Of course, I have another outfit to show you from the SLB16 shopping event.
This dress comes in sizes for Lara, Freya, Hourglass, and classic. There are two versions that look identical, but the adult version includes a script to let others slowly strip off the dress in six stages omg 🙂
Not big surprise, here are some more gifts from the SLB16 shopping event 🙂
Both my hairstyle and the dress are available at the event as free gifts. The dress comes in sizes for Lara, Freya, Isis, and Venus.
And obviously, No Match has been watching recent fashion trends! This long hairstyle with the scarf wrap is just fantastic. It’s a fatpack, so no matter your color, you’re covered. There are nine colors each for black, brown, blonde, and of course, red. There is also two addition HUDs for ombres and unicorns! It even includes all the hairbases as appliers for Catwa, Lelutka, TMP, and Omega. There is even a male version included.
The scarf is settable via a HUD to 24 colors, 12 plains and 12 summer prints. What a fabulous gift!
Today I’m showing you Blueberry’s gifties from the SLB16 shopping event. In case you didn’t know, it’s also Pride Month, so the rainbow colors are a perfect gift!
The shorts and top are separates. The top also comes in two “wet” versions with a HUD to change bra colors to one of 28 colors, or to hide the bra completely. Both pieces are sized for Lara, Freya, Isis, Venus, Physique, and Hourglass.
Also, if you’re a Blueberry group member, you can pick up L$250 store credit while you’re at the event simply by clicking on the sign at the booth! As the group is FREE to join, this is a complete steal!
The shorts also come with a three color HUD. And in case you didn’t think the rainbow theme continued on to the shorts… love is love 🙂
Here’s another fabulous gift from the SLB16 shopping event. Second Life’s birthday celebrations run until the 8th July, so if the place is busy, you still have plenty of time to get over there and find all the gifties!
This bodysuit is completely in my color, and has a super cute bow at the back. There are sizes for Lara, Freya, Isis, Hourglass, and Physique.
Here’s another wonderful gift from the SLB16 shopping event. This one’s from Baiastice.
The nightdress and panties are separates. They come in sizes for Lara, Freya, Isis, Hourglass, and Physique.
Included is a four color HUD with this lovely texture also in black, blue, and pink, but you can surely guess which of the four I’m in love with 🙂
It’s SL’s 16th birthday, yay! There are lots of things to do and see, and you can find all of them listed in the SL destination guide. And of course there’s a shopping event. With FREE gifts for everyone!
This was the first gift I opened. There are five prints and five plains (I think, each color is boxed separately and I haven’t opened but one yet). Each box contains sizes for Lara, Freya, Isis, Hourglass, and Physique. I opened this ivory one first, not knowing what it was going to be, and was so pleased with the pretty pattern that goes so well with my hair!
Get over to the Shop and Hop SLB16 event for your chance to pick up nearly 100 FREE gifts, and check out some of the heavily discounted things on sale.
Scandalize is very generous with group gifts. Their group is L$100 to join, but there are countless group gifts awaiting you if you do, including this sexy little romper.
It’s all one piece, and features a hood at the back. It comes in two colors as separate items, this ombre version, and a straight pale pink version. I was tempted to dye my hair to wear this, but the ombre version is dark enough at the top so I can get away with it.
There are sizes for Lara (two sizes for Lara actually), Freya, Isis, Hourglass, and Physique. Both Lara sizes have a minor clipping issue at the front of the right shoulder, which is a pity, because otherwise this is a really nice giftie.
Glitter has a nice group gift out. Their group is FREE to join.
This great little leather dress is in sizes for Lara, Freya, Venus, Physique, Curvy, Fine, Ocacin, and Volupuous (is that a brand?) There are some minor clipping issues at the underarms, but no real dramas for walking around in this. And again, it’s in one of my colors, yay!
Warning, topless shots below the fold.
Let’s talk boobs. I see a lot of female avatars getting it sooo wrong in SL. In RL, we don’t have to worry, we have built-in shapes and physics, and our cleavage is controlled by the clothes we wear, not a texture, so we don’t usually have to think about it (with the exception of picking out that awesome pushup bra for a hot date lol)
In SL, none of this works automatically without some input from us. We have shapes, physics layers, and skin options to worry about.
A decent quality skin is one of the things you should definitely splash out some money for. You can get a reasonable skin for a couple hundred Linden Dollars, but a good one will probably set you back over L$800. Believe me, it’s worth the time and money to find one that you like, as, along with your eyes, it’s the one thing you’ll wear all the time.
When it comes to selecting a skin, pick one with multiple cleavage options. You want at least small for when you’re bare breasted, medium for when you’re wearing a bra or a bikini top, and “lots” for corsets and some formal gowns. There’s nothing funnier than seeing an otherwise naked girl wearing a skin with lots of cleavage. I keep having to ask myself “did she stick them together with superglue, or what?” lol
Do NOT look like this, there’s someone on that beach (like me) quietly laughing at you!
Much more natural looking 🙂
With Lara by Maitreya, there’s a great option in the HUD to store skins in save slots under the “Skins & Options” tab. My skin (Adore Peach by Lumae) has four cleavage options, and all of those are stored in the HUD in Firestorm’s “Favorite Wearables” for easy switching without having to dig through my inventory.
Now, you all know we need support, and when that support is taken away, things tend to sag, much as we wish they didn’t 🙂 Before fitmesh clothing, we had standard sizes, and to fit them, many of us saved off a modified shape along with the clothes, and the most modified sliders, at least for me, were breast size and gravity.
Using the same principle, you should have at least a few variations on your base shape for the bare/bra/corset thing with various levels of gravity applied.
And also, when that support is taken away, things tend to jiggle. This is where physics comes in. Physics is a system layer that you wear. Not only can it control breast physics, but also stomach and butt as well. Basically, the settings tell the viewer how much things should jiggle and which way they should jiggle when you move.
Again, you want at least the three options for bare/bra/corset, with plenty of bounce with little damping for bare breasted, and basically no bounce and high damping for corsets.
You can buy physics packages on the marketplace, but they’re pretty easy to set up yourself. There’s a page on the Firestorm website with instructions on creating physics layers, so I won’t repeat all the “how-to” here, you can hop over there and read it if you need help. The Firestorm team also have a free physics collection available on the marketplace which is a great starting point to experiment with all this.
I strongly believe it’s worth the time to set up your avatar so it looks as natural as possible.
I said the other day that I’d start looking at Midnight Madness boards again, and here’s the first result, a really lovely patterned jumpsuit.
It comes in sizes for Lara, Physique, Hourglass, Freya, and Isis. There are some really high white platform sandals included with it for Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza feet, but they are so tall they made me dizzy, so I’m wearing some of my fav white sandals instead.
The pattern is really nice, without any noticeable seams, and is in my color. As it was an MM gift and was free, what more could you ask for?
