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Reviews of products we own in SL

New life for lobster claws

Aeon Fashion, LotD, Reviews

Okay, let me explain, since that title clearly makes no sense.  Heliconia is a beautiful flowering plant, also known as “lobster claws” or “false bird-of-paradise”, and was clearly the inspiration for the fractaled Heliconia from Spyralle.  Heliconia has just been re-released (and hence the ‘new life’) with Omega appliers, and is available at the Secret Wednesday March Yard Sale!  (See how clever that title is now, in retrospect?)

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Helicon comes with two prim skirt options – a simple single-layer (shown above), as well as a three-tiered option.  Have I mentioned how much I love prim skirts for dancing?  The updated Omega applier lets me use wear these fabulous designs with my mesh body.  It’s the best of both worlds!

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Helicon is available in three different colour palettes – opal (shown), as well as two other lovely shades.

Stop on by the Secret Wednesday March Yard Sale today, and stop by Spyralle.  There are always a few hunts going on  — and oooh, Spyralle’s giftie for the Twisted Hunt is not to be missed, and will be featured here soon!

Mahalo and aloha, my friends!

Stars swirl like snowflakes

Aeon Fashion, LotD, Reviews

Despite warmer temps somewhere, it is winter yet.

The White Armory knows…. and brings a weekly group gift for us, a gift of Winter Starlight.  I know I teased you last week with a White Armory gift that had just gone off, but this one is there in-store for you right now, for the next week!
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Winter Starlight consists of standard layers and mesh and prim pieces.  I do love prim skirts, they swirl and flutter so prettily!  The overskirt for this is transparent with sparkling stars that flutter around me like fireflies, like snowflakes.

The wings are non-scripted but quite beautiful, and have a natural wave to them as you move, walk, or dance.  They come in both glow and non-glow options.

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I would be remiss not to mention this new updo, on special now at Alli & Ali, at half-price for group members!

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One more, my favourite, a little slice of contrasts….

“I am grey, I stand between the candle and the star –

we are grey, we stand between the darkness and the light.”

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Mahalo, my friends, and aloha!

When’s that train?

blue LotD, Reviews

While talking to Sorcha at Nevermore Designs earlier, she let me have a sneak peek at what’s coming up at the Secret 60 event for the weekend.  The dress and jeans come in all the standard sizes, and the jeans include shapes for Belleza, Maitreya, and Slink Physique and Hourglass.  I’m wearing this on Maitreya Lara, and I had to change my shape to get this to work for me.  I’m pretty hourglass-y shape-wise, so I had to slim down in the (hates this word) saddlebag area 🙂

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The top is fairly uniform black, including the belt detail, so here’s a closeup.

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And again, the pack includes footwear, this time heels for Slink Highs!

All three pieces are included in the box at the event, for the unbelievably cheap price of L$60.  Run and get yours!

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A Maiden’s Gown

Aeon Fashion, LotD, Reviews

Ohhh, I’m a horrible tease, and I apologise in advance – but more on that at the end of this.

You may have noticed, I’m a bit of a sucker for medieval or faerie-inspired clothing.  I accumulate far more than I can ever wear, but that doesn’t stop me!   Last week’s  group gift from The White Armory is a wonderful addition to my wardrobe.  The Maiden of E’na Dorei gown is fitmesh, with add-on flexi sleeves.

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The fitmesh is designed for the standard SL avatar, and not the Physique or Lara.  Nevertheless, it fit my Physique body quite well, with just a little use of the alpha zones.
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I love the details, they really make any outfit of this nature!  Now, why am I a tease?  Because I just found out that The White Armory changes their group gifts frequently, so this lovely item is no longer offered.  What’s the moral, then?  Make them one of your regular stops!  You’ll hate to miss out on their next one!   So please stop by and take a look.

Mahalo and aloha, my friends!

Peacock

blue Fashion, LotD, Reviews

Way back in October last year I said that the only thing stopping me from getting the Lara Mesh Body from Maitreya was my disappointment at the fit of my favourite mesh bikini on the body.  However, if you’ve been following along, I didn’t really let that stop me, and I got Lara in mid-December.

It’s taken me this long to find a new favourite bikini (just as well it was winter!)

Peacock Festival by Mon Cheri is in standard sizing with fitmesh for Belleza, Slink, and most importantly, Maitreya 🙂

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Armed and dangerous

blue Fashion, LotD, Reviews

The neko subculture in SL can be interesting.  And an even smaller subculture of that are nekos wearing guns 🙂  I got this outfit from a lucky letter board ohh at least 12 months ago while exploring a Japanese themed sim.  The outfit is old-school and with no appliers can’t be worn on a mesh body.  However, it works quite well on the default avatar!

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Believe it or not, the outfit comes with four (yes four!) guns, two on the top of the boots and two in armbands.  I chose to leave one arm band off and replace it with a Beretta M9, which looks a little more impressive.  Note the guns that come with the outfit are merely decorative (but believe me, the M9 is fully functional!)

Now, I think I’ll go and terrorize some yakuza 🙂

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Beautiful batiks

Aeon Fashion, LotD, Reviews, Sponsored

I love a batik print, on cotton or silk – wearing it carries me back to the Islands no matter where I am, even in the deepest coldest winter.  This new release from Solas at Blue Moon Enterprises is just the thing, then, for the dark Februaries of the Northern Hemisphere!  Aisling is an all-mesh skirt-and-top combination in five mesh sizes with a resizeable mesh belt.  It’s breezy and just a little bit sexy!
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The racerback top is light and cool in the warm tropic sun, and the celtic knot detail about the bottom hem is exquisite!  That detail is repeated around the bottom hem of the skirt as well.

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Solas has given us four lovely batik patterns for Aisling.  The above-shown ‘Rain’ has shades of green and blue on a natural field, while ‘Wheat’ below features more earthy tones.

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‘Sage’ has the loveliest greens…

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… and ‘Blossom’ features magenta and lavender.

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Please stop by Blue Moon Enterprises and pick up a demo.  I’m sure that you won’t be disappointed!

Mahalo and aloha, my friends!

Fi Chic

Aeon Fashion, LotD, Reviews, Sponsored

Fi’s Creations brings us Tres Chic,  lovely line of separates for a little stylish flair in your Februrary.  
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Tres Chic, like all of Fi’s creations (see what I did there?) is all mesh, and is available in six different colour palettes- blues, khakis (shown here), neutrals, nudes, pinks, and teals.  Each palette features four different shades.  I’ve played a little with mixing different options up in the pics here.

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The Tres Chic line includes shorts and heels, but I’ve elected to add a cute little pair of boots from Baby Monkey, also featuring a texture-change HUD.

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It’s quite a bit of fun to be able to mix-and-match, and as separates, one can certainly play with different colours from different palettes as well.

Aloha and mahalo, my friends!