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What I wear

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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.

Nebula Rave

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Blue hosted her weekly set (Fridays at 15:00-17:00  SLT) at Sisters of Eden yesterday, and the theme was Rave in a Cave — and I threw a few pieces together…. and was the shiniest — and most complex — dancer on the floor.  Too good to pass up, I had to share it with you!

I’ve mixed and matched a few pieces here!  Skin and neon paint body tattoo are from Fallen Gods — the Lumina (Eclipse) skin combined with the HOLI Phalgun Purnima tattoo.

The dress is a daring little number from r2 A/D/E: the Shou (liquid purple) minidress.  There are boots, too, but I felt best shoeless for this party.

Perhaps the most amazing part of this outfit is the Starry Nebula (Half Spectrum Dark) from Tai’Dyed.  It’s this wonderful collection of mostly translucent flexis with embedded stars in different colours.  There are a TONNE of pieces to choose from that attach to different points on your body.  You can’t wear them all, you only get 38 attachments total!  And your complexity will be astronomical — I think I was north of 400,000.  But OMG it’s so much fun and so swirly!  You can’t really get a good feel for this without a video.

We lost Tai this past fall unexpectedly, but her shop is still open at the Spyralle sim at Mauna Waipio.  There’s a wonderful little memorial to Tai there as well, please stop by and pay your respects.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, my friends!  Be a source of light and colour to those around you… and most especially to yourself!

Aloha!  A hui hou kākou!

Pictures were taken on a private sim.  All poses were captures from the Estrella set of dances from Henmations.

I am wearing:

Goth dollarbies

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I’ve got a couple of marketplace dollarbies to show you today, and with some pale flesh and scars, the look works perfectly for Hallowe’en, or your fav goth club!

Both the corset dress and the stockings are available on the marketplace for L$1 each.

The dress comes in sizes for Lara, Freya, Isis, Venus, eBody, Ocacin, Hourglass, Physique, TMP, Curvy, Fine, and standard sizes for classic avatars.

The stockings are a Maitreya only applier.

The detail on the dress via some good specular and bump maps is excellent.  For a dollar each you sure can’t go wrong!

Here comes trouble.

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I should have known that when Andrea and I went looking for a place for a few drinks and some dancing, we could only end up in one place —

  • Addams — Kendall Loose shirt (#25)
  • Addams — Ornella High Rise Jeans (#23)
  • DeVicious — Glow Boots (black)  (sadly, DeVicious is no longer available either in-world or on Marketplace)
  • an lar [poses] — Tara Mini Series – Three pose

Andrea just recently upgraded to a mesh body (Maitreya Lara) and a new skin (WoW Skins  2016 Irene Bronze CL), and I think she just looks fabulous.  Plus…  it’s a whole new world of shopping up for her!  Addams has a host of lovely mesh clothing items to fill your wardrobe, with lots of fitmesh to fit any mesh body.

Summer is a great time to turn over a new leaf, to get a new start.  Well, frankly, anytime is a good time to take a new start!  Now, how about that dance?

So much mahalo to Andrea for agreeing to pose for my camera!

Aloha!  A hui hou!