I’m so disappointed that both of these items were set to 0.03 glow! Thankfully every prim was mod, so I turned glow off, but it’s so unnatural looking and I really don’t understand why designers think that setting clothing items to glow is nice. Glow is only acceptable on small accessories otherwise it’s just creepy (like a glowing spirit).
with glow | without glow
In certain Windlight settings, the glow is more prominent and really blindinggggg!!
So this is my PSA to designers, please stop glowing your stuff, kthx.
Gala Phoenix will be releasing the Lovely 2 this weekend. I've always thought this face was very expressive and pouty, more so than the other Gala faces. Lovely 2 has a great makeup selection, I will probably be going Brunette for this skin! I don't ever Photoshop images on my skin posts, so if this skin looks soft and PERFECT, it's because it IS! The complexion is sooo soft, I want it on all my skins <3
( Gala Phoenix – Petal [Dark] Lovely 2 )
I found this U&R Dogs 'Bolero Necklace" at Jewelry Fair. This necklace comes in 2 versions – Long & Short and you can tint it 9 different colors via a menu. I totally love the style and I don't have a necklace that is longer on the back like this. I don't like that it's full-bright with no option to turn the brightness off 🙁 To all jewelry designers: if you MUST make something full-bright, please include a non-bright option or make your items mod.
I’ve been wearing the Lumi skin from Glam Affair since it was released back in March. In real life time, that’s not very long at all. In Second Life time, though, it feels like ages ago. But does time even matter when you like a skin? You could probably wear the same skin for years and never feel dated, especially with the current state of Second Life. Until LeLutka releases the new PURE mesh heads, most of us are still wearing EvoX heads, and skin designers continue to create beautiful 2048 skins with the same level of skill and quality. There is really no rush to change your look unless you want to.
Glam Affair – Alix skin | w/ Tattoo Layers added to soften the pores/freckles
That said, in Gogo time, four months feels like a long time. I spend an embarrassing amount of time staring at my own face, after all. So today, even though it seems like Glam Affair releases dozens of skins every month, I finally found a new face. The new Alix skin from Glam Affair is available at Equal10. I like most Glam Affair skins, but if I’m going to call something my face, it has to feel instantly familiar. It’s that little moment of, “Ah, there you are,” when I put it on. That’s exactly how I felt with Alix, even though I already knew I would be reaching for Izzie’s to remove the freckles and pores. As you can see, I did just that, and I love the result. The original version is beautiful too, and honestly, a lot of skins in Second Life are released looking more like my edited version. People then use Izzie’s or other tattoo layers to add freckles, pores, highlights, and other details back in. I sometimes go in the opposite direction and remove those details instead. The fact that we can customize skins so easily now is one of my favorite things about Second Life.
ISON recently had a 40% off sale, so I picked up something I do not normally wear, a leather outfit. Paired with the new Truth Verse hairstyle, the whole look reminds me of an anime baddie, and I am kind of obsessed with it. Maybe I need to stop wearing pastel pink and white all the time and lean into dark leather. Then again, let’s not get carried away.
YAC Estate sucks!! I should probably ban everyone in this group from my sims because they annoy me so much. I had agreed to sell one of my openspaces to them @ a very good price for them, so the tickets were submitted and I cleared my sim out. Then they next day they left me an IM saying they had cancelled the ticket without saying why.
So now my objects folder are a mess, thanks YAC Estate people.. you suck a lot!!
Truth has two new adorable styles out, each with two different bangs styles to choose from. I love the lil color-changing headband on Pippa, so adorable!!
This 4Minute outfit was released back in December, but it’s still oh-so-awesome! I love everything Sweetest Goodbye does, especially when Morphine creates uniforms, they’re amazing.
The ever important question, “Am I Ruthed?” is a thing of the past with SL’s latest client release 1.20. I see clouds everywhere now!!!!!!!!!!! So this is my official farewell to Ruthie entry.
[ Refuge: Radiant Ruthie costume ]
Alaska Metropolitan proposed an interesting challenge on her blog this week. Make Ruthie hot/cute/decent looking without modifying the original Ruthie shape.
I’ve never thought Ruthie was ugly, all she needed was some softer curves and less ‘muscle’ on the sliders.
This is me vs. Ruthie in different skins:
[ Click the image above for a larger view ]
Do we look similar? Whenever I see a ruthie shape, I just want to tweak it all over!!!! Just a couple of minor changes and Ruthie could be supremely Radiant.
Check out this Naughty hairband and Naughty Staff from AtomicBambi. I like how these accessories gave new life to an old Halloween costume. I’ve been meaning to blog the Gliterratti posing garage for days now — isn’t it darling ahem, totally bad ass?
The Glitteratti Garage has 20 built-in poses, 10 for male and 10 for female. The garage includes everything shown in the picture and additional accessories (bags, crates, tires) if you want to add more.
I think the vendor ad pic is fine, I thought the texture was nice n bright like that (without glow) didn’t know the jacket is actually set to glow! But it’s all good, I un-Glow’d it. I guess I wish it was labelled like “this jacket is glowy” LOL
yeah, i understand designers setting things to full bright, i know it helps when creating things to see the textures and all the little pieces perfectly (depending on the windlight they use of course), but stting it to glow is kinda weird. rave parka?? lol
Trust me glow isn’t the only problem with these items did they photoshop the display photos to trick you?! That is the only explanation lol!
I think the vendor ad pic is fine, I thought the texture was nice n bright like that (without glow) didn’t know the jacket is actually set to glow! But it’s all good, I un-Glow’d it. I guess I wish it was labelled like “this jacket is glowy” LOL
Another reason for me to stay away from no mod items with resizer. If they set some to glow of fullbright, I can’t change it at all. Blargh.
yeah, i understand designers setting things to full bright, i know it helps when creating things to see the textures and all the little pieces perfectly (depending on the windlight they use of course), but stting it to glow is kinda weird. rave parka?? lol
Maybe im just not getting this…maybe its the photo…this jacket is just ugly! Im surprised its something you picked up, usually your style is spot on.