I should have paid more attention today. Whimsy and I went shopping all over Second Life, and she was the driver. We went to a few different events, she was using SeraphimSL as her guide and I picked up bits and pieces along the way. We also did some store shopping as we are liken to do. Now the good thing is, that even though I have no idea where I picked things up from, I am able to do some detective work so that I do not lead you all astray. Taking a trip to my SecondLife.com Transactions page, I can find out from which region each item I am wearing was from and then check those against the slurls of events. Luckily it is only two items I am unsure of, but they are great items, and I can see people really wanting to grab them, especially as they were really inexpensive and look great. After searching, and it was easy, because of the new filter options on the Secondlife.com website, I remembered that one of the items was 59L so that just came up without having to know the name of the item at all. The other just happened to be at the same event, so extra bonus on time saving.

The items in question are the Frosted Bloom headband, and the Book Bag vintage version (you get two in the pack) both items are gorgeous and so well made, and the other day someone asked in Plurk if any other magic schools existed in Second Life. Well I am not sure, but this outfit for me would totally sort me out for some dabbling in the fantastical arts. The event is the Cosmopolitan Event and it was a really great selection of items, I shopped a lot and especially some great homewares items, so if you haven’t been, get going.

Another round of Collabor88 has begun and the theme is also magical with the Unicorn focus. If these stunning creatures are not your cup of cocoa and sparkles there are still items that have more of a pastel awesomeness about them. One such item is the fantastic ring by Yummy, there are two to choose from, one which has the black and white detailing the other a more girly girl rainbows and pinkness happening. We ran over to Gizza as they had some newness up and around, and Whimsy and I both grabbed these fantastic pants…I called dibs on blogging them first, we have such similar tastes these things have to happen on occasion. You get a set of three pants in each pack type, and with this new Emery top from C88 it is a wonderful look.

Also from C88 the hair I am wearing is by Lamb, and I love this style, so 80’s for us that were in highschool back then, for when we were over and done with the sticky uppy looks – some awful hair happened in the 80’s. It made a huge comeback as a look with Avril Lavigne when she did that Girlfriend video, so I it is time for another twirl around the grid. Finishing off my look are these strappy shoes by Fri.day…the style is very cool, kind of business and the other business all wrapped into one, I really dig them a lot. The work with the Slink High Feet, as well as having Maitreya feet options too, so I was sorted.

Collabor88

Cosmopolitan Event

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Location –

Poses by:

Tuty’s 

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Valentina Appliers tone 04 – YS & YS

Avatar Enhanced Mesh Hands & High Feet, Visage Head, Physique Body – SLink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : YS & YS 

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 44 – Flair

Hair:

Black Milk – Lamb @ Collabor88

Clothes:

Lula Pants – Gizza

Galadriel Top – Emery @ Collabor88

Shoes :

Cora Heels – Fri.day @ Collabor88

Accessories :

Unicorn Cameo Ring – Classic Ivory – Yummy @ Collabor88

Books Vintage Bag – Ninety @ Cosmopolitan

Frosted Bloom  Headpiece – Orsini Red @ Cosmopolitan

Steking Ears Season 5 – Mandala

Pearl Set black/white bangle – Gizza

The awesome that is Mandala just went on SALE today, with all items 30 – 70% off to comemorate the New Year. Got to love those kinds of traditions, I pushed through the ” we are too full for you” dropdowns and finally got myself in there, and then proceeded to buy everything that I didn’t already have.

TIP : when attending a sale, type the name of the store in your search inventory section, then follow it with a + and then as you find items you like type in the name, so that if you already own them in some form or another it will come up for you, without having to scan through all the items you have by that store, or the other thousand items in your inventory called GOLD.

I have always been a silver first girl, it will not change – gold for me belong to more sentimental pieces – but since playing around with my great new ears, I have been rocking out with the gold. That also has a lot to do with the Yummy release at Uber I spoke about the other day, so mixing and matching Yummy and Mandala pieces together, with this great top that is part of a set from Indyra, just made my whole look come together.

Mandala uses the E2V Vendor system which means that you can gift everything, or fix up your alts while you are at it, so make the most of this sale, you will never regret these divine pieces.

Is there editing in my picture today, hell to the yes, I wish we had hairlines like that in SL all the time, but sometimes you just have to get creative, so this is one of those times, also sometimes a shadow can just get in the way, so I do tend to mess around with things as I see fit…the trick is doing so without changing so much that it is impossible to actually enjoy in world. So while we can wear hairbases, they won’t come off as smooth as this looks in the pic.

The hair is one of Plooms 12 days of Christmas styles she recently did. A tradition with the Ploom store where she releases a style a day, bit of a machine she is that time of the year.

I am also wearing my Lolong Trousers by Celoe, these are my most favourite of pants. Whatsnewsl has been wearing them since they were released, everytime I log her in I get excited I have my Lolongs on.

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Location –

Poses by:

Tuty’s 

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Valentina Appliers tone 04 – YS & YS

Avatar Enhanced Mesh Hands & High Feet, Visage Head, Physique Body – SLink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : YS & YS 

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 44 – Flair

Hair:

Moxie – Ploom

Clothes:

Philosophy Tank (part of set) – Indyra 

Lolong Pants – Celoe

Shoes :

Vienna – Essenz 

Accessories :

Steking Ears, Sankara Bracelet set,

Gold & Black Pearl Set – Yummy @ Uber

Ladybug ring – Yummy

Texture change furniture wins me over. We change so much in Second Life, and sometimes you just want to stick to something for longer than five minutes. Such is the case with furniture, it can be fun to redo a whole space, but sometimes you want something a little more ‘always’ and it needs to have a great look, good animations, and a few colour combinations is great. Such is the case with this furniture set you will find at this round of Uber and I am a big fan.

I don’t mean a thousand options, or anything that silly, but some great neutrals really helps, what I also loved about this set, is that the cushions are separate, though in their own little piles, they are not connected to the lounge, so if you do come across some fun cushions at a Gacha, or from a previous set you owned, or you just want to pile on a whole lot of plushies, you can do so, without it interfering with the overall look, which makes it more unique in what you can do with it. Great price too for the whole package, so definitely give it a look over during the event.

The other night I was watching ‘ Rules of Engagement” i love that show, and one of the characters asked the other if she could help her pick out some shoes for the night out, she was worried that the ones she had were too slutty. The other character asked her ‘ Are they see through” she said “no” so the other said “not too slutty then” I lol’d at this interaction probably a bit too much, and then even more so when I saw the clear panels in these newish shoes from Essenz. they are not slutty shoes, and the clear panels actually give them a very expensive kind of look to them. So see through shoes have come a long way it seems. I love what mesh has done for creations in that area too, the redering power that people have now to create items to really look clear but still have their shape, look and so on, it really is very cool.

I would definitely need to wear something else with them in the future, but for just chilling at home in our studio, I went with a latest release from Elymode that has appliers for Slink body and others included in the package. Very little shorts and a very little top, so yes, there is that :P.

I picked up a skin from Marketplace today, it was a promo, and there was a demo, but alas the demo is system, so it really is kind of hard to know if it will work on the body, hands, head and so on without actually seeing it. But as it was 99L for the whole thing, and that is less than 50c I took a gamble, and I really like it, so for those wanting to take a spin in something new check that out too.

For those that are looking at the pics and thinking, that building looks familiar, it is the My Attic build, but a copy for us to use, because there was no way I was going to have Mel make us something so beyond gorgeous and only use it for ten days every two months.

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Opehila Living Set – Aria @ Uber

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Lynn – Delizio 

Avatar Enhanced Mesh Hands & High feet, Visage Head, Physique Body – SLink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : Delizio

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 87 – Flair

Hair:

Saphire – Little Bones @ Uber

Clothes:

Cheryl Tops and Shirts – Elymode 

Shoes :

Vienna – Essenz 

Accessories :

Steking Ears – Mandala

I have said it before, and this time surpasses the times before. The Yummy collection at this round of Uber is Incredible, Collectible and MUST HAVE items, the whole lot of them. Also her sisters store Nylon Outfitters next door, the whole collection is superb also, the dresses are insanely inexpensive, even at three times the price they would be a steal. This is the mini baroque dress, I will go back for more of these, the long gown I bought in all colours, this one I wanted to piece together a look for, and didn’t want to clutter my mind with colours.

The fit is perfect, just threw in some alpha options on my body and away I went. I knew I wanted something along the lines of ballet boots, or even some hardcore punked out boots, but then remembered these cool wrap heels, that are only a nail like heel at the back so that you have to be trained to be on your toes at all times, very sexy.

The hair I picked up is by Olive, and I do love the style, but for me the textures are a little pale, especially the blacks. I did try adding a little tint, but it just flattened it out too much, so I opted for tinting a red instead, which gave it a very nice rich look. There are amazing glittery texture packs available as well, and I was close to tempted for that, but having a regal moment instead. I have been enjoying watching the releases that Olive puts out as she plurks them, so she is definitely a store to visit often and watch her blossom into a regular hair store in your rotation.

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

.synt. Prop Chandelier

Curtains from HTMAM Glam Stairs set – W.Winx & Flair

Location –

Poses by:

 Tuty’s

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Lashes:

Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Valentina Appliers tone 04 – YS & YS

Avatar Enhanced Mesh Hands & High Feet, Visage Head, Physique Body – SLink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : YS & YS 

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 87 – Flair

Hair:

The Delilah Hair (tinted) – Olive

Clothes:

Batoque Mini – Nylon Outfitters @ Uber

Lauren Lingerie Glove appliers – Luxuria

Shoes :

Purismo Heels (slink high feet add ons) – BowChicka

Accessories :

Steking Ears – Mandala 

Gold Bead Choker set – Yummy @ Uber

Forests Tale tiara – Half+deer

I will be doing a full post soon, but I am so excited to announce that the VR Studio has been updated to Version 4.0 and you can update your existing VR Studios by rezzing or wearing your huds in world and you will be sent the updates, so many exciting things included, and I love the new features. You can read all the info HERE on the VR Foundry website.

Ringing in the New Year with some delights from League…delights in the form of skin appliers for the new Maitreya body now in their store. I saw the announcement and ran right over to get mine, you can get them in singles, or in all tone options. WIth already having them for my slink hands and feet, I was good to go.

I picked up this incredible stole at Kustom9 and just had to have something classy to wear with it, while not wanting to go the route of a full formal affair, I opted for something elegant and classy but easy to wear and show off my gams in. The League dress released at last months Uber and now in the mainstore fit the bill perfectly.

Adding the very high shoes from Reign that have texture change ribbon options – though not quite the same reddish pink of the dress, it works for the time of year. Also at Kustom9 I picked up this great hair from Little Bones, I do love her hair, but with my head off this time around, I realised that her styles do not fit without alpha options, which I haven’t had to use for a long time. I did try just tweaking my shape, but to no avail, so alpha was needed, I think that Little Bones may need to look at her head shape versus her customers and see if there is something going on if an alpha is so necessary.

Uber has started another round, and Boom released some lovely chokers or collars options available, so you can flaunt your graceful neckline with these, and they are delicate and so pretty.

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots–VR Foundry Mainstore,VR Foundry @ The Deck

Props, Furniture, Build :

Location –

Champagne Flute – estetica

Poses by:

 Tuty’s

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka

Skin Worn:

Erin – League 

Lara Mesh Body – Maitreya

Avatar Enhanced Mesh Hands & High Feet – SLink

Skin Appliers : League 

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 39 – Flair

Hair:

Widow – Little Bones @ Kustom9 

Clothes:

Yve Pencil Dress – League

Shoes :

Mina Heels – Reign

Accessories :

Antoinette Choker – Boom @ Uber

Elisa Minx Stole [Black] – Lethal @ Kustom9

Steking Ears – Mandala @TMD