Are you tired of me starting every post with Blackout August? Well, it’s day 22. The original creator of this challenge, Imogen Aurelia, deleted her link on Flickr and kept part of it on Facebook. I’m not even sure she’s still doing the challenge herself, but I’m pushing through. I’m determined and almost at the finish line. What this challenge has shown me is that I’ve been selective for a long time, so while it started out kind of painful not being able to instantly grab that new hair I wanted, it also revealed that I don’t actually love everything made in SL, and I don’t need to have it right away.
For today’s look I dug deep into my inventory and remembered how much I used to love a brand called M.Birdie. I don’t think it’s open anymore, since the store’s Flickr is gone and the SLurl in the designer’s profile leads nowhere. I liked this store so much, but most of my items from them came through gacha events. Everything I have is made for Maitreya, but I managed to wear it with LaraX because this top is roomy and I used the alpha layers. If you still want this top, even though it’s at least seven years old, you can still find it on the Marketplace. If you know what happened to the M.Birdie store, let me know in the comments.
When my friends heard I was doing this challenge, they gave me tips on how to cope with not shopping. One of them said, “You could go spend store credit.” Which is true, I could, if I even remembered where I had store credit. The truth is I don’t want loopholes, I want to go without. I’m still blogging for a few brands and new items are hitting my inventory often, so I don’t feel completely deprived. I decided to sit out on promoting much of it this month, but that doesn’t mean I can’t promote it later. The great thing about Second Life is that when brands create items, they can keep selling them for years as long as the quality is good and people still want them. There’s this constant push to buy new and wear new, but I think that actually does brands a disservice. A dollar earned from a new item or an older one is still a dollar.
If you like the idea of Blackout August, you can start any time. Wearing items you already own shouldn’t ever feel like a betrayal, and it won’t make your favorite brands think less of you. They probably won’t even notice.
Have you guys read this new Updated Second Life Terms of Service? If you’ve logged into Second Life today, you’ve had to accept the new terms before logging on. I have always used LindeX to sell my Lindens, but for people who prefer third-party exchanges, as of today, they are not authorized or allowed.
If you’re new to LindeX, I wrote a tutorial about How to sell Lindens last month.
Does the new ToS about third-party exchanges affect you? Take my poll and leave a comment if you want to discuss it!
I’ve been updating less frequently this week cos I’ve been super busy, and also, my old mouse was giving me major hand cramps! It was small and uncomfortable, so I splurged on a new Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball mouse! This is my first mouse with a trackball, so I’m still getting use to it, but so far I really like the larger size, it’s so comfortable and the design is so sleek!
I’ve recently set up an Amazon affiliate shop page, so if you guys want to read more about the Logitech mouse or purchase one for yourself, please support my site by purchasing from the link below! Thank you! <3
Mesh eyes have arrived! To my knowledge, these new Mayfly mesh eyes are the first that I’ve seen on the grid, and it is wearable with your regular avatar, just like texture or regular prim eyes. I tried on the mesh eyes, and used the built-in scripted menu to re-size the mesh prim to fit my avatar’s eye and also re-sized the iris smaller.
I rezzed the mesh eye prim to show you what it looks like. As you can see, the mesh sculpt is shaped similar to your avatar’s eyeball, so the fit will be perfect (and not different from your regular texture eye). It’s really easy to wear, and does move naturally with your eye.
These are some of my favorite colors from the Mayfly (Deep Sky Eyes) series. Grab a free wearable pair of demo eyes at the main store if you want to try these eyes!
I noticed right away that the mesh eyes have more texture clarity than the regular texture eyes. Of course I still love some of my favorite texture eyes, but this is new and pretty cool! Also, you can wear two different eye colors, too.
When you’re at the store, be sure to buy the smaller prim that’s labelled “Buy Mesh Prim Version of Above Eye Color” for the mesh version — the top one is just the regular texture eyes!
Are you in the mood for a Quiet Faun, Jersey, Bollywood, or Ruthless look? Pink Fuel has just released 4 new special edition skins at Culture Shock [direct SLurl to PF], and they’re so unique!
I can’t wait to see how these skins will be styled by everyone. I’m in a Faun mood today, and I think the spots on the cheeks are just adorable.
You can get this adorable Crush Rug (includes nail polish & animation) from W. Winx & Flair at the Juicy Crush On You event. Opens in less than 2 hours SLT!!!
WAY to go girl 😀 Great video.