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Sometimes, Girls just wanna have Fun ;)

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My mother says, “When you gonna live your life right”

[- Cyndi Lauper, Girls just wanna have fun -]

Slowly I find my way more into the new “PBR Thing”. I have to admit it isn’t really easy if you are used to ther things for over 10 years – still I find a lot of errors and “bad habits” that system has – but I can see a basic idea kinda the more I try and error myself. Since we cannot role the time back anyway, what else you can do that try to adapt to new things *giggles*

Today I am doing something I was afraid of a long time. I am showcasing a skin as center for my post. Usually I am scared to use skins for blogging, as I do feel not right by showcasing skins with all my face mods (scars, freckles, veins, etc.). In the past I was criticized a lot for doing so – yes, I can understand why, but the more my avatar developed, the more I wanted to modify my face for a more unique look – and that kinda was the reason why I stopped showcasing skins. But lately I really started to like that incredible amazing skins from leLAPEAU. They have amazing details! The highlights and shadows are amazingly careful set and they do give the face a wonderful natural, not overdone glow even on low settings. The area around the eyes are wonderful and the lips do fit even on thinner lips like mine are. She as well does provide neckshaders/faders so you can be sure to not have that “line” where the face and body skin meet each other.

I do blog for LeLUTKA for a while now and I saw all those amazing skins and like I said, I never dared to use them. I took all my courage and contacted Aradia Dielli – creator of the awesome leLAPEAU skins – and asked her, how she would feel if I do use her skins still having all my face mods going on. I totally was surprised about her reaction and it and I was relieved as I never expected it like that. She was totally open to use her skins even with face mods going on and told me she does like it if bloggers can express them selves and be creative even with her skins. After that it did not even take me 3 minutes and I picked one of the skins I was eyeing for a while now and started experimenting. I changed a few accessories to not overload my face too much, since I wanted the skin in the focus, but I really do like the result… what do you think?

Clothing

Top: Wicca’s Originals – “Modesty Top” (Maitreya LaraX)

Accessories

Piercings & Tattoo (Forehead): BodyArts – “Signum” (unrigged)
Earrings: .:E.A.Studio:. – “UZUMAKI” (LeLUTKA EvoX female/human)
Nose: SFU – “Barbed Nose Chain”
Collar: *PerveTTe* – “Choker [My Sweet Love] [Black]” (unrigged)
Necklace: Wicca’s Originals – “Orchid Necklace” (Maitreya LaraX)
Nails: FORMANAILS – “Silvana” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No_Transformation ( size 1 )”
Eyeshadow: [REVERIE] – “Solara Eyeshadow” (LeL-EvoX Bom)
Face Veins: Hexed – “Eyes/Cheek Veins” (LeL-EvoX Bom)
Lipstick: LeLUTKA – taken from the Noel Head HUD)

Head, Body & Tattoo
Head: LeLUTKA – “Noel Head 4.0”
Skin Face: leLAPEAU – Nicole Skin – GA Ivory (No Brows)”
Tattoo Face: BodyArts – “Faceband Wicca” (LeL.EvoX BoM, custom made – take a look at the “Vere Flores” or one of her various amazing facebands)
Teeth: [CX] – “Strigoi’s Fangs – Silver Type.1 ( Size E / Wider )”
Body: Maitreya – “LaraX 1.0”
Tattoo Body: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Flowersoff” (BoM)
Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: STUN – “Haerin 3” (Bento)
Backdrop: Paparazzi – “BACKDROP – Scrawled Hall 2”
Animals: *PKC* – “Face Butterflies”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

I’m getting older…

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Made for SL20 Magazine // Issue No. 12 // Skin Issue // August 2022

TUNES

I’m getting older, I think I’m aging wellI wish someone had told me I’d be doing this by myselfThere’s reasons that I’m thankful, there’s a lot I’m grateful forBut it’s different when a stranger’s always waiting at your door

[- Billie Eilish -]
Clothing

Dress: [CX] – “Cheongsam” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Hairsticks: [CX] – “Swaying Lotus (Silver)”
Glasses: kosmii – “Evie”
Nails: L’Emporio – “Scripta Manent” (Maitreya, Bento)
Cigarette: [CX] – “Mantid Quellazaire”

Hair & Makeup

Hair: CHAIN – “Julia”

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “EvoX Avalon 3.1”
Skin: poema – “Evelyn”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”
Tattoo 1: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Akira ( Medium ) vBlack” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: selfmade

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Second Life Skins: SilkenMoon – Diva

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Silken Moon made a wonderful new skin not too long. The face of the Eclipse line is called “Diva” and she is in my view one of the best skins Malicia Python owner and designer of Silken Moon, ever made.

What caught my attention were the lips. Malicia made totally new lips for the “Diva”! Together with those wonderful realistic looking eyes and the cute-looking nose it is a wonderful addition to the Eclipse line.

Diva Face

When she asked me if I would like to pose for the vendor of her new skin I had not long to think about it – certainly I would like to!

As I arrived at Mal’s place, where she had rezzed the background she gave me the new skin in band new and very special tone. The new “Ivory” skin tone she created is a very sophisticated looking skin tone. For all who love the already existing skin tones of the Eclipse line – no worries the new “Diva” skin as well will be available in bisque, brulee, lumee, bousee and a special colored version, he ivory tone is just a brand new addition.

The “Diva” skins comes with amazing new lipsticks and even in the demo you have one free lipstick!

On top you will get a SLINK applier HUD for your mesh hands and feet to make

I love to pose for Mal’s vendors as she always gives me amazing challenges. I asked her what she had in mind in general for the “Diva”. She told me a few things and I just started styling. First I put on the “4 Minute” jacket on, since I know that Mal and me have a close liking for several things and I thought she might like it and she did ;). For the jeans, I chose my absolute favourite jeans from R:A:D, a brand what does sadly not exist anymore, but the designer is still around and I am sure, that if you really like them, Redclaw Inshan will sell them privately to you ;). Now the jacket and the jeans made a more casual look the Mal wanted it. She wanted a bit of a posh look for the vendor. I thought about it and remembered a wonderful blouse, wich I got ages ago at bijou. I am not even sure if the brand still exists but this blouse is like an evergreen for me. For the shoes I decided to go with the “Bonnie” boots from Redgrave, to underline the amazing feminine attitude that the skin has. For the hair I did know I want something short but as well it should not be too smooth and tight. I remembered the “Tidal” from exile, again a male hairstyle, but I do not care about that anyways if I matches my face and my stylings ;). After we looked at the styling we still missed something and all of a sudden I got the idea to put on a corset what should go with the blonde hair, the jacket buttons, the bracelets, the ornaments on the huge bag and the golden earrings, as well certainly with the skin tone.

After Malicia finished the pictures we had to laugh a lot after she said the outcome of the picture remembered her of Lady Diana :p .

So take a look for yourself and try the demo… like I said the demo has a wonderful free lipstick in it 😉

Diva full

Details

 Skin: Silken Moon – “Diva” – NEW

Top: bijou – “Couture Shirt” (part of the outfit)

Pants: R:A:D – “Jeans White”

Jacket: [SG*] – “4 Minute”

Boots: Redgrave – “Bonnie”

Corset: Trilobite – “Basic Corset”

Hair: Exile – “Tidal”

Bangles: Mandala – “Takara”

Bag: [AD] Creations – “Punk Bag”

Poses: Wicca’s Wardrobe

Model: Wicca Merlin

Artwork: Malicia Python

Chop Zuey: Art in Second Life ;)

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Chop Zuey Full

The idea for this post was born when I  visited the Arts in Hats event, that was happening not too long ago. Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey, made the wonderful “In Memory of a Watermelon Fascinator” for that event and from the moment I saw it, I had the imagination of being in a museum watching art.

The wonderful “La Traviata” gown as well is one of the newest creations of Chop Zuey. Belle started to make full gowns with matching jewelry parts not too long ago and opened her new Sky Boutique, where you can find all this amazing creations. The “La Traviata” gown is available in different colors but with my addiction to black clothing, I certainly picked the black version for the post 😉 The wonderful black gown is mesh made and the amazing jewelry parts, like the upper end of the gloves, the beautiful shoulder part, as well the earrings, bracelets and the necklace are part of the gown. Basically Belle made a ready to wear outfit for all lovers of the elegant evening wardrobe ;).

The hat is one of the amazing creations of Xenobia Foxclaw. She made an amazing collection of black and white hats and the “Blackwell No. 6” is just one of them. So you might wanna go over to the Xen’s Hats Mainstore if you wanna see ll of the new releases ;).

The hair is one of the amazing hairstyles of EMO-tions. The “Chevia” hairstyle was made in a special color for Miss Chevia, as she won the auction of the FFL event, where Mirja Mills, owner and designer of EMO-tions, auctioned herself off for charity. I am very happy that Mirja now gave this hairstyle to all of us as, it is an amazing elegant hairstyle that still has some edges 😉

Now I just had to try building a little to realize my imagination of the museum at night thing 🙂 . Those who know me, might figure what it took until I had those few prims together and some texture on it. Usually if I try to build you have something apocalyptic looking something where you really have to have a good imagination to figure out what I wanted to do originally *laughs*. But after some hours it worked out somehow and … tatataaaaa… here it is 🙂

Chop Zuey close

Details

Gown (incl jewelry): Chop Zuey – “La Traviata” – NEW (mesh)

Hat: Xen’s Hats – “Blackwell 6” – NEW

Hair: EMO-tions – “Chevia”

Poses: *PosESioN* – “Zen”

Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca”

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

Happy 5th Rezday dear Wicca!!!

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Wicca’s Wardrobe: Having fun with my Inventory and sneak in Lovely’s^^

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My inventory is a mess most of the times with all the blogging items, new releases and the stuff I buy, cause I think I have tome to blog it still *lol*.  But I have to admit I love my mess *giggles* Sometimes it gives me christmas more than once during the year if I discover something I never thought of :). Lately I found a super cute outfit from Inga Wind, designer and owner of Inga Wind Clothing sitting in my inventory. I put it on and really liked it.

The “Codie Jumpsuit” really is a cool outfit for the everyday wardrobe and with the cuteness it has by itself I could combine it wonderful with some accessories, without pushing it in the back of the view. “Codie” is made of lots of different shades of blue and as well many different fabrics. The chest part is kinda ruffles while the rest of the body is more straight. The sweet lines that hold the top in place are made with prims and the exact same look you will find for the belt. The neat cap completes the cool casual blue look 😉

The jewelry for this amazing blue look comes from Mandala as I thought the textures and the style would go amazing with each other and for me it did :p

The shoes are a combination of the new “Oxa” mesh ankle boots by Baiastice and the “Legwarmer for heels” from G Field. Sissy Pessoa, owner and designer of Baiastice, released wonderful new mesh ankle boots in uni colors and a special edition of mixed colors, I will have them soon here on my blog as well :).

As I was roaming around in my little box in side of Lovely’s Inventory (if you now ask yourself why that, just read here: http://wiccamerlin.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/lovelymi-facetattoos-makeups-more/ 🙂 It was a sweet little fun Lovely did not too long ago 😉 ) I decided to walk out and peek a bit through Lovely’s inventory. I found a lot of cool makeups lying around and some stuff of House of Rage, what she designed and worked on. As well al lot of pictures and other clothing, suddenly I saw a folder called “[MIWA] Poses”… now I became curious… Lovely does poses? I sneaked inside the folder with my mini digi cam and tried the out. The were so cool that I had to snap them… then I heard a rumble going on outside and realized Lovely is back and was working something in her inventory! I grabbed my cam left the poses and sneaked back to my box hiding… but take a look what I got…

Details

Outfit (incl. cap): *IW* – “Codie Jumpsuit” – NEW

Hair: Wasabi Pills – “Vicky”

Skin: !Silken Moon – “Rookie” (Makeup Custom Wicca – not for sale)

Eyeliner: !Silken Moon – “Wicca” – NEW

Necklace: Mandala – “Amida”

Bracelets & Nails: Mandala – “Sinra”

Legwarmers: G Field – “Legwarmer for heels”

Boots: Baiastice – “Oxa” (mesh) – NEW

Pose Chair (Picture 1): Fluke

Pose (Picture 2): Corpus

Poses (last Picture): [MIWA]

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

MVW 2012: Evening Gown for Miss Belgium 2012 by Champagne & Finesmith

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The stunning evening gown of Miss Belgium 2012, Miss Sylphia Constantine, was made by Champagne! Sparkling Fashion. Enzo Champagne himself created this wonderful and stunning evening gown for the this year Miss Virtual World challenge. The deep and shining red immediately caught my eyes. This is the red of an elegant and sophisticated gown called “Heart of Belgium”. The skirt is made dreamy flexible and if you take a closer look you can see all the awesome details. The waistpart that leads over to the skirt so perfectly, the silver decorations and the black and red feathers at the left hip… simply amazing. The upper part surrounds the waist and chest beautiful like a tight corset without any lines over the shoulders.The right shoulder is repeating the feathers of the hips and as well the little silver ornaments. A delicate lace texture covers the right chest and goes up over the shoulder round the neck. The same fabric you will find foe the tiny gloves that add as well even more elegance. In th middle of the cleavage we have a little key… maybe the key to the heart of the owner, maybe the key to her jewelry box? 😉

Talking about jewelry… The wonderful and incredible “Lush” set was made by yula Finesmith and it highlights the whole style of the fashionista. The little earrings go perfect with the huge shoulder piece and the hairpin puts a nother beautiful accent on every hairstyle. The bracelets repeat the shape of the hairpin again. The red of the jewelry is perfectly made according to the red of the gown and the silver as well goes with all the silver ornaments of the “Heart of Belgium”. The beautiful gown you will find at the Champagne! Sparkling Fashion Mainstore and for the delicate awesome jewelry you have to make your way to the Finesmith Mainstore.

Details

Gown: Champagne! Sparkling Fashion – “Heart of Belgium” – NEW

Jewelry: Finesmith – “Lush” – NEW

Skin: Glam Affair – “Linn” /light – D 02 – NEW

Hair: Son!a – “Lust”

Poses: Manifeste

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin

MVW 2012: National Gown for Miss Belgium 2012 by Champagne & Finesmith

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The wonderful, playful and still elegant national costume for Miss Belgium 2012 was made by Champagne! Sparkling Fashion. The sweet accent this outfit has combining with the cute flowers with the red and yellow colors gives the whole out fit immediately a positive attitude. The corset is made with such nice, filigree details, the texture with the little ornaments… just amazing. The flower decoration at the cheat part goes so wonderful with the jewelry and the short skit underlines the cute look perfectly. “Belgium Ducasse” was for one of the most cute outfits for this year MVW 🙂 The “Belgium Ducasse” dress you will find at the Champagne! Sparkling Couture Mainstore.

Miss Sylphia Constantine, our Miss Belgium 2012, did a very good choice with Champagne” Sparkling Fashion and Finesmith 😉

yula Finesmith did the beautiful jewelry for this sweet dress and again you can see how close designers work together, to create this amazing Miss Virtual World 2012 looks. The flower theme of the “Belgium Ducasse” is so very well caught with the “Touched by the Sun” set from Finesmith. All those little yellow & red flowers that are connected with this amazing long thin and filigree lines of noble metals… stunning! The umbrella is part of that incredible set and as well the collar, the headpiece and the earrings. The “Touched by the Sun” set together with so many more Miss Virtual World 2012 jewelry you can get at the Finesmith Mainstore 🙂

Details

Dress(incl. hat & shoes): Champagne! Sparkling Fashion – “Belgium Ducasse” – NEW

Jewelry (incl. umbrella): Finesmith – “Touched by the Sun” – NEW

Skin: Glam Affair – “Linn” /light D-02 – NEW

Facetattoo: White Widow – “Maple” /cooper

Hair: Baiastice – “Moira” /black

Poses: Body Talking

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

MVW 2012: Evening Gown for Miss Costa Rica 2012 by Son!a & Finesmith

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The evening gown for Miss Costa Rica 2012, Laetitia Vella,  was handcrafted by Sonia28 Jie, owner and designer of the very elegant and sophisticated brand Son!a. Son!a is one of the well-known, established luxury brands in Second Life for gowns. As you can see on this wonderful design of the “Laetitia Dress”, the textures are very high-class and totally awesome made by Sonia. All the little fans are perfectly highlighted and the shadows are carefully set to give the full view of the skills Sonia has if it comes to textures and design. If you make your way to the Son!a Mainstore you can see that she made this wonderful dress in 5 more beautiful colors, so you can choose your favourite for yourself ;). The dress is shoulder free what gives a lot of room for the awesome jewelry made by Finesmith. The “Laetitia” set yula made perfectly matching to the awesome “Laetitia Dress” The set contains the stunning headpiece, a pair of earrings and this incredible necklace. The “Laetitia” set you can find in many different color options at the Finesmith Mainstore.

Details

Gown (incl. hat): Son!a – “Laetitia Dress” /teal – NEW

Jewelry: Finesmith – “Laetitia” – NEW

Nails: Finesmith – “Golden Nails”

Skin: Glam Affair – “Linn” /light BL 01 – NEW

Hair: Baiastice – “Malvi”

Pose: Morgane Batista

Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin