EarthStones

Comfy Casual

Jaz Fashion, Reviews

Hello my lovelies! Today I’d like to show you a wonderfully versatile jacket/dress combo outfit from Adorsy called Natasha. Just the jacket by itself is nicely tailored, with a little hanging belt and trim pieces. On top of that, though, it includes a dress that you can turn on or off, and a pair of panties that can be turned on and off as well.

It comes in seven single colors put it is the fatpack that really shines, with 30 colors for the coat, 40 colors for the dress, 30 colors for the panties/belt/pockets, 40 colors for the collars including 10 fur options, and 5 button options and 2 metals. There is also a loose version included for more flexibility with other clothes.

Here I have the jacket in a dark blue with a lovely flower print for the dress, matched up with a pair of starry leggings from Alaska Metro. The jacket allows separate color selections for the collar, the belt, and the pockets/sleeve trim, though I made them all light blue in this shot.

If you’d like a more upscale city look, here is Natasha with a white jacket and a dark blue dress and trim pieces.

For a lighter look, here I’ve gone with a pale shade for the jacket with an ombre dress selection.

Until next time my sweet friends! Cheers!

Happy Summer Days!

Aeon Events, Fashion, LotD, Reviews

A few little happies to share with you this beautiful Friday!  First up, Happy Summer Days is a gorgeous little dress from Miss Jones.  It’s currently featured on the Pleaseblossom path of the Midsummer Night’s Dream 9 Hunt!

OMG, I think it landed on my head!  The Aloha headpiece is a bright and cheery headpiece from Astralia that a friend found and just had to get for me.  It features a lovely HUD with a few colour choices for flowers and the bird.  

Happy Summer Days comes with an amazing HUD.  I tried to count, and I think that there are 37 solid colours you can choose from, and another 37 different patterned textures.  I might be off one in each column, so figure somewhere between 72 and 76  colour/pattern choices for you!  Your biggest problem will be choosing your favourite!

Just when you think that you’ve come to the end of the path…. the world opens up in front of you.

Have a wonderful Friday, a wonderful weekend my friends!  Stay cool out in the summer heat, or stay warm in the winter chill, and know that you are special and bright.

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

 

A Time for Elegance

Jaz Fashion, Reviews

Every now and then a girl needs to dress up a little bit… and with elegant and flowing style. Today I’d like to show you a selection from my gown wardrobe, something for any particular formal event.

Let’s look first at the Bianca gown from FlowerDreams, available in seven colors. It includes top and bottom layers for the popular mesh bodies as well as Omega, and lots of lovely flowy prim bits as well. Perfect for when you’re feeling a little bit of the fairy tale in you!

Now how about those nights when you want to glitter a little bit? Maybe even be a little daring? Then baii maii has just the thing for you in the 218 Glitter Gown with fits for the major mesh bodies. You’ll be hard pressed to know whether onlookers are more dazzled by the flashy dress or by your skin peeking through! Hint: the texture is materials enabled, and if you add a little light to yourself it looks absolutely amazing!

  • Dress: 218 Glitter Gown by baii maii (Marketplace link)
  • Shoes: Astrid Ankle Boots by KC
  • Jewelry: Diamond Lotus Gold Necklace by Exquisite; Butterfly Pink bracelet by Silvery K ; and Moonlight Arm Cuff by Real Evil
  • Hair: Vanilla A and Venezia A by eXxEsS
  • Pose: Finnley Series Four by an lar

Looking for something a bit classier? Returning to FlowerDreams we have the Leah gown, also a bit daring but in an elegant way, with top and sides revealing one’s form. A bit of carefully placed hair in case you aren’t *quite* that daring… Leah is also available in seven colors, with appliers for the the major mesh bodies and Omega.

And finally, this week a two-fer: both black and red versions of the same gown, worn by me and my lovely Kie during a formal dance. This is Irina from Utopia, with the amazing detailing that only Utopia can bring. It’s available in seven colors with appliers for the major mesh bodies and Omega. Here the open back makes a nice frame for a detailed phoenix tattoo from U-Design.

That’s it for this round, my sweet friends! Cheers!

Add one more… One more Addams, that is

Jaz Fashion, Reviews

Hello dear ones! Today I’d like to feature a few items from Addams, who are right up there on my list of truly quality clothing designers.

Let’s look first as the Carolina Women’s Wool Dress, available in 22 single colors or a fatpack with HUD. It has lovely detail that really catches the light, and the shape is very flattering. Don’t you just want to snuggle up to someone in that? In the coral color I matched it with some pretty over the knee boots from Mutresse called Kaisia, available in an 18 color HUD fatpack with lots of mix and match color parts.

And black is always nice and slimming. Here I wore the Carolina wool dress with the Chetare boots in ebony from Bella Moda.

Addams is also really good with jackets. Here is a casual denim number, Melissa, that opens up nicely around the chest to show off… whatever nice top you are wearing (insert giggle here!).  However I chose to wear my fave Blueberry tank, the Lola; and rounded it off with a neat pair of jeans called Dita from Lapointe and Bastchild (subject of a future blog!)  The Addams Melissa jacket comes in a substantial 41 single colors, or a fatpack with HUD. It has a flopped down hood in back that you can turn on or off, with 16 colors of its own.

Finally, we have a sharp looking leather jacket with woolly collar from Addams called Lulu, available in 14 single colors or a HUD fatpack. It too opens up nicely around the chest area; in this case there is an option for a bra that can be turned on and off. The bra is not quite to my taste so instead I used another goody from Lapointe & Bastchild, a retro tank top that will be in that future post too!

That’s it for this time, my lovelies! Cheers!

Bottom or Top?

Jaz Fashion, LotD, Reviews

That’s ‘pants’ or ‘jacket/blouse’ of course…. Hello everyone! Today I wanted to show off a selection of tops and bottoms for a range of occasions.

It’s summer! And time to be outdoors enjoying the fresh air. Nature beckons with a lovely jacket from Giz Seorn called Trixie, available in eight denim colors plus a fat pack that tosses in pretty designs such as this one. It’s available at the Vanity event. Complementing the light summer feel is a pair of my favorite jeans, Tali from Blueberry, with over 20 single colors, a fat pack, and even a separate leather fat pack.

Club time you say? How about a little bit of purple to shake things up? Returning to Blueberry again, the Bette top is very versatile, with both long and short versions and over 20 individual colors plus a fat pack. The pants are a sweet half-lace number called Toxica from Gulabi, with over 30 single colors plus a fat pack with bonus lace patterns.

  • Blouse: Bette Dress Shirt – Short by Blueberry
  • Pants: Toxica by Gulabi (Marketplace link)
  • Necklace: Endear Ladies Key Necklace and Gypsy Necklace – Black Pearl/Silver by EarthStones
  • Hair: VANILLA A and VENEZIA A by eXxEsS
  • Boots: Not Whyte Beaded Laced Ankle Boot by RFYRE
  • Jewelry: Boho Ring Collection by *KATE*
  • Pose: Semper Infidelis by Bauhaus Movement

On those days when the sun is maybe a little bright and it’s time for the floppy hat, we can still go with our Toxica pants, here in a light blue, and mix it with another offering from Gulabi, the Noctra jacket, which comes in an astounding 60 single colors, plus a fat pack with exclusive colors. What’s more, the jacket has a variety of different sections that can be recolored in the fat pack with any of the other colors; truly a very versatile top!

  • Jacket: Noctra by Gulabi (Marketplace link)
  • Pants: Toxica by Gulabi (Marketplace link)
  • Shoes: Celine by Astralia
  • Hat: MI Female Hat by Meli Imoko (Marketplace link)
  • Hair: Valentina by Truth Hair
  • Pose: Sexy 08 by Aeon Animation (no relation to our Aeon!) (Marketplace link)

And finally, when you *really* need to get away from it all, here is the Gulabi Noctra jacket again in one of its other colors, paired this time with the Leather Cult Pants from Aris Aris, which includes 12 colors. For good measure I added the Lola tanktop by Blueberry.

I hope you all enjoyed my little romp through tops and bottoms! Let’s see what I come up with next time, shall we?

Cheers!

 

Tropical Punch

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Happy Aloha Friday!  I’m so ready for something yummy with fruit in it to sip as the twinkling stars come out, as the breeze blows in from the ocean, to smell the blossoms in the air.  Tropical Punch from Nickki at Island Style Designs is just perfect for that evening out!

  • Island Style Designs — Tropical Punch gown (Belleza Freya & Isis & Venus/Maitreya/SLink Physique & Hourglass/Ebody/Ocacin/TMP/Tonic Fine & Curvy fitmesh, five standard rigged mesh sizes)
  • Island Style Designs — Real Plumeria Lei (rich delicate yellow pink)
  • Island Style Designs — Plumeria head piece
  • EarthStones — Mother & Child Turtles necklace and earrings
  • <K&S> — Loveliness #5 pose

 

The bright colours light up the darkest evening….

I really love how Nickki has put a bit of a sheen on this gown — it shimmers very nicely in darker lighting, and ripples just so under brighter lights.  The colours really come alive!

Happy Aloha Friday, but spare a thought, too, for the people of Puna and Leilani Estates as Tūtū Pele rumbles. There has been some amazing footage of the fissure eruption, and so far no one has been hurt, but Tūtū Pele is not to be trifled with!  You can find updates at Big Island Now.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!   Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Little black opalescence

Aeon Events, Fashion, LotD, Reviews

Hello, all!  Every girl needs her little black dress (or two, or three, or…) and a little iridescence is just perfect for this girl.  Little Black Dress is taking part in the Grow Your Awareness hunt to raise awareness for Autism Spectrum Disorder, and has two fabulous little gifties hidden in the store.  One is Opal, the fabulous minidress shown here. 

  • Little Black Dress — Opal minidress  (Maitreya/Physique/Hourglass/Belleza Freya/Venus/Isis/ Tonic Fine/Curvy/TMP/Ocacin/classic rigged mesh)
  • EarthStones — Feuilles necklace and earrings
  • Bootgasm — Vail Winter Boot (black)
  • an lar [poses] — The Jupiter Series – Three (m) pose

Let’s make it abundantly clear: Autism Spectrum Disorder needs medical attention, and NO, there is ZERO evidence that vaccinations have anything to do with it.  Don’t be stupid, get vaccinated, and get your kids vaccinated.  While some people have been wasting time and resources on ridiculous conspiracy theories that have been repeatedly disproven, the real scientists are out there working to find out what does lead to autism.  Please help contribute to that research today.

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Moonchild

Aeon Events, LotD, Reviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NjdfOoPK9c

Oubliette and Petite Mort are hosting a hunt, and you’re invited!  The beautiful Witchwood sim features the 10L Enchanted Spring Treasure Hunt for the month of April, and there are 10 beautiful goodies scattered around the grounds and two more for the group members hiding in the Oubliette and Petite Mort stores!  My favourite finds are the gorgeous Moon Child tank and the very starry Velvet Skirt!

  • Oubliette  — Moon Child tank ( Maitreya/Physique/Hourglass/Venus/Isis/Freya), hunt gift for the April 2018 Enchanted Spring hunt at Witchwood
  • Oubliette  — Velvet Skirt (Maitreya/Physique/Hourglass/Venus/Isis/Freya), hunt gift for the April 2018 Enchanted Spring hunt at Witchwood
  • EarthStones —   Bewitching earrings
  • EarthStones —   Signature Stones bracelet
  • !!smesh — Star choker and ankle bracelets
  • an lar [poses] — The Assemble Series — Ten pose

So I’ve been really excited about a new hair find.  I’ve heard a bit of feedback from some of the places that I blog for (and some that I used to blog for) that my flexi hair is sooooo years-ago — that it’s so dated.  It’s a bit frustrating, as finding curly hair in all-mesh is very difficult.  It’s true that taking good pics of flexi hair is a challenge due to lighting and focusing issues, but it’s hard to pretend to be straight when you’re not!

So that said, I was very excited to find Athena at Truth Hair.  It’s a very close match for my go-to in-world hair, Analog Dog’s Annie.  Athena a VIP gift from Truth, so you’ll have to join the group to purchase it, but it’s quite the find.  It features a styling hud that allows you to add/remove whispeys (or as my friend’s daughter calls them, “Einsteins”).   You can even braid back the right-hand side… which is just right for an asymmetric statement.  🙂

The hunt isn’t too difficult, although knowledge of the sim will help — and the goodies are well worth the 100L that you’ll spend in acquiring them!  Stop by Witchwood and explore the beautiful sim that Melora and her crew have put together.

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Light as a sparrow

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She woke early, as was her want, and stepped out through the early morning fog.  The smell of the spring was all about her, moist and earthy, the morning air chill, but she could feel the warmth that would come later in the day.

Sparrow Lightheart is available in eight lovely colours, and comes with applier tights for a less formal look.

Spring was finally coming… perhaps the cold would return in a day or two, or in a week… but it will not last, she could hear the life in the forest returning.  

Bee and Solas keeep turning out amazing work.  Stop by We Love Role Play and take a demo of Sparrow Lightheart (or better yet, just pick up the whole fatpack!) — and take a look around the rest of the event.  This is one of those monthly events that just does not disappoint.

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Amber

blue LotD

This corset style strapped dress was a hunt item from the Womenstuff Hunt this year, and I’m finally getting around to showing it to you three months later!  That’s what happens with 100 stop hunts lol

The dress comes in standard mesh sizes plus body specific fitmesh for classic, Lara, Isis, Venus, Freya, eBody, Physique, Hourglass, TMP, Ocacin, Curvy, and Fine.

I’ve chosen to wear a hairstyle I’ve not shown off before too.  While I love my red hair, there are some colors I just can’t wear with it, and this is one of them 🙂