Happy Valentine's day!

I was initially going to ignore the fact that it's Valentine's day, the fact that I'm single, and the fact that I ate frosting right from the jar today and it's not even lunch time yet.....

But, I got the urge to take some pictures today and I really liked this jumpsuit from Alanis that was a marketplace find one day as I was perusing for a sleek and sexy jumpsuit.  The front of the jumpsuite has a plunging, daring neckine and the back is completely bare.  I think it's just beautiful.  I paired the jumpsuit with a beautiful necklace from Earthstones that was a Christmas gift from my amazing friend, Mythic and a bracelet and armband from Ryca.

I also really wanted to showcase this hair.  It's the new group gift from Lelutka, to showcase the new hair textures.  The group gift came with a different HUD for all of their shades and I have to say that I'm very impressed.  I have always loved Lelutka and now I think I love them more, if that's even possible.

See below for stylecard.



Jumpsuit: Alanis - Lynn Backless Jumpsuit - Red
Necklace and Earrings: Earthstones - Music of The Heart 
Hair: Lelutka - Sheena Hair - 
Bracelet and Armband: - Ryca Jewelry - Cross Silver 
Lipstick: Pink Fuel - Glossy Pout Lipstick - Dark Red

Inspired by Androgyny

This past week for the Mr. And Miss Model International runway event, was the "trunk challenge."  Solde Rothmanay of Soul Designs and Cacilia McMasters of CM Obsessed, both generously donated several items of clothing that were placed in two separate trunks.  Some items were placed in Trunk 1 and other items were placed in Trunk 2.  The requirements of this challenge was that each model had to look through the trunks, pick a total of 3 pieces and put them together in a cohesive look, using at least 1 piece from each trunk.

When I received my trunks, I was pleased to see that they didn't give separate trunks to males and females.  We were all presented with the same items.  From the pieces presented to us, I chose to go with all male clothing, and use one of my RL style icons, Tilda Swinton as my inspiration.

From the first trunk, the male item I chose was a smoking Jacket from CM Obsessed.  I paired it with a pair of pants from Soul Designs and a pair of men's dress shoes from the trunks to complete the requirement of 3 pieces.

Style Card

Jacket : Sakura Smoking Jacket - CM Obsessed

Pants: Men's Chino Pants - Soul Designs ( Marketplace Link )

Shirt: Black Tube Top - MichaMi - (Marketplace Link )

Shoes:Men's Lace Up Dress Shoes - CM Obsessed

Hair: Darmody Veganic Hair - Action Hair 

Makeup: Paisley's Wish - Male -  Madrid Solo Cosmetics

Necklace: Pearl Rain Necklace/Onxy - Mandala

I needed a shirt to go under the mesh jacket.  Because it's a menswear jacket, I had to wear the extra small version so that my shoulders didn't look super broad and out of place on my petite frame.  Because of that, any additional mesh items from the trunk would not work underneath the jaket, so I chose a system layer shirt from MichaMi that I had in my inventory.  The way the shirt hung on my chest almost made it seem as if it was a shirt that either a male or female could wear.

I initially was only going to wear a dark cheekbone makeup and black eyeliner, but earlier in the week we were presented with several makeups from Madrid Solo Cosmetics for a photo challenge. There was a men's makeup in their whose colors coincided perfectly with my color scheme, so I chose to wear that instead.

I didn't win the challenge.  That went to a very deserving Vin Cinquetti and Portia Pexington who honestly WERE the clear winners.  But I walked away from the challenge knowing that I asserted my own point of view very clearly and I hope that I left an impression.

Mr. & Miss Model International - Makeup Challenge

I have to say that I am really enjoying being a part of the MMI competition.  Aside from making a lot of great new friends, I'm also getting a chance to be creative in the many challenges that are being presented to the models.  This week we have two challenges, a photo challenge and a runway challenge.  I'll be posting my look from the runway challenge this weekend after the show is over.

The photo challenge this week is sponsored by the amazing Madrid Solo and we were given a box with 4 female makeups and 4 male makeups that we could mix and match however we'd like.

I chose to mix and match two of the makeups from the box, and I'll be wearing another at the runway show this coming Saturday.

I just love the level of detail in this makeup and how bright and colorful it is.  Because unicorns seem to be the theme of the moment in Second Life, my thoughts were immediately pulled in that direction.  I found the unicorn horn on Marketplace from Head Candy, called Ice Unihorn.  And I paired it with a hairstyle from Olive.

See below for full style card:

Eye Makeup: Madrid Solo - Arabesque

Lips: Madrid Solo - Glam Tears

Horn: Head Candy - Ice Unihorn - MP Link

Hair: .Olive. - The Silent Hair - HUD 3

MMI Fashion Pose Off

I've been a "model" in Second Life since 2009.  I use quotes around the word model because most of my work has been behind the camera, taking pictures for my flickr and occasionally doing a runway show casting.  I have only ever graduated one academy, and have only a handful of professional contacts.  I'm absolutely TERRIBLE at networking.  I tend to curl up on the other side of my computer screen and keep to myself in photoshop.  Being an introvert is complicated in the extroverted world of fashion modeling in SL.

Anyway,  I chose to take a chance and audition for Mister and Miss Model International, also known as MMI.  It's a brand new pageant where contestants represent themselves and not a country.  Sounds simple, right?!  I was intrigued.  I liked the idea of representing myself and being able to be myself, with the look and shape that I like, and not what others deem acceptable.

Our first runway competition was today and it was a fashion pose off set inside of a wrestling/boxing ring.  Now for this diehard WWE fan, it was my chance to be the diva I've always wanted to be and since we could style for it anyway we wanted, I thought it would be easy peasy....

Boy was I wrong.  Last night, I was on my 5th variation of an outfit and I hated everything. And since I hadn't figured out my outfit, I hadn't even started on poses yet.  I wanted to quit.  I was second guessing everything and was terrified that I'd humiliate myself on the runway and fall off, and succomb to the monster we all lovingly refer to as "Lag."  I'm glad I didn't quit, but boy oh boy, was I close!

I only wanted to pull from what I already had in my inventory since the styling is supposed to represent us.  With over 60k of items to choose from, it should have been the easiest thing in the world, but it was not.  I was getting frustrated, felt uninspired, and dead creatively.  Until I remembered that I had purchased this armor from DRD.  I decided to build my look around it.

I had wanted to use a pair of high waisted armor pants from Pixicat, but I couldn't find anything to go with it.  Once I decided to build my look around DRD, it all just fell into place.  I had purchased my top from Baiastice a few months ago at a collabor88 event and the hair is one of my faves from Boon.

Of course for a pose challenge, I couldn't do without my favorite pose designer in SL, Del May.  Our sponsor for the event was Katink Poses, and we were given some poses to choose from, courtesy of that designer as well, and they were amazing poses.  I already had a lot of poses in my inventory to choose from since I have many poses for photography purposes.  I purchased a few more on the off chance I made it past the first round and I would need additional poses.

The runway competition was so much fun, though lag was a complete monster.  We all did it! We made it through! And even though I didn't win, I did make it to the final pose off round and that was such an accomplishment in and of itself. I honestly and truly didn't expect to make it past the first round.  This week we have a photo challenge and next week we have another runway challenge, sponsored by some amazing designers!

Stay tuned, I'll be using this blog to document my journey over the next few weeks!  It's going to be amazing.

Style Card

Pants:       Pixicat
Top:         Baiastice
Armor:     DRD
Necklace: Mandala
Hair:         Boon
Hands:      SLink
Skin:         Glam Affair

Date Night

It's been a while since I've blogged anything, but I've been having fun with styling recently and entered my first modeling competition in a very long time.  It's a new competition put on by Ava Jhamin of L'Amour Model Management and L'Amour Nexxus Modeling Instructor Cacilia McMasters.  Today was the audition and I should find out tomorrow whether or not I've made it into the contest.

I decided to style a chic night time look that would work as a chic gallery opening, or a sexy date night look.  I should note that this styling is not what I wore to the audition as the audition was to wear something casual that represents ourselves... this is just something I felt like putting together.

I found this gorgeous high waisted skirt from BLOKC with a thigh high slit that just makes me feels super sexy and powerful.  I've paired it with a big trend for the coming season, a cropped sweater top from Mute which comes with a HUD and several color options.  Crop tops are super in right now.   Because of the height of the skirt, however, there is no exposed midriff with this look.

I kept the jewelry simple and understated with a Pearl Choker from Tres Beau and and a pearl bracelet and earrings from Yummy!  Finishing off the look is a statement hat from Glam Affair that I've had for years.

The hairstyle is a simple slicked back ponytail from Baiastice.  This is also from years ago, and to be honest, I'm not sure it's even sold anylonger.  Style Card is below.


Skirt -                            Blokc - Maxi Slit Skirt
Sweater - Mute -           Cropped Sweater 
                                      Hands, Feet and Shoes - SLink
Necklace -                     Tres Beau - Ribbon Pearl Choker - 
Bracelet and Earrings - Yummy! - Jennifer Pearl Set
Hat -                              Glam Affair - Oly Hat 02

FFC July - My inspiration: The Dothraki from Game of Thrones

One thing I love about SL modeling is the abundance of styling contests...regardless of whether or not I win, it is an opportunity to be stretched and to push myself to new heights.

A unique contest is Flora's Fashion Contest, put on by Flora Raven.  I entered months ago and didn't win, but had a lot of fun.  It's an "on the spot" styling contest where contestants are given one hour to style a look and present it to the judges.

It's terrifying and exhilarating at the same time.

The first round of auditions are by submitting photos to a Flickr group for judges to look at and decide upon. The guidelines for this first round is Jewelry and accessories only. No clothing allowed.  Because finances are a bit tight, I decided to go with only items I currently had in my inventory.

Here's what I came up with.  My inspiration was from the Dothraki from Game of Thrones.

The chest piece was part of a very sexy outfit from Soedara - I had purchased silks maybe a year ago for a styling I was working on and I loved it.  It's a bit risque for every-day wear...but it works for styling challenges.  The bottoms were a bit trickier.  As clothes weren't allowed, (not even panties!), I had to get creative...so I found this feathered belt....with a few strategically placed feathers, I was able to cover up the most important area.   I didn't want to pull a Britney!

The earrings and shoes are from this month's round of Collabor88  --- and since I had purchased them prior to the styling challenge, it fit into my goal of not buying anything specifically for this challenge.  If you haven't been to this month's Collabor88 event, you should go...lots of really amazing tribal/earthy looks.

I used an arm henna tattoo from Bilo and a face tattoo from White Widow.  I knew I wanted to look tribal so instead of adding hair, I just used a shaved hair base from Lelutka.  My goal was to make the look both feminine and masculine with a bit of warrior goddess thrown in for good measure.  The Dothraki was such a rich culture created in the novels by Martin and really came to life in the tv series on HBO.  If you haven't watched it, I encourage you to subscribe to the channel and catch up. There's plenty of time before season 5 airs!




SLurls coming soon!

In the meantime, here is my style card:

Chest Piece - Soedara - Gold Delight Exotic Sang Penari

Belt - Trident Tribal Huntress III -

Earrings - MG -Vallari Metal Hoops (Collabor88 July 2014)

Arm Tattoo - Bilo - Full/bridal Arm Henna

Face Tattoo - White Widow - Earth

Hair base - Lelutka - Shaved

Shoes - Hucci - Hampstead Sandal - Beige - Collabor88 July 2014

Long time, no blog. Let's remedy that!

So it has been several months since I've blogged...mostly because I wanted to try my hand at a life long SL dream - Clothing designer.  As much as I loved the creative process, I HATED being a business owner and was feeling burnt out, so while I'll keep designing on occasion, and posting those to my marketplace store, I have decided to re-focus my concentration on my blog and following designers who I absolutely love.

So that is why I decided to showcase one of my favorite designers in SL with my return to blogging....Loovus Dzevavor, who also happens to be having a major sale with 50% off of EVERYTHING.  Yep, you heard me right, so make sure you head on over to the store and get your favorite pieces before the sale is over!

One thing I love about LD is there amazing ability to utilize prints.  Many try, many fail.  Prints are not easy to pull off, and they do it right every time.  This is a flirty mini dress with a structured fabric around the shoulders.  I've paired the mini with a cute pair of shoes made for SLink High Feet from Esque.  The hair is from Fab-u-lous.

I'm glad to be back, and I will try to post at least once a week if not more. Looking forward to diving headfirst back into SL fashion.

Dress - Loovus Dzevavor
Shoes - Esque
Hair - Fab-U-Lous
Necklace- Paper Couture - Only available on Marketplace