Fashion
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Pinned
It is not news that I love hair, and all things hair related…so when Truth added some unrigged hairpins, and they are in fact PINS! to his Element style, I was having to control myself from looking like someone who would never make it through an airport. So while you may think to yourself, I have that hair, why is it different, that is why, because I added two of these awesome pin pins to the upper buns. I also had to control myself from doing a full montage to this hair, because it comes in options that are just too fantastic. This style version is fun and me piling on, but there is also a version where you can turn off the gold beading and pins, and it just has tendrils, then there is the no tendrils version and then OMG seriously, there is one with the same bunch twists, but without the fluffy ends, so its like you twisted eternity twists onto your hair, and it looks so elegant and so fun at the same time, I will be definitely wearing that in the future. There are metal colour options on the HUD as well, but for once I was feeling the Gold, usually I am a Silver girl by habit, but lately there have been some really nice gold feelings.
I knew what I wanted to wear with it, as soon as I put it on, I had been saving this sweater corset top for ages, and the Pins that are so Punk adjacent, made me want to represent the home of Punk for many of us mindset wise. While it did not necessarily start there, they definitely made it their own in London, and Trafalgar Square in the 80’s was a sight to see. This top by Fio’s is wild, not only is the concept of a hoodie being corseted the coolest thing, but the ability to change the colour of the detailing, just adds so much more. I was originally going to be all red white and blue, but then saw that the pink really worked. This sweater also has other non print options you can buy, so if not feeling the “London” like I was, then a plain colour may just be your best thing.
Throwing on some Impressionist make up by AlaskaMetro, seriously this set is a must have, I am so in love with the lipstick, I wish sometimes she would do expansions on her sets, like give me this same lipstick but in a whole lipstick range. The eyeshadow, the glitter, it is all too fabulous. Then some chunky rings by Kunglers, and the mix is just too 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:
Wo1X Head – Snow Rabbit
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Lilly (Face & Body) – Nuve
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Noah Brows – Nuve
Impressionist Makeup – AlaskaMetro
Wearing:
Tipton Hoodie – Fio’s
Leggings – Look Store
Hair Worn:
Element hair with extra pins
– TRUTHAccessories:
Carly Ring, Nina Ring – Kunglers
Hartford Tumbler – Flair – Marketplace
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What is in a name – Content edition
If this is your first time to a Sasy Talk, then a bit about me. I have always worked in Second Life, behind the scenes for dozens of brands over the years, some publicly, some privately…it depended on the work and how involved it was. So when I see a thing, I often communicate said thing – this means that I have been IM’ing stores about this, but to most of them these days, I am some random person, saying some stuff, so I thought that it may make more sense in this format. Work aside, it also means that I often look at and use my inventory in a high octane way. It is big, not as big as it would be if I actually unpacked things…but big none the less. I also have multiple bodies, I am not a body changer on the fly type of person, I just happen to have a few. But I only recently – the last year or so, changed from my Slink bodies to eBody Reborn. I go back to Slink often, but when I am out shopping these days, I am buying items that include eBody Reborn in them, I also tend to make sure that what I am buying has at least one other body I own included, that way I am covered if I change.
Coming from nearly a decade of one body, to another is tough, I empathise with all in that, but what some tend to not understand, is not only do you potentially feel out of sorts with your new look, you end up very disconnected from your inventory. I have over 400 thousand items in my inventory (I have deleted as much over the years, on the beta grid I have over 650K) and in the past, regardless of the day, the mood, the weather, I knew what I wanted to wear, who made it, what colours I had, and very often where to find it in my inventory. Even if I had not ‘put it away’. Now, because of that disconnect, I use the inventory search function to find something to wear. I buy things, but I am not as invested in them as I used to be, probably because I have not taken them to the posestand for a post as soon as purchased, like often was the case in the past. This means that I type in search…Reborn + Dress or Reborn + Top/Pants and sometimes Reborn + Pants + olive etc. All my Bom underwear is easy, that is in my favourite wearables. But right now, as I am learning what I like, what I love, what I need, that is how I am doing it. That is the main reason for this post.
The other day I did a video, and in the video I mentioned ‘do not change peoples logos’ it was a whole thing in my head, but my words in the video were milder. What has also always been a thing that creators do, is they play around with wording. Slink Hourglass ending up HG was due to the length of it more than anything, and while it was upsetting, you could search Hourglass or HG, but the Slink component was gone. I see the same with other things, Belleza ended up just being Freya or Isis and so on, but you learn and it makes sense. But knowing your body history is very very important also. Even though alas the brand identity is gone, most people will refer to bodies by the body name.
Newer creators and even newer residents to Second Life, do not always know that there were things before them. So for instance if you were to now just say Belleza in a product, which Belleza would you be referring to? The three bodies prior or the newer GenX bodies? Such is also the case for eBody Reborn. eBody had bodies before Reborn, and they may have more bodies in the future, who knows, but lately I see items that are saying the fit they include is eBody, and they do not say Reborn at all, but it is a new release, so chances are they mean Reborn right? But what happens 5 months from now, when it is further along in the store, and someone sees it fits eBody, and they own Reborn, do they just walk past it believing it to be old? That is one of the hazards of Second Life content. Age is not communicated. You can still see items in stores or on marketplace that still contain Sculpties, and some of you may not even know what a sculptie is, if you joined Second Life since November 2011 that may never have been your world, but it can mean that even now, you could buy something that is useless to you. To think that we have now had Mesh longer in Second Life than we didn’t is amazing.
So when you are creating for a particular type of body, it is important to list that body in the name of the item, not only because it is the right thing to do for someone to know it fits, but if you don’t, if you create some random way of communicating – eb-r , eBodyR, Reb, eBody, (r) < I have seen all of those – and there are more I am sure, then not only could a customer just not even try the items on, and potentially just assume it won’t fit them, but if they do try it, realise it does fit, it ends up never appearing in search in inventory, so then never gets worn, and while you may think ‘so what, the money was paid’ it means that the customer is not wearing it, not loving it, and not seeking out your brand in future for more purchases, you end up lost to them…you also miss out on the opportunity of someone else seeing them in it and wanting it, and tralalaling to your store to also buy it.
Now you may be thinking, “well “Sasy you could also search the eBody search term’, but that brings me back to the first point…there existed a previous eBody body (two if memory serves), so if I do search that, and I do, do not worry, it brings up loads of things that then don’t fit this one, because they were made for the previous one/s. All of these examples can be swapped out for other bodies too, as I said this is not just an eBody Reborn, situation, it is across most of the bodies, and not only if they have had previous types. I once saw it done by just the first letter, but not consistently, it was done with some brands being the brands first initial and some the body names first initial, and when I unpacked I thought that the folder was full of standard sizing, because there was an S and an L and and a B (it was the B that made me realise what was happening) again us older residents have a whole history of ways things are done.
I understand character limits, if your own store name is long, then the name of the item is long, and then if you sell by colour that is long, which also adds in the word fatpack also long, it becomes difficult. The ability to put it all out there is tough, I also know that often it is how people name stuff on their pc, and it is how it is uploaded, and it does not get changed – much like attach to right hand. I also know that because items predominantly are no mod, this means the end user also cannot change it to be the name they want. So perhaps if nothing else is possible, please throw in a notecard that has a title with the proper wording if impossible to put on the item, so that at least the notecard can come up when searching, and cause the end user to perhaps investigate further. Just to clarify, nothing worn in todays post was not doing it right, in fact Ison goes so far as to put eBody and Reborn in there, just in case, Harry has you covered! He is also having a sale for a few days currently, so get on over there and get your shop on.
Then pop over to The Vault event, they have a lot of fabulous accessories items for you to enjoy, the ones I am wearing in this post are so great. The Sunglasses are a kind of steampunk style, that have so many options of customising, they are gorgeous and while they are meant to protect my eyes, I could not resist perching them on my head. They really look great against the striking style of Lamb Hair I am wearing in today post, and anyone that knows me, knows that I am all about the behind the shoulders options of a style hud, this has that, but as it was such a lovely long style, I wanted you to see that with the over one shoulder option, it has either shoulder, behind back and both forward, with two bangs choices, and how cute is this pink. I actually started out red and black today, and ended up pink and grey, I love Second Life for fun changes like that. This journal also is just adorable, and has a whole lot of colour combos. I wish you could change the strap separately, but it is still a must have item IMO. It is really beautifully detailed with smaller books sewn into the leather and hand stitched, they pulled off that so well. How am I paying for it all you may ask, well with my plastic money of course, another fun item from The Vault and comes as hand holds or a mouth-able, if the other things are hold-ables, makes sense it would be a mouth-able right?
You can see more great Blogger looks for The Vault HERE and visit the event HERE.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
!Bang Poses
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
DollNose, BabyLips, RoundEyes, TriangleHead, Genus Morph – Genus
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Emma – Nuve
Sienna Tone – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Emma Brows, Cotton Underwear – Nuve
Summer Blush – Izzie’s @ Summerfest 2024
BubbleGum Lipgloss – AlaskaMetro
Peaceful Eyes (Gift) – Insol
Mesh Worn:
Karma Cross Top, Yaretzi Dress Pants – ISON
Hair Worn:
Rosie – Lamb
Accessories:
Fury Sunglasses – Caprice @ The Vault 2024
Plastic Money – Dizzie @ The Vault 2024
Beach Journal – BackSTORY @ The Vault 2024
Hoops forever earrings reboot – Dark Mouse
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Hair Fair 2024 – Coming Soon
Hair Fair starts this Saturday 1st of June and it is an exciting event. All purchases made at the event donate to Wigs for Kids and this year Exclusives and previous releases in some booths will be available, but whether old or newer, every single item is donating (other than gift/dollarbies unless specified). Cannot wait to see you there. For more information visit https://hairfair.wordpress.com/ and join the Hair Fair DEMO Group in world, Demos will be sent on Friday.
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Second Life – Inventory Image Feature Tutorial – Part 1
I have had this as a to do post since the day it went live, I use it, talk about it often but had not gotten the kick in the pants that I needed to make that happen. That was until group chat opened in the Blueberry VIP group the other day, and the lovely Ines was mentioning how she organises her inventory and outfits…and went on to mention that the 10L upload fee for the images needed was worth it.
So of course this lead to me having something to say. I respectfully – I hope – interrupted and let her know that due to the “Newish” Second Life feature of ‘Image/s’ you could do the same job at no cost. A hush fell over the group…or lag, one or the other, but I like to be a bit dramatic. Then others mentioned that they did not know of this great new feature, and to tell them more…waves to Ines, Trista, Trinket and Hikari. All lovely Blueberry Group members – I really hope I say their names correctly in the video. So I did a quick and dirty GIF and explained the method and told them that I would do a post on this, as it had been burning a hole in my Blog to do list – that is actually a thing I have.
So I have done a video, where yet again I am out of practice talking to my own avatar – you would think I would have the talking down pat, because I do tend to talk paint off of a wall, but it is the not scripting myself and thinking ten other things about what I am doing in the moment that throws me, so apologies for the occasional trip of the tongue.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
Poses & Props by :
Billie Stands – OMY
Photo Booth – Superstition – FoxCity
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Morph Head ( Oval Head, Almond Eyes, LipMorph Bow, Nose Straight, Ears Human ) – Genus
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Sarah Skin – Nuve
Sienna Tone – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
JE Brows – Simple Bloom
Astral Eyeshadow, Blubblegum Gloss – AlaskaMetro
Hair Worn:Whisper – TRUTH
Mesh
Victoria Casual Tee – Addams
Akira Cargo pants – Erratic
Seon Slides – Flair
Accessories:
Hoops forever earrings reboot – Dark Mouse
Dallas Water Bottle – Flair
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A touch of Sparkle
It is less hot down here at the moment, but I am not! because I get to run around the grid adorned with fabulous things. Such fabulousness that I decided that as I walk I make a tinkling sound, because these amazing Hair Sticks by Sparkle Skye just make you want to believe that to be true. They are stunners, and while I have modded them to be smaller because of the hairstyle, they have so much to give as a must have item. Firstly the texture change options, and I mentioned mod already because they are indeed, so that is just all sorts of win. Then you have the fact that they are all separate sticks….do not despair, because they are mod you can of course link them together if you have attachment limits, but I just love that I can wear a single stick or many many sticks, no one can tell you what way you style your look. The mesh work is fabulous and so delicate and femininity. They are currently available at the Sakura Matsuri event, which is all things Sakura, a bit like Sparkle herself.
I went with Silver as the metal choice, because I am also loving these Hoop earrings by Dark Mouse. I have not taken them off since I got them. They were a reboot items for her, and I just love how realistic the silver looks. As well as the other metals available.
I wanted a more fun and casual look for the Hair Sticks so went with creating a mix using a hairbase by NonNative and the buns from a Sintiklia style, I love when you can hybrid designs that way. To further my still summery look I reached for the Spring Pack exclusive that Bluerry has until April 2nd for a ridiculously low price, there are these shorts and a great tshirt that comes in 10 different print options. The shorts have some great prints, some of them even include bunnies, not my particular taste, but they grew on me, the tshirts give off that surfer/skater 80s vibe, so I may or not wear those a hundred times in future.I grabbed a Skin by Insol the other day, how cute is she, then adding some of the new highlighter set layers that Izzie’s has out at The Fifty I am just adorable. There are so many options in the set, you can bring changes to many skins just by adding some highlights, you will have a blast. While there I turned and saw they had a gift set of eyes at Insol, I don’t change eyes much at all, I find a green I like and stick to it, I think long term other than posts I have probably only had 4 changes over the years, but this is definitely a pack I am sticking with for a while, they are stunners. Then adding to that the gorgeous make up stylings of Alaska Metro I am perfect! It is true, my Mum says so all the time, no wait, she says she made me perfect, if anything changed it is my fault.
The poses used for this post are by OMY, I actually use these stands in my inbuilt Firestorm AO, because they are awesome, I am kind of addicted to OMY as a whole store. I use their dances when out and about at live events too, because they are just fun and quirky.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Billie Stands – OMY
Body Parts
Body :
Reborn – EBody
Head:
Wo1X Head – Snow Rabbit
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Toki – Insol
Sienna Tone – Velour
Head and Body BOM Layers:
Peaceful Eyes (Gift) – Insol
Highlighter Set – Izzie’s @ The Fifty
Desert Planet Eyeshadow – Alaska Metro @ Anthology
Yara Hairbase – NonNative
Hair Worn:Rina Hair Buns – Sintiklia
Mesh
Spring Shorts – Exclusive until April 2nd – Blueberry
Beach Bae Bikini – Vanilla Bae (Gift)
Seon Slides – Flair
Accessories:
Butterfly Hair Sticks – Sparkle Skye @ Sakura Matsuri Event
Hoops forever earrings reboot – Dark Mouse
Hartford Tumbler – Flair
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Hair Fair 2024 APPLICATIONS OPEN
The annual Hair Fair event is coming soon, and we are now in the application process. If you make Hair, Hair Bases, Facial Hair (Male/Female – Brows, Lashes, Beards and Moustaches), Hair Accessories and Hair Props and Poses…we want YOU! to join us as we use this annual event to help Wigs for Kids. You will find all the information HERE. Do not delay, as applications close March 20th.
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Hair Fair 2023 – Happy Bandana Day
It is that time of year again, the last day of Hair Fair where traditionally it becomes Bandana Day. It still makes me so happy that the bandana booth always raises a considerable amount for Wigs for Kids and that people still contribute by making bandanas, decorating bandanas and purchasing those and the Hares from the bandana booths. This year I even saw people wearing previous years bandanas while shopping the event to bring down their avatar LOD while shopping, to help prevent lag, which many used to do back in the day, we have pictures somewhere.
This year when setting up the booth I realised, with a loud gasp that I had not done a greyscale version of either a bandana or the hair wraps, and as an often black wearing person, this was mind boggling to me, but I did understand that I try and make sure that with the wraps there is a lot of colour and vibrancy if possible, but black and white or grey just left my brain. So was delighted when I saw the ones that Augenweide donated to the event, it was just perfect for me, as well as all the others that I purchased of course. So today I am wearing that, and you can still get yours for 50L at Hair Fair until midnight tonight. The Hair Fair Hares are 150L and 100% of the proceeds from anything in the bandana booths is donated to Wigs for Kids. So thank you to everyone that added to and bought from, again you are a great part of the event.
All Bandanas, Hair Wraps and Hares are sold Mod, Transfer, so you can gift them to others, and they are all retired after the year they appear, so that they are collectibles for each year.
Hair Fair Bandana Booth (one of but starts a region, so good place to start)
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Hair Fair 2023 – Wings & Zibska
Wings not only created a beautiful style for their Hair Fair release, but also their booth is just a work of art, you walk in and feel like you are part of some art installation at a museum and it is glorious. The hairstyle has options of flyaways both subtle and intense and it gives such beautiful motion to the look. I went with the behind shoulders option that still has some movement with the tendrils at the front, and I am loving it.Zibska as always created some stunning accessories, and this one is actually one sided with mirror options that I could not resist wearing together. It comes with huds of all colours and parts colour separately, which is awesome, but I chose the silvery look to work with all my black. The cascading petals are also a second add on option, so you have a whole lot of looks with one item.
All purchases made at Hair Fair donate a percentage to Wigs for Kids, minimum amount is 15%. Bandanas and Hair Fair Hares and Hair-wraps in the Bandana Booths are 100% Donated to Wigs for Kids.
Hair Fair Hares can be found as holdables (Transfer/Mod perms) at the Bandana Booths at Hair Fair only.
Hair Fair Website where you can see everything Hair Fair related.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Focus Poses
Body Parts
Body :
Slink Hourglass Bundle – Slink (no longer available)
Head:
Chloe LeLutka Original – LeLutka
Eyes Applier:
Bali Dream Eyes – Euphoric
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Tasha Skin – Adam n Eve
Hair Worn:
ES0615 – Wings @ Hair Fair 2023
System/Bom Layers
Black Magic make-up – AlaskaMetro
Under eye concealer, Lip corrector – Izzie’s
Mesh
Mesh Clothing
Romantic Loose Gown – Kaithleens
Accessories:
Lilia’s Headpiece – Zibska @ Hair Fair 2023 -
Hair Fair 2023 – Monso & Revienne
This style by Monso at Hair Fair 2023 is adorable, it comes in two versions, one is as shown the other is more curled around the shoulders and behind the arms, so depending on what you are wearing, this is good to have that option. The style also comes with its own headband that is very fun and playful and is also separately available as a gift in their booth, but I decided to show how amazing it will look with any number of other hair accessories you may have, or pick up at Hair Fair such as the one shown by Revienne.The hair has a braid along the top of the head, so that in itself gives off a headband vibe, so the style looks gorgeous without any adornment at all. I am also using the add on bangs, which are unrigged and perfect, going to use them with other hair in future, really need to make myself an add on bangs folder eventually and take copies and put them there for future use. I also used the two tones hud that comes with the pack, and really enjoyed this black and soft blonde insert look. especially how it appears on the bangs also. If you didn’t want it there you could just apply while they are off and then add them afterwards, lots of ways to play.
The headband is by revienne and it is an incredibly crusted with diamonds very fancy fancy headband look. It fit perfectly to this hair straight out of the box, though it does have resizing options if needed, by clicking on the headband and using the drop down menu. It is very glamourous so I dressed up for the look, and just love that kind of Blair from original Gossip Girl feels it was giving me.
All purchases made at Hair Fair donate a percentage to Wigs for Kids, minimum amount is 15%. Bandanas and Hair Fair Hares and Hair-wraps in the Bandana Booths are 100% Donated to Wigs for Kids.
Hair Fair Hares can be found as holdables (Transfer/Mod perms) at the Bandana Booths at Hair Fair only.
Hair Fair Website where you can see everything Hair Fair related.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Focus Poses
Body Parts
Body :
Slink Hourglass Bundle – Slink (no longer available)
Head:
Chloe LeLutka Original – LeLutka
Eyes Applier:
Bali Dream Eyes – Euphoric
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Tasha Skin – Adam n Eve
Hair Worn:
Kuromi Hair – Monso @ Hair Fair 2023
System/Bom Layers
Black Magic make-up – AlaskaMetro
Under eye concealer, Lip corrector – Izzie’s
Opera Gloves – Adam n Eve
Mesh
Mesh Clothing
Bella Basic Bustier – Tee*Fy
Accessories:
Anastasia Headband – Revienne @ Hair Fair 2023Hannya Chain Choker – Mandala
Bento piercings set 1 & 3 (lip piercings) – Suicidal Unborn
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Hair Fair 2023 – Exile & The Little Bat
Exile released three styles at this years hair fair, which is wonderful…an Updo which they always do superbly, some double tails and this beautiful bunches style. I chose this as my feature because the style is not only glorious but it provided the perfect backdrop for the adorable batty clips by The Little Bat, that are also a Hair Fair release.The hairstyle comes with a styling hud inbuilt into the main hud, with options of forward, left and right and behind shoulders, now normally I am all for the behind shoulders look in most styles, but the lovely waves of this do made me want to come forward at least on one side. The batty clips also come with a HUD with 20 colours for the clips and 3 metals options, I could have gone black for the picture, but I actually liked that the silver showing past the bats let you see that it was in fact a clip.
All purchases made at Hair Fair donate a percentage to Wigs for Kids, minimum amount is 15%. Bandanas and Hair Fair Hares and Hair-wraps in the Bandana Booths are 100% Donated to Wigs for Kids.
Hair Fair Hares can be found as holdables (Transfer/Mod perms) at the Bandana Booths at Hair Fair only.
Hair Fair Website where you can see everything Hair Fair related.
Credits:
Equipment Used
VR Studio and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Marketplace
LeLutka Axis HUD Face – LeLutka
Poses & Props by :
Focus Poses
Body Parts
Body :
Slink Hourglass Bundle – Slink (no longer available)
Head:
Chloe LeLutka Original – LeLutka
Eyes Applier:
Bali Dream Eyes – Euphoric
Nail Polish:
appliers – Flair – Marketplace
Skin Worn:
Tasha Skin – Adam n Eve
Hair Worn:
Lorelei – Exile @ Hair Fair 2023
System/Bom Layers
Black Magic make-up – AlaskaMetro
Under eye concealer, Lip corrector – Izzie’s
Mesh
Mesh Clothing
Wanda Slip Dress – Freda
Accessories:
Batty Clips – The Little Bat @ Hair Fair 2023