Happy Halloween! This gorgeous new Hollywood Nights hairstyle is from Exile, and comes in NEW delicious colors that reminds me of candy. The Wild Fusion 1 and 2 HUDs are to die for! Visit the Exile blog to see all 5 new hairstyles, and more info about the new release.
New HUD design!
The ‘I’m not feeling very well‘ tattoo set from Izzie’s is such an amazing find! I’m so glad my Plurk pals recommended this! I know my avatar looks very sad with tears streaming down her face and some extra face redness, but I’m actually super happy to have found this tattoo set!! <3
I’m mostly too lazy to mix-and-match different outfits, but today I wore the High Raise Hotpants from d.Select and discovered that the top portion of the Pretty Poppy dress from The Secret Store goes perfectly well with these shorts. I love this together, and the Grey Nylon Tights from d.Select completed the outfit.
What I’m Wearing:
Izzie’s – I’m not feeling very well (tattoo set)
LeLutka – Xanthe hair (Marilyn)
artilleri – Tropicana hair flower
The Secret Store – Pretty Poppy dress (just the top)
d.Select – High Raise Hotpants (Brown)
d.Select – Grey Nylon Tights
Does a store build matter? Absolutely. I don’t really mind if a store is built badly (or no build at all), as long as the vendors can be seen clearly. This was not the case when I went to Filthy Skins a few weeks ago; the store was so blindingly bright and all the interior textures were tinted Blue, so I couldn’t see anything! I ran from the store as fast as I could after grabbing demos and didn’t think about these skins until last night.
After trying on several faces, I settled on this Candy skin. I think it’s lovely, and very “me” except for the Pale tone (worn below) is not really my idea of Pale, but more like a warm Sunkissed tone. Despite being too tan, I still wanted this, and I will try to make it work with Blonde hair, but I must warn you I look a bit like Snooky’s Blonde sister 😀
Check out Candy in Pale Tone:
I love this face! And it’s perfect for Dark Brown hair, but maybe even OK on Blondes.
Do you guys think the skin is more suited for Brunette or Blonde hair?
I’m really glad I gave Filthy Skins another look, cos I think I may have found a new favorite skin store.
Kyoot released the new Last Thread Tanks this weekend and they’re so pretty! I think the cleavage is so sexy, and the loose thread at the bottom of the tank is just a great touch. Howeverrrrr….. the side seams really bugs me! I know Saeya Nyanda can do better seams than this, cos it just feels incomplete to me, to not align it, and also not add side-shading to create a more “finished” look.
I’ve posted an example of what I think is great seams on a striped top from Ingenue. I love how Betty Doyle lined her textures up nearly perfectly, and also added shading along the seams.
For most of us who take photos staring straight ahead, the side seam is rarely ever seen, but what happens when you DO notice it? Designers who take more care into creating nice seams really sets themselves apart from designers who do not.
What I’m Wearing:
Hair: Elikatira – Other, Again & Maitreya – Lara II
Filthy – Candy (Pale)
Kyoot – Last Thread Tank (Spring)
Ingenue – Trixie Halter (Blossom)
BOOM – Feel Free Shorts (Pure)
Magic Nook – Neon Candy Ring
Hey! Hope your morning’s good. I’m doing this as a warmup before I launch into all the work I need to get done (before I crash and have a long nap, since I only slept for 4 hours).
How’d I do this picture, you ask? Picmonkey! People look down on photo editors, but you know what? Don’t listen to them. What matters is making something cool and fun to look at. How you created it isn’t relevant and it isn’t anyone’s place to judge you.
Anyway, so what you do to get this effect is load up your picture on Picmonkey, sharpen it, crop it as you like, and then do a few texture overlays. They have a lot of nice ones! Then when you’re ready, apply a black and white photo filter. The filter will allow you to “erase” where the filter applies to the picture. Just brush over it a few times in interesting spots and bam. You’ve got this effect.
Not so hard to do now that you know the secret, right? But it doesn’t make my pictures any less pretty. How I got there is not important. It’s that I got there. Y’know what I mean?
As my design teacher used to say- “It’s just a drawing.” It’s just a picture! Sometimes you have to get out of the way of yourself–that’s when you start to have fun.
What I’m Wearing:
Lelutka Simone head
Pink Fuel Doll v2 Vamp skin
Beusy – June hair
Tentacio & Cureless Galatea Doll Lolita – body, dress (rare), and white onepiece suit
MiaMai – Titania Headpiece Rose
BunBun – Crystal Heart Choker
Poses by Curvosity
OMGyouguys!! The Royal Wedding was so amazing; I love technology & live tv. Anyways, this post isn’t about the Royal Wedding!
Check out this new Off Shoulder Gauze Tunic from AOHARU. Machang is so talented with sculpts, this tunic fits me perfectly. <3
I am happy to report that I’ve been cleaning my inventory lots and it is now 78K! My next goal is 70K, and eventually, 50K. Not sure what else I can delete though, as I’ve been pretty ruthless so far. Does anyone still wear Armidi hair? I’ve deleted my entire folder, and only went down about 500+ items. I’ve always thought it’d go down a lot more!
What I’m Wearing:
Laqroki – Linnea (Fair) Light Brows – 01
Milana – Dunne
AOHARU – OffShoulderGauzeTunic (Flower/Red)
AOHARU – AnkleLaceUpBoots (White)
The only thing on my calendar this weekend is the Spoonful of Sugar Festival. This event raises money for MSF/Doctors Without Borders, and I always admire the designers who donate their time to causes in Second Life, especially the smaller or lesser-known charities. Every year I look forward to SOS because some of my favorite creators are part of it.
This year it feels like a lot of people might be skipping the festival. The Seraphim mention didn’t include a gallery, and even SOS’s own website doesn’t have one. That made shopping a little tricky, but I went straight to the brands I love such as Izzie’s and Alaskametro and found some great things. There’s even a gacha area if that’s your thing.
Pro tip: Keep an eye out for a bowl of sugar if you want to grab some L$20 bargains from participating brands.
One of the highlights for me was Izzie’s new Age Yourself set. Wrinkles and aging looks seem to be getting more popular in Second Life, and honestly, she’s scary good at transforming skins. The set comes in 50%, 70%, and 100% opacity layers so you can blend the wrinkles with your current skin.
I also picked up the new Soft Brows from Alaskametro. I never use the brows that come with a skin, so I’m always hunting for new ones. These are the perfect thickness, and they looked great when I tried them on. The only thing I wish is that they came with a HUD so I could play around with the opacity. I like layering BoM brows under LeLutka HD brows. On the left you can see the light colored brows, and on the right the tinted ones. You lose a bit of detail when tinting, but it’s fabulous that the option is included so you can get the exact shade you want.
Check out the SOS Festival, show your favorite brands some love, and support a good cause while you shop.
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If you’re like me, you don’t want your SL too perfect. A slight feeling of quirkyness to your online experience is more your style.
So what do you get the girl who wants her virtual world a bit artsy and hand-drawn? Why, the new Gemini skin from [ a.e.meth ], of course!
![[ a.e.meth ] - Gemini Skin](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/741/22598148064_6b8aacb162_z.jpg)
The Gemini skin set from [ a.e.meth ] comes with four system skin shades, PLUS an Omega applier hud. All Omega-friendly heads and bodies will be able to wear this skin.
Please try the demo before buying! You can purchase the full package here or at the mainstore for 250L.
A note: The Gemini skin [edit: we tested it on Catwa and it LOOKS GREAT]. It looks amazing on Lelutka but I haven’t received their dev kit yet (they’re slow to distribute and god knows if I’ll even get picked) It favors Logo heads and looks good on Slink.
I will begin porting this skin to the Kemono bodies next. If you wear another mesh head and want me to try and make an applier for that, please let me know in the comments!
Lipsticks and makeup coming up for all heads now. Thanks!
–Cake
These new releases by Exile make me think that Kavar hired Tommy Fairplay to make hair for him. They are very similar to his templates and Damselfly takes private orders to make exclusive styles for shops. They are very far from Exile’s normal style and very close to Damselfly’s. All 5 new ones from the 30th October. I was o.O.
Kavar probably will have a heart attack when he reads this! All Exile hairstyles are 100% original mesh, created by Kavar and exclusively available for his brand only. I know he likes to experiment with lots of different styles/techniques, so these may look a bit different from the previous releases. I have no idea what Damselfly’s hair looks like, since I don’t own any, but you should definitely try these! They look great on! 🙂
Hiya, just wanted to respond to say that is insane lol. Sorry, if I didn’t like making things I would just stop, all of my hairs are 100% my creation love them or hate them and I don’t really see any similarities to the template hairs though I guess there must be some as several people contacted me worried that castilion (a brand using the templates) were somehow rips of my old hair and that was weeks before this release but they aren’t. (was probably helped by the fact they kept dropping their ads in my flickr group until I finally had to block them from it).
Anyway its totally fine if you don’t like them but its kind of crazy to think I would send out for hairstyles after 6 years lol.
Oh, no, please! No heart attacks! We need him all healthy to continue making awesome releases! 😀 I did try but did not buy them because these are really chunky compared to former ones.