Solitude

Today's post brings together items from Collabor88, Salem, Anybody and Twe12ve.

I am always excited when Alia Whitfield, designer of Blissiere comes out with something new, and she never disappoints.  Her adverts alone are worth a read!  This Halloween Mantle is nothing short of epic, and I had such fun putting this blog post together.  The fireplace comes loaded with really high quality animations, the candles flicker and it even comes in 3 sizes so no matter how low your ceiling you will find one to fit.  It is available along with other spooky and cute goodies, at the current Haunted round of Twe12ve.

My skirt and top are by Freya Oiivieri of Mon Cheri for this month's Collabor88 and Anybody.  Both come in a large range of colours but I have gone with black to fit in with my theme.  Both top and skirt are available in single colours or a fatpack which includes a bonus colour.  My earrings from Cae for Salem can be seen better on my flickr feed here.

Credits:

Body
Mesh body (including hands and feet): Maitreya Lara
Shape:  based on  Strawberry Singh Zara but tweaked 
Hair: KoKoLoReS Greta - Hud 01 - mainstore release
Mesh Head:  Catwa Jessica
Applier:  Pink Fuel Sora Alabaster

Eyes:  Avi-Glam Serene Eyes, Coal

Cosmetics
Lips:  Veechi - Velvet Creme Lipstick 
Eye Liner:  Veechi - Obsession Liners  
Manicure & Pedicure: DaneMarkZ - Webby

Clothing

Skirt::  Mon Cheri Celia - available at AnyBody
Top:  Mon Cheri Echo - available at Collabor88
Shoes:  Essenz Perth

Accessories
Earrings:   Cae Spiderweb - available at Salem
Rings:  Cae Spiderweb - available at Salem

Other stuff:
Blissiere:  Halloween Mantle (includes poses) available at Twe12ve
Lighting:  Lumipro Lighting System  

Tools I use in most blog posts

Fate Eye Poser (before this I used Anypose Expression Hud)

Pose Anywhere Pose Huds

Combo Fix to fix broken ankles, wrists, neck etc

#499 Follow your bliss

A squee very rarely passes ZZ's lips but honestly, when she saw this gacha dresser set from Blissiere, she jumped up and down clapping her hands and I definitely heard a squee.  Honestly, this is such a beautiful set with so many lovely details that it's is hard to know where to start to try to convey it's gorgeousness.  

This gacha is all commons except for the one rare, the animated vanity stool.   I couldn't fight the collage urge, so below I ofter some closer views of some of the adorable little knickknacks, though my pics really don't do this set justice, it needs to be seen inworld to be appreciated fully.

Look at them all, so cute, beautifully made and textured - even the eyelash print makes me smile. and the bottles and pots, and the teddy music box, and and and and and........well, you get the picture.

Above is my favourite of all things I think, the nail polish display, which take me back to my teen years where I would have jumped for joy at having such a nail polish collection, so beautifully displayed - and would probably never have used them as I would want them to remain pristine.  

Most of the home and garden items I blog, or use as props, get removed after I have published the blog post - not this set, this is staying in my bedroom forever.

I have included the gacha key below just for reference.  This gacha is at the curfent round of Roulette which finishes June 23.

Credits:

Mesh body: Maitreya Lara

Mesh Head:  Catwa Alice

Applier:  WoW Skins 

Hair: Truth Betsy

Robe: Tres Blah Closed Robe (Maitreya) Rosy - Arcade gacha (current round)
Vanity:  Blissiere - available exclusively at Roulette

Tools I use in most blog posts

SecondSnaps Photo Studio
Fate Eye Poser (before this I used Anypose Expression Hud)

Pose Anywhere Pose Huds

Lumipro Lighting System

Combo Fix to fix broken ankles, wrists, neck etc

Bits n Pieces

If an item is for sale at an event, I give the slurl to that event.  However in case this blog post is read after the event has finished, I also include the slurl to the mainstore.  

All Slurls are current at time of posting.  If you are unable to find an item, or need help with anything I have blogged, feel free to send me an email, inworld IM or nc, or a plurk (all links on contacts page).

I wear a mesh body, head, hands & feet in all posts. I use alpha cuts where necessary, and if I can't get an item to work with my mesh body, I will neither wear it nor blog it  Most items I blog fit various mesh bodies and/or feet, and often classic avatar standard sizing and/or fitmesh. Please make sure to demo anything you see here that you are thinking of buying to be sure it works for you.

#472 A triptych in the hand is as good as.....

....well, maybe not quite as good as a triptych on a blog

This is a first for me, just one pic, and a triptych at that - I have given myself a challenge - to get a post done, start to finish, in 2 hours.  To many bloggers that might be the norm, but I take a lot longer usually, and I want to "streamline" my blogging so I can show more good stuff.

So, my challenge involved putting the outfits together, choosing poses and location (I cheated and used my new home, on pretty much the only piece of furniture I have down right now!), writing credits and adding links, taking pics, tarting them up in Picmonkey (which means cropping, basically, plus triptyching for this one of course), loading pic to flickr, writing these words, and adding triptych.  Previewing and checking everything.  I have 2 minutes left, help!

Read the next two paragraph very fast without pausing for breath so you are sharing in my adrenalin rush.  So, get down to the 10 Fashion for Life sims - you have till the 20th to buy lots of goodies for a fantastic cause.  I have shown you three items from The Vintage Touch because I love them all and couldn't choose just one - there are lots of colours to choose from, I just went with blues because.....well, I just went with blues.  Oh, my nails are also from Fashion for Life and are lovely, though unfortunately you can't see them clearly.

Hang around the FLF sims too, as there is plenty of great entertainment going on too.  30 seconds to go - I will try to get more posts done before FLF closes, wish me luck!  Whoohoo, I did it, I did it!  Ok, adrenalin rush might be slightly hyperbolic, but not entirely :).  I apologise for the proliferation of exclamation marks in this post - please blame the adrenalin!

Credits:

If an item is for sale at an event, I give the slurl to that event, but in case this blog post is read after the event has finished, I also include the slurl to the mainstore.

Body

Maitreya Lara
WoW Skins Yasmine Bronze
Amacci Hair - Kendra, blondes hud

Mon Cheri Falsies

IKON Hope eyes

Cosmetics

Koffin Nails - Maitreya HUD - Winged Hope - available at Fashion for Life

Clothing

Vintage Touch items available at Fashion for Life
1.  Charisma Strapless in midnight
2.  Grable Pinup dress in shadow
3. Chloe Floral Coat in sky
Baby Monkey Milena (come with texture change hud

Accessories
Glint - Multi colored Oval charm necklace & earrings (seen best in first pic - they are texture change) - available at Fashion for Life 

Blissiere two-tone celtic cuff - lapis - available at Luck of the Irish Fair

Poses

Hopscotch  - Friday Night (two packs) - Hopscotch  available at Pose Fair

Tools I use in most blog posts

Pose Anywhere 

Lumipro 

Anypose 

Combo Fix

Info

There are often more photos of blogged items on my flickr account here.

SLURLs are current at time of posting.  If you need help with anything I have blogged, feel free to send me an email, inworld IM or nc, or a plurk (all links on contacts page).

#376 Return of the Fawn

I am sharing again the gorgeous PXL skin from this month's We Love Roleplay, which I showed here without the branch tattoos.  I love everything about this skin, it is so fresh and pure and I adore the little branch tattoo - all the better as a tattoo layer so you can wear the skin with or without. Shara comes in two tones with 3 make-ups each, plus other goodies like freckle and cleavage tattoos.

Serendipitously, I received a notice from Indyra about this outfit which comes with the fawn antler head-dress and thought it would work well with the skin.  Both dress and headpiece come with texture change huds giving 5 matching options each, all of them very pretty.  Although it only comes in standard sizes, there were no issues at all wearing the Indyra maxi with my SLink Physique.

My unusual turquoise palette foot jewels from Sky were hiding under my dress so I dragged them out for a pic - they come with a texture change hud giving you three texture choices.

Credits:

Body

Mesh Body:  Slink Physique

Skin:   PXL   Shara Nat Makeup 1

Hair:  Elikatira   Serena

Eyes:  Ikon

Hands & Feet:  SLink 
Ears:  Mandala

Cosmetics

Eyelashes:  Mon Cheri Falsies

Tattoo: PXL Eyebrows Branch (tattoo)

Manicure & Pedicure:   Blissiere manis & pedis applier - fractal set 01 - ALL - RARE

Clothing

Headpiece:  Indyra Fawn Antler headpiece

Gown:  Indyra Boheme Maxi

Shoes:   Sky - Foot Jewels Turquoise

Accessories

Necklace:  Maxi Gossamer - Necklace - Luna Peace -Short

Bracelet/Bangle:  Aze Magic Lantern Gem Slides Bracelet

Poses

Poses:  KaTink - Christina

Backdrop:  KaTink - Lakeside

Info

There are often more photos of blogged items on my flickr account here.

 
SLURLs are current at time of posting.  If you need help with anything I have blogged, feel free to send me an email, inworld IM or nc, or a plurk (all links on contacts page).  

#375 Harmony is all I need

First Life has conspired against this little sl blogger this week, giving me major internet access issues which appear to be fixed now thankfully.  However, I am crashing repeatedly while doing shoots, so actually getting these pics done took me about 15 relogs.  To make it worse I had already done a full shoot for this outfit, uploaded them to flickr and then sat and looked at the pics and thought "not good enough" so I deleted them and started all over again with some tweaks, totally new background, new poses, the lot.  I did this with my next post too, but for different reasons.

Soooo today's outfit is fun, summery newness from Sky.  As you would expect from Sky Summerwind, the textures are fantastic.  The dress and SLink high heels are bought separately but they both coming in four "flavours" accessible via hud (great for lazy people like me!).  I absolutely love the vibrant tie dye style explosion of colour in all four choices.  I had no issues at all fitting this dress to my Slink Physique.

My skin is new from PXL for  We Love Roleplay.  It comes in two tones with 3 make-ups in each, and with lots of extras such as varying levels of freckles, various cleavage options and a special tattoo that I will reveal in my next post.   

My hair is one of two new styles from Elikatira which are debuting at this month's Collabor88. I love the casual choppiness and loose strands, and the Elikatira reds are definitely some of the best.  My nails are from a new to me designer, Alia Whitfield of Blissiere. These are from one of her instore gachas - they are only 50L a go and well worth a play as her designs are very fresh, vibrant and fun.  

Credits:

Body

Mesh Body:   Slink Physique

Skin:   PXL  Shara NAT Makeup 03 MEB C2 - available at We Love Roleplay

Hair:  Elikatira Lena - available at Collabor88

Eyes:  Ikon

Hands & Feet:  SLink 

Cosmetics

Eyelashes:  Mon Cheri Falsies

Manicure & Pedicure:   Blissiere manis & pedis applier - spring flowers - ALL - RARE

Clothing

Dress:  Sky  - Harmony Dress 4 Color

Shoes:  Sky  - Slink - Harmony Sandal 4 Color

Accessories

Necklace:  Cae - Hamsa

Earrings:  Cae - Hamsa

Poses

Poses:  KaTink - Anna & Leona

Backdrop:  KaTink - Retro Burst

Info

There are often more photos of blogged items on my flickr account here.

 
SLURLs are current at time of posting.  If you need help with anything I have blogged, feel free to send me an email, inworld IM or nc, or a plurk (all links on contacts page).