LOTD 10/18/2014 – Featuring LeeZu & PurpleMoon

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Lately I am a lot on to colored stylings… maybe that’s the autumn vibe πŸ˜‰ So before the dark Halloween days start I use my colored moods a bit more πŸ˜‰

Today I would like to showcase one of the newest releases from LeeZu together with the amazing new “Croco Boots”, that PurpleMoon released for the Instruments event.

The “Li-Belle” outfit is an ensemble of hotpants jacket and top. All of them are available in various color combinations so you will find your favorite one at the LeeZu Mainstore. The super sexy hotpants are made with some very aerial fabric and it nearly looks like as the short pant sleeves would move with every wind breeze ;). The jacket again is a little master piece of LeeZu again. The long sleeves are open at the outsides. A perfect look for the last sunny moments in the autumn season. Both, the hotpants and the jacket are mesh made and only the top comes in a layer version to fit perfectly under the jacket.

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The boots are again the “Croco Boots” from PurpleMoon.. I know I already showcased them, but they are so amazing, that I had to wear them again in another color ;). You will find the boots at the Instruments event till the end of October.

The amazing earrings are made by Chop Zuey and with the golden metals and the possibility to recolor the gems to match the look the “Don’t call me Betty” earrings were the perfect choice.

With the glasses from Crie Style and one of my favourite hair styles from EMO-tions I felt ready for a sweet afternoon walk over the grid, where I found this amazing little garden house wich was part of the last Collabor 88. Perfect scenery for a perfect autumn look πŸ˜‰

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Details

Outfit: LeeZu – “Li-Belle” – NEW

Shoes: PurpleMoon – “Croco Boots” – NEW @ The Instruments

Earrings: Chop Zuey – “Don’t call me Betty” – NEW

Hair: EMO-tions – “Cameron”

Nails Polish: Nailed It – “French Manicure Set”

Glasses: Crie Style – “Kabuki”

Skin: [sys] – “Eva”

Poses: EverGlow

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

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Breakfast @ Mimi’s Choice Part II

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Today I would like to showcase the second outfit I was wearing for the Breakfast @ Mimmi’s Choice runway show done by :PENUMBRA.

My second outfit came from Utopia. Utopia is well-known for amazing texture work especially for filigree lace textures. This you can perfectly see on the “Kate” dress from Utopia. This long and elegant but as well sexy dress with the huge black ruffles and ribbons is the perfect choice for elegant and sophisticated moments. With the big hat, which adds even more elegance, I really felt ready to go to Ascot and watch one of the horse racings there πŸ˜‰

The wonderful jewelry set I am wearing was made by Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey. The “Espresso in Pompeii” set originally was made for one of the MVW contestants in 2012 and it perfectly matched the look with the golden metals and the little black gems.

Usually it is not easy to find hair, that goes well under a hat but the “Easy” hairstyle from Vanity Hair did fit very well under the amazing huge hat without sticking out somewhere πŸ˜‰

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Details

Dress & Hat: Utopia – “Kate”

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Espresso in Pompeii”

Hair: Vanity Hair – “Easy”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Chop Zuey – When Elephants Dream

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Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey, mde an awesome jewelry set for a good casue again. The “When Elephants Dream” set contains earrings and necklace. You can help until the 31st of December by purchasing this wonderful and lovely set. If you want a little more information you can take a look below. Do not wait those peacefully giants need our help!

Taxi: Chop Zuey Mainstore

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STOP WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING!!!!!

Global seizures of illegal ivory suggest that some 25,000 to 50,000 elephants were slaughtered in 2011 alone to furnish demand in major markets around the world.

The message is simple: stop wildlife trafficking.

And to highlight it, the United States destroyed tons of elephant ivory it has seized over the years — and will pay out $1 million to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Hours before the destruction of the stockpile in Colorado Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the reward money to help dismantle elephant and rhino trafficking syndicates.
It’s the first time the United States has offered such a reward, he said.
The ivory was seized and maintained as evidence until court trials were completed. Once the cases were concluded, some of it was used for training law enforcement officers.
“Over the past 25 years, we have accumulated far more elephant ivory than we can use for these purposes, and decided to destroy this material as a demonstration of our commitment to combating wildlife trafficking,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.
“We want to send a clear message that the United States will not tolerate ivory trafficking and the toll it is taking on elephant populations, particularly in Africa.”
The illegal ivory trade has doubled worldwide since 2007, with the United States the second-largest retail market for illegally acquired ivory. China is the largest market.

An unprecedented demand for ivory today has resulted in the slaughter of elephants throughout their range. It is estimated that 96 elephants were killed in Africa each day during 2012. That translates to four elephants an hour or one elephant every 15 minutes. In scarcely more time than it takes to read this commentary, one more elephant will be dead.

Fueling this devastation are greed for a rare commodity, local poverty and social disorder. Wracked by civil strife, central Africa presently finds itself amidst political chaos that has enabled people to profit from the looting of natural resources, including wildlife. At present rates of decline, forest elephants could go extinct within a decade.

Twenty three years ago, I began studying a population of forest elephants at the Dzanga Bai clearing in the southwest corner of the Central African Republic. Protection for this particular population was probably the best in the entire central Africa region, with regular guard patrols routinely confiscating arms and arresting poachers.
To get to the clearing one must walk a couple of kilometers from the local base camp along huge elephant trails stamped out over hundreds of years. After a half hour’s walk through the forest, the sky lightens as the trees give way to a great clearing. Upon emerging, you may see 40 to 100 elephants at any given time – part of an estimated regional population of roughly 75,000 animals.
Having no nationality, the elephants arrive from across the larger Sangha Tri-National Protected Area, some traveling hundreds of miles. They become very excited when they recognize family members they haven’t encountered for a long time. Elephants can be seen running across the clearing several hundred meters to greet each other in what are visibly emotional encounters.

In March of this year, the Central African Republic’s government was toppled with the help of heavily armed rebels calling themselves Seleka. Since then, Seleka has wreaked havoc with both local people and the nation’s wildlife. In early April, the rebels infiltrated the Dzanga Bai clearing, gunned down 26 elephants with automatic weapons, hacked out the animals’ tusks, then vanished.

– How many elephants are left on earth?

– Are elephants endangered species?

There are about 600 000 African elephants, and between 30 000 and 50 000 Asian elephants. (Approximately 20% are in captivity) ItΒ΄s difficult to estimate their numbers exactly. The Africans dropped by 50%, from 1.3 millions to 600 000, between 1979 and 1989, because of poaching. About 8 elephants an hour (70 000/year) were poached during this period, until the CITES Ivory ban 1989.

The CITES ((Washington)Convention of International Trade In Endangered Species) regard both species as so threatened, so they are included an appendix 1. (the red list) In the Cites conference 1997, populations in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia were downlisted to appendix II.Β  This means that limited trade with ivory on quota, to Japan is ok.

If a population is undisturbed, it grows with only 6% a year according to the IUCN (International Union of Conservation of Nature) elephant specialist group.

Reference Sources for this information:

http://www.fws.gov/

http://www.wildaid.org/elephants

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.usnews.com/

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Details

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “When Elephants Dream” (Charity Item)

Hair: EMO-tions – “Naomi”

Makeup: L.Fauna – “Smokey Cat Eyes”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca tintable” & “Lip Stripes Black”

Top: LeeZu – “La Goa”

Pose: Wicca’s Wardrobe

Fabulous New Jewelry Dresses at Chop Zuey

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I guess we all remember the legendary white jewelry dress that was auctioned this year at the RFL Fashion Week for over 200 000 lindens. Frolic walked this spectacular gown down the runway, that Belle Roussel, owner of Chop Zuey, designed especially for this charity event. I remember that all of us that walked that runway show were standing backstage and became more and more speechless and as well breathless until the gown finally was sold for so much money… for me sadly way out of range. But it was amazing that one single design can bring so much support for a wonderful cause like the RLF.

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Now this amazing gown is back in new colors! Belle Roussel made a few new colors of this fantastic jewelry gown. For today’s post I decided to showcase the “Emerald Spring Gown”. The wonderful light green dress is decorated with so many wonderful little gemstones, if the sun kisses you you will sparkle like a huge diamond πŸ˜‰ The earrings, bangles and armlets are as well part of the outfit. You have the choice if you wanna wear the gown with or withoutΒ  the veil since you have one head piece with and one without the veil coming in your box.Β  To see all of the amazing colors of the new jewelry dress – for sure besides the exclusive white for the RFL πŸ˜‰ – you better make your way to the Chop Zuey Mainstore and see for yourself.

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Details

Jewelry Gown: Chop Zuey – “Emerald Spring Gown” – NEW

Makeup: Miamai – “Les Makeups Maudite 10”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Lead”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Hairbase: LeLutka – “Short Hairbase”

Poses: *PosESioN*

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

-The Event- Hollywood: GizzA & Chop Zuey

The Event Hollywood - GizA + Chop Zuey

Details

Gown: GizzA – “Pure Romance” – NEW (mesh Hollywood)

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Paparazzi Pearl Diamond Set” – NEW (Hollywood)

Hair: Son!a – “Poise Updo”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Smokey Eyes” & “SM Eclipse Color Eye Silver”

Poses: Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Relay for Life 2013 Fashion Fair – Chop Zuey

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Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “River Rocks” – NEW (FFL 2013 contribution)

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The Proud Butterfly

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Once, a beautiful, shiny and colourful butterfly was flitting from one flower to another. She saw a baby elephant coming down the path. She flew to him and sat on his ear. The elephant asked, “Who are you? Where are you going?”

The butterfly proudly replied, “I am the most beautiful of all the butterflies. You are ugly and fat. Your body is heavy while I am delicate and light. People are jealous of my colourful wings. I can fly anywhere with these wings.”

The elephant calmly said, “I am glad to meet you.”

The butterfly went on, “There is no comparison between us. You have four legs but I have six. You have a trunk and I have something like that too but I use it to suck nectar from the flowers. You cannot do that.” Just then a strong wind blew and the butterfly could not keep her balance. She cried for help as she was flown away in the wind. But the elephant stood firmly on ground and thought, “I can see how pride has a fall.”

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Details

Head Piece: Chop Zuey – “Butterfly – The Lesser Wanderer” – NEW

Gown: PurpleMoon – “Cao Gown”

Gloves: LeeZu – “Nightingale” (part of the outfit)

Skins: Silken Moon – “Wicca – Fae”

Makeup: Nuuna’s – “Meta Yellow 90%” – NEW & “Zion Yellow”

Makup 2: Silken Moon – “Concept Makeup The Lost” – NEW

Wings: Fancy Fairy – “Tendrill Wings”

Hair: DeLa – “Julia 2”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Artwork: Wicca Merlin

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – Formal Gown of Iceland 2013 by Tres Beau & Chop Zuey

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Miss Virtual World 2013 – Again BoSL showcased an amazing event on December the 15th 2013, with the finale of the MVW 2013 contest. Many countries were represented by amazing ladies and it was really an exciting event. Designers and models worked together for their 2 final looks. One evening gown and one national costume for each lady. Every year when I saw the MVW finale it was an exciting moment to see the results, that designers and models worked on for so many weeks. Last year I took the challenge to make a full catalogue of all the gowns and costumes. The idea must have inspired some bloggers this year and they started to do that for the MVW 2013 designs. I decided for my own not to do the same again and just would like to showcase my personal favourites. First I thought about to do my personal top 12, but then I figured that I like more than 12 and just thought about doing all the ones that really caught my attention in no particular order

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The gown for Miss Virtual Iceland 2013 was made my Kimmera Madison, owner and designer of Tres Beau. I have to admit, as I was sitting there and watching the finale, this was one of those gowns that made me go “WOW”. The wonderful flowers and ruffles go so perfectly together and the color change from the bottom to the top just is made so carefully and with such an amazing feeling for the gradient. The combination of white, teal and the yellow of the flowers are awesome chosen. Again we can see that the long experience of Kimmera and her incredible skills for shapes and colors, let her made this beautiful gown.

The wonderful jewelry for “Miss Zaara123 ” gown are crafted by Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey. The “Eilifu” set with its amazing white pearls is the perfect addition to this stunning gown. The “Eilifu” set contains earrings, collar and bracelet.

The “Miss Zaara123” gown you can purchase at the Tres Beau Mainstore and for the “Eilifu” set you just have to stop by at the Chop Zuey Mainstore πŸ™‚

MVW 2013 Iceland Formal Face

Details

Gown: Tres Beau – “Miss Zaara123” – NEW

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Eilifu” – NEW

Hair: PurpleMoon – “Era”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Teal”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

My personal favourites of MVW2013 – Formal Gown of Netherlands 2013 by PurpleMoon & Chop Zuey

MVW 2013 Netherlands Formal full

Miss Virtual World 2013 – Again BoSL showcased an amazing event on December the 15th 2013, with the finale of the MVW 2013 contest. Many countries were represented by amazing ladies and it was really an exciting event. Designers and models worked together for their 2 final looks. One evening gown and one national costume for each lady. Every year when I saw the MVW finale it was an exciting moment to see the results, that designers and models worked on for so many weeks. Last year I took the challenge to make a full catalogue of all the gowns and costumes. The idea must have inspired some bloggers this year and they started to do that for the MVW 2013 designs. I decided for my own not to do the same again and just would like to showcase my personal favourites. First I thought about to do my personal top 12, but then I figured that I like more than 12 and just thought about doing all the ones that really caught my attention in no particular order

:)

The wonderful and elegant formal gown for Miss Netherlands 2013, Linnda Scofield, was mae by Poulet Koenkamp, owner and designer of PurpleMoon. The soft pink and darker shade of rose make a very sophisticated look. With the huge prims that go up and down from the waist, the whole gown gets a light artistic look as well. The wonderful ruffles of the train together with the long wrist prims make the perfect look for the Miss Netherlands 2013 evening gown.

MVW 2013 Netherlands Formal close

The amazing matching jewelry for the Netherlands 2013 formal gown was made by Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey. The “Tres Fleurs” set is made of many small, tiny and filigree flowers in all shades of pink. For the earrings you have along and short version. For the picture above I used the short ones πŸ™‚

The “Tres Fleurs” set you can get at the Chop Zuey Mainstore and the beautiful “Linnda” gown you will find at the PurpleMoon Mainstore together with all the other incredible new releases πŸ™‚

Details

Gown: PurpleMoon – “Linnda” – NEW

Jewelry: Chop Zuey – “Tres Fleurs” – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Fab ES Tea Room” – NEW & “SM Eclipse Soft Eye Purple” – NEWΒ  & “SM Eclipse Color Eye Silver” – NEW

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Mauve” – NEW

Hair: EMO-tions – “Tyra”

Poses: PosESioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Out of the Dark

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For today’s styling … I do not even know what I was doing.. I looked through my inventory and kinda sorted it. For me that means, I wear some parts, if I cannot remember what it was and then I rename the folders before I sort them in, so I can operate my inventory a bit easier πŸ™‚ .

While I was wearing certain stuff,Β  attaching and detaching I always left some parts on. Suddenly my sweet brother Dahriel IMed me telling me that he created new lashes and sent them to me. I unpacked them to look and attached them to the stuff I still had left on. All of a sudden by caming around I saw my whole look and loved it *giggles*.

So the last folders I looked through must have been mainly Miamai as I am wearing different parts of the new “Unfold” collection. The mesh head-piece is called “Corelia” and with the wonderful ornament on the top it gives the whole look of a cool high fashion style for me. The collar part is connected to the headpiece so you have no trouble wearing both to the same time πŸ™‚Β The wonderful “Inferna” mesh gloves with the long sharp nails are as well from Miamai. The mesh combination of skirt, pants and boots is a wonderful possibility to wear all 3 parts to the same time without disturbing each other. The whole ensemble of this 3 is called “Quee” and is available in 2 different colors.

Now back to the lashes from Dahriel, owner and designer of PosESioN. He made the “Liceo” lashes paired with the “Liceo” mask that makes that wonderful spiky head attachment. I liked the combination of the long black spiky swirls and the decorations of the “Corelia” headpiece.

Since I did not wanna add a top to the whole styling, IΒ  searched for a solution to hide my private bits. I did not wanna go with boring nipple tapes so I thought about what I could do. I remembered that Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey, had some wonderful “Nose Diamonds” in her christmas gifts. I quickly reattached them to my chest and made them a bit bigger to cover all that was needed ;).

Last but not leastΒ  I would like to get the view on the skin. This skin is the actual groupgift of Silken Moon. Malicia Python released her new skin line and she was so generous to make a special makeup and put it out as a gift in her group. The group joining is 100L$ but if you see what you get and just imagine what you will get in the future it is really worth it. The “SM Eclipse Bisque Happy New Year” skin has a light tone paired with deep red lips and a fantastic eyeliner. The body is so delicious made that it really is tempting to have as much skin shown as you can :p . So run and grab that wonderful Happy New Year gift of Silken Moon before it is gone πŸ˜‰ .

Out of the dark - Face

Details

Headpiece: Miamai – “Corelia” – NEW (mesh)

Gloves with nails: Miamai – “Inferna” – NEW (mesh)

Skirt, Pants & Boots: Miamai – “Quee” – NEW (mesh)

Lashes: PosESioN – “Liceo” – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Bisque Happy New Year” – NEW (group gift January 2013)

Pasties: Chop Zuey – “Noe Diamond” – NEW (christmas gift 2012)

Poses by PoSEsioN

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin