A New Designer Joins the Design Team at Zanze -- Featuring Zanze; Also Featuring no. 7

Every now and then I feel one of the photos I took so intensely even though it's not specifically a blogger photo. I often weed it out, because you really can't see the elements of the items I've been asked to blog, but this time I included one.

I thought this dress, Corazon from zanze was pretty, something I'd pull out, even now in the south, and wear to have a girls lunch or to meet my secret lover for midday drinks and a tryst. Naughty, eh? It must be my Friday mood. The facial decorations fit the lighthearted fun afternoon eye-dea... get it?

But I think a proper tryst would mean I had to remove no. 7's newest release Changing season, couture lashes, though they're really more like facial gems. I wore Gaeline's HUD operated mesh lashes as well. The item from no. 7 is the filigree silver and red gems that fit to the left side of the face.

I'm really happy that Ms. Fizz Lennie Devina aka Fuzz Lennie has joined the design team at Zanze and recognize her fresh eyes as an asset to this already awesome business. I can't wait to see more from her and Zzoiee aka Zoie Zee. I just loved the black photo, the lighting, the energy it created, so it's not the best frame to see the dress, but it's just too much fun not to share it! Happy Friday.

Featuring Zanze Corazon Dress 

Featuring no. 7 Changing Season Couture Headpiece

1. .:JUMO:. Riyadh Silver Heels

2. SLink Female Feet High

-- Elegant 1 Hands

3. Danielle Christmas Earrings

4. AV Paws Ring

5. October's 4Seasons Papavar Skin Tone Angelina Face

6. Gaeline Felicia

7. EMO-tions Renee

8. KMADD/Moda Mesh Eyes

9. Corpus Poses

10. MS Poses

What Is An Imaginarium? -- Featuring Whimsical Imaginarium, Lindy's from Designer Showcase, [Z O O M], and Moondance Boutique

I haven't done photos like this for a long time but as a part of something I offered to do for the new Whimsical Imaginarium I decided to go ahead and snap a photo of each dress, and each color option. They're similar but each have their own stylistic flair and fun about them.

Colorful Circles use a snug sweetheart neckline and a blossoming tulip shape upturned for the skirt. Each of the skirts have the same pattern containing the Daffodil, the Lavendar and the Rose hues in the bodice of each dress, but each skirt has it's own character.

Colorful Edges begins with the slimming shape of a tube dress. A skirt with lots of movement flairs around the lower calf in a mermaid-like shape. Additionally, there are bows you can wear at the middle of the back and at the back of the knee to offer even more shape and color options.
Colorful Waves takes a similar tube shape dress and adds skirting on both sides of the hips that reminds me of the shape of bustles by adding volume to the hips and back side. Additionally, you'll find the circle of roses around the hips adds a delicate refined beauty option.

Since all of these gowns are created by the same designer and use the same color palette, you could mix and match the bows and skirts to get many different unique shapes and make the gowns all your own.

I found some nail appliers I didn't know were hidden among jewels I'd shown you another time. Thank you Moondance Boutique! The nails were called something so close to the WI gowns - Colored Lines. How curious, yes?!

Lindy continues to create colorful heels to go with this very colorful fall. In one of the series of photos, the one with the Colorful Waves gowns on it, you can see Karli heels peeking under the skirt in the brilliant pink that so wonderfully suited the three different gown series.

I pulled hair from a box as well, like a magician, not realizing the rabbit was still in there? I don't know. It seems to happen a little more often (and joyfully so... everyone likes pulling on a pair of jeans that has a 5 dollar bill in the pocket!!) because I'm doing more events and the participants add all sorts of items to their entries. ::No:Shade:: created this braided ponytail and even has an option to wear if you like earnestly inflated chest sizes!

I rarely use shades or purse/clutches. I think it's a residual thing from my world off line and items I use and items I don't even own. I don't own a single pair of shades. However, when I pulled out [Z O O M]'s glasses, they really felt 'just right' for my look, with all three gowns, so I went for it. And the clutch in my hand, it also felt right and goes to show, an old girl can learn new tricks from time to time!

Featuring from Whimsical Imaginarium

(Formerly Living Imagination) 

Daffodil, Rose and Lavendar

Set 1 Colorful Circles

Set 2 Colorful Edges

Set 3 Colorful Waves

Featuring Moondance Boutique Enhancement Colorful Lines Nail Appliers

Featuring Lindy's Karli Pink from Designer Showcase

Featuring [Z O O M] Narin Sunglasses

1. .:JUMO:. Consort Jewelry

-- Nuit Clutch

2. {MUA}: Parrot Lips

3. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

4. October's 4Seasons: Marigold Skin Tone (Laila)

5. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

6. ::No:Shade:: Sofia

7. ::MS:: Poses

Cozy... Sooo Warm -- Featuring Lybra, October's 4Seasons, and DE Boutique at Designer Showcase

Upon my return to working with friends and business, I discovered that Ms. Ooo-la-licious aka October Bettencourt aka Keisha Xicotencatl had created a whole array of new lips. I love my lips. I loved them so much, I took a photo of me in all four shades of the first collection: Destiny. Mmm, don't you want to lick them?

I also found this cozy looking dress from Lybra called Red Plaid. Just those words alone conjure up many a warm autumn/winter along the eastern USA seaboard and how one day it can be 85 and then overnight, it drops to 34 and cold weather arrives. I've lived everywhere from Massachusetts to Florida, and found those weird weather shifts every single place I went. When I saw this dress, all those wonderful memories flooded my senses and I fell in love with it.

DE Boutique is one of the designers that's part of the [Liv-Glam] team of designers who work together to create all sorts of looks for the glamorous woman. The Bootlili Peeptoe Boots come from DE Boutique by way of Designer Showcase. There are a trio of SLink applicable heels this month by this designer as part of the showcase, all of them beautiful.

Featuring !Lybra Tera - Red Plaid

Featuring DE Boutique For Designer Showcase October Bootylili Peep Boots

Featuring October's 4Seasons NEW Destiny Shadow 

-- (Black Cherry, Cranberry, Creamsicle, Sunset)

1. Truth Hair: Zoella

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Stella

3. Face Paint: Black Liner

4. October's 4Seasons: Milk Skin Tone (Angelina) Coming to Couturier's Docks 17 October

-- October's Blond Eyebrow Option 4

5. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

6. Carrie's Lingerie: Jazzy Stockings

7. Chop Zuey Joy Abounds Old Gold

8. .::MS::. Soul Set

BOSL International Fashion Week Brings New Collections Like Desir

I was concerned that after such excitement, being permitted to blog for BOSL International Fashion Week, that I would end up sleeping through it, but I didn't miss it! I've got a few stunning items to share with you from DESIR, beginning with this ethereal white beauty Iblis. Flutter of softness frames the body and face, and gives off the most angelic allure.

Paired with this gorgeous dress, I used one of !Lybra's extraordinary hair styles, jewelry from several designers to mix things up and a halo that someone created for me once upon a time, just randomly when I asked for help in one of the builder's groups.

I know there are many events associated to the BOSL International Fashion Week that you can enjoy, from fashion shows to parties, it will all be there, waiting for you! Have fun with it.

Featuring Desir Iblis Dress from BOSL International Fashion Week

1. Indy&Co: Glam Warrior Earrings

2. ::MT.SV.AK:: Spring Tiger Choker

3. .:JUMO:. Persepolis Sandals Sequin Silver

4. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

5. Dark Horse Style: Silver Glitter Striped

6. October's 4Seasons: Marigold Skin Tone (Laila)

-- Shine Eyeshadow White Silver

7. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

8. Face Paint: Pure Silver

9. Maxi Gossamer: Wild Full Thick

10. !Lybra: Nori

11. .::MS::. Poses

Things That Go Bump In the Night -- Featuring -{ZOZ}-, Kastle Rock from Designer Showcase, AJ Designs from The Promenade, Syrenz, h.m.a.e.m. and ~ghee

My first pair of photos today show an array of all new items, some from special events, and others from events recently over but items I still haven't shown, and more.

-{ZOZ}- happily (to me) appears everywhere I turn and for this month's Instruments, they have a suitably scary set of nails - Ghost Girl. Boooooo.... Kastle Rock's Fabiana Dress comes from Designer Showcase, and though it's a spaghetti strap style, the colors are all autumnal and perfect for this time of year. The Kathleen heels from AJ Designs may be purchased at The Promenade.

Other items new to my blog include Syrenze red bracelets, h.m.a.e.m. unique hat and a new color of tights from ~ghee. When I put them all together like a puzzle, I had a great time. I hope you do also, and find a way to shop til you get every last detail that appeals to you.

Featuring -{ZOZ}- Ghost Girl Nails from The Instruments

Featuring Kastle Rock Fabiana Dress from Designer Showcase

Featuring AJ Designs Kathleen Heels from the Promenade

Featuring Syrenz Red Bracelets

Featuring h.m.a.e.m. The Nini Hat Zerozeroone

Featuring ~ghee Saffron Tights

1. Calico: Phoebe

2. Gaeline: Fantasia

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. October's 4Seasons: Walnut Skin Tone

-- Exotic Onyx Liner

5. SLink: Female Feet Mid

-- Elegant 1 Hands

6. .:JUMO:. Armorial Coffee Lips

7. Dulce Secrets Boudoir Tainted Eyeshadow

8. ::MS:: Poses

Laughter -- Featuring Xen's Hats from the Instruments, M&M from .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week, Dark Horse Style, Also :jazzitude, LOoLOo & Platypus, ORQUIDEA and [B!asta] from the Promenade

I love to laugh. I think it's healthy too. I looked up an article printed by the Mayo Clinic about laughter and found this in summary. For short term stress relief, laughter stimulates oxygenation of the body and thus improves the state of most organs in the body, laughter stimulates the same region in the brain that anxiety or fear might stimulate, and by exercising that part of the brain in a positive way, it's easier to stay calm, also, with the same increase in oxygen to the body, blood circulates and eases tension that might otherwise affect our muscles. In the long term relief category, negative thoughts manifest their way into actual chemical reactions that deter health while laughter and positive energy works in the opposite manner, laughter can produce the natural endorphins the body needs to combat pain, in essence easing pain through laughter, increase personal satisfaction, and lastly it can improve mood.

I think the personal satisfaction element is so important to someone like me who's got chronic illness to deal with, as often there are no cures, no new answers, no solving the problem. People care and often say, "I hope you feel better soon." Chronic illness doesn't allow for this. Instead, someone with chronic issues has to find a way to accept and adapt to the world. I might not always be happy, but I work on being consistently content.

I've found some of the new releases for October already tickling my fantasy, like this hat here with spiders that comes from Xen's Hats at The Instruments. M&M's dress from .PENUMBRA. Fashion week called Shelena, and on my nails I have another new look, Dark Horse Style Butterfly Cutouts Dark. :jazzitude provided the Acorn Bracelet from the Promenade. Also from the Promenade are the Sage Scarf from LOoLOo & Platypus, the Vampire on White handbag from ORQUIDEA, and the [B!asta] :LEENA LUX heels in Emerald for mid-high feet.

Featuring Dark Horse Style Butterfly Cutout Dark

Featuring M&M Shelena Dress Flowers from .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week

Featuring Xen's Hats Arachnophobia Hat Black from The Instruments

Featuring :jazzitude Acorn Bracelet from the Promenade

Featuring B!asta :LEENA LUX: Emerald (for mid high feet) from the Promenade

Featuring LOoLOo & Platypus Scarves Sage Plain from the Promenade

Featuring ORQUIDEA Halloween Handbags Very Vampire White Bag from the Promenade

1. EMO-tions: Brian

2. MG: Wild Full Thick

3. October's 4Seasons: Milk Skin Tone (Angelina)

-- Adriana Pink Berries Gloss

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

5. SLink: Mid High Feet

-- Elegant 1 Hands

6. Morphine: Kazumi Lime/Liner

7. .::MS::. Soul Poses

Never Give Up -- Featuring !:Libra:!, From Summer Fashion Festival Brii Underground Wear, and !Elemental Jewelry

Near the end of 2013, I was thinking intensely about how I could work with my blog in 2014 and do something more with it than 2013. I evolved a great deal between 2012 and 2013 and wanted the same to be true the next year. Then I really wasn't here. Yes, I blogged continually, coming in just long enough to style and blog an outfit, then heading back to bed. It put a damper on my ability to add to what I'd started, and for a while, I felt really badly about it, mostly giving myself a hard time. Then I realized what I would say to someone else, if they came to me with the same story, the same sense of guilt or remorse, and that look, you know the one, hands in the air, eyes rolling, and that face that says "I give up."

Well I haven't given up, because I had the same talk with myself that I'd share with a good friend. If I'd tell my good friend that it was okay to be human, to falter, and that health and things like that surpass anything related to the net and if friends and coworkers didn't understand, then I would still need to do what was good for my body. It was a good little pep talk and I feel more rejuvenated as a result. It may almost be July, but I think despite my health's roller coaster January through June, I've done a lot of blogging and none of it looks worse for the wear. I had fun with it. It helped me avoid thinking about self and focusing on negatives. In essence, it was exactly what I needed it to be when I needed it.

Today, I worked on a concept photo. I know there are enormous numbers of people who are awesome photo work experts. They can take a common little simple blank background picture and turn it into a masterpiece. My dearest Ms. Oh-la-la can do it. I've seen it in other photographers' portfolio as well. But I've barely begun to put my toe in the water, and certainly not ready to jump into the deep end! I had the inspiring new hair from !:Lybra:! It made me feel like a ray of light and energy, and I do often feel like that's my role, not connected to any business in SL or out, to share a ray of light, a bit of life and positive energy. New swimwear from Brii Underground at Summer Fashion Festival, bright white (or black as the other option) suited my brilliant light I wanted to translate to you via my photograph. For a concept photo, I hope it worked. I know it's a lot of fun to really play with a photo once it's taken and now that the bug has bitten me, I hope to share others in the near future.

My warmest thanks to those who designed the elements that ultimately became this styling:

Featuring from Summer Fashion Festival Brii Underground Wear Diana White Risque Style

Featuring !Elemental Earrings Persephone

Featuring from !:Libra:! Forren Hair White

1. Carrie's Lingerie: Stockings w/Slink Appliers

2. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Papavar Skin Tone

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

-- Hairbase Perfect

5. .::MS::. Flexion Poses