Meet S, my alt on a budget. For this year’s Newbie Style Challenge II, I knew right away that I wanted to clone myself. I’m terrible at making alts that differs from Gogo, so I just went ahead and made Gogo on a budget.
I knew my biggest challenge would be finding a skin that I liked that also fits my budget. I didn’t want to spend more than $100L, but cheap and pretty skins, are hard to come by. Luckily, my friend Pumpkin sent me a skin tip about Pink Fuel reducing the price of the old Ember skins to $100L each! I’m already a Pink Fuel lover (Elly is my main skin now) so I went and snapped up the Ember skin for my alt. I added some red lipstick tattoo from Pekka ($120L) and also splurged on Redgrave lashes ($90L).
At The Dressing Room Blue, I found the Iona hairstyle from Exile for $60L (pack of 4 colors) and at The Fashion Garret, I found a pair of Mox Spore & Fawn shoes by Argyle Anonymous for $70L. I went with the old Dana 76 Jeans from Decoy for $100L (stole the idea from Sehra Kauffman), and spent $1L on eyes from Aphotic Gloom. At this point, I was pretty much out of money, so I remembered that Friday had a ton of freebies, and went to pick up the Basic White Cami ($0L) and added the Wide Scarf from Mr. Poet to complete the look (also $0L).
Before this challenge, I thought that there was an overabundance of discounts/sales events, but I’ve changed my mind about that. There may be a lot of them, but they’re all offering different stuff, so there’s something for everyone. For someone on a budget, these sales events are fun and also a way for them to add to their wardrobe without going b-r-o-k-e.
Now that the challenge is over for me, I can’t wait to turn my alt into a lil’ Gogo. Time to give her more money$!
What S is wearing:
Exile – Iona (TDR Blue) $60L
Pink Fuel – Ember (Honey) Pure $100L
Pekka – FLAVOUR Lipstick (Red) $120L
Redgrave – Eyelashes $90L
Aphotic Gloom – Clarus Eyes Collection (Watermelon) $1L
Decoy – Dana 76 Jeans (Dark) $100L
Mr.Poet – Wide Scarf (Free Gift) $0L
Argyle Anonymous – Mox Spore & Fawn TFG $70L
Friday – Basic.Cami (White) Freebie $0L
Total ——- $541L
What I’m Wearing:
Same skin, lashes, lipstick tattoo
Exile – Miu (Roots) Stefani
League – Vintage Lace Cardigan (Brown)Â Vintage Fair
League – Â Full Lace Skirt Vintage Fair
Mon Tissu – Montsegur Pumps (Camel)
I have bought skins with body imperfections if the face has won me over….like Glance’s Bruna skins…adored the face, but the too white knee’s meant i didnt stick with it for long…..another annoyance is when you get bad shading on the hands….like a fake tanning gone wrong 🙂
I actually have never looked at anything but the face before when buying them. I guess I should check out more of the other details especially for such an expensive purchase.
Love the dress, but went to two Hucci stores and couldn’t find it. Do you know if it hasn’t been released yet?
Flanner,
The dress is not out yet. It is from the early fall collection. I will be available in a couple weeks. If you drop a notecard on me in world I will give you a free copy when I open my new store.
Bleh, i was searching all over for his dress as well >:
I always check out the face first.. i usually go with nude since i change around alot and it matches with everything