Sasy Scarborough

Dictatorshop is having a 40% OFF SALE and if you know their items you know that you need to get over there immediately. Now while they have historically speaking been very Adult orientated some of their most amazing sets are also available in PG versions, and you need to scoop those up. I love the masculinity of many of their sets, and this Vindustria set (Vintage Industrial) is just gorgeous, the materials, the leather and metal work…I can just hear it as I push it across the floor in my loft to reorganise my space.

The sofa and chair both have texture change options, with colours like caramel, chocolate and licorice, as well as this cranberry and lovely cinnamon, to name a few. You can buy the individual pieces, the set or just combine adult and pg if you need it that way, it is up to you. Everything is controlled via the Ds symbol on the back of the furniture or a click at the base of the seats. I adore this set and so much of it there, I am going to need to rez some more homes.

The regular vendors are scripted to buy full price get 40% refunded, but the red vendors strewn around the place have the discount already applied, so depending on how your balance is. Do not miss out, sale ends 6th July.

I am planning the day ahead with my Baiastice shirt dress and sandals that are at this round of Uber, they come with bra and panties options to turn on or off and have contrasting prints for a bit of a peek a boo bra thing going on. The belted waist has texture change options and it all very make your own style out of clothing. The shoes also have options for contrast and are just a great summer sandal.

I was loving this hair yesterday but as it did not expose the back properly for the blouse I was wearing I had to let it wait, but today I can rock this gorgeous centre parted style. The way things are going, how beautiful it feels sitting here in this space I might be here until Sunday.

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

Vindustria Coffee Table, Sofa and Chair – Dictatorshop

Metal Jugs – Silver – Chic Buildings @SL16B

Mediterranean Pepper [yellow] – *LODE* Decor 

Pears in Vintage Trug – West Village @SL16B

Industrial Loft v3 – Diamandis

Kushi Rug – Flair 

Location

Poses by

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Spencer Mesh Head LeLutka

Skin Applier Alessa – League

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

Thick & Heavy Lashes (tintable) – Flair

Hair:

Here with Me – Exile

Clothes:

Luna Shirt Dress & Braided High Sandals – Baiastice @ Uber

Accessories :

Wedding Nails – FormaNails @SL16B

There are a lot of things I know about wearing mesh, how it works, what is involved in creating it, how it should fit. Most of the time I am aware why something does something, and on a rare occasion, I have some kind of a breakdown in what I know vs reacting to something I see at the moment.

I was doing a round of some weekly event a few weeks ago, and I fell head over heels for an item of clothing in a store, I tried on the demo and saw that there was no Slink Physique Hourglass option, but it did have a Slink Physique Original option…this blouse was so stunning to me that I was ok with that, I could swap between bodies as needed. I then purchased the fatpack and on unpacking saw that there was, in fact, an Hourglass size included. I was confused but thought my goodness maybe it was added after some release, but if Hourglass seekers were thinking they had no option based off of the demo, this was a terrible thing. I contacted the creator, thanking them for making such a stunning blouse, and that there was no Hourglass in the demo, and they may want to fix that so everyone like me could snap up this stunner.

I bought other things, also beautiful but my heart was taken by this blouse. I went home, I put it on and was playing with the options as the colour worn today was the demo and I had not noticed anything odd, it also had a demo sign and was in a different body size, plus as you can see I was taken aback by the back… such a beautiful blouse. I put on the satins, the prints and the solids and to my dismay, the buttons were clipping, the shirt was folded along the shirt front, now this is not actually separate mesh it is smooth across the chest it just has the texturing to give the illusion of a button up shirt style. So the overlapping had me in shock and that is apparently where my brain broke. You see I was so distressed by this, because of the love affair I wished to have with it, I was blinded from common sense. I panicked and tried on other versions, thinking that perhaps the one I had on had been incorrectly labelled – that has happened many times to me, always check other sizes if something seems to not fit in a very big way – but alas no. I realised that the dark colour of the demo and my excitement and it being the other body size had somehow blinded me to seeing something that I would not have usually missed. I already had the creators IM open, as I had contacted them about the demo etc. So I took screenshots and I sent them a message explaining there was an issue.

Then a few days later I was trying on a bikini top, and the join at the cleavage had a bow and the bow was distorted and my very chill mind went oh ok I see what is going on there, because you remember I KNOW THINGS!… so as I have done one trillion times before, I went into my shape and adjusted my cleavage join slider. Now this slider in our shapes is the fixer of many things, and one is when things in between your breasts either stretch or overlap (in some cases it can even help when the outside of the breasts are poking through the mesh slightly…I KNOW THIS! but I will admit that in the trillion times it has happened before it has been on tops that came in close to the body, bikini styles mostly, it is often because the shape the creator is using to build on is shape defined by their own settings so if you are off the mark then that can cause issues. So imagine when my embarrassment to have this knowing stuff brain kick in for the bikini top and then my realisation that it did not kick on for this gorgeous blouse. Because yes folks that is exactly what was happening, the same change I made to shape for the bikini fixed the blouse and the rest is history. So when I finish this post, I will be IMing the creator of this magnificent blouse and apologising for my brain meltdown that day and thank her again for making such a divine top that I want to wear with all the things.

So here is the perfect blouse that I love called Vintage Blouse by Ane worn with a favourite skirt by Miss Chelsea. I plan to wear the blouse with pants, jeans, everything I can. The strappy shoes by Breathe were perfect for the style – these shoes are part of an event that works at the event and in the store together, the black and fatpack are at the event only, the colours singular are at store, fun idea giving people the chance to visit both. Just make sure it was clear that I was definitely owning my error, this amazing crows headpiece by Zibska worn atop the Haven hair by Exile just has me styled to the nines, tens and elevens.

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 Everglow

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Spencer Mesh Head LeLutka

Skin Applier Alessa – League

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

Black Magic Makeup Palette – AlaskaMetro @Sl16B

Thick & Heavy Lashes (tintable) – Flair

Hair:

Haven – Exile

Clothes:

Vintage Blouse – ANE

Cloe Skirt – Miss Chelsea

Shoes :

Satsume Heels – Breathe @ Black Fair Event 

Accessories :

Wrona Crows Headpiece – Zibska @ SL16B

Dark Magic Ringset – Yummy

Reclining Feline Earrings – Paper Couture

Wedding Nails – FormaNails @SL16B

You know when you just want to make yourself a little nosh and then all hell breaks loose, well that is what can happen if you have an infestation of adorable Red Pandas by Mutresse. These gorgeous animated critters come in various options, this hanging one is actually part of the breakfast tray with food and pose, I cannot imagine being able to resist sharing if this was to happen. They are part of the current Arcade event, which ends in just under a week, so be sure to head over and play a few spins.

With the chomping of greenery, it leads to a very floral theme for the post, with this very feminine top and shorts set by Mimikri I had a great canvas for my look, with touches of red added with these great pieces by Lode in the shape of these floral headphones and vase with flowers. Keeping up the red the Diana heels by Utopia Design are stunners, in a mule family they are strappy goodness with such great leatherwork and a sexy heel shape plunging to the floor. A strong straight heel like this is a must-have.

I had some of my hybrid hair fun today with the babyhairs hairbase by Izzie’s teamed up with one part of the Janelle hair by Tableau Vivant. The style is two parts generally and a great backcombed look, the centre parted front section is great, but I opted to not use it in this post as the hairbase worked so well on its own, and it gives me more flexibility on accessories. The two part hair makes it possible to resize the front section when worn to fit any heads and not need that part to be fitted, very smart thinking from over there at Tableau Vivant.

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

Bougainvillea Vase [red] – *LODE* Decor 

Practical Kitchen – Hive

Location

Poses by Everglow

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Spencer Mesh Head LeLutka

Skin Applier Mari (gacha)- Mudskin

Slink Hourglass Body Bundle – Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink 20% OFF @ SL16B

Avatar Enhancement Nail Appliers: set 10 Flair

Thick & Heavy Lashes (tintable) – Flair

Hairbase babyhairs – Izzie’s

Liquid Lipstick (LeLutka) – Pink Fuel

Hair:

Janelle – Tableau Vivant

Clothes:

Cleo Shorts/belt & Top – Mimikri @ Cosmopolitan

Shoes :

Diana Shoes – Utopia Design

Accessories :

Clover Headphones (gacha) – LODE 

Red Pandas (gacha) – Mutresse @ The Arcade

I got these glasses first pull of a Gacha machine at Mudskin while the girls were playing with skin demos. I was fortunate enough to be gifted this skin by Ashia when she got it multiple times from one of their previous skin releases, and it is just lovely.

The glasses pulled my whole look together, with my adorable Geek Chic combination of track pants and Tank. I am smitten by these pants, they are by Tee*fy and the leopard print is just wonderful, I also love that you have the added options to change the waist and cuffs to different colours so that I could tie it all in with my great tank by Miss Chelsea.

Garbaggio has these amazing runners at the SL16B event, and there are so many options of colours and combinations, it is staggering, the other times I have purchased shoes from them I spent the day changing colours every ten or so minutes just to say I did a whole fatpack – I am odd like that sometimes. The exciting thing is that they come in male and female sizes, so definitely must haves.

Another must-have in my opinion is this hair by Runaway, the other day I was wearing Zoe which I love to pieces and then when over there having a look around I found this style which is the down equivalent of Zoe, and I was so excited. I love following a theme for hair, and this has styling hud options and breast sizes and it just rocks my world.

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

KPop Star Photo Booth (gacha)  – FoxCity

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Spencer Mesh Head LeLutka

Skin Applier Mari (gacha)- Mudskin

Slink Hourglass Body Bundle – Dynamic Mesh Hands (Bento Enabled) , Deluxe Feet & Hourglass Physique Body – Slink 20% OFF @ SL16B

Avatar Enhancement Nail Appliers: set 142 Flair

Thick & Heavy Lashes (tintable) – Flair

Hairbase babyhairs – Izzie’s

Hair:

Peach Hair – Runaway

Clothes:

Miley Trackpants – Tee*fy

Alix Tank – Miss Chelsea

Shoes :

Drew Sneakers – Garbaggio @ SL16B

Accessories :

Sanmai Glasses (gacha) – Mudskin

Ariel Rings – Blaxium

Whimsy and I went to Coco the other day, it is a thing we often do, just have a need for some Coco. The store was laid out differently than the past, or I just tpd further outside than in. There is a discounted area, and two main newer sections, the second newer section we had not noticed in the past and had to catch up.

The discounted area was fun though, with most items being standard sizing still it can be a bit of trying things to see how they work, but I still left arms full. I grabbed this great lettermans jacket and hoodie combo, it also comes without the hoodie to wear over other clothing. I am wearing the medium and then with hiding all my parts underneath it is perfect, also because it is a bit bigger it fit incredibly well over my sporty overalls from Miss Chelsea that I have worn a lot since purchase – actually they are having a huge SALE at the moment so I need to head on over there again.

Keeping up with the sporty motif I knew my vale koer Harley sneakers were a match made, and then putting them on they were already set in the same colours, no work needed, but with the fatpack that I have you can mix up and arrange the colours as you like, makes them very cool runners to have, you can also turn off the upper ankle part, so its two styles of shoe in one.

I have been wearing this great hairstyle on and off for a week now, I love it, and with the hairbase by Izzie’s it is just a gorgeous look, it does have its own hairline included, but with differing shapes and so on having it be possible to turn off and wear your own base is just smart salon sense 🙂

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

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Spencer Mesh Head LeLutka

Skin Applier Alessa – League

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

Avatar Enhancement Nail Appliers: set 142 Flair

Thick & Heavy Lashes (tintable) – Flair

Hairbase babyhairs – Izzie’s

Hair:

Zoe Hair – Runaway @ Fameshed June

Clothes:

BaseballCardigan – Coco

Sade Shorts – Miss Chelsea

Shoes :

Harley Sneakers – Vale Koer

Accessories :

Ariel Rings – Blaxium

I ramble on about Bloggers Fate often, today’s outfit came together seamlessly. I started the day tping to the first few stores on the FLF list and went into ANE and started trying on clothing, and picked up a few pieces. When I put this stunning lace frill top I knew that it would be amazing if it fit the gorgeous skirt I picked up at Vintage Fair the other day during early access, and sure enough it did, and in a perfect way.

Then I was thinking about how it would be neat if I had some kind of Victorian lace up knee high boots and when you think of boots, you really need to think of Utopia Designs… and I realised that the ankle spat boots that are even more Victorian looking than the knee highs I had originally sought were just waiting upon me to create this look.

Then follow that up with a notice letting me know that Exile has created new hair for Vintage Fair and I was top to bottom a complete package of awesome. This style is the perfect ‘wig’ style, and because of that I just had to splash in some unnatural colour. The style comes with two bangs options and because it is not rigged it can fit everyone. The textures are so soft and inviting, I feel fluffy.

It was only on doing up all the credits that I realised, that everything I am wearing starts with an L, where are those alphabet challenges when you need them, but then it would not have been so fortuitous.

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

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Spencer Mesh Head LeLutka

Skin Applier Alessa – League

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

Avatar Enhancement Nail Appliers: set 21 Flair

Thick & Heavy Lashes (tintable) – Flair

Hair:

Lucy Hair – Exile @ Vintage Fair 2019

Clothes:

Lace Frill Top – ANE 

Lorena Skirt – Goth1c0 @ Vintage Fair 2019

Shoes :

Lia Boots – Utopia Design

Over 12 years ago it was a sunny day in Second Life at the island of Hinode Shima, and a Blonde Bombshell in miniature landed at the landing point with the biggest shoes, the tiniest skirt and an amazing personality. Her name was and still is Lexi Morgan and I found out many things about her and her time spent in Second Life as a Creator, Landlord and participator in many Charity driven events that day, and wanted to catch up again and see if things have changed and if so how.

This time we did not get to sit by the seaside on Japanese seats across from each other, time-zones did not permit this time around on my side, but I am fortunate enough that Lexi took the time to answer my questions and that I am lucky enough to be able to jump into her IM box at anytime to get any additional information I may need.

I wanted to not only catch up with her, but also have her share a little insight into creating in Second Life for as long as she has. Unfortunately my first interview of her was with Appearance Mode a now closed Blog that was one of the first in Second Life back then. Even though she leans more now towards makeup she has definitely added so much flavour to this world over the years.

With this trip down memory lane for me, and with it being Vintage Fair starting soon, I decided that this post would be an homage to some of the oldest creators in Second Life who are still very much creating and contributing to the beautification of the grid. Elikapeka of Elikatira who has been creating hair for us since earlier than I have been here and some of my greatest shopping experiences were at ETD in the olden days. Sachi Vixen of Adam n Eve who has always been an incredible creator with amazing skins and clothing of various styles for many years, has only recently gone into mesh in a bigger way and her style has just carried over very well. While Swirly Cyclone is a newer content creator as such she has been adding fabulousness to SL since the dawn of time, and if you do not know that, you better learn it. These shoes are just the perfect companion pieces to this whole look, and they come in an option of white or cream accents so that you can mix and match with ease.  The make up I am wearing is all Stellar by name and look, and the adorable little star beauty spot does it for me and then some.

On to Lexi Morgan of Stellar

Sasy:  It has been over 12 years now since I last interviewed you about your time in Second Life, you were a region/sim owner, a Creator and very proactive in the everyday occurrences of the grid. What are some of the biggest changes you have experienced personally of your time here ?

Lexi:  First let me say that I can’t believe it’s been 12 years since the last interview. I still remember that day like it was yesterday!
I think for me personally, the thing that completely changed my SL was mesh. As much as I am amazed and thankful that it’s here, it came at a time when my RL changed tremendously and I fell behind with learning it. I was in SL much less and couldn’t catch up. I did end up learning how to mesh over time, but then I fell in love with creating cosmetics.. which I’m obsessed with in the real world. It was a perfect fit for me but very different from creating clothes. It’s been an adjustment for myself and my customers, but a pleasant one.

Sasy: You not only had your own store that did incredible clothing, but you also rented space to many other content creators over the years. Do you miss sharing space with other content creators in that way ?

Lexi: Even though I do not have my own sim anymore, I’ve always managed to have my main store on sims where there are other creators so I don’t really miss that aspect too much. I just recently moved my main store to Lo Lo, which has quite a few amazing brands there. Such a lovely space to share with them.

Sasy: Events play a big part in the shopping experience had by many now, in past times that was all done either in Mainstores or Malls, do you think that there is still a place for malls in the SL community or have events removed that need?

Lexi: Being the OG that I am, I really do miss Malls and shopping in them. They were so big years ago and I remember being in over 30 of them at once lol. Events are great but I’m so old school that I prefer main store shopping and releases which is what I primarily do myself. With that said, I am currently in no events.. but now that I’m finding more time for SL I am looking to get into a few good ones. I’m not against them at all …I just love main store releases more.

Sasy: You do still create but with the introduction of mesh and the like you create differently than you did in the past, as a more experienced texture based creator, are you excited about Bake on Mesh and what that may mean for older and newer content alike ?

Lexi: I think any change like Bake on Mesh is a positive one for creators and shoppers alike. I’m looking forward to seeing how the community reacts to it.

Sasy: Do you plan on recreating some of your older creations now that system layer (bake on mesh) clothing can be used with mesh body parts ?

Lexi: Sadly, I did lose a lot of my texture based clothing in a hard drive crash years ago but if i’m able to recreate or find some of the more popular items that i’ve made I am all for it! But like I said above, I think it will all be based on how the community reacts to it.

Sasy: Over the years we have all seen some great collaborations between creators, if you had a choice of any SL creator older (even if no longer active) or current to collaborate with on an item, who would it be, and what would you want to do with them ?

Lexi: Oh wow.. I don’t even know where to start with this question lol. SO many amazing creators these days. I have collaborated with creator friends a lot in the past so I would probably go that route again.
Too many names pop into my head to name one in specific. I’m up for anything.

Sasy: If you could be a Linden for a Day, someone that could actually make a proper change to Second Life, what would you do with that power ?

Lexi: I think you probably know me well enough to know this about me already, but I truly enjoy helping people. I would help every new member in any way that I could by answering questions, buying them clothing, hair, shoes, skins, mesh body parts, makeup etc. Help them make an avatar that they love and explain how everything works. I’d help them so that they’d want to stay here and grow to love it as I have.

Sasy: As a content creator and SL resident for 15 years now, what advice would you give any newer resident that may want to start creating, and anything that you wish you had known early on that you learned along the way that you think really made a big change to how you did things ?

Lexi: Oh my …15 years! Thats a longggg time haha
One thing that I always tell my creator friends that come to me for advice (and every last one will vouch for this) : NEVER give up. If you love creating and enjoy your products.. keep at it. If something doesn’t sell like you had expected it to, it’s ok! Don’t get discouraged. It happens to all of us. Rome wasn’t built in a day. It takes time to develop a brand name that people will recognize. But frequent releases are a MUST. I 100% do believe that. If you’re not doing at least that, you’re not helping yourself as much as you could.

Vintage Fair opens June 7th 2019 info can be found here

Pale Girl Productions Website
PGP Flickr

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

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Spencer Mesh Head LeLutka

Skin Applier Alessa – League

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

Avatar Enhancement Nail Appliers: set 142 Flair

False Lash Effect, Slay Lipstick , Hearts & Stars Beauty Marks – Stellar

Hair:

Misha Hair – Elikatira 

Clothes:

Rita Dress – Adam n Eve @ Vintage Fair 

Shoes :

Beatrice Shoes – By Swirly @ Vintage Fair

I have been playing catch up with releases from all over the place, some paired up with older items. I ran over to Blueberry today and grabbed the Jeanette set as soon as I saw the thigh high sneakers, they come in a multitude of colours as well as floral prints, and there is a knee high and thigh high version. The set also comes with a hoodie style dress (not shown) and was at a great price for everything, so run over and grab. I love the boots so much and even though I did crop dramatically in the picture, I can see myself featuring them properly again.

The short shorts and the short overalls are must haves for those that like to show a bit of leg, and the shorts were part of a major collaboration release with Addams, that has fishnet stockings that sit under, there are combat boots and socks that I am wearing and a shirt and jacket, all bits and pieces that you can incorporate into your wardrobe. I actually paired up the shorts with an older release top, so cool and country damsel looking, and then the bikini top I am wearing fit perfectly under the overalls, so it is great to have pieces that do that, the tube top from Mimikri I featured the other day also fit snugly under, which is great when you can mix mesh across brands.

I am all about the vox colour denim in blueberry’s denim range, I do fatpack still like I did with the overalls because one never knows when you will need a trillionty colours of overalls to choose from, but the vox is my favourite in its dark denim awesomeness. All this denim needed some chunky jewellery and the perfect pieces were by Zaara, she does not make jewellery often enough, and I say that every time I wear it.

The hair by Tableau Vivant is very fun, made with a very sexy mask and has a great styling HUD for in front of shoulders left and right and behind, so that works for many different looks. I like those kinds of options because even without taking pictures we all know that hair does not stay still and it can be flipped all over the place in a matter of minutes depending on what you are doing at the time.

The LeLutka Powder Pack just hit and the lipsticks worn in the pictures are by Pink Fuel and they come in four sizes of lip covering which works great with different looks and heads available. Stunning colours and so glossy, make sure if you did not get the pack in advance you check it out.

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 poses

Skin & Body Parts Worn:

Spencer Mesh Head LeLutka

Skin Applier – Alessa – League

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

Avatar Enhancement Nail Appliers: set 72  Flair

Opulence Brows, Fishy Queen Eyeshadow – Dotty’s Secret 

May LeLutka Powder Pack – Enchant Me Lipstick – Pink Fuel

Hair:

BunnyAngel – Tableau Vivant

Clothes:

Catrine Top, Pia Denim Shorts, Pia Socks & Combat Boots, Ivy Denim Overalls, Jenna Bikini top  – Blueberry

Shoes:

Jeanette Boots –  Blueberry

Accessories :

Indra Painted Stacked Bangles , Banjara Silver set – Zaara

Gum Gum Boom – LeLutka