Momento Mori

     I have to say Kamelot is probably one of my favorites bands ever, especially their albums Epica and The Black Halo. I had been listening to them the other day when a particular song titled Momento Mori really made me feel something powerful, especially the following lyrics:

"Who wants to separate,
The world we know from our beliefs,
And who sees only black and white,
Distinguish loss from sacrifice,
Some day we may come to peace,
With the world within ourselves,
And I will await you,
Until I close my eyes... close my eyes... close my eyes..."

     So with that playing in my mind over and over again, I set out to create a look based on how the song made me feel.

     Of course things went quite Gothic as you can tell, but that happens with me quite a bit. So I went with something pretty with my own flair to it. It just so happened I was in love with a new acquired, but older, cStar skin. I was wearing her around the Fantasy Fair went I happened to find a dress that called my name and I absolutely just HAD to have! My problem was I had no idea what shoes to wear with it though; that is when my friend Lindsey Warwick popped in and told me about some new platform boots she made! With the name being Crushers<3 I was interested. So I popped over to her store and fell in love! She has numerous colors, including discounted flame print ones specific to her in-world location. I grabbed as many as I could hold! It was to my surprise though that her HUD is very simple and easy to use. Not to mention color packs can be mixed and matched. I was so epic jazzed about it!

     After I had found the PERFECT boots to go with this look, I found a pretty flower head piece and a monotone clutch in my inventory that were begging to be used. I originally had a blonde hair with this look too, but something about it didn't seem quite right, so I didn't blog the look right away. I did however go to the Truth Hair sale with one of my closest friends, Jasmine. With her knowledge, she knew that there was a ponytail waiting there for me that I would absolutely love. I wasn't quite sure on it at first, but after buying it and trying it on in Pearl, she was so friggin' right! <3 My look was complete!

     Lastly, I headed over to a certain monotonous dark carnival out on the grid with one of my favorite Apple Spice poses. Pictures were taken and I was very happy with the results! <3

Now for the credits~

Hair: >TRUTH< - Dawson - pearl
Skin: cStar Limited - LouLou - Light
Eyes: The Sugar Garden - Awake - Red
Lashes: Glam Affair - Regina - Eyelashes 04
Dress: lassitude & ennui - Gothic doll corset dress - black
Jacket: lassitude & ennui - Gothic doll jacket - black
Boots: [LW] - Crushers<3 - Noir
Accessories: Glam Affair - I Follow Rivers - Frost
MOLiCHiNO - Delirium Clutch - White
Poses: Apple Spice - Handbag Pose 007

Off With Their Heads!

Why yes I got a silly idea while typing up my last blog post, and when I saw the awesome dress from Kre-ations for the upcoming "Scary Face Gacha Fair" I knew it was meant to be. For my look I picked out one of the gorgeous dresses that was covered in blood, however there are NINE variations of the dress and not all of them are covered in blood! So far there are 5 non bloody velvet dresses in Sepia, Deep Red, Green, Orange, and Purple 3 bloody dresses in Grey, Cyan, and Pink and one Rare dress still in the works that is a total mystery as of yet! These mesh dresses have beautiful detailing and come in five standard sizes so they are pretty easy to fit. And speaking of Gachas, PXL has a Halloween Gacha out at the mainstore and the skins are to die for. The skins range from cute and sweet to spooky and twisted, and at only 99L$ a try the skins are too good a deal to pass up!

I have to say the Cute Poison sim is truly spectacular with all their decorating they have out right now. I keep exploring the sim and finding new spots to take pictures and more spooky fun stuff to ogle.

Now to give credit where credit is due!

Skin: [PXL] - KATE - DEMON (Part of the PXL Halloween Gacha)
Horns: .{Rue}. - Horn'd/Scholar - WroughtIron
Hair: .Deviant Kitties. - Neopunk
Eyes: [PXL] - DEMON Eyes (Came in the box with the skin)
Dress: .::Kre-ations::. - Velvet Mesh Dress - Bloody Grey (Available at the "Scary Face Gacha Fair" that will take place on the Depraved Nation SIM starting on the 15)
Blood Tattoo: +DV8+ - Grindhouse Girl - Blood -Covered (No Longer Available)
Cleaver: Made by my Friend Juju Neximus because she decided a bloody cleaver was necessary for everyone to own in SL
Hooves: *Epic* - Demon/Faun Bloody Murder Boots - Blk.Hoof
Nails: Sn@tch - Nail Candy - Black/Red Cross
Poses: PURPLEPoses - PURPLEPose269 - Part of the Helena Pack

Draggy

I think I have decided that Ghani of +Blue Blood+ is the most crazy sweet creator I know. Yesterday morning I woke up to a message from Ghani that she had managed to get one of the mesh templates to work for her finally, and that there was an adorable dress on the way. Then she took it one step further and she decided "Draggy" was a fitting name for the dress because it "fits a little girl that has helped [her] a lot lately." Never did I expect such a sweet gesture from so awesome a creator, all I wanted to do was help and I guess that's how this all started.

The adorable, flirty, fun dress comes in five beautiful colors (Black, Pink, Purple, Red, and Teal). It is not yet available but will be announced on the +Blue Blood+ Blog when it is.

Now to give credit where credit is due!

Skin: cStar Limited - Bermuda - Peach
Hair: .ploom. - Majiya
Lashes: .ploom. - Lashes 1
Eyes: cStar Limited - Doll Eyes - 03
Lips: cStar - Lips Gloss - 034
Necklace: Maxi Gossamer - Marrakech Heart - Medium - Silver
Piercing: Cute Poison - Beauty Destroyed (Part of Fall 2012 Twisted Hunt)
Dress: +Blue Blood+ - Draggy MESH Dress - PURPLE
Nails: Sn@tch - Nail Candy - Grape
Pose: Apple Spice - Gown Pose 010