Pastelence

I know it’s a made-up word—I made it up—but it feels like it should already exist.

Pastelence: To live one’s life in soft, delicate colours, with joyful exuberance. (Seems legitimate now.)

I’ve definitely noticed a leaning towards softer colours lately. I’m not sure if it’s due to the colour palettes available at this time of year, or if it’s because I spend most of my day in a Discord chat with Gogo and Sparkle. Even without words, those two just radiate pink. However, I do know that in this case, it had more to do with the effects produced from lighting and materials that introduced the pink into this post. I had originally settled on green. I like green a lot, and these boots, in their shiny option, are just glorious. They actually have huge studs on them that, thankfully, you can hide and show. I say thankfully because it gives you more options for wear.

The muted green started my journey, and Cynful did not disappoint with her fantastic range of colours. But once I had my light settings and sky just right, the materials in this playful romper gave a shimmery look with different highlights of colour. Then, pink just had to be introduced with the fun sleeves and the beautiful headband by Sparkle Skye called Blair, which I tinted and made shiny to match the boots.

I’ve added a quick and dirty how-to on editing and modifying your headband or any other modifiable item you want to alter—sometimes just to change how shiny something is. If you’re interested in me expanding tutorials like that, let me know. I want to do more tutorials as time passes because, while everything old is new to someone in clothing, it’s the same with knowing how to do basic things.

Today, I’m wearing a beautiful skin by Nuve called Sarah, along with its matching eyeshadows, which have lovely winged tips. I’m again wearing the body skin by Nuve. I think I’ll stay with the body created by the skin maker. I like the other options—they make things easier when changing brands—but I really like this body skin, Rhea, a lot. As mentioned previously, it carries the same softness of the skin across head and body that way.

Credits:

Equipment Used

VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace

LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka

Important: Moles featured on face or body unless otherwise stated are created by me, for me personally. If wearing moles or freckles etc layers by other creators they will always be credited. As my face moles are the same always, it will be clear to know it is mine not part of the skin.

Poses & Props by :

Baseball Dressing Room 40’s – Ninety Mainstore

Poses – Lyrium Mainstore

Body Parts

Body :

Reborn – EBody

Head:

Genus Morph (Straight – NoseMorph, Natural Pierced – Lipmorph, Round – EyeMorph, Triangle – HeadMorph, Ears Human) – Genus

Appliers:

Nail appliers – Flair – Marketplace

Desire eyelashes – Nuve

Skin Worn: