Skin Fair
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Skin Fair 2024 – Wild about Alaska
I do not think at this point that it is much of a secret really, but I am Wild about Alaska. Alaska Metropolitan that is, not the place, even though I hear it is very beautiful. Alaska has done a lot over the years, but some of the fondest memories are from way back. Alaska has done some innovative things with skins over the years, and I wish I could find the archives to show how incredible it all was, but alas the original blog I blogged on was not my own, so I lost it all, hundreds of posts and millions of words – I do tend to type/talk a lot.
Whenever Alaska releases a new anything I am usually there to grab it, like tonight, I rushed over to the very beautiful NEW event Anthology – that build and the whole layout is gorgeous – to grab her latest release… my AlaskaMetro folder is probably one of the only truly organised folders I have, and probably one of the fullest, because she always includes as many options as possible. Her skin released at Skin Fair 2024 Amber, was the perfect showcase for the New – also at Skin Fair – Morph heads by Genus. A new system that allows you to À la carte your face. What I see happening here will be a lot easier for people to swap and change looks, not just because things are in pieces, but also because there are no real names associated with them, it becomes less personal when it is a generic name vs something you grow very close to, so changing your nose, your base shape of your head or a mouth, may just be a lot easier to experience. Definitely worth trying all on offer, and they have a special discount on offer during Skin Fair.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
doll.
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Morph Head ( Oval Head, LipMorph Natural, Nose Straight, Almond Eyes, Human Ears) – Genus @ Skin Fair 2024
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Amber Skin – Genus SLUV – AlaskaMetro @ Skin Fair 2024
Hair Worn:Bounce – Truth Hair
System/Bom Layers
Tightline Eyeliner – AlaskaMetro
Desert Planet Eyeshadow – Alaska Metro @ Anthology
Strapless Cotton Bra & Cotton Panties – Nuve
Tempter Leggings – Flair
Mesh
Fluffy Feelings Skirt – VonFyrsten
Evita Knit Top – Ison
Accessories:
Dallas Water Bottle – Flair
Haramita Bangles – Mandala
Hoops forever earrings reboot – Dark Mouse
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Skin Fair 2024 – Fallen GA\EG
GA\EG have both a Male and Female head at Skin Fair 2024. I am showing Inaya that works with both SL UV and Evox so you are covered. This came in handy for me, as the Skin that I also featured did the same, giving me the ability to use some other makeup enhancements that I had from Izzie’s and AlaskMetro to round out the look.
Fallen Gods created this amazing skin called Opal, it comes in a full skin layer with the additional tattoo/Aux layers for alternative wear. It also comes with PG versions, which made me super pleased, because this very oceanic themed lingerie set was a little exposing, so that just felt great to be able to not be concerned especially as I went on location for the shoot, and found this stunning underwater world, with this display case coffin that was just so serene and made me have all the feelings. It was a really special place, so I hope you can go and have a look around, they even have Mermaid chat events on Saturdays in a pavilion underwater, which is just the coolest thing. Now being an Australian I am all about the Opals, but it is March and that also means fishy time, so I mixed land and sea for the post. I mean if someone handed you an Opal for the first time ever and told you it was some kind of ocean gemstone, you would definitely believe them, I know I would.The head, so much to say about the head. First of all the hud is robust, that is about the best word I can come up with for it, because this thing is doing all the heavy lifting. A full page of features for everything, but my favourite things are the broom icon so you can sweep your layers clear – made me laugh – you can also just toggle hide and show if you want to keep them for next time. The sliders for glow and opacity for most things, the presets were awesome too, but the ability to then tint etc, which I did with this look. One of my favourite things though was the 3D Lashes option, you get regular lashes in various styles/lengths, but then you also get mesh lashes, so that there is no issue with alpha clipping, and you can use both which I did, to just give a better look especially for photos. There is also an animation HUD that has options for upper and lower of the face, looped and static (how I kept my eyes closed) and more. The head comes with skins, lipsticks, tattoos, gestures, shapes, back up HUD and as mentioned it has different UV options. So many things to try so give it a twirl around Skin Fair and see how you like it.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Mermaid Poses
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Inaya Head – GA.EG @ Skin Fair 2024
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Opal – Fallen Gods inc. @ Skin Fair 2024
Hair Worn:Faith – Magika
System/Bom Layers
Siren Blush & Glitter Eyebrows – AlaskaMetro
Mermaid Eyeshadow – Izzie’s
Mesh
Mariel Lingerie – Ersch (Gacha)
Accessories:
Fishbone Accessory – OhMai Salon (not available)
Jennifer Pearls – Yummy
Mermaids Delight Ribbons – Particle Effects – Coles Corner
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Skin Fair 2024 – Snow Rabbit & Friends
JuicyBomb has a full post on the animations and the great features of the Snow Rabbit head available at Skin Fair 2024, so you should definitely give that a visit also. Since its release, even before the gates to the event opened, they have already updated it, as mentioned in Gogo’s post, with a no base playing animations version, so you can be really still and then play the animations you want to use, or just wear the other version and animations of a base nature will always play, great support already shown before the gate was even opened.
We were huge fans of Snow Rabbits first head, it was adorable and unlike anything at that time, so this is a nostalgic embrace of the new. The HUD is fantastic, and this is just the head HUD the animations hud is even more detailed. There are so many components, and today in this post I have used the eyeshadow and lipstick features of the head itself and they are so cute and glittery.
There are so many additional features, brow shaping, opacity levels and breaking up top and bottoms or inner and outer layers of things such as lipstick layers and eyelashes is really showing that they got right in under the hood and made sure they covered it all.
I got to have a lot of fun layering with this head, because it is evox and very very good to the UV, I was able to wear things that were made without knowing the head was even coming. This WoW Skins Skin at Skin Fair is lovely, with the moles by Reverie, that come in all sorts of locations on the face as bom layers, so stacking fun for all the family. I used the button nose and lips option from the skin I wore yesterday, because I love it with this skin, and this amazing tattoo by Frisbey to pull it all together.
Even if you had no plans for a new head this skin fair, you should definitely try them all, especially if you have other layers that will work with them out of the box.I loved this kind of edgy look, but using really girly parts, such as this super headband from Sparkle Skye, it has options for solid, polka or lace in either the bow or the band, and then also gem options on the HUD, so it is incredibly versatile. I loved pairing it up with the top and armwarmers from Smesh, because I got to use my Nuve underwear as a contrast to the mesh top, to give tuxedo vibes. The incredible tattoo just gave everything that punch of colour.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
W01X Head – Snow Rabbit @ Skin Fair 2024
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Roma Evox Skin – Wow Skins @ Skin Fair 2024
Sienna Body Skin – Velour
Hair Worn:Unravel – Magika
System/Bom Layers
Psychadelic Butterflies Tattoo – Frisbey @ Skin Fair 2024
Nyx Brows – Loa @ Skin Fair 2024
Moles – Reverie @ Skin Fair 2024
button nose, Lip Gloss intensifier – Nar Mattaru @ Skin Fair 2024
Cotton Panties, Strapless cotton bra – NUVE
Mesh
Chloe top and armwarmers – Smesh
Straight Leg Pants – COCO
Accessories:
Blair Headband – Sparkle Skye
Hoop Earrings Reboot – Dark Mouse -
Skin Fair 2024 – Sydd said ZRLY
Skin Fair 2024 is underway, and there are over 200 stores of content spanning 2 regions. I asked one of the Skin Fair Bloggers – Sydd Sinister to give me 4 letters to help me pick an assortment of creators to feature, the only stipulation was one of them had to be Z for Zibska. I guess that means she really only chose 3 but it is much funnier my way.
I started off with featuring the NEW LOGO Lux head, LOGO is a sponsor of the event, so very easy to find, and they have a lovely large booth with lots on offer, including an incredible deal on animations. Their new head straight out of the box was easy to wear. It actually looked close enough to me to feel really comfortable in it, and just had to tweak some sliders shapes wise, but the shape included is also great. I have included a picture of the HUD that comes with and as you can see it is both EvoX and SLUV set, so that means you have a lot more skins to choose from. There are a lot of built in features, but you can also add your own. I am a BOM girl, I love it so much, so used skins and additional makeups, eyes etc from outside of the head itself. It does have eyes included, but as I wished to feature the ones that I did, I used default SL eyes.
Back to the BOM, I love to layer, so with the Skin itself by Nar Mattaru I used her lovely little add on layers, which create the button nose and the accentuated lips shimmer. I then added Zibska eyeshadow as a base as it comes up closer to the brow line, and an additional layer of eyeshadow by Rarer, all about that stacking. I kept the lips bare except for the enhancement layer included with the skin, and then a big change for me brown eyes…I know right, so different from my usual green – truth be told, my eyes are brown in RL and the green happened because when I started Second Life the only brown eyes I had at the time just made me look like empty eye sockets. Eyes have evolved so well since then. These eyes are Medusa themed, supposed to be all fantasy etc, but I just really liked them as a regular eye, they are lovely and that it is possible to do that makes them great.There are demos of many of the items at Skin Fair, you can even join the Juniper Event group and grab some before you go, especially since the regions are very full at the moment. I suggest trying as much as you can, and have fun with it, go home and look at everything, invite some friends over, and have a party. You have time to spread it out. But definitely attend, because all this creativity in one space, needs and deserves your attention.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Storin Poses
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Lux Head – LOGO @ Skin Fair 2024
Eyes Applier:
Medusa Eyes – YOROSHIKU @ Skin Fair 2024
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Tiamat Skin + Extras – Nar Mattaru @ Skin Fair 2024
Hair Worn:Mercy – Lamb
System/Bom Layers
Rosaire Eyeshadow – Zibska @ Skin Fair 2024
Ethereal Eyeshadow – Rarer @ Skin Fair 2024
Mesh
Eshala top – Pox
Low rise wide leg jeans – COCO
Accessories:
Hoop Earrings Reboot – Dark Mouse