Fashion
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Hair Fair 2026 – Apika & Loveholic
I was waiting to show off this cap by Apika at Hair Fair 2026. As soon as I put it on I had this whole sense of celebrity spotted by the paparazzi. You know the tabloid pics you see of someone walking down a street or leaving a cafe or on their way to pilates, and they are wearing a baseball cap, because you are not meant to know they are celebrities, but everything they are wearing and how they carry themselves says LOOK AT ME! This hat is definitely that, and so cute, with texture change options for all the parts.
I had mentioned the other day that the hairbase from the Linda rollers hair by Loveholic at Hair Fair was fantastic, and knew that it would be the perfect base for under this hat. The finger curls, and the length of it, just works perfectly as under hat hair. The whole outfit went from there, with these bow jeans that I love because you can hide and show the bows, in the past I have shown them as only at the top, and this time only at the bottom. Matching influences of gold throughout and the tshirt of course had to have something on it, because again, they want to be anonymous but wear something that says something enough for you to take notice, but Kindness was a lovely thing to put out there.
Hair Fair is open until June 14th and ALL purchases made at the event donate to Wigs for Kids, Exclusives and previous releases. Not all stores have previous releases out, but so many do, so it gives you a real taste of what the stores have created over time, and some things you may have missed that donate with each purchase, a great way to get it all in at once.
More information about Hair Fair 2026 can be found HERE on their website.
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
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
Bang Poses
Background – Wearhouse
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Milena Head – Akeruka
Appliers:
Nail appliers – Flair
Skin Worn:
Lauren – PumeC
Ipanema Body Skin – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Peaceful eyes – Insol Mainstore
Lipstain Lipstick – AlaskaMetro
Billie Eyebrows – Nuve @ Hair Fair 2026
Lip Scar Elena – She Said Destroy
Strapless Bra and Panties – Nuve
Hair Worn:
Linda Hairbase – Loveholic @ Hair Fair 2026
Wearing:
Torn Up Tee – Lamb
Baggy Jeans with Bows – Fashionably Dead
Footwear :
Seon Slides – Flair
Accessories:
Pearls & Steel Cap – Apika @ Hair Fair 2026
Hoops Forever Reboot – Dark Mouse
Versailles Love Cup – Flair
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Hair Fair 2026 – Kuni & Flair
It has been an exciting few days, I ended up buying the last name Style at Hair Fair (exclusive last name information 100% donated to Wigs for Kids) for one of the Flair store accounts…so now FlairManagement Resident – that was so much typing, is Flair Style. Then I woke up this morning and bought Strand for Sasy Resident who was just not living her alliterative life well enough for me, so she will be Sasy Strand. Which I like a lot, also because it tickles me that she is a Strand of Sasy Scarborough.
Speaking of strands, I am so loving this Kuni style at Hair Fair called Manu. It has lots of options and the Bangs are also controlled by the HUD, which is awesome. You can wear them without intention of having them visible, and hit that hud and appear they do, or don’t it is up to you, just makes for more on the go kind of styling which is great. There is also a much fuller bangs look, but I wanted to transition from the front of face to the behind ears look, because it was an option if you get the styling hud that is sold separately.
I also wanted to get a chance to wear our Flair release at Hair Fair, one of two, the Tamarama Trio Headband, because I love it, and we made it, and you can texture change all three parts, as well as it being mod.
Hair Fair is open until June 14th and ALL purchases made at the event donate to Wigs for Kids, Exclusives and previous releases. Not all stores have previous releases out, but so many do, so it gives you a real taste of what the stores have created over time, and some things you may have missed that donate with each purchase, a great way to get it all in at once.
More information about Hair Fair 2026 can be found HERE on their website.
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
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
Background – MINIMAL
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Milena Head – Akeruka
Appliers:
Nail appliers – Flair
Skin Worn:
Lauren – PumeC
Ipanema Body Skin – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Mel Hairbase – Martyr @ Hair Fair 2026
Peaceful eyes – Insol Mainstore
Sunset Lipstick – AlaskaMetro
Billie Eyebrows – Nuve @ Hair Fair 2026
Lip Scar Elena – She Said Destroy
Hair Worn:
Manu Hair & Style Hud – Kuni @ Hair Fair 2026
Wearing:
Riya Tee – Elikatira
Gigi Jeans – Erratic
Footwear :
Seon Slides – Flair
Accessories:
Tamarama Trio Headband – Flair @ Hair Fair 2026
Hoops Forever Reboot – Dark Mouse
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Hair Fair 2026 – Opale & Inkdependent
When I saw this Koi head piece by InkDependent, I had to stop myself from squeeling all over discord, because it was earlier than set up, and I did not want to scare the other participants in the event. They always do such beautiful work on their booth and their releases and as a Fishy water sign, this just made me so excited. It also gave me a chance to use a backdrop prop I purchased in 2018 and still had not unpacked – sometimes you just have to own things. Opale also has lovely items at their booth this Hair Fair and while this is not their exclusive it is a past release and was a new to me style. I do love hair that has a bit of motion for a good photo op and this one has that as one of the options in the style section of their hud, I love the tucked behind shoulders option, as well as the no tendrils tucked behind ears look, so versatile a style, making it not just a photo op style.Originally when I put on the Opale demo, I was loving the blonde, and I do still, Opale has those blondes that make you want to be blonde, but I went with the darker for the picture, because I was feeling all about me. I went rummaging in my inventory for some scales, and of course the beautiful Izzie Button came through, some mermaid scales, some sand, all beautifully applied to my Slink Hourglass body, with a cute tankini look by White River Co. which was an Elikatira and Friday collab. I just loved the idea that my mermaid self came out of the ocean, grew some legs, kept my scales and stole some clothing from a random beach clothes line, bringing along some of my friends who could of course miraculously stay alive out of water. I think I next leveled Disney a bit here. That is ok though, because I am the boss of me.
Hair Fair is open until June 14th and ALL purchases made at the event donate to Wigs for Kids, Exclusives and previous releases. Not all stores have previous releases out, but so many do, so it gives you a real taste of what the stores have created over time, and some things you may have missed that donate with each purchase, a great way to get it all in at once.
More information about Hair Fair 2026 can be found HERE on their website.
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
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
Manifeste Poses
Breezy Prop – FoxCity
Body Parts
Body :
Physique Hourglass – Slink on Marketplace
Head:
Milena Head – Akeruka
Appliers:
Nail appliers – Flair
Skin Worn:
Lauren – PumeC
Ipanema Body Skin – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Peaceful eyes – Insol Mainstore
Pisces Eyeshadow, Pisces Lipstick – AlaskaMetro
Billie Eyebrows Straight – Nuve @ Hair Fair 2026
Lip Scar Elena – She Said Destroy
Hair Worn:
Cindy Hair – Opale @ Hair Fair 2026
Wearing:
Marley Bikini – White River Co
Accessories:
Merbubbles – Cole’s Corner
HEADPIECE Koi Symphony – InkDependent @ Hair Fair 2026
Sand Layers, Mermaid scales – Izzie’s
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Hair Fair 2026 – Ade, AlaskaMetro and Ni-Ju
This years Hair Fair has had me changing my black hair look, more so than usual, or it feels that way after not blogging in a year. I also realised today that because of that I rarely look at my face. In Second Life I could be walking around without a face entirely. This hair by ADE has me wanting to look at myself all day long, the style is so beautiful and feminine and I just love that chatanooga choo choo of it all. I feel like I could walk into a Private Eyes office and convince him I am the innocent party, while it was me all along dun dun dunnnnn. I could have Gene Kelly sing a song about me that turns into a whole musical on rollerskates – if you know you know.
I knew that the Lucia hair was going to also be the perfect stage of the wonder that is the Kanzashi hair accessory by Ni-Ju. I saw it, and knew I just had to have it. What I didn’t know, because I bought it so fast I didn’t even bother to look if there was information I should be paying attention to, but it was a pleasant surprise to find out that there are left and right versions in three different looks, and I have two of the looks on in this ensemble, which is just awesome and makes me so happy.
Also making me happy, and a lovely balance with the hair colour change is the AlaskaMetro brows that are her exclusive for Hair Fair. They are going to definitely go into my rotation, as it is usually only AlaskaMetro that I change brows for from Nuve, so between the two of them I am covered and beautifully so. I also like how Alaska includes a lower option of brow, because while we do have brow shapes that change the height, arch and so on of our brows, having the brows themselves sit differently on the UV can make a world of difference to a look, so well done Alaska…always innovating.
Other things that make me happy, is going back to Hourglass by Slink because I realised that I was limiting myself so much with wearing Reborn and I had my ideal inventory already. That is not to say that I will not go back and forth, and I am lucky to be able to do so, but most of the posts have been Hourglass, and I am loving diving back into my items, because the way Second Life works and the fact that most items I have catered to multiple bodies, they are all still relevant, and as I have always said, everything old is new to someone, and I do love my older COCO ♥
Hair Fair is open until June 14th and ALL purchases made at the event donate to Wigs for Kids, Exclusives and previous releases. Not all stores have previous releases out, but so many do, so it gives you a real taste of what the stores have created over time, and some things you may have missed that donate with each purchase, a great way to get it all in at once.
More information about Hair Fair 2026 can be found HERE on their website.
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
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
Manifeste Poses
Group Gift Background – MINIMAL
Body Parts
Body :
Physique Hourglass – Slink on Marketplace
Head:
Milena Head – Akeruka
Appliers:
Nail appliers – Flair
Skin Worn:
Lauren – PumeC
Ipanema Body Skin – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Peaceful eyes – Insol Mainstore
At Dusk Eyeshadow, Sunset Lipstick – AlaskaMetro
Luna Brows – AlaskaMetro @ Hair Fair 2026
Hair Worn:
Lucia Hair – ADE @ Hair Fair 2026
Wearing:
Off shoulder Top, Side Slit Wide leg Pants – COCO Designs
Footwear:
Seon Slides – Flair
Accessories:
Kanzashi – Ni-Ju @ Hair Fair 2026
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Hair Fair 2026 – High 5 Loveholic and Monso
Watching the process of Autumn of High 5 set up her booth each year is a treat, she just keeps going, and going, and going, and it is like watching a story come to life… and this time at the end of all her hard work she even spent time cleaning up. Before I saw her pull out the mop, I had mentioned that her booth reminded me of a 1950’s home expo you see in movies. While there was only me in these pics, I really hope I captured enough of the vibe of this amazing piece at Hair Fair.
The Vintage Salon Dryer set is just amazing, the whole set is animated for solo use or a group of gossiping girls or boys getting their hair done. The textures are amazing, the seating looks like a quick spray and wipe and NEXT! it is so realistic looking, I admire it every time I walk, run, fly past. The animations are so fun, there are gossip animations, that actually have you elbowing the person in the dryer next to you to engage with them…that was my favourite, but because I was solo I did the only thing I could think of and added a cellphone so that it looked like I was gossiping to someone somewhere else. There are so many options, even a consultant standing in front of you running through your options if you like, and as mentioned at the end someone comes by with a mop and clean up in aisle five, High 5 that is.
We are only a week in and I have had a lot of use out of the Linda hair by Loveholic at Hair Fair, I ended up using it for a video for Flair, and I just love the work that went into this in rollers style, and it works perfectly with the props of the Vintage Salon, especially seeing as the dryers stay up or down, so you can be encased in your Linda look. Not only does the hair have the hair and rollers, but also tendrils of loose curls that just add that realism, but another absolute win is that the hair base is the most beautiful finger curls base, that you could and should wear on its own. I loved it so much I included a pic.
My outfit was based on the idea that girls that salon, are going to do so not only looking fabulous but feeling comfortable, and what better way to show that than in leopard print sweats.
Then after those curls are let out and the hair is a whole gorgeous look, such as this Shy style by Monso for their Hair Fair exclusive, this style is so beautiful. I was chatting to a girl at the booth who is not usually a shorter hair wearer, and she just loved it. I feel the combination of Linda to Shy works so well, that I used that in my Flair video too. But Shy by name not by nature is the outcome, because getting my twirly dress groove on and out on the town I go.
Hair Fair is open until June 14th and ALL purchases made at the event donate to Wigs for Kids, Exclusives and previous releases. Not all stores have previous releases out, but so many do, so it gives you a real taste of what the stores have created over time, and some things you may have missed that donate with each purchase, a great way to get it all in at once.
More information about Hair Fair 2026 can be found HERE on their website.
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
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
Vintage Salon Dryer set – High 5 @ Hair Fair 2026
Neon Outfit Sign – FoxCity
Diva’s Backdrop – The Bearded Guy
Mirror – Juicy
Body Parts
Body :
Physique Hourglass – Slink on Marketplace
Head:
Milena Head – Akeruka
Appliers:
Nail appliers – Flair
Skin Worn:
Lauren – PumeC
Ipanema Body Skin – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Billie Eyebrows – Nuve @ Hair Fair 2026
Peaceful eyes – Insol Mainstore
Renee Lipstick – RAONHAUSEN
Lip Scar Elena – She Said Destroy
Hair Worn:
Linda – Loveholic @ Hair Fair 2026
Shy – Monso @ Hair Fair 2026
Wearing:
Kendra Top, Miley Track Pants, Skylar Dress – Tee*Fy
Footwear:
Marion Pumps – Equal
Seon Slides – Flair
Accessories:
Hoops Forever Reboot – Dark Mouse
Juno Gloves – Masoom Old Gacha’s
Hazel Cell Phone – I cannot find the information on this, I am sorry 🙁
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Hair Fair 2026 – Wasabi
It is often that I find myself wearing Wasabi in blues…I am not sure why, but she just makes hair that looks fabulous in dye pack colours. I was very into the scarf hair look in the 90’s I wore my hair like that often, so this style just makes me blissfully happy. The only opinion I have on this is that I want more options of textures for the scarf and I want a whole range of solid colours, but the prints are so on point, it was the scarf that created the whole look. The style has the option of with or without scarf which is very generous of Wasabi to do, as that is a whole other hairstyle you get included. Then you have the falling front on one side option or the face showing option, I liked both so I used both in my picture, as that is just how that would work if I was standing around outside posing for pics.
This dress by Fashionably dead comes in a long variation also, but the short was just perfect for this day strolling look I was going for, however I cannot lie, the fact that the bottom is lace and comes with mesh underwear is a tad out of my normal comfort zone, I was struggling to remove my BOM underwear…at this point it was pretty much fused with my body. But the outfit is so adorable, I just know though that leggings in BOM layers is how I would more likely wear it out, but with the blue hair I was feeling adventurous – GO ME!
The dress and scarf hair had such a country girl in the city feeling for me, so the heels that think they are cowboy boots that think they are stilettos were just a no brainer. How cute are they, it is funny, because when you see hybrid footwear like this in RL magazines or pinterest etc, you may tend to scrunch up your face and think those people are nuts, but put them in Second Life and we are all in, and rightly so.
Hair Fair is open until June 14th and ALL purchases made at the event donate to Wigs for Kids, Exclusives and previous releases. Not all stores have previous releases out, but so many do, so it gives you a real taste of what the stores have created over time, and some things you may have missed that donate with each purchase, a great way to get it all in at once.
More information about Hair Fair 2026 can be found HERE on their website.
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
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
Group Gift Background – MINIMAL
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Milena Head – Akeruka
Appliers:
Nail appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Lauren – PumeC
Ipanema Body Skin – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Billie Eyebrows – Nuve @ Hair Fair 2026
Peaceful eyes – Insol Mainstore
Bitten Lipstick – AlaskaMetro
Lip Scar Elena – She Said Destroy
Hair Worn:
Sunkissed – Wasabi @ Hair Fair 2026
Wearing:
Intuition Dress – Short – Fashionably Dead
Footwear:
Roroko Heels – Breathe @ Fameshed
Accessories:
Daytrip Bag – Nylon Outfitters
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A bit Mary a bit Rhoda
Sometimes you can be a bit of both things, types of people or types of taste. This outfit by Tee*fy has all the frills, bows and lace of a good girl, but the length, the reveal and the corsetry of someone a little more naughty. I like the mix, the tongue in cheek innocence of it all, and the options are awesome for prints and colours. The little lamb headband by Mewsery does not hurt for bringing together that look, with the devil horns aspect which I have turned off going even further to show that there may be a little devil in all of us. The headband also has an amazing HUD full of options to change colours and make your own fun combinations.
This hair by Monso is a very girly hair too, not only just because it has a lovely braid, but it is one of those styles that shows how girls will just grab all the long bits and tie them out of the way, or braid/plait them etc, and I love that messy layered control look of it all. I was feeling a bit cold with the bare arms so added these armbands I found in my inventory, that apparently came with boots! go figure lol, they are cute though.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Behaviour Body
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Wo1X Head – Snow Rabbit
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Lilly (Face & Body)– Nuve
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Noah Brows, Lilly Lipstick & Eyeshadow – Nuve
Mesh Worn:
Rina top & skirt – Tee*fy
Hair Worn:
Lara Hair – Monso
Accessories:
Little Lamb Headband – Mewsery
Gold Rose Arm bracelet (Mackenzie Boots set) – Phedora
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Getting my Boho Chic On
I am having one of my annual layout meltdowns. I say annual, this is the kind of thing though that depending on how much Blogging I am in fact doing, can be once or five hundred and twenty five times a year. I do not do much editing in my pictures, even less now that everything is mesh. Because of that, I usually get all creative anxious and want to make the pictures I do take look presentable in some way that is fun for me, and hopefully enjoyable for you too, even if really simple, it is just how I get. In the years that I have been doing this though, it also means that I have done so many different styles, that sometimes I want to jump back to something already done, or done but now different, so pay no mind to my crazy right now, I am all over the place. I also tried to work out the dimensions for pictures to present correctly in social media, and that means limiting width and height, and goodness does that just make you nuts.
I found this top in a Gacha, and it has all the boho loveliness that you need in a going to a festival kind of look. Even though black, I wanted to keep adding to the detail colours and felt that the olive was just perfect. I mentioned the other day great customer service, this is another case of that. The leggings and sleeves are by Blamage, and the sleeves are actually part of a top. The top part is just hidden…this is because when I purchased the top, I ached for the sleeves to be separate items, and contacted the creator, who then with very little gap in time, came back to me with a new hud that hid the sleeves or hid the top, so you get the best of both worlds. I just loved that the ruffled trim to the leggings waistband and the sleeves matched so well to the similar trim on the top.
When I am out, and the sun is a bit stronger than expected, I often say ‘I am growing new freckles’. If you have freckles you will totally understand…the Summer blush sets by Izzie’s make that sunkissed reddish glow to the body and a smattering of freckles really bring that look alive, and that really enhanced this whole ensemble.
The divine jewellery is another of my old and new mixes. The earrings are the latest Beachy Boho earrings set by Yummy, and the Dreamcatcher necklace that is almost 10 years old now, is also by Yummy and I think they work marvelously together. What a skill she has in creating fine pieces, and the detailing in that dreamcatcher is amazing, look at the hook and wire bending metal work that went into holding on the gemstones…that is definitely above and beyond work when you consider how rare it would be to be zoomed in that close to see it. As a fish lover, I logged in and raced to get the set of earrings, because its all under the sea type goodness.
The whole look was fun and lively, and so the hairstyle had to tap into that cuteness, and this Batalie style by Exile did that and then some. It is actually a Halloween style, with a bat wing headband, but the headband is separate and the hairstyle on its own is adorable, and that name is just double fun.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
DollNose, NaturalPiercedLips, RoundEyes, TriangleHead, Genus Morph – Genus
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Emma Skin (face and body) – Nuve
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Noah Brows – Nuve
Daytime Lipstick, Fierce Eyeshadow – AlaskaMetro
Body Summer Blush, Summer Blush – Izzie’s
Wearing:
Violet Leggings & Top with Sleeves (top hidden) – Blamage
Boho Chic Top – Shifuku (Gacha item)
Hair Worn:
Batalie – Exile
Accessories:
Beachy Boho earrings set, Dreamcatcher Necklace – Yummy
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Just Beachy
I saw this hair at this round of Collabor88 and just had to have it. It gives off that dried in the sun from the surf look, that if I was to catch some in my mouth it would be salty, and I am here for that. When your hair is neither straight nor curly, but that in between, hitting this look is a blessed day, and I can even describe the day that it happened for me in RL, and how upset I was that it was just an ordinary day of the week and there was nowhere to go looking so awesome.
Monso has released some amazing styles that I love over the years, and this one is just jumping in leaps and bounds to the head of the list. The dark roots just make it even more fun, and there is an actual style variation that puts the hair behind the shoulders and gets rid of most of the hanging in front of the face look, but no thank you very much, not today, maybe not ever for me, but I love that I do have the option.
Speaking of options, I have mentioned before about how un-shy I am when it comes to approaching creators – with respect – about wanting more from something, and when I got this Chloe set from Smesh I was addicted to the bustier and sleeves, I believe I have mentioned that in the past, but while I loved the colours it came with I wanted more, so I contacted the creator and asked to consider making another colour palette pack…she threw me a curveball because she asked for colours I wanted, and honestly that was the thing, I did not care, I just wanted more. So to hear from her a few months later, randomly, with a v2 HUD of a few other pastel colours made me blissfully happy, because she not only added more, but remembered it was me that contacted her and got back to me, how is that for awesome customer service, I am not 100% sure where this pastel version has ended up, so if you do not see it, maybe contact her and ask. I layered the bustier over an older tank I had. I love being able to layer mesh and bom.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Behaviour Body
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
DollNose, NaturalPiercedLips, RoundEyes, TriangleHead, Genus Morph – Genus
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Emma Skin – Nuve
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Noah Brows – Nuve
Ocean Sunset Eyeshadow – AlaskaMetro
Cotton Panties – Nuve
Gettin Lifted Tank – Sn@tch
Wearing:
Low Rise Wide Leg Jeans – Coco Designs
Chloe Bralette & Sleeves HUD V2 – SMESH
Hair Worn:
Olivia – Monso @ Collabor88
Accessories:
Dallas Water Bottle – Flair – Marketplace
Tie up Cord Necklace – Sigma
Hoops forever earrings reboot – Dark Mouse
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Everything is Rosie
Bakes on Mesh is still scary to some, or confusing, I myself am confused by how it is, but it is, and I hate that people miss out on such amazing things because of that fear of the unknown. The confusion I often encounter, is that because it was named something other than what it is, people think it is something new to them, when in fact it is how everyone for the most part started their Second Lives in the first place. Bakes on Mesh (BOM) is system layers, that is it, pure and simple. It is the same icons we used before we had mesh bodies and appliers became a thing. We are now almost five years into it, but I still randomly see comments of people that are older than mesh, saying they will never use it. One of the reasons that I mention this, other than to start a narrative – oh how I miss the days when people used to engage with Blogs and Bloggers – is because not only am I probably BOM’s biggest fan, but also because of things that people may not think of when using it.
People that do use it, have possibly heard of the stacking of layers, that when you wear bom layers you need to sometimes make sure that the layers are in the correct order so that each component is visible, such as you cannot wear eyebrows before you wear a skins face (tattoo layer) or the brows will sit under the skin, and you will look way too editorial.
But it is that stacking that makes me blissfully happy, because as I do believe I have mentioned in the past, I stack multiple versions of the SAME items. Have a bra or tank top that you want to wear under something but it is sheer, right click copy and then paste and then wear as many versions of the same thing until it is no longer sheer. Have a blush that is just not giving you enough ooomph, do not go looking for another blush, copy, paste and stack multiple until it gives you more – now this may not always work, it is going to depend greatly on how the item is made, but for the most part it does work. Such as my eyeshadow today, I have 3 layers of it on, because it had blended a little too much into my face with the lighting I was using, and the foil freckles the same thing, they were not popping enough for my pic, but stacking multiple of them gave me the outcome I wanted. This may not work with everything, but the next time you find that you feel a little underwhelmed by the outcome of the BOM item that you really want to use, give it a try, right click copy then paste then add. We could never do that with appliers and you have 60+layers to play with, so go wild!
Another highlight to my day/look today, is when different brands do such a similar colour palette and then also fit against each other so well. This top is from Rowne and the bloomers that had me logging in and racing to get are from Tres Blah. I was ecstatic to find out that the plunging V base of the top fit perfectly over the waistband of the bloomers. Then to have only a few colours of the top, but the fatpack of the bloomers, meant that I had a bit of wiggle room with the colours, and this combination was perfection. I love this combination, and can see myself bloomering all over Second Life like this. I love that they are ruffled and so feminine but have this knit look to them, that works so well with the top that is also a wool heavier mix look. Perfection for my Winter down here rebellion.
I ran over to Lamb to see what I could put together hair wise for this look, originally I had planned to do a more lady like updo look, then thought something wavy midlength and wild…then across the room, in the older styles I saw Zelda II. Now if you were not around when this style was released, you missed what we would consider a broke the grid moment…the majority of the grid was wearing this hair for weeks. I did not have the II version, I had the original version, so I was delighted to see that there was a rose gold metal option on the HUD, so I grabbed the pastels pack, because it was definitely a whole vibe, and back to the studio I went.
Once I had the whole look together, I was wondering, does it need a little something more…I found this lovely choker in my inventory that delightfully is MOD, and a few tints and everything was Rosie!
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD/Library – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Behaviour Body
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
DollNose, NaturalPiercedLips, RoundEyes, TriangleHead, Genus Morph – Genus
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Emma – Nuve
Sienna Tone – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Noah Brows – Nuve
Rose Gold Lipstick, Frosting Eyeshadow, Foil Freckles – AlaskaMetro
Wearing:
Bloomers – Tres Blah
Lys Puff Top – Rowne
Hair Worn:
Zelda II – Lamb
Accessories:
Vintage Romance Choker – Enfant Terrible
Hoops forever earrings reboot – Dark Mouse