Cosmetic Fair / Love is Love / February 14th – 18th, opens 1pm SLT
✿ cheLLe ✿ is at our favorite event, Cosmetic Fair! We have three nail sets in bright Spring colors, and pretty patterns. Are you in the mood for Heart, Mermaid, Watercolors, or all three? For makeup lovers, we have Sparkler and Sparkler Naturals, a pretty eyeshadow set that will work with most SL skins.
See you at the fair!
Hair heaven!!! Truth is having a hair sale!! I have to admit I only own a few styles prior to the sale, but now I have a bazillion Truth hairs in different colors. It was tough deciding between Honey and Platinum, so I got both for most of the hairstyles featured below. These are just a few styles that I picked up at the sale:
Be forewarn, buying hair is addictive! Definitely go to this sale if you LOVE hair <33333333333
This Cubic Effect Wrap Tank Mini dress is MMMMMMMMMMMMM…………………. comfy!!!!! Wish I had it in all colors, but alas they don’t sell fatpacks.
Ruuuuuuun……. to……… Truth to get your hair fix, because Hair Fair is a week away and 50L is too good to pass up!
Alright guys, I have the final word from Minnu that these LeLutka Lola skins will be released on Wednesday of next week. That’s 4 days away — so it’s not too early to show you guys what to expect with these new Lola skins.
I’ve been a Minnu skins fan forever so I’m super excited when there’s a new face! Lola is a more youthful face with smaller but pouter lips, I think it will look nice on a variety of shapes. I wore Ife a lot and to me, that is a hard skin to top because it’s so beautiful, but have definitely fallen for Lola, and I’ll probably be wearing it a lot more than Ife. I love changing skins especially when it’s even better than before.
Here’s what you need to know about Lola:
LeLutka – Lola (Sunkissed) with Light Brows
If you’re not using an SL client that has tattoo layer enabled, you will *not* be able to wear these lipsticks. As you can see from the picture above, the Lola skins have gorgeous eye makeup but they’re all on nude/pinkish lip color, because all the lipsticks are on tattoo layer. This is an amazing new feature that I love because now, you can pair any lipstick with any eye shadow. For example, I’m a huge fan of the Deep Red lipstick, and now I can wear it on every single makeup.
All 11 lipsticks could have been sold separately but Minnu is so generous by including it in each skin.
LeLutka – Lola (Sunkissed) Base makeup & all lipsticks
LeLutka – Lola (Light) with Light Brows
I’m a Blondie so I have to show you guys Lola in Light skin tone, with Blonde hair. Light has an *extra* makeup included — so there are 9 makeups in the Light pack. I like that each tone has a different of eye-shadows cos not every color works on all tones but this is also one of the feature that frustrates me, cos I want eye-shadows that are not available in my tone. Luckily, my two favorite tones (Light & Sunkissed) have very nice makeups.
I think this pretty much covers everything you need to know about Lola. I wanted to show a the boobs & body pic but this hair I’m wearing today kinda covers it so I’ll have to show you guys some other time! Don’t worry, you’ll be seeing lots of Lola boobs in future blog entries 😛
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What I’m Wearing:
LeLutka – Lola skins
69 – MOA 02 (Light Mocha)
Katat0nik – Ice Cream Bikini (Pink/Teal)
Reek – Slides (White/Pink)
I’m back to show you a recent release by Utilizator that’s made my day–the Venus Anime Mesh Head! Although I loved the anime head I was wearing previously, it made my av look a bit young… this one makes me look like a young woman. Plus, it’s incredibly customizable just like the last one.
I like this avatar so much that I think I’m going to ditch the default SL one, except in the case of creating makeup and nails for it. But before you do that to yours, check out my caveat about what mesh body you pick to match this awesome head.
The Head
The Venus mesh head is 500L and is tintable, comes with its own set of eyes, and expressions so you can customize yours. The marketplace also has custom textures you can apply to your head so you can stand apart even further. Even if you buy a custom head texture, you can also purchase eyebrow and eyelash textures from other designers. That way, you can mix and match looks even further. Check out this blog post to see a few examples of custom head textures released so far!
Picking A Body
Most of you might just purchase the Venus head and pair it with the default SL body or a mesh body you’ve purchased already. However, if you’re someone considering wearing what I’m wearing in the above picture, you’ll need to read on.
If you want a mesh body from the same creator of this mesh head, but you want to still be able to wear most of your SL clothing, get the Avatar 2.0 body. It doesn’t have a lot of boob sizes, but it matches the mesh head a lot better and comes with its default skin tones already.
However, I like the wasp-waist the body I’m wearing comes with… which is the Kemono mesh body. It’s wonderfully curvy but you’ll need to buy separate chest parts for it if you don’t want a flat one. It can wear less SL clothing than the 2.0 body, but it’s way cuter. For boobs, people either seem to buy this set or this set (but I got this set).
Demo all the extra parts before buying, you might not like them!
Dressing Up The Kemono Avatar
After this, you’re wondering: what about clothing for the Kemono body?
First things first: Kemono is very turtleneck and fluffy-skirt friendly. Some of what you have in your inventory will fit your new avatar already. I’m able to, for example, wear a lot of puffy skirts from Tres Blah with ease. As far as mesh sizing goes, it fits a little smaller than size XXS. Clothing stores that have these sizes in mind will be your best friend.
For jeans, bell bottom or loose-cut jeans will work. I went digging in my invy and found some Maitreya jeans that fit my av perfectly! It helps cut back on spending so you can get others things that are specifically created for the Kemono.
After you find some mesh clothing you already have that fits, here are some clothing made specifically for the Kemono that I recommend:
There’s a lot more out there, but these items will get you started! Whatever you pick, demo everything to make sure you’re happy with it. You don’t want to spend a million Lindens trying to get what you want.
For hair? I personally like Exile, Alice Project, Chemistry, and Lamb for hair choices with the Venus. We’re all different, though, so look around to see what fits your av’s personality!
Also! If you were looking for the rest of my super-bright art collection? They are now all on the grid here. You can now buy the whole set!
What I’m Wearing:
Flowers: Boom – Nature’s Crown (Dark Pink)
Hair: Alice Project – Mary (manually tinted)
Top: Puppy – Ruffled Corset Top
Skirt: ABC Denim Skirt
Shoes: Rei’s Stuff – Heels for Kemono Human Feet
Necklace: Yummy – Miss Havisham’s Broken Heart
Earrings: Maxi Gossamer – Widdershins (Cross And Skulls)
Shooting Location: Cannibal Island
At Lil’ NoNo’s, it’s always 11:59pm. The cozy bar is set in a gutted warehouse build, overlooking a cityscape. You’re either there because you’re lonely or looking for trouble–there are no other reasons. Either way, there’s jazz, free drinks (and pay-for ones), cigarettes, and nooks and crannies to explore. The music isn’t bad, either.
Take the elevator next to the bar down to the cellar. There’s a long hallway set up with posters and invites. You know what they lead to–other virtual parcels, yet they’re mostly set up to not hinder your experience of what Lil’ NoNo’s imitates. There’s locked doors you can’t enter, and ones that lead to a small coffee shop and a washateria. They’re probably there for private conversations or a change of scenery for regulars, secrets and favorites for the patrons. On the corner is a convenience store with lucky boards, souvenirs, and snacks, and a street scene where there’s either snow or rain, depending on the current season. And behind the stage of the bar itself where you can’t see, a game room, looking out onto another lonely backdrop of large, ominous buildings.
Places like these make visiting Second Life worthwhile, because of the thought and care put into building them. Aside from some rl branding I spotted in the bar and a mesh figure from a video game, I love this place to death. You can often catch me here nursing a drink.
Do me a favor. Buy me a gin on the rocks if you see me, and see if they have some Johnnie Taylor on the jukebox. I’ll tell you a fun secret if you do that.
What I’m Wearing
Pink Fuel Skin
Metatheodora – Swing 3003 Dress (Leather)
Exile – Sober (tinted blue manually)
Everyone on my Flickr stream is doing this challenge today, so I thought I would give it a go.
#SLBareFaceChallenge
To participate simply post a photo of your avatar no lashes, no makeup, no enhancements and no PS!
Challenge started by Genkai Tesla.
I’ve stripped most of my usual tattoo makeup off, no eyeliner, no blush, and wearing only nude lipgloss. I removed my usual thick prim lashes and replaced it with a very subtle (natural) pair of short lashes. You can barely see it! I know the challenge says ‘no lashes’ but you wouldn’t clip off your lashes in real life, when doing a bare face challenge!
Show me your bare faces! 😀
Great work, love these!