Longing For Spring

After the endless work for Fashion For Life, I'm here again to catch up with the great fashion events of this crazy world!

I totally fell in love with a cute outfit by Mimikri, offered at 70L only at The Dressing Room Blue. I matched it with one of the most recent Al Vulo! faces, Leilani, and with the beautiful bandana MESH hairstyle, Lola from Wasabi Pills. Have a look!

Skin: Al Vulo! - Leilani (milk) - 800L 

Hair: Wasabi Pills - Lola MESH hair - 250L 

Outfit: Mimikri @ TDR Blue - Tahnee Khaki  - 70L 

Here's a chart of the six Leilani's main make ups, but there are many more coming on tattoo layer, as well as eyebrows and freckles options. The skin is shown in the milk tone, cacoa and sunkissed available too. Don't miss the group gift, a special Leilani make up in the sunkissed shade.

Other credits: 
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Lashes: Miamai
Jewelry: League
Pose: Glitterati

[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 #06

Peqe, Purrfect10, LOULOU&CO @ Back to Black

Outfit: Peqe - Jet Black
Eyes: Rozena - Lively Eyes~ angora
Necklace: LOULOU&CO - Necklace :: HYPERION ::
Shoes: Purrfect10 - Wild Rose Heels Crimson

Other credits:
Hair: Wasabi Pills (MESH)
Skin: the.oBscene
Lashes: [glow] studio
Pose: Glitterati

[Event] Back to Black - Look #05

Izzie's, Rozena, Amacci @ Back to Black

Outfit: Izzie's - Peace Top Beige + Sweat Pants Brown
Hair: Amacci - Emma Coffee (feather included)
Eyes: Rozena - Lively Eyes - Chai

Other credits: 
Skin: the.oBscene
Shoes: Hoorenbeek
Lashes: [glow] studio
Necklace: Ripped (closed)
Bangles: (to be updated, store name doesn't show in the name of the item. Designers, *please*, write something that makes you recognizable in your items names!)
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

[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

Italian Pride, News and Sales!

Apparently my year hasn't started at its best... My RL is still very messy and, the cream of the crop, the desktop had a nervous breakdown and needs to see a doctor.
In the meanwhile, I'm trying to survive in my Second Life on my laptop, very uncomfortable to take pics and such but there's no choice at the moment!

My first post of 2012 features recent releases from two great Italian designers, Berta Avro & Bubi Bolissima of Severed Garden and Hlin Bluebird of Al Vulo!

Ylenia, worn here in the shade "sky", is a full outfit perfect for winter times, including shoes and hat. Other color options are available as well. Check the details, I love them!

Sakia is one of the newest faces at Al Vulo!, shown here in the fair tone. Each make up comes with blonde and brown eyebrows, with and without hairbase and cleavage. Other tones available in store.

Outfit: Severed Garden - Ylenia Sky - 250L (550L the fatpack of 4 colors)

Skin: Al Vulo! - Sakia porcelain - selected make ups.

The picture is not postprocessed besides cropping and minor adjustments, taken with windlight sky "Nam's Optimal Skin 2".

The hairstyle I'm wearing is from Raspberry Aristocrat, which is having a 50% sale together with all the stores on the Zyrra sim, including JANE. But you should hurry because it's almost over.

Other interesting hair sales are running at Amacci (85L the color pack) and Heart Softens (39L the color pack).

Other credits: 
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Lashes: [glow] studio
Pose: Glitterati

[Hunt] [Event] POE4 & je suis... Christmas Market

Some other gifts from the Peace On Earth 4 Hunt today, as well as a Christmas event: je suis... has just opened a new mainstore and right in front of it you will find a Christmas Market inspired to those from northern Europe cities! A lot of great designers are offering their products, be sure to check them out!
For POE4 slurs and hints, always follow the white doves and check the official blog.

Hunt prizes: 
Skin: [BLUSH] - Winter Skin Pale
Poncho: DCNY - Cozy Poncho Sky
Necklace: Bliensen + MaiTai - Yule Necklace

Christmas Market item: 
Hair: MINA @ je suis... Christmas market - Freija - 150L the color pack (MESH viewer required)

Other credits: 
Eyes: Poetic Colors
Lashes: [glow] studio
Jeans: Bliss Basic (Bliss Couture)
Pose: Glitterati

Wednesday look

Skin: Jesylilo - "Snow - Light skin j6"

Lipgloss: Jesylilo - part of the "Nieve Skins pack"

Hair: Analog Dog - "Baby espresso"
Glasses: W@Marketplace - "Horn rimmed glasses" (1 L)
Cardigan: Nudolu - "Gilet long vintage vert" (lucky board for group members)
Tee: Barn Owl - "Peacock tee" (0 L)

Bag: S@bbia - "Ribbon shoulder bag" (group gift)

Shorts - 20 Five - part of "Five haltered floral" (TJTH - 0 L - look for an orange feather)

Socks: Crazy - "November socks" (5 L)

Boots: N@TheWarehouse - "moccassins - calf high adobe" (sale! 100 L - must be in "The Warehouse group to enter the sim)

Pose: Glitterati

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

Hogwarts Advice!

Sorry, apparently I can't help it these days! 

Since I missed the early applications and I will need to wait till they will be opened again, in the meanwhile I decided to focus on the appearence of my character. Going through a lot of issues, including SL totally breaking the shape I made her and forcing me to create another one, in the end I'm still doubtful about one of the most important things: her skin! I've been gathering demos from, seriously, *everywhere* and spent several nights trying them on, but I'm in a real impasse.  

I'm showing you the 2 face candidates for my character, Layla, who should be 13-14 years old. If you wanted to share your preference, I'd be very thankful ;-) Feel free to comment here or on my flickr! 

Style credits: 

Skin: #1 Mynerva, #2 Laq 

Hair: [ 69 ] - ME 

Eyes: Pulse - Isadora

Freckles: Cupcakes + YS & YS

Shirt: Schadenfreude - White Oxford Shirt

Cape: BOOM - Tweed Cape Black

Crest: *!t - Ravenclaw Crest2-flat

Wand: BOOM - School Wand

Pants: *diavolicious* - FH Pants Linen Grey

Socks: fri.day - Ribbed.Calf Socks (Navy)

Shoes: magi take - magi take strap shoes black

Poses: Glitterati

Late (and crappy) Blogging

In the end I managed to install Firestorm on my laptop and started to experiment a bit. It wasn't too crashy but unfortunately, when shadows are enabled, the quality of my pics radically drops... I will need to work and find a decent balance. 

Now, I'm all excited because of all the upcoming Hogwarts-related things (beware some entries about that soon), but I didn't forget to check some new and old fashion events, above all the wallet-friendly ones! 

I fell in love with the cute dress from Fishy Strawberry at Fashionably Late and with the A:S:S necklace for My Second Wardrobe. In both the locations you will find products from well known and quality brands for reduced prices, so they're very worth a visit.

Dress: Fishy Strawberry @ Fashionably Late - Plisse Dress Cantaloupe - 90L 

Necklace: A:S:S @ My Second Wardrobe - Narayan necklace - 50L

Other credits: 

Skin: the.oBscene

Eyes: Pulse

Hair: Elikatira

Lashes & Nails: je suis...

Leggings: d.Select

Shoes: Baby Monkey

Pose: Glitterati

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...

Retro Boho

When I jumped into d.select, side project by Steffi Villota (DeeTalez) I couldn't help falling in love with this amazing line made of pastel, desaturated, delicate colors blended to soft lines with some retro and some boho flavor. I want to share with you my favourite pieces together with some recent releases from  

LeLutka and je suis....

Top: d.select - cotton undershirt flowers
Skirt: d.select - long hippie skirt cream

Jacket: d.select - bavaria girl jacket tweed brown
Top: d.select - cotton tube top offwhite lace
Skirt: d.select - long hippie skirt blue gold

Tunic: d.select - linen lace tunic top/dress blue
Top: d.select - cotton tube top offwhite lace

Top: d.select - cotton lace shirt white
Pants: d.select - retro jeans brown
Cardigan: LeLutka - Flow Cardigan Rose
Jewelry: je suis... - je suis... eternelle set (necklace, earrings, ring)

Dress: d.select - summer dirndl dress blue
Belt: d.select - maritime belt white

Other Credits:
Skin: the.oBscene
Eyes: Poetic Colors Hair: 69, 69, Elikatira, Truth, Fri.day
Freckles: Tribal Soul Designs
Jeans: Sn@tch
Bangles: League, Zaara, Ticky TackyNecklaces: Willow (group gift), [glow] studio, [glow studio], Dark Mouse 
Earrings: croire @ TFG, croire @ TFG, Dark Mouse
Lashes: je suis...
Eyeliner: [glow] studio
Poses: Glitterati, isobeya, .doll, .doll, .doll

Summer Sun Something's Begun

Days are getting super hot here, my avi and I are very grumpy about that (as well as our pc! We're begging for mercy!). 

I am officially trying Firestorm viewer, after fighting with Phoenix for months, and let's see what happens. 

My first pics on the new viewer are featuring some beautiful designs I needed to catch up with (and I'm not done yet, no no no...). Let's have a look! I haven't dared to try shadows and other stuff yet. 

Outfit: VERO MODERO - Blossom Set Leaf - it's super cute, isn't it? I'm in love with this shade of pink. 

Shirt: VERO MODERO - Hawaii Shirt Hibiscus  

Jeans: District - Denzel Jeans/Dark Wash Ripped

Other credits

Skin: the.oBscene

Eyes: Poetic Colors

Hair: Maitreya

Eyeliner: Glow Studio

Jewelry: Dark Mouse

Sandals: ANEXX

Barefeet: SLink

Poses: Alchemy Immortalis, Glitterati

Like a Mermaid

I feel like a beautiful mermaid while wearing the amazing Cage Gown in Gold by Vero Modero. A pic will be worth more than a thousand words but wearing it is worth a million. Have a look.

Other credits: 
Skin: the.oBscene
Eyes: Pulse
Hair: Elikatira
Jewelry: je suis...
Pose: Glitterati

Al Vulo! - Nikita Fride

Lately the charity events, for very good reasons anyway, ate all my blogging powers.
But it's time to go back to my usual activity, and today I want to feature two generous and talented, in very different ways, designers.

Besides the black&white pic, no image is postprocessed except for cropping, pasting, adding text and softening sharp edges. Skins have been photographed using the Windlight setting "Nam's optimal skin 2"

Al Vulo! recently released a beautiful skin called Lalli, that I'm showing you in milk and sunkissed tones, all make ups. Each come with and without cleavage, with blonde eyebrows and hairbase, as well as tattoo layers for brown eyebrows and hairbase and eyeshadows. A specific shape, that I'm not wearing, is available too.

Nikita Fride has launched an awesome serie of peculiar skins inspired to the sins, with matching hair and tattoos.

Furthermore, she also released some awesome lashes I immediately fell in love with! Have a look!

1)Long Eyelashes Indulgence 2) Long Eyelashes Bliss
3)Long Eyelashes Jewels 4) Long Eyelashes Rainbow
5)Long Eyelashes Vengeance 6) Long Eyelashes Vengeance (bottom decorated)

Thanks a lot Hlin and Nikita!

Other credits:
Hair: Posh
Eyes: Pulse
Swimswear: Mischief (closed), Alexohol
Couple pose: Glitterati

Winter Cloud

Hello people!
Today I'm featuring a cute dress that has been sent as a gift in the Avenir group, that you can join in store clicking on the sign, no group slot needed.
The beautiful skin I'm wearing is the prize for the Peace On Earth hunt offered by Twilythula, it comes in 4 tones, I'm showing the lightest one.

Other credits:
Tights: Latte, group gift (thank you so much Olela, I'm always in need of tights and socks!)
Shoes: YS&YS @ TDR, 70L.
Pose: Glitterati, huge sale in store, 100L a pose pack, 50L couple pose and so on.
Bolero: Vinyl Cafè old gift
Hair: Mina, old profile pick gift, now available for purchase.
Eyes: Pulse

Blue Blood, Sn@tch and Glitterati :D

Blue Blood : there is a new Click War Board, you just have to click on it more times than the other people to win a prize !!!! Here's what I got with it :D

+++BB+++ Rachel B&W

Sn@tch : There are 2 things I want to show you ^^ the new prize for the 7 Seas and the new freebie :D

:::Sn@tch Kali-Bhadra Avatar::: 

(7 Seas fishing prize, I love it !!!! I still have to win 2-3 thing anyway xD if you wanna buy it cost 500L)

:::Sn@tch Cupcake Pasties:::

(super cute new freebie )

Glitterati : there is a new freebie, this nice laptop with 5 poses !!! And there is a 100L sale on fatpacks until July 15th !!!!! So there is no need to hurry up :P