February 2010

Vive9 Carrot Skins, Deviance Alice

by Gogo on February 28, 2010

in Fashion, Skins

Vive9 - Carrot Skins

Alice welcomes you into this blog post!

Just kidding, it’s just me :P

This sexy little Alice in Wonderland outfit is from Deviance, one of the best places to get cute costumes inspired by fairytale characters. I love to dress up in SL, but I usually stick to cute/naughty costumes, not sci-fi or scary stuff. I want to try more sci-fi stuff though!

This post features the new Vive9 Carrot skins. I will admit that I did not like this brand when it was first launched, because I thought the work was sloppy and had seams everywhere. Seams are unforgivable, especially in places like the face, torso, legs, or other highly visible places. I was so pleasantly surprised when I tried on Carrot skins and I liked the face and didn’t notice seams everywhere.

This skin is not perfect but it is good enough to buy and wear.

I did notice one thing that annoyed me, and I can’t believe I’m saying this cos it sounds really weird but the palms are too light for the skin tone, and there’s a seam on the hand (which I can live with because it’s not a highly visible area). Here’s a picture to show you what I’m talking about:

Vive9 - Carrot Skins

Now that I have THAT out of the way, onto the makeups and the face itself, which is fantastic! I’m such a fan of youthful faces and rosy cheeks <3

Vive9 - Carrot Skins

Vive9 - Carrot Skins

Vive9 - Carrot Skins

Each skin tone has 9 makeups, and each makeup has 3 brow option (Blonde, Brown, Red) and a freckles version. I’m wearing the Blonde brows and Apricot skin tone here.

Warning! NSFW nekkie picture below! But since this is my first time reviewing Vive9 here, I wanted to show the new body (and any reason to plaster my boobs on Juicybomb is a good reason)!

Vive9 - Carrot Skins

If you were not a fan of Vive9 before, you might like these skins now.

Visit Vive9

Deviance - Alice in Wonderland

What I’m Wearing:

Vive9 – Carrot Skins (Apricot tone)
Tiny Bird – Time To Pretend II (Ash Blonde) *modified to remove headband*
Deviance – Alice in Wonderland
Shiny Things – Tuli Pumps (Black)

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Music Divas!

by Gogo on February 28, 2010

in Fashion

music divas!

Left to right: Gwen (Gemma), Britney (me) , and Lady Gaga (Redsoledrea)

I’m hesitant to use the word ‘diva’ here to describe the above picture, but yes, we are inspired by RL music divas! I’ve recently stumbled upon DIRAM, and I think it’s a fun lil’ store if you’re into dressing up all sexy-diva-like! The outfits were not cheap, but sooo worth it cos it’s dead-on for each celebrity look. I loved my Britney one!

What We’re Wearing:

Gwen:

Skin:  :GP: Petal [Light] Cupid-Amore 1
Outfit: ** DIRAM ** CHERYL Attire – white
Heels:  [LeLutka]-Saffron Pumps (Neutral Black)
Lashes:  Cake – Bedroom Lashes
Hair:  !lamb. Poppyseed – Grayscale Pack

Britney:

Laqroki – Pearl – 10 [Fair] Glow Skin
Truth – Reese (Mirage)
DIRAM – Britney (Perogative)
Maitreya – SoHo Boots (PatentMix Black)

Lady Gaga:

skin: KA  – [KA] SKINS BARDOT-Stacie Sunkissed/Brown Brows/Make Up 07
Outfit: ** DIRAM ** LADY GAGA Dirty rich-red
Glasses: ** DIRAM ** LADY GAGA Sunglasses-black
Hair:  (VW) Fashion Pop – Blonde Tones
NX-Nardctotix Varela Heel Red R
[CALYPSO GIANO] Gloves – Rock my Life

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Laqroki Pearl Skins & Zaara Mahari Dress

by Gogo on February 27, 2010

in Fashion, Skins

Zaara

Hello SL! Check out this new Mahari Dress from Zaara. I’ve always been a huge fan of the textures and designs because her textures are completely unique, they have their own look and nothing else on the grid is like it. I love the luscious silky textures and generous use of colors & feminine patterns.

When I saw this Mahari Dress, I had to have it! Zaara’s always been very nice to me and her customer service is top-notch. I am wearing the Mahari Dress in Apricot and Bloom.

Visit Zaara!

Zaara

I spent all morning trying to figure out which skin I would wear this with, when I tried on the new Laqroki Pearl skins and LOVED them!! This is a skin for Blondes (but will work with Brown hair colors too).

I haven’t really blogged a new skin release in awhile, I guess nothing appealed to me lately until Pearl came along <3

Laqroki - Pearl

Laqroki - Pearl

The Laqroki Pearl skins includes has 10 makeups, and a ‘hairbase’ version of each skin. I really like the makeups on these, there’s a good mix of glam makeups and casual makeups to suit any occasion.

Visit Laqroki!

Laqroki - Pearl

What I’m Wearing:

Laqroki – Pearl [Fair] Glow Skin
Friday – Marie (Happy Blond) w. hair flower
Zaara – Mahari (Bloom, Apricot)
Juicy – Classic Pumps (Black Cherry)

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Skanky but cute

by Gogo on February 26, 2010

in Fashion

Skanky but cute?

Someone on my plurk timeline said that in SL, avatars can choose what they want to look like yet so many choose the skanky whore look, or something like that. I should be ashamed of myself, but I like my skanky look. But there’s a fine line between skanky cute and skanky whore, I try not to cross it, but sometimes I think that I may be crossing over to the skanky whore line a bit (and I like it).

It took me awhile to dig through my inventory for something to match Luck Inc’s newest release, the Ruffled Miniskirt, but I think I’ve put together a look that I really like.

Truth Hair

After the craziness that was SLDD yesterday, Truth has released all the hairstyles at his main store. I’m wearing 3 of the girls styles – Milli, Elysium, and Chalice. Not featured here is a men’s styled called Ben. Some day when Boy Gogo gets an upgrade, I might feature the hairstyle here :p

What I’m Wearing:

LeLutka – IFElight-Haiti(D Brows)
Truth – Milla (Cocoa)
Luster – Haute Bunny Ears – Little Bunny(Black)
Intimizzio – Silk Wish Brazier (Black)
Naith Smit – Rock ‘n’Rolla Chain
Naith Smit – Blood Diamonds Ring
Skream! – petiet Purity Chain Necklace (Black)
Luck Inc – Ruffled MiniSkirt (Black)
Maitreya – SoHo Boots (PatentMix Black)

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Truth Hair, Chalice

by Gogo on February 25, 2010

in Fashion

Truth - Chalice

SLDD was crazy this morning. I’ve only bought two SLDD items ever, one was a pose set from ages ago, and this new Chalice hair from Truth. If you were one of oh.. 500? or more? to snag this hair fatpack at $450, LUCKY YOU!! It was worth the lag.

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Free Makeup

by Gogo on February 25, 2010

in Fashion

free makeup

If you want this makeup, pick up a copy at my shop for $0L.

If you’re NOT using the SL2.0 Client, you will not be able to view this.

I’m wearing it with one of my favorite Gala skins :P

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Barbie makeup

by Gogo on February 25, 2010

in Fashion

sl 2.0 - barbie makeup test 2

I’ve done nothing productive today except make this Barbie Makeup on the new SL 2.0 tattoo layer. I’m quite happy with it, even though I drew that eye makeup with my mouse. I totally respect skin makers for the wonderful work they do, cos this isn’t easy at all!

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PT Flower Hat

Megg Demina, creator of Chapeau tres Mignon, has created a wonderful exhibit titled Heroes of Fashion, to showcase items inspired real-life designers, Alexander McQueen and Philip Treacy. All works on displayed can be purchased and worn — such as this gorgeous Philip Treacy Flower hat.

Donna Flora

I am pairing the PT Flower Hat with the Eden dress in Black from Donna Flora (by Squinternet Larnia, who is also one of my personal “heroes” of SL fashion).

McQueen

Here’s a close-up of the yummy McQueen Goth Boots, also available for purchase at the Heroes of Fashion exhibit.

Donna Flora

Donna Flora – Eden Dress (Cherry)

I’ve put together a few more looks featuring new Donna Flora releases, they are FANTASTIC. I’m so glad she’s been making shorter dresses lately.

Donna Flora

Donna Flora – Agostina Dress (Red) | Donna Flora – OLD LACE jewelry set

I’m wearing the Donna Flora Agostina Dress in Red (but it actually looks Orange on my screen). Orange is a very hard color to pull off, but I am keeping it simple with Tangerine colored Juicy pumps, and the ornate Old Lace jewelry set, also from Donna Flora.

Visit Heroes of Fashion

Visit Donna Flora

What I’m Wearing:

Donna Flora – AGOSTINA (Red)
Donna Flora – EDEN (Black)
Donna Flora – EDEN (Cherry)
Donna Flora – OLD LACE jewelry set
&
Heroes of Fashion – PT Flower Hat
Heroes of Fashion – McQueen Goth Boots
&
LeLutka – IFElight-makeup7(D Brows)
Truth – Lulu (Chocolate)
PT Flower Hat
LaGyo – Famous Lady Headband Black
Juicy – Classic Pumps (Tangerine)

**important info: I am using the new St. Patrick’s Day photo effects from Picnik.com to tint my photos!! I will be abusing this Emerald tint a lot. I love the slight yellow-green tint on my otherwise very bright & white images.

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LeLutka Gift makeups

by Gogo on February 23, 2010

in Fashion

LeLutka Face "tats" makeup

LeLutka sent 5 gift makeups to group members. Join the LeLutka group in-world to get these! Oh yeah, they only work with the new Second Life 2.0 viewer, because these are makeups on the tattoo layer. I wore them with the Lelutka Ife Base skin, and they work terrifically!!

LeLutka Face "tats" makeup

LeLutka Face "tats" makeup

I wore the teal eyeshadow on Pink Fuel’s skin and it works pretty well here too. YAY!

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Second Life 2.0 Beta Viewer

by Gogo on February 23, 2010

in Fashion, What I think

Download the Second Life 2.0 Beta Viewer here

I am test driving the new interface & new layers!! After how many years of griping about not having an extra tattoo layers to wear over our skin/clothes, Linden Lab has finally created one. There’s also an ALPHA layer!! Oh, and my dear little fashionista heart is so happy there’s a WEARING tab that lists everything I’m wearing. This will making doing outfit credits SO much easier! I LOVE YOU LINDEN LAB.

This viewer will take some time to get used to, but it’s better to start getting used to it now, before they roll out the official version. I like what I’m seeing so far! <3

Second Life 2.0 viewer rocks!

I made a ‘viva la juicy’ tattoo to test out the layer. It works awesome!! If only I could make better tattoos, lol!

In addition to tattoos, creative residents can also try adding stuff to their skins like beauty marks, extra makeup, etc. I think this will be AMAZING, I can’t wait to see what designers come up with!

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Springtime with BOOM

by Gogo on February 23, 2010

in Fashion

BOOM

BOOM has just released the Hope’s Tank top and matching Wei Shorts in a bunch of colors!! I’m wearing some from the Pastels pack and they’re so pretty. What I like about these two pieces is that they come with sculpted attachments that are easy to resize and they give it a more 3-D and realistic look. The Hope’s Tank top includes a sculpted bottom that has White lace or Black lace option. The Wei shorts includes the sculpted White ties, with a Plain, White Stripe or Black Stripe version.

BOOM

BOOM

The photos were taken at MALT’s lil park area. I looove having Khea as my neighbor, her sim has lots of scenic photo areas.

What I’m Wearing:

LeLutka – IFElight-makeup5(D Brows)
Exile – Lucia (Champagne)
BOOM – Hope’s Tank
BOOM – Wei Shorts

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I hate shine

by Gogo on February 22, 2010

in Fashion, What I think

Issue

1. This is the CherryGirl CamicTunic (in Pink) that I purchased on February 12th, 2010. When I wore it, I noticed right away that the skirt prim did not match the shirt texture at all. At first glance, I thought it might have  been tinted “gray” so I sent the creator, kumichan Koba, an IM in-world asking her to un-tint the skirt.

2. Kumichan sent me an updated skirt, but she made it FULL-BRIGHT, which actually looks worst than how it was originally. The skirt still doesn’t match the top texture.

At this point, I thought that maybe her texture was the problem, or that she’s not understanding my concern. I’ve sent her pictures and even asked my friend to translate my note card into Japanese for me. I felt kind of annoyed/defeated when I didn’t get a response after waiting for nearly two weeks.

Today I went to find the CamiTunic to delete it from my inventory when I found another one just like it.. but in White!

3. This is the CamiTunic in White that I had purchased back in May 25th, 2009. The skirt didn’t match at all, but it was MOD, so I looked in the properties and discovered that the prims were not tinted gray at all, but it was set to LOW SHINE.

You guys know I think Full-Bright is the devil right? Well, shine is it’s cousin! EWW.

So then I adjusted the shininess to none and voila!

4. A perfectly matching CamiTunic dress.

But seriously, why was the Pink version NO MOD, and why didn’t the creator replace mine with a no-shine version. LANGUAGE BARRIERS MAKES ME SAD! I didn’t know that it was set to ‘shine’, I had assumed that it was tinted gray like MOST prims before Windlight.

Anyways.. if someone can speak Japanese, can you ask Kumichan to send me a new skirt, thanks! :)

I might delete the Pink CamiTunic soon if I don’t get a replacement I can use.

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New Exile Hair

by Gogo on February 22, 2010

in Fashion

Exile hair

Exile has just released 3 sexy new hairstyles!! I’m loving these long locks and I think they really show off the new textures!! I’m wearing Odette, Cassie, and Lucia in Chestnut Brown. There are so many new Brown shades to choose from, but I settled on this Chestnut because it works perfectly well with LeLutka’s dark brows.

Visit Exile

If you like my Love Always tattoo, check out Flowey! It was $100L for a pack of 3 different tattoos.

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Mellow Yellow

by Gogo on February 22, 2010

in Fashion

Friday

Friday released a new hairstyle this week that’s just adorable. I’m wearing the Happy Blond texture but I looove the name of all the other Blondes too.

Friday

I’m also wearing the new Friday Sweet.Heart Dress in Citrine. This shade of Yellow is very bright & sunny. I don’t wear it too often, but I wanted to give it a try and see if I could make it work. The sculpted skirt has a great shape that reminds me of flower petals.

Visit Friday

What I’m Wearing:

LeLutka – IFElight-Haiti (D Brows)
Friday – Miley (Happy Blond)
Donna Flora – ANNE jewelry set
Friday – Sweet.Heart Dress (Citrine)
Maitreya – Verve (Red)

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LeLutka Red Event

by Gogo on February 20, 2010

in Fashion

LeLutka

How do you get me to show up to places? Mention gifts! :P

LeLutka had a Red Event and gave away tons of Red colored goodies! I’m horrible at showing up for things, but did manage to dash in at the last few minutes. I’m wearing one of the gifts, I think it’s suppose to be a shirt but I don’t really like pants so I’m wearing it as a very short dress. Even though I’ve declared today to be Pants-less Day, I am wearing panties here (you just can’t see it).

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Truth, Exile, Tiny Bird, Surf Co!

by Gogo on February 20, 2010

in Fashion

Everybody’s releasing hair this week! YESSSSSSSSS……hairgasm! I’ve decided to wear pink shades from all 3 brands, so check out new hair from Truth, Tiny Bird and Exile below:

pink hair

Truth – Justine | Melinda | Nadia (Bubblegum)

pink hair

Tiny BIrd – By & By (Cotton Candy) | Exile – Micah (Candy)

Surf Co

My bikini, shorts & shoes are all from Surf Co! I’m loving the Shack Shorts which includes sculpted prims that are mod but also scripted to resize. The shorts have such a low waist that the Moana Bikini peeks out from beneath, SO SEXY! All Surf Co separates pairs so well together, I really like being able to mix-and-match.

Visit Surf Co

What I’m Wearing:

LeLutka – IFElight-makeup6(D Brows)
Surf Couture – Girls Boardwalkers
Surf Couture – Moana Bikini
Surf Couture – Shack Shorts (Original)
&
Truth – Justine, Melinda, Nadia (Bubblegum)
Exile – Micah (Candy)
Tiny BIrd – By & By (Cotton Candy)

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KA Skin Molly Prototype

by Gogo on February 19, 2010

in Fashion

KA Skin - Molly

I love playing around with skin prototypes because I can drive creators crazy with suggestions. This is the Molly skin prototype from KA Designs. I think it’ll be one of the best faces yet, because it has gorgeous & subtle overall shine.

I am wearing Exile’s Giselle hair with all new Chestnut texture and the OMFG Raven dress in Cerise.

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I like big boobs

by Gogo on February 19, 2010

in What I think

26 vs 50

Left: 26 size boobs | Right: 60 size boobs

“As much as I enjoy making fun of the size of my own chest, I find that the humor in that phrase in poor taste. My breasts are size 26 and I’m certain that I’m not the only one with breasts that size or smaller.” – blog reader comment

A reader left the comment above and so I decided to try size 26 on Gogo, just to see if it’s as “FLAT” as I thought. When you’re looking from the front view (like the picture above), thanks to the magic of cleavage shading it doesn’t look so bad. I thought to myself that it was kind of nice, I might even enjoy wearing boobs that small until……

26 vs 50

I turned to the side. This side view is not flattering. WHERE ARE MY BOOBS? That’s my reason for making the comment about how only guys should wear size 20 boobs. It’s not meant as an insult, it just looks “OFF” unless you’re  a) a very small avatar b) a man 3) a kid avatar. :P

In a virtual world where we can go as big or as small as we want, I’m going to indulge in having size 60 boobs, even though, really, I would not mind 80 LOL. Maybe next time.. :P

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Gimme mod rights, bish!

by Gogo on February 19, 2010

in Polls

A lot of people on my friends list have given me mod rights, maybe because they know I’m too lazy to go mess up their stuff? I like having mod rights to close pals, cos when you’re hanging out at their place (or they’re at yours) they don’t have to ask you to get them a chair, they can just drag one of yours over. Isn’t that the ultimate lazy hostess thing to do? hahah!

How do you feel about mod rights? Do you give it freely or guard it carefully?

Do you know what I want more than mod rights though? MAPPING RIGHTS! Let me see where you are, bishes!

Best (SL) friends gives you mod rights! Agree/Disagree?

  • Agree! I love it when I can screw up their stuff! (63%, 143 Votes)
  • Disagree! I don't trust my friends THAT much! (37%, 84 Votes)

Total Voters: 227

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LeeZu

LeeZu has just released this new Vienna dress in six colors. I’m wearing the White, Pink and Black, cos the headband on my new Truth Nadia hairstyle matches perfectly. I love when two different creators have similar color palettes, it’s so easy to accessorize!

LeeZu

Left: my regular boobs size (60) | Right: Smaller boobs (23)

Here’s a quick tip for when you’re wearing this Vienna dress. The top is a sculpted attachment, so you’ll either need to stretch to fit, or to make it easy, shrink your boobs. I chose the latter, because I liked how the straps fit on my shoulders, and I knew that stretching it would make the prim too loose around my torso. Soooo, I shrunk my normally size 60 boobs to a VERY SMALL size 23. I don’t recommend that ANYBODY wear 20 boobs unless you’re a guy! Anyways, that’s an easy fix, and the dress still looks great.

Visit LeeZu

RedGrave

I’m pairing the dress with the new Bikers Reloaded boots from Redgrave! If you were a fan of these, they now include studs in Bronze and Silver. I’m wearing White, Smoke, Caramel, Brown and Black. I love the shape on these, and the textures but I did NOT like that everything is set to full-bright. I’m wearing full-bright here but if I were to wear these in-world, I would un-check the full-bright box first. Thankfully, the boots are modifiable so you can do this if full-bright is also not your thing.

Visit Redgrave

RedGrave

What I’m Wearing:

LeLutka – IFElight-makeup3(D Brows)
Truth – Nadia (Swedish)
LeeZu – Vienna Dress (White, Pink, Black)
RedGrave – Bikers RELOADED (all colors)

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