MALT Fashions has such cute casual clothing but the "After 5ive" line of dresses are my favorite. I was a MALT virgin up until today, since I have never even heard of the brand before. When I got there, of course I had to tp my friend Torie and for some reason we thought it was a good idea to buy matching dresses and take pictures 😛
…and wear matching hair and skin!
We kinda failed at modeling the dress so off to the photo machine at Juicy for some crazy pictures!
How does this thing work? Being the nice girl that I am, I’m showing Torie how to use page up/page down LOL
Sexy MALT dresses! We’re both wearing the Marilyn dress, ETD ‘Elizabeth’ hair, Digit Darkes’ Messina heels on me and Maitreya’s on Torie.
See? Having a blast….. (ignore Torie’s petrified face, she’s just faking it!)
Get this gorgeous Natalie Winter Coat from G-field for 50% off from now until the 26th! Even at full price, G-Field is already an affordable but high-quality brand, so don’t miss out on this sale. This coat is the cutest thing to hit the grid this Winter, and matches perfectly with the Sasha Fur Cuff Boots, also from G-Field.
Included with the coat and boots is a HUD to color or texture change the different components:
SWA has just released these beautiful Cropped Jacket, they come in several patterns (plain, skulls, lace or roses) and includes two styles (open and closed jacket).
I have decided to pair my outfit today with a cute new hairstyle from Tiny Bird. The Lola hair is a short 'do with lots of short layers all around that curls slightly at the ends.
*note: The dress I'm wearing is from Last Call, I forgot to jot down the name but it's discontinued anyways. Any dress that has a shirt/undershirt layer will work here! 🙂
What I'm Wearing:
Laqroki – April 02 [Fair] Glow Skin (brown brows) Tiny Bird – Lola (Cafe Au Lait) SWA – May Fae Jewelry SWA – Cropped Jacket SLink – Desire shoes
If you were to combine all of my favorite things into a single object, you might end up with something that looked very similar to this Once Upon a Crown by Remarkable Oblivion. This new-to-me store by AxsisThorn is affordable and unique! I thought the items looked too good to be SL (a few vendor images are renders), but once I teleported to the store in-world, I saw the things on display and they looked amazing.
This crown is copy/mod and includes a resize script. I shrunk it a lil’ bit for my head, and I’m never taking it off.
Check out the Remarkable Oblivion store in SL! Once you teleport to the store, just walk across the bridge and you’re there. This creator may be new to SL, but he has created 3D and mesh professionally since 2005. I hope to see even more cute accessories in the future!
Be sure to join the RO – Remarkable Oblivion group in-world for a group gift!! It’s something wearable 🙂
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel – Kumi (Peach) Pure (bwnbrow/crease)
Ricielli – Draped Skirt (Lacedyellow) S
Ricielli – Peplum Jacket (lacedyellow) S
Remarkable Oblivion – Once Upon a Crown
Leverocci – Soft Clutch (Snow) Gold
G-Field – Strap Shoes “Alex”
Jamman – Ultra Mesh Fingernails
Muse – Blanche Bracelet in Gold
It’s BoyCake, back with another review! Hello, lay-deez. ;D
Are you ready for the new male mesh body from SLink? Well, it’s here! As some of you may know, I’ve been searching high and low for a good mesh body for my boy av, and now it looks like I finally have it. Or have I?
Before I start off, I want to give a shoutout to both my close friends who tried this on with me, as well as the Convergence City roleplay group for discussing this with me in their out-of-character chat area. Their thoughts definitely influenced what I’m writing now! I always like to get other people’s opinions and have discussions about things before I give a final verdict.
What did I compare this to in considering the SLink Male Physique for purchase? Mainly, the TMP male body and the Aesthetic by Niramyth. For reference, I snagged the TMP body to try on after my awful experience with the Jomo male body, which turned out to be a suspected rip. I have two male friends who own the Aesthetic, one who came with me to SLink’s store to examine the demo.
Now, one to the review!
Essentials
The SLink Physique Male comes with a mesh body (no hands or feet) for 1250L. If you don’t have feet and hands already, take about 2400L to the store with you so you can pick up everything at once. The mesh body will include underwear, one pair of jeans, and one tank top. If you don’t like the basic skins you start off with for your mesh body, there are neck blenders provided to help with skin-matching.
Technical/Observations
The Physique Male includes a penis. Yes, really! There’s even a foreskin option and pubic hair. The penis doesn’t seem to be able to get erect; I believe it’s there for completion purposes, sort of like most vaginas on skins and mesh bodies are. At first I was weirded out by an SL peen that doesn’t do anything, but after a while, I got used to it.
Your body will seem a little lean when you try it on, but it can bulk up nicely if you edit your shape. Will it get as muscular as the Aesthetic? I’ll talk about that in a moment.
For script maniacs like me, you’ll be happy to know that with the male body, hands, my AO, and the alpha/clothing hud attached, I was only running 32 scripts. That’s awesome. Everyone in SL should always try to wear low-script items so they end up under a total count of 50 for their avatar. It not only improves your SL experience, but helps to decrease sim lag.
Room For Improvement?
This picture has been brightened because my windlight was super dark when I took the pic. I’m dumb. SRY
I, for one, am not crazy about the clothing/alpha HUD design. I know it’s a lot to include to the clothing hud, and Siddean must have realized this because she created two size versions of the HUD (small and large) for those who have trouble seeing everything. But it took me a moment of wtf’ing to understand just what button did what. Afterwards, I figured things out. I just wish the UI were a bit more friendly.
I don’t know about you, but I like my men with some thigh. When I increased BoyCake’s thighs, I noticed some poses caused the underwear to clip (see pic above). I tried to find the correct button to HIDE his thighs in that area, but that took another ten minutes and then I gave up. My point–if you create underwear or clothing for the mesh body, I would include an auto-hide script for it. Kemono has that and so does Maitreya.
Is This The One?
Is Physique Male for you? That’s what you want to know, right? It’s been a long search for that one mesh body you can finally wear, won’t clip your damn clothing, won’t do this or that or make you unhappy or sorry you ever bought it. When I asked my friends about the Physique versus the Aesthetic, we both admitted we liked Aesthetic’s muscly body more, but only on certain avatars. Not everyone looks good with that much bulk, and not everyone looks good with TMP’s skinnier mesh body either.
Physique Male is that sort of happy medium between TMP and Aesthetic. You don’t spend too much for what you get, and you end up getting a lot. For me, that means it’s a body I’m sticking with! For good, hopefully.
Notice: if you create products geared towards men and want me to review it, please send an NC/pack/etc to Aemeth Resident. I can’t make a promise that I’ll review everything, but I understand the struggle of finding men’s products out there so it’s worth helping out!
At Lil’ NoNo’s, it’s always 11:59pm. The cozy bar is set in a gutted warehouse build, overlooking a cityscape. You’re either there because you’re lonely or looking for trouble–there are no other reasons. Either way, there’s jazz, free drinks (and pay-for ones), cigarettes, and nooks and crannies to explore. The music isn’t bad, either.
Take the elevator next to the bar down to the cellar. There’s a long hallway set up with posters and invites. You know what they lead to–other virtual parcels, yet they’re mostly set up to not hinder your experience of what Lil’ NoNo’s imitates. There’s locked doors you can’t enter, and ones that lead to a small coffee shop and a washateria. They’re probably there for private conversations or a change of scenery for regulars, secrets and favorites for the patrons. On the corner is a convenience store with lucky boards, souvenirs, and snacks, and a street scene where there’s either snow or rain, depending on the current season. And behind the stage of the bar itself where you can’t see, a game room, looking out onto another lonely backdrop of large, ominous buildings.
Places like these make visiting Second Life worthwhile, because of the thought and care put into building them. Aside from some rl branding I spotted in the bar and a mesh figure from a video game, I love this place to death. You can often catch me here nursing a drink.
I thought the graphics were excellent when I tried Second Life in a browser two weeks ago; however, I did not think it was better than the graphics on my own computer. So, I logged into Second Life today using a viewer, then logged into my alt on the browser to compare. I took these screenshots by arranging the SL Viewer on the left and SL browser on the right.
I found it interesting that the SL browser’s default graphics settings were set to High instead of Ultra. I changed it to Ultra and made all of the graphic preferences the same as those on my PC, even using the same EEP setting. I noticed that the browser version appears much brighter and even a little washed out.
If you find the SL browser too bright, go to the graphics settings and lower the Brightness (exposure) from 1.0 to 0.7, or adjust the brightness on your EEP settings. Some residents have reported experiencing headaches when using the browser, and I can see why. I noticed some flickering and refreshing on the screen. I think streaming SL may not be the best way to use it for extended periods; however, in a pinch, the browser version works. Even though the SL browser isn’t perfect, it’s still a thousand times better than the mobile app.
If you have a computer that typically runs Second Life on low settings, do you see an improvement with the browser version? Can you share a side-by-side comparison? I would be curious to know if anyone feels that this has enhanced their SL experience.
*Screams*
It was torture; I was really petrified…!
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