Whether you are the sort of mermaid associated with perilous events or the sort that is benevolent and falls in love with humans, our Amatheia Claws are perfect for any fashion-forward Mer. They are designed to fit Maitreya’s Lara, are Bento enabled, and come with that HUD that offers you 10 colors for the wrist band, chains, shells, and claws.
Taxi: Mermaid Cove by Flair for Events
The world may be ending, but your lungs don’t have to. Keep dust and disease out of your system with this new accessory by Wicca’s Originals. This unique Havoc Mask is the face protection for the fashionable post-apocalyptic survivor. Fits either sex, and comes with 6 color options, plus 4 camouflage style textures.
TAXI: We ♥Roleplay
For those who know me, I am not a huge friend of nude pictures in general, besides some very artistic ones. I mostl try to cover my bits, but when it comes to fetish clothing, sometimes you have to make compromises, as many do show a lot of skin. I usually try to hide a little bit with poses and angles, most of the time that works out pretty well. I love to hide the “facts” and try to just give room for imagination 😉
For today my base to start from were the “Marie Ankle Boots” and the cool short hairstyle called “No.Commitment” from no.match. I had put on those 2 designs and was rambling through my inventory, to find some other things I could use for my pictures. When I stumbled over the “Elegents Harness” from Sorumin, I was clear it will be a fetish style. I loved the way how that huge ribbon at the front of the neck gave a contrast to the strong leather harness with its chains. Sadly it only came as a top and so I had to find some pants. I first tried with jeans and leather pants, but nothing really kicked my mind until I found the “Jennie” shorts of JF Design in my inventory. High wasted pants but not wit those mainstream looking high, sexy leg cut outs – had nearly had a light vintage touch to me with their shape (I hope that made sense*snickers*)
The “Marie Ankle Boots”, as usual for [Gos] designs, come with a huge HUD of 21 colors for the shoe and 4 different colors for the sole – I always love the red sole, it reminds me of the Louboutin shoes in RL*giggles. The booties are no leather boots, but some kind of stretch fabric, which is kinda unusual to find in SL and I immediately loved that.
More and more I love the extra ears you can get at many different places. One of my personal favorites is Eclipse Art Studio. I do love her ears and as well her accessories, like the “Thunderstrike” Nails and rings. They are available for all popular mesh bodies and bento enabled. With a HUD you can change the metal and nail colors.
It felt so naked with the harness only and I decided to have a cool, huge tattoo besides my 2 little duck-tape pasties – with tattoos I usually only feel half as naked :p
I enjoyed to do a black & red shoot again so much, that I certainly ended up with way more pics than I could use for this post, but sometimes just shooting is a cool learning process for me too as I always discover new angles and possibilities. I always find something new even with playing with the windlight options… I am really looking forward to the offical release for the new EEP viewer with all the new graphic options!
Top: -Sorumin- – “Elegents Harness” (Maitreya)
Pants: JF Design – “Jennie Shorts” (Maitreya)
Pasties: CURELESS[+] – “Sterile Pasties” (Maitreya)
Shoes: [Gos] – “Marie Ankle Boots” (Maitreya)
Rings & Nails: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Thunderstrike” (Maitreya, Bento)
Septum: [CX] – “Drop Septum”
Hair: no.match – “No.Commitment”
Lipstick: Sintiklia – “Lipstick Zipper” (Omega Applier)
Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.3”
Ears: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Akasuna”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Tattoo: Redfish – “My Soul” (Maitreya Applier)
Poses: Foxcity
Pillows: Stockholm&Lima – “Pillow Pile (PG)”
Again I am running after an event, because RL keeps giving me unlovely moments. At the Vintage Fair I found so many amazing things and could only do 2 posts so far. But all the goodies were so nice, that I could not resist to do a 3rd one with some amazing designs done for that event. I am sure you will find all the cool things at the designers’ main stores (listed below) by now.
Ok I have to admit, initially I wanted to write something more about the items, but at the moment, there is so much in my head what even kills my sleep for quite some time now.
Maybe you know that feeling… You start to work on something, something that really develops to a passion over a couple of years and then out of the blue someone – that you brought to that project – becomes jealous and tries to ruin it with all what it takes? Just out of a power addiction and the fact that they want to show you they can take it away and destroy it, just because they want with no real reason.
I use to teach and work with kids for years besides my music “career”. I never had own children and I never will have, but I always felt I could help kids, who do not have such a nice start in the first years of their life. Over the past 6 or 7 years I had a very special project. I was allowed to work with the school I was teaching and giving music or instrumental lessons already, for a little more after the usual school times. Something kinda like homework done under supervision combined with special projects like a Musical a few years ago and recently we did a little theater for kids. It wasn’t only me – one of my best friends, nearly a sister I never had, started the whole thing with me. We grew over the years from a handful kids to over 70 – being a small school outside the city with a total of round about 110 pupils, that was quite a lot. Everything was fine and while we did grow, we had to find more staff. Since we already were a teacher and a social educator, it wasn’t mandatory to find more specialized staff and we had the freedom to look for people that we thought would fit into our vision for the project. If we would have known what one or two people only could do if the they are good intriguers… I swear I would have wished we would have kept it smaller, so that we would never would have needed those people. I never even would have came on thoughts about how mean and ugly people can be, just because they want more power or even prove they can ruin you or a project you run for nothing else than their personal satisfaction – AND what is the worst part for me, those who will suffer the most are the kids. Most of them signed up, because of our concept and because they developed some kind of connection to us. In the beginning I thought, that their bad games would be discovered, but as always before in my life, it seems at the moment as those will get away with it and win… again… sadly. I am not worried finding something else, but if you put your heart into something, it does hurt if someone rips out that part. I still have a tinly little piece of hope, that justice will be done, otherwise I will see where my journey goes to in September 2019 🙂 . Ok… enough for today, but it felt good to write all that down and off my chest. I promise next one will be less emotional and private 😉
Top: *By Swirly* – “Dixie Shirt” (Maitreya)
Pants: *By Swirly* – “Dixie Jeans” (Maitreya)
Shoes: Ghee Originals – “Alice T-bar Shoes” (Maitreya)
Glasses: :Z.S: – “Gemmed Retro Glasses”
Necklace: [ abrasive ] – “Romance Necklace”
Earrings: EMO-tions – “Cherry”
Bangle: *Ticky Tacky* – “Insomniac Bangles” (stire closed)
Bracelet: L&B – “Swear Holiday Corded Bracelet”
Rings: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Thunderstrike Rings” (Maitreya, Bento)
Hair: TRUTH – “Sadie”
Makeup: Look at me – “Eyeliner Pack 1” (Omega Applier)
Lipstick: LIVIA – “Juniper Lipstick” (LeLutka Applier)
Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.3”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Tattoo: Ivory & Rose – “Tender” (Omega Applier)
Nailpolish: Nailed It! – “Polka Dots Set” (Maitreya Applier)
Poses: Foxcity
Set:
Backdrop: *~*HopScotch*~* – “Backdrop 50’s Diner”
Popcorn: [Noxturnal] – “Vintage Popcorn Machine- Classic”
Counter & Sweets: Bee Designs – “Retro Ice Cream Counter Blue” (little color modified to suit the rest of the set)
Sometimes you sit there, staring at your inventory and have no idea what you can do. You put on various outfits, dresses, pants, tops and nothing screams “Yes.. it’s me! Do something with me!” I am not saying, that all the stuff would be ugly or not nice… it all looks perfect and it is made amazingly, but just nothing touches you, nothing catches your eyes or heart.
There are moments in life where just nothing can grab your attention or drag your brain off some things that happen in your life. For me it was a RL situation, that really had tied up my brain and mind/mood completely. If you love your job and you put everything you have and can into it, if you even started a project and work on that for years and suddenly someone comes and tries to steal that from you and even get you kicked out from it, it really can go very deep and it does hurt like if someone rips out a part of yourself, throws it on the ground and tramples on it like crazy with a big grin in her/his face.
I do have no water available at my home at the moment, so I am very grateful, that – after a talk explaining my issue – Tour gave me the opportunity to use his sim for my experiments. While I was trying to fool with that water mirror effect, I realized, it isn’t what I wanted or my skills are not good enough to do what I had imagined. It was the first time, that I wasn’t alone while I tried to set up a scene. Tour was with me and we even had a voice conversation for some time while I was trying to find what I wanted to do. What really was fun, he as well did some snaps and we shared our visions about my project. That was quite interesting! I always thought I never could have somebody with me while doing this, but it even did inspire me somehow 🙂 Thank you Tour for your generosity to let me experiment on your land and ruining your terraforming for me, because of my need for water!
The more pictures I shot, the more my vision changed and my mind could let go of my RL situation and I found my fun back in doing weird and crazy things. My feelings and emotions changed from weak, frustrated and depressed to stubborn, stronger and willing to fight my way out of my actual mood. I rarely had so different emotions on my pixel face during a shooting I have to admit, as I usually try to make an indicating series of pictures.
Again Second Life was kind of a therapy to escape from real life, but as well it did help to free my mind again and not being stuck inside a certain situation. I am not saying SecondLife is the best therapy you can find, I am just saying sometimes it helps to allay concerns or get your brain some relief 😉
Believe me, after 12,5 years SL I know, that you need to step away from it sometimes or even shut it down for a while to solve RL problem… I hope you get the idea of what I was trying to say 😉
Since I changed the point of my blog, not only being a fashion catalog, but as well being a part of me and both of my lifes, my pictures do matter for me. After I attended Visionaire classes (I sometimes still do), it as well felt right to do so. I am not saying, fashion only blogs are not cool, I just decided for myself that I wanted to have more than just that after so many years of blogging 🙂
If you are one of those, that actually read the whole post, I would be happy if you would be brave enough to comment on it, or maybe even dare to tell about how or even if your SL does change your RL or any situations sometimes ♥
As promised… one more Vintage Fair post, even if Vintage Fair ends today. But while you have a last chance today to go shopping, I am sure you will find all the great creations and designs at the main store of all brands soon.
Today the main inspiration was the idea to prepare for a first date back in the good old days 🙂 The amazing gown from Salt & Pepper and the incredible jewelry from Tres Beau made me do a classy and elegant post! Not happening that often, but with that awesome designs, I could not resist 😉
As I mentioned in my last post, I really do love The Vintage Fair – I do have to admit I do have a weakness for vintage looks, even if usually show my dark side mostly. Most of my addiction comes from the music of that times. Music was/is always very close connected with fashion at all times and sometimes musicians even were style icons. The Beatles, Elvis, The Rolling Stones, Edith Piaff, ABBA, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Grace Jones, Marlene Dietrich, Ray Charles, Paul Anka anyways what name I would drop, I am sure you could easily recall how they have looked 🙂 Being a musician in RL myself, I always looked about the development of music – maybe thats why I like some of the vintage styles, when I do like the music that belongs to that certain time.
Let’s go back to the actual purpose of my post today. It was really fun to use some poses I never had used before, but they made total sense in this picture series. It started wit the cool “Eau De Parfum’ Prop Set” from WetCat, where my idea was born to kinda go through a whole series of how you prepare before you go on a date :)you make your way into your room, sit down and think about what you would to look like and then you start doing your make up and perfuming 🙂
I have to go back to the 2 amazing designs, that are center of my today’s style and post idea. The “Evelyn” dress from Salt & Pepper certainly comes with a texture HUD to change the color of fabrics and metals. and is rigged for Slink Hourglass, Belleza Freya and Maitreya Lara. The way how Salt created and formed her fabric is just awesome as it does make it look so realistic. The shape of the dress already screams vintage all over but the colors really underline that too. The outfit usually comes with a matching head-wrap too, but I wanted to use the amazing hat made by Tres Beau for this post.
The delicate veil and the amazing feathers as well as the “Betty” jewelry really caught my heart. I adore Kimmera Madison for years, not only because she is my sister, but as well for her incredible awesome skills of designing and texturing. Kimmera was the first who released the first Wedding Gown in SL, her brand Tres Beau is one of the oldest fashion brands in SL. When she started back in 2004, ther was not even an idea about flexies, scupties or even mesh… she started the hard way with pure system layers painted on the avatar itself and made her way through all the changes Second Life made about designing. You rarely find designers, that are still around and in business after such a long time and all the changes! To me that is something I highly respect – we all saw how many designers left Second Life, when mesh was invented.
Even if this post and style is something non usual for me, I do enjoy it immensely. Maybe you noticed, that I do not wear my regular “face” for this post. I decided since Wicca is not really an elegant person, that I would like to try the “Cate” head from LeLutka. Cate looked very young to me on the vendor, but after fooling around with skins, I was able to give her a ‘grand dame look’.
Gown: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “Evelyn” (Maitreya) – NEW @ Vintage Fair 2019
Hat: Tres Beau – “Featherd Pill Hat” – NEW @ Vintage Fair 2019
Veil: Tres Beau – “Veil White” – NEW @ Vintage Fair 2019
Jewelry: Tres Beau – “Betty” – NEW @ Vintage Fair 2019
Bracelet Right: Kunglers – “Elvira Combo Crystal”
Bracelet Left: Kunglers – “Misha Crystal”
Nailpolish: DP – Koffin Nails – “Flapper Fancy” (Maitreya Applier)
Hair: KMH Hair – “F112” – NEW @ Vintage Fair 2019
Makeup: alaskametro<3 – “Soiree” (LeLutka Applier)
Lipstick: Navzar – “Wild Lipstick Palette” (LeLutka Applier) – NEW @ Vintage Fair 2019
Head: LeLutka – “Cate 3.3”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Skin: Navzar – “Ashley” (LeLutka / Maitreya Applier)
Perfume Flask (With Pose): WetCat – “Eau De Parfum’ Prop Set” (Bento) – NEW @ Vintage Fair 2019
Cigrette: +Dreamcatcher+ – “Cigarette with mouthpiece”
Lighter: :BAMSE: – “Shabby Gifts – Golden Lighter” (Gacha)
Backdrop: Hive – “Simple Skybox”
Furniture: DRD – “Gold Retreat Vanity”
Book & Birds: Serenity Style – “Bella Dreams – Magic Book” (Hunt Prize)
Hand Mirror: Serenity Style – “Bella – Broken Mirror”
Light: ::Static:: – “Vintage Lighting – 11 Desk Light” (Gacha)
Wallart: DRD – “Gold Retreat Wall Art – Protection – Gold”
Wallflowers: ChiC buildings – “Wallflowers Gold”
Flowers: ChiC buildings – “SEA Flower Art – Brass”
Vintage Fair is going on at the moment and even if the oder was “pre 80s” for the theme at the event, I could not resist to do another colorful 80s post with some items and designs I found there. The center of my style this time was the cool “Discordia” top from The Annex. Certainly you can style that top in a 70s style as well, but as you can see 80s works too.
Believe it or not, the Vintage Fair is one of my favorite events in Second Life. I know many of you know I am a friend of weird and dark things, but vintage styles especially the 20s to 50s are times and styles that really touch me somehow. Maybe it is because of the music. I love Swing, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Rockabilly! I do have some more vintage posts prepared, but I wanted to start with that cool top as it caught my attention from the moment I put it on the first time. The top is available in 5 different colors and made for Maitreya.
What perfectly fit the 80s look where the “Star Boots”, made by [Gos]. The certainly come with a color HUD, but that silver colors was so perfect for that look. On the picture above you can see a few more colors, but not all of the them 😉 In total you get 15 colors for the main boot, 5 for the lining, 2 for the heel, tread and laces and 3 different metals. For the heel, if you want it the same color as the shoes, you simply can chose the main boot color as that includes the heel, too.
Another cool thing I wanted to talk about is the LeLutka Axis HUD. I know, it is around for a while, but I still get asked how I do my facial expressions apart from the ready made ones you can buy for the LeLutka heads. The HUD is not limited to LeLutka only. You can animate other brands heads as well. I tried it myself with LAQ and Logo and I was asking a friend, that uses Catwa and she said it works too. The only tricky part is expressions with the tongue involved as those seem to react a little different. Other than that, the Axis HUD worked on the other heads just fine for me (You always can try the demo). If you want the full information, you always can look at the LeLutka website (http://lelutka.com/blog/axis-hud/)
That HUD opened a new world of close up pictures for me – not only close ups but there you can see the most impact certainly, if you have the face in your focus. With the Axis HUD you can either create a fully new expression OR you can alter expressions that you already have for your head. Since my English is not the best I would like to quote something from the website that explains the most important infos of the HUD:
“Most of what you need to know about getting started can be found on the info pages which show on HUD itself when you first wear it. You can return to those info pages at any time you like by clicking the “i” button on the top of your HUD.
You can click and drag on the point grids to rotate each facial bone on one, two or three axis, depending on the bone. Three axis bones such as the lip bones have an extra row underneath the main point grid which you can use to rotate the bone on the third axis. There are also larger circles at the edges of the brows and lips which allow you to move several bones together. Once you have the expression just how you like it, you can save your animation set into a savorite at the bottom of the HUD if you want to recall it later.
You can also target up to three other avatars and individually set up unique facial animations for group photos or just a bit of fun.”
I tried the HUD not only o myself, but as well with my partner and me no a picture and it worked perfectly.I was wearing the “Simone” head while he was wearing a Catwa one and it worked without any issues (https://www.flickr.com/photos/wiccamerlin/45078595804/in/dateposted-public/)
I was able to create way more moods and expressions, what really raised the bar for my pictures in my view. I am able to even more expressing emotions or having fun moments that without that HUD!
Last but not least – yes that again is a longer post, but there was so many details that should not be overlooked 🙂 – I would like to draw your attention to my hairstyle. It was made by no.match and is called “No.Stress”. You can find it at the actual round of eBENTO. Usually I prefer blond, because of my no eyebrow trademark. But today, for my 80s look I felt I should have some more colored hair, that as well is one of the reasons for me wearing eyebrows today 😉 For me it was the first time, that I touched the ‘unicorn’ color HUD from no.match – after seeing it I know it will not be the last time :p
I hope you enjoyed my little 80s trip as much as I did, tomorrow we will go back a little more in time I guess 😉
Top: The Annex – “Discordia Top – Red” (Maitreya) – NEW @ Vintage Fair
Shorts: adorsy – “Sharon Jeans Shorts” (Maitreya)
Shoes: [Gos] – “Star Boots” (Maitreya)
Gloves: L’Emporio – “Fingerless Gloves” (Maitreya, Bento)
Stockings: {Luxuria} – “Spring Summer 19 Knee Heighs” (Maitreya Applier)
Legs: [ SAKIDE ] – “Yleria” (Maitreya)
Headphones: BONDI – “The Retro Headphones” – NEW @ Vintage Fair
Collar: -[ darkling ]- – “Angelique Collar” (Maitreya)
Upper Arms: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Pyper 69 Upper Arms”
Piercing 1: BLAXIUM – “Dangerous” (LeLutka Simone, Bento)
Piercing 2: BLAXIUM – “Jaiden Chain Piercing”
Nails: BLAXIUM – “Mikah Nails” (Maitreya, Bento)
Eyebrows: Izzie’s – “Vintage Summer Brows” (LeLutka Applier)
Hair: no.match – “No.Stress”
Eyeshadow: ALMA – “Alba” (LeLutka Applier)
Lipstick: alaskametro<3 – “New Wave” (LeLutka Applier)
Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.3”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Tattoo: ((Mister Razzor)) – “Betina Tattoo – 75%” (Omega Applier) – NEW @ Vintage Fair
Poses: Poseidon – “Hip Hop” & “Idols”
Set:
Backdrop: Foxcity – “Photo Booth – Neon Storm”
Couch: Foxcity – “Tasty AF (2) Diner Sofa” (Gacha)
Speakers: Daffy’s Gadgetmania Club Equipment and Structure Designs – “-[GFX- 800]- Mesh Advanced Speakers”
Clock: Visual Magick – “Retro Neon Clock – Bepis Cola”- NEW @ Vintage Fair
Sign: Saintstreet – “Neon Lady Symbol” (Gacha)
At eBento this round, we have created the Lillian Corset. It comes in two parts…a sleek, slimming overbust corset to give that tempting hourglass shape, and a pair of matching panties. They’re decorated with metal studs, to give a tough, but very feminine appearance. It is designed for Lara, and comes comes with a HUD that offers 10 different texture options. As always, Lillian is discounted for the event, so don’t waste any time getting your very own!
Yes, GoT is over and most of us didn’t like the end… I know BUT – I had no chance yet to post anything Got related, as I did not have the right mood nor the right items that inspired me or that I did not yet already saw posted many times 😉
When I was thinking about doing a Game of Thrones related post, I wanted to do something with an Arya inspired character first, but when I did wander over “The Final Winter” event, I came across that super nice outfit and those mega cute “Dire Pups” from Noxturnal. Another reason was, I wanted to do a post for the “Spencer” head from LeLutka and it has such a sweet and nice look to it, it would not have fit an Arya styled avatar. So what I could do to combine all those facts and still come to a result that I like… the solution was – Sansa Stark!
A young and innocent Sansa, that not yet was marked by life. I remembered, that there were 6 Direwolf puppies – one for each of the Stark kids, including John Snow. The more I was happy to see that Noxturnal even named them after the ones in the series. If my brain did not trick me the one Sansa got, was named Lady and there was a Lady puppy in the pack – that is the one my avatar carries on her arm, while Ghost, Summer, Grey Wind and Nymeria are sitting in front of me… Rickon already picked up Shaggy Dog *grins*
The situation, that did inspire me, was the one where Ned Stark found all the puppies when he was out with with 3 of his sons. I know Sansa wasn’t with them when they found the cute little direwolf babies, but this is my personal interpretation and my blog – so I can imagine and compose pictures like I want them to be *snickers*
Since I picked up so many things already from that event, I thought I could use the wonderful created and decorated sim as well for my pictures 😉 I was hiding behind the stalls in one of the corners and had my fun playing with the puppies. The event will last for a few more days and you should not miss to take a look either to shop a little bit or to make some pictures! They do have a huge dragon flying over the whole sim and if your desire goes more towards the Northern Wall even that you can find right at the entrance – not to mention the Dragon egg hunt thats going on as well – some designers did hide red, blue or green dragon eggs in their stalls with super gifts for all the hunters!
Outfit: Orangerie – “Northern Outfit” (Maitreya)
Boots: friday – “Shadow Boots” (Maitreya) – NEW @ The Final Winter
Hair: Wasabi – “Dany” – NEW @ The Final Winter
Head: LeLutka – “Spencer 3.3”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Poses: Foxcity
Puppies: [Noxturnal] – “Dire Wolf Pups of the North” (Animesh, Holdable & Decor) – NEW @ The Final Winter
Wolf: JIAN – “Wolf (Static – Lay L Sleep)”
Tree: {RW} – “Weirwood Tree”
Leaves: Orangerie – “Weirwood tree leaves (snowy)” – NEW @ The Final Winter
For this round of FrouFrou we have a sexy new original creation… Jenny.
This alluring set is comprised of the panty, patterned stockings with matching garter, cupless corset, and pasties with a connecting chain, with which to tease your best assets. Designed to fit Lara, this lingerie set comes with a HUD that offers you 10 color options. And as always there is a discount for the event, so be sure to make Jenny yours as soon as possible!
