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Look of the day

Amelie

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This is the second outfit I picked up from Ana Markova thanks to my wonderful Aeon 🙂

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This one is in standard mesh sizes and has specific fitmesh sizes for Maitreya and Slink Physique.  Yay!

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I want to highlight the creator of my skin again too.  Lumiya Rae, owner of Lumae, makes fantastic skins at reasonable prices!  This is the freckled option of my normal Adore Peach Bare skin, the one I wear every day.  When I’m not being all formal and hiding freckles under makeup, I wear a freckle tattoo on my face to add some interest.  I’m not really the pale freckly one (that’s Aeon) so I generally wear a non-freckled skin.  But I was playing with this option of the skin for the face freckles the other day, and I thought I would show you a close-up so you can see just how good Lumae skins are.  I highly recommend them!

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Jade

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Here is the third outfit I selected from Ana Markova.  Such wonderful work!

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This leather dress comes in standard sizes and a one-size-fits-all fitmesh version, which is the one I’m wearing here on Lara.  Goodness I love finding locations, and this dress, especially after I matched it with the necklace, started prompting me to find a location that suggested witches and magic.  I have a landmark folder that I store locations in for photos and I knew I had the perfect one in there!  And yes!  And as a bonus, everyone has rez rights there, so it’s easy to do a pose stand and lighting.  I love how some people are so trusting!  If you come across sims like this and take advantage of them for photos, make sure you clean up your objects before you leave, so that the owners will keep them set so people can rez in the future!

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The detailing and textures on this are excellent.  You can’t see it as it’s hidden by my hair, but there’s a zipper detail down the back of the dress that’s just amazing.  Another wonderful outfit from Ana!

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No tears shed here!

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Solas and Bee at Silvan Moon Designs have a lovely gown in your choice of two colours at We Love Role Play.   Tears of Queen Liliana shows the kind of class that you’ve come to expect from SMD!
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Tears of Queen Liliana features a mesh gown, gloves and belt, with flexi wispy bits for sway.  And as with all of Silvan Moon Designs‘ new products, it comes in Belleza, Maitreya, and Slink fitmesh, as well as classic fitmesh and the five standard rigged sizes.  Solas wants to make sure that your fit is just right for you!

There’s a pink version, too, but you know how I feel about dusty pink.  😉

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Stop on by  We Love Role Play.  There are some amazing items out there, and Liliana is currently marked down 25%!

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Wolven

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This is the October group gift from Paisley Daisy.  Very appropriate for Halloween!  Paisley Daisy is L$100 to join, but their group gifts are always fantastic!

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Standard sizes all in fitmesh, plus specific fitmesh sizes for Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza.  The pictures don’t really do the dress justice.  While it’s black, it’s also materials enabled and picks up light from the environment really well.  As I was walking around this sim to take these pictures, it went from black to grey to green to black.  Lovely effect 🙂

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And I’ve been wanting to show off this back drop necklace for ages and ages and this finally gives me the chance to do it 🙂  If I remember rightly, I picked this necklace up in a hunt over a year ago.  I love it but I never get to wear it.  So I can be an evil wolfen on the front and an angel on the back 🙂

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Season of the Witch

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Okay, fair warning?  I have a couple of witches to show you over the next few days.  To start, let’s have some Donovan, because MUSIC!

So Witch Hazel is a amazing fun little costume from Blue Moon Enterprises.  Solas made this for the Fantasy Cream event last year (2015) , but she’s got it back in the shop right now!  WAIT!  Is that a cauldron under my skirts?
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  • Blue Moon Enterprises – Witch Hazel, gown, hat, and pendant, designed for 2015 Fantasy Cream, currently available in the shop!

Yes, that’s right – the skirt is open at the front to reveal a little Hallowe’en inspired scene featuring a bubbling cauldron and grinning Jack-o-lantern!  Is it silly? OMG yes!  Is it fun?  YES!

witchhazel_c003This one is perfect for that happy All Hallows’ Eve party!  It has every bit of the excellent mesh you’ve come to expect from Blue Moon, with a wonderful sense of humour!

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Fierce

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Recently, Aeon and I had our second wedding anniversary.  Rather than dithering over gifts (I made her one last year) we got each other gift cards to a couple of our favourite clothing stores.  Aeon gave me a card to Ana Markova Designs, whose stuff I just love (Aeon knows me well lol).

Here’s the first of three outfits I got, a truly eye catching design, I think you’ll agree!

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The dress is in standard rigged sizes, but I had no trouble wearing it on Lara with only one tiny issue at the neckline, which isn’t noticeable when you’re walking around in it.  One note here: the sleeves are designed to fit Slink or system hands only, so if you wear Maitreya hands, you may have to revert to system hands (shudder).

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And yes, I’ve gone blonde for this.  I spent a lot of time looking though my hairstyles as I wanted something short so as not to cover up the design of the dress.  I’ve sported this hairstyle before, but in my normal red.  And that’s what I started out in, but when I came to shoot the pictures, the contrast detracted from the dress design.  So blonde it is 🙂

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Filly

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Here’s a nice pair of jeans and a fitmesh top from Artic Storm.

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The top is fitmesh in standard sizes, plus specific sizes for Maitreya, Slink, and Belleza.  The jeans are standard sizes in rigged mesh only.

The detail on the top is nice.

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And the labels, lacing on the pockets, belt, and studs all shows the care this creator takes with their textures.  Wonderful work!

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A little Pepper for spice

Aeon Fashion, LotD, Reviews

I’ve been wanting to share this lovely dress from !Soul with you for a while, and a new makeup applier from [GA.EG] has given me the perfect opportunity!

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  • !Soul — Pepper minidress
  • .wound — Ribbon choker (vibrant)
  • [GA.EG] — Nefertiti eye shadow
  • [L.Warwick] — Savannah Ankle Strapped Heels – Noir Leather
  • ProPose —  Group Gift September F1

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Pepper is all mesh, with Slink and Maitreya fitmesh, and has a hud with a staggering number of colour choices:  Main colours and piping are independently selectable from a palette of  60 colours!  Oh, wait- and there are two different palettes of 60 choices to choose from!

The other lovely item I want to share is this amazing eyeshadow.  I’ll confess to having always loved the Egyptian kohl look, and [GA.EG] has really made it hum!  Now, a word of note: the [GA.EG] makeups are an add-on to the [GA.EG] head Smart HUDs, so this isn’t an Omega applier for everyone.  But WOW, it’s a beauty, with a host of accent colours plus a variety of other customising possibilities.  Nefertiti installs into the [GA.EG] Smart HUD, so there’s no extra HUD to use, your whole makeup kit is there at your fingertips!
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A few more variations — with a green-and-silver dress and some different colours on the eyeshadow!

There’s an additional version with lovely cross-strapping across the back.  I may well have to run back and pick it up.  !Soul has previously released a number of cute minis as group gifts, but this one has them beat.  Now, if only we might get this with the rainbow texture, I’d be in complete heaven!

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Blossom

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No prizes for guessing where I got this outfit.  Yep, the Womenstuff hunt 🙂

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The dress comes in standard sizing, but looks to be all fitmesh, even though it doesn’t say so.  The optional capris are on a pants system layer, but the package also has appliers for Slink, TMP, and Omega.

I really love playing around with lighting in SL.  In these two shots, most of the light came from the fire as you can see.  I used a projector light just out of scene to soften the shadows around my face a little.  Maybe I should do an article on lighting?

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Bali

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I’m never going to make it through all the Womenstuff hunt items!  Here’s a great dress in my color 🙂

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Fitmesh standard sizes plus specific sizes for Slink, Belliza, and Maitreya, and it comes with some nice sandals for Slink High too (not shown).

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