Skin/ShapeExpo…

I thought it might be an interesting exercise to take some of the skins from the Skin/Shape Expo and compare the faces. This is by no means a complete or in any way indicative list of favourites. I know I missed some, like Imagen, Chai and League (which I bought but didn’t include) as well as others, and I hope that I can return to them later and take a closer look. As well there are some beautiful bodies on these skins with options such as cleavage, various brows and naughty bits! Eyes are by Curio and Adam & Eve.

(Top) 42 Skins Fugue Goth White, Curio-GP Bean Vixen Majesty, GP Petal Frx Breeze Pure, GP Sundusk Lovely Finch. (Middle) Idiosyncracy Lucy Ultra Pale, Rock Candy-RC Pale Aki Skin (Clean face), Iced Aki Skin (Magic Face), Snow Aki Skin (Magic Face). (Bottom) Belleza Jesse Sunkiss (group Gift), Exodi Lily Frosted Dove (free in Expo), Rockberry Farrah Natural A, Rockberry Farrah Light B.

(Top) Tuli Bella Fair Elysium, Natural, Raven, Spohia. (Middle) Milk Motion Collette Black Eyes2 (not sample), Pink Fuel Skye Honey Beestung, Skin Within Amelie SS09 Bare (Charity Skin), A&E Portia tone1 (Eyes fairy brown). (Bottom) A&E Amanda Foxy (Eyes Hunters Grip), A&E Mei Li Aki tone 3, GeEs Tara Reloaded Sand.

All skins are still available at the Skin/Shape Expo till October 10th.

Credits: All hair Decoy Nicole (free), Eyes (except where noted) Curio Tragic Eyes {R}. Except where noted most of the skins were Bloggers Preview Samples. From this point on, in an effort to be transparent about where items came from, review, sample or gift items will be marked with a {R}, other items ie. free, or group gifts and sales will be marked as appropriate. No mark means full price was paid.

Milk Motion..Curio, Oyakin.

Every now and then I’ll find a skin which doesn’t fit the mould. It’s the kind of skin which makes you take a second look. Its a little quirky or maybe has qualities which makes it useful for a more editorial type of picture taking. Colette from Milk Motion is just such a skin. I have paired it with clothes from Oyakin, Boots from Pixel Mode and great new Eyes from Curio.

The sim is called Missing Mile and it’s a residential roleplay town. There are lots of cool places to take pics, just remember not to disrupt the roleplay! (I was taking pics and getting comments like….He wondered exactly what she was looking at so intently…

Another feature of this skin is the teeth. There are two versions…teeth or no teeth. Although I won’t be using teeth for most of my pics, I do see a use for having it. It adds to the expressiveness of the face. (And yes I know some people really don’t like teeth but it’s a kinda personal choice thing for the skinner…and I’m all for personal choice!)

Credits: Skin Milk Motion Collette Black Eyes2, Hair [OH] Oh my ramen, Outfit Oyakin Jacket Black, Skinny Pants Grey, Stole Grey (also poses), Eyes Curio Tragic {R}, Boots Pixel Mode Rea Suede Boots Black(Sale), Tank (Group gift from Mischief).

Skin and Eyes are available at the Skin & Shape Expo until October 10th, then in the stores.

MenMenMen!!

Ok this is me completely out of my comfort zone. It occurred to me at some point while walking through the Skin and Shape Expo, that Someone really should blog the male shapes as well as the female ones. I am unused to the gender bending which is so common in SL. I am a happy girly girl…and though I do have a male alt he only is let out of his cage on rare occasions. That said, I could not resist taking a look at some of the shapes which came my way as previews and I found myself intrigued and a little challenged.

Of course I realized very quickly that I didn’t have much in the way of skins, clothing, hair or even an AO. I had to quickly run around to find these things and must say that the whole experience was a lot of fun when I finally got down to taking pictures. Please don’t laugh (oh hell laugh away!) I’m not sure if I’m a total fail as a guy or not but it did feel weird walking around with big muscles and trying to find unfeminine poses.

This shape is from Body Doubles, designed for Redgrave’s Brad I thought it worked very well with the Hunt Skin from Nikita Fride. There is also a girl skin in the pack. I found I liked the shapes which were of the tall, dark and handsome variety. Not sure if this fellow can be trusted..something a little unsavoury about him.

Meet Declan, he is something of a serious guy…all business. What that business is…is something of a mystery. Something to do with import-export I think. Declan is one of the shapes from MADesigns and I rather liked the mix of musculature with a lean physique.

There was no intent to use visual puns in any of these pics. If they’re there then..oh well I simply couldn’t resist..

This Guy is called Parole and he is from Maverick designs. I simply didn’t have the heart to tell him that his jacket was too short! His physique is overall quite nice and he does have something of the bad boy about him…He is a bit of a klutz though…touch those tires and they all fall down! Route 66 is a sim designed around choppers. You can buy them, ride them and maybe if you’re lucky (or really unlucky!) this fellow will fix ‘em for you!

Credits: Poses by VPoses, AO courtesy of TPZHAO for Boys (free) available at My! Main Store.

Pic1,2- Body Doubles Shape for Brad Redgrave skin (600L charity shape), !Skin Man Hunt Skin by Nikita Fride, Hair by MADesigns Slide SBII, OMFG Alchemist Clock (no longer available) Eyepiece, Hat free from Curio Obscura , Schadenfreude Ghostbat beater and Pitch Striped vest, Zenith M/F Tattoo, Demon Eye Red, Pimp Stick Purple diamond with chrome hardware (Where’s my money Ho Designs). Pic shot at Isla Mallorca.

Pic3,4-MADesigns shape Declan (1000L plus extras), Hair Chris Winter, Eyes Intense Joyous, Styles VIP Package Male Skin Bellatre Series Tan, Chic Sportiv Sweater, Pig Ordinary Boy Shirt (not Black), Pig Pleated Men’s Pants, Sneakers UBU Lowrise Pornstar. Shot at Downtown.

Pic5,6- Maverick Designs Parole Shape (900L plus extras), MADesigns Jeans Rough Love Black, A&E Eyes Cocoa, Coat Onenine Riders Black (free), Hair Calico Ingman creations Romeo DK Tanned, Flirt! skins and shapes Jacob Natural Skins for Lucky Chair, Pig Polo Red Tee, Kboots Brown Boxed, Tattoo EtchD Saga, Blitzed DB Belt, Leather Bracelet Mono, Shot at Route 66.

All of these shapes are available at the Skin & Shape Expo which is still running and each of the designers have shapes available which have a portion going to charity.