The Amazing Chrysalis – Now at Gypset Market

Have you heard of the Gypset Market?  It’s a sale event for BeStyle Magazine Group and features many wonderful designers, most of whom are Italian by nationality, if I’m not mistaken.  To purchase most of the items (if not all), you need to join the BeStyle Magazine Group (free to join) and wear your group tag.  I found Chrysalis through the Gypset Market.  Chrysalis is another one of those stores that, until now, have flown below my SL fashion radar.  Well, no longer!  I was very impressed with Kristine Lowey’s offering for the Gypset event and had to run over to snag it.  Once I had tried it on, I was drooling – really.  That’s how wonderful this outfit is!  I had to run over and check out the rest of her store.  I was *very* impressed.  As soon as I gather enough lindens, I’m going back there, for sure!  But what the heck am I rambling on about?  Well, here ya go!

I love *everything* about this outfit!  From the feathery skirt to the tassled cone-bras with the swirly concentric circles; from the jaunty bowler with the raggedy flower to the flouncy jabot and the sexy fishnet stocking, this outfit just rocks!  It’s a special color (and a gorgeous red it is) for the Gypset Market.  You can find the outfit in navy blue, black, and maybe white (if my memory serves me correctly) at the main store.  Let me tell you how much I loved this outfit.  None of the boots in my ginormous, ridiculously overstuffed, bursting at the seams inventory did it justice.  Yes, that’s right, this outfit made me go shopping – at Bax Coen where I picked up these gorgeous red ankle boots that matched to a T.  How much do you love how the skin matches?!  It was a group gift (still available? not sure!) from Aura.  (I’m a loooooong time fan of Tyr Rozenblum from waaaaaaay back!)  The hair is also a group gift (probably still available) from Emo-tions.  If you join Emo-tions, you’ll soon have a ton of new hairstyles and outfits because many, many old group gifts are still sitting out in vendors on the wall and piled in gift boxes in front.  Just wear your group tag and “fill your boots” as my Scottish friend used to say.  I found these earrings in my inventory; they’re an old hunt gift from Ear Candy (probably one of the Starlust sim hunts from way back).  They were the perfect shade to matchy matchy.  For the wrist warmers/cuffs, I went with LouLou&Co.’s Tango in Crepescule Red.  Finally, I was feeling like a pretty badazz fashionista and decided I needed to add my Kitty Galore Sharp Claws from Virtual/Insanity.  I think they’re mostly hidden in the pics above though.

Well, that’s about all.  I took another pic and GIMPed it a bit for effect;  if you’d like to see, it’s on my flickr.  Actually it’s probably on the left side bar of the blog here. lol  Anyway, if you want this outfit at a *very* special price, you need to run over to the Gypset Market by March 25!  Until next time…

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

Items marked with an * denote review copies.  Muchas gracias, merci beaucoup, and many thanks to the wonderful designers that support my acquisitive passion for SL fashion!

Outfit with Hat – Chrysalis – Poetic – Red – Gypset Market

Hair – Emo-tions – Claire – Red – Group Gift

Skin – Aura – Helena – Love Notes – Paper (special tone) group gift

Boots – Bax Coen – Ankle Boots Red Patent

Earrings – Ear Candy – Red Hot Earrings – Ruby large

Wristwarmers/Cuffs – LouLou&Co – Tango – Crepescule Red*

Claws – Virtual/Insanity – Kitty Galore Sharp Claws*

Lashes by Beetlebones

Eyes by IKON (formerly Fashism)

Bubblez Designs, Haus of Darcy, and Gifts and Sales from around the Grid

Bubblez Designs has some really nice items out right now, and I thought I’d show them to you, along with lots of freebies and sale items that I picked up in the last few days.  This is the time of year for gifts, and boy, have our designer friends been generous!

First up is a gorgeous new outfit from Bubblez, which is *not* free, but is a total bargain for all you get.  The Blood Rose outfit comes with the dress with lots of sculpted embellishments, gloves, legcuffs, earrings, shoes (not the ones I’m wearing though), and the hair with ornaments.  It also comes with the hair ornaments separate so that you can wear your own hair with it.  It’s easily resizeable, too.  The Bubblez Doll Shoes are not part of this outfit, but they are another new release from that store.  The shoes that come with the dress are pretty, but they’re flats and I prefered the way these cut-out heel shoes with lace socks looked with the dress.

Aren’t the shoes cute?  And they come in lots of other colors, too, besides this Blood Rose pair.  You can also get a closer look at the beautiful sculpted rose and chains adornments on the outfit.  So cool!  The skin I’m wearing is a recent gift from [VoiD] – check the notices for the “Share the Love” gift.  I’ve added the makeup tattoo from the Gala Phoenix group gift coz I love love those red lips!  I’ve also added new piercings from Haus of Darcy, which has lots of newness out right now.  HoD also has done new colors for their piercings – like a pretty pomegranate, green, purple, and blue.  I’m wearing the Lisbeth piercing in the color called Seep (red).  The green Starlight eyes are a Christmas gift from the Plastik.

Next up is a L$12 Fur Vest from Bubblez, with which I’ve created a LOTD.  I never do those (mostly coz they’re time consuming to put together), but some recent additions to my inventory just begged me to throw them together.  So, here I’m wearing a very cool mesh skirt from Aura, which is having a sale right now.  It comes in lots of colors, and with or without the skull on the side.  Love that skirt!  The awesome boots are from the hot, new store Death Row Designs.  These are the Boundcuffed Chain boots in black.  They come in tons of other dirty colors, too.  They’re messy and worn and totally cool.  You gotta love boots with handcuffs, am I right?  😀  The shirt worn under the fur vest is from Roots, the clothing annex of RedMint, which is also having a huge sale right now.  The skull top (which is for guys, I think, but worked for me under the vest), also comes with the ripped, chained gloves and a hoodie.

The beautiful skin is a special Christmas makeup of Illusory’s Paige skin line.  It’s available as part of the Year End Sale at Illusory, Aura, Cheeky Pea, and a few other stores working together.  The necklaces (I’m wearing two) are from Forsaken – the red one is the Biohazard Batty necklace, and the longer one is the Key to the Beyond Necklace.  The hair is also relatively new – this is Wasabi Pills’ Clementine style which has a color-change hairtie. Unfortunately, SL was being stupid for me and not allowing me to change the color of the hairband.  It was no big deal though since I was wearing black and grey anyway. 🙂  Finally, the piercings are again from Haus of Darcy, this is a reworking of the popular Crow’s Crux piercing set.  Aydan has added new colors, including this pretty red Seep color.  The piercing comes with and without the crow feather dangling from your mouth.

Finally, I have one more LOTD outfit to show you, again built around an item from Bubblez Designs.

This is the relatively new Bubblez Winter Jacket in a nicely done black leather.  It includes the cute chained tie, and also comes with a version without the tie, and the tie separately.  You can mix and match to your heart’s content.  The teensy, barely there, mini is another sale item from Roots – the high waisted mini jeans set.  The Death Row Designs boots here are the blue version of the Boundcuffed Chained boots.  The hair is part of Exile’s Christmas subscribo gift.  I think this is meant to be a guy’s style, but I love it!  The skin is the Curio group gift Angel skin, worn in the Moonbeam tone.  I have to say that I love the skin, but I wish it had darker eyebrows!  This is the “dark” version, too!  I tried to find an eyebrow tattoo in my inventory, to no avail.  But, I shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth, so thank you Gala; I love the skin, especially the makeup tattoo with the full, red lips!  The earrings are part of Emo-tions’ Christmas gifts, which (sadly) have been removed.  Yep, the tree is gone, and poor little Kat didn’t get a chance to grab them.  One last item to mention is the third new release piercing from Haus of Darcy.  This is the Reach Piercing set in the green color called Tide.  It took me quite awhile to fit the separate pieces, but I think it was totally worth it.  HoD makes the coolest piercings, don’t they?

Whew!  Well, that’s it for now.  If I don’t blog again soon, I wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year, filled with all the wonderful things you can imagine.   Until next time,

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Oops!  Post edited to let you all know that Bubblez has a new sim, a new look, a new landmark, and a store-wide SALE!  Everything except new releases are on sale for only L$50.  And there’s a new pretty mermaid necklace in the lucky board!  See you there!

Items marked with an * denote review copies.  Muchas gracias, merci beaucoup, and many thanks to the wonderful designers who support my acquisitive passion for SL fashion!

Details:

No. 1:

Dress, Hair, Earrings, Legcuffs –Bubblez Designs – Blood Rose*

Shoes – Bubblez Designs – Doll Shoes – Blood Rose*

Skin – [VoiD] – Dust – Share – Light – GenX II (Cleavage)

Makeup – Curio (GP) – Holiday Makeup for Party Girl (Dark)

Piercings – Haus of Darcy – Lisbeth – Seep*

Eyes – The Plastik – Vae Collection – Starlight Eyes (Christmas Gift)

No.  2:

Vest – Bubblez Designs – Fur Vest (L$12 promotion til Jan. 3)*

Skirt – Aura – Bulletproof Ruffled Pencil Skirt – Skull – Black (Mesh)

Boots – Death Row Designs – Boundcuffed Chained Boots – Black*

Skin – Illusory – Paige – Milk – FaLaLaLaLa

Shirt and Gloves – >>Roots<< – 00T10015*

Earrings – Emo-tions – Passion Earrings (freebie)

Piercings – Haus of Darcy – The Crow’s Crux – Seep*

Necklaces – -=Forsaken=- Biohazard Batty – Red; and Key to the Beyond Necklace*

Hair – /Wasabi Pills/ – Clementine – Ash*

No. 3:

Jacket – Bubblez Designs  – Winter Jacket*

Skirt – >>Roots<< – High Waist Mini Jeans Set*

Top – >>Roots<< – Underbust Outfit*

Skin – GP (Curio) – Moonbeam – Dark – Angel – Happy Holidays 2011

Makeup – GP (see above)

Piercings – Haus of Darcy – Reach – Tide*

Boots – Death Row Designs – Boundcuffed Chained Boots – Dirtyblue*

Hair – Exile – Pulse – Raven/Sin (subscribo gift)

Newbie Style Challenge II

So, I feel kinda bad coz ever since I read that Gogo was doing another Newbie Style Challenge, I’ve been practically AWOL as Desiree.  I love creating new avatars, but since LL did away with last names, I was not thrilled with being BlanketyBlank Resident.  Ewwww.  What a horrible development.  But Gogo tipped us all off that the Library of Birmingham’s entrance portal still has names available.  That was all I needed to decide that the challenge was on!

I rezzed inworld as Katastrophic Hurricane (lol) on November 5th and have been having so much fun ever since.  Nothing like a new challenge to rev up one’s SL, huh?  The challenge is to create a new avatar and spend no more than L$550 to pimp him or her out.  Because freebie challenges have gotten a bad rap – designers depend on people spending lindens, not just grabbing freebies all the time – Gogo encouraged people to spend a little.  I have spent some lindens on Kat – a total of L$159 so far, but honestly, for this post, I spent only about L$10, thanks to gridwide hunts, lucky chairs, midnight manias, group gifts, and the wonderful FabFree store.

This is my favorite of the new looks.  The skin is available at the FabFree store from Imagen – it’s an older skin, but I’ve always loved the Lia skins.  I added tattoo layer makeup from MOCK, also free at the FabFree store.  I picked up the shape, which I’m wearing throughout this post, from Salt and Pepper for the Mushroom Hunt.  The cute necklace is also a Mushroom Hunt gift – this one from EY:NO.   I have to say that I’ve fallen in love with this quirky little shape.  My daughter, who is an art student, swears that this face is completely unrealistic – the features are too large for the head, but I don’t care.  There’s just something so wistful and sad, and a bit alien about her.  As I pointed out to her, SL avatars don’t have to be realistic!

My next look is thanks to the lucky board at Blue Blood.  I stalked those boards for quite a few hours, I must admit, trying to get this pink version.  Yes, very funny coz I’m Blue Blood’s “official” blogger – I update the store blog, and I could have easily just asked Ghani for the dresses, but that wouldn’t have been fair.  One of the challenge’s rules is that you cannot get your designer friends to give you stuff.  The shoes are the latest subscriber welcome gift from G Field, by the way.  I don’t think I have these for Desiree!  The cute hair is the Snow White hair from Bubblez Designs, available at the Bloggers R Us shop.  The skin is a brand new group gift from [VoiD], and I’ve added tattoo eyemakeup and lipstick layers, also available from [VoiD].  I admit the makeup was a gift from False Imako of VoiD.  I thanked her for putting out a newbie kit for those under 30 days old, and I asked her where the tattoo layer makeups were located, and voila, she gave me these!  Since I didn’t “request” the items, I’m going to use them!  (*sticks out tongue*)

Speaking of [VoiD]’s newbie kit, here’s the lovely, slightly battered skin that’s available free for new avatars.  You get the skin, eyelashes, eyes, a shape, a top, jeans, and even a basic girly AO.  I’ve added a tattoo from Para Designs called “Bleeding Eyes.”  The outfit was free from Pinkmare’s House.  I think it was a MM prize, but I don’t recall coz there are five lucky’s there, plus a MM board.  After about a week, I have quite a few Pinkmare’s outfits.  The hair is from Exile, which has a bunch of freebies at the mainstore.

Last, but certainly not least, I hit up Sn@tch to see what Ivey had for the new players.  Although I couldn’t find the “new player kit” at the mainstore, I did find this cute outfit, including the earrings, at the FabFree store.  The skin is a freebie from Weird Designs; I’m not sure whether you have to join the group or not, but if so, it’s free to join.  The pumps are still the new subscriber gift from Maitreya – a bunch of colors, just for slapping a subscriber board.  Nice!  The hair is the new celebration gift from Dura – again, the group is free to join.

Well, that’s about it for Kat and the Newbie Style Challenge II.  I guess I need to log in as Desiree and take care of blogging all the wonderful things the designers have been sending me!  I have a feeling I’ll be visiting Kat again soon, though.  Who knows?  She may even find herself a permanent place on this blog!   Until next time…

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

No. 1:

Dress – Exura Xue – FabFree – Lolita Dress

Skin – Imagen – Lia – Norte – Natural – FabFree

Tattoo – Para Designs – Bleeding Eyes Goth Black (free)

Arm Tattoos – Para Designs – Gypsy Color Dark (free)

Earrings – U&R Dogs – FabFree – Ma Mere L’Oye

Hair – Emotions – FabFree – Teresa Brown

Makeup – MOCK – FabFree – Licorice Whips Makeover

Boots -* BF* – Free*Style Store –  My Little Black Boots

Eyes – Amacci – Insight Winter Image Eyes (with Eye Sparkle) – Group Gift

Shape – [S]alt [and] [P]epper – Campanilla Shape – Mushroom Hunt Gift

Lashes – Bare Sensual – Dead Girl Lashes (came with L$1 Halloween skin)

Bracelet – Chop Zuey – Sedona Sunset Bracelet – Mushroom Hunt Gift

Necklace – EY:NO – Mushroom Necklace – Mushroom Hunt Gift

No. 2:

Dress – +++Blue Blood+++ – Cassandra – Pink – Lucky Board

Skin – [VoiD] – Rainbow Hawke Group Gift – Hawke – Butter – Natural – New Generation

Elf Ears – part of VoiD Group Gift above

Eyeshadow & Lipstick – [VoiD] – Eyeshadow – Black; Lipstick – Baby (Gloss) – New Generation (gift!)

Hair – Bubblez Designs – Snow White Hair – at the Bloggers R Us store

Lashes – Free*Style – Foxy Lashes

Necklace – Lolapop! – Just a Little Goth Necklace – (L$1)

Shoes – G*Field – Bow Strap Shoes – Kate – Plum – Subscriber Welcome Gift

Eyes – Amacci – GreyBrown Eyes – free

Tattoo – Heartsick – There is No Fate – Freebie Box of Randomness at the Neverwas Is Event

Bracelet – Amourous – You – Marketplace L$1

No. 3:

Dress with Hat – Pinkmare’s House – Rotten Candy (Midnight Mania or Lucky Board)

Hair – Exile – Ali – Marble (free)

Hairbase Tattoo – Amacci – free fatpacks

Skin – [VoiD] – Have a Heart Newbie Kit – Candy – Heartbreaker – Natural – New Generation

Eyes – [VoiD] – Mute II Constricted Black – part of Newbie Kit

Eyelashes – [VoiD] – Eyelashes – Feather – part of Newbie Kit

Necklace – Dark Mouse – Vintage 50’s Pearls Necklace – FabFree Store

No. 4:

Sweater, Capris, and Earrings – Sn@tch – FabFree Gift

Hair – Dura – Celebration Gift – Black (new gift!)

Skin – Weird Designs – Twisted (Skin Preview) – free group gift

Eyes – Amacci – BrownGreen Eyes – Group Gift

Emo-tions New Releases – Inspired by Sucker Punch

Emo-tions’ new releases this weekend were inspired by the new movie, Sucker Punch.  I haven’t seen the film yet, but the trailers are definitely intriguing.  The promo for the film  describes it as “an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary. When she is locked away against her will, she urges four other young girls to band together to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors. With a virtual arsenal at their disposal, the girls engage in warfare against everything from samurais to serpents. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive.”  Cool, huh?  The trailer shows some incredible special effects/animation, too.  So, after you’ve googled the film, if you haven’t already seen it, here’s Emo-tions homage to Babygirl.

If you look at the movie stills, Mirja just captured the outfit and the hair dead-on.  The hair comes separately from the outfit, and it comes in other colors, of course.  The shoes come with this outfit as well, but the AK-47 was just one I found in my inventory.  It is definitely not a high quality weapon. lol  But it got the job done for the pic.  But maybe Babygirl is not your favorite character from Sucker Punch.  Here’s the Sweet Revenge outfit, similar to the one worn by Sweet Pea.

This outfit comes with a thong style panty (worn) or shorts with a bit more booty coverage.  It also comes with the hair with hood with both upper and lower hair pieces so that your hair doesn’t sink into your chest.  You also get the boots!  Basically, you get everything you see me wearing except for the shape, skin, sword, and armwarmers (which I probably should have removed).  Niiiiiiice outfit!

And lastly we have Billie, reminiscent of the character Blondie’s look.

Billie has a cute little triple bag backpack, awesome strappy, fringed arm and leg pieces, and these really nice boots.  The whole outfit is beautifully made from top to bottom.  So much fun to wear and walk around in.  You’ll feel totally bad-ass, I swear!  Here are a few more shots of the new hair releases this week.

From left to right, that’s the Billie hair in snow without the goggles, and the Babygirl hair in Flames.  The far right style is a new group gift – Marla in darkbrown.  So, if you haven’t already, go over to Emo-tions and grab some cool new hairstyles and outfits.  Don’t be the last person on your sim to wear these. 😉

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

No. 1:

Outfit, including shoes  – Emo-tions – Babygirl

Hair – Emo-tions – Babygirl – blonde

Skin – Mynerva – Kia 2 Cleavage

Makeup – Mynerva – Mynerva Cosmetics – Dusk Heavy

Eyes – Fashism – Sunrise Eyes – Light Steel Blue

Lashes by Amacci

No. 2:

Outfit, including boots and hair with hood – Emo-tions – Sweet Revenge

Eyes – Exodi – Zbilja Spirit –  Goldenrod (old Gacha item)

Armwarmers – Acide – Enlace-Moi

Skin – Tik Tok – Heather – Fair – HB/Cleavage/Gold Sand (old group gift)

Makeup – Amacci – Eye Tattoo Divine – Gold

No. 3:

Outfit with boots and bag  – Emo-tions – Billie

Hair – Emo-tions – Billie with Goggles – Black

Skin – see no. 1

Makeup – Mynerva – Mynerva Cosmetics – Dark No Blush

New Releases from Emo-tions

This weekend’s new releases from Emo-tions consist of a lovely Spring gown and two hairstyles – one a sophisticated pulled back style, and the other a wonderfully curly short style. Each hairstyle works great with the gown, but I chose the Annika hair in darkbrown.

The Silence is Golden gown is a lovely peach shade with gold accents.  The skirt has transparent and painted textures that work really well together, and the dress moves beautifully.  Doesn’t Mynerva’s Pacific Crisis Fundraiser skin, Isana, just glow with this peach dress?  Love that!  I chose Miel’s Fifty Linden Friday necklace, Echo, because of the color-change ability of the different parts.  I love a versatile piece of jewelry, don’t you?   I do confess that I had to modify my shape to be less busty to be able to wear this necklace.  So, if Des looks a little less curvaceous than usual, that’s why.  Getting back to the Annika hairstyle, I adore EMO-tions curly hairstyles like this one.  In RL my hair is straight-as-nails, so it’s fun to see “myself” in curly hair.  I also think that the curly styles show the shininess of EMO-tions’ textures best.  Each little wave just shines – so nice!   Take a look at the Naturals color of Annika, as well as the other new style – Adora.

Annika in Naturals is at the top, obviously – love that red/blonde – so many pretty color variations in one style.  The bottom two hairstyles are the Adora style in Naturals (left) and Flames (right).  Adora features a beautiful pearl and diamond hair accessory and is elegant enough for almost any style of fancy attire.  There are wispy little fringes that frame your forehead, too.

Well, that’s it for now.  I hope you’re enjoying your Sunday.  Until next time….

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

No. 1:

Dress – EMO-tions – Silence is Golden

Hair – EMO-tions – Annika – Darkbrown

Skin and Lashes – Mynerva – Isana – Pale – Kibou Blush (for PCF)

Eyes – Fashism – Sunrise Eyes – Light Steel Blue (available only at the Fashion for Life event – Bourke-White sim)

Earrings – Dark Mouse – Sweet Hethr Earrings  – Copper – Gacha at FFL – Bourke-White sim

Necklace – Miel – Echo Necklace (FLF)

Hairbases by Amacci

No. 2:

Hair by EMO-tions – Annika and Adora, as indicated above

Emo-tions New Releases – More Sexy RP Wear and New Hair

Emo-tions released several new hairstyles, including a group gift for girls, and an add-on or reworking of the sexy Xandor outfit released earlier this year.  Outfits like Xandor are really the only pants that I’ll wear in SL.  If you’ve noticed, I’m much more of a skirt and dress girl.  But when the pants outfit is as sexy as this, I’m all over it!

Did you notice the fringes on the leather pants?  Love that!  This is definitely a sexy update for the Xandor outfit (blogged previously here).  The main feature of the outfit is the long, belted coat, but it’s just as sexy without it.  Xandor 2 comes in both male and female sizes, so the boys can look hot, too.   I’m wearing one of the new Emo-tions hairstyles with Xandor – Breath 2.  I love this messy, wavy style.  And black is my color, as you know. 🙂  I’m not particularly crazy about red hair, but I do love Emo-tions’ Flame hair color.  Look how sexy Breath 2 looks in red.

Emo-tions may just yet make me a redhead; I love the color variations in the textures.  The long, unkempt, fine hair to the right is the group gift – Melina in Darkbrown.  Big, wild hair!  Finally, Candy is the other new release hair for this weekend.

 

Candy is another messy style, this time with asymmetical bangs and wavy fringes everywhere.  It’s definitely suited for role-playing fashions.  In case you’re wondering, the jewelry and piercings worn here are by the awesome Haus of Darcy (HoD).  Their stuff always makes me feel so bad-ass. 🙂

Well, I wish you a wonderful Sunday in both your lives; don’t forget to hit the weekend sales and events if you can find the time.  And there are still many great hunts in progress.  Seriously, how can one little avatar find time to do them all? 🙂

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

No. 1:

Oufit – Emo-tions – Xandor 2

Hair – Emo-tions – Breath 2 – Black

Skin – Mynerva – Cynthias Sister – Hope’n Pray 2 Cleavage

Boots – Silken Moon – Sleekers Cream (but they’re black. 0_o)

Earrings – Violet Voltaire – Cameo Gargoyle Black

Piercings – Haus of Darcy – The Crux – Silver Lining – Female

Bracelet – Haus of Darcy – Fallen Bracelet Female

Necklaces – Haus of Darcy – Mercenary Parts 1 and 2 (female)

Hairbase and Lashes by Amacci

Eyes by House of Ruin

No. 2:

Hair (left) – Emo-tions – Breath 2 – Flames

Hair (right) – Emo-tions – Melina – Darkbrown (group gift)

No. 3:

Hair (left, right) – Emo-tions – Candy – Naturals and Darkbrown

Malfean Visions – Transparent

Have you been to Malfean Visions?  My first visit there was prompted by members of the Thrifty Goth Group calling for a mobvend.  I loved the dresses I got that day so much that I blogged them here.  Ever since then I’ve found myself going back to Malfean Visions to see what Lokii Violet has new.  Last weekend, she had a bunch of boots on sale and in the Midnight Mania/Mobvend/Lucky Chair, etc.  I’m wearing two of the Captain’s Quarters boots in this post.  But I want to show you mainly Lokii’s new clothing release – Transparent.

You can see why it’s called “Transparent,” right?  I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else has had this idea, but Lokii’s is the first that I remember.  I think it’s quite brilliant – a shirt top that looks like an x-ray.   It’s like the top is transparent skin.  Cool!  The skirt is also very sexy, yet fully covers you.  It’s completely closed in the back with a separate center panel in the front.  I love this jewelry from LouLou&Co – none of it new, but all of it still awesome.  (See details below).  I’m wearing a semi-new, or at least new to me piercing from my new fave – HoD (Haus of Darcy).  This is part of the Crux Piercing Set and this option includes the septum ring, lip rings, lower lip studs, dimple studs, and a nose-bridge piercing.  This set also comes with a crow feather option, which is uber cool but didn’t really “go” with Transparent.  Here’s the Smoke color of Transparent.

The hair I’m wearing is not yet available – it’s one of EMO-tions releases this Saturday – Amelie in darkbrown.  I wanted something wispy and messy, and this hairstyle filled the bill.

I love this white version, too.  Oh, I almost forgot to mention that the outfit comes with the necklace you see here – lagniappe!  Here are the other seven colors that are available for Transparent.

Fuchsia, Blue, Green, Purple

Ochre, Teal, and Orange

Do you see the movement in the Teal version?  Yes, I am so happy I was able to capture that for your viewing pleasure coz Transparent moves beautifully. 🙂  Plus, you can see the awesome Malfean Visions boots that way, too.

I am dead-tired, so I shall say good night. *yawns*

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

Outfit with Necklace – Malfean Visions – Transparent – Phuri

Skin – Nomine – Papillon – China (various makeups)

Hair – EMO-tions – Amelie – Darkbrown

Shoes – Malfean Visions – Captains Quarters – Royal Pewter

Piercings – HoD (Haus of Darcy) – The Crux – Slide – Female

Arm Bracelets – LouLou&Co – Willow – Red

Bracelets – LouLou&Co – Asteroid – Red

Nails – Virtual/Insanity – Oh My Goth! Nails

Hairbase and Lashes by Amacci

Transparent Blue:

Bracelets – LouLou&Co – French Kiss; Crepescule V2

Transparent Teal:

Boots – Malfean Visions – Captains Quarters – Royal Turquoise

New Lingerie from Paradisis; New Hair from EMO-tions

Yep, I’m back with more stuff to show you.  First up, Paradisis released a new lingerie set for Valentine’s Day.  Ankhari’s been very busy with RL lately and hasn’t released much, but she did manage to make Diva.

I forgot to show it without the waist cincher and just the panties, but you can certainly wear it that way, too.  The skin is another one that I picked up at the Knitting Circle sale at Pink Fuel last night.  Pink Fuel’s skins are so purty!  The pretty goth black nails (they have red hearts on them) is from Virtual/Insanity and they’re either on sale or free as a hunt gift.  Honestly, there are so many hunts and Valentine’s sales, I can’t keep up with them all!

My second bit of news is that it’s new release day at EMO-tions.  This week’s releases are a new group gift hair (previously blogged), and two new styles, each with a variation (so 4 new styles actually) – Chiara and Penny.  Take a look.

This is the Chiara II (left) and Chiara III (right) styles.  Chiara III has a section of hair pulled up with chains as accessories.  It would be great for Gorean role players, I think.  It also looks damned good on anyone else who wants a really long style. 🙂  The dress is from Sassy Kitty Designs and is free in the Dark Katz Hunt.  It also comes with a white top with a black “newsprint” design, hence the name – Newspapers Dress.  It’s unusual and very sexy. (Note to self:  I totally need to do a whole post on Sassy Kitty’s latest stuff.)  Ok, more EMO-tions hair.

This one is Penny II in black and brown.  It comes in other colors of course.  I love wispy hair like this with lots of movement.  If you’d like the style a little longer, then the original Penny is for you.

This is Penny in white and darkred – very nice. 🙂  That cool bracelet is from Haus of Darcy (a/k/a HoD).  I went there for a hunt and ended up buying several things.  I honestly don’t remember if this was the hunt gift or something I bought.  (I seriously need to start taking notes, huh?)  You know that’s why stores join hunts, right?  They hope you’ll find the gift and stay to shop a little.  You’re welcome, HoD.  😀

Well, I had another new hair to show you – a hunt gift.  But on closer examination, the hair won’t be released for another month in the Diamond is Mine 2 Hunt.  Sooooo, I’ll try to remember to post that when it’s time.  Mirja of EMO-tions is way ahead in her workload it seems.  (Good for her!)

So, I don’t think I’ll be back today, but I’ll most likely have something to show you tomorrow.  Until then….

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

No. 1:

Lingerie – Paradisis – Diva

Hair – ploom – Lola – Angelfood

Skin – Pink Fuel – Skye – Honey – Pink Pearl (dkbrow)

Nails – Virtual/Insanity – My Depraved Valentine Hunt – ❤ Nails

Earrings – Lolapop! – Beating Heart Baby – Darks

Necklace – Lolapop! – Beating Heart Baby Necklace – Polka Dot

Boots – Patchwork Heart – Banded Ankle Boots – Lucky Chair

No. 2:

Outfit – Sassy Kitty Designs – Dark Katz Hunt – Newspapers Girl

Bracelet – DV8 – Tainted Love Hunt – Dark Spell Bracelet (female gift)

Bracelet – HoD – Fallen Bracelet

Skin – Nomine – Papillon – China – Opiate Opium (black lips)

Hair – EMO-tions – Chiara II, Chiara III, Penny, Penny II, as noted above

The Delectable Doll’s Mobvend Bargains and Whatevr’s Free Avatar for Noobs

Such a utilitarian post title.  But I’ve come to realize that that’s just me – the utilitarian goth/alt blogger. lol  I take nice pictures that show the designers’ clothes and make no claims to have any artistic talent whatsoever. 😀  Anywhooo…  Tonight’s post is going to be another long one coz I have lots to show you.  First up, how about a lovely Valentine-themed dress available only in the mobvendor at The Delectable Doll?  Simple Love comes in several colors, and Sherri has been putting them one by one into the mobvendor where the price goes down to only L$25.  As of last night, the pink color was in there.  But I’m not going to show you that one.  I have the black, red, and the blue to show you.  It really doesn’t matter though coz they’re all so pretty.

Isn’t it a cute dolly dress?  I think so!  It has a gothic heart pattern on the dress and stockings.  I’m wearing some cute goth jewelry from Lolapop! – the new Willow necklace and the older God Save the Queen bracelet and earrings (which you really can’t see).  The shoes are some newer ones from Dilly Dolls.  Ori makes such great dolly shoes.  The hair is yesterday’s release from Magika – Nayla.   I love how it’s gathered messily in the back in a loose ponytail.   Here are the red and the blue Simple Love.

 

Remember, if you want these, you’ll need to drop by The Delectable Doll to see which color is currently in the mobvendor.  Then call everyone you know and watch the price drop.  Oh!  This skin!  It’s a free one from Apple May Designs and is such a great Valentine’s (or really anytime) dolly skin.  The heavy blush, the red eyeshadow, and the heart-shaped red lipstick are wonderful.  You get several tones – this is the “gothly” one! – and best of all, it’s free!

Do you want something really nice for free?  Well, unless you’re 60 days old or less, you won’t be able to get this one, unfortunately.  Belladonna at Whatevr has made this really nice full avatar – hair, skin, shape, shoes, and outfit – for free.  So, if you know a noob who needs a makeover, or hell, if your new alt needs a makeover, here ya go!

 

So, it really isn’t very “gothy,” but it’s just gorgeous anyway!  The shape you see on the far right is the shape that comes in the kit, which is called “Virgin,” by the way – great name!  I’m wearing my own shape in the other photos coz I like my own shape. 😛  As I said, everything you see here comes in the kit.  Isn’t that skin beautiful??  Belladonna is getting so good at doing everything!  I had to shoot a sexy pose in this skin!

Ok, one last thing.  If you love this outfit and are pissed at me coz you can’t get it for your “old” avatar, well, Bella hasn’t forgotten us SL seniors.  She released Flesh and Blood – the same outfit in different colors.  Check it out.

You get the high-waisted pants and three tops in flesh (gold), blood (red), and black.  You can wear the pants without the top part if you don’t want them to be high-waisted, I guess.  In case you’re modest and don’t like to show the girls this much, Bella has also included a lace undershirt with a prim collar.

I’m wearing the shoes and skin that were in the noob kit.  The hair is an upcoming release from Emo-tions that will be available tomorrow as a group gift.  You’re not a member of Emo-tions group?  Are you nuts?  Mirja gives out a free hair about every other week!  This one is darkbrown and curly, with a headband that’s color-changeable.  More curly hair!  \o/  Ok!  I gotta go inworld to hit those FLF specials!  See ya!

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

No. 1:

Dress – The Delectable Doll – Simple Love – Black (newish!)

Skin – Apple May Designs (AMD) – Katey – Gothly – VDay Special (new!)

Hair – Magika – Nayla – Blacks (new!)

Shoes – Dilly Dolls – Stella Dollies – Darks

Earrings/Bracelet – Lolapop! – God Save the Queen – Red Plaid

Necklace – Lolapop! – Willow – Black Pearls with Red Rose

Lashes by Amacci

Eyes by House of Ruin

No. 2:

same as above except:

Dress – The Delectable Doll – Simple Love – Red (newish!)

Earrings – Lolapop! – Beating Heart Baby – Darks

Bracelet – Lolapop! – Wicked Elegance – Black Pearls

No. 3:

same as above except:

Dress – The Delectable Doll – Simple Love – Blue (newish!)

Bracelet – Lolapop! – Corset Bracelet – Blue

Nos. 4 & 5:

Outfit, including shape, skin, hair, and boots – Whatevr – Virgin

Choker – Bad Juju – Frack Love Choker – Tainted Love Hunt

Nails – *JD* Designs – Nails – Black Studs (Subscribo gift)

Nos. 6 & 7

Outfit – Whatevr – Flesh and Blood

Skin – Whatevr – Virgin pale (in noob kit)

Hair – EMO-tions – Celeste – Brown

+++Blue Blood+++ New Release – Whitegoth Strappy

I’m so behind in blogging Blue Blood’s releases.  Since the last time I blogged Blue Blood, Ghani released a dress called Tuesday, the dark goth colors of Strappy, and just yesterday, the whitegoth colors of Strappy.  I had already started photographing the darkgoth Strappy when the whitegoth colors were released, so today I’ll show you a sampling of both styles of Strappy.

Strappy has got to be the sexiest outfit Ghani has ever released.  But the outfit is still very tasteful – all your naughty bits are covered by straps, hence the name.  Ok.  I’ll shut up and show you some pictures (Lord knows I have tons to show you).

This is the dark goth Strappy Black.  It comes with three top options, two bottom options, two types of waist ruffles, spiky armwarmers, a spiky shoulder piece, and ripped and shredded stockings.  Above, you can see all three options – on the left is the full top with the side only waist ruffles; in the middle is the straps only option, and on the right is the medium coverage top option (no shoulder coverage) and the larger waist ruffles.  Here are a few more pics of the options.

Strappy comes in the dark goth colors black, red, teal, pink, and purple.  Here’s one more color of the dark colors – red.

Dramatic, no?  As you can see, the fuller coverage waist ruffles cover your front and right side, but are open in the back and left.  It’s really a half skirt.  The smaller waist ruffles cover only the right side.  The tattoos I’m wearing here are the Royal Tea Party Hunt gift from Spearsong.  This outfit is pretty bad-ass and seemed to call for tattoos.  The skin is a L$60 special from Heartsick – a Valentine’s makeup for the upcoming Spirit skins.  The hair I’ve blogged before (Emo-tions’ Zoe – my fave new punky do).  Here are some more pics of the red.

I have to say, Strappy is really fun to wear, and I’m really surprised that Ghani has gotten so sexy and revealing with her creations.  😀

Ok.  Time for the whitegoth colors – these were just released yesterday, so they’re hot!  Here’s the whitegoth pink coz you know how much I love pink.

You get exactly the same types of pieces in these versions of Strappy.  They’re just the whitegoth versions.  Here’s more pics.

The textures are gorgeously drawn, of course.  And everything has been made with such attention to detail – Ghani really is a perfectionist and it always shows in her work.  She just keeps getting better and better, if that’s possible!  Strappy comes in the whitegoth colors black & white, blue, cream, pink, and white.  I want to show you the whitegoth black and white, as well as the whitegoth white, so I’ll just post those and stop chattering on and on.  Oh, but if you’re wondering about this hair, this is a preview of an upcoming release from Emo-tions called Penny II.  It will be available for purchase on Saturday.

(Sorry, gotta interject here to say that I love this picture!  Scary sexy!)

If you’re wondering which colors are which, just mouse over the pics and you’ll see.  I always give my pics such utilitarian names.  Also, as usual, click to blow them up to ginormous proportions and see the outfits in amazing, high-resolution detail. 😀

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, etc. *mwah*!

Details:

No. 1:

Outfit – +++Blue Blood+++ – Strappy – Black

Skin – LAQ – Mima 08 (Pale) Glow skin (hairbase)

Shoes – Nightshade – Whimsy Walk Heels – goth black

Nails – *JD* Designs – Nails – black studs (free subscribo gift)

Hair – EMO-tions – Zoe – Black

Tattoos – .:SS:. Spearsong – Royal Tea Party Hunt #50

Eyes by House of Ruin

No. 2:

Outfit – +++Blue Blood+++ – Strappy – Red

Skin and Hairbase – Heartsick – Spirit – Illusion – My Valentine (C/DB)

Nos. 3-5

Outfit – +++Blue Blood+++ – Strappy – Whitegoth Pink, Black & White, and White

Skin – LAQ – Mima 02 (Pale) Glow skin (hairbase)

Shoes – Adam n Eve – Bien Fait – Snow (no longer available inworld- check the marketplace)

Hair – EMO-tions – Penny II – Black (preview of Saturday’s release)