A sprinkle of silver

Mesh Body:  Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head:  Catwa Catya
Applier: Pink Fuel Alabaster
Lipstick and eye shadow:  Alaskametro Wytch Makeup Palette
Eyes: Avi-Glam Solstice
Hair: Navy & Copper Cinnamon (group gift)
Dress:  Art & Fashion Gothika (group gift)
Necklace & Earrings: Pure Poison Black Arachnide
Bracelet: Maxi Gossamer Voodoo Rocker
Pose: Diesel Works Diva

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.

#523 Angel

Today's I bring more items from Collabor88, The Crossroads and Mesh Body Addicts Fair.  I am wearing a Glam Affair applier on my Catwa Destiny head and topping it off with hair from Exile.  

I was in love as soon as I saw this amazing "do" from Exile for Collabor88.  It comes with both the pearl necklace and pearl/jewel add on but can be worn with just one, or without either, so it is really versatile.  Both add on and pearls come with a texture change hud.

Credits:

Mesh body (including hands and feet): Maitreya Lara
Shape:  based on  Strawberry Singh Zara but tweaked 
Mesh Head:  Catwa Destiny - available at Mesh Body Addicts Fair

Applier:  Glam Affair - Calliope Applier - available at Mesh Body Addicts Fair

Hair:  Exile Liaison with Pearl Hair Add-on plus Pearl Necklace - available at Collabor88
Eyes:  Avi-Glam Celestial Eyes - Fantasy Pack

Manicure & Pedicure:  Alaskametro Neutrals/Gold
Dress:  Blueberry - Scarlet - available at Collabor88

Shoes:  Empire Sundrop - available at  The Crossroads
Poses:  Diesel Works Shyla
Location:  Calas Galadhon

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.

#509 My name is ZsaZsa, and I collect body parts

Today's post brings together items from Collabor88, Cosmopolitan, Season's Story and Indie Teepee.  I am wearing Trinity, the first mesh head from LAQ, along with their Camille applier.

Yes, I am an addict, I can't help myself, the second I hear of a new mesh body part, I start twitching and it gets worse till I get my grabby little hands on it and can start playing with it. Trinity is a pretty head, as is the Camille applier (there are also a number of old LAQ skins which have been updated as appliers).  Both the hud and instructions that come with the head are very user friendly, and I was able to get the head in a wearable state within a minute of taking it out of the box.  The hud is pretty minimal compared to the Catwa huds, there are options for hair base, eyebrows, eyeshadow, lipstick and freckles, and a small number of expressions.  My first impressions is that I like Trinity, but don't feel "me" in her, and I can't see her beating my Catwa heads to become my #1 go to head, but who knows, that might change with further updates/options and skins.

My top and pants have a vintage vibe that really appealed to me, and are both available at Collabor88.  My jewelry is brand new from Izzies for Season's Story, and I thought it went perfectly with this outfit.  My shoes are new from from Essenz, also from Season's Story.

Credits:

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

Applier:  LAQ Camille

Hair:  Elua Willow - avaialble at Indie Teepee

Eyes:  Avi-Glam Elysian Eyes basil - available at Cosmopolitan
Manicure & Pedicure: Alaskametro Classics/Silvert

Pants:  Fashionably Dead Vintage Thrifted Pants - Ivory - available at Collabor88
Top:  Fashionably Dead Sweet Flowy Tank - Mint Jacket - available at Collabor88
Necklace: Izzies - Cowrie Shell - available at Season's Story
Earrings: Izzies - Cowrie Shell - available at Season's Story
Bracelet/Bangle:  Izzies - Cowrie Shell - available at Season's Story
Shoes: Essenz Cali Sand - available at Season's Story
Poses:  Diesel Works - Prima Donna

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.

#500 Our lives begin to end

 the day we become silent about things that matter.

I have been photo-bombed by Spike again!  My t-shirt dress is a new mainstore release from Just Because and as always with Annie Melson, it is absolute perfection in how it fits my Maitreya Lara body.  The creases are so well done as is the neckline and the knotted material on one side. Annie provides a plethora of colours to choose from, or a hud operated fatpack.  Each colour comes with the plain version I am wearing, and the same colour with a slogan on it.  I have never been a slogan type girl so I went with the plain.  The hud also allows you to wear panties at the click of a button, quite useful with a dress this short!   

I am wearing some brand new jewelry from Cae for FaMESHed.  The beautiful Nova set is very versatile, coming with a hud allowing you to wear all three necklaces together as I have done, or just one or two of them.  This is a great idea, making it so easy to fit it to all kinds of necklines  The earrings are really unusual, with graduated stones getting smaller as they climb the ear lobe.  Very pretty.  You can buy the earrings and necklace separately if you wish.  My bracelet is one of the sets also available from Cae for FaMESHed - there are 4 different "themes" - I went with Peace on this occasion, the others are life, love and strength.  You can hide any of the individual bands, and also mix and match with gold.  I have a feeling that these bracelets are going to become a staple of my wardrobe  

Credits:

Mesh Body:  Maitreya Lara

Mesh Head:  Catwa Alice
Mesh Hairbase:  No Match

Applier:  WoW Skins 2016 Hope bronze
Hair: enVOGUE HAIR Britney, reds hud

Eyes:  Avi-Glam Ardent - Arctic pack
Manicure & Pedicure: ZOZ Starfish for Cosmopolitan

Dress:  Just Because Zoe T-Shirt Dress - FatPack
Necklace & Earrings:  Cae :: Nova - available at FaMESHed
Bangle:  Cae :: Mantra :: Peace :: Bracelet - available at FaMESHed
Shoes: Essenz - Zagreb (Sand) 
Poses:  Close-ups Icons of Style Jewelery, Others: Diesel Works Prima Donna

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.

#477 Keep your face always to the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you

Yay!  Zsa is an excited little blogger today, she has finally taken the leap and fallen in  love with her mesh head!  With mesh bodies, it took me a long time before I jumped, but when I did, I loved them so much it is inconceivable for me now to not wear one.  Same with mesh heads - I have had quite a few in my inventory gathering pixel dust for ages, but never liked the way they looked on me.  Then I tried this applier from Belleza and fell in love - I still feel like me, just a much improved me!  When I saw my system avvie after wearing this head for a day, I was quite horrified that I ever allowed myself to wander around the grid, let alone appear on this blog, looking like that!

My dress is new from Entice and I think it has a bit of a 1940's classy vibe.  You have 4 different huds to choose from, each one having 3 textures, it was a real struggle to choose, they are all lovely.  The Maitreya dress fits perfectly to my Maitreya Lara mesh body and you also get the dress in Slink, Belleza, classic and fitmesh.  They are just 99L for each hud for Super Sales Weekend which ends on the 8th

My shoes are brand new from KC Couture, and I thought they also have a vintage vibe.  They are currently available at the new round of Designer Showcase.  As always they come with a humoungous texture change hud so you can make them work with any outfit, and are also compatible with Belleza, Slink and Eve.

My necklace, earrings and bracelet are currently on offer at Indulge Temptation, but they will be changing soon, so if you want them you need to run.  There are 6 packs available, some for Sixty Linden Weekends and some for 55L Thursday.

My pictures are taken in my wonderful friend Pet's newly refurbished shabby chic store.  I recommend a visit for some really cute home items at extremely reasonable prices.  If you  haven't got a croquet set for your lawn, shame on you!  Go grab Pet's original mesh one now!

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 Mesh Body
Catwa Jessica Mesh Head with Belleza Mila sk applier - available for Mix at the Belleza mainstore
Hair Amacci Siobhan 
IKON Odyssey eyes

Clothing
Entice - Rain Over Me - Gradient - 99L until April 8th
KC Couture Sharon Wedges - available at Designer Showcase

Accessories

Indulge Temptation - Nomad Princess necklace & earrings - currently on offer at mainstore

Poses

Diesel Works - Prima Donna

Location
Persnickity Shabby Chic

Tools I use in most blog posts
Pose Anywhere 

Lumipro 

Anypose 

Combo Fix

Quote by either Hellen Keller or Walt Whitman, depending on your source (and I am too tired right now to solve the riddle)

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).

#452 If your heart is a volcano......

.....how shall you expect flowers to bloom? - Khalil Gibran

Zsa is busy moving into a new home and wanted to be comfortable, so is wearing her old faithful jeans from Lapointe & Bastchild, which are still pretty much her favourite jeans ever.  She has teamed them with an easy-to-wear halter top from Baby Monkey (which comes with a colour change hud) - although this only comes in standard sizes I didn't have to alpha out a single cut, it fits perfectly on my Maitreya Lara mesh body. 

My sneakers from K C Couture are another wardrobe staple, and come with KC's fantastic texture change hud. My lovely pony from Amacci is just perfect, and comes with two bang options.  I had fun using their "crazy" hud and really love this pretty blue fade - I might try another crazy colour soon :).  

This is my first real location shoot now that I have a pc that can handle it.  I am having fun exploring and finding places I can use for blog posts.  Big yay!

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

Mon Cheri Falsies

WoW Skins 2016 Olivia Tan - available at Designer Circle
Amacci Hair - Aurora - Crazy hud
IKON Promise Eyes - Clarity

Cosmetics

DaneMarkZ - Maitreya nails - Ombre

Clothing

Baby Monkey Mea Halter Top
Lapointe & Bastchild "Slim" Denim Jeans - Lt Blues
KC Couture Phoenix sneakers

Accessories

Mon Cheri  - Sway Earrings
Indulge Temptation - Delice Bracelet Hud 7

Poses & Location

Diesel Works - Beth & Daisy
Location - The Looking Glass

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).

#449 What's purple, purple and purple all over, and a little bit shadowy?

This post starts with a tale of two pc's, and is the reason this first post of 2016 has taken longer than usual.  The first pc was woefully unequipped for sl, and crawled on an average fps of 7-9 (seriously), crashed multiple times a day, and advanced graphic settings were impossible.  SL and this blog became a real slog and it was no fun, so towards the end of last year I had reached the point where it was so bad that I was seriously thinking of giving up this blog, and even leaving sl for good.  

Thankfully, due to a totally unexpected event irl (thanks mum xx) this has all changed as I am writing this from my new pc which averages 70 fps, and on which I can run round the grid on high, suffer no lag, and even better, can use advanced graphics - shadows, yay!  It is like the shade has suddenly been lifted on sl, and I am almost dazzled by the colour, the speed, the general awesomeness.

Anyway, I am now hoping that I can raise the standard of this little blog and produce far better pics, and again I say - shadows!!  I have also invested in Lumipro so am having fun playing with that, though it will take me a while to become proficient.

This is my first post using my new graphics set up and I am happy to share with you this stunning gown by Just Because which is available at the current round of FaMEShed (which I could move around without an issue - I had stopped going to events last year as my pc couldn't cope).  Back to the gown, which is undoubtedly daring but in a classy way. The sheen, the way the material drapes and creases really add life to this gown which comes in a myriad of beautiful colours, and the brooch is hud driven for more colour choices.  

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

IKON Triumph Eyes 

WoW Skins 2016 Selia Tan

Elikatira Karee - Ravens

Cosmetics

Encore Maitreya Nail Appliers - Designer 06 (available at The Wash Cart Sale for 10L - closes 6th Jan, so run!)

Mon Cheri Falsies Eyelash 

Izzies - Patty Dark Lipstick purple

Izzies - Double Wing Eyeliner

Clothing

Just Because Maya Gown - available at FaMESHed

KC Couture Yuuna Heels

Accessories

Maxi Gossamer - Delightful Dahlia earrings & necklace 

Poses

Diesel Works Diva & Prima Donna

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).

#439 Look what I found in my attic, November edition

Today I am bringing you lots of goodies from the new round of My Attic at the Deck.   From the top, my fabulous up-do hair is from EMO-tions - it comes with a matching collar which I am not wearing here.  My earrings from Elysium are also from My Attic and come as a set with a necklace which I am not wearing - the set comes in a great selection of colour packs.

My outfit is from Lavian - it is all one piece but comes with a hud allowing you to change top, pants and belt separately in any of a wide selection of classy colours.  It fit absolutely perfectly to my Maitreya Lara mesh body without me having to tweak my alpha other than to hide my legs.  My shoes are brand new original mesh from KC Couture, they are very unusual and of course come with their extensive texture change hud.  

Credits:

Please note that if an item is for sale at an event, I clearly mark the slurl to that event, but in case this blog post is read after the event, I also include the slurl to the mainstore.

Body

Maitreya Lara

 WoW Skins  Divanity Tan

EMO-tions. Roberta - available at My Attic at the Deck
Adored - dream eyes -  glacier

Cosmetics

Mon Cheri Falsies Eyelashes

Encore Maitreya Nail Appliers - Set 24 

WoW Skins Winter Eyeshadow blue
.WoW Skins Lipstick 1
.WoW Skins Eyeliner 02

Clothing

Outfit Lavian - AW1516 - You Used to Hold Me - available at My Attic at the Deck

KC Couture Soulgate Heels

Accessories

Elysium - Partytime earings - available at My Attic at the Deck
Indulge Temptation - Enchanted Roses Rings 6

Indulge Temptation - Enchanted Roses Bracelet 2

Poses
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).