Elle is trying her best to keep up with blogging – well her human is at least. But, alas, she got the covids (yes, I am vaxed) and got a bit behind with things. The one thing that made her human happy during the brief times she was able to log in was being able to dress her dolly, Elle, and decorate her new Beach Stilt and one of the wave sims that was released recently…YAY!
Okay back to the first person. I think by now it’s fairly obvious that I am a DeeTalez Fan Girl. When I finally had the energy to stroll about the grid (and Flickr), I have to say I was super excited to see MORE NEW SKINS FROM DEETALEZ! Featured in this post is “Hanna” and for a change of pace, I decided to don Elle in a darker tone. I think she looks like a living doll!
And did I mention Yumminess – well at least I did in the blog title! In today’s post I am featuring two of the newer sets from Yummy: “The Love Birds Layered Necklace” from The Fifty event and “The Romantic Ring Collection” from Collabor88. Rounding out the look is a pair of earrings from ROZOREGALIA featured in last months fameshed and the “Cecily” tatoo which was featured at May’s Uber.
Short and sweet today but I wanted to get something posted this week. I promise there will be more to come from Elle soon!
Body [BODY] Legacy Special Edition / HEAD / lel EvoX KAYA 3.1 Skin DeeTaleZ Skin Hanna for LELEVOX /Eastern tram L0525 hair
Makeup & Tattoos DeeTaleZ Lips (pink) Hanna for EvoX/Shade5 (Eastern) WarPaint* Illusionist eyeshadow [LeL EvoX] – dreamsicle Jack Spoon.La Boheme Lip Oil (3) EvoX Stardust – Cecily – White Tattoo 100%
Clothing -Pixicat- Nova Vest – PinStripeBlack (Collabor88)
Accessories (Yummy) Love Birds Layered Necklace [Legacy] Yummy The Romantic Ring Collection [Legacy] ROZOREGALIA_GILAU*EARRINGS(Precious)
Elle has been roaming about the Second Life Grid since 2007. She enjoys Yoga, walking her dogs and having cocktails with friends. OH WAIT, I thought this was Match.com. Sorry!
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.
NOTE: I’m wearing custom textures with this 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!
Cannibal Island, where I took photos today. Here it is at night.
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!
Cannibal Island has its own weather season. When I took this picture, a tornado had just disappeared. The waves are wonderfully laid-out to feel natural; obviously, the owner is very passionate about water.
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)
Chaisuki has just released the newestParis skin and I think it is the best one to date. The face is beautiful and there are so many options — even if I didn’t like the skin, I would get it just for the tattoo layers.
The Chaisuki Paris skin has 18 makeups, 6 skin tones, 5 hairbases, 5 eyebrow colors, 18 different lipsticks tattoo, alternative breasts, tan line, public hair and special layers (face diamonds, bloody face, blush, eyeliner, beauty mark and opened lips). Phew!
I’m showing just 8 of 18 makeups above. The possibilities are endless cos you can mix-and-match any of the makeups with the 18 additional lipstick tattoos.
Chaisuki – Paris (Special Layer: Ornament)
Chaisuki – Paris (Regular lips | with teeth tattoo)
I just love the way Chai Kazan does teeth. The “teeth” tattoo can be worn over ANY skin cos it is a transparent layer. I have tested it over my Laqroki skins, and it works beautifully. I love the look of these teeth, they’re small and very pretty, and just different from any that I’ve seen in SL.
Top Row: Addison | Rain | Lush
Bottom Row: Biel | Sue
I haven’t really embraced hair texture with “roots” in the past cos they’re not very natural or well done, but lately I’m seeing more and more hair creators in SL do them very well!! LeLutka has just released 5 new hairstyle, all with roots textures and they’re so sweet and have that retro look to ’em.
Adorable new tops from Kyoot!! Love these colors and print on these, and they are available for 50L Friday, so get ’em while you can!
What I’m Wearing:
Kyoot – Book Worm Top (Santa Fe)
Kyoot – Sailor Song Top
Mon Tissu – Horizon Twill Trousers (Khaki)
Elikatira – Flair Flats (Natural/Nectar)
BeBae will be releasing the new Delilah skins in 10 makeups and two brow options per skin tone (light & dark). Every new BeBae face is different from the last and I'm always excited to see what Torie comes up with next!
[ BeBae – Delilah *Cinna ]
[ BeBae – Delilah *Cinna ]
Be sure to join the *BEBAE* group in-world for all the latest news and upates. These skins should be out in the next few days! 🙂
What I'm Wearing:
BeBae – Delilah *Cinna Skins Wild O – Stonez 01 emonkey green (flowers) Fall Into Decay – *fid*A-02-black dress Swallowtail – Butterfly Necklace SLink – Julianne Hairstyle
The Newbie Style Challenge ends tomorrow, so I quickly put together two looks that cost me nothing, since I forgot to send my alt money. I was able to put my looks together pretty quickly because some shops, like COCO, had a whole wall of freebies that included clothes, shoes and accessories.
So many people put together far better looks than I did, I’ll try to find time to check out all of them and maybe post links to a few of my favorite looks here this weekend.
Outfit 1:
Apple May – Mia (Beige) Naturals Nude A
D!va Hair – Akane (Citrine) Free
COCO – ShirredTubeDress (Black)
COCO – ClearToteBag (Free)
COCO – FlatAnkleBoots(Black) Free
Outfit 2:
LeLutka – Lola (Light) ORTA skin (group gift)
D!va Hair – Chizuru (Rhodolite) Group gift
PurpleMoon – Free Gift * Pink Orchid Dress
Maitreya – Group Gift Pumps (Pearl)
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Umedama Holic – Free Eyes
The ever important question, “Am I Ruthed?” is a thing of the past with SL’s latest client release 1.20. I see clouds everywhere now!!!!!!!!!!! So this is my official farewell to Ruthie entry.
[ Refuge: Radiant Ruthie costume ]
Alaska Metropolitan proposed an interesting challenge on her blog this week. Make Ruthie hot/cute/decent looking without modifying the original Ruthie shape.
I’ve never thought Ruthie was ugly, all she needed was some softer curves and less ‘muscle’ on the sliders.
This is me vs. Ruthie in different skins:
[ Click the image above for a larger view ]
Do we look similar? Whenever I see a ruthie shape, I just want to tweak it all over!!!! Just a couple of minor changes and Ruthie could be supremely Radiant.