Fishy Strawberry nailed it with this Denim & Lace dress! It’s short and tight, but still somehow very sweet and not slutty. I LOVE THIS DRESS! I am also wearing the SLink Physique mesh body, and I am trying to make it work with my existing wardrobe by being creative with the alpha HUD & adjusting my body size.
I’m used to this body now, that when I take it off, it no longer feels right. Even though wearing clothes can be challenging (right now), I don’t think it’s any different than people conforming their body size to fit Standard Sizing, so I think designers & consumers will eventually find a way to make mesh bodies work.
Not photoshopped. The legs are so smooth!
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel Skin
Truth Hair – Lovers
Fishy Strawberry – Denim & Lace Dress (S) Light
Donna Flora – Julia Ring (White)
Ingenue – Lola Heels (Sherbert Stripe)
Have you seen these new LeLutka Lashes for Bento Mesh Head? These are the only lashes I will ever need! I like the default lashes that comes with the LeLutka head but these offer more variety and fuller lash options.
What I’m Wearing:
Truth Hair – Delaney
Blueberry – Piki Dress
Mandala – Princess-dogtag (Antique) Necklace, Ring
Ingenue – Moira Heels (Merlot)
Have you been to Cara Bella? This newly launched brand from Piper Ashdene (formerly Aden Breyer) has just released the Arianna skins in 5 skin tones, and 8 makeups. I’ve been seeing teasers of this skin for a week now, so I was quite excited to try it on myself.
Arianna also comes with brow options, and cleavage enhancers & dehancers tattoos.
Cara Bella – Arianna | On skin | Enhancer | Dehancer
I did notice that the “Enhancer” shading is much too dark for it to look natural, but the natural cleavage (on the skin itself) and the Dehancer is just right.
The body on Arianna was decent, except for this large seam on the inner thigh and a very faint one on the torso. This area must be incredibly hard for skin creators cos I noticed that many brands have this issue.
Overall, I like this skin but it needs some improvement. The lips corners are shaded too dark, I had to reduce my Lip Fullness slider to fix that area (but I want bigger lips!!). I also didn’t like the Blonde brows as much as I like this Dark Brows color. Lots of designers simply cannot do convincing Blonde brows. And I hope Piper makes changes to the Enhancer shading! That’s pretty much all of my critique… this is a skin review, after all.
The new Yu-IV and Cordelia skins from Mother Goose has a sweet and young look to them. I prefer younger faces, but these may be better suited for teen or even older kid avatars.
The Yu-IV skin includes 6 makeups (with teeth option), 3 blush tattoo, 2 b rows, and one eyeliner& lashes tattoo.
The Cordelia skin includes 5 makeups (with teeth option), and 2 brows tattoo. You can wear the Yu-IV blush & eyeliner& lashes tattoo with this skin, like I have in the picture above.
I’ve always liked Mother Goose cos the skins are inexpensive, and the faces are unique and fresh. One of the things that I think they can improve on is to offer more skin tones!!! I’m usually not too pale or too tan, so sometimes their skin doesn’t work for me.
What I’m Wearing:
Exile – Loveshack (BabyDoll) @ My Attic
Atomic – Endearing Earrings (Platinum)
Monso – My Warmer Muffler (White)
Drift – Flirtini Dress (S) Lace
Maubray – Marijen Wedge w/ Sock
It’s still January, so I can say “new year, new face!” I haven’t switched to a new mesh head, as I still adore Lelutka’s Billie Mesh head. However, I have decided to break away from the skin I’ve been wearing since November (which isn’t a long time) and try another brand. This is the Zoe skin from Avarosa. I think I will wear this skin for a while; it’s very cute with some tattoo enhancements.
Left: Avarosa Skin | Right: with extra face highlight tattoos added
I added plenty of extra face highlights to the skin from Izzie’s and Glam Affair. Glam Affair includes face gloss and face shine layers with some of their skins, which I add when I want some additional highlights.
I demo skins every single week, always open to changing my face if I find something I like better. It frustrates me that most skin brands do not offer a browless version for demo. Dear skin designers, I do not like thick brows. Sometimes I can imagine the skin without the default brows, other times I simply move on without purchasing.
If you want to wear this Avarosa skin and get a good match with Velour body skins, just disregard the skin tone name and judge the tone with your eyes. I am wearing the Velour body skin in Valley tone, while this head skin is in Snow tone. I also wore the Velour neck fix and tinted it to match.
Still feeling the sparkly new year vibes, I decided to don this Holiday Gown from Werx. I rarely find full PBR clothing appealing, but I thought the texture on this dress was exceptionally well done. It shimmers just the way I like it, and the colors are as expected. I’m ready to party in this dress, although it’s not the type of attire I can wear with underwear; we’ll pretend it’s still classy.
One Bad Pixel just released a new collection of bikinis, tops, and pants separates. I just love the fabric on this Saloni Wrap Top and matching Saloni Pants. These two items can be mixed-and-matched with the assorted colors available, but I chose to wear both in White to make a pretty outfit to go with my gorgeous Maya Necklace from LaGyo.
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel – Harley (Peach)
Exile – Hearts Don’t Breakeven
One Bad Pixel – Saloni Wrap Top (M) White
One Bad Pixel – Saloni Pants (S) White
Solstice by Stefen Garcia (White)
LaGyo – Maya Necklace (Gold)
LaGyo – Crystals Thin Headbend (Gold)
LaGyo – Hop bird earrings (Gold)
Bag Lady has these gorgeous 'rl inspired' designer handbags & backpacks. I thought it was pretty well made and would be a fun addition to anybody's wardrobe. There are a few things that I would have liked to change, like the ability to turn off bling scripts (I was able to remove this manually on some modifiable bags), and all bags should be copy/mod or mod/no trans. The permissions are inconsistent, so when you're buying a back pack, clutch, or booty bag, please make sure it is the perm you'll be comfortable with.
Shown here are Coach inspired bags in black – the clutch, booty bag, and back pack.
This is the Louis Vuitton inspired "Cherry Blossom" print back pack that I spent at least 30 minutes killing various bling scripts inside the metals. This bag is modifiable ~ but some in this series are not (like the LV Clutch).
Hey! I was wondering, where do you get your makeup??
And I bought the pink fuel skin Harley, but she doesn’t look like you. Did you make your own changes to your face? I love the Harley Peach skin, but I am wanting to change some things.
Thanks! You look great btw, that dress is gorgeous.
-Lari
The main problem with the mesh body is that it makes a lot of my favorite clothes invalid. Even if in the future it works better I have lost a lot of favorite things by using the body. Unless I start a blog I won’t get clothes for free, so it’s expensive at the moment to keep buying things again and again for a game that has a sequel coming in 2 years or less. I think that’s the main problem. Like some of the clothing layer stuff I bought recently, also used slink hands or feet and instead of the creator updating the old stuff with the free applier, they make you buy it all over again. I’ve encountered this at several stores now.
This is adorable!
You look great!
Oh, very nice!
Hey! I was wondering, where do you get your makeup??
And I bought the pink fuel skin Harley, but she doesn’t look like you. Did you make your own changes to your face? I love the Harley Peach skin, but I am wanting to change some things.
Thanks! You look great btw, that dress is gorgeous.
-Lari
i wear her blush that came with the skin + eyeliner
The main problem with the mesh body is that it makes a lot of my favorite clothes invalid. Even if in the future it works better I have lost a lot of favorite things by using the body. Unless I start a blog I won’t get clothes for free, so it’s expensive at the moment to keep buying things again and again for a game that has a sequel coming in 2 years or less. I think that’s the main problem. Like some of the clothing layer stuff I bought recently, also used slink hands or feet and instead of the creator updating the old stuff with the free applier, they make you buy it all over again. I’ve encountered this at several stores now.