Less than a day after my custom order from Soda skins, the skin was ready for pick-up! I’ve convinced my friend Wilma to pose with me in her customized skin too. 🙂
Wilma was getting impatient with me for flipping her through a billion poses, lol!
We love our new Soda skins!! It looks even better in-world than on the website.
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This has been a really fun and positive experience. I would totally recommend it to all my friends, having gone through it myself and getting great and speedy service.
Visit the Soda Skin Designer online to make your very own customized Soda skin.
Say hello to the Reindeer Chihuahua! I’ve skimmed the feed, and lots of people are dressed in sexy Santa suits or uh, nothing at all? But then again, every holiday in SL is an occasion for people to wear nothing at all. I have definitely become more prudish as I get older in SL, and I think that reflects in my outfit choices. This look is festive, and classy.
What I’m Wearing:
LOGO – Infinity Chloe Hybrid Mesh Avatar
Truth – Cece (Swedish)
LaGyo – Snow Lilly Earrings (Gold)
LaGyo – Lost Crystal Necklace (Gold)
Belgravia – Elizabeth Ca 1932 Dress (S) Pure Snow
Belgravia – Foxglove Boots (S) Snow
Mr. Poet – Wide Scarf
Pink Fuel – Reindeer Chihuahua
It’s finally sweater weather, and I couldn’t be happier! I’m absolutely loving my cozy Hooded Fur Jacket from Coco. The ad for the jacket is adorable, too, showcasing the designer sporting a hairstyle from Truth that I have as well—it’s such a cute look that I’ve been wearing it non-stop for days. I must say, the brunette Gogo vibe is striking! It’s a refreshing change from my usual blonde.
While snapping pictures at The Bradbury Project, I couldn’t help but appreciate how much easier posing is thanks to Tillie’s Pose Stand with HUD. It allows me to take all my favorite poses on the go without rummaging through my inventory or fussing with a pose stand. In addition to posing, when you’re using the stand, you can easily rotate and move your avatar, save camera positions, and so much more.
To share the experience, I created a quick video demonstrating the amazing lighting features and the backdrop that comes with this pose stand. Of course, you can mix things up like I do, using a standalone HUD along with your own light balls or experimenting with your own EEP settings for lighting. For just L$600, it’s genuinely been one of my best purchases ever.
While some people prefer a simple pose stand without a HUD or stick to playing poses directly from their inventory, that just feels too chaotic for me. Prior to the bento era, I had over 2,000 poses saved in my Tillie pose stand. Then I decided I wanted more realistic fingers poses in all my photos, which led me to create a new pose stand dedicated to bento poses. I’m now up to over 600 poses, and I love every single one! After all, the pose truly makes the photo—it’s the small details that really make an image pop!
Do you use a pose stand or pose HUD? Let me know in the comments!
Sometimes by chance, I stumble into a clothes store and unexpectedly find great skins! I love when that happens! Coquette has been all over the fashion blogs this weekend with some nice clothes but I had no idea this brand had a skin line until I saw it on the wall. What a totally pleasant surprise that the skins are VERY cute and a fatpack of 10 skins costs only $1995L!
I'm wearing the Coquette Aurora skins in Tan skin tone, which I think is just adorable and perfect. Normally I like to wear lighter skins, but this skin tone is just perfect with the makeups.
Bare Rose has just release these awesome Short Western boots. For $150L, you get it in both colors – Black & Brown. I don't think you will find a better deal on the grid… yessssssssssss, these boots are made for walking, and a total must-have in your invy. <3
What I'm Wearing:
Coquette – Aurora (Tan) skins Exile – Traci (Cheyanne) Luck Inc – Naughty Dress Damask Bare Rose – Short Western boots
Have you ever wondered what AI thinks you could do to improve your Second Life face? I uploaded two photos to ChatGPT, front facing and profile, and asked what I could do to make my avatar’s face better. Surprisingly, it said my face was nearly perfect, but that my eyes were too big. Omg, were my eyes too big?
It actually gave me some helpful tips, so I nudged the sliders a bit here and there. One of the things I’ve always been concerned about is my profile. It has to be great. ChatGPT suggested making my chin protrude a little more and my lips protrude a little less.
Another critique ChatGPT had for me was that my usual lashes were too glam, too full. I dialed it back with a new set of wispy lashes, but I don’t think I care about that critique. I love thick full lashes!
This new Twirl hairstyle from Truth Collective is so sweet. It’s a relaxed style with a low ponytail. I’m always super excited when I see a hair from Litterbug, Truth’s real life daughter. She might be the youngest hair creator in SL right now? And her side gig is making real life money, probably better than most experienced creators. When your father is one of the best… it’s expected. I’m glad the hair legacy continues.
I also tried on the new Halcyon Maxi and Shorts from Tres Blah, and purposely picked the print that reminds me of porcelain plates. I love it. This delicate print is perfect for lounging around the house. Even though we’re heading into summer, I decided to dial back my skin tone from 004 back to 003, a lighter tone that reminds me of a porcelain doll too.
Do you play around with your style and change it up now and then? I like to bounce around between 2-3 skin tones and blondes or brunette. Let me know in the comments!
Remember George? I decided to log on to my mAlt to check out the Avatar Welcome Pack, and I found the AO to be the only really useful item. The rest of the clothing required changing bodies, and I already have the Gianni Body from Signature. I’m quite pleased with my progress on George, even though I only dressed him once in December. Back then, I gave George L$10,000, and he still has a few thousand left. I decided to be frugal and took a quick glance at the FabFree blog for male items. I stumbled across a great tip about the L$400 store credit at Bron. Since I had never heard of Bron before, I decided to visit, and I discovered a lot of nice items there. I used the store credit to buy a new shirt. The Adrian Vest from Bron reminds me of Thomas Shelby from Peaky Blinders, so that’s the look I went for. I think George looks fantastic, and best of all, it was free!
Taking photos with other avatars would be so much better if we could pose them too. I struggled with this particular pose, but I managed to adjust Gogo’s pose, and it turned out well in the end. This pose is the 125 Couples Bento Pose from Hera.
Would you like to see more of George on my blog? Let me know in the comments!
it looks fab, i went through the process but got confused over which mouth and nose but love love the eyes and such , and also couldnt decide what tone as I wasnt in world to compare at the time, will try again shortly you do both look wonderful
xox Sasy xox
Damn, we do look hot;). Of course, I would have looked much better if you hadn’t had me doing handstands and all sorts of weird pose things before you finally took the pictures;)
you guys both look terrific! a custom soda skin is definitely on my shopping list~ thanks for sharing your experience 🙂
it looks fab, i went through the process but got confused over which mouth and nose but love love the eyes and such , and also couldnt decide what tone as I wasnt in world to compare at the time, will try again shortly you do both look wonderful
xox Sasy xox
Damn, we do look hot;). Of course, I would have looked much better if you hadn’t had me doing handstands and all sorts of weird pose things before you finally took the pictures;)
whoa, those skins look awesome!!