She could be a farmer in those clothes! Mel often laughs at my inability to recognise quotes from movies…even though I watch hundreds a year, I don’t tend to focus in on things that become referenced often. I mean I know important ones, like ‘ I carried a watermelon’ which of course is followed with ‘No one puts baby in the corner’ well actually there are so many from that one movie. I did not know ‘ We are going to need a bigger boat’ until recently, but now I see it everywhere. But I did put together this look and have me a Clueless moment.

This hair by Tableau Vivant at Hair Fair 2017 is a delight, it actually comes default with a white bandana, and I loved the purity of that, but then I went all out, and by all out I mean, I got me some wellies full perm and textured them to match my ensemble,  that is some Bloggers dedication right there.

The three styles are all marvelous, from short to long and all three give off a very casual and relaxed vibe. The shirt I am wearing is an in store release by Tee*fy, that has colour hud options and some cute print styles, one made me laugh for a few more minutes than it should, I will let you find that for yourself.

The shorts are by Narcisse, and are in the store, they work well with the top shown the other day. High Waisted with a really nice sharp crease front and back that really adds a much needed finish to the look. I had been wanting to show my gardening skills for a while now, my Mum would be so proud of my Rhubarb crop – proud or eat it all, one or the other.

Full list of all styles and slurls Hair Fair 2017

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.2 and HUD and Library for location shoots–

VR Foundry Mainstore (adult)

VR Studio @ Winx & Flair (general)

VR Foundry Marketplace

Props, Furniture, Build –

Rhubarb Garden Set – Plaaka

Planter  – Apple Fall

l’atelier de l’ecrivain – Anhelo

Alligator Apple Bush – Studio Skye

Location –

Poses by –

Marukin

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka (no longer sold)

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Chloe Mesh Head (Bento) – LeLutka

Kendall Skin appliers – Glam Affair @ C88

Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : Glam Affair

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set  1 –Flair

Hair:

Mallongaj, Tuko, Duona – Tableau Vivant @ Hair Fair 2017 (blonde sim, far right, Green Shutters)

Clothes:

Stacy Knot Top – Tee*fy 

Enid Shorts – Narcisse

Shoes :

Wellington Boots (not available)

Accessories :

Nails Coffin (Slink Bento) – Empire

MALE HAIR AVAILABLE! I just thought I would put that out there, in case anyone was looking 🙂 there is a Male style and a Male Gift in the Exile booth at Hair Fair 2017.

The four styles shown are a great mix of looks from Exile, you have your playful to sophisticated covered, and the longer styles all have a bento option, that gives movement to the hair, which is fun, with fingers wiggling and hair swishing, SL just got well and truly animated for the summer.

One of the important things when showing upper body, is having a great canvas to shoot against, and in this regard it is this beautiful top by Narcisse. It was released for Vintage Fair, and is now in the Mainstore. I have been grabbing it when I can as a go to, because I love the mandarin collar, the keyhole cut, and the puff sleeves. I really like the ribbed finish to the hemline, and was overjoyed to see how well it fit the pants by The Secret Store at this current round of C88. Finding mesh that goes together is always a big deal, especially when both pieces are so complimentary to each other.

The intricate sunglasses by Noodles, also bring a great retro classic look to the ensemble, so if you shopped both events, you will be so happy about the ability to mix and match.

Full list of all styles and slurls Hair Fair 2017

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.2 and HUD and Library for location shoots–

VR Foundry Mainstore (adult)

VR Studio @ Winx & Flair (general)

VR Foundry Marketplace

Props, Furniture, Build –

W. Winx & Flair – WinxBox – Change/Funk

Rockabilly Couch, Rockabilly Record Player, Records Box, Rockabilly Floor Records – Fin

Heart Neon Light – What Next  @ Collabor88

Location –

Poses by –

Everglow

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka (no longer sold)

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Chloe Mesh Head (Bento) – LeLutka

Kendall Skin appliers – Glam Affair @ C88

Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : Glam Affair

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set  –Flair

Hair:

Lovefool, All my best lies, Just for one night, Bad at love – Exile @ Hair Fair 2017 

(Blue Shutters: Far Left of Sim)

Clothes:

Dinah Shirt – Narcisse 

Bonnie Capri Pants – The Secret Store @ Collabor88

Accessories :

Anna Sunglasses – Noodles  @ Collabor88

The month has flown past, with Hair Fair preparations, I spent most of the month with one shoe on and a hairbase. At some stages I lost my hands, had part of my body missing and it just was not important. Now that it is underway, it is time to get back into everything, including of course featuring Hairstyles from the event.

The first feature is Iconic. They have three stunning styles at the event, and when this new jumpsuit by Thalia Heckroth crossed my path, I knew the perfect style to feature with it. Thalia is now making sizes to fit other bodies and this one is for the Slink Hourglass. It also has other coloured denims, I especially like this dark version.

When I was little, my Mum had an incredible wardrobe, transitioning from the 60’s to 70’s and jumpsuits aplenty. She had a great khaki one I have mentioned in the past, and this denim one is identical to one she had also. She had long hair once I came along, but when she was rocking out in London, she had a perfect pixie cut in platinum blonde GO MUM! The fact that she is tiny and I am tall, I outgrew her shoes by the time I was 8, so the fabulous clothing never got to be mine. So thank you Thalia and Neveahm, for giving me the chance to play dress ups with a fond memory.

If you have been to Hair Fair you will have seen the new to this year Hair Fair Hares. They are an Anya Ohmai, Mel Vanbeeck and the Hair Fair Committee collaboration, and there are 6 to collect in four colours, each colour represents the hair colour themes of the sims. You can also pick up the matching bandanas to wear yourself, but these huggables are great if not wanting to remove your hair, but can instead rock these out anytime. You will find them in the bandana booths, one on each sim, and 100% of sales goes to Wigs for Kids.

This is Dr Jones, he is my favourite, he reminds me of Sean Connery in Indiana Jones. Also worn with my ensemble, are these fabulous bamboo earrings by LaGyo and the great mid height feet shoes by Ingenue, that are both at C88 at the moment, this round ends on the 7th. The skin is Kendall, by Glam Affair, also at C88, so mixing the pieces combines a fabulous nostalgic look.

Full list of all styles and slurls Hair Fair 2017

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.2 and HUD and Library for location shoots–

VR Foundry Mainstore (adult)

VR Studio @ Winx & Flair (general)

VR Foundry Marketplace

Props, Furniture, Build –  credits in Pink Poppy post

Location –

Poses by – konpeitou

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka (no longer sold)

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Chloe Mesh Head (Bento) – LeLutka

Kendall Skin appliers – Glam Affair @ C88

Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : Glam Affair

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 5 –Flair

Hair:

Tina, Mae, Denae – Iconic @ Hair Fair 2017 (Brunette Sim/ Yellow Shutters Middle Right of Sim)

Clothes:

Alexia Jumpsuit (hourglass) – Thalia Heckroth

Shoes :

Lisbet Heels (mid feet) – Ingenue @ Collabor88

Accessories :

Dr Jones – Hair Fair Hare – Bandana Booth @ Hair Fair 2017

Eva Collection Bamboo Hoop earrings – LaGyo @ Collabor88

Could not resist with the title, because it is how you feel dressed like this and feeling fabulous. The look is a combination of Vintage Fair and Collabor88, as the themes ended up spot on with each other. I fell for this dress, and fell hard, it comes with two versions, plain and polka dot, and there is a beautiful frill at the base of the fantastic full skirted look.

I wanted to bring attention to the jewellery though, with this stunning necklace by Purple Moon that is so spot on for vintage jewellery, I was squawking and squealing all over the place. The shades had a more electric blue lens, but I was glad to see they are mod, so I selected the face and added a tint of grey to mute them down a little for a more cohesive look with my dress. I am spending the day by the pool in this adorable build by Soy that has a small cabana sized building and then a stunning pool and palm trees surround, I can see being able to dress it up with lots of items for pics in future.

The hairstyle is an Exile style that has this beautiful knitted headwrap bow. It comes with a great hud range of colours, and as its not rigged mesh, you can resize the hair as needed. A lovely style, and perfectly named as all Exile styles are – do you also beam at the effort Kavar puts into naming as I do.

Make sure you visit Vintage Fair and Collabor88 as the offerings are fantastic.

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.2 and HUD and Library for location shoots–

VR Foundry Mainstore (adult)

VR Studio @ Winx & Flair (general)

VR Foundry Marketplace

Props, Furniture, Build –

My Poolside House – Soy @ Collabor88

Location –

Poses by –

Body Language – Kawaiiholic Ao (bento)

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Chloe Mesh Head (Bento) – LeLutka

Barbara Skin appliers – Glam Affair Powder Pack June

Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : Glam Affair

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 15 – Flair 

Hair:

Be My Baby – Exile @ Collabor88

Clothes:

Vintage Frilly Dress Plain – Kaithleen’s @ Vintage Fair

Shoes :

Prudence Penny Loafers – Moda @ Vintage Fair

Accessories :

Ornella Necklace -pearl – Purple Moon @ Vintage Fair

Glitz Shades – Yummy @ Collabor88

Find all those fantastic styles you have squirreled away in unnatural colours you didn’t think you would wear, NOW IS THE TIME! check out the easy rules, and enter, the prizes are soooo good.

This is one of the things that I like seeing every year, is when Residents from all sides of Second Life, contribute in this way to Hair Fair and to help us help Wigs for Kids… I hope you will decorate one or more this year…info below

I did some of that changing things for my own liking stuff again, this time with the floor. Not that I did not like the blue tiling that is included in this outdoor setting by Cheeky Pea, but I decided to tone it down with white tiles I had in my inventory. I even did the grouting, and all without even breaking a nail. Wood and plaster and candle wax oh my. It is a lovely gazebo ruins style build, and small enough to not be overwhelmed with needs to fill it with decor, I like little pieces like that.

Fill it I did though, with some great pieces from both Cheeky Pea and Plaaka. Giving back some of the blue, and mixing in some more natural wood finish, it made for a really comforting location to settle in for the day. Another edit I did was with my hair by Wasabi Pills, I did a tutorial for this a while back, when wearing a hairbase and some hair with alpha, you can end up with some alpha glitching, and this hair was too perfect to pass up. I love the combed back style of it, as it leaves everything bare to adorn and embellish, a great style for creators to really see their items, especially those that deal in jewellery.

Speaking of jewellery how insanely gorgeous are these earrings by Kunglers, had them in my inventory from a shopping spree in the past, and just love the oversized hoops with these amazing bits of manipulated metal, so beautiful and yet easy to wear casually or dressy. I am all about the segways today…dressy > dress and this one is adorable. It is not the first time I have chosen the very folksy look of this style print on a dress or top, and this dress by Tee*fy has a wonderful assortment, I did almost stop in my tracks at the Hawaiian print version, but I just love this look.

The blue and red worked in so well with my decor and my ability to texture change my shoes to match, Breathe gives such lovely options in that way, and I love the strapping ties on these ballet flats, and them being able to be a different colour just makes them more inviting.

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.2 and HUD and Library for location shoots–

VR Foundry Mainstore (adult)

VR Studio @ Winx & Flair (general)

VR Foundry Marketplace

Props, Furniture, Build –

Iota Outdoor Room – Cheeky Pea @ Uber

Natalie Patio Chair – Cheeky Pe

Oulu Paint Chair, Outdoor Mat, Log Pot, Lodge Stool, Hibachi Plant Pot   – PLAAKA

Privet Ball Hedge – Apple Fall 

Location –

Poses by –

TorridWear (no longer available)

Y’s A&P

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka (no longer sold)

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Chloe Mesh Head (Bento) – LeLutka

Agnes Skin appliers – Glam Affair @ LeLutka

Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : Glam Affair

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 244 –Flair @ Rewind

Hair:

Dahlia – Wasabi Pills @ Uber

Clothes:

Lindsey Dress – Tee*fy @ Uber

Shoes :

Sasha Flats – Breathe

Accessories :

Empire Nails – Coffin Long – Slink Dynamic fit – Empire 

Precious Nails & Rings (nails turned off) – Slink Dynamic fit – Real Evil Industries

Many moons ago I used to talk about ‘Bloggers Fate’ pretty much pertaining to the fact that whenever I was on a posestand (VR Studio Pose-stand to be specific) putting a look together, a dropdown or IM would occur from a Designer, and the item they were sending me, was usually spot on in keeping with the look, and brought it home.

One of the main culprits in these item bombs was Roslin Petion, she always knew when to jump into my space and say ‘Have I got exciting things for you’ or something to that effect, and she was always correct. Today such an IM occurred, this time with the news that her newer brand Poppy has added Slink Hourglass sizes to their rotation, and I was very excited to hear that. This romper by Poppy is just perfection in not only fit, but in its feminine adorableness. It is a release at the Kawaii Project, and as rompers go this tight in all the right places, with those adorable frill wings at the shoulders, just delights.

Even more exciting is that the pink option, which there is also a floral version of, is the right colour to go with these sexy heels by Mutresse. The colour options are never ending as with all Mutresse items, and the ability to mix and match, and add some darker pink to details of the shoes is a win win. They definitely make the look Pop!

One of my favourite things to do is as mentioned in the past is Hybrid me some hair, and with the two styles at C88 this round by Exile, the bangs of one work so well with the style of the other, so between the two you get four hairstyles, if that is your way too. I edited the bangs a little bit, as they were not made for the hair, but I only stretched them and moved them, no editing in P.S today.

All of the gorgeous decor is a mix of Soy, Junk, What Next and Fancy Decor, some of it is at C88 and Mixing the older and newer sets really makes decorating fun. Whimsy of course had a hand in it, adding and moving things into place, she is one of the most imaginative and quickest decorators, I wish she could get dressed as fast….would spend less time standing around yelling that earrings are not a must for every look if it involves me waiting an hour for her to find the right ones – this really happens.

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.2 and HUD and Library for location shoots–

VR Foundry Mainstore (adult)

VR Studio @ Winx & Flair (general)

VR Foundry Marketplace

Props, Furniture, Build –

Davis Set (bench/walls) – Fancy Decor

Herisson with green (full covered) Super long Hanging Hedera, Powpon Pouf w/ texture changer – Soy

Metal Pipe Dinette Juice (Red coaster) – Soy @ Collabor88

Oasis Bloom – Succulent Planter, Wall Hanging Plants – What Next  @ Collabor88

Pillow 15 & 16 – Ison

Retro Sports Cushion, Oversized Floor Cushion – Junk

Location –

Poses by –

Everglow

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka (no longer sold)

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Chloe Mesh Head (Bento) – LeLutka

Chloe Skin appliers – Glam Affair @ LeLutka

Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : Glam Affair

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 244 –Flair @ Rewind

Hair:

Drive (Hair) & Way that I feel (Bangs) – Exile @ Collabor88

Clothes:

Mei Romper – Poppy @ Kawaii Project

Shoes :

Iggy Sandals – Mutresse @ Collabor88

Accessories :

Peace Necklace – Noir @ Collabor88

Empire Nails – Coffin Long – Slink Dynamic fit – Empire 

Precious Nails & Rings (nails turned off) – Slink Dynamic fit – Real Evil Industries

Firstly it is FAKE FAKE FAKE! nope, not having some kind of virtual world meltdown or anything, just bringing your attention to the bottom of this stunning dress in my picture. That is not what the bottom of the skirt will do if you stand like this, Cynful as talented as they are did not reinvent mesh. It is me being tricky with PS that did that to give it a more realistic look and be able to show off these beautiful shoes by Baiastice at the same time.

Also fake is the lipstick colour, because I took a purple shade from the Chloe skin make-ups and tinted it with the LeLutka head hud, nifty trick and gives you so many options to play around with make-up, tattoo, hairbase and skin layers. Want to be green for a day, tint yourself green YAY.

I have a love affair with navy and silver, I think they are truly beautiful companions in many things, so this dress and the stunning necklace – it actually runs in a long chain down your spine MUST HAVE FOREVER….are the perfect match for me, those bare arms needed a little something to bring it home, so I grabbed the armband off marketplace.

I needed hair that would not take attention away from the lines of the dress and necklace, and this style by Vanity at this round of HairOlogy is just perfect, not an updo, but so sleek and stylish. It isn’t mod, but it does have a resizing option, if you click the word resizer on the top left of the HUD for colours, you get a drop down that allows you to change the size as needed, but always try demos. The blue/black colour is perfection, and the whole ensemble for me is win. I always think of Mel when I put navy and silver together, as one of the first pretty dresses he ever bought me was that combination, so it just makes me feel special and girly and all that jazz.

I do love the spikes in the metal of the shoes, and the sharp cut of the hair, just adds a little rebellion to the look…it is what every girl needs on occasion.

Equipment Used:

VR Studio 4.2 and HUD and Library for location shoots–

VR Foundry Mainstore (adult)

VR Studio @ Winx & Flair (general)

VR Foundry Marketplace

Props, Furniture, Build –

Location –

Poses by –

oOo Studio

Eyes:

Ellis – LeLutka (no longer sold)

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Chloe Mesh Head (Bento) – LeLutka

Chloe Skin appliers – Glam Affair @ LeLutka

Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink

Avatar Enhanced Skin Appliers : Glam Affair

Avatar Enhanced Nail Appliers : set 21 – Flair

Hair:

Timeless – Vanity Hair @ HairOlogy

Clothes:

Empress Maxi Dress – Cynful @ Collabor88

Shoes :

Belle High Sandals – Baiastice @ Collabor88

Accessories :

Empress Necklace – Cynful@ Collabor88

Ryker Earrings – Minimal @ Collabor88

NT63 Armband single silver – Ryka