Burlesque, Take Two

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now. Actually, every time I look at my site stats. My most viewed post that I constantly get hits on is from  February 2011 and it’s called Brief Burlesque. I have no idea if it’s in some strange gallery somewhere or if people just do ‘burlesque’ searches all the time and end there, but regardless: time for take two.

When I saw that deviousMind has a gacha of these outfits, I was porting over faster than you can say ‘feathers’. Then I obviously had to recreate the spirit of that first photoshoot and use a dance instead of static poses. Which resulted into hours of dancing around and taking pictures because yegads, trying to catch the right angle when shimmying about is not easy. Obviously wasn’t having fun at all. Noes, never.

As for the runner-ups stat-wise I’ve already done a take two on the golden skin so guess next I have to re-do the Minoan snake goddess… as soon as I see an updated outfit for that.

Scene: Miamai – Victorian Room prop with poses

Body: Skin: League – Sia Fair Bloom | Lipstick: Izzie’s – Red Lipstick | Hair:  Love Soul – Hair*055*Jet Black | Hands: Slink – Mesh Hands Casual 

Outfit: Outfit: deviousMind – Vayne Vamp | Boots: Schadenfreude – Leith Boots | Necklace & Earrings: Maxi Gossamer – Baroque Teardrop Gold (FaMESHed) | Bracelet: Mandala – Milky Way Bracelet Hawthorn Red

Dance: Studio4D – S4D_flamenco_82

 

52 Colours: Madder Lake Deep

The name of the colour piqued my interest so I did some poking around the net to find out that madder is a plant whose roots have been used to produce red dye for millennia and lake in this context does not refer to water, but is derived from lac. We’re speaking of the bright, strong red in the old masterworks. If it weren’t December, I might have gone to that direction, but since it is I admit I took the easy route and interpreted it as ‘santa red’. Shame on me. The hair by D!va, skin by Izzie’s and the house by Trompe Loeil can all be found in the current Collabor88. A lot of the decor is my old favourites of the season, but the noms and champagne by Poche in the foreground are available in RMK Gothic Frost Fair. The Ashraya dress by Geometry was just the right red and with all the gold it turned the whole look into a decoration, just need to find a big enough tree. I liked how the skin looks both fresh and blushed, either straight out of snow or perhaps after a tad too much mulled wine. I added a makeover by M.O.C.K. Cosmetics to take the skin even more to a holiday-at-home direction and crowned it with the As Darkness Falls necklace by House of Rain.

Scene: House: Trompe Loeil – Frostbite Cottage White | Tree: Sanu – Just Another Christmas Tree | Couch: LISP – Santa Candy Sofa Red | Stocking: LISP – Stocking Robin Red | Penguin: D-LAB – Sit-Penguin-B&W | Rug & Pillows: ~Libertine~ Green brocade rug & Red cushions | Noms & Champagne: Poche – xmas minicake, champagne, latte, stollen

Body: Skin: Izzie’s – Geanna Frostbite Skin fair DB | Eyes: Poetic Colors – Classic Frozen Silver Bright | Lashes: Redgrave – 39 – Luscious | Makeup: M.O.C.K. Cosmetics – Rumour Has It Makeover | Hair: D!va – Asami Onyx

Outfit: Dress: Geometry – Ashraya Red* | Shoes: G Field – Flower Pumps Red Eve | Stockings: Blacklace – Black Sheer Stockings | Necklace: House of Rain – As Darkness Falls Ruby/Gold* | Bracelet & Ring: Mandala – Milky Way Hawthorn 

Pose: BENT! - ONE. Simply Febrile Insomnia

Winter in Parisian Arcade

The Arcade has opened its doors for all the gacha-crazed folks to go bankrupt in! If you want to window-shop before porting in, here’s a convenient guide to browse.

Absolutely everything in the surrounding scene is from the Arcade. The frozen pond and the buildings are from PILOT’s christmas village, just made bigger. The table and several of the noms are by HANDverk, but there’s also noms by Tres Blah, plushies by Intrigue Co., dolls by Schadenfreude, a bunny bag by katat0nik, decorations and advent calendar by Trompe Loeil, a clock by Sway’s, the poses by !bang, arm chair by Art Dummy, a snowglobe by A.D.D. Andel… all the things!

As for the look itself, only the hat with hair by Love Soul and the skin by Glam Affair are from the Arcade, the rest is me having fun with cutesy winterness. SAKIDE’s Winter in Paris outfit is available in RMK Gothic Frost Fair until the end of December. I added white tights and ribbony lassitude & ennui boots and felt ready to go to snow-covered cafes of Paris.

Since it’s December, I’d like to remind you all that the advent calendars are running in several shops. These snowflake earrings for example are from Alice Project’s calendar. Yes, yes there’s been special christmas hairstyles, too. As for the other calendars, SL Blogger Support has a nifty list of them all right here, go visit!

Scene: Buildings: PILOT – Christmas Village | Table, a chair, noms: HANDverk – MadTEA Party | Noms: Tres Blah – Pastry Mania | Plushies: Intrigue Co. – Mesh Plushies | Dolls: Schadenfreude – Vouboo Gilly & Lorily | Clock: Sway’s – Pendulum Clock Night | Calendar & Decorations: Trompe Loeil – 12 Days of Christmas | Chair: Art Dummy – for winter conversations arm chair blue | Bag: katat0nik – sky/candy bunny | Snowglobe: A.D.D. Andel – Seasons Snowglobe Summer Beaches

Body: Skin – Glam Affair – Renee Fairy Tales 03 RAV | Eyes: Poetic Colors – Classic Frozen Silver Bright | Lashes: Redgrave – 39 – Luscious | Hair & Hat: Love Soul – A-Snow White*Jet Black 

Outfit: Dress & Cape: SAKIDE – Winter in Paris* | Tights: SAKIDE – Warm Pantyhose White* | Boots: lassitude & ennui – Prudence Boots Blue* | Ring: Mandala – Milky Nails | Earrings: Alice Project – Snowflake Earrings

Poses: !bang – mini sassy1 | !bang – mini sits 1 | part of furniture 

Twice the Libertine

I have wanted to make this post since Volstead released the Libertine lingerie. I knew the vintage lace would match perfectly with the decadence of the Marquis furniture set by ~Libertine~ and the name match was just too entertaining to pass up.

The lingerie consists of system layer garments for panties and top and an additional sheer lace mesh top to give it a more realistic shape. If you’re feeling daring, try leaving the glitch layer out. The matching Charleston slippers are also by Volstead.

All of the furniture and decor are from the Marquis set, most of the pieces also sold separately. The furniture has mature (cuddles) and adult versions with even a completely safe lounger if you just want to pose with red velvet and golden curves.

Be careful of all the drinks though, you never know what might happen if you indulge too much. All of it is called Libertine for a reason.

Scene: Surroundings: Fallen Gods Inc. – Bloody Mess | Furniture & Decor: ~Libertine~ Marquis Complete Set

Body: Skin: League – Sia Fair Bloom | Eyes: Poetic Colors – Classic Frozen Silver Bright | Lashes: Redgrave – 39 – Luscious | Hair: Waka & Yuki – Agata Model 02 | Makeup: M.O.C.K. Cosmetics – Strawberry Jam on Ice Makeover

Outfit: Lingerie: Volstead – Libertine Nightie Chess* | Shoes: Volstead – Charleston Slippers Chess* | Ring: Mandala – Milky Nails White | Bracelet: lassitude & ennui – Opulence Pearls Bracelet* 

Poses: A part of the furniture.

 

 

White Rose

It started with Zibska’s Amelie jewelry set, roses covering the skin, changed to white for the winter. The Mira makeup combined with the Giddy hairdo raising up into the heavens turned the whole thing into a fashion shoot, so I wrapped the rest into SAKIDE’s Fashion Skull Dress and looked for a wintry setting.

The clockwork music bear by Fairlock Industries can be found in Unhinged Festival. Same with the dress, the slipper bench by Senzafine and the pots with flowers by Deep Blue Sea Designs. I had to lie down to have any chance of showing off the whole of the hair. Or maybe I slipped on ice while trying to balance with heels. The sacrifices I make for photos, yes.

The Amelie jewelry set is available in The Gallery Gift Shop, the makeup is a new release and the hair the current gift in Zibska. The surroundings are a dream scene by Garden of Dreams, a frozen pool in front of a wintry cabin. The non-fir trees are their new mesh chill grove trees, currently available in their Christmas Market with the cabin and many other wintry products being on discount.

Once you do have your wintry environments arranged, I do recommend skates instead of heels and something warmer than this to traipsing through the snow. Don’t try this at home without sufficient amounts of hot coffee, mulled wine or campfire!

Scene: Garden of Dreams – Cabin Winter* | Trees: Garden of Dreams -  Chill Grove Trees* | Bench: Senzafine – Umbra et Lux Slipper Bench Winterstorm | Pots: DBS – blue & white pots fuzzy teal & white flowers

Body: Skin: League – Sia Fair Bloom | Eyes: Poetic Colors: Classic Frozen Silver Bright | Lashes: Redgrave – 39 – Luscious | Makeup: Zibska – Mira Coal* | Hair: Zibska – Giddy Black*

Outfit: Dress & Stockings: SAKIDE – Fashion Skull Dress* | Shoes: Schadenfreude – Black Flitter Dreamlander Heels | Necklace & Earrings: Zibska – Amelie Set* | Bracelets: Mandala – Lotus Chain Bracelets | Bear: Fairlock Industries – Clockwork Music Bear Lullabear

Poses: HDL – Muack | Olive Juice – Oh, these old things? | Exposeur – She’s Crafty 1 M

 

 

52 Colours: Bittersweet

Apparently oranges are even more tricksy for me than pinks. I started the look, got distracted, started taking pictures, got distracted again, started editing… yes, you get the idea. In the end I decided what I really need is coffee. Naminoke’s coffee cups with bunnies are perfect for these occasions.

After some inventory-diving I did find a dress in correct tone: it’s one of Bilo’s Pizazzle-ones. I’d also like to mention that colour-change HUDs like Alice’s are blogger-life-savers. This Steph hair is available in the current round of Zodiac. I ran to Ely’s sim for a cafe background, stood there barefeet and completely cheated by cropping. Bittersweet, distracted and coffee-clinging moment.

Body: Skin: Glam Affair – Mia Natural DiscoC 03 | Eyes: Mayfly – Liquid Light Mesh Eyes Early Autumn Shadow w2 | Lashes: Redgrave – 39 – Luscious | Hair: *Alice Project* – Steph*

Outfit: Bilo – Pizazzle Mini Dress Coral* | Necklace: Mandala – Omochi Necklace/Bathurst Red | Coffee: Naminoke – Coffee Red Bunny

Pose: aDORKable Poses – 2 of 25

 

This Is Halloween

I was just listening to it and since the official wonderful excuse to blame all the costumes on it is soon gone, I wanted to use it. I also wanted to make Halloween looks that are less costumeish and more approaching fashion. For this purpose I went to Zibska, because Zib’s creations always dance within the borders of couture and eccentric, perfect to either style up to avant garde or in this case: turn to Halloween.

Aliwera has a mesh skirt and extreme middle and head attachments, curving in gothic spikes that you could style for a spider queen, but I went more into basic classic noir glamour with it.

Ariane turned into a bone dancer, but it could be styled into a period dress or kawaii lolita look effortlessly. I simply could not resist Nuuna’s skeleton skin, so perfect for Halloween. If you leave the dress away, you have a PG skeleton skin to run around in.

Felicienne turned into a fashionable jester. Add an axe for Halloween parties and you’re set! The best part about shopping fashion for costumes is that you have outfits you can use all around the year, it’s simply a matter of how you style them.

Happy Halloween!

Aliwera:

Skin: Glam Affair – Mia Fairy Tales 2012 | Eyes: Repulse – Undead Eyes | Liner: Pin Me Down – Liner 6 & Beautiful Freak – Girl Poison Black | Lipstick: Izzie’s – Lipstick Red | Hair: Sky Everett – Lady Saelenar CAHH 2010 | Outfit: Zibska – Aliwera* | Bracelets: Mandala – Lotus Chains | Pose: Del May – Brain ache

Ariane:

Skin: Nuuna’s Skins – Voodoo people | Eyes: Nuuna’s Skins – Nuuna’s Creepy Black Eyes | Hair: Zibska – Petra White* | Outfit: Zibska – Ariane* | Pose: SLCposegiftThedeck05

Felicienne:

Skin: League – Sia Fair Bloom | Eyes: Poetic Colors – Frozen Silver Bright | Hair: Esk-Imo – Fraya CLR 02 | Eye makeup: Zibska – Delphina Sanguine & Zulu Berry | Lip: M.O.C.K. Cosmetics – Lucir Lipcolor Rubyfruit | Outfit: Zibska – Felicienne* | Hat: Zibska – Aliwera Hat | Pose: Pose Plastique – Harvester of Hearts Five

 

 

 

Zodiac: Scorpio

Stereotypically Miss Scorpio is the sexy redhead from any film ever, the one who oozes sex, trips the man on the floor and holds them there with a stiletto heel. Then the handcuffs come out. She’s also the redhead woman who will completely utterly destroy the said man’s life if she believes she has been scorned or betrayed: vengeance is her middle name.

Stereotypes aside Scorpio is an extremely intense sign, both in good and bad. They are fiercely independent, driven and when they set their mind on something, they will also achieve it. They might seem a bit aloof, because they keep their surface smooth, covering the depth of emotions.

If you manage to win a Scorpio over, they are extremely loyal friends and passionate lovers. Keep in mind though that Scorpios remember every slight and can bear a grudge for the rest of their lives, so make sure you never betray them.

Just like all the water signs, Scorpio is a well of imagination and intuition, but unlike shy Cancer or dreamy Pisces, they have the energy and fire to apply all of that into advancing in life: whether it’s career-wise or life in general, Scorpios are out to get what they want.

Scorpio-inspired round of Zodiac event has started: the hair, corset, necklace, chair and pose are from there. Steph-hair by *Alice Project* is a perfect combination of sensuality and attitude for any Scorpio girl out there. Most signs might shy away from literal bad-ass symbolism, but Scorpios would probably indulge in them: thus the Serket’s Servant necklace by A:S:S and Scorpion Chair by Conspiracy Theory. The Scorpio girl had to have a corset, there was absolutely no way around that, and fortunately *Perception* had both over- and underbust versions available. The standing pose is one from Exposeur’s pack called She’s Crafty.

The skin and makeup by Izzie’s are from another event that just started: The Costume Ball. I felt it nailed the Scorpio attitude of sexy danger just perfectly.

Scene: A:S:S – That night, skybox | Conspiracy Theory – Scorpion Chair Black

Body: Skin: Izzie’s – Fuyu Skin (Costume Ball Ed.) | Lips: Izzie’s – Lipgloss dark red | Eyes: Roly-Poly – GlassEyes Charcoal | Lashes: Redgrave – 39 – Luscious | Hair: *Alice Project* – Steph*

Outfit: Corset: *Perception* – Overbust Corset Scorpio | Pants: Deviance – Leather Pants Violet | Boots: Slink – Tall Leather Thigh Boots Curvy Black | Bangles, Rings & Nails: Mandala – Takara Buddha Black | Necklace: A:S:S – Serket’s Servant black (with sting)

Poses: Exposeur – She’s Crafty | Part of the chair.

 

 

 

 

Ambroise’s Vision

Ambroise goggles are a new release from Zibska and they were so outrageous with all the plumage that my first thought was the Capitol from the Hunger Games. I couldn’t quite pull off Effie though, so I adjusted the look into various darks, letting the goggles and feathers steal the show.

The Plaisance collar that looks like a collection of cubes is also by Zibska and it felt sufficiently cyber to be worn in the future. The top is from an old sale of Miamai’s, but the latex leggings by [ SAKIDE ] are currently available in the Resting Place — Pulse’s Halloween event — if you manage to find them!

I wanted something slightly strange and hinting to the Capitol’s bodymods or at least to more futuristic design to add to the whole, so Grollwerk’s hoof boots it is! Perfect to prance about in while preening in the feathers and watching the world through purple-colored goggles.

Scene: AeonFlux Sim

Body: Skin: League – Sia Fair Bloom | Eyes: Poetic Colors – Classic Frozen Silver Bright | Lashes: Redgrave – 39 – Luscious | Lipstick: Izzie’s – Lipstick Purple | Hair: Wasabi Pills – Veronica Mesh Hair Licorice 

Outfit: Goggles & Feathers: Zibska – Ambroise Goggles* | Collar: Zibska – Plaisance Collar* | Top: Miamai – Anais Shirt | Pants: [ SAKIDE ] – Bloody Zipped Latex Leggings Closed Black* | Boots: Grollwerk – Hoof Boots Black Straps | Bangles & Rings: Mandala – Takara Bangle Buddha Black & Nails

Poses: LAP – BG1-Barbie9 PR4 | aDORKable Poses – 8 of 25

 

 

Dahlia

Film Noir spells femme fatale to me. Drama back in the day when it was still a good thing, sophistication and seduction in the same packet, determination, intelligence and attitude. They were in control, knew what they wanted and knew how to play the game to get it. The Black Dahlia dress [ SAKIDE ] made for Cinema is all of those things.

Femme fatales require drama in their looks, there’s no subtleties between black and white, it’s all edge. The Willow hair by Alice Project works for this perfectly. It’s an editorial hair for creating the effect of wind blowing your hair to the side and it comes in both higher and lower versions (for more or less wind) and mirrors so you can decide which side do you want your hair to move in. Obviously editorial hairs really work only for pictures, but yegads we need more of them. So brilliant.

The makeup is by Adore & Abhor and it’s available in Cinema. It’s called Payback and it felt extremely fitting for Dahlia, as did the Queen’s Gambit necklace by lassitude & ennui. The necklace was probably intended for more fantasy looks, but in here it creates an obvious mystery to be solved. Where did she get it? Why do people want it? What’s its secret?

Dahlia’s outfit comes with two versions, this is the longer gown. Both are partial mesh, meaning that the top and pants are system layers and the skirt mesh, which means one size fits all. I love these hybrid mesh creations since I don’t have to cut off parts of Sonya’s body to fit in them.

The dress, makeup, hair and necklace can all be found in Cinema, which lasts the whole of October. [ SAKIDE ] is in Film Noir, lassitude & ennui in Fantasy/Musical and *Alice Project* and Adore & Abhor both in Action/Adventure.

Scene: Shady Falls Sim (1920′s roleplay sim, be polite when visiting)

Body: Skin: League – Sia Fair Bloom | Eyes: IKON – Sunrise Eyes Light Arabian Blue L | Lashes: Redgrave – 39 – Luscious | Makeup: Adore & Abhor – Payback Lips & Eyes* | Hair: *Alice Project* – Willow High & Lower*

Outfit: Dress: [ SAKIDE ] - Black Dahlia Dress* | Shoes: G Field – Flower Pumps Eve Black | Stockings: Black Lace – Black Sheer Stockings | Gloves: Sn@tch – Leather Gloves Black | Ring: Mandala – Milky Nails White | Necklace: lassitude & ennui – The Queen’s Gambit*

Poses: aDORKable Poses – Confident Leo 1 | !bang – Stand 135 | D.Luxx – Secrets 03