Retro Succubus

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When I was writing up my punk outfit, I looked at how old the skull earring were.  I was rather amazed to find I’d picked them up in 2014!  Time flies when you’re having fun!  I thought it might be fun to do a post for the outfit I got them for 🙂

OMG, so this is way before Maitreya Lara or fitmesh were even available.  I’m wearing my system bod as the skin is only a system skin, so you for sure don’t get a photo that includes my feet!

I think this was only about the second serious contest outfit I ever put together for Eden (the first was a dress for the spring queen contest.  I spent days dithering over spending L$100 on that at the time lol).

Before Bento wings were available, if asked, I would have told you that Material Squirrel were my fav maker of wings in SL.  Even today when you can get awesome wings like this, these still hold up, and one advantage they have is they are resizable, so fit a number of costumes.

In three short years, there have been so many innovations in SL.  Mesh bodies and heads, fitmesh clothing, Bento, and while mesh was around when I started, the experience that designers have acquired in the last couple of years have made so much more possible!  It’s been an awesome ride so far, and I can’t wait to see what happens next!

Punk’s not dead

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Sometimes you have to plan ahead for events.  On this coming Saturday, we have a “Best in Punk” contest at Eden.  I have a few goth outfits, but I really had nothing in punk.  So I mixed and matched and created something 🙂

The bits and pieces in this outfit have been collected slowly over time.  I got the skin just two days ago when someone announced fantasy skins in the SLF&O group chat for the amazing price of L$1 each!  Wow!  And after finding jeans, boots, hair, tattoos, piercings, and makeup, I realized I had nothing that would suit for a top.  Fortunately I have a few full perm mesh things.  I bought this full perm tank top to make a free group gift for all our wonderful members at Eden.  I’ve also made a copy for the staff there, with “Angel” on the back, and one for the boss with “Virgin” on the back (she asked me to make it, honest lol).  So with this kit in hand and a little bit of work in Gimp, a new top is born!

The oldest part of this outfit is the little skull earring with glowy eyes I got way back in 2014 just after I started SL!

Tanned in the summer sun

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I don’t usually model different skins, but thought I’d try a little something different for a Friday.  Alaska Metro offers Sunny,  few lovely new face and Fit, a matching skin at the Mesh Body Addicts Fair!  Both come in three skintones, and Sunny has options for no eyebrows, light, medium, and dark shades.  Fit is released as an update to Alaska Metro’s older skin line.  Fit includes Omega, Maitreya and SLink appliers, and nail polish for both natural and french finishes.

 

Sunny comes in appliers for Omega (head only), Lelutka, and Catwa.  The Omega version is optimised for the new LOGO and LAQ Bento heads, but it works just fine, I think, on my [GA.EG] Barbara Bento head!  

  • <K&S> — Candy #2 pose

The Mesh Body Addicts faire has just ended, but look for Sunny and Fit at the Alaska Metro mainstore.

Happy Aloha Friday!  Mahalo,  a hui hou!

Raven

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A friend referred Raven to me, telling her I do profile pics.  Well, I’m not really a professional photographer in SL, but I have done some profile pics for friends before.  I told Raven that I’d be happy to do a photo shoot with her as long as she put a notecard together detailing her outfit for me.  Saves me doing an outfit for the blog, and if she likes a photo for a profile, she is more than welcome to use one.  Win-win 🙂

I found a suitably spooky and atmospheric location, based on her outfit…

This is the one I liked for her profile, but she chose a less ummm… cutesie one 🙂

Hopefully I get all her details correct…

 

Child of the djinni

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The theme for Enchantment right now is “A thousand nights and a night”, the tales of Princess Scheherazade.  Silvan Moon Designs offers Princess Parizade Dhoti as an exclusive for the event, with side-slit harem pants, top, and coin belt and scarf in three independent pieces.

Princess Parizade Dhoti comes in six lovely colours, in fitmesh for SLink Physique and Hourglass and for Maitreya Lara.

  • {Way} — Marcella pose

After moving from [GA.EG]‘s Kirsten non-bento head to the Barbara bento face, I lost two of my favourite eye makeup add-ons — the iLiner and the Nefertiti just didn’t work well on the bento face.  I’m so very happy to introduce [GA.EG]‘s newest eyeliner, Audacity.  Audacity is certainly an upgrade on iLiner, but with flavours of Nefertiti added on.  I’m so thrilled to have this look back!

Of course, facial expressions (eyebrows and mouth in particular) change the way that the different eye makeups are interpreted, so it’s kind of fun to see how they play together in each of the above looks.

Stop on by Enchantment and find this little bit of the exotic from Silvan Moon Designs!  Mahalo!  A hui hou!

No wonder…

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…Scandalize is called Scandalize!  Here’s a scandalous group gift from them for summer.

Unless you’re on an A sim, panties are required!  I’m wearing some Maitreya specific ones.  Even though this is in fitmesh for Lara, it’s fairly loose at the sides, so again, you should probably consider where you’ll be wearing this!  The dress comes in brown and black in addition to the white, and fitmesh for Isis, Freya, Venus, Physique, and Hourglass.

I’m showing off a new hairstyle from Exile too.  I had a few L$ burning a hole in my pocketbook, so I went and got a new style!  There is a selection of packs with this like most Exile hair (this is a colour from the Red Pack) but unlike my other favourite style from Exile, this HUD has no streak options, just the plain colours.  As you can probably guess, I love it anyway!  If I could buy the Exile store, I probably would lol.

Sondee

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Hello lovelies, today I’m in a little bit of a rush, but I did want to show you this applier lingerie from Lo’s Inspiration that was on one of their Midnight Mania boards yesterday.  Lo’s has some nice things and they are always worth going and having a look at sometime during the day.  You might get lucky and find a nice mesh dress or even mesh undies on one of the boards, or more usually, as in this case, appliers.  There is no group required for most of their boards and lucky chairs!

The lingerie comes in system layers and appliers for Slink in one applier, and Omega, Lara, and Belleza in a multi applier.

I’m wearing my diamonds again too, because I love them 🙂  They’re great for photos but must be used sparingly if you’re walking around.  With all five pieces on, my complexity is over 250,000!

The Coven

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The Coven is a new event in SL featuring all things witch and magic related.  This month, they are running a special Lunar Festival, with the emphasis being on the moon.  Here are are two of the gifts available if your join their FREE group.

The hand bracelet is rigged for Bento (and I have trouble believing the creator’s claim that she did it by eye and it was her first rigging exercise!  It works perfectly on Slink Dynamics).  It comes in versions for Slink, Maitreya, and Vesta.

The nail are is in an Omega applier, and this is one of three gothic themed styles available in the applier.

Nice work!

  • Jewelry: Bento Hand Bracelet by Valika Rituals
  • Nail Art: Goth Gurl by Misschevious (only available at the event!)
  • Wedding band: Our Ring by Aeon (it’s ours, you can’t have a copy sorry)
  • Hand: Slink Dynamic
  • Event location: The Coven Event

Urban beauty

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I love exploring in SL.  Although Aeon is far better at me at getting out to take photos, I do have a list of places that I’ve come across over the years which make for really good settings.  When I have the time, I do try to get out.  Honestly 🙂

Anduril has been on my list for a while although I don’t think I’ve taken any pics  there before.  It’s mostly urban with a little bit of a 50’s feel, perfect for sitting out on the stoop on a hot summer’s evening…

…but just around the corner you find beautiful little niches of greenery and parks.  It’s certainly worth a visit!

My jean miniskirt and sandals are gifts from Redeux.  The mini skirt comes with regular mesh sizes plus fitmesh for Lara, Hourglass, and Physique.  It has a HUD to change the color of the belt.  The sandals are in sizes for both Slink and Maitreya flats.

My top was a Mother’s Day gift from memory, and is in sizes for Lara, Hourglass, Physique, and Belleza.  It has a rather cool HUD with eight colors, but you can tint it with a color picker in the HUD!  Great idea!

 

Warm sands

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Summer may be drawing to a close, but the water is warm and you will have to drag me from the beach.  Here’s a lovely little treasure from MOoH! that I picked up at this summer’s Aloha Fair.   Their Rainbow Bikini has been updated to include not only the standard five rigged mesh sizes, but fitmesh for pretty much any mesh body you might like.  It’s fun and flirty and suits this girl just fine!

  • MOoH! — Rainbow bikini
  • EarthStones — Tumbled Stones (spectrum) necklace, earrings, and bracelet
  • [evolove] — October #2 pose gift

Happy aloha Friday!  I hope that you are enjoying beautiful weather and warm sands!

Mahalo!  A hui hou!