I heart the Home and Garden Expo! I love this expo so much, I always have such a good time exploring everyone’s display, and making a long list of things to get for my home. The best thing about Home and Garden Expo is that it doesn’t feel like an expo of things for sale, but more like a huge set of sims to explore, cos it’s all so uniquely displayed and landscaped.
Most of the H&G sims are autumn themed, until I stumbled upon this lovely display from Studio Skye. It’s WINTER!!! I love the transitioning of the seasons here, and I stood here a lil’ too long admiring the landscaping and watching the leaves swirl around.
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel Skin
LeLutka – Frankie
CandyDoll – Delya Dress (Green) M
Yummy – Dianity Tiara Ring (Blue)
Visa Volare of Twosome released this awesomely titled outfit called Frilly Summer Thing! I love that this outfit can be worn many different ways because it comes in several layers and includes 2 skirt options — short frilly skirt, and a long lace pattern skirt.
[ Bikini | Short Frilly Skirt w/ Sheer Tank worn over bikini | /artilleri/ – lovely lily! | BeBae skin ]
[ Back View | Front View (without Bikini top) ]
This outfit is great for beachwear but can double as lingerie too because it’s so versatile. I love the sheer tank, it’s got that great “wet” look so perfect for the beach.
A lot of people said, Gogo, how come your AV never smiles? Looks pouty? Has a dead blank stare?
The answer to this is…… I don’t know! I don’t like to emote, but I assure you my AV is happy 😛 So here is a collage I made of ALL the emoting you could possibly ever want to see from me……………
[ That’s me going through the emote menu ]
**edit** The hair is called Elegant Hair from JUNWAVE, I’ve re-textured mine with a brighter blonde.
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.
This sweet lolita look is inspired by the latest Duchess gown from BlueBlood. I’m wearing the GossipGirl hairstyle from Exile because the big blonde curls are so sweet and goes perfectly with this dress & Lady Rose shoes (with matching hair rose) from G-Field.
The Duchess dress includes the shirt, under shirt, collar, underpants, skirt lolita, skirt gown, gloves and socks.
What I’m Wearing:
Gala Phoenix – Petal [Dark] Elf-Happy Holidays
Exile – GossipGirl (Harlow)
BlueBlood – Duchess WhiteGoth Pink
G-Field – Lady Rose Shoes & Hairpin (pink)
Say hello to Summer, the newest Juicy Shape! This skin is currently one of my favorites, so I made a shape to share with all of SL. Some people seem to struggle with creating youthful faces (shapes), so here you go. Enjoy 🙂
All Juicy Shapes are copy/mod and includes a style card.
Did I need a new body skin? No. Did I want a new body skin? Yes. Ever since Glam Affair and Not Found launched the new Ethereal Essence skin tones, I’ve been running around Second Life with a body skin from Velour that didn’t quite match. It was driving me crazy; even though I made it match reasonably well by using neck blenders, the body skin was for Velour tones, and I longed for a perfect match.
I had been eagerly awaiting the arrival of a matching body skin to complement my face, so I waited patiently until the Ethereal Essence body skin became available in LaraX. My initial impression of this body skin was that it had a significant amount of body shine and pronounced collarbone shading. I found the shine a bit intense for my taste, so I decided to add the Collarbone Cover from The Skinnery, which turned out to be a pretty good match and softened the collarbones nicely. You can find these in the Body Addons Bundle at The Skinnery.
Left: Ethereal Essence Body Skin | Right: with TheSkinnery Collarbone addon
I wanted to showcase the body skin without any tattoo fixes to give you a clear view of how it looks. Despite some areas that I wasn’t entirely satisfied with, such as the collarbone definition, the uneven armpit shading, and the overly dark butt shading, along with the excessive shine, I was still quite pleased with the skin overall. It perfectly matches my head skin, and I believe that with some adjustments and updates, this body skin could be truly remarkable.
While I could use a neck blender and pair another body skin with a close match, the neck shading never really complemented my previous skins; it often appeared flat. I feel that this body now aligns much better with my face than my previous body did, especially in conjunction with the new Ethereal Essence head skins.
My hope for this body skin is that updates will address some of these concerns or at least offer an add-on that provides wearers with options for the collarbones and lessen the body shine and shading issues. I think that Velour and The Skinnery also make excellent body skins, so I hope they release a line for Etheal Essence. Izzie’s offers many fixes that I’ll likely use immediately to make this body skin feel more like my own, but I generally prefer when brands update their products based on customer feedback.
Have you tried the new Ethereal Essence body skin? Let me know in the comments!
Check out this Naughty hairband and Naughty Staff from AtomicBambi. I like how these accessories gave new life to an old Halloween costume. I’ve been meaning to blog the Gliterratti posing garage for days now — isn’t it darling ahem, totally bad ass?
The Glitteratti Garage has 20 built-in poses, 10 for male and 10 for female. The garage includes everything shown in the picture and additional accessories (bags, crates, tires) if you want to add more.
