[Event] Back to Black - Look #07

Kouse's Sanctum @ Back to Black

Gown: Kouse's Sanctum - Tranquil Gown - Calm

Other credits:
Skin: the.oBscene
Hair: MINA (old hunt gift)
Eyes: Rozena
Shoes: Lassitude&Ennui
Necklace: LOULOU&CO
Earring and Bracelet: je suis...
Lashes: [glow] studio
Pose: Glitterati

[Event] Back to Black - Look #04

Sn@tch, LOQ, TuttiFrutti and Phoebe @ Black to Black.

Hair: LOQ - Bourbon - Chocolate Copper

Top: Sn@tch - Esperanza Blouse (Peach)

Jeans: TuttiFrutti - All For One - Unisex Low Jeans

Earrings: Phoebe - Monica Earrings ~Bronze~

Other credits: 

Skin: the.oBscene

Eyes: Poetic Colors

Shoes: LeLutka

Lashes: [glow] studio

Necklace: League

Nails: je suis...

Pose: Di's Opera, Glitterati

[Event] Back to Black - Look #03

MOLiCHiNO, Lassitude & Ennui and MINA @ Black to Black.

Jacket and Pants: MOLiCHiNO - Hope Jacket & Pants
Hair: MINA - Yva
Boots: Lassitude & Ennui - Flutter Boots Raven (MESH)

Other credits: 
Skin: Glam Affair
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Bodysuit: Nemesis
Eyelashes: [glow] studio
Nails: je suis...
Pose: Bent! 

[Event] Back to Black - Look #01

Back to Black is the new event organized by CHIC Management.

It's an awareness event about mental illness, thought to help in spreading our understanding about it instead of judgement.
Please note, it's not a charity event, proceeds will go to designers.

In the next days I will be showing a selection of articles I like, trying to cover all the themes the event provide.
It will run from February the 11th to February the 29th, 4pm slt. 

First look. Visit the Back to Black venue to get the items! 

Skin: Style by Kira - Serenity Skin 01C opt.1
Hair: Amacci - Emma (feathers included)
Dress: (Kunglers) - BTB dress
Boots: Loodres of London - Somerset High Heeled Boots Navy&Tan

Other credits:
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Lashes: [glow] studio
Necklace: Nha
Bangles: Elemental Earth Designs
Nails: je suis...
Pose: I ♥ Posey

[Sale] [New Releases] Each to his own Sn@tch

Ivey Deschanel is the eclectic and versatile designer of Sn@tch. Beside being very talented, she is absolutely generous: not only her prices are very low, but she also often offers amazing store wide sales, just like these days: till Monday, everything in store is set to 50-75% off (new releases, gift cards and bargain pit excluded), and there are also some hidden freebies and 10-50L items. Will you be brave enough to find them?

Don't get confused by the dark look of the store: you will find many gothic items, of course, but also a huge amount of casual, boho, hippie, vintage and girly styles. Each to his own!

Don't miss the amazing bargains and remember that items at Sn@tch are sold in fatpacks, which makes the deal even better!

In this pic I'm wearing Whatever Lola Wants, a cute boho flavoured tunic that comes in 7 colors, and Camp Relaxed Fit Jeans in green, from Sn@tch. I'm also featuring recent releases from Wasabi Pills, the lovely mesh braids Kamiko, and from je suis..., the amazing je suis... voyante necklace and ring, in the gemstone version.

Top: Sn@tch - Whatever Lola Wants - 125L (regular price 250L, 7 colors)  

Jeans: Sn@tch - Camp Relaxed Fit Jeans - 135L (regular price 275L, 7 colors) 

Hair: Wasabi Pills - Kamiko - 250L

Necklace and Earrings: je suis... - je suis... voyante gemstone version - 249L + 149L

Other credits: 
Skin: the.oBscene
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Eyelashes: [glow] studio
Nails: je suis...
Pose: Glitterati

Casual Looks

I will never be able to catch up with all the things I meant to blog, but at least I'm giving a try.
Today I want to share with you products from some brands I love that unfortunately I have neglected lately.
Gawk and d.select have just released a new line of casual clothings, very very cute and with reasonable prices. I'm wearing the cute Rose Shaded Longpullover  from Gawk! matched with Glow leggins violett  from d.select in the first pic, and the beautiful Simple cotton jacket sheer grey  with Leather shorts silver  and  Glow leggins silver. The jacket comes in several layers, each with a different degree of transparency, showing more or less the underlaying top. I picked the most transparent!
The set je suis... chic was a special edition for CHIC management first birthday from je suis... and now it was just released in the full version. Earrings and necklaces are sold separatedly but they come in gold and silver version.
Baby Monkey always offers a wide range of products for all styles and accessible prices, not even mentioning the wall of group gifts and the many lucky boards filled with recent releases. I'm featuring today the beautiful  Lainie Suede boots, coming with a hud that allows you to change hardware parts and the color, as each color pack comes with 4 shades.

Pullover: Gawk! - Rose Shaded Longpullover - 300L
Leggings: d.select - Glow leggins violett - 130L
Necklace & Earrings: je suis... - je suis... chic (gold) - 199L + 149L

Jacket: d.select - Simple cotton jacket sheer grey - 200L

Shorts: d.select - Leather shorts silver - 150L

Necklace & Earrings: je suis... -  je suis... chic (silver) - 199L + 149L 

Leggings: d.select - Glow leggins silver - 130L

Boots: Baby Monkey - Lainie Suede - 300L the color, 900L the fatpack

Other credits:

Skin: the.oBscene

Hair: WILDO (store closed) 

Eyes: Poetic Colors

Lashes: [glow] studio

Nails: je suis...

Shoes: NX-Nardcotix

Poses: Glitterati

[Event] [Hunt] Alluring Modesty + Oksana With Love

So, I'm being a victim of this fatal error in the latest version of Firestorm viewer, which is affecting my already limited online time... If you have the same problem just give your feedback in the JIRA please, hopefully we'll get it fixed soon!

A quick shot today to show you the beautiful prize of The With Love Again Hunt (CHIC Management) from Lara Hurley, that you can buy for 10L, together with the special item je suis... is offering at Four Corners, the event organized by Emily Kaestner, opening its doors tomorrow, December the 17th . I will add the slur at the right moment!

Skin: Lara Hurley - Oksana - With Love Again Hunt prize, 10L
Jewelry: je suis... @ Four Corners (check the Alluring Modesty corner) - je suis... allure - 79L, limited edition and discounted price.

Other credits:

Hair: LeLutka

Eyes: Poetic Colors

Lashes: [glow] studio

Pose: (pda) from today's FLF female pack

Vintage Fair 2011 - Look #09

Today has officially been the worst day ever in my Second Life, crashing all the time with all viewers, not even mentioning trying to set graphics on high...

Anyway, after like 6 hours I managed to take a crappy pic of the outfit I wanted to show you today, from Ingenue at Vintage Fair.

Please note, the outfit is partially MESH, so you need a mesh enabled viewer to see it correctly. The hairstyle I'm wearing, from Lelutka, is MESH as well.

Outfit: Ingenue @ Vintage Fair - Ava Fuschia - 295L (demo available)

Other credits:
Skin: the.oBscene
Hair: LeLutka (MESH)
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Jewelry: je suis...
Lashes: [glow] studio
Shoes: LeLutka
Pose: Glitterati

Vintage Fair 2011 - Look #08

Today's look features the beautiful outfit from League available in several colors at Vintage Fair.

Mesh warning: the shoes I'm wearing, from Nardcotix, are mesh. I think it's the first mesh item I've ever shown here, some others will come in my next Vintage Fair entries and I'm planning to share my thoughts about mesh sometime soon. Anyway, in order to see these shoes correctly, you need a mesh enabled viewer like Linden Lab's Viewer 3 or Firestorm Beta Mesh. There are also some mesh enabled v1 style viewers, although I don't have any idea about which ones.

Cardigan: League @ Vintage Fair - Vintage Lace Cardigan Firebrick - 215L
Skirt: League @ Vintage Fair - Vintage Full Lace Skirt with Ribbons Brown - 165L

Other credits
Skin: the.oBscene
Eyes: Poetic colors
Hair: Clawtooth
Top: JANE
Jewelry: League
Leggings: Grixdale (store closed) by Tyr Rozenblum
Lashes: [glow] studio
Nails: je suis...
Shoes: NX-Nardcotix
Pose: LAP

Vintage Fair 2011 - Look #05

Together with amazing gowns and roleplay attires, Kouse's Sanctum is offering a cute retro dress at Vintage Fair!

Dress: Kouse's Sanctum @ Vintage Fair - Betty - 150L

Other credits: 

Skin: Curio @ Vintage Fair

Hair: Tiny Bird (store closed)

Eyes: Poetic Colors

Necklace: Shiny Things

Earrings: Caroline's Jewelry @ Vintage Fair

Ring: Dark Mouse

Lashes: [glow] studio

Nails: je suis...

Shoes: Lelutka

Pose: Bent! 

Vintage Fair 2011 - Look #04

Daily look from Vintage Fair 2011, featuring a super cute dress from Indie Rose and jewelry from Caroline's Jewelry. Sorry for being so silent, RL is running fast and I need to run too! 

Dress: Indie Rose @ Vintage Fair - Polka Dot Wrap Dress {Black}- 200L

Jewelry: Caroline's Jewelry @ Vintage Fair - Simple Pearl Necklace and Earrings - 200L

Other credits: 

Skin: Curio @ Vintage Fair

Pose: oOo Studio @ Vintage Fair

Hair: Clawtooth

Lashes: [glow] studio

Nails: je suis...

Vintage Fair 2011 - Look #03

Even with a given theme, Ivey Deschanel from Sn@tch keeps her unique style.

You can find the beautiful pieces of this outfit, all of them sold in very cheap fatpacks only, at the Vintage Fair. Necklace and earrings are a freebie available at the event as well.

Top: Sn@tch @ Vintage Fair - Brigette Cashmere Sweater (Wine) - 275L the fatpack (dark one)

Pants: Sn@tch @ Vintage Fair - Tweed Capris (Brown) - 250L the fatpack

Necklace & Earrings: Sn@tch @ Vintage Fair - Rose Cameo - (gift)

Pose: oOo Studio @ Vintage Fair

Other credits: 
Skin: Curio @ Vintage Fair
Hair: Clawtooth
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Lashes, Nails, Bangles: je suis...
Shoes: Duh 

Vintage Fair 2011 - Look #02

My journey through Vintage Fair brought me today at Donna Flora, an amazing store focused on vintage and old style fashion and jewelry.

Outfit: Donna Flora @ Vintage Fair - Silvana Blush (other colors available)
Jewelry: Donna Flora @ Vintage Fair - Silvia Jewelry (color change)
Skin: Curio @ Vintage Fair - Petal [Dark] Vintage-Ritz 1
Pose: oOo Studio @ Vintage Fair

Other credits: 
Hair: Elikatira (@Collabor88) 
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Nails and Lashes: je suis...
Shoes: Donna Flora

Vintage Fair 2011 - Look 1

Vintage Fair, the huge event organized by CHIC management, started on November the 11th and will last till December the 3rd, as you surely already know, because I'm late!

Although I have a weakness for vintage, RL is getting crazier and crazier to me, which is why I'm not blogging much and not enjoying the event as I would have normally done. Anyway I'll try to catch up and show you in the next days some of my favourite items available at the fair!

Skin: Curio @ Vintage Fair - Petal (Dark) Vintage Ritz 1

Dress: Sassy! @ Vintage Fair - Jazzy dress - Red

Bangles: je suis... @ Vintage Fair - je suis... vintage (special edition in retro colors)

Pose: oOo Studio @ Vintage Fair 

Other credits: 

Hair: Lelutka

Eyes: Poetic Colors

Lashes: je suis...

Necklace: Ganked

Bracelets: je suis...

Cigarette: mika

Shoes: Baby Monkey

L'Abel Closing Sale + Gifts & New Stuff

L'Abel is unfortunately closing its doors and everything in store is marked down to 10L, 25L, 49L and 75L. I'm showing you a small selection of the Country Chic collection, discounted too, but you can find much more and it will be really worth!

The skin I'm wearing is the latest group gift from the.oBscene, a special make up of their new skin Semiramis, available in several tones and options. The group has a joining fee. There's also a nice skin on the lucky chair in store!

Some recent releases as well: hair from Wasabi Pills, hairband and strings are color change; scarf from je suis..., available in many colors, 5 shades each; boots from Baby Monkey; glasses from December, they were part of the 4.44.444 event (that I couldn't blog on time) but are now available in store.

Enjoy!

Skin: the.oBscene - Semiramis + light + dark b. - group gift (150L joining fee)
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ - Kimmy Hair - Chocolate - 250L
Top: L'Abel - Anna Cream Tunica - 25L
Pants: L'Abel - Farmer Peach Pink Pants - 49L (including camisole and tunica)
Scarf: je suis... - je suis...intemporel scarf browns (NEW)  - 149L
Glasses: December - Glasses No.73 for 4.44.444! (NEW) - 300L (color change)
Boots: Baby Monkey - Petra Boots - 250L (4 color shades, 4 hardware textures)


Other credits:
Eyes: Hermony
Bangles: YS&YS (R), Miel (L)
Lashes: je suis...
Pose: pda

New Stuff and Deals!

Hi people! Time for some recent releases and deals!

Mango! Mango! is taking part to Fashionably Late this week and the sweet Sileny is offering a beautiful pale skin, eyebrows and freckles options available!
The super cute mini dress is a new release from d.select. Since it's very short and Winter is a shy avi, she's wearing it with leggings - not included), or too much skin on her butt would be showing!

Skin: Mango! Mango! @ Fashionably Late - Natalie Pale Black Brows Frex - 75L
Dress: d.select - Open Lace Dress Rose - 320L

Hairstyle from Clawtooth available at Collabor88, ribbon is color change!
Those super cute and funny shoes are a dollarbie at Duh, other colors available for very cheap as well!
The shirt is a new release from Gawk, available in many colors and in plain or polkadot version.

Hair: Clawtooth @ Collabor88 - Mystery - 88L
Shirt: Gawk - Light Coral Polka-Dotted Darling Shirt - 180L
Shoes: Duh - Rose Straw Espadrille Flat - 1L

PurpleMoon and Nardcotix both have something available at My Second Wardrobe: a beautiful shirt (matching leggings available too, not worn) and shoes. Eyeglasses are from je suis... at Fashionably Late. Check them out!

Shirt: PurpleMoon @ MSW - Rise Top in Black & Purple - 49L
Shoes: Nardcotix @ MSW - Miry Flat MJ Pink - 70L
Eyeglasses: je suis... @ Fashionably Late - je suis... charmante DK purple - 49L

Other credits: 
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Hair: Elikatira, Posh
Necklaces: Duh, Ganked
Bangles: je suis..., YS&YS and Ibizarre, Sari's
Leggings: en svale
Jeans: PurpleMoon
Lashes: je suis...
Poses: .doll, Glitterati, Glitterati

Alphabet Challenge - A - Goodbye Summer

So, my first blogger challenge! It's the Alphabet Challenge, where you are supposed to create an outfit using items which names (name of the object, of the store, of the shade) start on a given letter. Rules are not very strict, so you have some degree of freedom, and pose is not a must.
It will be interesting diving in my inventory and find forgotten great stuff or crappy things to delete!

I may be a bit late for the first round but still... letter A! (Keep in mind that Aoharu and Anexx were having a 50% off sale lately, which may still be running).

Skin: Al Vulo! - Cloe * bohemiene -  milk
Hair: Lelutka - SHOOP hair - AlmostGoth
Outfit: AOHARU - BT RuffleRomper - RedFlower
Necklace & Earrings: YourSkin & YourShape - FeelFree Set - Amber
Bracelet: je suis... - je suis... Africain bracelet - light
Bag: A:S:S - Weirdo shoulder bag
Nails: Exodi - Nails v2 - Apple Red
Pose: Alchemy Immortalis

Other credits: 
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Lashes: je suis...

Boho, Jewels and more.

A lot of new stuff around the grid and some last minute deal to grab! 

A new cute outfit, Windy, is available at VERO MODERO, as well as the Bodrum flat sandals, that I'm wearing in red, my favourite shade.

The fatpack of Gabriel from Truth is still available for some days at Collabor88, a selection of 88L items from many talented designers you should really check out if you haven't done it yet. 

The amazing Glossy French Nailpolish is a very recent release from je suis..., it's part of the newest nail polish collection available at the store. Please note, as the name itself says, it's "nailpolish" and it comes as a hud that will tint the je suis...naive v.2 Basic Nails that you *need* to purchase first. 

Outfit: VERO MODERO - Windy Satin Red - 350L

Sandals: VERO MODERO - Bodrum Sandals Red - 200L

Hair: Truth @ Collabor88 - Gabriel - 88L

Nails: je suis... - je suis...naive v.2 Basic Nails - 250L 

Nailpolish: je suis... - je suis...naive Nailpolish v2 Glossy French - 150L

PurpleMoon is offering 3 boho outfit for the 60L Weekend. I'm wearing the Boho Outfit in Black and White, which is made of a top, leggings, a belt and ballet flats. Since it's already Sunday, my advice is to hurry and get it or check the other 2 outfits available before they're gone! 

Je suis...nocturne is the latest jewelry release from je suis..., which includes necklace, earrings and rings, all of them scripted to change metal and gems colors.

Outfit: PurpleMoon - Boho Outfit in Black and White - 60L 

Jewelry: je suis... - je suis...nocturne - 497L the whole set

Nails: je suis... - je suis...naive v.2 Basic Nails - 150L

Other credits: 

Skin: the.oBscene

Eyes: Poetic Colors

Poses: Glitterati

Hair Fair, New Stuff, Deals and Freebies, Viewer Talks and Random Nonsenses

My experiments and I are back! I gathered so much stuff in the past days that I will never be able to blog everything...events, new releases, special deals, gifts, things on Second Life run too fast! It took me a week to put together all this, so *Imperio* read! 

New releases a cute ensemble from The Sea Hole and exclusive releases at Hair Fair 2011 from AOHARU and Wasabi Pills (remember that when you buy something at Hair Fair, part of the proceeds goes to the charity organization Wigs For Kids) Also, an amazing retro pair of shoes from Donna Flora, that is not new but I totally love it, and a free outfit from The Sea Hole. 

Top & Skirt: The Sea Hole - Annis Top, (barley Sheer) mauve & Smocked Skirt - Coral - they are sold separatedly, they're available as an ensemble in the same color or you can mix and match among the offered colors as I did. The top comes in 2 versions, barely transparent and very transparent, and the skirt comes upper lace and lower lace versions. 103L + 117L.

Hair: AOHARU @ Hair Fair - Megan (espresso) - 220L (50% donation) 

Shoes: Donna Flora - Ilde Shoes (rose) - 350L

Since I logged in on Firestorm to try the new copy-to-clipboard-worn-stuff feature, at this point I decided to try shadows again. They are still unsupported, as the viewer itself warns us when enabling them, but I'm stubborn...and I managed to take this close up to show you better the lovely hairstyle...

...but then I dared too much...I knew it was better not to move my camera with shadows enabled, but I did it anyway. I took the pic, hit on save...and crashed! I was lucky enough to get this closeup on the shoes. The windlight setting I had on for the headshot messes up a bit the skin matching but I swear it was very good!! I worked a lot on that and I was very pround, but I didn't feel brave enough to try again... So I disabled shadows and relogged to take the rest of the pics!

Outfit: The Sea Hole - WeedTastic Freebie Outfit - free on the marketplace, belt and bag included. 

Hair: Wasabi Pills @ Hair Fair - Mochi Hair - Chocolate - 250L (not specified amount % donation)

Sandals: KIWI - Zimra Flat Sandal Black - 60L. This sculpt has been around for a while and since I'm a fan of the flat sandals, a bit neglected in favor of heels, I tried some of them even though I'm not crazy for the sculpt itself. This is the best achievement I have seen so far, it comes with a hud for skin, nails and toe ring (quite easy to use) and it's part of the Sixty Lindens Weekend. 

Exclusive release from EMO-tions at Hair Fair, new releases from je suis... and VERO MODERO, special deal from Dark Mouse. Let's have a look!

Dress: VERO MODERO - Dolce Maroon - 300L 

Hair: EMO-tions @ Hair Fair - Alice (dark brown) - isn't that cute? It comes also with flowers! 245L (50% donation) 

Bangles: je suis... - je suis... grande reds - 149L (all color pack 599L)

Jewelry Set: Dark Mouse @ Disco Deals - I like skittles too - necklace, earrings and bangles, 99L each. 

I think I talked even too much for today! Hugs to you all! 

Other credits: 

Skin: the.oBscene

Eyes: Poetic Colors

Lashes: je suis...

Sandals: Nardcotix

Poses: Glitterati, Elisa, LAP, oOo Studio, Olive Juice 

Truth District & The Sea Hole

After giving a little break to my graphic card (the poor thing was hitting 75°C, no wonder each SL viewer crashed after 2 minutes), I'm slowly trying to catch up with all the stuff I left behind.

For obvious reasons, my shadows experiments are temporarily suspended: I managed to take a pic with enabled shadows at Truth District (that is a really amazing sim and it will be a great setting for pics once the crowd is gone) but after the overheating I didn't dare to enable them again. Now, yesterday I installed the new Firestorm beta, so I'll probably try again at some point...wish me luck!

Talking of Truth District, some of the most amazing designers on the grid have a spot there. I'm sure you already got all the gifts, so I'll point your attention on a store that, my bad, I didn't know, but that was instant love: The Sea Hole. I'm featuring a beautiful retro flavored dress today, but I will shop more for sure: they have a lot of the boho-vintage stuff I totally love, as well as more casual and cute styles.

In case you haven't got the gifts yet (but I don't think so...), they are still available at the moment I'm writing here. 

Dress: The Sea Hole @ Truth District - Elysian Bat Dress Lipstick - 217L

Skin: Curio @ Truth District - Airhead - Truth District Update Group Gift (in the notices) 

Hair: Truth @ Truth District - Becky - Truth District Update Group Gift (tag needed) 

Ring: je suis... @ Truth District - je suis...tentee fire ring - Truth District Update Group Gift (tag needed)

Pose: Glitterati @ Truth District - Long Hair 3 - Truth District Update Group Gift (tag needed)

Other credits
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Lashes: je suis...