I don’t have much to say today, except that I love you guys, and I feel so thankful that a lot of JuicyBomb readers are supportive and nice. Even when you guys disagree with me, I appreciate that you take the time to leave a response and share your thoughts with me. I also enjoy your critique of my blogging, and I will try to include more unknown brands!
I’ve been dying to blog this Silk Tucked Dress from Mon Tissu for weeks now, but haven’t been able to put together the right “look” until today. I dug out my pair of K.I.A shoes from LeLutka, and wore the new Return hairstyle from Elikatira. This hair includes a HUD to change the pins several different colors.
Important tip: I always rez my packages on the ground, and right click to OPEN. Sometimes unpacking scripts do not give all the items in the package, especially if something is “no copy” — like the HUD for this Elikatira hairstyle. Please OPEN your packages the old-fashioned way! 🙂
What I’m Wearing:
Elikatira – Return (Blonde 04)
Mon Tissu – Silk Tucked Pencil Dress (Pink)
LeLutka – K.I.A Shoes
& What Next – Loungin Chair & a Half (Pink/Green)
Pink Outfitters has just released some casual tank tops, sweaters and patchwork shorts that mix and match really well with each other. I'm LOVING the patchwork shorts soo much, they're so sweet and full of colors so they will match practically everything.
If you're looking for some basics, visit Pink Outfitters and stock up!! 🙂
What I'm Wearing:
Pink Outfitters – Billie Lace Tank Top (Black, Cream) Pink Outfitters – Cher Sweetheart Sweater (Black, Blue) Pink Outfitters – Patchwork Shorts (Blue, Neutrals) BeBae – Erin *Cinna/Frost-1b Tekuteku – Group gift -June- hair Dark Mouse – Abalone Dreams Necklace (Copper) katat0nik – (clown) Katty Bunny Doll
Save yourself, don’t go to The Arcade. I normally skip rounds and avoid gacha events, but I saw something I wanted this week. Even though I told my friend I’d play maybe two or three times for these Rift Eyes from Avi Glam, I ended up playing 69 times at L$75 per pull. It’s five times more than I’d normally pay for an Avi Glam eyes fatpack, and honestly, I don’t even think I would’ve paid for a fatpack if it had been sold normally.
The thing with gacha is that it can be very addictive, especially if you want to win a rare and you don’t have a set budget, so you don’t have to stop. You can just keep playing until you win. I gave up on winning the Rare 2 pack on the first day after about forty or fifty pulls and decided to buy it second hand on Marketplace. Then the next day, when I didn’t see anything listed, I played some more. I haven’t played a machine with this much intensity in a long time, so it even surprised me how quickly I lost track of my spending or how fast I was hitting the buy button.
In hindsight, I should’ve stuck to my rule of playing only two or three times per machine, but I ended up going all in on two machines and playing way too many times to collect all the pieces.
Even though I find gacha frustrating, I get the dopamine rush it gives. If you win something you really want right away, it feels amazing. If you find yourself on the losing end, try to remember that you can always buy it later on Marketplace for a fraction of the cost of playing.
Eventually, I did see a few sets listed on Marketplace, but by then, I’d already spent nearly L$6,000 on one machine. Oops.
Soda cans in my hair!! I wonder why the cans aren’t empty though, cos my head is feeling a lil’ heavy! I love when random things are re-purposed and recycled, so I really love the creativity of this Recycle hairstyle from Ploom. The cans are color-changing via the hair color HUD. This hair is perfect for many different situations, as for me, I’m getting ready!
It’s Galentine’s Day, and two of my favorite girls in Second Life just released the cutest stuff. The kind of things you gift to yourself and conveniently “accidentally” buy for your friends too.
First up is the Versailles Love Cup from Flair, which is definitely Gogo-approved. I love holdables, and I love them even more when there are options so I can match it to my outfit.
Sparkle Skye also just released the Fiona Collection for Gacha Arcana, so if gacha’s your thing, go play. The best part is you can mix and match all the pieces, which is dangerous for me because I’ll absolutely convince myself I need every variation.
I’m currently obsessed with the Fiona ring, which is a Vault item, but don’t ask me to explain how to play Gacha Arcana because I genuinely don’t know. Sparkle tried to explain it to me, and I nodded like I understood, but I wasn’t retaining any of it. I think it has something to do with getting rewarded for playing a lot. That’s all I’ve got.
After I put together today’s outfit, I realized it was giving equestrian vibe. Which is funny because I don’t plan outfits based on themes. I wear things based on whatever pops up on my radar.
Like this Stella top from Tres Blah, which popped up again because it’s on sale. I already owned it, so I just grabbed a redelivery for LaraX and suddenly it felt like I bought something new without spending money. I love when brands update older items for previous customers. It’s one of the few things in SL that still feels genuinely nice.
This new hat hairstyle is from Wings, and you can customize the logo area with your own text. I made it my name because the template was easy to use with clear instructions. I normally don’t customize anything because I’m lazy, but this one was worth the effort.
While Gacha Arcana from MadPea is fresh on my mind, I want to say something as a resident and customer. I think there are way too many events in Second Life, and I’m saying that as someone whose main hobby in SL is literally shopping.
Even I only go to maybe one or two events a week, and when I go, I mean I teleport in, hit the brands I already know, buy what I came for, and leave. I’m not wandering. I’m not browsing. I’m in and out.
Meanwhile, every month, I watch event companies create even more events, and all it does is spread the same sales thinner and thinner for everyone.
And to be clear, I’m not personally calling out Gacha Arcana here. This applies to pretty much every event company over the past year that has not only created more monthly events on top of their existing ones, but also added marketplace counterparts, weekend sales counterparts, one-off holiday events, and even brought gacha back into the mix. At some point, all of this stops helping creators and starts hurting them.
Recently I heard that some creators participating in Gacha Arcana noticed the low traffic and lack of sales, so they brought it up with the organizer. The organizer blamed it on the real life economy affecting sales in SL. And yes, that’s true. The economy is weird right now. People are cautious. Disposable income is tighter.
But event organizers in SL also need to take some responsibility for the mess they’ve helped create. When you keep stacking events on top of events, you create an economic downward spiral. The user base isn’t big enough to support an endless stream of new events popping up just because organizers want to squeeze even more event fees out of creators for their own benefit.
Cajsa Lilliehook is one of the nicest SL resident that I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. She’s currently in the hospital recovering from surgery, so I’ve decided to wear Cajsa’s favorite hair color for this blog post. I think everyone should go Ginger at least once this week for Cajsa and send her lots of get well soon wishes!
The new What Next Nordic Cabin is the perfect place to blog my outfit today. I love cute lil prefabs that I can use as a backdrop for my photos. I like that it comes with a rezzer, so the set-up time is oh… 2 seconds. If you can click a prim, you can set this up in an instant. The furnished version is just so cozy, and includes everything you (and a friend!) may need for a nice Winter retreat. I just love the wood-burning stove and kettle that dispenses mugs of hot chocolate… yum!
Morrigan Hyun of Elegance Hats has just released new cocktail hats!
I am wearing the 'Nicole' cocktail hat in Rose, Dark Citron, and Black.
I love little hats, and these are darling!
But don’t the old school pop-up dialogue with written colour names work with mesh like they used to do for older styles?
I’m just not seeing the positive effect of a HUD if there’s trouble to find it, it is no copy for some reason and, well, it doesn’t really do anything fancy.
There’s no trouble finding the HUD, just open the package. Also, I’m no scripting expert but I think using a HUD (that you can detach when you’re done) helps cut down on the scripts?
Haha and I was wondering why I couldn’t change the colour of the hairpins… thankfully I always keep the original box, so I was able to get out the hud! Thank you!
I always open my boxes the old fashioned way because I already noticed that, one time all I got from the box was a notecard and lm! hehehe
Sometimes I agree with your reviews, sometimes I disagree… Now it’s time to disagree, I think the only one thing I don’t like from Mon Tissu is that dress! hehehe I don’t know why, maybe it’s just because it’s too ready to go… 😀
Oh, and about the HUD… I don’t know anything about building so I don’t understand why some designers use the HUD (like Elikatira and Wasabi Pills) while some use the old “click here” way (like the cute ‘click your nose’ style from Exile). But I do prefer clicking the nose than having another object in my inventory! 😉
I think I may have to go shoe shopping tomorrow…
We love you too *hugs*
Sweet! 🙂 Keep it up, you know how to do it best. Hugs!
Thank you for this post, Gogo! Love the pictures and of course outfit.
Thank you also for giving that helpful hint for the hair. I had the same issue with my sister having the HUD in her inventory while I did not.
Is a HUD really needed for a couple of colour swatches?
Some mesh hairstyles are hard to ‘grab’ to edit or they’re no mod altogether.
But don’t the old school pop-up dialogue with written colour names work with mesh like they used to do for older styles?
I’m just not seeing the positive effect of a HUD if there’s trouble to find it, it is no copy for some reason and, well, it doesn’t really do anything fancy.
There’s no trouble finding the HUD, just open the package. Also, I’m no scripting expert but I think using a HUD (that you can detach when you’re done) helps cut down on the scripts?
Haha and I was wondering why I couldn’t change the colour of the hairpins… thankfully I always keep the original box, so I was able to get out the hud! Thank you!
Love your look! 🙂
I always open my boxes the old fashioned way because I already noticed that, one time all I got from the box was a notecard and lm! hehehe
Sometimes I agree with your reviews, sometimes I disagree… Now it’s time to disagree, I think the only one thing I don’t like from Mon Tissu is that dress! hehehe I don’t know why, maybe it’s just because it’s too ready to go… 😀
Oh, and about the HUD… I don’t know anything about building so I don’t understand why some designers use the HUD (like Elikatira and Wasabi Pills) while some use the old “click here” way (like the cute ‘click your nose’ style from Exile). But I do prefer clicking the nose than having another object in my inventory! 😉