Reviews

Reviews of products we own in SL

Bento Wings

blue Gadgets, LotD

There are already a few Bento rigged wings on the market, but I’m pretty sure these ones from Atomic are the best at the moment!  The ad says they’re designed for male avis, but even though I’m short (1.85 metres/6 foot and a smidge) they work just fine for me.  Please try the demo!

The wings come with an animation overrider that animates the wings.  There are nine stands, three sits, a walk, and as you can imagine, flying anims, including hover, fly, fly down, and so on.  Most of the animations are quite impressive!  For convenience, the creator has also included the animations in a separate box.

The wings are always in motion, so wearing them to a dance party will certainly attract attention to your avi!

In addition to the AO, there’s also a texture change HUD for the wings, allowing you to select from eleven different colored textures so you can match your look.  The one I’m wearing here are the whitest.  Don’t expect pure white angel wings with these.  There is a dark texture (nearly black/gray) but this the lightest one, and the different colors in the texture HUD just change the top of the wings.  The primary wing feathers stay this dark for each texture.

My only minor problem with these is there is no way to stop the wings in a motionless folded state.  If they had this, they’d be perfect!

Bento is very exciting, and opens up another whole bunch of creative channels for designers.  I can’t wait to see what happens next!

Warm and flirty

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Mmmms, a warm snuggly sweater and a short skirt and cute boots?  Yes, they’re more happy gifts from Baby Monkey.  Complete the look with stockings and suspenders from Alaska Metro and it’s a warm and flirty look that I just love.

Is the skirt a bit short for stockings?  maybe… but I kinda like the tease.

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Nai’a

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I’ve shared Sparta from Ally★Adventure with you in the past, so I thought I’d show you one of the other lovely products Ally has produced.  Dolphin is a sexy monokini with an amazing reflective (and transparent!) texture.  It comes with appropriately-positioned body lights to show it off just so — without being annoying as so many face lights are.

Dolphin (or nai’a in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) is available in the five standard rigged mesh sizes.  It appears that some of Ally’s newer items are available in fitmesh, you can be sure I’ll be checking those out!  And you must have a materials-enabled viewer to take advantage of this one… but the sparkle and shimmer are amazing.    You can find free demos of everything at Ally★Adventure, so please stop on by!

Mahalo! A hui hou!

 

Waiting

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Is her lover late, and the hour waning?  Has she given up hope?

Alaska Metro  offers Jolene, a beautiful applier bodysuit and Nyla, some fantastic stockings for your pleasure.  The bodysuit is gorgeous and available in three different colours, but I think I might love the stockings even more.  They’re available in five colours, each coming with an optional garter belt and versions with/without lace tops.  The attention to detail here is amazing: the stockings have backseams and reinforced heal and toe.  The garter versions are even stretched at the clips!  WOW!

Visit Alaska Metro at anyBODY and on9.  You won’t be sorry!

Perhaps… it has been a disappointing night.
But perhaps not.  Perhaps her lover is on the way home bringing pizza.  She’s ready to run to the door, and greet in the best way.

It’s my story… and I think I’d like it to end that way.  Pizza and kisses?  Yum.

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

A faerie godmother’s wish

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Solas and Bee at Silvan Moon Designs have created a wonderful exclusive for Enchantment’s Cinderella round!  Fairy Godmother features a mesh gown and overskirt in the standard five sizes plus Maitreya and SLink fitmesh, with a rigged mesh collar and wings and some flexi bits to add some wispy gauziness.

Fairy Godmother is offered in four beautiful shades, each ethereal and bright.

Enchantment features a beautiful sim and some lovely exclusives.  Don’t let this slip through your fingers like fairy dust!

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Daughter of the sea

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All life comes from the Sea.

  • Spyralle — Waverider Green Flash tattoo, fins, drape and crown
  • Luminesse — Sea Turtle Green Agate necklace & earrings
  • Exposeur Props and Poses — February Gift 15-6M pose (Marketplace Link)

When Kerryth at Spyralle came out with Waverider in mesh fins and Omega appliers (or standard SL layers) I thought WOW!  All it needs is a tail to be a perfect mermaid.  I’ve been on the hunt for a tail to a) complement it, and b) work with a mesh body ever since.

.:!EVolved creatures!:. came to the rescue, with a Bento enabled tail.   This tail waves so very smoothly, it is a joy to swim!

EVolved creatures has really put together a remarkable tail even without Bento.  MErmaid tail #1 features an amazing HUD that allows you to adjust glow, transparency, and alpha of the fins, belt, and scales.  There’s a skin blender at the waist, and an amazing selection of scale patterns.  I’ve shown a lightning-y one above — it’s my favourite as I think it complements Kerryth’s Waverider patterns (lightning is awfully fractal in nature, you know).  I thought I’d show you a few other options as well, though.

You can’t see the full crown so well with Calico‘s Talia hair, but it features a band across the forehead with fins from the side, and the same fractal motif as the body tattoo.  Luminesse‘s green agate Sea Turtle jewelry completes the ensemble.

I’ll admit, I took WAY too many pics of this, but I have so totally fallen in love with this outfit, both with and without the tail.  There are a host of pictures on flickr, and I’ll post more over the next few days.

Please go try out EVolved creatures‘s tail, there’s a 1L demo.  It doesn’t feature the HUD, but you can see how well it fits and how well it moves.  One quick note — the Bento tail can misbehave a bit on mermaid dances and animations (although it does fine on poses).  This is a Bento issue, and Tithis at EVolved is aware of it and working on the problem.  There will be a free update when it’s solved!

From this wahine hiʻu iʻa to all of you, aloha kakou!  Mahalo! A hui hou!

 

Gilding the Lily

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Newness at the Fantasy Gacha Carnival!  Silvan Moon Designs offers Lily of Dellhollow, a beautiful new mesh outfit in multiple independent components — top, vest, belt, skirt and pareo.

Lily is offered in three commons (aqua, pink, green) and rare red!  As with all the lovely SMD offerings, it comes in standard mesh sizes plus Maitreya and  SLink fitmesh.

You might know, it takes a lot to get me to wear red, as it often clashes with my ginger…. but the Lily gacha rare is stunning.  Add a ribbon from .wound to complete the look!

SMD offers a lot of role-play and period pieces, but this is one of those that I can see wearing on a much wider basis.  Solas and Bee keep coming out with amazing work.  Visit the Fantasy Gacha Carnival, and stop by Silvan Moon Designs and give them some love!

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

The light of dawn

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Sister of Selene, goddess of the Moon, and  Helios, god of the Sun is Eos, goddess of the dawn.  Spyralle‘s  Eos is just as bright and beautiful as her namesake!

  • Spyralle — Eos gown, updated with Omega appliers
  • Luminesse — Sea Turtle Purple/Green/Orange Agate necklace & earrings
  • [L.Warwick] — Savannah Ankle Strapped Heels (Grape Leather)
  • GLITTER — May Group Gift #2 pose

I love Luminesse’s honu Sea Turtle jewelry sets! They are bright and cheery and feel like they are at once casual and fancy — or can be, whichever you need.  And when you are wearing purple hair, that’s exactly the flexibility you want!

Kerryth has updated Eos with Omega appliers, although it’s still available in SL clothing layers.  It features several different flexi add-on pieces to complete the gown, gauzy and gorgeous!

Stop by Spyralle and take a look at her Omega-updated outfits, as well as all of the beautiful mesh.  Mahalo!  A hui hou!

 

A little bit dangerous

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Carrie’s Lingerie wants to make sure that you’re dressed to kill this Valentine’s Day.

  • Carrie’s Lingerie — Sensual Lace Bra, Panty, Globe & Stocking Set (twelve colours, available separately)
  • Carrie’s Lingerie —  Seductive Mesh Corset (two six-colour texture-change HUD, darks and pastels)
  • Carrie’s Lingerie — Essential Mesh Skirt (two six-colour texture-change HUD, darks and pastels)
  • Zuri Jewelry — Heart of the Sea Elite Necklace & Earrings
  • [L.Warwick] — Savannah Ankle Strapped Heels (Noir Leather)

Both the corset and the skirt are provided in the five standard rigged sizes plus fitmesh for SLink Physique & Hourglass and Maitreya mesh bodies.   The corset has versions for Isis and Freya bodies as well  The bra & panty set features standard SL layers plus Omega appliers.

Carrie’s Lingerie has been making a lovely foray into fitmesh, and I’m glad to see it. I’d really like Carrie to revisit the Desire negligee in fitmesh, but I won’t hold my breath!  Stop by and take a look at the February offerings — there’s just too much sensuality to put into one post!

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Stars and sand

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The skies darken as night falls on the beach, but the stars stay bright wherever you are in this happy little romper from Petite Mort!  Sabina was a 2016 group gift that I wanted to share with you, and I’m finally getting around to it!

Sabina  is still available right now at the old location, but might not be if you wait.  The store is in the process of moving, and that will happen SOON!   The new landmark is HERE: Petite Mort (new location).  I wouldn’t count on the gifts still being out once the move is completed!

Mahalo!  A hui hou!