Boheme Beauty

As I've mentioned before, Santana Lumiere has been one of my favorite SL creators since I was just a wee little avatar back in 2006. When she was the sole creative force behind Nevermore, my home was filled with her furniture, my closets stuffed with her clothing, and my vanity covered in her makeup and nail polishes. These days, she's focusing solely on beauty and has renamed her brand La Boheme. Nails have been her primary focus for awhile now (I've previously blogged about her gorgeous Slink nails), so I was thrilled to hear she's expanding her eyeshadow line and is once again creating lipstick.

In addition to the high quality of Santana's work, there are two things that sets La Boheme above the rest...

1) Her eyeshadows and lipsticks are NOT skin tone specific, so you can wear them with the skin of your choosing. That said, avatar shape DOES matter, so it's a good idea to try the free demos before buying. Due to the No Transfer nature of the products, La Boheme has a No Refunds policy.

2) The prices. A new look from La Boheme isn't going to to empty your wallet. Not to mention the store regularly participates in hunts and gatcha events. In fact, there are currently 5 hunt items in her store, one of which is a gatcha hunt item filled with sparkly fae-like face paints. The regular hunt items are $0L or $1L each and the gatcha item is $25L per play. (Click on the treasure chest on the front counter for hunt hints.) As if that wasn't enough, every week in December Santa Santana is putting new freebie items beneath her Christmas tree, just look for the packages with the bronze ribbons. Here's an slurl so you can pop right over to the store and grab all of the goodies: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Wash/230/75/24

Below is a small sampling of the items that are already available in-store. Most of them are fairly dramatic because I wanted to show you the new Feline Instinct collection of eyeshadows and some of the Glam style lipsticks. Santana tells me there are more eyeshadows on the way as well as gloss versions of her lip colors, and I can not wait until they hit the shelves! Details are listed with the eyeshadow first and then the lipstick. As always, prices can be found at the bottom of the post.



1) Bare Skin without Makeup
2) Feline Instinct 1 & Matte Aubergine 3
3) Feline Instinct 4 & Matte Wine 2


1) Feline Instinct 6 & Matte Redwood 2
2) Feline Instinct 3 & Matte Glam Leopard 2
3) Feline Instinct 9 & Matte Glam T-Shape 4


1) Feline Instinct 8 & Matte Glam T-Shape 5
2) Feline Instinct 7 & Matte Glam Leopard 6
3) Feline Instinct 2 & Matte Redwood 3


I also want to show you some of La Boheme's less-dramatic makeup. Once again, I've started with a photo of me in the barest version of my favored skin (see above).

EDIT: The eyeshadows I'm wearing below are no longer available. However, they've been replaced with gorgeous updated versions called Electric 1 and Electric 2. Stop by the store and try out the demos!


1) Electric Eyeshadow - Coal & Matte Red 3
2) Electric Soft Eyeshadow - Chocolate & Matte Redwood 4


1) Electric Soft Eyeshadow - Pewter & Matte Wine 6
2) Electric Eyeshadow - Pink & Matte Aubergine 8


Feline Instinct Eyeshadow: $75L for a pack of 10 colors
Matte Lipsticks: $75L for a pack of 10 colors
Electric Eyeshadows and Electric Soft Eyeshadows: $25L each or $180 for a pack of 10 colors - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Hair: Kissing Strangers by Exile ($888 Fatpack at Collabor88) (Individual color packs are $88L)
Skin: Nellie 02 [Fair] Glow skin by LAQ ($1999L/10pk)
Eyes: FATEeyes v3.0 by Fate ($395L on the Marketplace)