Odd Socks….part the first.

This is a probably ill-fated attempt to put together a plethora of the ever growing # items from my inventory which I have had problems matching…like odd socks.

I really didn’t mean to call you at 2am after a night of double 2 flavoured Marguerita’s. '”I know you just had a baby but it was so amazing I just had to call. Look at this thing…no wires!!!” (Call made to my Sister from a Mexican Bar, circa 1988, a friend had just gotten this contraption, because he was in the news business….) Technology is pretty amazing isn’t it? I paid for it later…

Some people were raised on Rock n’ Roll, some on religion, I was raised on Monty Python. That pretty well explains everything….

On a Monday with PMS, I’m coming down with a cold, and everything is just Meh…! Good thing I have this enormous bag to carry everything I own, including Pain meds, and a book which I hope will get me out of this funk.

No one in their right mind would try to put this stuff together. I am not in my right mind. I will not take responsibility for any ailment caused by eyestrain or brain fatigue. I have to say that I love all this stuff and thank the designers for making them. They are old, new and sometimes for review. For sale, on sale and maybe free, group gifts and lauds, maybe even no longer available… definitely not available in Blue Mars…Favourite things I haven’t worn in a blog or tried to put together. The wild, wacky and perfectly ordinary, just some of the ephemera which makes SL the interesting place that it is. I will stop now before I get all philosophical about my stuff and kill my post with run on sentences, if I could stop I would…ah kill me now, will you!!!

And judging by the fact that many odd socks remain…to be continued….

Credits: Skin Fashionably Dead Morning Sun-Sun Drops, Eyes IC (Ina Centaur Skin Store) Ranika Eyes.

Pic1-Skirt Storin berry High-waist Sculptie skirt, Socks Mia Snow Rainbow, Sh*t Happens Kellie Navy Blazer, Hair Boon ZG0223 Blonde, Wigglesworth Elderly Avatars-free Junk Cell phone Horn Rimmed Glasses, Creamshop Linen Stole Muffler red, Shoes Pretties Boho Chic Mules Red, Bracelet Puddles Tricky Bangle Charcoal.

Pic2-Outfit Slanted Fox (sale) Draag Purse blue, J Rock Haiku Love Boy Shorts, Thrill me Zipup blue, Puddles Tricky Bangle Blue, Delia Boots Squeeky Clean Bubbles (on sale cheap!), Gabby’s Glasses Signerd, Hair [OH] Oh my happiness G, Dead Parrot (no Idea where that guy came from..).

Pic3- Shirt Beetlebones Jailbird sweater in maroon saloon, Fri*day Halter vest Blk, Slanted Fox School Etiquette cross, Artilleri Greta Glasses blk, Hair Tiny Bird The Art Teacher Spun Sugar, Earring Deco POOP Hunt smoky Earring, Shoes Pretties Fusion Creole, Tres Blah Chic Satchel Black, EmJay ripped Super dark Capri’s, (NS) Naith Smit Design white Cigarette Animated.

Wear Grey……

In honour of wear grey day I am wearing a couple of looks which are something of a departure for me. The outfit and shoes are from .hc&co. (200L) and all proceeds go to brain Cancer research. The Skin is Po from Vive9 and it’s currently on sale at 450L for a single or 1500L for a fatpack. Older skins are even cheaper and they’re lovely too. The hair is a Tiny bird offering for 50L fridays and though I don’t usually wear black hair this is georgous.

I am including a link to Sanura Snowpaw’s Wear Grey Website, all info about this worthy cause can be found there.

Credits: Skin Vive9 Po Scotch Terra1, .hc&co. Grey Day Outfit, Tiny Bird Millionaire Pepper (includes detachable texture change headband), Eyes DenDou Light Grey. Poses by LAP and Flowey.

Is you is or is you ain’t my baby…

Every outfit starts off somewhere and this outfit started off with the shoes… Someone (innocently) mentioned that Slink had new shoes..with new feet, and they were half off…so off I went to Slink… The shoes are much easier to match and tint than other versions…Then I was trying to match clothes to a jacket I found but well..I saw this dress at Milk Motion (they used telepathy). Horses? I just had to have it. Well, it did go perfectly with the shoes! At the same time I had been planning to buy a hair from DP YumYum…(or had the idea mysteriously been implanted in my brain?) and it is Yummy, dontcha think? And didn’t I have to hear that Atomic had new skins? I knew I wasn’t going to like them…Wrong!! (Who told them that I love black lipstick??) And so this outfit is a result of a global conspiracy started by six guys (you know the six guys who are behind everything…) You…! Thanks by the way…(At which point Shelby realizes she’s talking to herself and goes to hide in a closet.)

Credits: Skin & Eyes Atomic Grace Cream daring Black, Eyelashes Redgrave Glamour, Dress Milk Motion My Vintage Fringe Horses, Shoes SLink Gladiator Achillia Silver, Hair *DP YumYum (BarberYumyum *18)Fatpack plus Hair Accessories free to group, Nails Candy Nail Black Evolution.

!SSUS!, Tuli Review and a few things…

Rowan Carroll is the lady behind the Store “She’s so Unusual Shoes!” or !SSUS! for short. I wish I had discovered this store when I first joined Sl, as I remember the choices were either to spend a fortune or wear shoes that blinged. The first thing you notice when you enter !SSUS! is that there are ..lots and lots of shoes in many colours and textures. The second thing you notice is the cost of the shoes which is very reasonable. And the third thing is that this lady does have a sense of humour, with her whimsical creations like the Penis (am I allowed to say that?) Pumps and Noob shoes! I love her most recent creations especially her Gothic Rose and Pentagram Platforms. Chunky heels yay!! You will be seeing more of these shoes…

I am sure that I am later than anyone blogging Tuli’s new skin tone in her Hope line, Ivory. That said, I really enjoyed working with these skins. I found them versatile and loved the new make-ups. As always the skins are gorgeous and photograph beautifully

Ah, finally I get to how you my favourite hair from the Hair Fair!!! Tukinowguma is the hair store and I wanted to find the perfect outfit to show it off. I found it at DP YumYum, which is in the process of being renovated right now. The hair and flower are texture change. Oh isn’t it just the sweetest thing?? Pics shot at Route 66.

During my travels around the grid, I came across the store, Likka House and the lovely grey dress, Giselle. This dress has a Glow or non Glow option. Hair is by Magica and Pics shot at Cesaire.

I found this delicious dress at Pinky Gals (originally to go with my favourite hair from the hair fair). It has a lovely shine which I teamed up with Hoofs (from Lazy Places demonology Hunt on now) and a great new hair from Boon (half price right now). Shot at Carpe Noctem.

Credits: all Skins Tuli Hope Ivory, All eyes Exodi and Hoot.

Pic1- Shoes from !SSUS! Magellen Corsett Wedges(95L), Absinthe Lace trim Pumps (95L), Black Pentagram Platforms(195L), Red Gothic Rose Platforms (195L), Outfit DP YumYum Rose Petal Dress Red.

Pic2-refer to other pics

Pic-3 Tuli Ivory 6 PU, Redgrave Twiggy Lashes, DP YumYum Rose Petal Dress, Hair Tukinowaguma Morning Rose Ash, !SSUS! Gothic Rose Platforms red.

Pic4-Tuli Ivory 4 PU, Dress Likka House Giselle Grey, Mystic Ears Naturals Illusions, !SSUS! Black Pentagram Platforms, HoC Pentagram Necklace Silver, Magica Hair Safety Pin Blond A.

Pic5-Tuli Ivory 10PU, Dress Pinky Gals Dress05 Red, Evolution Bleeding Heart Collar Red (Philotic Energy Part of a 50L gift box), Sh*t Happens Mariya Stirrup Pants Crimson, Tatts GoK Aphrodisia, Lazy Places Myth Satyr Hoof (Demonology Hunt) Hair Boon Mau486 Blond, Horns *Hexed* Alt Sinners (The store has closed but Alt items still available onXStreet)..

Vampyre…….

How long it is I have wandered ?..I do not know. And my memory of things are fuzzy. There was a party, that is clear and I remembered dancing with a tall dark stranger. It all comes back like a dream. Like a tune once heard but not entirely forgotten. That is this building? It looks familiar but strange and I am cold, oh so cold. A cold I cannot shake. I will enter here, it looks warm and inviting.

The dark is not frightening to me, I can see very well and the candles are far too bright for my sensitive eyes. My lips have a taste and something is dripping down my chin. I wipe away blood, odd that is, just odd. I remember waking up in a cold dark place and I was alone, the rats didn’t even come near me. The way that led me out was full of nightmares. I was hungry oh so hungry. I cannot even say what I did or how long I hungered before I had my fill. What is this place? I cannot remember, I used to come here not long ago. I was so young then. I do remember I always felt safe here. I am starting to see things, the dark is turning to shadows.

I am tired, tired of the hunger, tired of the fear and the cold. I must rest here, but there is something I have forgotten, he told me something about the light. Ah what was it, I feel so tired. My energy is draining away. It seems so long since I saw the sun. I must get a look through these church windows, that’s it! It’s a church.I am fading..I can feel it now and the memories are returning. I have lived like this for..how long? Long enough that my family has turned to dust as I shall soon be. I am dying…ah that’s a joke, I am already dead.

Tuli Asturias has added some gorgeous new Gothic make-ups to her Hope line. I love when a classy skin like Hope adds some new possibilities for use within SL. Below are just some of them….

Credits: Skin Tuli Hope Goth (10 Make-ups available with PU option), Outfit Crimson Shadow Corset n’ Feathers Dress Set (Although this outfit is NLA I still wanted to show it to you..), Eyes Hoot Halftone, Hair Joli Femme Stephanie Darker Blacks (comes with hair mesh to cover bald spots..). Pics shot @ Fat Tuesday@New Orleans.

Pink Fuel Raine…Review

A weeks holiday at a cottage is a wonderful thing….Peace and quiet, sitting on the dock in the morning with a cuppa tea, campfires, no phone (don’t laugh I do not own a cellphone) no ‘puter, utter silence at night (Ok so, images of horror movies running through my head for the first night..). MMmmmmm, ok so now back to reality… I first took notice of Pink Fuel Skins at the HarajukuBox Skin fair a while ago, intending to take a shot over there to demo the new line called Raine. When I did, I was impressed, especially with the makeups. After buying a skin and wearing it around, Mochi Milena was kind enough to send me her skins to review.

I am wearing clothes and shoes from a lovely store called Little Girl. A store that I have been trying to track down for a while, as it doesn’t show up in search. It sells clothes, pets, shoes, skins and other sundries with a modern and traditional oriental flavour.

Raine comes in 5 tones; Cream, Almond, Honey, Chai and Toffee. The skins are quite fair and I am wearing Starlett makeup. A note about the hairs. When deciding which hair to buy for this shoot I wanted hair that comes in a mixed colour pack. So many hairs come packed in Blondes or other colours, and I didn’t want to buy a fatpack. Tiny Bird and Raspberry Aristocrat are wonderful in that the hair is great and comes in mixed packs.

There is such a range of Make-ups, I included only 10 of the 21, but they’re all lovely. The skin fit me right from the box, no tweaking, all the features suited right away. This skin can go with a variety of looks like Neko, Grunge, Retro, Fashinista, Emo, Lolita, Kawaii and cute. Clockwise from figure; Untamed, Starlett, Vivi, Afterparty, Astronaut, Classic, Dolly Tears Pink, Scene, Liquid Sugar and Pinksie.

I was so taken with the make-ups that I almost forgot to look at the skin, which would be a mistake because I like the overall quality and understated shading, I could see areas that seem photosourced as well as hand drawn, but all the parts fit together nicely. Every skin comes with light or dark eyebrows and freckles. A single skin is 750L, a set is 2800L (5 or 6 Make-ups) and a full fatpack is 8000L (21 Make-ups). There are also several shapes for sale, Mochi also sells some interesting toys, avatars (and tinies) “Yeti”, Bears, toys, Shoulder pets, Poses, mouth candy and backpacks. The store also has a Lucky Chair, while I was writing this I won Angel and Devil Panda’s!

Credits: All skin Pink Fuel Raine, Eyes Exodi Vetro Hazel, Hairs Tiny Bird Lola Dakota Pack and Raspberry Aristocrat Adora Faves pack, Outfit from LittleGirl cute Doll Shoes wood, Modern Design Dress Police & Black Hat, and Maitreya Slouch socks. Poses used were Persona Nude, ++Desire++, YuiYui and Lap.

Royal Blue … Review

Royal Blue is one of the many charming Boutique type stores located in the Horst/LLoyd/Starlust sims. I had been planning to make my way over there for a while, so I was delighted when Marni Grut dropped a sample of some of the new items appearing today at her store. Of course I had to take a gander at her wares and was impressed by the originality and freshness of her designs, grabbing a few items while there. The clothes are sold as separates and meant to mix and match. She also sells shoes, bags and accessories.

Credits: New Items – (Royal Blue) Floaty Summer Dress Dark Summer, Jacket Corporate Pow Wow in Boardroom Blue, Shoes Sluts in Skyscrapers(come with re-size script), Bag Studded Clutch Olive(comes with AO or without). Eyes (Exodi) Realite grape,(Fashionably Dead) Heavy Brow Bird Skin, Hair (!Lamb) Unbirthday redux Tacky Gold, Jewellery (Violet Voltaire) No Love Lost and DM Stoned Life Bracelet, Pants Meow for I am Catwoman Black and Top Body Con is not Dead silver (Royal Blue). Shot in 1920’s Berlin Project and Tochigi Japan. Poses by LAP, Blogger Pack.

Enchanted…

Normally when a new skin comes into my life I walk around the grid for a couple of days to get a feel for it. I tweak the face to fit the skin better and try to get a feel for the personality and how this skin fits with my Avie. “Enchanted” is the new skin from Cupcakes and at first glance has much in common with Seduction, another Cupcakes skin. I remember Seduction's lips primarily and these lips are still large and beautiful. I found my Avie had a sad look to her so the lips got smaller and corners turned up a little more than usual. She had something of a classic beauty look to her which is fine though I like my blonds to have an edge. I was running around shopping…(so many sales!!) when I spied this dress from A-Bomb and with the shoes..I realized all it needed was some funky hair and I’d have an 80’s Debbie Harry feel.

The body has some nice shading and its understated, soft with a lovely belly. There are areas across the body where the tone is a little uneven but could be interpreted as light tanlines. The face is especially well shaded with contouring around the cheeks, lips and eyes. I have shown the freckled versions as I love the texturing, freckles are lightly sprinkled around the body.

The skin comes in four tones; Cream, Apricot, Sienna, Sepia, and Cioccolato. All my pics are with the Sienna Tone, a light tan.

There are 11 Make-ups which run the gamut from Bare to Ruby. Eye make-ups are pretty, and lips range from very glossy to matte. Left side; Bare Freckles, Berry Freckles, Fairy Freckles, Glamorous Freckles, Golden Freckles. Right Side; Midnight Freckles, Natural Freckles, Princess freckles, Ruby Freckles, Smokey Freckles. (I left out Midori Freckles, oops!) This picture doesn’t do justice to the gorgeous eyes and lips, it is well worth demoing just to see them. Individual skins are 1000L with fatpacks going at 5000L. Poses are from Flowey, who is having a 50% sale this week and I found the Mike and animation (Falta’s Animation) for free in the sim where I took the pictures, Sinners Heaven. The Hair is from Truth and the shoes from A-Bomb as well, are texture change which makes them pretty versatile.

Credits; Outfit 1-Skin-Cupcakes Enchanted/Sienna, Eyes-Exodi Vetro Eyes Blue, Outfit-A Bomb Little Lisa Dress, Fukmi Shoes, Jewellery Violet Voltaire Creepy Crawly Cuppycake, Hair-Truth Grazia Mirage. Outfit 2-Skirt Tuli denim miniskirt pink, !lux! Pink Band Aids Luxicous Main Store, Flipflops Sand Shack Surf Co. Freedom flops pink. Poses from Flowey (Bottom pose is a blogger gift from Vposes.)

Maya…

Last but not least, in the series of new Blowpop skins by Annyka Bekkers is Maya. I have tried in all these reviews to capture something of the spirit of these skins with clothes and hair,while keeping my own shape and find a look that I was comfortable with.

Like the others, Maya comes in four tones. My Fave was the third.

This is the third tone and the make-ups are available with 2 lip options. Maya C Tone Bare2, Au Contraire2, Mink2, Van Bean2, Grenadine2 and Queen of the Night2.

While shooting Carmen in Drowsy sim, I came across a store that I realized had the perfect clothes for what I wanted for Maya , Kurotsubaki. As well I bought the Hat and Hair there. I wanted to capture something of the comfort and casualness of summer clothes. Cotton, bright colours and a Hat to protect me from the sun. Scrunchy Socks and flat shoes I found courtesy of Beanie Canning’s blog, Beanie Loves Japan.

Credits: Eyes Exodi Twilight Bella, Hair and Hat (+earrings) Kurotsubaki Mugiwara, Clothes Kurotsubaki Old Clothes Skirt Green, Tunic Yellow, Scarf Pretties by JB Marms Spring Scarf Orange Sorbet and Bangles, Socks Sen*2, Shoes Sakka’s Studio Strap Sabo Sandals, Tatoo Aphrodisia from The Garden of Ku (GoK). Pics Shot at Feast and Aught. Poses from Flowey and Oyakinbo.

Carmen….

When I first took a look at this skin along with the other new generation of Blowpop skins it probably grabbed my attention a little less than the others. That’s because I was wearing it with my usual fair hairs and clothing. I started looking at hairs and clothes to match this skin and realized that it needed big bold colours and style. It goes really well with dark hair and as I have used here, strong reds. This is a firey attention grabbing skin which suits an avatar with a strong personality.

A medium tanned skin Carmen comes in four tones.

The make-ups are bold with 6 different eye and lip combinations and each comes with 2 lip options. B Tone-Bare2, Ay Candela2, Clavel Rosa2, La Mosca Azul2, Hipnotico2, La Cereza2.

While searching my inventory for clothing to match the skin I came up short….So in reviewing stores I wanted to visit I came up with the unlikely name “Rotton Toe”. As I like weird names and store concepts I teleported over there only to find exactly what I was looking for and these great shoes by Shadenfreude topped off the look perfectly. The hair from House of Munster, which is one of my faves from the fair, is one of the few which would fit with the collar of the top.

Credits: Eyes Exodi Vetro Blk, Rotten Toe! Formal Ringmaster Pants, Infected Satin Shirt Red, Shoes Shadenfreude Dark Red Lucent Bow Heels, House of Munster Axel Reds, Candy Nail Black Evolution, Tattoo Luce FrontKiku/Back Butterfly, Choker Silk and Satin Darkness (DSN)

Pics were shot at Forbidden Thorn (this Sim seems to be down..) and Drowsy Sim, (which I of course couldn’t visit without buying somethin’). Poses from Rel Expression and me.

Ava…..

Blowpop’s new version of Ava is a fair, smooth and more refined skin than Elizabeth. This skin works well with brown hair and like Elizabeth is quite versatile. Wearing KittyKitty2 Tone C.

Four tones are available for this skin with my favourites being the second and third tones.

There are six make-ups with two lip options available on each. These are all tin the “C” tonal range. Bare2, Chocolate2, Almost Blue2, En Deshabille2, KittyKitty2, Pomegranate Liqueur2.

I enjoyed putting this outfit together. Hair and Hat (Hat texture change) by Argrace fedora Hat Glamourous Wavy light brown (hair fair), Eyes Exodi Vetro Brown, Top Naive Beulah Yellow, Pants Naive Jeans Estampados Light –Cuffs texture change. Shoes Callie Cline Happy Flats, Bracelets Sn@tch Chunky Silver & Black Bangles (swag bag), Black Bra Dutch Touch Bra dress top. Pics shot at Om Nom Nom. Poses by LAP.

Bandana day….

In honour of those who have lost much more than just their hair and continue to fight…

Wearing Blowpop Carmen Clavel Rosa, Winx Carmen Miranda Bandana, FN Mityana Mini dress Ruby red, Exodi Vetro Eyes Black.

Splitting Hairs!!!

Now that the Hair Fair is almost over…(not really there are 6 more days to come to the fair) and pretty well everyone has blogged the subject (except for me), and everyone is sick and tired of hair, (although how that could be possible..?) I am sharing some of my faves.

This doesn’t count the hairs I haven’t yet bought or the “specials” I’ve put aside for the right outfit.

Calico Ingman Designs Megan, Dernier Cri Michelle, Exile Lindsay, Argrace Fedora Hat (texture ch) Glamourous Wavy, Fuel Coco, Fashionably Dead Dorothy’s Way, Fascino Gorg, Find Ash Fickle Lover.

Raspberry Aristocrat Krissy, Hairapy Elena, Maitreya Dylan, Kin Raine, Onigiri Ichigo, House of Munster Axel Reds, Lamb Baby’s on Fire, Katey’s Claudia.

Refuge Harriet, Tiny Bird Hayden, Simply Britnee Tonta, Vignette Kasey, Wasabi Pills Ailith, Truth Sofia, Sirena Drusilla (up and Down comes with hair sticks).

Credits: Skin Blowpop N2 Elizabeth Tone C Mulberry Wine, Milk Motion My loose TShirt Silver Bird, Eyes Exodi Vetro Hazel, Socks Tea Lane Cupcake HF Gift, Reaction Girl Flower Shorts, UBU Pornstar Hightops Multi, Jewellery Violet Voltaire Cuppycake Birthday Set, Tuli Henna Colourable Tattoo. Poses - Flowey and Striking Poses.