I went to Shop & Hop and was on the hunt for something sparkly and festive. This sweet dress is a free gift from PurpleMoon is absolutely perfect for the holidays. I’m serving up hot chocolate from MVT and the To Be Cozy set is also free at Shop & Hop. I did a quick run through the FabFree Shop & Hop shopping guide and grabbed a couple of gifts that caught my eye. I’ll need to go back later and get all of the gift cards and store credit.
You really have to be strategic with huge events if you care about your inventory.
Isn’t this winter hairstyle from Truth just the cutest? The Après Ski style is made by MissAllSunday Lemon for the Truth Collective. I’m such a fan of hat hair with the option to turn the hat on or off. It’s nice knowing you’re guaranteed a perfect fit every time.
This photo was taken at Cherishville. Besides having an adorable name, it’s charming and makes the perfect backdrop for seasonal photos.
Cheese! I like using emotes, it’s not too hard to capture a realistic expression if you’re patient. I had to clean up the lips edge a bit in the picture above cos smiling causes the texture in that area to stretch, ugh :X Don’t ever pay for an emoter HUD, they’re usually free on Marketplace. If you see someone selling one, they’re just reselling the freebie emotes that have been around forever.
TOXIC has just released this Military Jacket in a range of colors, and they’re so cute! I could have totally used this for my stewardess post a few weeks ago. I love this rich Blue color & all the details on the shirt (small texture buttons & sculpted collar, sleeves, and epaulette).
What I’m Wearing:
Truth – Faith (Swedish)
TOXIC – Military Jacket (Blue)
N-Core – COQUETTE (Black)
Fishy Strawberry – Lingerie Soignee Black
Glitterati Poses & Click Props have combined forces to bring you The Closet. This closet prop includes a menu with 30 unique closet animations and two avatars can pose at once inside the closet!! The closet build also includes working doors & typical "shopping props" – shoe boxes, shopping bags, shoes.
There are shelves inside the closet so you can rez even more shoes and shoe boxes if you want a messier closet. I Loooove it!!
Some of the animations can be seen below:
The closet is copy/mod so you can re-texture if you want to customize it more and put it inside your SL house. The animations are copyable so you can pull them out of the closet and put them into your own pose ball or pose stand and pose virtually everywhere.
/edit/ I failed SO hard, I thought I had snapped all the animations available in this closet, but apparently there's another menu after 21 poses!! So there's a total of 30 poses, wow!
What I'm Wearing:
LeLutka – LondonRevolutionLight-makeup5 Mirai Style – Romi (Pearl&White) Hucci – Key of Life Necklace & Earrings set Bijou – Surrrender (Pink) Celestia Studios – Black Fishnet Tights Hays Uriza – Sayuri (Ribbon Pumps ) Midnight Purple
Left: without lipgloss | Right: with Cheap Makeup “Miss Priss Lipgloss” tattoo
When I tell you I go a lil nuts for tattoo layer makeup, I’m not kidding! I’m actually wearing all 5 tattoo layers here and it’s all on my face. I’m wearing 1. hide system lashes tattoo 2. tattoo lashes & liner 3. tattoo lipstick 4. tattoo lipgloss and 5. tattoo brows. I could probably wear more if I wanted freckles or blush or eyeshadow! But it really does get complicated once you wear too many at once, cos layering them in order is crucial.
Cheap Makeup – all 6 tattoo layers in the Miss Priss Lipgloss pack
Cheap Makeup has a new pack of Miss Priss lipgloss out that includes two versions (small and large) so it should fit a lot of skins in SL. I’m just so happy that out of 6, 5 of them work pretty well with this skin. I’m wearing the lipgloss tattoo layer over a light matted lipstick because um, you probably wouldn’t wear these on lipsticks that already have lots of lipgloss already.
Cheap Makeup – perfect fit (small size) | too small (small size) | too large (large size)
As you can see, the darker lipgloss tint works better on my skin even though it’s the same size as the lightest tint; the lighest one didn’t blend well (causing a lip liner effect). If it’s too small or too big, it will look off! I guess there’s no “magic” combination, just try ’em on with your favorite skin and see if they work well together.
This is a close-up! The lip liner effect isn’t too bad but too-big lipgloss is not a good look.
Cheap Makeup – tattoo lashes (a gatcha gatcha item) Left to right: default skin & the rest are with tattoo lashes
Cheap Makeup is the place to go for tattoo lashes. I’m always wear one of these under my prim lashes to create a more lush effect.
How much do I love tattoo layers? TOOO MUUUCHHH! These are some of the layers I wear to create a totally unique look for myself, cos everything is available in unlimited supply in SL. If you play around with tattoo layers, it’s possible to create a semi-custom skin and not look like a total *ahem* clone.
Yesterday, I was having a rather difficult day, and then suddenly Patch Linden announced the release of Thousand Island Tiki Linden homes! This announcement brightened my entire day and possibly my week. Without seeing them first, I upgraded an account to Premium Plus and rolled for a Tiki house.
As a recovering Games of Home (GoH) addict, I quickly found myself drawn into rolling a theme that I know I won’t keep long-term. I immediately burned through the rolls—only five rolls for Premium Plus members? Could we have unlimited rolls? The next day, Second Life released even more Tiki homes. Although I don’t want them that much, my addiction took over, and I created another alt, spending an additional $30 just to burn another five rolls in a few minutes. As I mentioned, being a recovering GoH addict, two alts is my limit for this theme, and I will likely stay where I am for at least the next 30 days. I know these coastlines will eventually be blocked as more regions are launched to meet the demand.
Do I like Tiki Linden homes? I think I would appreciate them more if they were available in lighter colors—I am simply not a fan of brown. Additionally, I am not particularly fond of Tiki aesthetics or circular rooms. While I do like the house model in the photo, I don’t think this theme is meant for me. My favorite Linden home themes remain Traditional and Victorian.
I am grateful for the excitement that GoH provides; it’s fun to explore a new theme. However, I am already looking forward to the Alpine theme, and I hope it’s a winter wonderland. Please please please!
What are your thoughts on the new Tiki Linden homes?
Do you notice something? Today my accessories, shoes, and dress matches perfectly well. This may be a Juicybomb first!! I’m usually pretty tragic when it comes to matching everything, so I’m quite happy to say that this was by chance since I just wore everything that’s new in my inventory. Sometimes I get lucky!
I am wearing the PACADI Jasha Amba Silk Dress in Light Blue and matching Pacadi Yfke Bag. I’m also wearing SiSSi’s Cutie Flower Pink Mint necklace and Hays Uriza’s Ellice Pumps.
I love the new Ellice heels from Hays Uriza, they’re scripted to change heel metals, show/hide jewels, change jewels color, show/hide leg warmers, and TONS more. These shoes are worth it.
Looks yum Though cream iyuk..away with cream..and BTW i’m much older than u think..6th rezday i think.but a big thanks and a shuver after seeing baby bathage.. SL sure has changed.
Looks like his favorite flavor too, LOL!
Looks yum Though cream iyuk..away with cream..and BTW i’m much older than u think..6th rezday i think.but a big thanks and a shuver after seeing baby bathage.. SL sure has changed.
Oops you’re very right! It’s 6th rez day! I’m very bad at math, obviously 🙂 HAPPY 6th REZ DAYYYYYYYY <3
Who is this Davo? And what’s up with you and cake? 😛
Happy rezday anyways, davowavosan.