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Vaguard – “Marry the Night”

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Gown: Vanguard – “Marry the Night”

Skin: !SilkenMoon – “Rookie” – NEW

Gloves: Champagne! Sparkling Fashion – “Heart of Belgium”

Nails: Maimai – “Myda”

Hair & Cage: Diram – “Miley”

Model : Wicca Merlin

Photographer: Odin Kanya-Oh

Details

Gown: Vanguard – “Marry the Night”

Skin: !SilkenMoon – “Rookie” – NEW

Nails: [V] Couture Salon – “Death Nails”

Eyebrows: Miamai – “InMutatio Brows” – NEW

Eyeshadow: Miamai – “InMutatio Eyeshadow” – NEW

Lipstick: Miamai – “InMutatio Lips” – NEW

Hairbase: White Widow – “Swirl”

Poses: Manifeste

Model & Photograper: Wicca Merlin

LovelyMi – Facetattoos, Makeups & More ;)

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(Image by Lovely Miwako)

Who is Lovely… I guess there are not many people out there who do not know her. She is a crazy girl with a lot of skills, a sweet friend and a person that always can put a smile on my face. For example with her last story about the Finesmith models sale especially for her 🙂 She started to pay yula for certain models that she put in a box for her very own Finesmith models collection. First one was Rhonda and second was me. She again made it to make me smile 🙂

(LovelyMi – “Geisha I”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

But now for her business.. she does a lot of things like working for Maniera Magazin, designing for House of Rage and working as a photographer, but she as well has an own cute little brand called LovelyMi, where she sells awesome makeups for every purpose.

Yesterday I broke in her IM and told her that I am in need of japanese makeups and not a second later the “Geisha” fatpack landed in my inventory. Most of the time, Lovely gives a full version and eyes or lips only as well in her packs.

(LovelyMi – “Geisha II The Vaher Dilemma”, Model & Photographer: WiccaMerlin)

Not too long ago she made all the Finesmith models an amazing present that I already used more than once for several blog posts… her amazing “Avant Garde” pack.

(LovelyMi – “Avant Garde”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

The whole “Avant Garde” set contains 6 amazing black, white and grey eye makeups that can be used perfectly for many different stylings, they always add the little “i” dot on top 😉

(LovelyMi – “Avant Garde”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

To show what I meant with lips or eyes only, I would like to pull out the “Rouge Cry” that I bought longer ago.

(LovelyMi – “Rouge Cry /full”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

Here we have the ‘full’ version, means eyes and lips combined. In the same pack i had eyes and lips single like you can see on the pic below…

(LovelyMi – “Rouge Cry”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

Sometimes Lovely as well does themed make ups for example the “Nile Yula” what goes nicely with one of the Finesmith jewelry sets.

(LovelyMi – “Nile Yula /full”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

And again we have the triple option of full, eyes only and lips only…

(LovelyMi – “Nile Yula”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

Talking of themed makeups… last october, it must have been round Halloween, Lovely made some of those popular”Dia De Muertos” masks.

(LovelyMi – “Dia De Muertos Mask”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

And why only have them in one color 😉

(LovelyMi – “Dia De Muertos Mask”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

If we are already talking about colors I can not skip the wonderful “Jessica” pack that I as well got just yesterday from Lovely 🙂

(LovelyMi – “Jessica”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

Again a makeup with a light asian touch because of the lips and the special style around the eyes.

(LovelyMi – “Jessica”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

(LovelyMi – “Jessica”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

Last but not least I would like to show you the very first make up that I bought at LovelyMi…

(LovelyMi – “La Mothe”, Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin)

If I remember correctly it was an 55L$ Thursday item and it was the one that brought my attention to LovelyMi makeups a looooong time ago 😉

If you wanna see the whole collection of Lovely’s makeups… you better ask her for a tour 😉

MVW 2012: National Gown for Miss Spain 2012 by Mea Culpa & Finesmith

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Mea Culpa made as well the national gown for Miss Spain 2012. Shena Neox made the 2nd runner-up for Miss Virtual World 2012 in 2 gowns of Mea Culpa. The beautiful evening gown I already showed in an earlier post, today I would like to lead the focus on the national gown of Miss Spain 2012. This gown really combines fashion, style and tradition. Tatanka Kaligawa showed more than once, that he perfectly can mix ethnic, traditional influences with a modern style of fashion and art. “Valentia del Toro” he named his creation and it really honors its name if you take a closer look on the hip attachments. There he worked some of the typical banderillas that are used for the bullfight. The colors are as well the typical spanish with red and black. The clothing layers carry a very filigree ornamented texture, what again shows Tatanka’s skills for making textures. The huge fan in the back with the red tentacles as well let you think on the typical spanish fans that we all know. The “Valentia del Toro” is now available at the Mea Culpa Mainstore together with the evening gown of Miss Spain 2012.  The jewelry again comes from Finesmith. Shena decided to go with the popular “Noir” set using the earrings and the bracelet. I added the collar and the ring as well. For the “Noir” set you have this great menu, yula includes in many of her jewelry, that let you change color and size for each part of the set. The “Noir” set you will find at the Finesmith Mainstore 😉

Details

Gown: Mea Culpa – “Valentia del Toro” – NEW

Jewelry: Finesmith – “Noir”

Skin; Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Hair:Miamai – “Donna Bun”

Poses: Manifeste

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Special Christmas/New Years Offer at Mea Culpa!!!

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And there is it! The new “Chaos Theory” is the very special offer from christmas to new years eve for 2012 from Mea Culpa. This wonderful creation again shows the incredible skills of Tatanka Kaligawa if it comes to ideas, prims and textures. “Chaos Theory” is a great mixture of different fabrics again. As we know Tatanka likes to mix different fabrics and shaped to create his extra ordinary designs. All those aerial prim parts move amazing with every step you take. The huge headpiece adds a very elegant touch to the whole creation. And now ladies grab your purse, because… unbelievable but true… as it is the special offer… till the 1st of January 2012 it will be 50% off!!! You can find it along with a special for the males at the stairs in the female couture building at the Mea Culpa Mainstore!

Details

Gown (incl. headpiece): Mea Culpa – “Chaos Theory” – NEW

Earrings: Finesmith – “Demure”

Hair: Baiastice – “Siville”

Eyeshadow: Miamai – “In Mutatio” – NEW

Lipstick: Miamai – “In Mutatio” – NEW

Skin: Glam Affair – “Linn” – NEW

Pose: Corpus

Model &Photographer: Wicca Merlin

New Releases from Vanguard!

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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

Vanguard: Marry the Night Collection – Part I

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Details

Dress: Vanguard – “Black Rose” – NEW

Makeup: Miamai – “In Mutatio Eyeshadow 03” – NEW

Lipstick with feather: Miamai – “In Mutatio Femme Lips 02” – NEW

Nails: Miamai – “Isis” – NEW

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Jewelry: Finesmith – “Vivienne”

Hair: LoQ – “Ouzo”

Wings: R:A:D – “Demon Spine & Wings”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Details

Dress: Vanguard – “Soldier” – NEW

Makeup: Miamai – “In Mutatio Eyeshadow 06” – NEW

Lipstick: Miamai – “In Mutatio Femme Lips 03” – NEW

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Earrings: Finesmith – “Berry Blossom”

Hair: Miamai – “Kyla”

Headpiece: LoQ – “Bird Skull Hair”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

MVW 2012: Evening Gown for Miss Spain 2012 by Mea Culpa & Finesmith

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Mea Culpa did a fantastic job on the Evening gown for Miss Shena Neox, Miss Spain 2012. Black and red are the typical colors we think of, if it comes to Spain. So even for the evening gown Tatanka Kaligawa kept this colors. The basic red color of the dress is broken wonderful by the black fans and applications. The black ornaments are made with such a great eye for the details, where you again can see the incredible skills of Tatanka Kaligawa.  All those different shades of red and even a mixture of different red textures make this gown a piece of art. The jewelry is very filigree and delicate for the earings and necklace, but also the 2 amazing fans for head and hand are part of this amazing set. The fans underline the theme of the dress perfectly. “Hermosa Espina” you can purchase in 2 different colors at the Finesmith Mainstore. Shena Neox made it to the 2nd runner-up in the MVW 2012 contest with the “Devine Decision” gown from Mea Culpa and the “Hermosa Espina” jewelry set from Finesmith.

Details

Gown: Mea Culpa – “”Devine Decision” – NEW

Jewelry: Finesmith – “Hermosa Espina” – NEW

Hair: Mirone – “Adie”

Makeup: Blackliquid – “Smokes”

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Pose: Corpus

Model & Photographer: WiccaMerlin

Vanguard – Rising star on the fashion heaven?

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Lately I got approached by a new designer I never heard before. Her name is Rollyn Humphrey and the brand she owns and designs for is called Vanguard. I unpacked the outfits and I have to say a few of them really caught my attention, so I would like to show you 3 if them for now. The fist one you can see above is called “Freak” and somehow it fits its name 😉 The dress itself is wonderful sculpted and the texture is superb. I only added the new Finesmith “Fabrege” brooch. The rest is all part of the outfit including the hood that hides the head, what made it kinda interesting for me 😉 To make sure, that no body parts stick out Rollyn added 2 alpha layers.

The second gown carries the name “Goldness” and for me it was kinda my personal favourite of the collection I got, even if all of them are great. Again perfect prim work and as well an incredible great texture again!

My last outfit for this post is the “I <3 Mcqueen” dress, certainly from Vanguard as well 😉 Again we can see the great skills of Rollyn Humphrey, if it comes to texturing. Her ideas are fresh and modern and I really think this creations can be part of the fashion future in SL as they stand out from many other stuff. You should make the effort and visit the Vanguard Mainstore (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fazul/54/214/286)

All outfits by Vanguard

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Angel Dessous: “Wicca” – a dream came true!

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(Angel Dessous – “Wicca” /darknight red & darknight black, Picture by Miss Cherie Parker)

A few weeks ago I was talking to Nando Korobase, designer of Angel Dessous, and we had a lot of fun with weird thoughts. I do not remember exactly how we came on it but suddenly Nando said, that if he ever has a weird and crazy idea for a gown he will name it after me. Of course I felt honored big time… but as I was knowing, that he has tons and tons of work with challenge gowns and new releases, I did not expect it to happen very soon. Still a smile on my face we talked for a little more and some when I left his laboratory.(Angel Dessous – “Wicca” /darknight red)

I nearly had forgotten about it as suddenly during my LeeZu shift, Nando IMed me and said he might have done an outfit that is so crazy that it could wear my name… I do not need to mention that every second till the end of my shift felt like hours. I was so horrible curious and excited I nearly could not wait… After 10 more minutes, that felt like 10 more hours, I left LeeZu and ran over to Angel Dessous, up to Nando’s laboratory. What I saw, as he showed me was taking my breath away… This fantastic gown should wear my name… a dream of mine came true, as I saw him there with the new dress. The shoulder parts edgy with little hovering balls on it wich are repeated at the waist part down the skirt. A wonderful textured skirt part longer in the back then in the front with an amazing laced end at the bottom. An awesome top with this little filigree lace parts at the bottom of the cleavage. The beautiful gloves with these amazing prim parts above the elbows and the wrists – I really was speechless.

(Angel Dessous – “Wicca” /bloodred black)

Then he told me about the 3 different color combinations as I still was staring at the new “Wicca” dress. I heard him saying that he wanted me to model it and make a picture of it for the release… I still was dreaming, but at the same time my mind started working what I could do with this amazing dress for a picture and there my trouble started. Something came in my mind and got stuck there, so that no other idea had any chance. As I wanted to show at least 2 versions of the dress I wanted to pull myself, at my hair, out of a mirror. I tried and tried but nothing could satisfy my idea… I was close to pull my hair in RL,  as I had this idea in my mind and just could not really realize it like I wanted to. Then Cherie Parker came into my mind. I adore her for her pictures since forever and in the very past she made me a wonderful picture… she was the one, she could do it! I IMed her telling her my problem. She was very nice as always and in the end she said she would try. A few days later I met her and she snapped a lot of poses and positions of both versions of the “Wicca” dress with me in it :p I again was hell nervous and excited aboutthe result. Cherie must have felt that, because she was really fast with my picture, even if she had so much work for other projects. One evening she IMed me, telling me she would have my picture and as she sent it tome I nearly freaked out – it was exactly what I wanted!!! (if you scroll back to the beginning of this post you can see the pic :P) At this point again thank you Cherie for realizing my weird idea!!! As well thank you to Nando for realizing one of my dreams to have an outfit from Angel Dessous that carries my name 🙂 If you like the “Wicca” dress as much as I do, you should make your way to the Angel Dessous Mainstore and see wich color version you like most… I could not decide to be honest ;p

Wicca’s Wardrobe: LOTD 11/29/2011 – Mother of Darkness

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Yesterday, again I made my way to the DAB Studios, owned by Daron Brandeis. He was IMing me, if I would have time for a shooting. A designer booked a commercial picture and he wanted me to style and model it. As I arrived, the designer was there and we had a short talk about what she wanted to have, the after all was cleared she left.

We did a few test shots to show her later and as we finished I was fooling around with a few looks and styles I created before as, I heard Daron freaking out about my actual outfit. Again it was clear that our crazy minds are not that far from each other and he started building a stand up little set. I put on the funny lightballs again and got very excited about, what he has in mind… I suddenly saw electric lights between my hands and instantly put on my glowy blue eyes… one word gave the other and I heard the camera going again and again… and what came out… was so incredible I have no words for…

Then suddenly I got a notecard from Pindar, who was sitting and watching the photography session… I had no clue that he writes and was hell touched by what just came up his mind watching the shooting. I asked him if I may use his little “poem” for the blog as it says more than 1000 words I could do…

Mother of Darkness by Pindar Kanya

I walk the spaces
between the worlds
and stalk the ebon reaches beyond Time
universes come into being
between the possibilities of my Will
to Be…or not to Be…there is no question
for I decide
what will and will not Be
I am the Smiter of Gods
the Eater of Worlds
and the Mother of Darkness
I call and the stars answer
I smile
and Darkness covers a thousand worlds
I wait for all beings
in the places where all fear to look
deep within
that raw, primal, ancient space
I stand
and one day…your final day
long after Death takes you…
you will see my face

Details

Outfit: Vaxer – “Sahara”

Spikes: SoliDea Folies “Cattiva”

Skin: Nuuna’s Skins – “Black Aqua”

Hair: Baiastice – “Xena”

Shoes: Shiny Things – “Oxford”

Model: Wicca Merlin

Poem: Pindar Kanya

Photographer: Daron Brandeis