African Beauty

TUNES

‘Round the world
Girl I have been looking for you
I think I might just find you, in Africa
Girl you know the sound
When I come around
Lost you in the crowd
Girl pick up your crown, yeah
Do it now, do it, do…

[Diamond Platnumz]

Clothing

Top: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “Colette Top” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Necklace: -shanghai-  – “Taupe Black Necklace”

Nails: FORMANAILS – “Claws XXL” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No.WTF!”

Eyeshadow: Koonz – “Lexa [G] (LeLUTKA Adapted)” (BoM) – NEW @ Mainstore

Eyeliner: Koonz – “Ready2Cut Eyeliners [HUD] LeLUTKA Evo” (LeLUTKA HD Applier) – NEW @ Mainstore

Lipstick: Glam Affair – “Imani – Lip Gloss” (part of the Imani skin bundle, BoM)

Head & Body

Head: LeLUTKA – “Nuri 1.2” – NEW @ Mainstore

Face Skin: Glam Affair – “Imani Layer [LeLutka] 013” (BoM)

Eyebrows: ~Songbird~ – “Pencil Thin Brows : Black” (BoM)

Moles: Glam Affair – “Imani – Moles (B)” (part of the Imani skin bundle, BoM)

Face Shine: Glam Affair – “Nuri Head – Face Gloss” (part of the Imani skin bundle, BoM)

Body: Maitreya – “Lara 5.1”

Body Skin: Glam Affair – “Body Normal [ Maitreya ] 013” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Particles 1: **CC** – “Glitterati – Gold”

Particles 2: **CC** – “Heat Wave (jungle heat)”

Projector 1: HERA – “Color Highlight Projector V2 – Lime”

Projector 2: HERA – “Duel Colour Highlight Projector Lights – Crystal”

Pose Tool: Anypose – “BVN HUD v1.6”

Face Animation Tool: LeLutka – “Axis HUD Face 1.1”

Hand Animator: FATE – “Hand Poser HUD v3.2 PRO”

Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Demons in my Mind…

TUNES

Tell you all the things that are tearing me apart
Tell you every little thing thats been bleeding out my heart
Nothing that I say can make you change your mind so doesnt matter
What I do it doesnt matter where I start
Yeah ive been feeling down
No ones been around
My mind is foggy
I can’t tell you what is left or right
No matter what i say you always find a fucking way to twirl it
Demons in my mind they never listen

[plxntkid]

The nice part of having holidays is you have more time to fool around with things you always wanted to learn before. For me that is watching a lot of new tutorials for Photoshop and trying if I can use what I learned in my own ways on my pictures. Even if it takes a lot longer to try new skills and techniques, it is a lot of fun, too.

Today I wanted to do something editorial and I wanted to involve the incredible amazing designs of Zibska. When I put on the “Ruina” collar and makeup, I instantly knew, that I do not want too much things in the background that would distract from the design itself. The collar has 2 orbits with  with fishies and hooks which I am not wearing for my todays picture as it added too much cuteness for my idea*giggles* While I was standing in my black spot and fooling around with lights I realized how cool the “Ruina” collar does reflect the lights and I just rezzed one, pulled it super huge trying t see what it would look like… like you can see on the pictures, I loved the idea :p I even stretched it a little more, rezzed another one, shoved them around and finally played with the color HUD. That again proves, that Zib Scaggs is truly an artist, you even can use her creations totally out of purpose and still they add an artful touch to your picture 😉 For a matching expression to that powerful picture, I again used my Axis HUD from LeLutka. I already wrote about that (HERE), but I just cannot tell it often enough, that it does open a complete new world for me for pictures with some kind of mood or emotions 😉

Clothing

Pants: Decoy – “Apple Shorts” (Maitreya)

Shoes: **UTOPIA@Design** – “Kora” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Rings: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Morphine Rings” (Maitreya, Bento)

Claws: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Obsess Claws” (Maitreya, Bento)

Shoulderpiece: Zibska – “Ruina” – NEW @ Driftwood August 2019 – NEW @ Driftwood August 2019

Collar: [CX] – “Hells Harbinger (Black Out+Silver)” (Maitreya)

Lower Armparts: [CX] – “Lance Bracers Femme – Black” (Maitreya)

Mask: L’Emporio – “Cat Skull – 03 Lather Covered”

Arm Straps: L’Emporio – “Harness Arm” (Maitreya)

Pasties: .ARISE. – “Spiked Pasties / Black_Silver” (Maitreya)

Chains: -SECRETS- – “Danita Nipple Chain – Silver” (Maitreya)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: KoKoLoResS – “Oakes”

Makeup: Zibska – “Ruina” (LeLutka Applier) – NEW @ Driftwood August 2019

Lipstick: alaskametro<3 – “London” (LeLutka Applier)

Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.3”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”

Tattoo: [White~Widow] – “Lost River” (Maitreya Applier)

Poses & Props

Poses: Poseidon

Background Structures: Zibska – “Ruina” – NEW @ Driftwood August 2019 (rezzed and resized)

Model  & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Wild Fairy Dance

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TUNES

I wandered alone to the forest one night
Led by a music strange to hear
And followed the glow of a shimmering light
That seemed to grow distant as I grew near

The woods were alive with the fragrance of spring
But winter was everywhere clear to see
The moon shone bright and a bat on the wing
Beckoned me closer and said to me:

“A clearing close in the forest you’ll find
A fabulous banquet, a fairy ball
If you close your eyes and you open your mind
The veil disappears and you’ll see it all”
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When I closed my eyes to the shimmering light
All memory faded and I could see
That a mushroom circle of red and white
And myriad fairies surrounded me

Beyond all space and beyond all time
On gossamer wings did the fairies fly
With a joy unknown to a music sublime
The fairies danced, and there danced I

“Those who seek us surely find us
See the trail we leave behind us
Some bewildered, some enlightened
Some are brave, some are frightened

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Are we kind or are we vicious?
Nectar poison or delicious?
That, my sweet, you will discover
Fairy foe, or fairy lover”

Come and play as the wild fairies play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won’t want to leave and forever you’ll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring

Come and dance the wild fairy dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night

I wandered alone to the forest one night
Led by a music strange and clear
If you happen to pass when the moon is bright
And the veils are thin you will find me here
If the veils are thin you will find me here

[Gary Stadler]

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Details

Outfit: Salt&Pepper – “Cybernized Bodysuit” NEW @ Gacha Garden

Feetstraps: Salt&Pepper – “Ryan”

Hair: EMO-tions – “Selma”

Tattoo: White Widow – “Moonlight”

Facetattoo: White Widow – “Honey”

Set: E.V.E Studio – “Whisper Petals” + “Sugarflies” + “Bioluminescent Fungus”

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Detention at MVW Academy

Last days I walked through the MVW Academy corridors and suddenly I heard a mega off one of the class rooms. As I went closer I peeked through the little window in the door and saw half of a class running around, shouting. Some where pulling each others hairs and some were throwing stuff against each other… I opened the door with a light smile as this reminded me of my own high school years. If there was no teacher the students freak out and start doing crap. And my memories were completed as I entered the room. All of a sudden it went quiet and all eyes were focusing me, in an asking way, what I would do here… As I started explaining my memories and that it lightly made me sad that they all went so quiet, I saw out of my eye corner in my back one girl who tried to place some glue on the teachers chair and as they wanted to prove me wrong a little paper ball hit my forehead. The suddnely I saw them both – Pow and Temptress –  pulling each others hair… I grabbed the 2 girls by the arms and pulled them closer looking at them… Finally I came to an idea… if they chose to put me in the teachers role so badly (yes I still do not feel like an adult most of the time :p), I decided I could get some detention out as well and told them, that I think they would have too much free time and that I can change that for a while…

I told them that I wanna have 2 looks created in the next 15 min. The first look should be kinda city chic style, like they would go out for shopping in London, Rome or Mailand. The second look should be a crazy future fashion… nothing that quite did happen, more what could be fashion in the future… and on the 2 pictures you can see the results :p. The did a pretty good job on the tasks and I wanted to share the funny story along with the nice results as well 🙂

So MVW Academy students… be careful how you show you have too much free time in the future *grins evil*

I really had fun and a special thank you to Pow Curameyer and Temptress Fallen for playing along the victims so cool, to make this funny story happen 🙂

Details

Picture No#1 – City Chic:

Pow Curameyer (right):

Glasses : SUNGLASSES-LTG GOLD/BLACK ~ Ryca Doobie
Earrings : [ glow ] studio  Decoy Gold Earrings ~ Linka Demina
Bag : [ glow ] studio – Black faux fur satchel ~ Linka Demina
Dress : Baiastice_Liksye dress-gold ~ Sissy Pessoa
Hairstyle : .: vive9 :. Charlie in Light Black Tones ~ Sanya Bilavio
Blouse : GizzA – Lola Blouse [Black] ~ Giz Seorn
Shoes : N-core CASTING “Noir Intense”  ~ Claire Messenger
Tights : Izzie’s – Patterned Tights II ~ Izzie Button
Nails : [FEMALE  [MANDALA]NAIL PALETTE 1/Super Long] ~ kikunosuke Eel

Temptress Fallen (left):

Shape: by Temptress Fallen
Eyes: FASHISM ‘Sunrise’ Eyes – Pale Blue
Hair: *Dura-Boys&Girls*27(Chocolate)
Hairbase: *Dura*(Chocolate)
Skirt: GizzA – Pencil Skirt (Mesh) Leather Black
Clutch Bag: GizzA – Mesh Clutch Bags [White]
Boots: .:L&B:. “Elise” Knee Boot Black
Belt: *COCO*_WideBelt_Black
Eyeshadow: [mock]Blackest Night Shadow
Shirt and Gloves: GizzA – B&W Maxi
Sleeves: GizzA – Showy Blouse [Black]
Earrings: ZC : Nizam Jhumka white
Ring: Indy&Co.: Chablis Antique Rings-Silver Black

Picture No#2 – Futuristic Fashion:

Pow Curameyer (right):

Earings : ELUZION * Zena Earrings~ Yaline Sewell
Dress : LIZ-Private collection mini dress ~ Liziaah Lavecchia
Mask : FLAME TIPS  MASK- AQUA MODFIABLE UPDATE 08/09 ~ Gelese Giano
Boots : Blackburn Gaga No-Heel Thigh Boots Black Leather ~ Vlad Blackburn
Hairstyle : [AD] Light hair 130 ~ Aliza Karu
Moustache : *Yummy! ~ Polyester Partridge

Temptress Fallen (left):

Shape: by Temptress Fallen
Eyes: FASHISM ‘Sunrise’ Eyes – Pale Blue
Hairbase: .::MADesigns HAIR::. ~ Tintable Hair Base ~ Tribe 8
Hair: _ZION_APOCALYPSE by EMO-tions
Lipstick: [mock] Turquoise Lip Jelle [exclusive]  [lip] (1)
Eyelashes: MG – Eyelashes – Party – Swallow Wings – RED/BLACK
Shirt: Indyra Originals  FFL Exclusive: Fikre
Pants, sleeves and shoulder: [sYs] VISION
Skirt and gloves: [LWL] Bordello
Socks: WWI Army Girl Garters Blue
Boots: [sYs] DOOM boots (blue sYs) unisex group gift
Necklace: [Mistwood] Urban Savage Necklace – Aquamarine
Earrings: [Mistwood] Duclis
Ring: [Mistwood] Queen of Diamonds

Models: Pow Curameyer & Temptress Fallen

Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Maddie by Prism

Outfit (incl belt and boots) – Prism – “Maddie” /night snow – NEW

Skin: Silken Moon – “Rookie” /fair glam – NEW

Jewerly: Finesmith – “Grace” – WINTER GIFT

Hair: Baiastice – “Moira” /blonde

Poses: Fluke

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Finesmith – “Asia”

Yula Finesmith is back from her vacation.. and we have a bunch of amazing new releases at Finesmith!!! For today I have the “Asia” set for you 🙂 A wonderful, elegant and beautiful set, that contains a pair of earrings, a necklace and a ring. The basic shape we can see is kinda flower. The filigree lines at the outsides, that give the imagination of the petals meet in the middle in a fantastic textured pearl. The pearls, in a smaller size,  you as well can find at the very end of the silver ‘petals’ as well. Again we can see yula’s amazing skills if it comes to design and details. Her unique creations seem to be an inspiration for other jewelry designers as well, what bigger compliment you can get as a designer… so way to go yula… you rock 🙂

Details

Jewelry: Finesmith Design – “Asia”

Skin: Glam Affair – “Castalia”

Hair: MADesign

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Maven Strasse – “Erschlagen” jacket is born!

(Outfits: Jacket: Maven Strasse – “Erschlagen” jacket,  Models: Wicca Merlin & Elaera Maven, Photographer: Adien Arun, Infamous Robot Studios)

Again I had the great honor to pose for the newest release or Maven Strasse, side label of Maven Haus. Elaera Maven improves with texture layers and created a wonderful stylish jacket for the modern fashionista and the brave and daring guys who want to look different!

The basic of that black jacked is decorated with 2 tiny stripes that go down in front of the upper body. also the sleeves are made in a black grey shaded tone what gives them a great 3D look. A total hight are the big shoulder parts that carry those great white and light glowing parts at the outsides!

Another great eye catcher is the huge neck collar part that matches the actual season as you can really hide your mouth and nose if needed so that they do not freeze in that colder days 😉

Overall this is a nother great piece that should not miss in a fashionistas wardrobe for the upcoming season!!! So find your way to the Maven HausMainstore where you will find also the Prêt-à-Porter line Maven Strasse that provides you designs for the perfect every day look!

For the end a little secret… *looks around herself if really noone is there*… this skin also is one of the new designs of Elaera Maven, so stay tuned I smell an upcoming skin release also 😉

Details

Jacket: Maven Strasse – “Erschlagen” jacket

Skin: Maven Haus (not yet released)

Girdle & Stockings: Maitreya

Boots: Courtisane

Hair: 3636 Designs

Hairbase: White Widow

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin (except pic 1)

Garded Secret by Taliya Tarber – Skins for the brave fashionista!

We all know Taliya Tarber as an excellent and incredible photographer, but she decided to take a break from taking pictures to follow her new passion… she started creating skins and I have to admit they are way beyond any expectations. She gets all her ideas and wonderful skills into that skins and I am very proud that I am allowed to show her first line on my blog…

“Smoked Charm” this wonderful skin is called and it comes with all options you can think on! You have the option to wear it with or without cleavage features, with french nails or even without any nail polish, even on the ones that like fingernails she thought with one option that just shows the basic skin and you can add every prim nails without wearing nail gloves to cover the nails of the skin. Also you can choose between dark and light eyebrows. To identify she has her own little code that is to read like the following:

CL = Cleavage
NCL= No Cleavage
FM = French Manicure
NN = No Nails
LTBR = Lighter Brow
DKBR = Darker Brow

To speak about eyebrows, Garded Secret included 4 different shapes for the eyebrows…

All eyebrow shapes are modify and you can edit them as you like.

The “Smoked Charme” here show in the pale tone is also available in fair, tan, bronze and dark bronze.

If you make your way to the Garded Secret Mainstore you also will find skins with a limited edition. That means Taliya Tarber limited special skins with special makeups up to 25 on the whole grid. Further you will find eyes and lashes as well made by Garded Secret.

Details

Skin: Garded Secret – “Smoked Charme” /pale

Clothing: Staged – “Mother Nature” Bikini /autumn

Jewerly: Kunglers – “Bamboo” set /natura

Face Tattoo on first and last pic: White Widow – “Vines” /copper

Body Tattoo: Inflict – “Rebellion”

Poses: Body Talking – “Funky Lola 6” & “Aphrodita 8.v1”

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Baiastice – Radiance Red… “Pulchra” introduces her red side of life ;)

Today I would like to show you the new skin of  Sissy Pessoa, designer of Baiastice. we all know her for her fabulous clothing.. but now she took all her skills ..wich are very detailed and very filigree… and created a wonderful skin… “Pulchra”

The skin is available in 30 makeups and with 4 different colors of hair bases; red, black, blonde and brown. Every skin comes with one hairbase and one bald base.

For now I would like to start with the red one… it is very rarely that you find a red hair base that looks natural..but Sissy made it!

The makeups are mae for every kind of you can think..anywayswich event or daytime with ne of the 30 makeups you are definitely matching!

For the day the light makeups with several colors of lipstick are perfect. Some unusual makeup combinations are perfect for special events or for modeling even on the runway and on pics.

What definitely catched my attention were the different combinations with red lipstick. Usually you have one very deep red lipstick with very light eyes, but here Sissy gave us different black and smokey eyes in combination with red lipstick!

Every color you can think of you will find as an eye shadow on the new “Pulchra” skin, also on a few you have an amazing sweet blush 🙂

From nude to dark red lips you will find every shade of red and pink that you can think of 😉

What should not miss for sure in a fashionistas makeup box? Exactly black lipstick with black eyes…I so love it!

Also for the pink and purple lovers Baiastice has an awesome makeup. and one lightly vintage skin with red lips and a sweet little birthmark above the right upper lip and a wonderful decent and light shining light eyeshadow.

The big eyes shadow of the last one in this picture and also in the very first one, got my attention also i never saw such big eyes shadows with such an awesome shine and so filigree detailed.

The skin itself has a wonderful satin shin bit not all the unnecessary glow. The shadows and lights are set perfectly to have every feature that a realistic looking body should have… I totally fell in love with that skin and I saw nothing yet that has this beautiful touch of sweetness and porcelain.

The skin is not only available in the “pale” tone if you make your way to Baiastice you can see all the amazing skin tones that Sissy Pessoa offers there 🙂

Details

Skin: Baiastice – “Pulchra” /pale

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

New year arrived and Aimesi releases 2 new skins!!!

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The new year has just begun and Mea Carnell of the great label “Aimesi” skins gives us 2 new skins in 2 different tones for each one!

First lets take a look at Crystal. The skin comes in the tones caramel and spice.

The lighter skin on the left side is the “Crystal Caramel” tone and on the right side we see the darker one, called “Crystal Spice”. Both tones have the same fantastic lights and are not overdone with glow. They have a  very realistic shine with every light and showdow on the right spots! Caramel and spice tone,  come with 4 makeups.

The 4 different lipstick versions of light rose to red are combined with beautiful light eye shadows of silver/white, orange/silver, silver/green-gray and a darker grey one that makes great light smokey eyes. With these you have for every case the right makeup!

The darker version dares to go with deeper and darker colors what fits totally to this skin tone. The lipsticks are from rose to red too and the eyeshadows are close as the “caramel toned” ones but even according to the darker skin a little more intensive.

Up next I have a nother great Aimesi skin to show..as I promised before 😉 The beautiful “Rabea” skin. This skin also is available in “caramel” and “spice”

The body it self has the well known great highlights and shadows of the Aimesi skins we saw before on the “Crystal” skin. But we have different makeups:

The lips seem a bit smaller on this skin and a little more glossy. The lipstick colors variate from a light pink to a deep red. 2 Eyeshadows we know from the “Crystal” skin, the silver/white and the orange/silver ones. But this skin offers 2 new options. One in light pink and a other one in orange/grey.

The darker “spice” tone offers lipstickd from dark pink to deep red with the same amazing makeup color combinations.

I cannot chose a favoirite one of this both but thank god I don’t have to 😉

At this point I would like to send you to the Aimesi Mainstore, so that you can try wich skin or skintone fits you best…and I am sure you will find the right one for you! Happy Shopping ;-)!

Details:

Skins: Aimesi – “Crystal & Rabea” in caramel and spice

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin