Black Friday…

I decided to not be long winded and just show you some of my 50L Friday finds… In Canada our Thanksgiving is in October and we don’t have anything like Black Friday so I really enjoyed running around to the stores in SL. Too bad I had to shovel when I returned… Thanks to the creators for all that they do!!




Hair Tiny Bird Max, Skin Tyranny Designs Dinah in Fall, Hat Sway’s Aviator Winter Hat, Shovel wth animations RC Cluster, Tea House and stuff..Turnips Homes, Boots Surf Couture Elsa, Skirt Kyoot Mini & Tights, Fishy Strawberry Tweed Jacket.



Hair Lamb Oh Sugar Mango, Skin 5th&Oxford Med Brooke Winter Stars, T.Z. Wooly Roll neck sweater, Milk Motion My wool pants, Kustkammer Crystal Belt.



Hair Deviant Kitties Friday (Swedish), Skin Vive 9 Gracev2 Light Sick, Plastik Birdies and Feathers (Birds and Tatts), UBU Pornstar High tops (pic2&3)(not on sale), Tres Blah Ruffle purse (red), Sh*t Happens Sunny Leggings (Red), Ellabella piercings, Whippet & Buck I’ll be a Ghost Shirt,  all Eyes Exodi.

(This is a brief post so I’m not including SLURLS.)

Rfyre, Tuli Bella and Dark Mouse Review..

When I was young (don’t ask how long ago) and an Art student, I took a number of classes in drawing Costume (as opposed to nudes, which I took as well). I always enjoyed seeing clothing from different era’s, countries and historical periods. To see this shared interest put into wearable pieces by a designer is very exciting to me and serves a purpose well beyond just clothing oneself. This outfit, Oksana by Raven Pennyfeather of Rfyre is  an interpretation of a Russian Winter/Christmas costume. Check here for more on Russian Christmas traditions and here for an historical costume.I have matched the outfit to Tuli’s newest skin Bella and Jewellery by Dark Mouse.




I decided that the only proper way to showcase this outfit was to go to Red Square. The only problem is that Red Square, Moscow Island is a Hub for Russian Sl’ers and so the whole area was pretty crowded and not my usual empty Sim. Also as it happened a lot of my pictures suffered from the black shot of death. (Usually fixable by dumping cache and re-logging.) So this pic above was the only good shot I got off.

 

What can I say about the beautiful and exquisite Bella by Tuli Asturias? Honestly, words fail me when trying to give an unbiased review of this skin. I can only say that I feel Tuli captured an incredible face, beautiful body and a deep personality within a pretty limited medium. The make-ups are truly a work of art and the body shading is so masterfully done that I can only marvel at her skill. I have heard a few people say that the skins don’t work with their Avatar and that is as it should be. This lady Bella is an individual and she has her own mysterious ways.. To my mind she is pretty perfect all around.



If you see me around the Grid you may notice I’m not wearing very much today…Darn it but I look good though! Tones in Bella range from Dark Tan, Tan, Sunkissed, Fair and Pale. These pics were taken in Oubliette, which is dressed up in its frosty winter finery.



This necklace and earrings are a new offering from Dark Mouse. I think they capture the lustrous metal texture splendidly and compliment well the gown. Speaking about the Outfit, Oksana, the skirt comes in two skirt lengths with slightly different tailoring and pattern. All of the textures are rendered with care and a high degree of precision. The headdress is unusual to say the least, and I’m not sure I’d wear it to any SL functions but I can appreciate the artistry and beautiful features as well as the attention to detail. Through a little bit of research on the subject, I found a whole slew of headdresses of Russian origin and this seems to have been a very important element of Historical dress (which has some Byzantine influence). I had to really think about a perfect hair for the headdress and found it in Maitreya.  Most Maitreya hair is not high at the top which makes them perfect for hats and such. All Poses were by Diesel Rogan of Dieselworks, a new pose pack called Shake 599L {R}.



Credits: Skins Tuli Bella Kellie (in Pics) Makeups available Elysium, Flutter, Gogo, Helena, Kellie, Kira, Natural, Raven, Sofia, Violet. All Skins come with 3 cleavage options and 3 eyebrow options Single skin 1000L, Fatpack 4950L {R}.
Pics (with Dress)-Dress Rfyre Oksana Russian Christmas Holiday Dress 600L {R}, Dark Mouse Wild Leaves Necklace and Earrings (copper) 200L {R}, Hair Maitreya Aisha II (blacks), Boots Bax Coen Ankle Boots Black Patent, Eyes Exodi Vetro Black.
Pics (with silks)-Solange Sheer white (silks), Eyes Exodi Vetro Hazel, Hair Maitreya Bo (Blonds).

Ingenue, IC Skins and Kalnins Review

(And don’t just look at the pictures there’s info you may want further down!!)


The stranger sang a theme
From someone else’s dream
The leaves began to fall
And no one spoke at all
But I can’t seem to recall
When you came along
Ingenue

I just don’t know what to do
The tree-lined avenue
Begins to fade from view
Drowning past regrets
In tea and cigarettes
But I can’t seem to forget
When you came along
Ingenue (Life in Mono)

Ina Centaur sent along some skins which are new and a little different than the Theater themed skins from the past. One skin 999L, Row 2727L, Column 2424L. Ina is one of those Renaissance types who is involved in many aspects of artistic life in SL. Her skins and costumes have been featured in the Shakespearean productions over at the Globe Theater. Her work is also featured in Primtings Museum. She designs skins, clothes, (based on Historical Drawings) and is heavily involved in the workings of the Globe Theater, Blackfriars Playhouse, sLiterary and Skin City. (and she even has an Bella and Edward skin for those Twihards out there!) And who could forget the infamous Wall of Male genitalia..?
“ IC – Skins introduces a new *Mainstream* Photorealistic skin line, IC Ari… [IC] Ari – Smoothly defined facial shading topped by warm eyes with that essential character you’ve come to know from skins by Ina Centaur and finished with sharply – painted lips. Available initially in three tones Light, Medium and Dark, each with 16 make-up options with bonus smoky makeup and Lip Gloss editions. Freckles editions also available, sold separately.”
“Black Friday 2009 Special – BOGO: Buy one get one – share the love of Ari with a friend – IC Skins Ari Black Friday Sale 2009, get a copy/xfer skin to give to a friend with every canon Ari Purchase!”

Those of you have made it over to the shoe fair will likely have seen this new offering from Maris Kanto of Kalnins, Dragoness (800L) the shoes come with a detachable HUD which allows you to change Texture colours, metals, resize and skin tone. These are really attractive shoes and with the prim feet are very realistic. Mr. Kanto also wanted all Subscribers to know that he has a special deal – on the 25th of November for all current Infochannel members there will be a Thanksgiving Discount card for 45% off which will run from 25th –28th of November. (which will bring Infochannel Subscribers up to 50%.)  The Dress and Hat are new clothes from Betty Doyle of Ingenue. Dress – Ella- (250L) and Hat –Loretta- (85L) come in a number of colours and I really love the texture and craftmanship of this duo. The scarf was a special sunday sale item from Kesseret Steeplechase of  KessKreations and Hilarious, the scarf and pin are attached and the Dragonfly pin is texture change. I also want to mention that the poses are all from Flutter Memel of Flowey.

(This place is on my Bucket list….)
Credits: Skins IC – Ari –Med Copper/Ruby , Shoes Kalnins Dragoness, Scarf Hilarious Frances wth Dragonfly Pin, Outfit Ingenue Dress Ella Midnight, Ingenue Millinery Loretta Midnight, Hair Maitreya Reign Autumn . Pics shot @ Mad Pea Circus, Sistine Chapel Re-creation, and Ten Thousand Shadows. All Poses by Flowey. 2009 SL Footwear Expo.