I haven’t reviewed a new skin for some time, cos I felt like my skin reviews were mostly unappreciated, and my last skin review caused a bit of drama (you can read it here, and here). However, I’m giving skins review another go, and will try to blog some brands that aren’t blogged a lot elsewhere.
This will be my 5th and 6th skin review this year and both of the skins are from Mother Goose! I’ve worn Mother Goose skins before, but I haven’t done a proper review of this brand for some time.
Mother Goose – Nigel
The Nigel skin from Mother Goose comes with Dark brows, 8 makeups, teeth version, cleavage on the skin, and some eye liner & eyelash tattoos. I think this face is cute enough, but Mother Goose does not offer a lot of options. I prefer skins with lipsticks on the tattoo layer so I can mix-and-match with my favorite makeup tattoos. I also don’t like having permanent cleavage! I prefer my boobs not “sticky” all the time.
Mother Goose – Linda
The Linda skin is really cute, and comes with all the same options as the Nigel skin. I like the Light brows on this skin, and the lipstick colors are amazing. Again, I wish these lipsticks were on the tattoo layer, so I can wear it with some of my other skins!
If you’re looking for a cute new face, check out Mother Goose.
What I’m Wearing:
Truth – Kadence (Espresso)
Truth – Bria w/ Roots (Champagne)
Glam Affair – Dorota Shirt (Indigo) S
BOOM – Feel Free Shorts (Indigo)
Blowpop – Fishnet Tights (Black)
SLink – Tall Leather Thigh Boots (Curvy) BLack
Take a picture of your favorite quiet place in SL and blog or post it to the Blog Challenge group on Flickr. This can be a place that you visit to clear your mind, to relax, talk with a friend, or be alone and enjoy the scenery.
I know a lot of us have quiet places on our skybox/work area — but please don’t just take a picture of your work area.
I don’t have a favorite quiet place, but I stumble upon so many lovely places in SL that is just so beautiful and so quiet that I want to stay there forever.
This challenge starts now, and ends whenever the next challenge is posted.
If you decide to do this, please leave your URL to your blog post or Flickr image in the comments of this post, so we can all check it out. Thanks!
I stumbled across the Blackout August initiative created by Second Life resident Imogen Aurelia, and I’m honestly really into the idea.
BLACKOUT AUGUST A pause. A reset. A quiet rebellion against the noise.
We’re stepping back from constant shopping — not to punish creators, but to challenge a system that’s chewing up time, talent, and energy for less and less return.
Creators are burned out. Shoppers are overwhelmed. 💸 L$ are worth less. 🌀 The loop is unsustainable.
So we’re unplugging — for a month — to breathe, explore, connect, and remember what Second Life used to feel like before it became just another sales feed.
This isn’t a protest. It’s perspective. Not a ban — but a boundary. Not harm — but healing.
✨ Support sims. Tip artists. Host meetups. Style your inventory. Explore again. Let SL be about experience, not exhaustion.
Imogen Aurelia
Even though I love shopping in SL, I’m totally on board with taking a pause. A reset for 30 days to stop the constant cycle of buying, and just enjoy what I already have. Maybe even do something different in Second Life. What’s that something else? Hanging out with friends, exploring sims, playing a game. Just being present.
This isn’t about boycotting anyone. I love SL creators. I’ve been shopping and blogging for over 18 years. But even from the consumer side, I can feel the burnout. Creators are producing too much, too fast, and shoppers can’t keep up. I miss when a new release felt special for months, when we showed it off to friends and designers actually had time to enjoy the success of their work instead of rushing into the next release or discounting at a weekend sale.
If going 30 days without shopping feels impossible, you can still take part in a way that works for you. Maybe that means buying only the things you really love instead of grabbing everything just because it’s new or on sale. Personally, I’ve been buying less without even meaning to. My inventory is out of control — I’m at 93K now and trying hard not to hit 100K. I need this break just to organize and reset. That alone is a project.
Can you still enjoy SL without buying anything? Yes. Absolutely. Brands are always giving away gifts and store credit. Most of us have inventory full of unopened things. You can wear what you already have in a new color or styled differently. You can still support creators you love this month by wearing items that you already own.
Some people might say this kind of pause hurts the economy or puts creators at risk, but that’s a much bigger conversation. Most of us are just players. We’re not here to keep the grid economy afloat. I’ve spent years spending money in SL, and I’ll continue to support the creators I love, but I don’t believe it’s my responsibility to make sure everyone is earning. SL is a hobby for most of us. We engage with it how and when we want to.
So I’m trying out Blackout August. I might go the full 30 days, or maybe just a week here and there. But I’m doing it. You can too. Try it in a way that feels right for you. Let Second Life be fun again, not just a sales feed. Let’s breathe a little.
I don’t like Orange much, it is a color that reminds me of Halloween, or prison jumpers. Since I’ve just finished watching Orange is the new Black, I decided make an outfit with the new Ricielli Papi II Jumpsuit in tomato (basically Orange). Dark Orange is actually quite nice on Brunettes, it’s really rich and vibrant.
The Seraphim Social is a new monthly event brought to you by the people behind SeraphimSL.com. Each month’s theme is based on a different book; I didn’t get a chance to read this month’s book (The Host, by Stephenie Meyer). I did like this month’s round a lot, cos many of the items are named Melanie, my bff in SL. I’m assuming that’s a main character in the book? Be sure to visit Seraphim Social before August 11th, to pick up this round’s offerings.
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel – Harley (Peach)
Wasabi Pills – Sarah (Black Coffee)
Ricielli – (S) Papi II Jumpsuit (Tomato)
Hucci – Manteo Sandals
Lark – Mirrored Souls (Necklace) @ Seraphim Social
Action – Studded Kitty Headband
SLink – Tri-Colour Wedges
I’m inspired by all the new and awesome makeups at Kozmetika, so I’ve created a new blog category called Minute Makeover.
The objective of Minute Makeover is to take any SL skin, and transform it in “under a minute” with some tattoo makeups.
1. Bare face (LeLutka Gem/Golden-Makeup7) | 2. BOOM – Down to Basics (Gold)
I started with a skin that has minimal makeup (LeLutka Gem/Golden-Makeup7) but you can see there’s some light eyeshadow. I’m adding a layer of BOOM – Down to Basics (Gold) shadow that has dark eyeliner, but I’m not finished yet!
3. BOOM – Liquid Gaze (lashed) Hot Pink 4. Final look (with prim lashes added)
I wanted something bold and bright to go over the Gold shadow, so I added the BOOM – Liquid Gaze (lashed) Hot Pink. This layer also includes tattoo lashes, but I still wanted to finish it off with a pair of my favorite prim lashes to complete the look.
Gala Phoenix released even more fabulous makeups for her Curio skins. The Dramatic II set of 4 makeups has even more lipstick and dramatic eye shadows!! I love having choices, and Gala definitely keeps me coming for more with what seems to be a new pack of makeups every few weeks! <3
[ GP: Purpereal | Pinque | Noir | Brazen ]
Sweetest Goodbye has just released the Day Dream outfit in a bunch of different colors. I chose pink with baby blue stars! <3 The sculpted bow sash is very well done and the music note is adorable. This is totally a little rock star outfit.
Don’t you just love my legband candy thingie?! This is part of a Witch’s outfit from Honey Kitty that I bought last year for Halloween. Speaking of… that’s just around the corner!
Linda definitely makes your avatar look more mature – I like it! 😀
Mother Goose stores also have a really huge Lucky Board full of skins, some of which are pretty normal and some of which are kind of crazy – I think that while the brand is sometimes a little too free with highlighting, they’re overall good looking and don’t cost a ton of L.
Two of my favorite guy skins come from this store.
It’s a shame the shape of your face doesn’t match with the Mother Goose skins. I tried the demo’s of Nigel and Linda, and they look totally different from your pictures.
I suggest to anyone who is looking for a new skin: always try it on with diferent shapes. Don’t just wear your own shape and dish the skin because it doesn’t look good. For instance, try find a matching shape of a picture you like on marketplace shapes, and see if they have a free demo for it. Ignore the shape/size of the body, that part is easy to edit once you buy a modifyable shape. It’s the face that matters most!
“Doesn’t match”…. I have NO clue what you mean by that, are you even looking at the same pics I’m seeing? Looks pretty darn good on Gogo’s face shape, imo.
That might work for your take on a shape & skin combination. But if I wear a different or heavily modified shape than my regular one, it automatically makes me feel like wearing a costume, a completely different character, for roleplay purposes.
So a skin has to compliment my regular shape in some way to be considered as an option.
Not quite sure where you’re seeing a mismatch on the blog pics either…
What I like about Mother Goose is that there’s usually a pretty basic, natural make-up which you can easily touch up with various make-up layers. Though for my liking, the quite youthful and cute faces and the rather massive breast volume don’t really mix well.
Plus, some quite recent releases have that really odd “cleavage” – well, it rather looks as if bits of chocolate melted in the middle of the chest and left a weird brown smudged imprint. But those should be easy to avoid with demos and the very gracious offer of luckyboards and dollarbies. The one depicted on here certainly doesn’t belong to those ones. 🙂
There is nothing wrong with how the skin looks on Gogo’s shape. Here is one thing about female fashion blogging that you probably don’t get: We don’t change our shapes completely for one skin. With some skins some minor tweeks are made but other wise its important to be recognizable. Gogo is recognizable in almost any skin she wears. Thats what is important.
Thank you Gogo for doing a great skin review. Your reviews are appreciated, please do more.
Lourdes’ comment was absolutely spot on, and it has nothing to do with flattery or disrespect towards Tigo. Hope you are having fun with your trolling, Kuma.
On a totally unrelated note, I’d LOVE to see you put together a sporty look, maybe a pony-tail or pigtails or a cap with some sneakers, that would be super cute!
Those skins are gorgeous! Though it seems as if you’re holding back on the review just a tad or perhaps that’s just my thinking.
Anyways I agree on the lipsticks they should be part of a tattoo layer kinda why I normally go to neutral looking skins is so I can play around with the all the fantastic makeup options that are now available. 🙂
Mew 🙂
Well if a skin does not look good on my face as it is, then i wont get it, i need to look like me. And i agree, skin makers need to provide the skin as a base version, with makeup on the tattoo layer if they want to sell it to me nowadays 🙂
As for cleavage, i believe there should always be a second version of the skin with cleavage built in, the problem with cleavage on the tattoo layer is there not enough spots, since you can only have 5 and i am always at 5, we really need at least 10.
I actually really like the Linda skins on Gogo’s shape but find MG skins are hit and miss for my own shape. Still i’ll have a look at the skin and to be fair I see the article as having done its job its presented the skin in Gogo’s usual high standard and sparked my interest.
As a small comment on Tigo’s input I would expect the skins to look different without having the exact shape Gogo has which afaik is not available as such. I’m tending to agree with others that while it is a choice I think more skins are bought then shapes since its much easier to tweak a shape to fit a skin to an extent.
On the subject of unconstructive comments as opposed to outright trolling I find that allowing both sides of an issue to be debated isn’t a bad thing providing a balanced viewpoint is good for an informed decision.
Ok hating the layout of the Glam Affair sim, cant find anything?!
Seriously, there is many a lovely item of clothing blogged here that in world is almost impossible to find and I hold store owners accountable. They seriously need to consider store layout better.
If Gogo bothered to mention that those ‘many a lovely item of clothing blogged here’ are only available at Collabor88 and not in the main store, you might not have to wander around the sim holding store owners accountable. 😉
Thank you, I did find it there, my comment about store layout stands though. I have been to many stores where they layout is challenging and that’s being polite in some cases. There needs to be a more concerted effort by store owners to be more user friendly. Across the board and not just in this case.
I liked the look of the shirt too, until you try it on and see that it has no lining to back : /
That is just sad…by now all designers should realize they need to line the inside of any part of the clothing that shows!
I had this too! Spent the last half an hour wandering around Glam Affair trying to find this top (not there!). I think Glam Affair really should sort it out, it’s made me quite irritable (they don’t even seem to have a mesh section that I could find and you can’t teleport from their notecard landmarks at the landing area)
Re. this blog – Love it generally – but please, please Gogo – make it easier for us to find things. I thought you used to give surl links?
Keep up the honest and impartial commentary, I, for one, love it. Thanks
Those MG skins looks a bit strange to me because of eyebrows – like they are shawed. Don’t like that. Nice eyebrows are very important for face and that’s the reason one I wouldnt buy this skin.
One question: Why do you buy skins if you don’t ever plan on wearing them again? Just for the sake of reviewing them? I wish I were rich enough to do that! 😛
I like the skins but i think the one thing that puts me off is the eyebrows … they are so light it makes the face look a bit strange, again this might just be me but i think maybe thats what is a little off putting rather than the skin itself.
I love reviews on skins and find gogo speaks what she thinks and it isnt forced.
Linda definitely makes your avatar look more mature – I like it! 😀
Mother Goose stores also have a really huge Lucky Board full of skins, some of which are pretty normal and some of which are kind of crazy – I think that while the brand is sometimes a little too free with highlighting, they’re overall good looking and don’t cost a ton of L.
Two of my favorite guy skins come from this store.
i really like the second skin on you.
Oooh, very pretty! I really like some of the MG skins, very natural looking, and petite. Love your outfit, too, the colour is amazing!
It’s a shame the shape of your face doesn’t match with the Mother Goose skins. I tried the demo’s of Nigel and Linda, and they look totally different from your pictures.
I suggest to anyone who is looking for a new skin: always try it on with diferent shapes. Don’t just wear your own shape and dish the skin because it doesn’t look good. For instance, try find a matching shape of a picture you like on marketplace shapes, and see if they have a free demo for it. Ignore the shape/size of the body, that part is easy to edit once you buy a modifyable shape. It’s the face that matters most!
I really like this skin on my shape!
“Doesn’t match”…. I have NO clue what you mean by that, are you even looking at the same pics I’m seeing? Looks pretty darn good on Gogo’s face shape, imo.
That might work for your take on a shape & skin combination. But if I wear a different or heavily modified shape than my regular one, it automatically makes me feel like wearing a costume, a completely different character, for roleplay purposes.
So a skin has to compliment my regular shape in some way to be considered as an option.
Not quite sure where you’re seeing a mismatch on the blog pics either…
What I like about Mother Goose is that there’s usually a pretty basic, natural make-up which you can easily touch up with various make-up layers. Though for my liking, the quite youthful and cute faces and the rather massive breast volume don’t really mix well.
Plus, some quite recent releases have that really odd “cleavage” – well, it rather looks as if bits of chocolate melted in the middle of the chest and left a weird brown smudged imprint. But those should be easy to avoid with demos and the very gracious offer of luckyboards and dollarbies. The one depicted on here certainly doesn’t belong to those ones. 🙂
There is nothing wrong with how the skin looks on Gogo’s shape. Here is one thing about female fashion blogging that you probably don’t get: We don’t change our shapes completely for one skin. With some skins some minor tweeks are made but other wise its important to be recognizable. Gogo is recognizable in almost any skin she wears. Thats what is important.
Thank you Gogo for doing a great skin review. Your reviews are appreciated, please do more.
Tigo has as much right to find skin and shape NOT good as you ladies have to fight it good.
Respect the opinion of others. Just because they differ from yours it doesn’t make them less valid.
And Tigo was polite, I find the skins on Gogo shape simply ridiculous.
Anyone’s going to sue me or play the american “freedom of expression is only valid if it is flattery” way?
Lourdes’ comment was absolutely spot on, and it has nothing to do with flattery or disrespect towards Tigo. Hope you are having fun with your trolling, Kuma.
On a totally unrelated note, I’d LOVE to see you put together a sporty look, maybe a pony-tail or pigtails or a cap with some sneakers, that would be super cute!
Those skins are gorgeous! Though it seems as if you’re holding back on the review just a tad or perhaps that’s just my thinking.
Anyways I agree on the lipsticks they should be part of a tattoo layer kinda why I normally go to neutral looking skins is so I can play around with the all the fantastic makeup options that are now available. 🙂
Mew 🙂
Well if a skin does not look good on my face as it is, then i wont get it, i need to look like me. And i agree, skin makers need to provide the skin as a base version, with makeup on the tattoo layer if they want to sell it to me nowadays 🙂
As for cleavage, i believe there should always be a second version of the skin with cleavage built in, the problem with cleavage on the tattoo layer is there not enough spots, since you can only have 5 and i am always at 5, we really need at least 10.
I actually really like the Linda skins on Gogo’s shape but find MG skins are hit and miss for my own shape. Still i’ll have a look at the skin and to be fair I see the article as having done its job its presented the skin in Gogo’s usual high standard and sparked my interest.
As a small comment on Tigo’s input I would expect the skins to look different without having the exact shape Gogo has which afaik is not available as such. I’m tending to agree with others that while it is a choice I think more skins are bought then shapes since its much easier to tweak a shape to fit a skin to an extent.
On the subject of unconstructive comments as opposed to outright trolling I find that allowing both sides of an issue to be debated isn’t a bad thing providing a balanced viewpoint is good for an informed decision.
Ok hating the layout of the Glam Affair sim, cant find anything?!
Seriously, there is many a lovely item of clothing blogged here that in world is almost impossible to find and I hold store owners accountable. They seriously need to consider store layout better.
If Gogo bothered to mention that those ‘many a lovely item of clothing blogged here’ are only available at Collabor88 and not in the main store, you might not have to wander around the sim holding store owners accountable. 😉
Thank you, I did find it there, my comment about store layout stands though. I have been to many stores where they layout is challenging and that’s being polite in some cases. There needs to be a more concerted effort by store owners to be more user friendly. Across the board and not just in this case.
I love this shirt and I can’t seem to find it at Glam Affair 🙁
Synsera,
I had trouble too at first. Its at Collabor88….”)
I liked the look of the shirt too, until you try it on and see that it has no lining to back : /
That is just sad…by now all designers should realize they need to line the inside of any part of the clothing that shows!
I had this too! Spent the last half an hour wandering around Glam Affair trying to find this top (not there!). I think Glam Affair really should sort it out, it’s made me quite irritable (they don’t even seem to have a mesh section that I could find and you can’t teleport from their notecard landmarks at the landing area)
Re. this blog – Love it generally – but please, please Gogo – make it easier for us to find things. I thought you used to give surl links?
Keep up the honest and impartial commentary, I, for one, love it. Thanks
Those MG skins looks a bit strange to me because of eyebrows – like they are shawed. Don’t like that. Nice eyebrows are very important for face and that’s the reason one I wouldnt buy this skin.
I like this skin on you, suits your shape well! Please do some more skin reviews, not enough bloggers do proper skin reviews.
I think the Linda skin makes you look a little like Katie Hudson. Cute!
I like Nigel a lot.
One question: Why do you buy skins if you don’t ever plan on wearing them again? Just for the sake of reviewing them? I wish I were rich enough to do that! 😛
I think bloggers get stuff for free, to review them, I might be wrong! My bad if I am, lol.
Personally, I’d love to see you wearing skins from My Ugly Dorothy by Sopha Portal.
I like the skins but i think the one thing that puts me off is the eyebrows … they are so light it makes the face look a bit strange, again this might just be me but i think maybe thats what is a little off putting rather than the skin itself.
I love reviews on skins and find gogo speaks what she thinks and it isnt forced.