L&B Black Label Productions

Yes, the rumors you've heard are true! Second Life supermodel Laura18 Streeter and socialite and top model Bourbon Zenovka are opening their own photo studio.

We have a cute little shop in the French Quarter, on Bourbon Street. We photograph portfolios, fashion shows, and custom products, such as tees with you and/or your sweetie's pictures, and dressing screens with your silhouette.

Our open house is this Saturday, Dec 19, starting at 12 PM SLT. We have a free giftie for the first 25 guests, so be sure to come by!

Kakaue Kreations GoGo Boots

"Where have you been all my life?" is the question I asked kakaue Yoshikawa, as she was giving a few of us a tour of her store last Sunday. She replied, "You just never came to me in nearly 3 years in shoe biz ^^." Point well taken.

What prompted my question were the palpitations in my heart as I was taking in her amazing array of boots. As everyone knows, a girl can't have too many boots. And I admit to owning an enviable assortment of dress boots with stiletto heels. But there are occasions or moods that sometimes call for other styles. And if you are wondering where to start looking, your first stop ought to be Kakaue Kreations. Casual, cowboy, club, fantasy, trekker - you're likely to find something at her store. She even has boots that can be changed into shoes using a menu-driven HUD.

Although it was her boots that first caught my eye, boots are only one of her product lines. She carries a variety of dressy and casual shoes, sunglasses, outfits, and products for designers and shop owners.

It may have taken me three years to discover Kakaue Kreations, but now that I have put you on to it, you have no excuse!

"For Your Eyes" and "For Your Lips" from Tuli

This morning Tuli Asturias sent a few additions to her "Bella" line: "For Your Eyes Only," and "For Your Lips Only." In each of these packs you will find four makeups. As you might imagine, "For Your Eyes" emphasizes strong eye shadows with natural lip colors, while "For Your Lips" applies delicious lip colors, and keeps the eye shadow light. I'm shown here wearing F.Y.L.O pink.

In the Lip series, the lip colors are suitable for both daytime and evening. The Eye series is oriented more toward evening, although I am looking forward to wearing "Dusk" as a casual daytime makeup, as well.

"Bella" is a nicely balanced freckled skin; the freckles are clearly visible, but not overdone. Pale, fair, sunkissed, tanned, and dark tan skin tones are available. Each skin comes with three options for shading around the breasts, for a variety of cleavage effects. Each pack of 4 makeups sells for L$2,000, quite a bargain as far as I'm concerned.

"Bella" is pretty. I mean, take a look at that picture. Need I say more?

"Julia" by MEB

Some exciting news from MEB! This morning I was treated to a sneak preview of something totally new from MariaElena Barbosa: a hat with hair. As far as I know, this is Maria's first venture into either piece, and she has blended them beautifully. The hat will be available in a variety of patterns; here I am shown wearing "Blue Crossy." The hair is totally awesome. A few naughty wisps of hair escape from the hat and fall across the face. In the back is a nice thick braid. The braid is off the back enough that it won't disappear into your shoulder each time you turn your head. Maria doesn't settle for a simple scrunchy, either; the braid is tied with a pony tail holder, which sports a gorgeous onyx stone set in silver. Pure class! Julia should be available soon.

Also shown, I'm wearing the Audrey coat in red, and the grey squared flade front scarf, both from MEB.

Beauty Shop of Horrors

Last Sunday, Laura18 Streeter and I hosted a murder mystery party. It was "Beauty Shop of Horrors" from Host-Party.com. The theme was that one of the local girls was to reopen her grandmother's beauty shop after many years. However, just before the grand opening, she was... MURDERED!!! And one of the guests invited to the opening was the murderess.

In case you have never been to a murder-mystery party, each guest assumes a role of one of the characters. Guests are given clues to either reveal or conceal throughout the party, and let me tell you, lively discussions ensue. Oh, my, the accusations fly! In the end, we each make a guess as to who committed the crime, following which, the solution is finally revealed. This was the second time I have hosted one of these parties in Second Life, and we have all had the most fun imaginable! In the picture, left to right and top to bottom are Julia Brand, Nataly Tiponi, and BlackDahlia Rodenberger; Jud Carter, Bety Dudek, Melusina Parkin, Madeleine Dollinger, and BlackBarbie Bravin; Bourbon Zenovka, and Laura18 Streeter.

In Second Life, you can pretty much do whatever you like. So Laura and I had a lot of fun setting up a beauty shop and creating the crime scene. It really adds to the fun to have a realistic set like that, together with all the props. To have a look at the fun, you can view Laura's slide show, or my flickr set.