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 Runway Perfect Hunt #4 – Part 5

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The Runway Perfect Hunt goes in it’s 4th round :) . Morgane Batista again made it, to get amazing designers to participate in one of the most famous hunts on the grid. Even if the title says “The hunt with models in mind” does not mean this hunt is limited to models only. All the amazing and versatile designs are amazing additions to everybody’s wardrobe, even the males will find some amazing hunt prizes in some locations ;) This year the hunt is not a total freebie hunt, each hunt item costs $5 Linden. With a total of 50 shops you reach a maximum of $250 Linden, what is a great amount for so many amazing quality designs!

I always had a weakness for black & white outfits and stylings and as I saw the hunt prize from location #23, Dot BE Fashion I would not resist to do another totally black & white look ;).  Boniefacio, owner and designer of Dot BE Fashion, made a wondeful 2 part outfit called “Female Outfit” for the 4th Runway Perferct Hunt. The long black mesh pants with the wide sleeves reminded me of the good old flares of the 70s. Together with the long, geometric black & white textured mesh top it gets a light touch of a retro style. To do not another totally retro style I decided to add one of my favourite 80s look hair and the “Britsh Loafers” from Redgrave, what pulled it more towards the 80s. To give it another more modern touch I added the awesome “Dahlink Wild Zebra” makeup from Zibska and the “Lips Stripes” from Silken Moon, wich both went amazing with the black & white “Female Outfit” top :).

The Runway Perfect Hunt will last until the 30th of May so do not hesitate too long to grab your hunt prizes ;)

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Details

Outfit: Dot BE Fashion – “Female Outfit” – NEW (mesh, TRPH #4)

Shoes: Redgrave – “British Loafers”

Hair: Burley – “Sirah” (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Zibska – “Dahlinka Wild – Zebra”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Lip Stripe”

Poses: Corpus  – “Couture Edition” – NEW

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

The Runway Perfect Hunt #4 – Part 4

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The Runway Perfect Hunt goes in it’s 4th round :) . Morgane Batista again made it, to get amazing designers to participate in one of the most famous hunts on the grid. Even if the title says “The hunt with models in mind” does not mean this hunt is limited to models only. All the amazing and versatile designs are amazing additions to everybody’s wardrobe, even the males will find some amazing hunt prizes in some locations ;) This year the hunt is not a total freebie hunt, each hunt item costs $5 Linden. With a total of 50 shops you reach a maximum of $250 Linden, what is a great amount for so many amazing quality designs!

The hunt is going very well, I saw many people at the various locations as I was looking around myself. Today’s featured locations would be #2 and #5, Headturners and Baboom Couture. The amazing “Kelly” dress with the super cute and huge hat are the contribution from Baboom. A wonderful summer dress in black and light pink. The shoulders are free from any lines and with the huge floppy hat it gives a real summer feeling 🙂

The lipstick and the bangles come from Headturners. There is a pair of nails as well going with them but I lately like my mesh hands so much, that I did not wanna fiddle around 8 hours, to make them fit to the mesh hands ;). The light pink lipstick goes perfectly with the “Kelly” gown.

The Runway Perfect Hunt will last until the 30th of May so do not hesitate too long to grab your hunt prizes ;)

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Details

Dress: Baboom – “Kelly” – NEW (mesh, TRPH #4)

Lipstick: Headturners – “Hint of Rose” – NEW (TRPH #4)

Bangles: Headturners – “Fifi” – NEW (TRPH #4)

Necklace: Baboom – “Luckystone”

Shoes: Diktator– “Dare”

Hair: DeLa – “Marley”

Glasses: Izzies’s – “Oversized Sunglasses”

Poses: agapee

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

The Runway Perfect Hunt #4 – Part 3

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The Runway Perfect Hunt goes in it’s 4th round :) . Morgane Batista again made it, to get amazing designers to participate in one of the most famous hunts on the grid. Even if the title says “The hunt with models in mind” does not mean this hunt is limited to models only. All the amazing and versatile designs are amazing additions to everybody’s wardrobe, even the males will find some amazing hunt prizes in some locations ;) This year the hunt is not a total freebie hunt, each hunt item costs $5 Linden. With a total of 50 shops you reach a maximum of $250 Linden, what is a great amount for so many amazing quality designs!

Today I would like to showcase the contributions of Alafolie, location #24 and [mock], location #45.

Alafolie has a wonderful ready-to-wear outfit that comes with some amazing features. The sleeveless short is knotted at the right hip and the pants have an amazing shine. What makes this outfit super special, there comes a HUD with it what lets you change the textures of the pants and as well of the top. In the box that you get you will find shoes also that match the outfit, I just wanted to go with a bit more casual style instead of heels 😉

[mock] has a set of amazing lips glosses for the TRPH #4. 3 different colors of gloss and each one in 3 different versions. All 3 colors are wonderful nude colors and add an awesome shine to your lips without being upaque like usual lipsticks 🙂

The Runway Perfect Hunt will last until the 30th of May so do not hesitate too long to grab your hunt prizes ;)

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Details

Outfit: AlaFolie – “Sweet et Pant” – NEW (mesh, TRPH #4)

Lipstick: [mock] – “Mariellis Lip Shine” /Lip 2 El Salva – NEW (TRPH #4)

Shoes: [GOS] – “Triumph” (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: L.Fauna – “Smokey Cat Shadow” /goldenbrown

Glasses: Hatpins – “Kelcey Pince-Nez”

Bracelets: GizzA – “Asia Watch&Bracelet” /cream

Hair: Truth – “Hailey” /marmelade

Poses: CorpusNEW

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

AVENUE Spring/Summer Fashion Week 2013 – Paperbag

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Details

Pants: Paperbag – “Ripped Low Cut” – NEW (AVENUE Fashion Week 2013)

Top: Paperbag – “Boyfriend Sweater” – NEW (mesh, AVENUE Fashion Week 2013)

Shoes: M.o.w. – “Urban Sneakers” (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Urban ES Central Park”

Hair: Burley – “Sirah” (mesh)

Nails: Mstyle – “Perfect Hand”

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe – Poses – “Casual Jeans 005” – NEW

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

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Details

Jumper: Paperbag – “Denim Jumper” – NEW (AVENUE Fashion Week 2013)

Top: Paperbag – “Siddartha” – NEW (AVENUE Fashion Week 2013)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: LovelyMi – “Westwood Contrast” & L.Fauna – “Smokey Cat Shadow”

Hair: Posh – “Beat”

Earrings & Bangles: Ticky Tacky – “Hot Rod”

Necklace: Mandala – “Hannya”

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

Nails: Love Soul – “Spirit”

Shoes: [GOS] – “Triumph (mesh)

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: WiccaMerlin

AVENUE Spring/Summer Fashion Week 2013 – Miamai

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Details

Outfit: Miamai – “Hita Moon & Sarine Black” – NEW (mesh, AVENUE Fashion Week 2013)

Shoes: GizzA – “Mesh Sneakers” – NEW (mesh)

Jewelry: Mandala – “Sinra”

Hair: Exile – “Groove Theory” (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

-The Event- Hollywood: Violator & EMO-tions

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Details

Gown: Violator – “Fame Ruby” – NEW (Hollywood)

Jewelry: Violator – “Outrageous Red” – NEW (Hollywood)

Hair: EMO-tions – “Audrey” – NEW (Hollywood)

Shoes: [PM] – “Baby T’s Plain Blood”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Makeup: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse ES Doomsday” – NEW & L.Fauna – “Smokey Cat Shadow Red”

Lipstick: Silken Moon – “Wicca Lips Blood”

Bracelets: Mandala – “Milky Way 2”

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

AVENUE Spring/Summer Fashion Week 2013 – Vero Modero

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Details

Dress: Vero Modero – “Derin V Neck Birds” – NEW (mesh, AVENUE Fashion Week 2013)

Earrings: Mandala – “Lotus”

Bangles: Mandala – “Milky Way”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Eyeshadow: Elysium – “Geometrica Line” – NEW (SkinFair 2013) & Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Smokey Eyes” – NEW

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

Hat: Xen’s Hat – “Danni”

Boots: [GOS] – “Desire” (mesh)

Neck Piece: Etchaflesh – “Vampiress Neck Corset V1”

Hair: -dDx- – “Atlas” (mesh)

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Wicca’s Wardrobe: Scary Story

A pretty woman was serving a life sentence in prison for murder. Angry and resentful about her situation, she decided that she couldn’t spend her life in prison. She began plotting ways to escape from the jail.

She became good friends with one of the prison caretakers. His job was to bury any prisoners who died, in a graveyard just outside the prison walls. Whenever a prisoner died, the caretaker rang a bell, which was heard by all of the prison inmates. The caretaker then got the body and put it in a casket. Next, he entered his office to fill out the death certificate before returning to the casket to nail the lid shut. Finally, he put the casket on a wagon to take it to the graveyard and bury it.

Knowing this routine, the woman devised an escape plan and shared it with the caretaker. The next time the bell rang, the woman would leave her cell and sneak into the dark room where the coffins were kept.

She would slip into the coffin with the dead body while the caretaker was filling out the death certificate. When the caretaker returned, he would nail the lid shut and take the coffin outside the prison with the woman in the coffin along with the dead body. He would then bury the coffin.

The woman knew there would be enough air for her to breathe until later in the evening when the caretaker would return to the graveyard under cover of darkness, dig up the coffin, and set her free.

The caretaker was reluctant to go along with this plan, but since he and the woman had become good friends over the years, he agreed to do it. The woman waited several weeks for one of the other prison inmates to die.

One night, she was asleep in her cell when she heard the death bell ringing. She got up, picked the lock of her cell, and slowly walked down the hallway. She was nearly caught a couple of times. Her heart was beating fast.

She opened the door to the darkened room where the coffins were kept. Quietly in the dark, she found the coffin that contained the dead body, carefully climbed into it and pulled the lid shut to wait for the caretaker to come and nail the lid down.

Soon she heard footsteps and the pounding of the hammer and nails. Even though she was very uncomfortable in the coffin with the dead body beneath her, she knew that with each nail she was one step closer to freedom.

The coffin was lifted onto the wagon and taken outside to the graveyard. She could feel the coffin being lowered into the ground. She didn’t make a sound as the coffin hit the bottom of the grave with a thud.

Finally she heard the dirt dropping onto the top of the wooden coffin, and she knew that it was only a matter of time until she would be free at last. After several minutes of absolute silence, she began to chuckle quietly to herself.

Feeling curious, she decided to light a match to find out the identity of the dead prisoner beside her. To her horror, she discovered that she was lying on top of the dead caretaker.

Outfit: Diram – “Peyton” (mesh)

Skin: Silken Moon – “Morbida” /Scara

Blood Tattoo: *elymode* – “dripping blood”

Eyeliner: Damned – “Tribal Makeup”

Hat: Bliss Couture – “Aphrodite”

Shoes: Maitreya Gold – “Moxie”

Earrings: LouLou – “Willow”

Gloves: LouLou – “Crepsule” & “Nevermore”

Stockings: :::insanya::: – “Stockings No. 4”

Socks: +*Cipher*+ – “Punk Sox”

Collar: LouLou – “Little Wing”

Nails: Formanails – “Night”

Lashes: Xplosion – “Spirit”

Wings: Fancy Fairy – “Thistle Wings”

Hair: Tuty’s – “Limbo”

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Red Seduction with Vero Modero and Violator

Unbelievable but true… the amazing jewelry set, that includes the wavy fan, is part of the Women Stuff hunt. Soraya Vaher from Violator designed a very special and super elegant set as her contribution to the hunt. The “Duchesse” set in white comes with earrings, necklace and the wonderful fan. The earrings are not symmetric as the left side one is a little longer and the necklace is made of 2 parts so you can decide if you wanna wear it full or just the collar 🙂 The fan gives every styling a very elegant and sophisticated touch and you can feel like a royal lady for a while 😉

The stunning “Rosso” gown comes out of the hand of Bouquet Babii, owner and designer of Vero Modero. The tight red dress has an amazing texture and the high collar together with the huge shoulder parts just underlined the sophisticated look of the jewelry set 😉 The wonderful short gloves with amazing wrist part as well add some more elegance.

Gown:Vero Modero – “Rosso” – NEW

Jewelry: Violator – “Duchess” /white – NEW (Women Stuff hunt item)

Hair: PurpleMoon – “Era”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW

Lashes: Redgrave – “Silversnow”

Poses: Corpus

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin