” set would be her first try for mesh jewelry and I was totally amazed as I put it on. The jewelry comes with a HUD that lets you chnage the texture of the jewelry to 3 different colors. The hair comes from EMO-tions. I loved the way how the mohawk looks lightly ‘messy’ at the ends and the wonderful made braids that are covering the head. A nice mixture of different hairstyles together on one 😉

So… it’s time to ascend… 😉

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Details

Outfit: [sys] – “Outland” – NEW (mesh)

Shoes: [sys] – “Vougue”

Arm Parts: Hybrid Productions – “Martial Arts Armguards” – NEW

Belt: Hybrid Productions – “Martial Arts Waistguards” – NEW

Head Piece: Hybrid Productions – “Third Eye Tiara” – NEW

Jewelry: ::GB:: – “Curb Chain” – NEW (mesh)

Hair: EMO-tions – “Strangelove” – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Madrid Solo – “Twice Shy – Suddenly Blue”

Eyebrows: Silken Moon – “Abstract” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Blue as Steel”

Poses: Corpus – “Editorial Series 6”

Location: Lea 16 – “Ascension”

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

-The Event- Hollywood: Rfyre

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Outfit (incl. shoes): Rfyre – “Glamour Noir” – NEW (mesh, Hollywood)

Earrings: LouLou – “Willow”

Bracelets: LouLou – “Crepsule”

Necklace: LouLou – “Enigma”

Hair: EMO-tions – “Jean” (mesh)

Nails: Love Soul – “Sexy Girl – B”

Tattoo: inFLiCT – “Heaven of Tranquility”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Eyebrows: Silken Moon – “Eyebrows Abstract” – NEW

Makeup: Madrid Solo – “Raven’s Flock”

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

News from Zibska, Madrid Solo & Tableau Vivant!!

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Skin: KOOQLA – Tangerine(01) (Freckles)

Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Hathaway hair –NEW

Make up: Madrid Solo– Male Designs- Ancestor –NEW

Jewelry: Zibska ~ Leigh Uomo Full Vs. –NEW– at L’accessories

Model & Photographer: Dahriel

Relay for Life 2013 Fashion Fair – SAS, Schoen & Madrid Solo

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Dress: SAS – “Mondriaan FFL Dress” – NEW (FFL 2013 contribution)

Lipstick: Madrid Solo – “Vendetta” – NEW (FFL 2013 contribution)

Glasses: ::Schoen:: – “Color -Change Sunglasses” – NEW (FFL 2013 contribution)

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Outfit: :{MV}: Unhinged – NEW (mesh, FFL 2013 contribution)

Boots: :{MV}: – “Dominion Boots” – NEW (mesh, FFL 2013 contribution)

Jewelry: :::Krystal::: – “Glorious Cross Set” – NEW (FFL 2013 contribution)

Makeup: Madrid Solo – “Show Design – Siobhan” – NEW (FFL 2013 contribution)

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Relay for Life Fashion Fair 2013 – Shiki, Nivaro, EMOtions & Madrid Solo with WTG Jewelry!

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Skin: -NIVARO- Baptiste Fantasy Skin – Ice Tribal –NEW at FFL

Hair: .:EMO-tions:. * ESTELLE* –NEW at FFL

Makeup: Madrid Solo-Show Design-Siobhan –NEW at FFL

Jewelry: +:+WTG+:+ **Checkmate** Set – NEW

Outfit: SHIKI Echoes outfit –NEW at FFL

Pose: *PosESioN* (Cooming Soon)

Model & Photographer: Dahriel

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News from MR.C, Madrid Solo, A:S:S, M.o.w., EMOtions & Boudoir!!!

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Skin: Fruk Bennett skin Shade 1 Blond (by Chucky Hollak)

Make up eyes: Madrid Solo-Full Face Design- Spotted Owl (by Madrid Solo)

Make up Lips: Madrid Solo– Lip Accent 10 (by Madrid Solo)

Make up Brushes: Silken Moon Cherry Blossom Blusher (by Malicia Phyton)

Eyes: Vision by A:S:S – Ghost eyes  – red (by (Photos Nikolaidis)

Hair: EMOtions* STRANGELOVE*/blonde ( by Mirja Mills)

Jacket: [M.o.w] Buttoned Up Coat (by Medusa Back)

Pants: [M.o.w] SOLID Jeans Inxes (by Medusa Back)

Pose: *PosESioN* (by Dahriel)

Skybox: Boudoir – Cabaret Theatre (by Vitabela Dubrovna)

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Styling Card:

Skin: Fruk Bennett skin Shade 1 Blond (by Chucky Hollak)

Hair: Mr. C – Charlie_AshBlonde (by DjAngeI Fallen)

Make up: Madrid Solo– Lip Accent 5 (by Madrid Solo)

Sweater: [M.o.w] Lucas Cool Vest (by Medusa Back)

Armwarmers: [M.o.w] Unisex Armwarmers -White (by Medusa Back)

Pants: [M.o.w] Utopia M Jeans -PINK (by Medusa Back)

Pose: *PosESioN* (by Dahriel)

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News from Dont-be, Zenith, H.O.D. & Madrid Solo!!!

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Styling Card:

Skin: Fruk Bennett skin Shade 1 Blond (by Chucky Hollak)

Make up: Madrid Solo– February Male Group Gift-Lost Hearts (by Madrid Solo)

Piercing: – .HoD. – Decay Piercing 4 (by Aydan Darcy)

Outfit: Dot-be Placido Flower (by Boniefacio)

Pants: **GizzA** Wild Jeans Zebra (by Giz Seorn)

Bag: =Zenith= Paraty large leather bag#2 (by Miffyhoi Rosca)

Nails: +:+WTG+:+ **C+@** nail-male (by Toxy Xue)

Boots: [Gos] Triumph Boots – Male – Worn – Loose (by Gospel Voom)

Pose: *PosESioN* (by Dahriel)

The Ravens are coming! – House of Rfyre meets Madrid Solo

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Raven Pennyfeather, owner and designer of House of Rfyre, released a new and wonderful collection. The “Ravens Collection” contains 4 outfits, 3 female and one male. Madrid Solo made 5 beautiful and outstanding makeups for the whole “Raven Collection”. I felt very honored as Madrid asked me if I would pose for her vendors for the 3 female makeups. Thanks a lot Madrid 🙂 ! To make my happiness complete, I was allowed to showcase the  gown of Rfyres “Raven Collection” in the AVENUE Cinque Onyx show. Thanks a lot Raven 🙂 !The show was as well the release for this incredible collection of Rfyre. For today I would like you show you the 3 females  – outfits and makeups 🙂

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The first one is a stunning gown over and over made of feathers, matching the raven theme. The mesh corset, that makes that awesome waist is textured with an amazing filigree texture and because of the mesh it moves perfect with every turn and twist of your upper body. The skirt, back piece and the incredible chest piece are awesome flexible feathers and the huge neck part and the little delicate brooch that hold the chest feathers give the whole gown a super elegant touch. On top Raven made some amazing earrings that come with the gown!

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The perfect makeup for the “Raven Collection” gown for me was the “Ravens Solo” makeup. The tiny filigree lines at the sides, combined with the beautiful feather on top of the eyes just made the perfect finish for this styling in my opinion 🙂

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The casual outfit of the “Raven Collection” comes with 3 different possibilities to wear it. The top you can choose from an opaque black to a sheer black with the silver ornaments on or you even just wear only the bra with no top under it at all. The mesh corset highlights the shape of every fashionista perfectly with the wonderful light stripes and the mesh pants make an amazing look that still has a touch of elegance, even if you can wear it as a casual attire.

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For this look Madrid Solo‘s “Ravens Flight” makes the perfect addition. Again we see some very filigree and amazing fine lines beside and below the eyes and this time you have 3 red parts that go upon the eyes.

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The last outfit for today would be the club version of the “Ravens Collection” A wonderful fresh but still chic looking dress with wonderful parts for wrists, neck and shoulders. You again have the option to choose from 3 versions for the top. Sheer, opaque and one, that only has the beautiful silver lines on it. As well on this look you can see the boots that Rfyre made for the “Ravens Collection”, to match all of the outfits.

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The last of the 3 “Ravens” makeups of Madrid Solo would be the “Ravens Flock”. Not as huge and filigree with lines beside and above the eyes this makeup made the perfect club look for me. Still a touch of elegance but a very cool look with the silver/teal parts upon the eyes.

To see more of the amazing creations of Rfyre and Madrid Solo you can visit their Mainstores and get your favourite “Ravens Collection” piece 😉