The Bleeding Edge: "Rissa Delicate" by Finesmith Designs

Within the next week, Yula Finesmith of Finesmith Designs will release several sets inspired by Rissa Friller, Miss Finesmith Stylista 2011.  The set pictured below, "Rissa Delicate," contains an eye ornament, collar, bracelets, necklace (not pictured), and earrings (not pictured).  As with all jewelry from Finesmith Designs, "Rissa Delicate" includes a color and texture change menu that provides the user with TONS of options for customization.  Below I paired "Rissa Delicate" with "Lord Gear," a steampunk formal suit designed by Lexi Vargas of Brocade Tiger exclusively for SL Art Couture's Claim The Fame project.  Enjoy!

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics:  A'VION

Hair:  Gritty Kitty

Eyes: L. Fauna

Outfit:  Brocade Tiger

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

The Bleeding Edge: "Golden Empress" by Garded Secret

Talyia Tarber created "Golden Empress" back in December for The Fashion Teller's "The Nutcracker," but it has just now been released in her super amazing store, Garded Secret.  Done in beautiful hues of gold and sapphire, I sooooo wish that I had this makeup for my Finesmith Inspiration casting back in March.  Here's my winning Inspiration styling revisited, featuring "Golden Empress" in all of its splendor.

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics & Lashes:  Garded Secret

Hair:  Gritty Kitty

Eyes: L. Fauna

Outfit:  Champagne

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

TEST 005: "Style That!" by Finesmith Designs

Week 4 of Finesmith Designs' Style That! competition was today, and spring is in the air!  This week's item captured the fresh spirit of springtime, colored in sunny yellows, verdant greens, and oceanic blues.  Today's winner was Aphrodite Brianna, so congrats to her!  Below is the fourth in my string of losing stylings, lmao.

TEST:  FAILED

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics, Lashes, & Nails:  Garded Secret
Hair:  3636

Eyes: L. Fauna

Outfit:  Champagne

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

TEST 004: "Style That!" by Finesmith Designs

Straight from the Sy Whitesong fail vault, here's my pathetic entry for week 3 of Finesmith Designs' Style That!  Typically I find the thrill of only having 2 hours to style a complete outfit exhilarating, but I was having a crap day in RL, SL kept crashing, and I just couldn't seem to find a way to create in SL what I was visualizing in my head.  So, this is what I ended up with.  It's not a bad styling, mind you...just not in any way innovative.  Congratz to Bluebell Andretti for winning!

TEST:  FAILED

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics:  A'VION

Hair:  Gritty Kitty

Eyes: L. Fauna

Nails:  Garded Secret

Outfit:  Guarded Cross

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

The Bleeding Edge: "The Rabbicats" by Body Talking

Rabbicats is an extremely unique release from Body Talking, with 100% of the proceeds going to Project Fur Japan.  Project Fur Japan provides funds to aid animal rescue groups who are helping the thousands of animals lost and/or injured during the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan.  Rabbicats is a set of five super cute kittehs, each with a corresponding pose.  On a random side note, while we were shooting the vendor image earlier I discovered that Ari and all of her friends have nicknames based on their personality color.  Ari is Purbru, Miaa Rebane is Purmass, Steffy Ghost is Purpur, and Takeshi Kiama is Keshyellow.  After taking said test, I am now Syellow.  YAY!!!  =P  

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics:  A'VION
Hair:  Gritty Kitty

Eyes: L. Fauna

Bunny Hood:  Katsu Kreations

Hoodie:  Kobalt

Jeans & Shoes:  Xplosion

Poses & Rabbicats:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

The Bleeding Edge: "Twiggy" by Body Talking

Pose Fair 2011 opens this Friday, and Body Talking has some amazing offerings for both men and women:  "Mikey" and "Twiggy!"  For more info on "Mikey," check out my previous Bleeding Edge post here on the Shiny Angel Couture blog.  "Twiggy" is a collection of 20 poses...10 unique poses, each featuring a mirrored counterpart.  The poses are especially well suited to ladies carrying a clutch or purse (neither of which works for me), so I decided to go into cuteness overload for this shoot.  Rather than a purse, I walked around the house carrying an adorable Domo plushie that I got from SweetTooth via the Pacific Crisis Fundraiser.  Also featured is some sweet hair from 3636 (my new fav hair) and a cute little outfit from Misera, both a part of the Pacific Crisis Fundraiser as well!

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru

Cosmetics:  A'VION
Hair:  3636

Eyes: L. Fauna
Lashes & Nails: Garded Secret

Feet:  SEY

Outfit:  Misera

Domo Plushie:  SweetTooth

Poses:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

TEST 003: "Style That!" by Finesmith Designs

The second weekly Style That! competition was held at Finesmith Designs today, and competition was fierce!  I think I'm starting to get used to losing, wish is a necessary evil in the modeling world.  Congratulations to Catlyn Sahara for winning today's challenge and moving on to the finals in May!  Below is my *losing* styling.  Yula teased me, saying "I didn't know the item was Desert Winds!"  Admittedly I got a bit carried away and the intended focus of the outfit was a bit lost, but I still stand by my overall look.  =)

TEST:  FAILED

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru
Outfit:  Mea Culpa

Jewelry:  Finesmith Designs

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

The Bleeding Edge: "Mikey" by Body Talking

Soon to be released in the Body Talking store, I bring you "Mikey"...a fun collection of poses excellent for runway or print.  I think pose #4 is my new personal favorite pose, hahaha.  As always, all Body Talking fatpacks come with an X-Poser compatible version, so you can go poseball free with your X-Poser system from Essential Soul!

Shape: Custom

Skin: Yabusaka
Hair:  Gritty Kitty

Eyes: Custom
Nails: Garded Secret

Outfit:  House Of Europe

Pose:  Body Talking

Model & Photographer: Sy Whitesong

The Bleeding Edge: "Love Fight" by Body Talking

First ever free review product!  YAY!!!  I ran into Ari (owner of Body Talking) the other day, and she was kind enough to give me a sneak peek at her first pose prop...a pose bed entitled "Love Fight."  Upon first rez, the bed is decked out in gorgeous sunset colors...deep reds, vibrant oranges, and bright yellows.  However, all of the texture are mod, so the colors are totally user customizable (notice that I changed mine to a neutral white).  The bed uses a multipose menu system, with a total of 16 poses (8 "Femme" poses and 8 "Homme" poses), each of which is customizable (pose position and rotation may be adjusted via menu).  The poses loaded in the bed are SO CUTE!  They're playful, whimsical, and even silly at times!  My personal favorite has to be pose #6...soooo adorable!  Special thanks to Jonas for being my patient photography plaything yet again!  =P

 the calm before the storm

 CUDDLES!  *heart*

 round 1!  *ding ding ding*

 about to roll Jonas off the bed!  =P

 king of the hill!

 a tender moment

lovers' quarrel 

Jonas makes a nice footstool...don'tcha think?

Shape: Custom
Skin: Subaru ~ "Edward Earth Normal"
Eyes: L. Fauna ~ "CHAI Eyes Blue 4"
Lashes: Miamai ~ "No Alpha Lashes NO1"
Hair: Gritty Kitty ~ "Hoke-Troika Ash"
Outfit:  Vitamen ~ "Vinyl Boy White"
Poses: Body Talking ~ "Love Fight"

Models:  Sy Whitesong & Jonas Laviscu

Photographer:  Sy Whitesong

The Bleeding Edge: "Patty" by Body Talking

Ari (Arisia Ashmoot) has just released a new line of poses, specifically designed for the business professional, yet versatile enough to compliment any outfit..."Patty!"  The poses may be purchased individually, or the fatpack includes all 10 of the fabulous poses that you see below:

Shape:  Custom
Skin:  Subaru
Eyes:  L. Fauna
Lashes:  Miamai
Hair:  UW
Outfit:  Xplosion
Poses:  Body Talking
Model & Photographer:  Sy Whitesong