Some time last year, I turned my RSS feed setting from full text to just the summary. I’m thinking of changing it back to full text, even though content scrapers might be able to feed my site without permission. If you guys want it back the way it was, please vote below!
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Alice welcomes you into this blog post!
Just kidding, it’s just me 😛
This sexy little Alice in Wonderland outfit is from Deviance, one of the best places to get cute costumes inspired by fairytale characters. I love to dress up in SL, but I usually stick to cute/naughty costumes, not sci-fi or scary stuff. I want to try more sci-fi stuff though!
This post features the new Vive9 Carrot skins. I will admit that I did not like this brand when it was first launched, because I thought the work was sloppy and had seams everywhere. Seams are unforgivable, especially in places like the face, torso, legs, or other highly visible places. I was so pleasantly surprised when I tried on Carrot skins and I liked the face and didn’t notice seams everywhere.
This skin is not perfect but it is good enough to buy and wear.
I did notice one thing that annoyed me, and I can’t believe I’m saying this cos it sounds really weird but the palms are too light for the skin tone, and there’s a seam on the hand (which I can live with because it’s not a highly visible area). Here’s a picture to show you what I’m talking about:
Now that I have THAT out of the way, onto the makeups and the face itself, which is fantastic! I’m such a fan of youthful faces and rosy cheeks <3
Each skin tone has 9 makeups, and each makeup has 3 brow option (Blonde, Brown, Red) and a freckles version. I’m wearing the Blonde brows and Apricot skin tone here.
Warning! NSFW nekkie picture below! But since this is my first time reviewing Vive9 here, I wanted to show the new body (and any reason to plaster my boobs on Juicybomb is a good reason)!
If you were not a fan of Vive9 before, you might like these skins now.
Visit Vive9
What I’m Wearing:
Vive9 – Carrot Skins (Apricot tone)
Tiny Bird – Time To Pretend II (Ash Blonde) *modified to remove headband*
Deviance – Alice in Wonderland
Shiny Things – Tuli Pumps (Black)
Oh look, I’ve left my skybox! And, I’m wearing something other than a tank top and booty shorts.
Evie’s Closet has just released the Ariel dress in a bunch of different colors. I’m wearing the Pink one, of course! This dress includes sculpted flower top, sculpted flower pants (with and without silk attachments), circlet (for your hair), anklets, and modesty tops & pants (not worn here). I tried on the modesty top and pants and I didn’t like the look of it showing beneath gorgeous sculpted flowers, so I went without pants.
I tend to take too many pictures when I’m doing photos in-world cos I figured since I’m already there, and I’ve spent all that time rezzing the sim, why not take a bunch of pictures? Oh, also, other people must think I’m a weirdo for hovering in the same spot almost naked for a long time. I need a group tag that says “I’m not weird, I’m just blogging.”
Also, if you like my poses used in these photos, they’re from Leafy. I love these poses for in-world photos, especially when I want ‘action’ shots.
All pictures were taken at Tempura Island!
What I’m Wearing:
LeLutka-IFElight-makeup3(D Brows)
Fascino – Ayan (Orchid) hair
Evie’s Closet – Ariel (Pink)
SLink – Jolie Pied Barefoot
Looking for my Studio Windlight Settings? Windlight is now obsolete. I’ve converted this into Studio EEP settings. Get it on Marketplace.
My Facebook page reached 1,000+ likes this week! As a “thank you” gift to all of my loyal readers, I have packaged five of my favorite Studio Windlight settings for you to download.
I haven’t ever shared these Windlight Settings before, even though tons of people have asked! Please enjoy them, and let me know if you like them!
A lot of people don’t know this, but the direction that your avatar faces matters when using a Windlight Setting made by someone else. When I am on a pose stand, my avatar is always facing SOUTH, and the blank prim background is behind me. All of these settings were created with Ultra graphics settings, but they’ll work for lower graphics settings too. If your picture doesn’t look exactly like mine, it’s probably due to having a different graphics card & graphics settings.
Download the JUICYBOMB.COM – Studio Windlight Settings!
To install, locate this folder on your computer and copy all of the Windlight Settings there:
C:UsersYOURNAMEAppDataRoamingSecondLifeuser_settingswindlightskies
Feel free to modify the Windlight Settings for your own personal use.
Update: Thanks to everyone who have downloaded or blogged my Windlight Settings!! I have noticed that some of you guys are using it for in-world scenery photography. When I created these, I didn’t pay attention to the sky color at all, cos it wasn’t visible with the prim background behind me. Some of the skies are dark/brown/black, so if you want to use the settings outdoors, take a moment to adjust your sky! 🙂
Modd.G is a brand that's new to me. This brand has a huge collection of summer dresses & casual pieces to mix and match. I'm really impressed with the cute designs and tons of color choices for each outfit.
Here are some outfits available @ Modd.G!
What I'm Wearing:
Modd.G Iris Tube Dress (Plush)
Modd.G Jacinta Flora Dress (Blue)
Modd.G Juliet Tank Dress (Green/Pink)
Modd.G Karen Indie Dress Set (Pink)
Modd.G Kiss Me Tulip (Green)
Modd.G Liana Dress (Red)
Modd.G The Milky Way Jeans (Beige) + Maya Halter (Pink)
Modd.G Tabitha Jumper (Black) + Pink Outfitters – Sheer Heart Cami (Shirt) Pink
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!
Visit What Next
What I’m Wearing:
Truth – Chantelle (Carrot)
Magic Nook – Afternoon Sweater (Green)
Couverture – Fur Miniskirt (Dark Brown)
LaGyo – Pallium poncho+necklace (texturechange)
LeLutka – Pow Pumps (Brown)
Are any of these skins FABULOUS to you?
These skins are too fug, I have decided to block out my fabulous DETOUR eyes to spare them from being associated with fugly skins.
[I wouldn’t wear this “Kristin Kruek” skin unless you like saggy boobs, mismatched seams, cut+paste, permanent piercings and other imperfections]
[Upper body and lower body skin tone does not match & omg where are the bits?!!!!]
[cut+paste and greasy]
Skins can be found at The Free Fandom Project inside avatar packages. Go at your own risk.
The Fab Free blog makes me sad, since they don’t live up to their name of blogging FABULOUSLY Free stuff in SL. Fab Free does the community a total disservice by blogging skins that are entirely useless, unless one liked glaringly mismatched seams and boobs with no nipples :X I would recommend Free*Style for all your future freebie hunting needs. It’s a complete insult to people who DO like free stuff.. it’s saying, hey, since you like free stuff, take this piece of shit and clutter your inventory further. /barf
*Note* Fab Free is part of the Second Style Network, one of the largest fashion magazines in SL.
The change does affect traffic, at least on my site it does. Fewer people visit if I provide the full article.
I see preview w/ pic with more after the cut. There is a wp plugin that works for that. Let me know if you need the name, I use it but can’t remember the name.
Sure!
Here it is its called Better Feed. http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/
You can install right inside wordpress too. Just showing the site.
umm see should be say… damn auto correct
I like the summary – especially for lingere and skin posts. 😀 That way I don’t end up with unexpected nude pics if I open my feed with my roomie behind me!
Content scappers don’t need your rss feed to do so, it’s not the only way. So that should not be the main reason. But if it was my site I would go for summary. Because I like to see how many people are reading my blog and it makes it easyer to block that person that is being rude.
As a reader I want full text. I’ts quick and easy. 100 blogs/sites in just one peek. And when I need to travel I just sync it with my reader and I have enough reading material for the day without using my internet bundle.
Yes less people might visit but that does not mean that they are not watching.
People will return to your site. If its not for giving a comment or just because the layout makes it so much nicer to read.
I read everything in google reader and if I like the post I’ll go to it to give it traffic but with it the way it is now I pretty much scroll by the posts and never see them because they are text only and I don’t notice them. But it does make me click your page a lot more because I feel like I am missing your updates so I’m constantly checking to see what i miss in google reader
I use Flipboard & Pulse on Android and a tablet to view my feeds generally. Since you only use “summary” I am forced to have my phone/tablet open your site each time in the browser, defeating the purpose of these fab apps. I love being able to keep up with my SL feeds in this way, and I have excellent experience with non-summary feeds.
Thanks for always keeping your blog so fresh and fabulous. You are in my top blogs list, so having images included once again would make my week! Appreciate the chance to express an opinion and have you consider changing formats…
Vampy