This enchanting release from Katat0nik is a must have at this month’s Collabor88. The Woody Purse is hollowed with gorgeous flowers, vines & butterflies inside! And since I cannot resist a hair bow, the Dolly Vine Hair Bows are a perfect companion to many SL hairstyles.
It’s raining mesh heads! I’m wearing Gaia 1.0, the newest Bento Mesh Head from Laq. I’m excited by bento editing capabilities and motion capture animations. I spent hours obsessively tweaking this head to look like me, but lately I’ve been more flexible with my looks. I wore the skin and makeups included in the Laq HUD, so this look is completely achievable right out of the box!
The Laq HUD is comparable to other mesh heads on the market – full of features and customization options. I particularly liked the Moods tab, which includes 4 default animated moods that you can play continuously, and 12 animated expressions (includes the option to play continuously or as poses).
My favorite feature on this HUD, is the Looks tab to save different skins & makeup options. With one click, the HUD saved my entire look, and even created a preview pic. The preview pic feature is amazing, cos I tend to forget what I have saved.
Watch Mallory’s video showing the motion captured animations, and tell me those are not the best animations you have ever seen! I like that each expression includes a few poses and plays in a continuous loop.
Now comes the critiques, which surprisingly isn’t much. What I want added to the HUD is a CLEAR ALL button, for when all of my makeup layers are wonky and I want to start over. This head is new, so there are not a lot of skins available for it yet. I would probably like it even more if I could try different skins. Thankfully, it is OMEGA-enabled, so there are some things that will work with it, but OMEGA is terribly slow.
Try the Laq bento mesh head and let me know what you think! How does this mesh head compare with your favorite? What feature do you want to see in future updates?
What I’m Wearing:
LAQ Bento – Motion Capture – Gaia 1.0
Truth Hair – Lisette
Teefy – Sophia Top Lacey (Bloom)
Empire – Jean Shorts
I received the free update of the Doll v2 skin from Pink Fuel and tried it on all the mesh heads that I have: LeLutka (Stella), LOGO (Alex), and Catwa (Jessica). I like it on both LeLutka and LOGO, but it looked odd on the Catwa head. Mochi wears it so much better on the Catwa (Aisha) head shown on her ad!
One skin does not fit all mesh heads, but I do appreciate that Pink Fuel sent out a free update so people who already owned the system skin did not have to buy new mesh head versions.
Pink Fuel Doll v2 HUDs for LeLutka | LOGO | Catwa
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel – Doll V2 (Crystal)
Truth Hair – Emika
I’ve been playing Once Human quite a bit with my friends lately, and it’s really opened my eyes to what makes Second Life so special. While there are definitely aspects of Once Human that Second Life could learn from, like implementing log-in and engagement rewards, here are some key things I genuinely appreciate about Second Life:
As a first-timer in the post-apocalyptic MMO world, I was shocked to discover that changing my appearance comes at a cost—tokens! The grind is real, but playing with the right friends makes it wildly addictive.
Right now, I’m taking a breather to try on some adorable items from the new round of Anthology. It’s still Spooktober, and I’m totally obsessed with the Broken Doll Joints overlay set from Badwill. I snapped two photos—one with the cracks and one without—and layered them in Photoshop. Afterward, I erased parts of the cracks that I didn’t want to keep. It would be amazing if there were options to mix and match the cracks across my body! I’ve never seen a broken porcelain doll tattoo before, so I was thrilled to rock this look.
Today, I’m wearing the Paige dress from Seeker, which comes with a HUD featuring fall prints and solid colors. I can even customize the dress, straps, pockets, and metal buttons! And I’m always on the lookout for the perfect pair of loafers, and the Mood Loafers from Cheezu is so well made and it looks like it’s in PBR. They come with a HUD for changing the color of the shoes, soles, and socks—so stylish!
Read More “Broken Doll”
If you like your pants with a little more ‘crack’ showing, check out BOOM’s Pantime Pants! If you hate crack, wear a long sweater to cover these up, but if you loooooove ’em, pair these Pantime Pants with sexy panties! These pants are available in Black, Teal, Green, Red and Purple. Visit Boom!
Coming very soon! *EDIT* Gala's New Skins are in store now!
[ Click the image to see it in full size :: this shows off all the lovely skin tones ]
Gala Phoenix will be launching three lovely new faces, they are Breeze, Lovely, and Vixen. Each face has four skin tones: Acorn, Moonbeam, Petal, and Sundust and each skin tone has a Light and Dark version. There are six new makeups, but really it's twelve because each 'makeup' now includes two lipstick versions. I feel like Gala has totally spoiled her customers this time with so many choices!
When you purchase a makeup, you're not just getting one skin, but four different ones. For example, if you buy:
::GP:: Breeze-Acorn tone, you will be getting these:
:GP: Acorn [Light] Breeze-Pure 1
:GP: Acorn [Dark Breeze-Pure 1
:GP: Acorn [Light] Breeze-Pure 2
:GP: Acorn [Dark Breeze-Pure 2
But, that's not all, when you include the freckles versions too, that's eight skins for the price of one. Yep, freckles are included!
Shown here is Gala 'Breeze' in Petal (Dark) skin tone in all makeups! You will notice that for each skin, there are two different lipsticks version, what an amazing deal! See my Gala Phoenix Flickr Set for all the makeups in full size.
Last but not least, there are more details to the body and a sexy new 'afterglow' look 🙂 I love the beach-y look, and this new body shading adds a sexy effect that lots of people loooove. Sexy or sweet, I find Gala skins very versatile for any look in SL and I wear it a lot. I'm very very very excited about these and I know Gala skin fans will be too!
Ok… one more! A close-up! It's too pretty not to share:
Find all skins by Gala Phoenix at the Curio sim!
Don't forget to join the Gala & Rita Design Announcements group in-world and be the first to know when these are released. I hear that the sim will be closed to group-only before a public launch. Beat the lag, join the group!
What I'm Wearing:
Gala Phoenix skin 'Breeze'
Royally – Alicia Ballet Outfit (White w/pink)
Maitreya – Piper II hair
Maitreya – Verve Pumps
Happy Mother’s Day! I’m sitting on a tree branch today, not exactly the proper place for a fashion post but I thought this tree branch looked lovely. My outfit was built around the newly released Melody Bustier from Truth (@ faMESHed). This bustier is well-textured and fits perfectly, except that it’s unlined (invisible on the inside). I would prefer it to be lined, so if you do mind things like that too, just try a demo first.
Gorgeous new Workwear Leather Clutch & Wristlet from Mon Tissu. I’m holding the Clutch version (Unrigged), the Wristlet version is rigged and the strap wraps around the wrist. It didn’t find with my SLink hands, so I chose not to wear it that way.
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel – Sora (Peach)
Truth – Zendaya (Swedish)
Truth – Melody Bustier (Antique) XS
Monso – My First Jeans (Grey 1) Size2
Mon Tissu – Prudence Collar (White)
G-Field – Wedge Pumps (Adele)
LaGyo – Olrich Earrings (Gold)
Mon Tissu – Workwear Leather Clutch (Unrigged) White
SLink – Mesh Hands (av)
288 for a purse o_0 …wow I miss when the 88 in Collabor88 was about keeping things at a reasonable 88 L