Interview: Dead Dollz @ Enchantment

A few days ago, I met Kiddo Oh from Dead Dollz. She has an amazing talent for Mesh gown creations. I am following each of her blog posts to find out what newness she has to offer. Then I saw that she is in the current Enchantment event which made me looking forward to her next release already. But when I also read that she has moved her store to a new sim and saw the pictures of the stunning new location, I had to beg her for an interview! Lucky me, she agreed.

Kiddo Oh wearing her newest release O-Ren which is available at the upcoming round of
We <3 RP! (opens tomorrow on Sep 4), and Rubilyn wearing Dead Dollz' Ursula dress

I was not even really installed on the comfortable seat yet when she already shouted: „What a beautiful headpiece!“ I was wearing the Ursula headdress from The Plastik. Kiddo has been so busy within the last days and weeks with various event deadlines that she was not even able to sneak a peek on all the awesome releases of her fellow creators at Enchantment. Besides Enchantment, Dead Dollz is participating in various well-known and ambitious events, like The Epiphany, Shiny Shabby, Fantasy Gacha Carnival, Tres Chic, Vintage & Cool Fair, Festival Of Sin, The Fantasy Collective and others. It means a lot of work to meet the event requirements such as deadlines and themes. It’s even more work regarding the fact that all of her creations are original Mesh content.

Around April this year, Kiddo decided to take off all non-original Mesh products. These are gone forever. „It was necessarily evil“, she explains. „I said ‚evil‘ because most of those designs are part of myself; I loved creating them and I know people loved them. But I really wanted to get the SLOCCA certificate.“ SLOCCA stands for Original Content Creators Association. In order to apply for this certificate, all Mesh creations need to be 100% original. „So I had to let go the older creations. It was sad but in the end, I’m happy because people know me now for what I am truly capable of.“

For a short moment, we are distracted from our actual topic and discuss the use of templates. We both agree that templates are great, for various reasons, but also see the problem of the oversaturation of the market, and that the templates do put a certain limit to a vision. I go even further and say, that for me as a customer, it sometimes looks like pabulum of offers. Which is, in my opinion, a bummer. I would love to see designers to be more courageous and to create their own original content.

All clothes can now be found in these houses. It's like shopping in a huge walk-in-cupboard!

The store is up on a hill. It invites to shop but also to hang around. Visit the beach, too!

„You made a change regarding your content, and you also changed your store location. It looks totally different now. I know that you’re from Italy. The first thing I thought when I visited was: she brought her real life home to us.“ -- „Oh, yes. You know, I’m easily amused but I get easily bored, too. I do love sunken lands, and for a while it was the only environment I could see my store in. But recently I have felt the need to change. And since I love my country, I went for an italian style. The small town where I was born and raised, looks a lot like the little village on the hills here on the sim.“ She smirks and adds: „Minus the luxury pool. But all credits go to Ibi at 8f8; he’s extremly talented! I only wish it wasn’t from a gacha machine, though. It was tricky to get all the pieces.“

She laughs. Me too. We immediately know what we are talking about, and out of a sudden, we discuss enthusiastically, and with hands and feet one of our biggest weaknesses: the notorious gacha addiction! „One time, I spent way too much on a Zenith gacha machine“, I cry. „Do you know, how many copies of this Genesis Lab head I won prior to get the Emotions HUD?“, she tops it. „We obviously know both the evil side of playing gacha machines“, I whisper.

But Kiddo herself made it hard for me to resist a gacha machine: her current gacha offer is available at The Fantasy Gacha. „This is my first round at The Fantasy Gacha“, she tells me. „I was at the same time incredibly excited and truly terrified. I used to shop there and saw the level of quality of all the items. I was afraid, I could never reach that level!“ Another gacha machine was available at the recent Epiphany round. The Epiphany is a gacha event which uses a reward system where doubles can be turned into points. The points can then be redeemed for an exclusive offer. „I played often enough at The Epiphany to get your exclusive“, I admit. „I am glad to hear someone actually got it!“, Kiddo smiles. „I kept being asked: ‚How do I get the dress with the hanging-out-ass?‘“

The original inspiration for the Ursula dress at Enchantment

I wonder if this hanging-out-ass-exclusive was the pre-stage for the Ursula offer at Enchantment since I saw that hilarious inspiration picture for the dress (see picture above). „No! No!“, she laughs. „I had no idea what to do for Epiphany, so I ended up with a design I was considering for a while. The Ursula dress is actually Duchess‘ fault.“ Of course, I want to know why! „She was the one who told me: ‚Hey, what about Ursula? Everyone will be making mermaids.‘ I did want to add tentacles to the skirt, to be honest. But then I was afraid that you could not actually wear the dress. It would have been good for a picture. But not much more…“ I wonder what her face will look like when she sees what mix & match I have prepared for a picture with her dress.

Good news for those who are not so much into black is, that they will be able to purchase this simple, yet elegant classic tube dress in more colors soon. And also with more options for Mesh bodies. „I still use mostly standard sizes just because most can be combined easier for me so far“, I admit. „I am in an awkward situation“, Kiddo replies. „I know, not everyone has the Maitreya Lara body, for example. But mesh body lovers want mesh body compatible items while standard sizes lovers want me to keep doing sizes. So the process of making a mesh item became longer.“ I am not a builder myself but I heard very often about this struggle from various designers around the grid. Kiddo adds with a big grin: „It’s time consuming and we all want to offer the widest range of options. But I truly wish they will stop releasing new bodies. I guess, shoe creators think the same.“

Again, I want to come back to her various participations in events: „With your style, you are participating in casual and formal events as well as in fantasy events. Do you have any personal preference?“ -- „As already mentioned, I get easily bored. So I prefer fantasy and roleplay events, or events with a theme. Because it forces me out of my safe zone. With gowns, I have a certain expertise which can be not necessarily a good thing. You become too confident, and you tend to create less innovative items. But with a theme that is far from what I usually make I can challenge myself and see what i am truly capable of. This is a process that involves bumping the head against the wall a lot. But in the end is rewarding.“ I decide that this great explanation has to mark the end of my article.

And while I was preparing this article, I noticed what it means: we had a great and funny conversation. We were discussing more than her brand, and it was one very interesting talk. It was not easy for me to bring all that into a nice text. It was ‚a process that involves bumping the head against the wall a lot. But in the end is rewarding.‘ Very true. Thank you, Kiddo, for taking your time, and for letting us know more about you! Now let’s play some gacha… !

LINKS & SURLS
>> Official Homepage of Dead Dollz <<
>> Dead Dollz @ Second Life <<

>> Dead Dollz @ marketplace <<

>> Flickr Picture Stream of Dead Dollz <<

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HEAD: LeLutka Mesh Head Stella

BODY: Maitreya Lara body + SLink hands/feet
HEAD / BODY APPLIER: Lumae Adore - Eione // Anemone - free Enchantment Hunt gift
APPLIER EYE TATTOO: ARISE Mermaid Mask. purple @ Enchantment tyvm!
APPLIER LIPSTICK: SlackGirl Line-Up Lips tyvm!
HAIR: [DUE] Edita - Ombre 9 @ Fantasy Gacha - Gacha

EYES: Clemmm Unkin Mermaid. Unwanted Fog. Regular @ Enchantment tyvm!

EARS: [MANDALA] Steking Ears Season 5

HEADPIECE: aisling Calypso Crown @ Enchantment tyvm!
NECKLACE: The Annex Sea Net
MORAYS: aisling Caly's Babies @ Enchantment tyvm!
BRA: aisling Scales Bra @ Enchantment tyvm!
BANGLES: Dead Dollz Ursula @ Enchantment tyvm!
DAGGER: aisling Pacte - free Enchantment Hunt gift
DRESS: Dead Dollz Ursula @ Enchantment tyvm!
TENTACLES: Stelloane OctoQueen. Violet tyvm! - part of a full outfit

POSE: elephante poses Girl and The Sea @ Enchantment tyvm!

Last few days are running! 

Enchantment is still open until September 5th!

Black Mermaid

Last night, I did the Echantment Hunt. It is awesome! The free gifts are really worth it, so listen to my words: do not miss it! Really! 23 stores are participating, and I found the gifts quite facile to find. This hunt should be easily doable within an evening. A notecard with all landmarks and hints is available in the group notices of the Enchantment Update Group.

I show you some of the gifts here: 

Lumae... oh my, Lumae, I love those skins and packages! *lol* The gift comes again with all the appliers you might need: body and head appliers, yes! Though the body applier HUD is a Mini-Hud, excluding some of the cleavage options but this is still a great deal! By the way, Lumae is participating in The Wash Cart Sale where you can buy *gasps* full packages of a few current skin lines in a special make up tone *gasps once more* for 10 L$ only! Still available until Sept 16. Also, check out the Lazy Sunday offer: it's the Niska skin in bare!

antielle's Mermaid eyes come in 6 colors: aqua, blue, gray, pink, red and yellow. Astralia's Coral Reef headdress is available in 2 colors: pink-silver or pink-gold. The Ursula Pendant vom The Plastik has also 2 colors to choose from: black or white. It is a match to the rest of the whole Ursula series which is available for purchase at the Enchantment event location.

Enchantment is running Aug 14 until Sept 5.

HEAD: ABSOLUT CREATION EVE'olution-head-#2-Beta

BODY: Maitreya Lara body + SLink hands
HEAD / BODY APPLIER: Lumae Adore - Eione // Anemone - free Enchantment Hunt gift 

HAIR: Moon Tourniquet. Noir - previous Fifty Linden Friday

EYES: antielle Mermaid - free Enchantment Hunt gift

EYELASHES: Mon Cheri Falsies
EYELINER: Glam Affair Couture

NAIL APPLIER: La Boheme Mami Wata (SLink) @ We <3 RP! - dollarbie tyvm!

HEADPIECE: Astralia Coral Reef - free Enchantment Hunt gift
NOSE PIERCING: Gaeline Creations Celeste - free Enchantment Hunt gift
NECKLACE: The Plastik Ursula Pendant - free Enchantment Hunt gift
BRA / TAIL: Mer-Chandise Cove Forgotten Princess - free Enchantment Hunt gift

POSE: Black Tulip Ariel - free Enchantment Hunt gift

While On The Enchantment Hunt

This is a busy weekend! I really put some effort in a few posts to show you more great things from Enchantment before it would be too late. You have one more week until Sept 5 to check out all the great offers -- and to go hunting!

In the Enchantment Hunt, you will find many gifts which complete sets you can buy, or which match to an offer. So it's really worth it! You will be lead through 23 participating stores where you have to find a blue seashell. A notecard is available in the group notices of the event group. Grab it before you start, or you'll end up like me! I started the hunt way too tired and made a monkey out of myself when I had to ask in the group for help just because my brain was not fully functioning anymore. Don't fall for this trap! *lol*

Even if this is a quite short hunt, and even if the gifts are really easy to find, I recommend to take your time. Some of the shops are totally worth to be explored! One of my favourites was BoOgErS where I had to take snapshots immediately. My main snapshot for this post was made in the garden of Les Encantades where I also grabbed a yellow dress from the current 30 L$ Saturday Sale.

SKIN: Essences Ariel05. medium01. cranberry @ Enchantment tyvm!

BODY: Maitreya Lara body/hands/feet
SHAPE: 7 Deadly s{K}ins Temperance tyvm!

HAIR: Entwined Ariel @ Enchantment tyvm!

EYES: IKON Odyssey. Clarity

EYELASHES: Mon Cheri Falsies

TIARA / NECKLACE: Gaeline Creations Celeste @ Enchantment tyvm!
HEADDRESS: The Plastik The Ursula @ Enchantment tyvm!
EARRINGS: The Plastik The Ursula @ Enchantment tyvm!
BRA: The Plastik The Ursula @ Enchantment tyvm!
DRESS: Sweet Lies Sirenas @ Enchantment - Gacha tyvm!

POSE (first pic): elephante poses Part of Your World @ Enchantment tyvm!

Interview: Mer-Chandise Cove @ Enchantment

The Little Mermaid theme was obviously a challenge for all designers who participate in Enchantment, and they came up with so many great ideas and approaches to the theme. I had the chance to have a little talk with Kol Tchailenov, owner and designer of Mer-chandise Cove who created a classic mermaid tail in various color options for this event.

- picture shown with kind permission by Kol Tchailenov -

"I absolutely love all things mermaid, both in real life and Second Life and have since I was a young girl. When I first came to Second Life years ago and saw a budding mermaid community, I was hooked! Some creator friends at the time helped to show me the ropes on how to create things in Second Life", she explains her beginnings as a designer as well as her specialisation on mertails and accessoires. I grin and bait her: "I have seen that first life tab picture in your profile! You snorkel!" She laughs: "Haha, yes! That was at a marine park in the Dominican Republic where I also got to have a dolphin encounter, and play with a dolphin for a whole half hour! It was pure magic." I am astonished and even a bit envious: who didn't love Flipper?! But I also have to admit that I probably wouldn't have the courage to swim with dolphins.

Of course, I did a bit of my homework for the interview and have had a look on her marketplace before. But I didn't find so many products yet. Did she just start, I wonder? "I actually used to have more things on my marketplace. But like many creators, I am trying to keep up with the times and have deleted almost all of my older non-mesh merchandise." She sounds like an organized and up to date person to me. And I have also a sneaking suspicion because we all know our beloved creators: they tend to be perfectionists! So I have to ask her: "Are you a perfectionist?" I am sure, I made her laugh with my guess. "I am also a perfectionist, haha!", she laughs indeed but continues to clarify: "I will not be someone who cranks out products that I know are below the quality my custo-mers expect. I have several things I’ve made in the last few weeks/months and some items at events like Enchantment and The Fantasy Collective that will be up on marketplace shortly. I am also getting more serious about releasing new products every couple of weeks now. I see so many areas in Second Life lacking for mer that I want to be able to branch out into new types of products for mer. I’m so excited about the direction I plan to go with the store."

I am excited to hear that, too. While I caress that awesome mertail creation of her which I am wearing during the interview, I nod enthusiastically and want to know more: "You offer mertails and accessoires so far. So what kind of new types of products for mer may we expect?" -- "One of the most exciting things I plan to start offering more of is seascaping. I’ve started here and there with some high quality, low prim rocks, like the Ariel rock at Enchantment. But I want to broaden to things like large underwater caverns of the same caliber, and low land impact. I absolute love creating whole underwater environments so I want to start releasing all the building tools one might need to create a breath-taking underwater area, from vegetation to caves and coral formations."

I turn my head around. We are underwater on a wonderful roleplay sim which just openend, and where mermaids (and mermen, too, of course!) could find a new home. I can absolutely imagine more great and colorful sea decor. You just can't have enough of that! "Seascaping is certainly something which many designers have not on their screen yet", I agree. And I am already looking forward to her upcoming mer products since she already made me curious when I have seen those great advert pictures for the Ariel rock. "It's not just advertising pictures. It's a story!", I say, and she smiles: "One of my favorite things are vignettes, little scenes/stories, and I hope to bring more of that to the mer community in Second Life." Talking about stories, I want to make sure what her favourite Little Mermaid is: the original, or an adaption? "My absolutely favorite Little Mermaid was actually the third Disney movie, Ariel’s Beginning. We got to see so much more of her life under the sea, her family, and how the stage came to be set for the beloved movie I grew up with."

The advert pictures are not just advert pictures...
- picture shown with kind permission by Kol Tchailenov -

... they tell a story!
- picture shown with kind permission by Kol Tchailenov -

"You have also your mainstore on the Nymphai sim. During my interview with the owners of Enchantment, Duchess Flux and Sorchiee, I got to know the Ippos Community a bit better. What is your relationship to this creative community?" -- "I love the Ippos Community! Sorcha Irelund and I go way back to the early roleplay days of Second Life, and Duchess Flux has been a long time custo-mer of mine. So I was elated when they asked me to consider moving my mainstore to their beautiful sim.  Being a part of Enchantment for the first time, especially this round with the Little Mermaid theme, has been truly delightful and I can’t wait to get more involved in the sim events."

On a sidenote for everyone who is not used to the Ippos Community yet: the sim events are not always about shopping only. Just before Enchantment openend, I was able to attend a great concert with Redhawk. A musician who knows to entertain not only with his great voice and his guitar skills but also with funny comments to introduce his next song. If you ever have a chance to listen to him, I highly recommend to not miss this opportunity!

Impressions from the live music event with Redhawk at Enchantment

Finally, my little smalltalk with Kol Tchailenov has to come to an end. We make ourselves comfortable on the Ariel rock for a picture of the two of us. I am not used to wear mertails yet and have to rearrange its fit. Wiggling my bum, I twitch at it and grin when I notice once more that I am currently looking like Ariel -- apart from the fact that I had to overdo it with my headdress(es) again! "Your offer is really quite close to the theme", I state the obvious laughingly. Kol laughs, too: "Oh, I was doing backflips when I heard the theme this round of Enchantment! At the time they asked me, I was the only designer they knew of who was going to be making an actual mermaid tail for the round. So I felt a sense of duty to bring the classic look to the table." I nod and push the camera button. The flashlights illuminate the underwater world. Kol disappears in a vortex, and I remain with a fun snapshot and a smile. Many thanks to Kol for taking her time, and for introducing us in her underwater world of mermaids!

Kol and Rubilyn during the interview, chitchatting on the Ariel rock. Kol wears the Rebel mertail she offers at The Fantasy Collective. Rubilyn wears the Princess mertail available at Enchantment.

LINKS & SURLS
>> Mer-chandise Cove Store @ Second Life <<

>> Mer-chandise Cove @ marketplace <<

>> Flickr Picture Stream of Mer-chandise Cove <<

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And now some additional information I also want to give you about the outfit I was wearing during the interview:

Lumae came up with her first skin that has scales. For the head / head appliers, you can choose between with and without facial scales. As usual - and I'm always so excited about that fact! -, one tone comes with so many appliers:
* Omega head and body (can also be used for LOGO Alex head)
* Omega Petite body for Yabusaka Petite V2 (use with Omega head appliers)
* SLink hand, feet, Physique and Visage
* The Mesh Project head and body
* Maitreya Body
* Belleza Body
* LeLutka Head
* Genesis Lab Head
* Eve'olution Head
* Loud Mouth, Nyam Nyam, Sweetlips and Kissers Mouth
* Soul Ears
And last but not least: with matching Leevi ears in three sizes. Each color - hold your breath! - is available at 100 L$ only! Because Lumae wanted to make sure that everyone is able to play a mermaid or sea fairy! How awesome is that?! Underwater Love! *lol*

The Plastik surprised me with a set of sea decor, including seashells and starfishes that comes with a HUD with no less than 40 color options/textures to choose from! They are low prim at 1-2 LI cost only, and since the original size is already quite huge it is guaranteed that resizing it won't blow up your available prim count.

Now go, go, go, visit! You have still time until Sept 5 to check out all the great offers at Enchantment!

HEAD: LeLutka Mesh Head Stella

BODY & NAIL APPLIER: Maitreya Lara body/hands
HEAD / BODY APPLIER & EARS: Lumae Adore - Ianthe // Abyss (appliers: see list above) @ Enchantment tyvm!

HAIR: Olive the Pearl. Streaks @ Enchantment tyvm!

EYES: Clemmm Unkin Mermaid. Unwanted Fog. Regular @ Enchantment tyvm!

EYELASHES: Mon Cheri Falsies
TATTOO CHEST: Things Ryllae (appliers: Omega, SLink, TMP) @ Enchantment tyvm!

HEADPIECE I: May's Soul Ariel headdress. silver @ Enchantment tyvm!
HEADPIECE II: LODE Blue Tail. Ocean @ Enchantment tyvm!
HEADPIECE III: AZOURY Eledone. Pink @ Enchantment tyvm!
NECKLACE & EARRING: Meva Mermaid @ Enchantment tyvm!
BRA & TAIL: Mer-chandise Cove Princess @ Enchantment tyvm!
TRIDENT: CerberusXing Tidal Trident. Silver @ Enchantment tyvm!

POSES: an lar The Naken Series @ Enchantment tyvm!


BUBBLES: Cole's Corner Celestial Bubbles Aura @ Enchantment tyvm!
SHELLS/STARFISHES: The Plastik The Ursula Sea Decor w/40 color HUD @ Enchantment tyvm!
KELP / KELP NEST: Love fox Dry Kelp Large / Kelp Nest Dry @ Enchantment tyvm!

Mermaid's Sunbath

HEAD: ABSOLUT CREATION EVE'olution-head-#2-Beta

BODY: Maitreya Lara body/hands
HEAD / BODY APPLIER: WoW Skins Noralie (applier: Omega) free GG / fee

HAIR: Spellbound Sirena // Grimoire : Complete - includes crown/headpiece/hair adornments @ Enchantment tyvm!

EYES: antielle Mermaid. Gray free @ Enchantment Hunt (start location) tyvm!

EYELASHES: Mon Cheri Falsies
EARS: [MANDALA] Steking Ears Season 5

HEADPIECE: Sax Shepherd Designs Little Mermaid Maang Tikka @ Enchantment tyvm!
NECKLACE: Sweet Thing Mermaid Song w/color change HUD @ Enchantment tyvm!

EARRINGS/NECKLACE/BREAST ADORNMENT: Glitzz Emerald Treasure. White @ Enchantment tyvm!

TAIL: The Plastik Ursulae. Mermaid Fin. Steele @ Enchantment tyvm!

PROP: Mer-chandise Cove Lagoon Sunning Rock tyvm!

Interview: The Little Mermaid @ Enchantment

I am officially enchanted! Today, I had the great opportunity to have a little talk with two adorable and well-known ladies: Sorchiee, and Duchess Flux. They are currently setting up their upcoming event Enchantment with its theme „The Little Mermaid“. It will run from August 14th until September 4th, 2015. 

„When we came up with our theme, it was, of course, as suprising as funny for us to notice that other events had similar themes as well. But at the same time, it seems very understandable for July and August to create a theme around and under water“, they tell. „What differs our theme from the other events is, that we didn’t choose a general approach to a mermaid theme but the fairytale of The Little Mermaid. It matches also our event concept: Enchantment is a Second Life Shopping event, that is focused around fairytales.“

The Enchantment bosses are all excited and have started with a few little events around the upcoming "The Little Mermaid" theme round already. 
- picture shown with kind permission of Duchess Flux -

Enchantment has been around before already, four times a year, but with another concept which was originally created by Voshie Paine. Voshie brought us the „Hop-Around“ and the Stamp Machine which was much fun because we got to see all the mainstores and were hunting for those stamps on the cards. But the event became too much for Voshie. She was going to close Enchantment down. Duchess and Sorchiee wouldn’t want to accept that. And we are glad they didn’t, and that Voshie – still supporting as team member - allowed them to take over. „All our incredible designers were handpicked by the two of us. We strive to offer the best of the best“, they explain, and the line-up on their official homepage approves it: FDD Stories, Alegria, Dead Dollz, !gO!, Lumae, Pure Poison, just to name a very few at this point. While most of the designers are taking specific choices on The Little Mermaid, some designers like The Plastik, Aisling or Azoury are taking a more artistic route in interpreting the fairytale. „And we love it!“, they claim.

The rezzing-friendly, fantasy-inspired sims Ippos, Pegasoi and Nymphai have many nice corners to explore under their forestal cover

The artistic route does certainly not come out of the blue. The three sims Ippos, Pegasoi and Nymphai, where such events like Enchantment, Totally Top Shelf, The Secret Affair are located – as well as The Fantasy Collective on a neighbour sim – are home to many creative minds. Various creators & designers from fashion to decoration to poses and more, photographers, bloggers, event managers, roleplayers and all in-between are living here next door to each other. It allows to offer a place with a huge exchange of ideas. „All three sims are fantasy inspired and built by our sim designer Divine Paine. They were created with photographers and bloggers in mind. That’s also the reason why they are rezz-friendly. We want them to be able to take the pictures they want. But our Ippos Community is not just a place to take pictures. When we started to rent out, we wanted to have an environment where people feel equal, safe, and where they can contribute to a big community of like-minded people.“

It looks all so calm and quiet but don't be fooled ... 

But with all those on-going events, didn’t it become all about competition for everyone? „We have indeed various events on the sims with different influences from roleplay worlds such as Elves, Gor, or Sci-Fi. But with all those varying backgrounds, we are not competitive at all. We really complement each other. Everyone is always willing to lend a helping hand. It makes our Ippos Community something really special.“ 

Ippos, by the way, is one of the first sims to be released by Linden Lab. One day, Pegasoi popped up somewhat out of nowhere and they took their chance to purchase it. When more new events started and people asked them to host their events nearby, it inspired them to buy the third: „Though our sims are residential and commercial, Nymphai is our first totally commercial sim with stores from Figment, Rowenwood, Ravenshot Interiors, Mer-Chandise Cove, and more.“ Is there anything else they have in mind but business, you might now wonder? Oh yes, they have! They always try to bring more inspiration to the grid and the fantasy roleplay community. Just recently, a lot of bloggers and photographers from the Ippos Community gathered to contribute to a big story called „Defenders of Ippos“ where they presented not just their prefered fantasy fashion but gave an insight in their virtual adventures.

... these are not sweet little waves chopping around archaic stones. These are racing vortexes!

Their adventures and sims are also source of inspiration for their event themes. And what was the inspiration for the „The Little Mermaid“ theme of this round of Enchantment? „That film is one of our favourites!“ – As unexpected as this may sound, film is and can be art, too. And Enchantment is into many arts: „We have also other events going on during Enchantment. We have an art opening from The Last Unicorn Gallery. We have a Movie night. We have also our own Little Mermaid show at Lady Garden Cabaret on August 22nd.“ 

The whole event location design have been set up by sim designer Divine Paine

Then I have to step quickly aside. „The art behind you is being set up for the event“, the ladies explain griningly. And I realize that I have talked to them for about nearly an hour already. Time to stop to pester them with more questions because they have only a few days left to finish the setup. And while we are unpatiently waiting for the event to open its doors, the three sims invite you to be explored. Trust me: you’ll be officially enchanted as well!

LINKS & SURLS

>> Official Homepage of Enchantment <<

>> Flickr Picture Stream of Enchantment <<
>> Flickr Picture Stream of Ippos, Pegasoi & Nymphai <<

>> Ippos <<   >> Pegasoi <<   >> Nymphai <<

[imported] 204.

SKIN: 7 Deadly s{K}ins Avril V1 (A) @ The Thrift Shop (Feb 6 - 27) tyvm!

SHAPE: 7 Deadly s{K}ins Patience tyvm!

AVATAR MESH ENHANCEMENT: Maitreya Lara V2.1 body + SLink hands/feet

HAIR: D!va Bambi (fatpack w/2 versions) free GG / no fee
HAIRBASE: D!va Hairbase free

EYES: IKON Deadshine Quicksilver

EYELASHES: Mon Cheri Falsies 

EYELINER: Glam Affair Couture
EARS: [MANDALA] Steking Ears Season 5
NAILS: Nail Me! Chocolate & Roses (Omega/SLink polish) free

HORNS: May's Soul Beast w/rose color change HUD @ Enchantment's Beauty and the Beast (Feb 1 - 28)
EYEPATCH/NECKLACE: May's Soul Ephemeral beauty free w/stamp card @ Enchantment's Beauty and the Beast (Feb 1 - 28)
EYEPATCH (gold): Axix Laverne Mask @ The Fantasy Room (Feb 5 - 25)
EARCUFFS: aisling Yrs [F] w/gem&metal change HUD
SHOULDER COLLAR: May's Soul Bolena @ The Fantasy Room (Feb 5 - 25)

GOWN: Pixicat Delusion. Flower 50 L$ @ FLF (Feb 6)

PET: Zenith Year of the Goat Doll (3 colors) free GG / no fee