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Saggy Baggy Tea Bag Cup
What is going on with group notices and offlines lately ? I am starting to think that any group that was joined after the 25 doesn’t actually register. I get the offline emails, and then log in to nothing, is this just me? It is funny that for so many years we have begged for more groups, and yet most that I know haven’t even maxed out the new ones given, I know I haven’t. They are definitely going to be handy this year for Hair Fair though, as long as they work properly that is…every year I have to leave about four groups for the duration, so this year was really nice to add too without leaving some first.
Gala has created a new skin, her name is Meadow, and that is such a lovely soft fresh name for this skin. The make ups are minimal and no overly glossy lips for Meadow, she is simplistic and a lovely backdrop to some colourful clothing that will be all over the place soon. I went with some neutrals today though, having loved the make ups, and the colours available to me both shoes and clothing wise.
First off the skirt from Fishy Strawberry, when I saw Fae wearing this skirt before its release I was WOAH that is so swishy and prettyful. It ended up even more delightful to wear, the colours are divine, and the nude and peach ones just worked so well for this post for me. Elikatira has released Rythm, a beautiful french twist that Elika has been working on and half finished for a while now, but finally it got done and it is now a stunning up do for work, play or dressier events.
In the pics of the skins faces I didn’t wear brow tattoos, but did so for the close up and the full body shots, Gala has included some great colour choices for brows and the chestnut and Ginger brows go great with the rich browns and carrot reds of Elikatira hair. I said last week I could totally live and love in LeLutkas accessories section, and the Saggy Bag is a Must Have, but look out for some insanely gorgeous bags coming soon.
The last but not least item to drool over – but please drool on your own feet and not mine, coz ewwww – the lace up boots from Anexx are so adorable. The suede leather look, the wrapped hell, the baby pink insert on all colours, I mean where does the love end and the omg start. So cute, and I can totally see these in some movie where the fashionable main actress gets asked out hiking by the ruggedly handsome main actor and turns up in these, not exactly practical but soooo fashion.
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Poses by :
Miseria
Equipment Used:
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
Skin Worn:
Meadow – Gala @ Curio
Eyes:
Ellis – LeLutka
Lashes:
Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka
1st Me:
Hair:
Rythm – Elikatira
Clothes:
Aragon Skirt – Fishy Strawberry
Marshmallow Top – Random Fashions
Shoes/Boots:
Ankle Lace Up Boots – Anexx
Accessories:
Saggy Bag – LeLutka
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Disco Diva
I have worn this dress all night and had so many compliments. We have had an awesome week of just hanging out with friends, that and boob and bum bouncing of course because the physics thing is just still too funna.
The dress is Dolly Disco by Ivalde, and it is all disco and more, the slinky and seductive lines of this dress are perfect, a system skirt lover like myself is in heaven. I went with some great heels from Elikatira to help with the dancing till dawn, the sturdy heel of these shoes is a definite plus, not only for dancing, but they have that sexy librarian thing going on as well.
I am wearing the new Alice skin from YS & YS, such beautiful make ups as usual, the 14 different skins come with so many tattoo layer options, lashes, breasts, brow colours and freckles, as well sold seperately you can buy even more lipsticks. The eyeshadows and liners on these skins are just fab, so having more lippy options is awesome…demo demo demo
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Poses by :
Equipment Used:
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
Skin Worn:
Eyes:
Ellis – LeLutka
Lashes:
Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka
1st Me:
Hair:
Biel – Lelutka
Clothes:
Dolly DIsco Dress – Ivalde
Shoes/Boots:
Move Pumps – Elikatira
Accessories:
Mono Barbie Clutch – Royal Blue
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Tummy Techniques
It has been a funny week this week, so much going on in the land of the Avatar, but there has also been more of a worker bee buzzzzzz, silent but building as people from all over are doing their thing. That’s how it seems to me anyway…I know we have been working hard on Hair Fair stuff, and Another Fundraiser is ending on the weekend, Project Fur is about to begin and Pacific Crisis Fundraiser is on until the tenth.
The skin I am wearing today is one of the Another Fundraiser II skins, this one was donated by Fishy Strawberry and is her own skin base combined with some highlights from the Sezmra skin. Not only did Fishy Strawberry do this skin for 50L at Another Fundraiser II, but also a pack of make ups as add ons that are just amazing.
Another contributor to Another Fundraiser II is Stellar, and while setting up her skins I was totally perving on the new skirts Lexi recently released, they are booty fabulous, and the plaid print comes in a great range of colours. The fact that the colours also went so well with the New Fringe Cowgirl boots from J’s was just a bonus. I haven’t been able to take these boots off since their release, they are so fantastic, and the fringing is amazing, flexi prims are not an easy task, but to get them to move in such a great way on shoes is a huge undertaking.
The leather work on these boots is just wonderful and the colours you are used to from J’s are all there, I especially like the squared off pointed toe look in these boots, very true to the style. subtle but there.Gawk released these really adorable baggy sweaters, I love a good cropped sweater, it allows for some fun layering, or to show off some of the incredible work our skin makers do on the mid section. This one is really cute because of the sculpties giving it a look that says “I could pull this down to cover up more, but I am not gonna”.
Another firm favourite in latest releases is the Follow hair from Elikatira, this style is a long hair lovers dream, but with the beautiful behind the shoulders draping that allows all avatar sizes to enjoy it, it is really simple in style but so very pretty. You can even try the demos on in the luxury of your own home, due to Elikatira being on Marketplace .
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Poses by :
Olive Juice
Equipment Used:
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
Skin Worn:
Kokeshi – Fishy Strawberry for Another Fundraiser II
Lipstick with teeth – Fishy Strawberry for Another Fundraiser
Eyes:
Ellis – LeLutka
Lashes:
Natural Curl Sculpted Lashes – LeLutka
1st Me:
Hair:
Follow – Elikatira
Clothes:
Booty Fitted Skirt – Stellar
Grey Baggy Sweater – Gawk
Travelers Tank – Fri.day
Shoes/Boots:
Fringe Cowgirl Boots – J’s
Accessories:
Geared Necklace – Lazy Places
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Pure Juice no pulp
One comes up, one goes down…Skin Fair is coming to an end this weekend, but an another event is taking its place today.
Pure Juice is starting today and some of the items shown in this post will be available there. So much pink and blue, but with an event named pure juice it isn’t surprising that you would have such vivid colours available. Some older items too in the form of footwear today, the stompers that I love from The Abyss, and some old Juicy Slingbacks as the Juicy sims are hosting the event.
The hair that Exile made is just awesome, with cherries interwoven in the hair, I was explaining to Whimsy how expensive cherries were down here, and that our first box of the season is always auctioned for charity, this past year the 5kg box went for over a hundred thousand dollars, such an awesome thing to do for charity. The neon 80’s looking dress is part of the event also and totally looks like something from a video clip from that era for sure. Next to it I have on part of Tutti Frutti’s release at Pure Juice, there you have a blend of pink and blue, so cute, and the really subtle print on the tops of the jeans is a nice change.
Two lovely jewelry sets are from Mood and Carolines Jewelers, soft and sublte but definitely can be worn a little dressier, especially the pearls and floral set from Carolines called Antoinette. The blonde vintage bangs ponytail from Elikatira is actually a small pack available at The Dressing Room Blue as a guest item, so gorgeous and the price is wicked.
Lastly the skin is the latest from Belleza, the Melissa skin is as usual a beautiful face with 19 skins in the fat pack, with regular, cleavage, hairbase options and an extra 7 lipsticks so you can mix it up lots and lots, the eye make up in these skins is stunning, I am so loving the smouldering and smokey looks but with such depth of colour, the blues and greens especially are just divine. Make sure if you haven’t been to grab them yet, demo demo demo.
Pure Juice is a collaberation event with Chic Limited and the Juicy sims, an effort combining many incredible designers under one roof, don’t forget to look for info on how to attend, you wouldn’t want to miss out.
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Picture :
Hair: Cherry Baby – Exile @ Pure Juice
Glory Hair – Elikatira @ The Dressing Room Blue
Lola Lone Wolf – Raw House
Skin: Melissa -Â Belleza @ Skin Fair
Clothes: DJ Toni Fab – Vilada @ Pure Juice
Pure Shocking Rag Low Jeans, Tie Dye Top – Tutti Frutti @ Pure Juice
Rose Dot Lingerie – Deetalez @ Pure Juice
Shoes/Boots: Stompers – The Abyss
Juicy Slingback Pump – Juicy
Accessories/Jewelry:
Antoinette Set – Carolines Jewelry @ Pure Juice
Endless Glam Set – MOOD @ Pure Juice
Twin Skinny Belt – Aoharu
Wide Belt – Fri.day
Armwarmers – Maitreya
2011 Curl Lashes – LeLutka
Eyes by : Ellis – LeLutka
Poses by : HelaMiyo @ Pure Juice
Equipment Used: Helamiya
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
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Mourning Call
The fair is still on, and while on a jaunt around town with Aisling, I was able to with her help revisit some items I had thought were gone for good…
The Mourning Dress from Sur+ (previously lark) was for an event, and I didn’t get it at the time, because we only found out about it close to the end. Luckily for me I was able to get another go at it, and it was the perfect compliment to the Rosalie Skin by Adam n Eve that is available in a special release at Skin Fair.
The mourning dress does actually come with a frill collar, but it was making me nuts for no reason, so I took it off. I am all about the love for all the pieces in the set, I do wish though that the corset and timepiece were seperate items, though you do get the option of so many attachment points already chosen for you. I might have to attack it and take off the watch to wear the corset solo one day. The watches are actually buyable on their own, one even comes as a mouth wearable – smaller of course , I had that thing in for a few days last week.
Another great timing release was the new hairbase and hairbun release from Nylon Outfitters, the base is gorgeous, you get five bun attachments with each one, and there are two options to choose from, this is the swept to the side bangs one, and I love it.
The Rosalie skin from Adam n Eve comes with all the usual goodies, and as I mentioned is a special pack at the fair, you can also pick up the apple on the table for some great gifts from Sachi, as well as look at all the new Make Up layers now available, she has some really cool themes going on.
The background I am using is from Second Life Stock Images Group, and is actually by Kala Bijoux, I so should have worn her wings from Material Squirrel in the post, bad Sasy.
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Picture :
Hair: Banged Slick (Hairbase and Bun) – Nylon Outfitters
Skin: Rosalie Goth Vampire – Adam n Eve @ Skin Fair
Clothes: Mourning Dress – Sur+
Shoes/Boots: Move Pumps – Elikatira
Accessories/Jewelry:
2011 Curl Lashes – LeLutka
Eyes by : Ellis – LeLutka
Poses by : Glitterati
Equipment Used:
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
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Corporate Chic – Sasy Scarborough – Look 1
Ok so the Garden City Relief Fundraiser is already on the go, I stopped by before this post and picked up a lot of great items. Some of which I am wearing in this post. I also ran around with Newdoll this morning and picked up some stuff from stores I adore, which allowed for a professional look that allows me to add to the Corporate Chic Challenge that Whimsy has going – it’s an ongoing challenge so that when people are looking for that kind of look they can visit the flickr group as a resource.
I love this Chunky Cardigan from Nylon Outfitters, it is so cute, utilising the system skirt in a brilliant way. I am wearing it over the top of an Indyra skirt that I just love, I don’t know exactly how she managed to make a pencil skirt with pants and prims but she did, and she did an awesome job of it…the skirt is part of a set though.
The delicate and beautiful bracelet I am wearing is from the New Zealand Garden City Fundraiser, from MOOD, it is made of Paua Coral which is native to NZ, and such a lovely piece, I am also wearing the gorgeous hair from Elikatira, also a fundraiser item, and only sold in the essentials pack for the duration.
To look all professionabubble I am wearing the recent Group Gift from Mon Tissu the Favourite Readers glasses, so Geeky Chic and it lets me see my new fabulous Mon Tissu shoes extra clearly lol. They are a perfect professional shoe, but so adorable that they work for all sorts of looks including vintage.
All of this wrapped up in the neat package of LAQs latest skin Susan, available at Skin Fair from Vanity Universe. You get all the make ups shown with hair base or none options, and you can always pick up the additional hair base and brow base tats from the main store. I had already taken all my pics and realised I should have worn the red tats I bought before, but I like dark brows light hair, I am fab like that.
Remember DEMO DEMO DEMO and take your man, because the latest Male skin by LAQ was just released and male skins from there are always delish.
I have used a background from the Second Life Stock Images Group, it is one by Whimsy Winx you can find HERE
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Picture :
Hair: Alright – Elikatira ( available at Garden City Relief Fundraiser)
Skin: Susan – LAQ
Clothes: Chunky Cardi – Nylon Outfitters
Urban Agenda Skirt – Indyra Originals
Amourette Lingerie – Sassy Kitty Designs
Shoes/Boots: Montsegur Pumps – Mon Tissu
Accessories/Jewelry:
NZ Paua Coral Bracelet – MOOD ( available at Garden City Relief Fundraiser)
Favourite Readers Glasses – Mon Tissu Group Gift
2011 Curl Lashes – LeLutka
Eyes by : Ellis – LeLutka
Poses by : Glitterati
Equipment Used:
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
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Dear Elika, I couldn’t control myself…
Ok before I get to the post some IMPORTANT dates you have to mark on your calenders.
Pure Juice – March 5th – 26th
Fashion For Life – March 12th – 22nd
Pose Fair – April 1st – 15th
Culture Shock – May 1st – May 22nd
Shoe Fair – May 14th – 27th
Hair Fair – July 2nd – 15th
There are so many events coming up, and I know this isn’t all of them, but they are the ones I know about, so be sure to make room for them in your inventory….
The play hairstyle from Elikatira is amazing, the fit is perfection, I have not edited one prim. I would love to see some more styles based off this one, it is so delightful. Now I may not have edited any prims on the hair, but I sure did on the Secret Boots. Thanks to the boots being mod, and this is something I did discuss with Elikatira in the past the moment I saw the boots released, but I couldn’t contain myself any longer.
I removed the foot portion of the boots, and then wore them over the top of her move pumps. I love this look and some stretching and moving etc made them perfectly how I imagined them in my mind…and because I love them lots I had to wear them with my adorably sexy kini from Cynful to show off the body of the great new skin by YS & YS.
This is Susan a beautiful skin as usual by YS & YS, the make ups on this skin are really subtle but enough to go from day to night. There are 14 in total as well as brows, hair bases and cleavage options on tats, also freckles and eyelashes, all tat layers, so if you have a 2.5 viewer you can wear them all at once if needed.
I already had on the top of an outfit from The Secret Store, and was in the middle of modifying that too when the Diigii High Waist skirts from Luck Inc made more sense. The thin white belt part of the skirt added that nice graduation between top and bottom. There are two versions of this skirt and in perfect Luck Inc fashion this is the long version LOL.
Using one of my own background pics from Second Life Stock Images Group, so thanks to me for having the foresight to need this a few weeks ago.
Right now I am listening to the playlist of Cynneh of Cynful clothing on her YouTube, I only discovered today you can finally share those, so yay, it is a wonderful mix you can listen too from HERE
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Picture :
Hair: Play – Elikatira
Skin: Susan – YS & YS
Clothes: Diigii High Skirt – Luck Inc
Electric Stripes (top only) – The Secret Store
Shoes/Boots: Move Pumps, Secret Boots ( Modified to remove foot part ) – ElikatiraÂ
Accessories/Jewelry:
Analyst Glasses – Deco
2011 Curl Lashes – LeLutka
Eyes by : Ellis – LeLutka
Poses by : Behaviour Body
Equipment Used:
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
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Zoe and the Collective Conscious
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Whimsy and I talk about Collective Conscious all the time, the fact that SL residents are such a wading pool of ideas and creative streaming…it is no wonder there is often an overlap.
Today I was taking all my pics of skins as the upcoming Vanity Universe annual skin fair is just around the corner, and I realised that I needed to locate the banners. Of course my note cards wouldn’t open so I went in search on Nadja Baxters flickr, and lo and behold there she was in her most recent post wearing the same lingerie I just shot for mine lol…funny part of this though is that it is not a new release, and I had been so behind in my posting that I hadn’t blogged it yet, so I actually did go in search of it in my inventory.
I personally never think it is an issue like some, one of my all round pet peeves is when I see a blogger say that an item has already been seen so they didn’t blog it, or something so crazy as that. Nadja has her readers, I have mine, regardless of feeds and what not, you should never deprive the designer of your take on an item, or the readers for that matter. I can see an item ten times and it can be the 11th that makes me go OMG wants. Feeds were and are only supposed to be tools to make it easier to navigate to the main source of a post, that is one of the main reasons I do a teaser up front, that and the fact that I think the less you put on a feed the lighter the load and memory needed for the feeds to function.
So back to the task at hand, the skin fair starts on Sunday at 3pm, that I am guessing is due to the time difference for Nadja and all of the other people responsible for the fair. It is nice to start later in the day though, it gives everyone that chance to build up momentum. You are going to need it too, there are so many incredible stores this year, and the sim is layed out in a three building stack, which hasn’t really varied from last years, so it will be easy for many to navigate.
One of the many stores about to take part is Tuli, and the breathtaking new release of Zoe will be at the fair, and for all you Tuli fans and future lovers, the skin is superb. There are so many options and variations in the skins packs, you have a bazillion eyebrow colours, and I might be exaggerating but she has gone so far as to include bleached and copper as options.
Zoe has an amazing face and body as usual, and there are other options created on the tattoo layers to enhance your overall look. Freckles, Cleavage, Lashes , Brows , and lipsticks, eyebrow shape and the actual shape that Tuli wears for the ad for the skins promotion, which is copy/mod so you can make changes as you need. This is a lot to play around with, and if you recieved her latest group gift of teeth and beauty spots and so on those can only make it all that more fun…apparently the teeth are still in the store for free.
In all the pics I am wearing Novel, a new style by Elikatira, so pretty are these victory curls that it is vintage love but in such a way as to have a modern twist. It has that half up and then lightly pulled back out of the face look Elika is so good at, make for easy showing of great make ups.
The chair and table I am showing in the pic are from the Chic Limited event Anti Valentine by Cheeky Pea, so comfy with a huge choice of poses. Cheeky Pea is not only named awesome but a great store to explore. But for these you will have to go to Chic Limiteds skybox.
Mark your calender for Sunday and prepare to skin shop like a crazy person….
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Picture :
Hair: Novel – Elikatira
Skin: Zoe – Tuli
Clothes: Soignee Lingerie – Fishy Strawberry
Shoes/Boots:Â
Accessories/Jewelry:
2011 Curl Lashes – LeLutka
Eyes by : LeLutka
Poses by : Adorkable
Cheeky Pea Doris Saturday Night set from Chic Limited Anti Valentine Event
Equipment Used:
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
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East meets West
I love technology, the internet, computers etc. You know when I first bought a PC, I had no idea what to do with it, or how vast the internet was. It ended up being used for emails and playing Age of Empires and the Sims for years. Seriously my trying to use the web, failed every time, because I didn’t know what to do, or what to look for.
Now I can watch my favourite T.V shows, do a blog post, be inworld and a dozen other things all at once. All my computer knowledge comes from online, from the people I have met along the way, everything I do now has been shown to me, or motivated me to learn along the way, I think that is the best gift the internet can give us…not so much the links to sites or whatever, but the connections to people that we learn from along the way. One of the most amazing resources out there are the tutorials done by other people like you and I, everyday people wanting to share their knowledge of things. YouTube is full of them, and they amaze me sometimes, especially the Second Life ones.
So if you ever think you know how to do something that either comes up as a query often, or you just want to share how you specifically do something, I urge you to do a tutorial on it, so many bloggers myself included have done one or more in the past, and it can totally change how you look at something. So go for it :).
A few weeks ago Zaara had the Deesha Cropped shirt in FLF, and it was a huge hit, so much so that there are now other colours in the range, and so cute too. I love the whole ‘little bit country’ look of the style, mixed with a more indian textiles and traditional collar look, it is like east meets west and I am all for it.
I am wearing it a few different ways today, but however you choose it will all work. The hair I am wearing is from Elikatira, her new styles for the week and so pretty. I am all for her building on her shorter styles, she does long and medium so well, but always seems to blow me away with her shorter styles, not a fan of short hair at all in RL, it was actually styles like her older pixie – etd days – that converted me into trying shorter styles in SL and embracing them to my hair addiction long ago lol.
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Picture :
Hair: Early , Past – Elikatira
Skin: Natasha – LeLutka
Dimples – Launa Fauna
Clothes: Deesha Cropped Shirt – Zaara
House Lounge Bodysuit – Royal Blue
Via Margutta Pleated Pants – Fishy Strawberry
Nora Shorts – Addict
Lia Dress – Miel
Shoes/Boots: Flair Flats – Elikatira
Accessories/Jewelry:
Hair Rose – Essentia
2011 Curl Lashes – LeLutka
Eyes by : LeLutka
Poses by : Frooti
Equipment Used:
VR Studio 3.0 and HUD and Library for location shoots – VR Foundry Mainstore , VR Foundry @ The Deck
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The Body Co.
Landing at the TP point for The Body Co. you could be mistaken for having some kind of an ethereal experience. The landing point is awash with a semi glowing white, that seems to envelope you, it is really quite something to see.
The build is only a portion of what looks like something more to come, if you take notice of the sign behind you as you land. But it is definitely ahead of you that should be capturing your whole attention. The Body Co. is the next installment of business ventures by Emma Gilmour. Sage is the first skin line in The Body Co. collection, but definitely not Emma’s first skin, as she has made at least 4 others over the years, funnily enough they all have similar brows.
The older by Emma skins are hand drawn, so a lot stronger on the face in some cases, but the Sage skins have a more photorealistic look to them. The body is gorgeous Emma has gone back and forth on tweaking it to its final result, and the face has a definite natural look, and is so the surfer girl turned model that Emma is so talented at achieving.
The skin is sold as a base, and then you have the options to buy make up packs, so if you don’t have a tatoo layers viewer be very aware of your limitations here and DEMO DEMO DEMO. There are brows for all people, light, medium, red and dark as well as cleavage options that will make you blush, or torment your partner like I did as it took ages to rez for him mwahahahahaha.
Also if not a fan of complete make ups, you can also get lipglazes and eyeshadows seperate, and while there you can check out the handmade soaps that are actual recreations of a soap line that Emma makes in RL with her sister in law, yes the girl even has time for that too. You can buy the soaps in RL I know many did over Christmas and it would make great Valentines gifts HINT HINT to all the partners in need of gift ideas.
Anywho the store will be open around 1pm slt today and you will love the intimacy of the space, it’s like shopping at the Body Shop in RL.
Skin – Sage – The Body Co.
Hair – Here – Elikatira
Lingerie – Baiastice