Time to rock

The light was perfect. Just pink and yellow like he loved it. Those were the colours he always prefered even on the arrow which had been painted on his cheek by a girl he maybe would lay after the show. Well if he would manage to remember her name. It was now three years ago that they had released their first album and the time since then had been like a dream. Sometimes he was afraid that he would wake up soon but it never happened. The shows were fun although he was normaly so drunken that he hardly ever remembered them. It was now three years ago that they had released their first album and the time since then had been like a dream. Sometimes he was afraid that he would wake up soon but it never happened. The shows were fun although he was normaly so drunken that he hardly ever remembered them.
 Sometimes it is fun to style in a special way for example as glam rocker. The ziggy makeup from 22769 is great for this. It is available in many colours and looks great in any of them. To complete the look there are currently some neat items available in the make him over hunt. You need to be member of the huntgroup to be able to get those. The Bone Leather Jacket from BC322 for example. It is made of mesh and comes in several sizes. There is of course an alphalayer included. The boots from Muism are an other great gift in this hunt. They are extremly well made and remind a bit on tanker boots. The guitar and the microphone plus the speakers are all gifts from a store called Witch Babe. They sell many guitars and in the video below you can see the awesome dance which is included in the ao which comes with it. Tableau Vivant takes part in the Femboy Hunt. The gift is a skin which cost 2 Lindens. Purple poses made a set of guitar poses and the static one used for the pictures is one of them. It is possible to buy it with guitar but the poses themself also work with other guitars. Wasabi Pills made a lot of mesh hair. The Hawk one is great for fantasy styles but also great for rockers.

Jacket: *BC322 Bone Leather Jacket (0 L$ MHO-Hunt)
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Hawk MALE Mesh Hair - (1500 L$ for fatpack 250 L$ colourpack)
Trousers: theabyss F_Distressed_Leather_Pants (100 L$ at the Warehouse Sale)
Nails:  MIAMAI_[BL]_Isis Nails (200 L$)
Makeup: 22769 Visage Ziggy [colour:pink]  (20 L$)
Skin: ~Tableau Vivant~ Femboy Hunt 2012 exclusive (2 L$)
Boots: *Muism* Troy boots_Brown (0 L$ MHO-Hunt)
Guitar and stagestuff: Witch Babe ROCKET (O L$ Lucky board/ Groupgift)
 Pose: Purple Poses :  Guitar Poses  (set 195 L$ / one pose 15 L$)

Ange ou Démon

There were always two paths, sometime more, but never less. Not before you had chosen, or had been chosen. Fate or destiny may decide, but there was always a choice to be made at the start. Up or Down is too simplistic, as both are everywhere. Paths divert, the roads may meet again.

Ange chose the light. It shone from her eyes, and from her very soul. She could not shift her gaze from it, nor did she wish to. In the light she saw the world, all of the good in it, in everyone. As she walked her path, having made her choice, she felt the darkness that surrounded, and did not mind. She was nothing without it. There could be no light without dark. As she held the light in her hands, she was grateful for the path she was on, and that there were others who had chosen differently.

Démon chose the darker path. Hers was the way of shadows, darkness guided her every step, and led her toward her goals. All the light she saw and felt from others in and out of the world, that pressed against her and her works just made them all the clearer. Darkness defined Light, as Light defined Darkness. The path was easy for her, it had been her choice, and suited her perfectly, she grew into it, taking joy from each step, forever pushing the balance.

Here we have two new releases from the ✚REDRUM✚ store.

+REDRUM+ ANGEL TATTOO and the +REDRUM+ AVE SATANA TATTOO

Unlike most of her designs, these are not hand drawn by Mzzy, but are an amalgamation of traditional etchings, scripts and pictagrams. Well suited for anyone playing an Angel or Demon, or anything inbetween. From what I hear, there will be an inworld store soon! For now, you can find these on Marketplace for 199L each.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/112400

Also shown...
Ange

Skin : : S u g a r :  -C- :2: Over The Rainbow - This had been up for sale at the SYS event in June, something I just noticed near the end of the month, and now sadly we are in July and all the skins for the event have changed. I really hope it will be made available again somehow along with the others S u g a r had up for grabs, and not just because I have posts lined up about em!

Hair : ^;^CaTwA^;^ TNT Roots/White
Eyes : REPULSE - Mystic Eyes (Violet)
Top : .::[NerdMonkey*Clothes] - [R!ch B!tch White Top]::.
Skirt : .::[NerdMonkey*Clothes] - [BassGirl White $kirt]::.
Pose and prop candle : *elymode* Contemplation poses & candle - Posefair gift 2012

Démon

Skin : [Plastik]-Aquamer-Gills-Koiberry This might be an old skin, I looked around at Plastik to see if it was still available, and I'm not 100% sure. The colouring is just beautiful, all the little scales. There are many there that are close and worth a look if this exact skin and shade isn't available!

Hair : >TRUTH< Bree  - crow  (Upper section only worn here)
Eyes : REPULSE - Mystic Eyes (Red)
Pasties : [Plastik]-Bandaids-F-J-Betty
Pants and hooves : *Epic* Sho-low Danger Pants {Coal}
Horns : /Wasabi Pills/ Inferno Horns  As shown by Dagmar in her Dances with Demons post - here the tint is the darkest grey.

Fighting, tea and innocence

The attacks were so regularly lately. Maybe the idea to attack the castle of the Hiro-Mi-Tego Family had not been the idea but it had been successful and success was what counted. Besides decent behaviour, sharp swords and perfect tea of course. Tamini once hat a choice this time was over. She would spend her whole life with fighting, gambling and seducing innocent men. At the moment her days were mainly filled with fighting, which was not bad as she had lost a lot of money during fighting and there were also no innocent men left anymore. At least there was the comfort of knowing that she was good in what she did and it was her choice. Born in a rich family she would not have needed to become a fighter at all. She also could have choosen to learn to play an instrument and when being in the right age-  if not being killed or kidnapped before - how to marry the right person. This was her parents dreamed of. Her brothers did not like the idea of loosing parts of their legacy as their sisters' dower so they started to talk a lot about swords and fighting in front of her.  Tamini was first a bit confused about all the talk. But soon she realized that why they were trying to get her into fighting. The satisfied grin in their faces when she asked them to show her how to use a Katana - oh it was annoying for her to see - but she pretended to be dumb and just so currious about fighting. Her brothers were surprised how good she was as pupil. But then there was this accident in which she somehow thought she would be using a training katana while she was definitly not. The face of her brother was not full of surprise more shocked in this moment. It was anyways the last time she saw him. Her other brothers all died in other accidents but she never was close when they happened. Or more nobody managed to see her. If they didn't want to share with her she also didn't want to share with them. Of course she didn't plan to marry it was way more fun to be unbound. Messer Company's latest release is the K98 Katana. It is made of mesh and offers a bunch of adjustment possiblities. First of all it can run with linden damage or ccs damage. Besides of this there are two sets of animations included for standing, running and walking. As other Messer weapsons there are several colour and texture options included. And there is even the choice to choose between a straight and a curved blade. The look is modern while the asian feeling is still kept. For ccs players it might be interesting to know that the katana includes four enhancements which rage from stamina stealing to racial theft. For those who like fighting in SL it is a great weapon others might enjoy it for its look.
The white makeups from PMD which are currently sold at the Zombie Popcorn Brand event are great for those who like making bright avatars. The set includes 8 of them.
MiuMin takes of course part in the current round of the Gallery Giftshop. Their item is a white kimono with angel wings. It floats nicely and lets the legs partly uncovered. It is a great outfit for roleplay. The set also includes shoes and is available in a non copy and a none trans version. The legwarmers are a favourite from Epic and the ears  from europa. Unfortunatly the posestore which made the poses does not exist anymore.

Katana: Messer Co. K98 - Katana v1.0 (1200 L$)
Kimono:  *MiuMIn* Kimono-Angel [White] MC (180 L$ sold at the Gallery Gift Shop)
Makeup: Pin Me Down - Whites (125 L$ sold at Zombie Popcorn Brand)
Ears:  [europa] Sylven ears ivory (ethereal )(70 L$)
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/  Sybille2 Mesh Hair -  - (250 L$ for colourpack 1500 L$ for fatpack)
Legwarmers: *Epic* Barbs & Blood Slouchie Digi Warmers {Paw} (279 L$)

Bloody Mess...

She stalked through the darkness, each step less than a whisper, each movement fluid as silk in a stream. Her pace may once have been measured, a skill learned. All these centuries later, it had faded from any memory she cared to let flow through her mind, it was as natural as breathing, or in her case, pretending to when it suited her needs.

As the night progressed, as victims fell to her charm, her touch, her kiss, their blood coated her skin. As she fed, her deathly chill palled. Her own flesh warmed by the blood of others, their lives keeping her going, feeding her wants and desires. Killing was far from her intention on most of these occasions, though those who put up a fight were more to her palate than any who would give it up willingly. No weakling could quench her thirst, receiving, as well as inflicting wounds was all part of the fun. As the edges of the sky began to lighten, her feast drew to a close. All creatures of the night turned to whatever they called home, keeping to the darkness through the blazing day.

          A Little Mess!                                  Give Me More!                               Bloody Mess!

I love the darkness, no denying that. This is startlingly close to how you may find me in-world, where indeed I frequently wear these blood layers in RP. Here shown are the 3 Stages of Mess beginning with "A Little Mess" moving on to "Give Me More" and then the grand finale "Bloody Mess", created by a muse of mine, Mzzy Wytchwood, for her ✚REDRUM✚brand.

The blood comes in ALL LAYERS possible, including a tattoo layer, so you can wear the blood on your skin, under your clothes or on top of them, the choices are yours and endless. The real beauty of this for me is the way it can be worked into RP. Sure, often I walk into a scene already coated in the redstuff, at other times, during a fight, or a feed, it's amazing to be able to add to the action with increasing wounds and smears, making the whole scene truly immersive. Looking closely at the neck you can see bite wounds, making the set suitable for those who like to be bitten as well as to bite.

Pack includes face blood, not shown here.

Available in the  ✚REDRUM✚ Marketplace store here for a mere 139L

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/REDRUM-Bloody-Mess-Blood-Layers/3411431

Summer Lovin'... Depraved Style

Flique loved the summer. No more short days. No more long nights, shivering, nothing to do and nowhere to go in the chill of winter. The sun was out, the music was playing, Madonna's "Material Girl" and "True Blue" making the air quiver. The city's toes were all tapping, it was time to hit the streets. As she slipped on her retro cameo ring, and punk spiked cuff, she checked out her reflection in the mirror and posed. The perfect mix of sweetness and edge.

She heard the valves  being loosened on water hydrants, spraying cool water through the air, laughing voices, squealing with excitement added to the beat. Checking the blade in the strap on her thigh, Flique pulled on her high-tops and ran outside. Dancing along the road, she squeaked as a spray of water was sent her way by those playing in the sun, holding her blazer up high out of the way, she winked at them, turned to head off, all ready for the evening parties, she had to look good!

The day after dawned as bright and sunny as the one before... Flique's head hurt. The music and the pink champagne had carried her through the night, and back home, glimpses and flashes of memory, of the girls and the boys, all that sultry heat. Only one cure for this, she had to head to the beach. Slipping in to her cut off jean shorts, folding the turn-ups just so, she pulled the new top from her crammed wardrobe, its summer florals on black matching her mood, sunny, with darkness below. Throwing all she would need into her favourite bag, and slinging that over her shoulder, she took off for the beach. The salt air, and the sensation of warm sand between her toes made her feel alive. Soft strains of music wafted over the dunes, weaving between the palm trees, her favourite song. Time to go find who was playing it, and see if they had any sun lotion to share...

The Depraved Summer Love Hunt is on! To me, a lot of the items had a distinct 80's feel to them, which led to all the Madonna... These are some of my favourite items from the stores. As ever, each hunt item is free to buy, this time around there are 70 stores from the Depraved Nation taking part. The hunt runs until July 15th, so you have some time to get looking!

List of SLurls and info

http://depravednation.com/depraved-summer-love

Starting point @ Razorblade Jacket

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Depraved%20Nation/140/157/70

Street Party Images

Skin:  :::Shiva:::fairy-love hunt.  

This is a really nice skin, looks very youthful, it has built in tan lines, as though from a skimpy bikini. It also has the word 'love' pale on one cheek, as you can just about see in the first image.

Eyes : *Birth* Hypnotic Eyes - Aztec_Velvet (normal_large)

Beautiful large iris in these eyes, tonally, they work well with this skin.

Dress : [AB] Abricot Dress.

Very pale flowers cover the dress, and the skirt flares out nicely, many layers of 'net' so moves fluidly. I had a script stack error on wearing it - but deleting the resizer script fixed that.

Blazer : :::LP::: Calypso Blazer

Mesh blazer, comes in 5 sizes, from XS to XL. 80's preppy edge. Went so well with the dress!

Shoes : ::Duh!:: My Gear High Tops Black

So 80's I'm getting flashbacks, though mine RL had luminous green piping. Love these.

Cuff : .::PiCHi::. STUDDED LOVE BRACELET  [salmon]

Punky and pretty - gift contains one for each arm.

Ring: ...:::Scrub:::... DP Cameo Ring

Pretty cat cameo, again gift contains one for right and left hand.

Leg strap : dl:: In Time Legband

Not wearing a blade feels wrong, with any oufit, so this works perfectly, and has a nice steampunky twist with little clock dials.

Beach Images

Eyes : REPULSE - Scabbed Eyes (Red Sclera)

Sounds gross, looks pretty. Perfect for a hung over or darker themed look.

Makeup : ~.:.Hysteria.:.~ Red passion

Beautiful shading, perfect with the eyes.

Top : KIM-DSL Hunt  Top J.L Red Rose

Lovely cut, pretty patterned fabric, gift comes in four versions, with the roses in Red, Pink, Yellow or Blue.

Shorts: 22769 ~ [femme] hotpants peace

Cute and well shaped Mesh jean cut offs, gift contains sizes from XXS to L.

Nails : Adoness Princess Mia Nails - Pink

Long nails in pale pink, adorned with silvered embellishments.

Bag : : S u g a r : I'd <3 to Chat.  But I Really Mustache Bag [Mesh]

This, made me laugh. Actually laugh. I'm thinking of making one RL. Love it.

Hair used in pics is not from the hunt.

Street Party Hair : (r)M ~ Hair No.25 ~ Dark Cherry  (Brown Amber)

Beach Hair : (r)M ~ Hair No.25 ~ Blue Black  (Pink)

(The hummingbird was a happy co-incidence on the sim I was in!)

Womenstuff...

From way back when in 2007, I've always liked to look for the best freebies or at least reasonably priced things I could find. From trawling 'yard sales' and freebie warehouses in ye olden days, to the wonder of having more group slots, and from there, more options to link to favourite stores, and their often generous owners gifts. Now, I have my favourite stores groups - sadly 42 slots still aint enough - and as previous posts have shown, I do love a hunt to get new things! A friend had been a member of the Menstuff group for a long while, doing their hunt, and getting things from their 'lounge' of gifts. I actually have pics of him ready for a different post, and after contemplating adding them in here, I won't, it can wait a few days. I digress. After seeing what he'd got, I was convinced to join the Womenstuff group, and see what I could get for myself.  The group is free to join, I was expecting a charge, but there is none. The Lounge of gifts is for group members only, and there are lots, I mean LOTS of gifts. If I remember rightly the grid of gift boxes is 13 x 13, and most slots contain a gift. Everything from hair, skin, shapes to clothes, shoes and jewelery.

Rather than bombard with a mass of items, today I'll focus on three skins, a shape, tattoo and shoes. Oh, and a pose. Still a bit of a mass I agree...

From left to right, we have  ::Modish:: Windy Goth Fair, The Skin You're In Dena Almond Honey 25 Rose Body 3 and ::EM::Vicky Bronze Pink JB. 

Shape is *Ultra Shape* - Gift for female 02

Tattoo is .+*+. Kamiri .+*+. Vines Flower Tattoo.

The pose is Pics n Poses-F-Toe-15-. 

The shoes are .::Energie::.  Sneaker  heels White.

When looking at skins, there are a few places I focus on to see the quality, to decide if it's something I would want to wear. Face is a given of course, I also look for shading and muscletone on the body, and importantly, the quality of the nails. While I often wear prim nails, sometimes it's not possible, especially with the loss of multi attach points on some viewers. When I can't wear them, and I'm already wearing a glove layer and tattoo for other effects, I'd rather not have ugly white tips on the ends of my fingers. All these skins are really excellent for that, some of the best quality texture of nails I've seen actually, which is amazing considering they are free.

The link to the Womenstuff website is included below, and you can find the group to join from there, or in-world. It is a notice heavy group, with news from stores affiliated to the group about sales, discounted items, special gifts etc coming several times per day.

http://stuff-sl.com/womenstuff/

Included in pics, but not from Womenstuff:

Closeup pose : From the Glitterati Headshots range of poses.

Hair : Maitreya Piper II - Crayon

Pasties : *League* Duct Tape

Dance with demons

The club was the most popular one in the town. People came from all over the country just to have a look at it. Of course most of them had no chance to get past the doorman. Often there was somebody screaming in anger and this was one of the reasons for the existance of the club. Humans were so entertaining when they were angry. And eventhe recation of those who were allowed to go into the club were delicious. The club had been founded by Sabitha. Some called her the queen of the night. Her crown was famous and rumors that it wouldn't be a crown but horns triggered even more interest. She herself mainly loved pink and the feeling of souls falling around her.

The Inferno Horns from Wasabi Pills are available for a long time. But its rare to see them in other colours than the dark tones. There are actually 12 textures to choose with the help of a script inbuilt into the horns. A nice addition is the possibility to choose how much grey should be added. The texture used for the horns on the picture is the neon pink one. The unrigged mesh hair also comes from Wasabi Pills. The version on the picture has only been available for a limited time but it is of course still available in the normal Wasabi Pills colours. The whole outfit is kept in pink. The dress with the jacket are made of mesh and come from 22769. It is available in the standart sizes. The textures used are very pretty especially the ones on the jacket make one imagine how the fabric would feel in reality. The combination of the jacket and the dress cause that the outfit looks elegant although the dress is pretty short.  It could go well at an elegant party or at an evening at the beach. There are also other colours available. Currently the outfits are sold at the ArisAris Summer Fashion Festival. The pink clutch is also an item from 22769 but not available in this colour anymore.
A demon would be nothing without some claws and the ones from ni.ju are not only available in several colours it is also possible to tint the colours of the nails. To go with the outfit the ones on the picture are the white ones with nails tinted in pink.
Ingenue does not only create wonderful dresses, their shoes are always worth a try. And of course this outfit needed classy shoes in a fitting colour. The Gatsby Heels in fushcia are the perfect choice. They are made of mesh and look business like.
Without good poses it would not be possible to take good pictures. The one used for this one comes from Purple Poses. It is sold at the current Zombie Popcorn Carnival.
The skin and shape come both from Adam and Eve.

Horns: /Wasabi Pills/  Inferno Horns (300 L$)
Hair:  /Wasabi Pills/  Alice Mesh Hair - (250 L$ for colourpack 1500 L$ for fatpack)
Dress:  22769 ~ [femme] Cathrine Dress White/Deep Pink mesh (140 L$ sold at ArisAris Festival)
Nails: [ni.Ju] Tintable White Claws (150 L$)
Heels: Ingenue :: Gatsby Heels :: Fushcia (295 L$)
Skin: Adam n Eve Skins - Victoria Sunkissed (1800 L$)
Pose: Purple Poses KRISTEN (100 L$ for 10 poses sold at Zombie Popcorn Carnival)