I Spy

My outfit today is the latest release from Freya Olivieri of Mon Cheri, for the Black Fair, and as you would expect, it is absolutely beautifully rigged and textured.  Freya is probably best known for her stunning lingerie, so I am always excited when she releases some clothing - please Freya, do more!

This set is available in a fatpack or a humongous choice of single colours, including a selection of camos, one of which I am sharing here.  The set also comes with a matching pair of panties, which makes modest little Zsa happy.

Each individual colour come with a hud allowing you a huge choice of patches for the skirt and jacket in 4 different places (I am showing just 2 here).  You can switch any or all of these patches on or off, and you also get a hud allowing an extensive choice of button colours.

Zsa is wearing:

Body:   Maitreya – Lara
Head:   LeLutka – Chloe
Skin: Pink Fuel Anja
Hair:  Truth – Jacica (former group gift)
Eyes:  Avi-Glam – Solstice

Skirt:  Mon Cheri - Dolina - available at Black Fair
Jacket:  Mon Cheri - Dolina Jacket - available at Black Fair
Jewelery:  Cae - Skull - available at Fameshed

Pose:  Nina Rosario  – Pose Pack 75 - available at Pose Fair
Location:  Backdrop City
Backdrop:  Minimal - Vege Background 6

The Call

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Chloe
Applier – Pink Fuel Anja 
Eyes – Avi-Glam Solstice Eyes
Hair – Truth HoneyAna (group gift)
Top - Blueberry Dry Shirt Les Fest (free event gift)
Jeans - Blueberry Frank, full length
Shoes:  ZK Summer Flip Flops (group gift)
Backdrop - Maya's Buildings Bahama Beach House 

Rebel Rebel

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Chloe
Applier – Pink Fuel Anja
Eyes – Avi-Glam 
Lipstick Alaskametro “Lipslick” lip makeup
Eyeshadow – Alaskametro “Lumina” makeup palette
Hair – Truth Caralisa

Gown – Hilly Haalan  Nadia
Jewelery – Real Evil Avva

Nantra – Who are you wearing

The Window

My dress today is brand new by DE Designs for the Mesh Body Addicts bi-monthly event - it comes in a wide array of beautiful colours, and in each box you get both the sweater dress I am wearing here and a shorter length sweater.  I love it when designers give us different wear options.  The dress and sweater are of course beautifully made mesh pieces which fit my Lara like a dream.

The lighting I am using in these photos is the brand new beta from Lumipro.  I quite simply could not take pics in sl now without Lumipro, and the new version brings some tweaks and tricks that make it even more fantastic.  To learn a bit more about the new version, take a look at the video here, and if you have never seen Lumipro before take a look at some of the other videos, it really is an invaluable tool for bloggers and photographers in sl.

Credits:

Body
Mesh body (including hands and feet): Maitreya Lara
Shape:  based on  Strawberry Singh Zara but tweaked 
Hair:  Truth Deja (group gift)
Mesh Head:  Catwa Destiny   
Applier:  Applier:  Pink Fuel Liya

Eyes:  Eyes:  Catwa eyes with Avi-Glam Melancholia omega applier - available at Sad November 

Cosmetics
Lips:  Birth Willow Catwa lipsticks Matte Set 1 - available at Applique
Eye Shadow:  Alaskametro Fall Essentials  - available at Sad November
Manicure & Pedicure:  Dark Passions - Koffin Nails I believe (free gift at Nowhere, Pulse Games).

Clothing
Dress:  DE Designs - Liz Sweater Dress - available at Mesh Body Addicts Bi-Monthly

Boots:  Reign Anaiya (group gift) 

Accessories
Necklace:  Cae Everly - available at Cosmopolitan
Earrings: Cae Every - available at Cosmopolitan

Other stuff:
Poses:  Diesel Works - Prima Donna
Lighting:  Lumipro Lighting System 2017 beta

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

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.

Rise against the wind

Today I bring you brand new items from Tres Chic, ULTRA, Collabor88 and Whore Couture.

I have been running round in this outfit for about 3 days, unable to find poses or props that felt right, till I went to Tres Chic and saw this prop set from Frozen.  it comes with 5 poses and 5 kite props.  I LOVE this Teefy top for Collabor88, so much so that I keep running back to pick up another colour while they are still at C88.  I am a huge Lapointe & Bastchild fan so I ran very quickly to pick up these boho style jean shorts from ULTRA, and I am not disappointed, they fit perfectly and I love the texture change hud they come with.  

I did tell Zsa that kiting should not really be done in high heels but as always, she wouldn't listen.  Her shoes are brand new from Essenz, and to seek them out I paid my first ever visit to Whore Couture.  I was actually flipping between C88, home and Whore Couture while working out which top and shoe choices I liked best.

Credits:

Body
Mesh body (including hands and feet): Maitreya Lara
Shape:  based on  Strawberry Singh Zara but tweaked 
Hair:  Truth Azalea
Mesh Head:  Catwa Jessica   
Applier:  Pink Fuel - Morgana

Eyes:  Avi-Glam Celestial Eyes, nature pack

Cosmetics
Manicure & Pedicure:  Alaskametro Color Trend Rose Quartz

Clothing

Shorts:  Lapointe & Bastchild Boho Jeans Shorts - available at ULTRA
Top:  Teefy Rhea Unbutton Top available at Collabor88
Shoes:  Essenz Andorra - available at Whore Couture

Accessories
Necklace & earrings:  Cae Dakota

Other stuff:
Poses:  Frozen Kite - available at Tres Chic
Lighting:  Lumipro Lighting System

Tools I use in most blog posts

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

Pose Anywhere Pose Huds

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.

#525 Marbelized

Today's post brings together a beautiful and brand new mainstore release from DE Designs, a fantabulous Fifty Linden Friday (still available as I publish this post, but don't delay grabbing it!) fatpack of heels from Reign, plus goodies from DeeTaleZ, Truth, Meva and more.

 I love all Doc Eldritch creations, but I absolutely love love love love this one!  This brand new cami is absolute perfection on my Maitreya Lara, is beautifully crafted and the textures are simply gorgeous.  It comes in an extensive range of colours which made it very hard for this Libran to choose which to wear today!  It comes in standard sizing and is also compatible with just about every mesh body you could want - including TMP. 

I have teamed my cami with my favourite pair of white pants from Neve (previously Cold Logic), which come with with a texture change hud and a boot helper which make them wearable with just about any length of heel without poke through.

As for my heels from Reign, they cost just 50L for a fatpack including 2 massive (in scope, not size!) texture change huds.  They are for Fifty Linden Friday and yep, the whole bundle for 50L!

Credits:

Mesh body (including hands and feet): Maitreya Lara
Shape:  based on  Strawberry Singh Zara but tweaked 
Mesh Head:  Catwa Jessica   

Applier:  DeeTaleZ Cynthia

Hair:  Truth Isolde

Eyes:  Avi-Glam Ardent Eyes, nature pack
Manicure & Pedicure:  Dark Passions - Koffin Nails  Marbelized Pastels

Top:  DE Designs - Sara Cami
Necklace:  Meva Alis
Earrings:  Meva Alis 
Bracelet/Bangle:  Maxi Gossamer Damasc bangles 2 & 5
Shoes:  Reign Hierarchy Heels - 50L for Fifty Linden Friday
Poses: Kirin Florence
Peacocks:  Jian Peacocks - available at Collabor88

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.

#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.

#435 Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood...

 ... Andy Goldsworthy

This quote struck me as I have loved snow ever since I was a little girl, and since losing my mum earlier this year, I have been doing a lot of reminiscing about those innocent days.  To be honest,  I am not looking forward to my first Christmas without her, it is going to be tough, as all the "firsts" have been.

Anyway, onto today's outfit which is comprised mainly of items from Hudson's, and as with anything Candace Hudson produces, they are beautifully made and textured with lots of little extras.  The loose knit sweater is available in 6 colours or 2 fat packs, one lights, one darks.  The tights come with the sweater in tan if buying a single light colour, or black if buying a single dark colour - if you buy a fat pack you get both colours.   They come in system layer and Omega Hud, which worked perfectly on my Maitreya Lara body.

I  have teamed the sweater with Hudson's fine wool scarf and hand muffs which come with a hud allowing a choice of 4 designs.  Finally, the tan suede boots are the perfect final touch.  They come in 5 rigged mesh boots and one pair non rigged with resizer. 

Credits:

Body

Maitreya Lara

 WoW Skins  V2 Nour Tan 01

Truth Foxy - available at Uber

IKON  Promise eyes

Mon Cheri Falsies Eyelashes

Clothing
Hudson's Loose Knit Sweater Sandpiper
Hudson's  Scarf N Hand Muff with hud

Hudson's Scarf with hud 
Hudson's Suede Knee High Mesh Boots Rigged

Poses
Atooly Pack 11

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).

#424 Do your thorns have roses?

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses - Abraham Lincoln

I feel I need to explain why I have reverted to something I did when I very first started blogging, and that is the use of quotations.  Losing my mum and my godmother within the last 7 months, plus other rl stuff, has hit me really hard and to be honest, left me struggling at times to keep going.  Blogging helps as it keeps me busy, but I still need to remind myself to stay positive, or find silly stuff to make me smile because I feel like over the last year I have lost my smile.  Hence the quotations.

Anyway, enough of the ramblings.  Today I am showing a beautiful new top from Just Because which is available at the current round of Uber.  It comes in many colour packs, each containing one plain and one printed version such as the one I am wearing, or you can choose the hud operated fatpack.  The textures are absolute perfection, and the fit over my Maitreya Lara mesh body is faultless .  As well as Lara, the top is compatible with all three Belleza bodies, Slink Physique and standard avatar 5 sizes.  

I am teaming my top with an an oldie but goodie Just Because item from my inventory, one of my favourite ever pairs of skinny pants, available in an array of colours.  They are compatible with Belleza and also classic fitmesh, so to wear over my Maitreya Lara mesh body, I had to do some tweaks to my alpha, but nothing major.

My shoes are new from Glamistry and are sheer perfection as you would expect from him, and his fantastic hud system where you can buy extra colours via the hud is the cherry on top.  No fatpacks littering your inventory, just a pair of shoes and a hud.

Credits:

Body

Maitreya Lara

 Lumae Niska 4 - Peach, Sangria {LightBrow}

Truth Heloisa

IKON Promise Eyes

Cosmetics

Mon Cheri Falsies Eyelashes

Encore Maitreya Nail Appliers - Set 24

Clothing

Just Because Danika Top - available now at Uber

Just Because - Skinny Pants

Glamistry Heather Heels 

Accessories

Maxi Gossamer - Damasc Bangles

Poses

Diesel Works Prima Donna

 KaTink Backdrop

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).

#419 Follow your heart

....but take your brain with you - Unknown

This is a very quick post as My Attic at The Deck has just two days to go,  so if you want to pick up this lovely dress from Leri Miles Designs you need to get there before the September round ends on the 30th.  The dress comes in a variety of delicious colours with equally delicious names but can only be picked up for the discount price of 95L at My Attic, after which it will be full price at the main store.

Credits:

Body

Maitreya Lara
 WoW Skins  V2 Nour Tan 01

Truth Ximena

 IKON  Eyes

Cosmetics

Mon Cheri Falsies Eyelashes

 Encore Maitreya Nail Appliers - Set 17

Clothing

Leri Miles Designs Hilary Dress Fitmesh, Amethyst Orchid - available at My Attic Sept

Glamistry Aster Heels - Maitreya

Accessories

Indulge Temptation - Arabesque Set 4 Necklace

Indulge Temptation - Arabesque Set 4 Earrings

Poses

 KaTink Backdrop - Skies

Diesel Works

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).