Alaska Metro and The Free Dove have teamed up for this month’s in-store hunt! There are ten items to find, five at The Free Dove, and five at Alaska Metro’s store. You’ll need to join the FREE group at The Free Dove to get the hunt items.
Here’s the poster…
The Annika lingerie is on system layers (separate top and bottom, and combined on tattoo layers) which looks great on BoM enabled bodies like Lara. For convenience, it also comes with an Omega applier. It comes in brown as well as this white. And the Misty coverup fits Lara, Legacy, and a standard medium, and as well as the while I’m showing you, also comes in a dark brown and pink floral pattern.
There are eight other items I’m not showing you, so you should rush off to the stores and find the items for yourselves!
It’s been ages since I’ve done a full breakdown of what I wear, I haven’t done one since 2020! Looking back at posts, you see “Lara, GA EG, Slink, Monso” so often you must all think I’m a broken record 🙂 There’s lots more to my look than just these four of course, so let me explain the bits and pieces that help me achieve the realistic look I’m aiming for.
I use the Lara body by Maitreya. When mesh bodies first appeared on the scene I demoed every single one that was available. Back then, for me the choice came down to Lara or Venus by Belleza (Freya and Isis didn’t exist back then). I chose Lara mostly for the ease of use of the HUD, and because I found I could get the shape I wanted fairly easily.
Even before I went Lara, I had Slink hands and feet. If you wanted a presentable avatar back in those days, replacing the hands and feet of the system avatar was an absolute must. Mostly because of the number of nail polishes I have for Slink, I wear them to this day. I only have Slink High and Flat feet, so I use Lara’s feet for mid heels, which I wear often with jeans and shorter dresses.
Nail polish… special occasions sees me looking for special matching nail polishes in my collection, but for day to day, I wear button #8 from a collection called “Sea Deep”. I’ve had this polish for ages (since 2015!) and it’s my absolute favorite.
Now for some cringe realism 🙂 I have Lara set to BoM, so I can wear system layer body hair tattoos to give my arms a layer of fine hair. I can’t get that “smooth as a baby’s bottom” look under my arms in RL without irritation, so I have a tattoo for underarm stubble in SL to match. As a side benefit, this gives the illusion of actual armpits, which avatars just don’t have 🙂 I also wear an applier on the Lara tattoo layer for visible breast veins which we pale skinned redheads are susceptible to.
And speaking of skin, for the longest time I wore a skin from Lumae called Adore Peach, but because Lumae, while being a fabulous skin creator (and a wonderfully generous person to boot) was never considered a main stream creator, it was always difficult to get exact skin tone matches for applier enabled add-ons. So, back in 2020, I switched to a skin from 7 Deadly s[K]ins called Genie Apricot, and have been wearing that ever since.
Next, I wear a Jennifer mesh head from GA EG. Similar to my experience with selecting Lara, I must have demoed over 20 heads. I’ve detailed my mesh head adventure before, so I won’t repeat all that here. To summarize, my shape is totally custom, and this includes all the settings for Jennifer. All my shape settings are aiming for a realistic girl next door look, with certainly nothing exaggerated. While I think my avatar is pretty (I based my look on a real life model after all) I’m not so outrageously glam that it looks silly.
I wear hardly any makeup, except on special occasions. My standard look only includes a neutral lipstick from the “London” pack by AlaskaMetro. I also use some subtle green eyeliner to highlight my eyes, which is done using the “Smoky Eyeshadow” add-on for Jennifer.
My eyes were originally freebies from Mayfly. Sadly, Mayfly no longer has an in-world store. But you still can purchase the same eyes on the marketplace. Eyelashes and eyebrows are both done via the Jennifer HUD.
Hair… oh dear… I have absolutely hundreds of hairstyles, they are one of my favorite things to change my look in SL! Over the years, I’ve gravitated to a couple of favored creators, chief amongst them Monso and Exile. I favor short hairstyles because they don’t get in the way of the dress or top I’m trying to photograph for the blog. It’s not like RL where you can just flip your hair out of the way! For the longest time I was wearing a lovely bob from Monso called Chahong, until I spotted a girl on a beach wearing this hairstyle and I though to myself “that looks like Chahong, except messier” and I clicked and… Monso! I ran out and bought Ruda2 right away and have been wearing it for at least the last half year.
Is that it? she asks, checking the “Wearing” tab… It looks like it!
Wait! I have one tattoo that I wear all the time too. It’s on my right foot (and only when I’m wearing Slink feet, there’s no applier for Maitreya). Lilies happen to be my favorite flower.
Here’s a list of all the items I wear on a day to day basis.
Over the last number of years for as long as I’ve been going to Eden, we’ve had parties to select a queen for the season, and the past weekend was Winter Queen. This was the last of these parties however, as the club owner wants some change and will be setting up something new next year.
This is the outfit I wore to the party. Oh! and my lovely friend Nandi was selected as the last queen, for all the dedication and time she has put into the club over the years as the manager! Yay her!
The basis of this outfit is the wonderful lingerie and corset from Moon Elixir. The lingerie set includes the thong and bra and is L$300, and the corset is an additional L$300. Each of the three pieces are sized to fit Lara, Hourglass, and Freya. Both the bra and corset have hide-able feathers (shown on bra, hidden on corset here). And you can color the feathers with the included ten color HUDs.
The other thing worth a specific mention from the list below is the animated snowflake tattoo above my right breast. Firstly, it’s available for FREE on the marketplace, and as it’s a fitted layer, I’ll list the sizes, which are Lara, Lara Petite, Legacy, Legacy Perky, eBody Reborn. It comes with a HUD that let’s you tint the tattoo, control the level of glow, and select the animation speed. It’s very eye-catching and my photo only shows part of the animation.
Everybody at the event looked stunning and you could see the level of effort the girls had put in for the final Winter Queen event!
Lingerie + corset: Divine Love – Snow Lingerie + Divine Love – Snow Corset by Moon Elixir
I’ve had these pics for a month or so now, sometimes I get some pics taken but don’t get the time to post them. This is a beautiful dress that I picked up at an event a month or two back.
I love the combination of the short hem and the high neck. It’s just perfect for wearing with leggings… or a lovely racy feeling with bare legs! For these pics, though, I paired it up with a couple different pairs of tights from Alaska Metro <3
The right shoulder is a tinted opaque panel. Colours are sold separately, but I kinda just had to pick up a few of the available colours. I really love the purple and the black here! Each version is available in two options: with and without stars on the opaque (coloured) portion of the dress.
Free Dove have a FREE hunt on for Valentine’s Day which runs through until the end of the month. There are ten hunt items to find, including lingerie and makeup. It’s going to take me a couple of days to show you some of the things 🙂
Half of the items are hidden at Free Dove, and the rest are hidden at Alaska Metro‘s main store. You’ll need to join the Free Dove group (which is FREE to join) to pick up the items.
The lingerie is BoM and Omega only, and comes in black and white versions. For the system layers, Alaska Metro have conveniently given us the bra and panties on underwear layers, plus an “all in one” version on a tattoo layer.
The shorty robe is in black and red and is sized to fit Lara, Hourglass, and Physique, with a standard size medium and small also included for classic avatars. The robe’s sleeves look wonderful, but they have some alpha issues when they intersect the main part of the robe, which is why I’m not wearing it in the picture below.
Lingerie: Influencer Lingerie and Penthouse robe by Alaska Metro
There’s something right and beautiful about celebrating the turning of the year with lights…. our memories of the past light our today, the hope of the future lights the path ahead.
Aloha kākou! Mele Kalikimaka a Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!
I recently discovered Carpe Noctem, and have another wonderful little warm snuggly outfit to share with you. This is the lovely Iby cable-knit sweater dress, and it’s individually available in twenty different colours and ten different patterns. Like the Andie top, you can get each of the patterns separately — no colours/textures are reserved for the fatpack!
Iby is available in Legacy, Legacy Perky, Lara, and Lara Petite fitmesh. Lara Petite! I’m over the moon! The patterning here is just really perfect, the snowflakes look just wonderful.
I added my Snow Flurry necklace and earrings from EarthStones, as well as some lovely gold tights from Alaska Metro <3. They’re the perfect complement to the gold and silver snowflake motif of the dress.
It’s been a long year… and 2021 will definitely have its share of challenges — but I wish you a wonderful new year filled with light and peace and love. Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!
Welina mai kākou! Hau‘oli Pō’akolu! Aloha my friends, Happy Wednesday!
Kerryth at Spyralle put a lovely new texture of her beautiful Sybil gown, the beautiful Plains. It has the wonderful warmth of a golden dawn, and I just love it.
I paired it with the beautiful Butterly necklace and earring set from EarthStones. They have a lovely little choice of metals and stone textures, and just felt right with Sybil.
The greatest gift of spring is hope. Hope of warmth, hope of light, hope of life, hope of growth. I search for hope where I can find it, in my friends and loved ones, in my work, in my surroundings… and hold on to that hope to sustain me against the dark. Hope is here to be found…. hope remains.
Welina mai kākou! Hau‘oli Pō’akahi! Aloha my friends, Happy Monday!
It seems disingenuous, perhaps, to talk of ‘Happy Monday’ at a time when the weight of the pandemic may be falling heavy on many of us… but I hold on to the joys of happiness to sustain me, and hope that you find a little joy here.
I picked up the lovely Niika gown from Spyralle for the $30L special on Saturday! It’s a beautiful little gown in the standard five sizes of rigged mesh plus three sizes of ‘fitmesh’. This is an older piece: this is not mesh body fitmesh, but rather fitmesh variations designed around the standard body. That said, you can probably find a variant that looks good with some appropriate use of alpha zones. The Fitmesh B size worked pretty well on my Maitreya Lara body, my biggest difficulty is the same I always have with the standard five size mesh: my chest is on the smaller size (me and my A-cups) and that generally leaves to much space in the bust. I really love the Fern texture, and I would love if Kerryth might use this texture for a fitmesh version!
I didn’t intend on creating a Spyralle-heavy shoot, but the Spring Leaf necklace and earrings just worked perfectly here. Kerryth has a lot of beautiful green jewelry!
Aloha Po’akolu! Happy Wednesday, everyone! I have another lovely gown from Spyralle to share with you here today, it’s a beautiful piece featured at Mystic Market this month. Sibyl Forest comes in both ‘plain’ and ‘glyph’ versions, and is just a perfect colour for me.
I had fun shooting, so I’ll just the pics speak for me.
Nature’s Splendor by EarthStones is a beautiful necklace-and-earring set that features a beautiful little texture-change HUD. There are three sets of leaves here, so you can colour them individually or all together if you prefer.
The glyphs version of the dress features patterns that remind me of the ki‘i pohaku, the petroglyphs on the Hawaiian islands. I definitely love the look, although if you prefer it without them, “un-glyphed” versions are also included!
This edition of Mystic Market ends soon, so you might want to stop by sooner than later! Kerryth has a good record of bringing her event clothing into the main store, so if you miss it, you’ll have another chance. And stop by The Lost Unicorn for a magical little visit. There have been some recent updates, and the sim just keeps getting better and better.
