Avona Ryba’s secret place…
Avona Ryba wearing Sams Secret MM Pants n Sams Secret Classic Top
As part of the Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest Grand Prize, I did today the field trip with Avona Ryde to her secret place. Havens Paradise is, for sure, a magic place!
You should visit it if you wanna recharge and refresh your energy!
We both had an inspirational chat, and now I’ll be jumping into this mood to create her the Grand Prize outfit!
/me wants to tp to a RL place like this right now!
cheers,
Samsara Nishi
Credits: Photo by Avona Ryde; Model: Avona Ryde; Outfit by Sam’s Secret Boutique; Skin by Xtreme Reality; Hair by Frangipani Designs.
Avona Ryba’s secret place…
Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest WINNERS !
I’m so excited to share with you the winners of this first Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest!!
I asked each one of the judges to rank the TOP 3 photos, and share some words about the 1st one. What caught them? Grand Prize and 2nd prize are already defined! But we have a draw regarding the 3rd…
#1 – With 2 votes… Avona Ryba is the winner of the Grand Prize!!
Congrats Avona!!! You won a 3000L Gift Sam’s Secret Boutique Certificate and an outfit that will be designed based on your secret 
Avona Ryba wearing Sams Secret MM Pants n Sams Secret Classic Top
“This island fills me with memories of long hot days spent on sparkling white sands, crystal clear waters rolling and splashing white diamonds against rocks.. sultry nights filled with abandoned thoughts and laughter as warm flesh meets with cool moonlit waters.. gasps of sheer wicked delight as we slip naked into the ocean on a perfect summer night.. ” – Avona Ryba
Photo taken by Avona Ryba at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Havens%20Reef/227/144/22
#2 – With 2 votes… Miu Edman is the winner of the 2nd Prize !!
Congrats Miu!! You won a 2000L Gift Sam’s Secret Boutique Certificate!Miu Edman wearing Sams Secret Black Sequin Dress
Miu Edman wearing Sams Secret Black Sequin Dress
“Exploring in SL is one of the greatest pleasures to me. When I find beautiful place, I act LIKE A STAR and take shots:) it’s my secret!!!! ” – Miu Edman
Photo taken by Miu Edman at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shadow%20Brook/198/51/38
#3 – With 1 vote each… we have a draw on the 3rd…
- Twisted Lemon (draw case) - TK Wako (draw case) - Chroma Pennel (draw case)
Draw Case
Not Secret any more Panel of Judges
Now let me diclosure who are the “not-secret-anymore” Panel of Judges! I’m sure you know them (in alphbetic order):
- Dove Swanson – Owner of Long Awkward Pose [LAP] lapsl.blogspot.com
- Frolic Mills – The Best of Second Life & CO CEO www.thebosl.com
- Voshie Paine – Manager of the club Crimson, CEO of Nocturne Modelling Agency
Here are judges words about why did they choose the photo number 1 as the best:
- “I really felt like Avona not only captured a beautiful setting, but described in a way that would have painted it without the picture. The photo and the pairing of her secret words flow seamlessly together.” – Dove Swanson
- “Avona Ryba’s secret is both provacative and something we all wish to have as a secret memory. Her composition completed the full package.” – Voshie Paine
- The 3rd vote was to Twisted Lemon “Its a beautiful fall color composition and I really like what she had to say ” - Frollic Mills
Thank you so much for joining me in this first Sam’s Secret Boutique photo contest!
Now I’ll chat with Avona, Grand Prize winner, to get inspired by her and to design her a wonderful outfit I’ll be publishing it here once it is ready!
cheers,
Samsara Nishi
Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest WINNERS
Photo Contest deadline is approaching…
Sams Secret Boutique Photo Contest
OMG! Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest deadline is approaching…
We already have girls who submited their photos AND were brave enough to share also some secrets feelings and secrets thougths… Check here…
I would also LOVE to share with you WHO joined me on the “secret panel of judges”! But… you know… I can’t… this is still a secret…
All I can share with you about them right now is: they are really COOL and famous people! And, of course, they have a wonderful photo-taste!
You can win Sam’s Secret Boutique Gift Certificates and… remember: the Grand Prize is something unique!!
You still can join the contest. The deadline to submit your photos is October/22th. Check the rules and have fun!
Samsara Nishi
Tales of Samsara – Chapter 2
TALES OF SAMSARA – Introding you to Sam’s Secret Elly Dress Long Look
I received feedback from lot of friends and customers who enjoyed reading that photo-story I did to introduce you my last release. And I had lot of fun preparing it… So… I decided to continue the “Tales of Samsara” with this new release once again! (by the way… the new release already available at Sam’s Secret Boutique).
I give you my new release Sam’s Secret Elly Dress in Long Look throught “Tales of Samsara – Chapter 2“. Have fun!
Tales of Samsara - The Agreement
Sams Secret Elly Dress messed up
Previously on “Tales of Samsara”: “I only heard two words from them: “No mercy!“ They locked me up in this cage for the eternity…“
… Almost half eternity later…
“Why? Why? What can I do to escape from here? I hope I’ll not have another psycho crisis and rip up my clothes again…“
“I wish I could at least negociate with them some way to be free again…” As I finished that thought, a strong thunder shaked the sky, and I was tped away from there.
Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Plum at Macbeth
It took a while to my eyes get used with the darkness of that particular room.
“What happened ? What place is this? Are the ghosts waiting for me over here?“
I was still confused…
“There are some lights over there…“
Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Golden at Macbeth
The fog was hiding something I was not prepared yet to see…
“Oh no!!“ - I was absolutly chocked with what I saw…
The world as I knew had gone… Everything was in ruins… All trees were dead…
And there were some voices whispering something I coudn’t understand…
Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in golden at Macbeth
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Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Red at Macbeth
I contined walking with tears on my eyes… ”for sure those are the ghosts’ voices…“
Not far from there I found a building still intact.
On my way down stairs I heard a frightening voice whispering my name…
“Samsara…“
I turned fast to see him… nobody was there.
“Who is this?? Why don’t you show up??” – I shouted.
No answer…
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Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Red at Macbeth
I was petrified, anyway I decided to stood there for a while… very still… waiting to them show up…
Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Plum at Macbeth
I was lucky and nobody showed up, otherwise I probably could have a heart attack or a stroke… how knows…
At the end of the stairs I finaly found some hope… flowers still alive!
/me smiles for one long second
And them I heard again someone calling my name, loudly.
“Samsara, I’m here to talk to you. Do you really think you are ready to negociate with us your terms and conditions to be free again?“
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Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Plum at Macbeth-nearby-the-door
Isn’t interesting how our imagination sometimes is worse than reality? He was not so terrifying as I thought. At the end of the day, he is just a ghost…
Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Black at Tempura
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“I do for sure!”
“I’ll give you some time to read and understand the agreement. You can use our garden to do that. Remember this: none of terms are negotiable. Take it or leave it returning to your cage…. it is up to you…” – He said.
After reading the huge agreement - ”Now what?“
I was not confortable with none of those terms…
“What kind of agreement is this??“
At least it was refreshing to walk throught a flowers path after almost an eternity locked up on that cage.
“OMG… eternity…“
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Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Black at Tempura
“Samsara! It is time to return here!” – once again the thunder voice from the sky…
“I’ve to remember in the future they are able to read thoughts…“
He tped me back, and other ghosts were also there waiting for me.
Lot of them…
The time to take an oath had come…
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Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Plum at Macbeth
To celebrate it, they invited me to a glass of red wine… And I, still too inocent, accepted it…
Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Red at Macbeth
To be continued…
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Credits:
- Director, Photographer, Costume Designer, Writer: Samsara Nishi (LOT of fun!!!!!!!!!)
- Cast: Samsara Nishi and Ghosts, of course…
- Outfit: new release Sam’s Secret Elly Dress Long Look in several colors;
- Hair: AnalogDog; Shoes: Maitreya; Poses: [LAP], Striking Poses, and some freebies I don’t remember from where…
- Locations: all photos were taken at Macbeth (http://surl.com/secondlife/Macbeth/42/49/55 ) with exception of the 1st one at ChouChou (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chouchou/177/163/21/) and the garden photos at Tempura (http://slurl.com/secondlife/tempura%20island/181/43/40/);
- Sapphire Coakes who recomended me to visit Tempura.
About the New Release:
The new release is a long version of Sam’a Secret Elly Dress.
If you dare to buy this dress… you can pick it in 4 different colors (golden, plum, red and black).
It includes: 2 different laced fashion tops (regular and full laced as showen on the photos), flex laced skirt with sculped prim belt, flex laced cape with sculped prim collar, pants-as-skirt base, lingerie and socks.
You can have multiple looks of this outfit, depending on the elements you pick to wear… Have fun!
Available at Sam’s Secret Boutique.
Sams Secret Elly Dress Long Look in Plum
Sam’s Secret Elly Dress
Sams Secret Elly Dress
I know this is the “orange” season…
Rather than another orange outfit, I designed a half laced dress in several colors but orange. Really dressy! And I took photos of it in dark places… it was fun!
You’ll see here a 7-photo story about an inocent fashion girl who was looking for a shopping district, and tped to the wrong place by mistake… a dark place… during Halloween…
Sams Secret Elly Dress in Plum
Read this article, or just check the photos to know what will happen to her…
I give you: Sam’s Secret Elly Dress
So… What happens when an inocent fashion girl visit a dark place by mistake?
“Oh! You are sooooo cute! Who are you? A litle black cat??” (Photo 1)
Actualy he wasn’t a litle black cat… he was a flying monkey…
“Oh! Free ride! Cool! You have a nice customer service over here! Could you, please, take me to the shopping district?” (Photo 2)
Sams Secret Elly Dress in Plum
Sams Secret Elly Dress in Red
Sams Secret Elly Dress in Red
Once I escaped, I stared to run as fast as I could… “Help! Help ! Somobody help me, please!” (Photo 6)
Sams Secret Elly Dress in Gold
Sams Secret Elly Dress in light black
Sams Secret Elly Dress - Pack with 4 colors
Are you preparing your photos???
Sams Secret Boutique Photo Contest
If you are a Sam’s Secret Boutique customer you already have all you need to join Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest! You already have outfits from my store, and you are Sam’s Secret fan!
So… all you need to do is to have some fun taking nice pictures and posting the best one at http://www.flickr.com/groups/samssecretboutique/
Remeber the Grand Prize is a 3000$L Gift Certificate AND an outfit designed based on YOU!!!
Oh, don’t forget to share your “secret thoughts or secret feelings” when you took the picture… Check the rules.
Some girls already joined and posted photos at flickr http://flickr.com/groups/samssecretboutique/
I’m sooooooo curious to see what you are preaparing!!!!!
Have fun!
cheers!
Samsara Nishi
PS: Of course, if you really want to wear something new to take your photos, you can check the new releases available… yesterday I launched Sam’s Secret Elly Dress. (Today I’m taking some photos of it to blog.) Anyway, I just wanna say this is not mandatory.
Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest
Visiting Tuli’s Journey “Queendom”
Vixie Rayna at Tulis Journey new sim
Omg! Yesterday was the big opening party of Tuli’s new sim!! Congratulations Tuli!!!
The Fashion Show was sooooo creative! During the openeing party they prepared this “Self Service Fashion Show”. The idea by Callie Joubert and Second Look Studio. And Tuli fully supported it, of course!
All models were standing inside some frame boxes, with a notecard giver nearby to take all details about the look.
This photo was the only one I managed to take during the event, because I crashed a couple of times… This is my “framed friend” Vixie Rayna wearing Outfit: G Field – Mistress of the Rose Dress &* Mini Bouquet in Black, Shoes: G Field – Lady Rose Shoes in Black, Jewelry: JCNY – Chalice Diamond Necklace and NY Ballerina, Diamond Bracelet, Hair: Dernier Cri – DC Tessa in Black, Skin:Tuli – Elizabeth (Taylor in Fair).
Sams Secret Vacuum collection at Tuli s Journey
This was a soooooo great idea! And the party was awesome! Lot of friends over there!
I returned today to look around without the “regular SL-lag” during parties 
In this photo you can see me wearing the skin Tuli created to Passions of Black Swan. I was looking at my inventory, and the naughty look of my Sams Secret Vacuum collection is almost perfet to show this wonderful skin! Actualy the better way to show it is without nothing!
Some time ago I told Tuli I would be creating an outfit especially to show her skin, and I’m soooo late… I still will be doing this, Tuli!
Anyway, here we go! The next photo was the first one I took today, having some coffee during the sunrise…. delicious! I hope you will be visiting Journey soon! Today at 2pm SLT there will be a PINK Party with DJ Isabelle Santos. Enjoy!!!!!
Sams Secret Vacuum collection at Tuli s Journey during sunrise
If you are planing to join Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest, maybe you should visit Journey to buy some skins, shoes, and Jewelry to compose your look. Just a thought… And, yes, there are clothes over there also! But… you know… the photo contest is all about Sam’s Secret Boutique! lol
Sams Secret Boutique Photo Contest
Visiting Tuli’s Journey “Queendom”
Sam’s Secret Boutique Photo Contest
Sams Secret Boutique Photo Contest
What sort of secrets do you have in Second Life? What are your secret thoughts and secret feelings?
This will be a double chalange photo contest!
It is starting today and the grand prize is something unique!!
HAVE FUN!!!!!!!
kisses
Samsara Nishi
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Sam’s Secret Boutique Flickr Photo Contest
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What sort of secrets do you have in Second Life?
What are your favourite secret places in Second Life?
Do you have a secret spot you absolutly LOVE in this particular place?
What are your secret thoughts and secret feelings when you are visitng this place?
Oh! Do you have secret thoughts and secret feelings always, wherever you go?
Would you love to have a very special outfit to wear when you are in this particular secret mood? A special outfit created inspired by your secrets? An outfit that will have your name?
This will be a double chalange photo contest!
YOUR chalange is to win it, and MY chalange is to create an outfit inspired by your secrets!
If you are the winner, you will take me to a field trip on the spot where you shot your winner photo. During this field trip we will chat a lot, and you will have the opportunity to inspire me and maybe to do some special requests regarding this outfit I’ll be creating inspired by you! Of course you will receive this outfit as part of the Grand Prize! And you will receive it before it is available at my store.
But… I’m warnining you: you must be brave! You will have to SHOW ME YOUR SECRETS!
Looking forward to see your photos!
HAVE FUN!
Samsara Nishi
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Prizes
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- Grand Prize: An outfit created by Samsara Nishi inspired by YOUR SECRETS!
And 3000 $L Sam’s Secret Boutique Gift Certificate - 2nd Prize: 2000 $L Sam’s Secret Boutique Gift Certificate
- 3rd Prize: 1000 $L Sam’s Secret Boutique Gift Certificate
Remember: I’m looking for inspiration based on your secrets
There is a secret panel of judges who will join me to decide who will be the winners.
The judges names and the winners names will be published on October/26th.
The winners will drop me a 1024×1024 full perm texture inworld, and the winners agree to allow me to use their photos in the future in whatever I decide to use them (blog, ads, magazines, … whatever)
I will publish the credits (photographer and model name) when publishing your photos.
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Deadlines
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The contest is starting today and your deadline to post your photos on flickr is October/22th.
The winners will be announced on October/26th.
The field trip will be done as soon as possible after the winners announcement.
The outfit created by Samsara Nishi inspired by yours secrets will be launched during an event in November.
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Rules
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1- You must be wearing Sam’s Secret Boutique outfits, of course.
2- You can post only one photo. If you post more than one, the olders will be disqualify.
3- You must post your photo on Sam’s Secret Boutique flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/samssecretboutique
To do that you must have a flickr account, and join Sam’s Secret Boutique flickr group.
It is free, and really easy to create. (http://www.flickr.com)
4- Name the picture as “your-name wearing outfit-name”. For example: “Samsara Nishi wearing Sam’s Secret Gothic outfit”.
5- Tag your photo “Sam’s-Secret-Boutique-October-Photo-Contest”, otherwise judges will not be considering it.
6- Write a text on the description field, sharing your secret thoughts and secret feelings when shoting this photo.
7- Please, on the description field also include the SURL where you shot your photo.
8- You can photoshop your photo if you wish.
That’s it!
HAVE FUN!!!
Sam’s Secret Vacuum Collection
Burning Secrets…
Sams Secret Vacuum Naught Look
This is Second Life! Lot of artists building an ephemeral world together!
I’m late… very late… today is the last day of Burning Life, and unfortunately it was the first time I had the chance to visit it during this week. Hmm…. for next year Lindens should be considering extend the period for 2 weeks or 1 month… don’t you agree with me?
Visiting Burning Life was fun, scary, surprising, delightful, amazing!
I had LOT of fun exploring it today, and taking some photos with the new release I launched yesterday: Sam’s Secret Vacuum Collection. First let me show you some photos, and after that I can tell you something about the collection…
Sams Secret Vacuum Salmon PantsSet look
As usual, it is hard to me to pick the photos to blog! You can check all of them on flickr!
This first photo, were I’m wearing Sam’s Secret Vacuum Naught Look dress, is an amazing piece of art by Strawberry Holiday.
The second photo, were I’m wearing Sam’s Secret Vacuum Pants look in salmon, is a really funny enviromnent by Maya Paris. By the way, she was over there dancing with some friends and I joined them. Touching the cats make them miaow, and we were touching all of them together! lol
Sams Secret Vacuum Salmon Long Dress
After that I visited a scary and weird place…
I was wearing Sam’s Secret Vacuum Long Dress in Salmon. I’m not sure why, maybe I’m just a paranoid… all the time I was over there I was with this feeling that someone was looking over me.
But… everytime I turned around there was nobody… weird…
I don’t know… maybe ghosts?? No… I don’t believe in ghosts…
Anyway… I was so scary I left the place before taking notes of the artist builder.
(I’m kidding… it is by Blotto Epsilon and Cutea Benelli!)
Sams Secret Vacuum Dark Long Dress
I wore my Sam’s Secret Vacuum Long Dress in Dark, and went to the next spot. By the way, my favourit ever!! Beneath the tree that died by AM Radio! I took so many photos in this site, it is absolutly impossible to pick one! Anyway… here we go!
You can check all photos on flickr! Lot of other amazing places also!
Now let me tell you about my new release… I’m not sure about you, but I really enjoy to give you options!
Sam’s Secret Vacuum collection includes a gown (this is not my main style, anyway it was so fun to create one to Passions of Black Swan I decided to do it again! 
), includes a cocktail dress in too moods (normal and naughty), and also includes a pants set. Once again I give you the outfit in different packs, to better fit your taste, or a fat pack. They are available in salmon and in dark.
The outfit has a cut that always show the corset and lingerie, and it includes 2 different Corset and Lingerie, so you have 3 different looks for the same outfit. Also, if you have a gorgeous prim belt, you can wear the outfit without my golden belt. In the other hand, if you love the belt and want to wear it with other clothes, it is available as stand alone as jacket layer.
Here you can see some of the available options. Check all of them at my main store (Rue DAntibes 200, 180, 28).
Sams Secret Vacuum Dark PantsSet Look
Sams Secret Vacuum Dark Long Dress LookSams Secret Vacuum Madium Dress in Salmon
Sams Secret Vacuum Madium Dress in Salmon
Burning Secrets…
New LM to Sam’s Secret Boutique main store…
Some times a store moves from one sim to another, and sometimes the sim changes its name. This is a quick note just to let you know Rue D’Antibes sim changed the name to Rue DAntibes (without the ‘).
Sam’s Secret Boutique main store continues at the same place, now with a new LM: Rue DAntibes 200, 180, 28
And to incentive you to visit it, I updated the GIFT BOX of my main store with a new freebie. It is a fashion top using the same elements of my new release… Sam’s Secret Vacuum collection.
All you have to do is visit the store, and touch the GIFT BOX. I hope you enjoy it!
- Sams Secret Vacuum Freebie
New LM to Sam’s Secret Boutique main store…
