I’m pulling your strings…

TUNES

Master of puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name ’cause I’ll hear you scream

[- Metallica -]
Clothing

Top: Blueberry – “DTR – Crop Top & Bra” (Maitreya, Petite)

Accessories

Blindfold: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Abel Blindfold Female” – NEW @ Kinky // October 2021

Earrings & Ear Accessories: L’Emporio&PL – “::*Parca*::” (for Lel. EvoX Elf Ears) – NEW @ Men Only // October 2021

Bindi: Wicca’s Originals – “Carvis Bindi” (unrigged)

Nose Piercing: Wicca’s Originals – “Jadeon” (unrigged)

Necklace: AsteroidBox – “Farren Jewelry – Female Fit”

Hand Accessories: NaaNaa’s – “Fossil Hands Accessories” (Maitreya, Bento)

Nails: FORMANAILS – “Lydia” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: Exile – “Lysa”

Face Art:  Nefekalum Tattoos – “Hunger #01” (Lel. EvoX BoM, Materials)

Blood Tears: Unholy&JTM – “Tears of Blood” (Lel. EvoX BoM)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “EvoX Avalon 3.0”

Teeth: [CX] – “Strigoi’s Fangs – Silver Type.1 ( Size E / Wider )”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo 1: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Harmony ( Dark )” (Lel. EvoX BoM) – NEW @ Uber // October 2021

Tattoo 2: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Dark Take Over” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose (incl. Puppet): Samia – “Vipul Mirror 1”

Backdrop: Paparazzi – “BACKDROP – Asylum Hall”

Chains 1: DRD – “Killer’s Cabin – Chains”

Chains 2: [CX] – “Rusty Chains – Set.1”

Chains 3: [CX] – “Rusty Chains – Set.2”

Chains 3: [CX] – “Rusty Chains – Set.5”

Animal: JIAN – “Classic Rats Shoulder Companion”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Powerless

TUNES

Master of puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name ’cause I’ll hear you scream
Master!

[- Metallica -]

What a week… don’t you hate that, if things go like 180 degrees the other way as you planned it? I am one of those, who like to at least plan a week ahead, what I do have to do, what I want to do and what I am supposed to do. I usually hardly can focus on things and I keep forgetting things very quickly – my friends know that and thank god they are not too mad with me usually *snickers* – and that is why I usually at least make a rough draft on a piece of paper or my calendar for each week.

Corona and the closing of the schools already messes that up weekly and if something else comes across, it can instantly become a disaster. That is what happened the past week. Blessedly it did all calm down and I finally could manage to get all done.

That gives me the time to post today. I know the Puppet Show gacha isn’t a new release from Moon Amore, but sometimes things need time until the “kiss me” and I know what I want to do with them 😉 I do enjoy the changeover from new releases, things I got because I liked them, but didn’t have the right inspiration and all time favorites. Many tried to tell me a blog always has to be up to date and you only can use things once – I completely disagree with that. My blog is my personal sandbox and I can play the way I like to play 😉 Certainly I will have new releases which I found in stores and on events, or amazing designs I got from my incredible, awesome sponsors, but as well there are times where I just can fool around with things out of my inventory and create pictures just the way I feel in that very moment 😉

Exactly that happened a few days ago with the Puppet Show gacha from Moon Amore and I really enjoyed playing with it as you can see ♥

Clothing

Dress: :MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show /Puppet Master Dress” (Maitreya, Gacha, Rare)

Gloves: :MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show /Muse Gloves”( Maitreya, Gacha, Common)

Stockings: :MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show / Scene Stockings – Blood” (Maitreya, Gacha, Common)

Shoes: UTOPIA@Design – “Romina” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Headpiece: :MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show / Triada Tiara” (Gacha, Common)

Collar: AsteroidBox – “Crystal Collar”

Hair & Makeup

Face Scars: . The Rotting Lab . – “Waster – Scar – Pale” (BoM)

Eye Art: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Hunger // Tattoo” & “Hunger // Sclera Overlay”

Hair: MINA Hair – “Audrie”

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.0”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo 1: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Dark Sweet Love” (BoM)

Tattoo 2: TF – “Veins With Eye Shading” (BoM)

Tattoo 3: TF – “Machinist (F) :: Without Sore – Light” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses: Poseidon – “Puppet Set”

Set:

DRD – “Antique Shoppe – Old Door Display”

DRD – “Antique Shoppe – Gramaphone Display”

DRD – “MS – Fortune Telling Chair”

:MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show / Puppeteer Hand – Gold”

CURELESS [+] – “BunnyDoll / Shoulder / BEIGE”

CURELESS [+] – “BunnyDoll / Hold / BEIGE”

CURELESS [+] – “BunnyDoll / Hanging / BEIGE”

:MoonAmore: – “Caged soul / Hojalata Bird – OpenWings (Fire)” (Gacha, Common)

:MoonAmore: – “Caged soul / Hojalata Bird – Stand (Fire)” (Gacha, Common)

:MoonAmore: – “Caged soul / Hojalata Bird – Flying (Fire)” (Gacha, Common)

Serenity Style – “Bella .-Broken Mirror”

Stylist, Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

It was one of those days again…

TUNES

Illusion

Being like you are, well, this is something else
Who would comprehend? But some that do lay claim
Divine purpose blesses them, that’s not what I believe
And it doesn’t matter anyway
A part of your soul ties you to the next world
Or maybe to the last but I’m still not sure
But what I do know is to us the world is different
As we are to the world, I guess you would know that
Please don’t go, I want you to stay
I’m begging you, please, please don’t leave here
I don’t want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
[VNV Nation]

It was one of those days again…
It was dark, cold and misty outside and sometimes it mirrors to my inner. I would not say I hate that days, they bring out a certain type of feeling and emotions and they make you think about yourself a lot more and as well different. Life taught me to not stay too long in that moments, but as well not try to skip them either. I need them as a part of me and if they happen, I just let them for a while. I have no idea if that makes sense – I hope it does and those who had those moments too, I thin you know what I am talking about.
If I am in Second Life on such days and try to style up a look, it does something to me and my looks. It takes me longer to finish a style and the thought s and emotions go way deeper than with a usual look. It is hard to explain as 90% about it is feelings and emotions and you know how hard those are to describe 😉

Usually on such days I start off with something I bought longer ago and never had the right mood to work on it.
Today it was the “Black Parade Uniform” from CUREMORE. I fell in love with that outfit ages ago and when CURELESS [+] had their sale I could not longer resist and got the fatpack. I adore the way how CURELESS [+] as well as Moon Amore do obviously cute and frilly outfits, but they all have kinda a morbid feeling to them still. The texture work and the mesh details are amazing. Initially I had something Circus like in mind, but the more I was looking at it, trying several things the vision changed. First I added the awesome “Kate Thigh High Boots” from [Gos], which they released at UBER. I am a high boots addicted so those super cool boots were a no-brainer :p, I could not miss them in my wardrobe.

As usual the boots come in all the popular mesh body sizes and with the 3 amazing HUDs from [Gos] – Boutique, Metallic and Blueberry. You do not only have a wide variety for the colors – Even for metals and sole you get several options. As if that would not be already enough, for the “Kate Thigh High Boots” you get the option to chose from a thick or thin heel as well (like shown in the picture above)!
I do not know why, but while I was staring at my pixels to think about what I could do all of a sudden, the “Black Widow” collar from DRD popped up in my mind. First I thought it wouldn’t fit, because the uniform already had such a high neck… but it turned out, that exactly that made it fit perfectly! Sometimes it is kinda fate I guess.
For the poses and props I immediately had an idea after I added the huge back collar. I had blogged some poses of the “Necromatic” pose gacha with the skeleton, but I as well had some violin poses seen in my folder and I had a feeling, those would fit perfectly. First I used the violin and the bow that the pose had included but with the brown violin I felt a little disturbed from my vision. When I started to look for a black violin on MP I remembered I had a black skull violin from Grollwerk like in forever – I have to admit it is an old prim violin and the store already seems to have closed down, but for a picture it would do it I thought and it did 😉
I wanted to wear such a little, cute hat that makes no sense, but looks good and so I had to find a special hair, which is close to the head and not too high at the top. Certainly I found one at no.match 🙂
I love the textures and the way how no.match does their hair. I rarely have alpha glitches even with longer hair and she has the perfect size as well if hair goes down over my chest. If you followed me for while you will know, that I use no,match hair a lot :p.
Now I only needed a special makeup to satisfy my mood. I recently had the honor of being chosen to do a makeup spread in the Eclipse Magazine for ALMA (HERE). That brought ALMA back to my plate – I have to admit I know them for a while but sometimes you forget about cool stores and the more happy I was when I discovered it again and found so many new cool makeups and face art. If you are looking for something out of the box, vibrant colors or really complete, extraordinary face art, ALMA is your place of desire.
Finally after hours I was happy with my look and it did mirror exactly what I was feeling while doing it. That does not happen too often I have to admit, but I do enjoy that immensely.
Then comes that next challenge… what to use as background or scenery?!? Nothing too colorful, nothing clean but as well nothing too dark and nothing too dirty… initially that always feels like a challenge I never can work out. Sometimes I even get frustrated if I can not find the right location or built the right scenery and then I just delete my whole look as on those special days, where I am in that special mood I do not want to make any compromises as they just feel wrong and take all of the depth from the picture. Thank God there is Ironwood Hills! Ironwood Hills has so many different corners and places, that I usually find what I am looking for if I wasn’t able to built something or get an idea of what I would like to have. This time it was the old, rotten theater from Marcus Inkpen, that they have rezzed out there near the landing spot. I just had to add my music items and some broken furniture and it looked exactly as I imagined it and … the best part… it did match my feelings!!! You really should explore Ironwood Hills and I swear you won’t discover all the little details and corners on one day 😉

Clothing

Outfit: CUREMORE – “Black Parade Uniform” (Maitreya)
Shoes: [Gos] – “Kate Thigh High Boots” (Maitreya) – NEW @ UBER
Tights: .::Nanika::. – “Alina Tights Black” (Maitreya Applier)

Accessories

Hat: *BOOM* – “The Baroness Hat”
Collar: .:Avanti:. – “Vexie Collar” (Rigged)
Back Collar: DRD – “Black Widow Collar – Frost”
Rings: [Since1975] – “NoMercy Rings” (Maitreya, Bento)
Nail Polish: {ZOZ} – “Time Reds Polish” (Maitreya Applier)
Instrument: [GW] – “Skull Violin” (Store Closed)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No. Comission”
Eyemakeup: ALMA – “Isola” (LeLutka Applier)
Face Art: ALMA – “Being Human” (LeLutka Applier)
Lipstick: Zibska – “Bussaba” (Maitreya Applier)

Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.3”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Eyes: CURELESS [+] – “Seeres Eyes”
Skin: *YS&YS* – “Ginny Vamp Skin” (LeLutka & Maitreya Applier)
Tattoo: [White~Widow] – “Izo” (Maitreya Applier)

Poses & Props

Poses (incl. Stool): Le Poppycock – “Necromantic – The Oldest Song” & “Necromatic – Grim Anthem” (Bento, Gacha)

Note Stand: Fancy Decor – “Music Stand”

Notes: Nutmeg – “Old Music Sheets Floor” & “Old Music Sheets Standing”

Furniture 1: [ zerkalo ] – “Last Refuge – Dirty Matress – PG”

Furniture 2: DISORDERLY – “Overgrown Patio – Table & Chairs” + “Burried Treasure”

Location

Model & Photographer

Le Enfant Terrible – Vintage Bunny Puppet

Bunny 1

Finally I have time to do another post!

All the Christmas horror kept me away from all the blogging fun for way too long. But now a few days before Christmas I am nearly done with all the students concerts and kids musicals for this year – for thank god!

7 days to go and I finally will have holidays!

Bunny 4

Today I would like to spotlight one of the latest releases from LeEnfant Terrible, owner and designer of Enfant Terrible and a wonderful friend.

The “L’odeur du cuir” what means ‘the smell of leather’ is a full set of amazing items all made of leather. A wonderful corset with a huge color HUD, the super cute bunny mask in black & white, the incredible necklace with the long leather straps down the cleavage, an elegant bracelet and a sweet leg band with tiny little accessories, every girl needs,  in black, white & pink.

 Bunny 5

The incredible details of this set, show the love for every little thing, that LeEnfant Terrible puts in all her designs. You can nearly feel the hours and days, that she must have spent on those designs. If you just take a look at the leg band – for today’s post I chose the black one – with the tiny little brush, the eyeliner, the amazing filigree chains and all those realistic looking creations… simply stunning!

Bunny 3

The “L’odeur du cuir” set immediately brought me to a vintage mood, when I put it on the first time. I added a bra, we made for Wicca’s Wardrobe, wich will be released soon and a fishnet panty hose.

The puppet hanger I saw, when I was walking a show and a real good friend was wearing it so I had to have it! Thank you Xandrah for sharing where you got them from 😉

Last but not least I would like to drag your focus on the amazing sweet ankle boots made by Elysium.

Bunny 6

The incredible “London Ankle Boots” from Elysium come with a HUD, to change the fur options on the top. With the amazing suede fabric and the filigree lines that end in such a sweet box at the upper side, those shoes are perfect for the actual season 🙂

Bunny 2

Corset, Mask, Legstrap, Necklace & Bracelet: Enfant Terrible – “L’odeur du Cuir” – NEW @ Arcade

Shoes: Elysium – “London Ankle Boots”

Stockings: Thalia – “Fishnet Pantyhose with Seam”

Bra: Wicca’s Wardrobe (tbr)

Skirt: [R3] – “Akali Skirt”

Hair: no.match – “No.Call”

Poses: Del May

Set: Secret Spaces

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

!:Lybra:! for the Murder Mystery Hunt

Lybra 001

At the moment we have so many amazing hunts out on the grid, that you really have to manage your tie properly to do all of them :p.

For example, starting at Finesmith you have the “Murder Mystery” hunt (http://finesmithjewelry.blogspot.co.il/2013/11/finesmith-murder-mystery-hunt.html)

“News Flash!
Socialite WrenNoir Cerise has been murdered and burglarized! They took all of her Finesmith jewelry AND stabbed her FIVE times! They must have really wanted her dead!
We need your help to find her killer!”

14 designer have placed gifts that are each 10L$and as much as I understood it the 10L$ of every item will support the ASPCA.

Today I would like to spotlight the hunt item of Lybra. Lybra Rage made an amazing full outfit including the cool makeup for the Murder Mystery hunt. The outfit is called “Clown Couture” and it did remind me on some of the puppets I know from my childhood. So i could not resist to go with the puppet idea ;).

The “Clown Couture” has mesh pants, a mesh top and a mesh made neck corset. All are provided in several sizes to make sure it fits your avatar. The hat and the huge neck ruffles are part of the outfit and the amazing white-faced makeup with the typical clown expression as well. If you imagine to get that whole outfit for 10L$ only.. you better hurry and get your copy 😉

Lybra 002

Details

Outfit (incl. hat and makeup): !:Lybra:! – “Clown Couture” – NEW (mesh, Murder Mystery hunt item)

Shoes: Baiastice – “Oxa” (mesh)

Hair: LeLutka – “Rykiel”

Poses & Puppethanger: HelaMiyo

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

New Releases from Vanguard!

Vanguard again released some incredible news for the fashion addicted lady. 7 new dark gowns and dresses that let every fashionistas heart beat faster ;). The 8th is the groupgift!!! So do not miss that one! The designs came in wonderful packaging as well. These inspired me for my pictures. Every gown or dress stood in a wooden mini stage. This brought me to the idea of the puppet hangar I have in my inventory for so long and did not yet know what to do with it 😉 As I had the puppet theme stuck in my head the great masks of illusion came into mind as well so I just found one of them for each of the great Vanguard designs. The whole collection is hold in black and some dark lavender. Anyways if it is a dress or a gown, the whole collection has this huge ruffled prims as a red line going through all of them. For today I would like to showcase 3 of them. Rollyn Humphrey again shows an incredible taste and awesome skills of her creative mind in style and design. for me the whole collection is a must have for my wardrobe… I would not wanna miss one of them 😉 So take the next taxi to the Vanguard Mainstore 😉 (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fazul/53/215/286)

Gown: Vanguard – “The Lord” – NEW

Mask: Illusion – “Valkyrie Mask”

Jewelry: Finesmith – “Noir”

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Hair: MADesign – “Isabel”

Shoes: Nardcotix – “Kurvy Pumps”

Pose: Hela Miyo

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Gown: Vanguard – “Death Flower” – NEW

Mask: Illusion – “Phoenix Mask”

Jewelry: Razoregalia – “Hydra”

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Hair: Mirone – “Adie”

Shoes: Nardcotix – “Kurvy Pumps”

Pose: Hela Miyo

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Gown: Vanguard – “Flower Chic” – NEW

Mask: Illusion – “Seraphim Mask”

Jewelry: Finesmith – “Draakje”

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Hair: Mirone – “Adie”

Shoes: Nardcotix – “Kurvy Pumps”

Pose: Hela Miyo

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin