
#112 – Crossover

He told me he had to leave to fight in the war to protect our land. It’s been 3 years now. I stand here waiting everyday, hoping to catch a glimpse of the boat you left me on. Please, come back home.
After hearing about this sim I decided to check it out. And boy, was I blown away by how detailed everything on the sim was. The views and the architecture was nothing short of amazing too. The torii in the waters, the shrine hidden among the bamboo forest, the curved bridge overlooking the majestic waterfall, the little tea house surrounded by a lotus pond, these little details made me fall in love with the place instantly. Here are some pictures of the sim I took.
Also, this is my first time attempting to take photos! I tried to make it look as romantic as possible so please pardon me for the quality of the final result haha. The picture turned out quite dark so it’s a little hard to see what I have on, but it’s essentially the same items I have on for ModelLook #03. If you’re into Japanese themed sims, I urge you to visit Taka no Sakura and start exploring right away! Oh, and try to find the hidden onsen!
Credits Hair: Unbirthday Redux Obsidian | lamb. | Freebie Skin: Medusa | 7 Deadly s{K}ins Eyes: Grey Brown Eyes | *Amacci* | Freebie Wall Headpiece 1: Fuyu Botan Hair Accessory | -IrodorI- | Group Gift Headpiece 2: Kozuchi Hair Hair Accessory | -IrodorI- | Group Gift Headpiece 3: Nagori Zakura Hair Accessory | -IrodorI- | Group Gift Earrings: Encircled | a m o r o u s | Freebie Lipstick: Collagen Lips V3 Red | Pink Acid | Group Gift Hands: Casual Female Hands | Slink Kimono: Rinzu Black | *:..Silvery K..:* Geta: Black | *:..Silvery K..:* All photography at Taka no Sakura.Hey everyone, meet Jackson Redstar! He’s another amazing photographer (check out his Flickr!) and we decided to start our collaboration by taking part in the Amarelo Manga Summer of Love photo contest. All you have to do is to join the group, get the free swimsuit group gift and start taking photos with your significant other! Who knows, you might win 10,000L in Amarelo Manga products!
I kept this look really simple, as I felt that the overall setting for the photo and mood were more important than the two of us were. Hence, I accessorised the look with a natural lip, slightly wind-blown hair and some gold bracelets. The locations were important in telling the story, so we chose a pool at a mansion for our summer outing. For the other photo, it was just a simple ‘let’s enjoy our summer and relax’ feel, hence we went for the cute little food trailer.
You can submit your photos on the Amarelo Manga Facebook group here. My post will be up soon (just waiting for the admin to approve), please vote for it if you like it!
And last but not least, thanks Jackson once again for taking these amazing photos!
Credits Hair: Vivienne | pr!tty Lipstick: Natural Lips | The Hellish Diva Swimsuit: Sahy Nautical | [AMARELO MANGA] | Group Gift Hands: Casual Female Hands | Slink Bracelets: July Bracelets | Pure Poison | Group Gift Feet: High Female Feet | Slink All photography by Jackson Redstar at The Lefevre Mansion and Baja Norte.Hey everyone, I’m back to blogging again after such a long break and boy, I have so many outfits lined up for all of you! I also have an announcement to make, including some changes!
So, first of all, remember that amazing Boho Dress from Il Sogno here? The designer, and also one of the nicest people I’ve met, Occasus Jayaram, released that dress as part of her pre-debut Moroccan Summer collection. It’s been a few months now and she is currently working on her first debut collection entitled Nighttime Reverie. Sounds exciting, right? I totally agree!
To promote the upcoming collection, she has gotten a few bloggers, including myself to blog 4 of the looks before they hit the shelves. The next 4 ModelLook posts will be dedicated to the Nighttime Reverie collection and the pieces are really amazing, so you gotta check back often!
Although the Nighttime Reverie collection won’t be released anytime soon, the Moroccan Summer collection is still available for a limited time only! And if you would like to know more about Il Sogno, feel free to visit Occasus’ in-world store right here, or you can just send her an IM if you’re the kind who prefers conversations!
And now, moving on to some changes you’ll be seeing on my blog! Some readers have told me that they were interested in finding out why I make certain styling choices in putting my looks together so I decided that I will add in a short description with my ModelLook posts on my inspiration for the looks when appropriate. I hope that it’ll help you guys in making your own styling choices too!
Also, I will be unveiling a new category called ModelTalk, where I – fingers crossed – interview designers, bloggers and other noteworthy people about their SL lives. Of course there will be topics on fashion, I promise you! It will definitely be an exciting addition to the blog so be sure to look out for it! That’s all from me for now!
Love, Kai
So, it’s been a really really long time since I’ve done a post with lots of complete sentences. This time, I’m so excited to tell you guys about the two latest things I’ve just begun to become a part of!
First up is a monthly event which brings together both designers and bloggers to showcase the amazing potential of both sides when they collaborate, called The Kollective. This initiative is led by both Katlene Niven and AnneAlyce Maertens, and is now already in its 4th year. Each month, one designer will be paired up with one blogger and that designer will have to create an exclusive design for the boutique inspired by the respective blogger. Then it’s up to us bloggers to review and showcase the designs on our blogs. And if you’re interested in getting the item for yourself, you can head down to The Kollective in-world store here.
I’ll get paired up with a designer in May, but for now I’ll just be blogging the items found at this month’s event in the upcoming posts! The theme for April is Spring Picnic and participating designers include The Hellish Diva by my dear friend, Karolinque Lilith, Stiletto Style, Serenity Style and more. You can check The Kollective’s Flickr page out here for more photos too!
The next is a person I cannot thank enough, Aleida Rhode of Elysium. Thank you so, so much for putting your faith in me and having me blog items from Elysium, even though I’m still a fairly new blogger.
Elysium has been working closely with Just Design to release shoes that fit JD’s MyFeet. The new releases are absolutely wonderful classic pumps with a huge range of colors that I can’t wait to show them off to all of you! Want to find out how they look like? Then check back often for more ModelLook posts!
Love, Kai
It’s always a little easy to go crazy when there’s just too many clothes to choose from. For this shoot, I was mainly inspired by editorials about mental institutions and also partly by Lady Gaga’s Marry The Night video.
The shoot was supposed to be mysterious and dark but still retaining some glam factor. Was I locked in there by the rest of the world for being insane or was I in there because I wanted to?
This photo captured the ambiguity I wanted to evoke, which is also a parallel to the mental state of the patients in an asylum. What are their thoughts like? Do they know that their thoughts are off the wagon or do they actually rationalise every thought such that it seems perfectly normal? Either way, no one actually knows.
This is the fourth round of the LIVE TO BLOG PROJECT by Heny and I will need votes to get through to the next. You can vote for me by liking my photo here! Please add me on Facebook if you aren’t able to vote!
Credits Hair: Rejoice Mousse | little bones. | Group Gift Hairband: My Bunny Band White | [monso] | Group Gift Makeup: Earth Black/Silver With Eyeshadow | [White~Widow] | Peace On Earth Hunt 6 Lipstick: Black Lipstick 80% | {Tilly} | Freebie Dress: White Babydoll | Blurred Cocaine | 180L Bangle: Rose Gold Temple Bangle | BaUbLeS! by Phe | 155L Hands: Casual Female Hands | Slink | 450L Feet: Mid Female Feet | Slink | 675L All photography by Rayne Morgan.Blonde high-heeled feminist, enlisting femmes for this. Express your womankind, fight for your right. – Lady Gaga, Scheiße
This is one of my favorite songs from her third studio album, Born This Way. It talks about female empowerment, and wanting to be a strong female without the nonsense that comes along. The song resonates with me very strongly since I constantly like to prove that even women can be as strong as men, power to the girls is what I love. Hence for this shoot, I decided to dress myself as a strong female, after taking inspiration mainly from Meryl Streep’s character in The Devil Wears Prada.
I imagine myself as the CEO of a company, or even being the owner. A strong female like me is able to rise up to the top and show that she’s the best, while still being revered by her employees. And that’s a female this song inspires me to be.
This is the third round of the LIVE TO BLOG PROJECT by Heny and I will need votes to get through to the next. You can vote for me by liking my photo here! Please add me on Facebook if you aren’t able to vote!
Credits Hair: Kat French Vanilla | ! Sugarsmack ! | 225L Lipstick: Elegance 01 | M I N D B U R Y | 150L Dress: Navy Peplum Dress | L E V E N C H Y | 145L Bangle: Falling Hearts Bangle | Exquisite Jewellery | Peace On Earth Hunt 6 Hands: Casual Female Hands | Slink | 450L Bag: O’clock Brown Vintage Bag | sixboi’s | 395L Shoes: Madchen Pumps High Tangerine | sixboi’s | 415L All photography by Rayne Morgan.