In December, LeLutka released the Simone 2.0 Bento Mesh Head and I have worn it exclusively since. I’m even more enamored with Simone now cos LeLutka continually updated the HUD to include more features that makes wearing it even better. Even though I have worn Simone for a little over two months, I truly feel like this has always been ‘my’ face. Being able to tweak is so nice.
I didn’t expect LeLutka to release another head so quickly, but this is a pleasant surprise! The new LeLutka Chloe Bento Mesh Head is more youthful face than Simone. The lips are y, and the face shape is slightly rounder with more chubby cheeks. Speaking of shape, be ready to tweak. I basically made an entirely new face for myself cos the nose, chin, lips, eyes, are entirely different.
Will I wear Chloe? Yes! Will I still wear Simone? Yes! I’m having a hard time deciding what is ‘my’ face these days, since I make shape edits and choose skins that are always in the style that I like, they usually end up looking somewhat similar. My friends always says “this looks like you” which always makes me laugh cos they’re referring to default head Gogo, which makes me cringe now! I LOVE MESH HEADS. If you haven’t moved on to mesh heads, why not?
Do you know what feature I’m most excited about on the latest HUD update? Rerouting – Enables redirecting appliers to a layer of your choosing. I played with it a bit, and still getting the hang of picking the right layer for certain things. The tattoo is the easiest layer to use, cos that layer applies all over the face – so I can put lipstick, blush, eyeshadow, pretty much everything any applier IÂ want on it. The other zones are more restrictive, for example, I can’t put lipstick appliers on brows zone, or eyeshadow appliers on lips zones.
What I’m Wearing:
LeLutka Chloe Bento Mesh Head
Magika – Fool for Love
ALT by Truth – Paddington Sweater
69 has new hair! I think the textures have been updated because the blondes pack are a bit nicer than before. These two hairstyles were hard to fit but not entirely impossible. Grab a cup of coffee and go slow! 🙂
L+R+W is a collaborative effort between Love Soul and R2 – the new L+R+W brand sells sculpted shoes with sculpted feet and they are so natural and beautiful. I'm really excited about these Venus shoes, they're so gorgeous and super easy to color match. The price is average, at $700L a pair with no fatpack options. Each pair includes a HUD to change nail and skin color; and an update card if they do updates you can get new copies! Yay!
My only complaint about these shoes is that I can't save my skin presets, and I can't use the same HUD for each color, I have to redo the skin tone each time.
The foot looks so real and has one of the best skin tone/shadows I've ever seen! When you're buying sculpted feet, be sure to check out how the shadows are done, because it can leave an undesirable color effect on certain skin tones. Here's an image I'm using from Polina Kaestner's flickr (she also convinced me the L+R+W shoes are awesome!!) to show you a good comparison of sculpted feet across several different popular SL brands:
(Cringe worthy!! Some of these shadows are pretty bad.) In sculpted shoes I look for a nice sculpted foot with a realistic, natural shape and well-designed around the ankle to hide the 'break'.
Here are more pictures of the gorgeous L+R+W Venus shoes which are nearly perfect, they look so real!
I saw the Anaface anlysis on someone's flickr stream and thought I would try it on my avatar too. According to their facial analysis, Gogo is only an 8.64 out of 10. If you scored a perfect 10, I would love to see it!! Post your results in this entry. 🙂
The Maitreya Lara body is nearly a decade old and it’s still going strong. Despite other bodies on the grid looking quite good, I’m kind of loyal to the Maitreya body because I like the body shape and the HUD. If you own the Lara body, wear the HUD and hit the redelivery button to get the free update.
So what’s all the rage about LaraX? My first impression is that I really like the new smaller shoulders. The other updates are not that noticeable to me, so even though Maitreya says to consider this a whole new body, it’s basically the same body with some tweaks. However, the change is enough that most items created for Lara will no longer fit. You can always switch back and forth between the two body versions as needed.
The mesh of the LaraX body is also smoother and more defined. The geometry has a better flow, resulting in a rounder and softer body. LaraX has:
Rounder wrists and ankles
Thinner wrists
Reshaped shoulders
More defined groin area
Reshaped arms
Because of these changes to the weights and to the mesh, content made for Lara will most often not fit LaraX. LaraX should be considered a new body, requiring content that has been made in her specific size and with her specific weights.
We will keep offering the original Lara body (V5.3) alongside the LaraX body. They will come together in the package. So that you can switch between them according to your needs.
What’s included in the Maitreya Mesh Body LaraX package? A lot! I was pleasantly surprised to find mesh lingerie from Addams, Blueberry, and Velour included. There are also body parts mods included for Appliers and Bakes on Mesh (BoM).
About two weeks ago, I blogged about updating my graphics card from the Nvidia GTX 260 to GTX 570. My power supply was just 525watt, but the minimum power recommended to run this graphics card is 550watt. I WAS SUPER SAD FACE ABOUT THIS! Everyone warned me that my system could overload and have a melt down so I needed to update my power supply right away. After purchasing a new 825watt power supply and watching some Youtube video tutorials, I’m happy to report that I have now installed my very first power supply! YAY.
If this does not help me take super amazing SL snapshots without crashing, then I give up!!!!
BTW YOU GUYS, installing your own graphics card and power supply is super easy. I’ve learned everything I know from Youtube video tutorials and saved myself a bunch of money by not having to hire GeekSquad.
Hello Gogo,although my English to be nothing good I always do not visit its blog and especially I love its photos. Please link mine blog! (sorry, bad english) http://welmitabonekita.blogspot.com/
Hi gogo! I’d love to be added to your blogroll! Keep up the great work with the blog 😀
Color Me Beauty; Discover Me Reverie http://colormebeauty.blogspot.com
Thanks!!
~Ave~
Hey, I run the Zanzo store in-world and we have a store at Juicy Bella Plaza. :]
Anyway, we just launched out official blog: http://zanzosl.blogspot.com
… and put you in our blogroll. Would luv it if we could be added to yours. Thank ya~!
Would you please trade links with me then?
http://avasl.blogspot.com/
done 🙂
Hi Gogo love your site as always, and sorry my broken englis:D
Thank you, sweetie. Your link is already in my blog! 😀
Hello Gogo,although my English to be nothing good I always do not visit its blog and especially I love its photos. Please link mine blog! (sorry, bad english)
http://welmitabonekita.blogspot.com/
Hi Gogo,
can you pls be so kind and put my blog to your links.
Thx and hugs
Babylee
Hi gogo! I’d love to be added to your blogroll! Keep up the great work with the blog 😀
Color Me Beauty; Discover Me Reverie
http://colormebeauty.blogspot.com
Thanks!!
~Ave~
Hey, I run the Zanzo store in-world and we have a store at Juicy Bella Plaza. :]
Anyway, we just launched out official blog: http://zanzosl.blogspot.com
… and put you in our blogroll. Would luv it if we could be added to yours. Thank ya~!