I’m so excited about this report, thank you JetPack and WordPress! This year’s report is even better than last year’s report! The numbers of hits fell from 1.1 million to 840,000 thousand, but reader interaction went up, cos you guys commented a lot more! The top 5 commenters are: Opal Rae, Anahata, Charlotte Caxton, Vianne, and Tracy Redangel.
Thank you so much for your support in 2012! Even though readers do not always agree with me, I have really enjoyed reading your comments, and will try to make this blog even better next year.
I love my outfit today! It’s inspired by Mustard Yellow, and oh so casual. I like the Zipper Skinny Jeans from Maitreya, but it’s just a couple of inches too short around the ankles area, and I feel like my jeans don’t “fit” right. I wish it was just a bit longer!
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel – Kumi (Peach) Pure (bwnbrow/crease)
Exile – Fade Into You (Swiss)
Celoe – Jet Sweater (Roti) S
Maitreya – Zipper Skinny Jeans (S) #3
Mon Tissu – Cottage Flats (Mustard)
Hey! Do you know what LISA FRANK is? If you’re a girl, you do!!! I grew up obsessing over Lisa Frank items — it’s like Hello Kitty but with more rainbows!!!! and unicorns!! It’s a good day when you can dress your SL Av like a Barbie meets Lisa Frank doll.
Sparkle Skye is giving away this adorable Cupcake Fairy outfit to anyone that joins her subscribo group. Check it out.. it’s ADORABLE!!!!
I’m wearing the outfit with the latest hair release from Exile:
I love the Teefy items so much, I am wearing it again today, in a different color and print. Instead of a retro look, I’ve decided to go with a more modern and casual style by wearing a plain White top with darker floral prints. At times I am insanely jealous of my virtual wardrobe!!!!
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel Skin
Truth – Zoella
Teefy – Laura Unbuttoned Knotted Shirt (S) White
Teefy – Leah High-Waisted Skinny Jeans (S) Floral
L.Warwick – Umbriel (High Strapped Heels) Noir
If you don’t fall in love with a mesh head right away, keep trying it with NEW skins. Today I am revisiting the LeLutka Stella face and pairing it with the Cerise skin from Lara Hurley Skin. I tried this skin on with all the LeLutka mesh heads, and found that it looks best on Stella and Karin. The lips fit best on these two faces, and they don’t stretch or warp.
Recently I previewed the upcoming skin fair, and found so many skin appliers. There’s truly something for everyone! I want to expand beyond my favorites to find new favorites, but I won’t compromise my taste. I like youthful skins with smooth and bright skin tones and subtle makeups. The Cerise skin from Lara Hurley is truly beautiful and inexpensive for the options that are available (brows, lips, eyes). I wish that the skin offered a true ‘bare’ face though, cos with the closed-eyes option on LeLutka Mesh Heads, the eyeliner stretches a lot and it looks messy. *hint* Please make a no-makeup eyes option.
LeLutka / Lara Hurley Skin HUDs
Today I am at the beautiful Everlong sim! I coveted this Fawn Friend from MishMish but didn’t want to play the gacha machine. I’m just unlucky in gacha, but Sasy is not! She won this fawn for me, and I’m super grateful! <3
What I’m Wearing:
LeLutka Mesh Head – Stella
Lara Hurley Skin – Cerise (Pale)
Truth Hair – Roux
LODE – Head Accessory (Violets) Original
The Secret Store – Maggie Silky Dress (Rose)
The Secret Store – Boudoir Slippers (Rose)
MishMish – Fawn Friend
New sheer tattoo eyeshadows from cheLLe! cheLLe – Artemis features sheer and soft eyeshadows, great for layering and mixing-and-matching! You can layer any colors in this set to create a new color!
cheLLe – Artemis II is a bolder and brighter color palette. These eyeshadows are only available in our gacha machine at Cosmetic Fair, and it’s only $20L per play! Collect the entire set, or share with your friends! See you at the fair!
I read about a new Avatar Welcome Pack and got really excited. What’s this? New avatars? Is Second Life finally offering us something visually appealing? Anything would be better than Senra. Curious to know what’s included, I began digging around and stumbled upon the Virtual Bloke blog (Second Life New Avatar Welcome Packs – It’s time to check your inventory library, folks!). Unfortunately, the Avatar Welcome Pack was quickly removed from the Library; Second Life stated, “These items are in the final stages of QA, but we’re not quite ready to unveil all the details just yet.”
UPDATE: The Avatar Welcome Pack is back in the Library now.
I wanted to know what’s in the welcome pack, even though I don’t really need it. So, my friend Sasy suggested that I check the beta grid since the updates there tend to lag behind the main grid. Boom! I found it on the beta grid.
Avatar Welcome Pack – Male
First impressions? It’s okay. It’s definitely better than Senra, but it feels limited. This pack includes a very lite body and a very lite mesh head; however, they are wearable right out of the box. There are also some hair and clothing items included from various brands. I’m currently wearing everything as provided, without any customization. When this goes live on the main grid, I think residents will enjoy the opportunity to mix and match these heads and bodies with more items they already own to create something cuter.
I can’t wait to see how this impacts the new user experience in Second Life. It’s quite intriguing that Second Life is focusing exclusively on human avatars as part of this new user experience. Even though I am a human avatar all the time, I truly appreciated the grid’s diversity, which included animal avatars and various non-human avatars, among others.
UPDATE! The set back eyes are because I didn’t reset skeleton. I just figured that the avatar came like that, lol! So imagine these avatars without the set back eyes. 🙂
Ha! Who would have guessed I would be a top commenter, lol.
I enjoy your blog because it introduces me to aspects of Second Life I may have otherwise missed out on. You are an inspiration to me and I love your style.
I really do love your blog, like I’ve always said your avi is the most beautiful I’ve seen and since I use your shapes it’s good to see what you’re wearing so I know what works for me too!
I get so excited when a new post comes out, hehe. Keep up the amazing work, you are much loved by us all here who read you :]
Truly amazing, and something of which you should be extremely proud. Even though I don’t always agree with your opinions, they are always a breath of fresh air. Congratulations!
Woot! May 13 is my birthday! And I definitely visited your blog then, too 😀
ooh and I’m one of the top commenter 2nd time running…
Kind of wonder if I aughtn’t shut my trap…
Congrats Gogo! I confess that I always read your blog without making any comments but I really like how you not only shows the best quality outfits but also help people with news and suggestions! I wish you even more sucess in this new year that is coming!♥
grats on the well-deserved report! one thing i kinda use this blog for is quality assessment. you don’t use photoshop to disguise the clothing or accessories, which is fine if you’re going for the art, but it definitely helps me out when i’m looking for a new outfit to put together. i just think, well if gogo has it here lookin fly, it might look fly on me too! haha
I check your blog and Strawberry’s regularly, at least 4 x’s a week. It’s simple to check out, the new posts are right there at the top, usually have the latest thing going on, indicate an expertise with SL, and are pictorially well done and tasteful. Some blogs, although nicely done, have a more complicated approach and I lose interest quickly with that. I also appreciate that you state an opinion. I’ve been to some blogs, then bought the item posted, and been very dissatisfied with the fit or something and wondered what the blogger was thinking, but that doesn’t happen often. There’s really so many very talented and dedicated bloggers out there. But anyway, congratulations on a great year, keep on posting. 🙂
Ha! Who would have guessed I would be a top commenter, lol.
I enjoy your blog because it introduces me to aspects of Second Life I may have otherwise missed out on. You are an inspiration to me and I love your style.
I really do love your blog, like I’ve always said your avi is the most beautiful I’ve seen and since I use your shapes it’s good to see what you’re wearing so I know what works for me too!
I get so excited when a new post comes out, hehe. Keep up the amazing work, you are much loved by us all here who read you :]
Truly amazing, and something of which you should be extremely proud. Even though I don’t always agree with your opinions, they are always a breath of fresh air. Congratulations!
Woot! May 13 is my birthday! And I definitely visited your blog then, too 😀
ooh and I’m one of the top commenter 2nd time running…
Kind of wonder if I aughtn’t shut my trap…
Do you like comments on your posts?
Yes! I love comments <3 Blogging is like talking to myself, if nobody responds! 🙂 Thank you for making it less awkward hahaha!
Even with 840K visitors you are doing better than the majority. Now stop starting drama for the attention and hits. LOL ♥
Congrats Gogo! I confess that I always read your blog without making any comments but I really like how you not only shows the best quality outfits but also help people with news and suggestions! I wish you even more sucess in this new year that is coming!♥
grats on the well-deserved report! one thing i kinda use this blog for is quality assessment. you don’t use photoshop to disguise the clothing or accessories, which is fine if you’re going for the art, but it definitely helps me out when i’m looking for a new outfit to put together. i just think, well if gogo has it here lookin fly, it might look fly on me too! haha
I check your blog and Strawberry’s regularly, at least 4 x’s a week. It’s simple to check out, the new posts are right there at the top, usually have the latest thing going on, indicate an expertise with SL, and are pictorially well done and tasteful. Some blogs, although nicely done, have a more complicated approach and I lose interest quickly with that. I also appreciate that you state an opinion. I’ve been to some blogs, then bought the item posted, and been very dissatisfied with the fit or something and wondered what the blogger was thinking, but that doesn’t happen often. There’s really so many very talented and dedicated bloggers out there. But anyway, congratulations on a great year, keep on posting. 🙂