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I wear pink.
This outfit is a bit of shameless product promotion — I’m wearing Vanitas Vesture’s special edition Breast Cancer Awareness top. All the proceeds go to Making Strides against Breast Cancer, an organization dedicated to increasing awareness and raising funds to help find a cure. You can find out more here. Pink is not a color I wear often, but I make an exception to help draw attention to this worthy cause. › Continue reading
Denim One
This begins what will be a series of jean comparison posts. Most posts will focus on a specific style or cut, such as holey jeans or high-waisted jeans. But, I thought I’d start with a simple post showing the importance of cut, and discuss the factors I consider in a pair of pixellated jeans.
Jeans are ubiquitous in both my lives. I love them; they’re so easy to dress up and dress down for most casual occasions. However, the look you’re going for will determine which pair of jeans you grab from your closet or inventory. The cut of a pair of jeans often determines the mood — take a look at how each of these four pairs of jeans subtly change the overall feel of the outfit.
Now, let’s talk about what makes a pair of jeans unique.
Ruth Revisited.
What's going on here?
Total serendipity. I happened to be wearing a purple shirt when the notice from Long Awkward Poses came through, announcing the release of a new set of poses — Jazzhands. The notecard explains that this set is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek homage to all the early jazzhands freebie poses. These new poses are fun and adorable, with modern posing sophistication instead of the bone-breaking awkwardness of early poses. Anyway, the purple shirt reminded me of our painfully awkward outfit at rezzing, and I knew immediately that I wanted to give Ruth a modern makeover to show off the new posing fun.
No, it couldn't be!
If you were lucky or unlucky enough to be rezzed as Ruth, this look is immediately recognizable. It may inspire a bit of terror or revulsion, but look again. Little Ruthie actually looks cute now, with › Continue reading
Old and New from Fusemelon and Imagen
Aemilia Case has rebranded her hair store; what once was Philotic Energy now is Fusemelon, with new hair styles and textures, and an expanded product line. In skin news, Imagen has released new versions of the adorable freckled Irene skins for the Skin/Shape Expo.
Let’s start with the new Imagen Irene 2.0 skins. They’re appropriately named — this is an updated version of the Irene skin, rather than a whole new one. Rack Brautigan, the creator, has done a bit of tweaking to improve the overall look of the body. First, there’s a warmer, generally more rosy tone to the skin. Also, check out the changes in the breast shading, ribs, stomach, belly button, and knees on the front side. The rear view shows new shoulderblades, spine, knees, and heelbones.
No changes have been made to the face, which is fine with me. I’m quite fond of the face. The all-over freckles are pleasing without being too heavy, and the nose and mouth fit my shape very well. There is a new set of makeups released for the skin fair, and they’re both adorable and versatile: lightly applied pale blue eyeshadow, a natural face, gentle eyeshadow smokiness, and a classic killer red lipstick with winged eyeliner.
Now, let’s talk about the hair. › Continue reading
Lounging around
I was pleased when the talented designer and photographer Elysium Eilde of Elymode dropped her Lounging Set on me. I was over the moon once I tried it on — how adorable are these things? The quality is superb — these lounging pieces scream softness, from the overall cottony texture to the gentle wrinkles, placed just so. The attention to detail is really remarkable. In particular, I absolutely love the slouchy cut of these pieces. There are no straight hemlines or waistbands; the fabric’s riding up this side, or drooping over that hip, just as it would if we were lazing around on a Sunday afternoon. The cut of each piece — the jacket, the tank, the pants, the panties — is designed to interact with the rest of the set just beautifully.
Now, there are a total of 12 colors; here I’m showing gold, green, and light gray. The light gray is my fave — it has that perfect heather texture of my fave RL lounging set. They’re meant to be mixed and matched, and the cuffs on the sweater and pants are color-changeable to every color in the set. (The cuffs on the clothing texture are well-finished, in case you want to skip the prim attachments. The attention to detail here is really remarkable.) They’re also versatile pieces to have in your wardrobe: I’ve dressed them up a bit below.
Credits:
Hair: Tiny Bird The Art Teacher II in Ginger
Skin: Adam n Eve Amanda – Glossy – Freckles
Clothing: Elymode Lounging Set (Lounging Cami and Panties, Lounging Pants, Lounging Zipped Sweater) in Gold, Green, and Light Gray
Skirt: Artilleri Carla Circle Skirt – Red Polka Dot
Dress: Punch Drunk Glam Rock Dress
Location and furniture, pic 1: Artilleri Home
Poses, pic 2: from [LAP] Long Awkward Pose Casually Chill set
Poses, pic 3:from [LAP] Long Awkward Pose Slippery set
Odds and Ends
I was looking at the mess of my inventory, thinking how woefully behind I am in sorting, when I had an idea. I decided to see if I could create a cohesive look, using only items from my unsorted inventory. So, I started with the first unsorted non-system folder, right below the trash, and worked my way down.
The process was oddly refeshing, allowing the look to develop organically and build upon itself. I can get caught up in trying to achieve a specific look, looking only at items that meet my predetermined visual expectations. Meanwhile, forgotten favorites moulder away in the inventory. So, this was fun — no prior expectations, and using awesome items before they disappear into the dark abyss of sorted inventory. Interestingly, the lovely Stacie Pryor of Sheek posted a similar concept just as I was editing my pics.
Now, while many of the items I’m wearing are previous group or hunt gifts, you may be able to find something similar in the creator’s store. In addition, there are a few items in particular I’d like to draw your attention to. › Continue reading
The Siren's call
First, let me say that this is a rare unfreckled skin feature. Shocking, I know, but I was lured by the sultry beauty of Siren. This girl is seriously smoulderingly hot.
Siren is part of Adam n Eve’s new generation of skins, and she’s truly stunning. While Portia focused on the lighter skin tone range, the new Siren shows us sultrier darker tones. Like all Adam n Eve skins, Siren is available in four skin tones, pictured below, from a not-quite-light-skinned shade through caramels to a rich mocha shade.
If spies kept scrapbooks.
Damn, why is it that I’m always at a formal event when Uncle calls? I think I’ll just finish my martini before I disappear down this shady alley. Also, why are there always shady alleyways near these galas?
Shit! I’m being followed! Did I get burned? › Continue reading
Insomniatic Pop Star
So I was up late the other night — late enough that MTV was actually playing music videos. After that early-morning insomnia-induced TV hypnosis, I pulled together this look.
Ok, so I kinda failed at looking like a badass — the skin combined with my shape still retains a certain sweetness. Maybe my av is just getting into the music business and isn’t all hardened and cynical and jaded yet? Whatever. Also, I also find it interesting that that while the look is sexy, very little skin is actually showing.
Anyway, about the look. › Continue reading
Panties
The Starlust Panty Raid is on. Good times to be had by all, hunting for golden clams stuffed with unmentionables. Anyway, last night was the panty party at the motel. Of course, the sim crashed shortly after I arrived, and then RL called me away. Which brings us to this outfit.
I love costume parties; I love getting all dolled up and working within a theme. And I’m always caught by surprise when I log in and find I haven’t changed, and look slightly ridiculous out of context of the theme party. This one so amused me when I logged in that I thought I’d share.
Items of note today:
The awesome hair is an upcoming release from Tiny Bird, and I totally adore it. I’ve been playing around with pin curls in RL, and love this retro version. You should go to the subscribe-o-matic and sign up so you’ll know as soon as the hair is released.
The panties, from Madsy, are part of the Panty Raid prizes. Madsy has a total of 7 cute panties hidden away in three clams. There are a ton of cute panties and panty-related items to be found in the Raid, so get to it!
The poses are part of the Tongue in Cheeky set from Long Awkward Poses, which is my favorite set of poses right now.
(Oh, and yeah yeah, I’m supposed to be on a break. Maybe I should call it cutting back instead?)
Credits:
Hair: Tiny Bird – New Soul – Ginger (coming soon!)
Skin: Tuli Kalista Light Valentine (previous group gift)
Scarf: Pretties by JB – Wilds Scarf – Zebra
Earrings: Woos! Hooptastic Zebra Schmebra Pink Earrings
Tank: Cyanide Tank – Gray
Panties: Madsy Zebra Undies (part of Starlust Panty Raid)
Shoes: Kookie – Phoebe – Noir
Poses: [LAP] Long Awkward Poses Tongue in Cheeky set
Disclaimer: I know designers. Maybe even the designers in this post. I might even be friends with them. If this bothers you, don’t read my blog.
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