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Laced Up

I put some simple looks together featuring ISON’s Gladiator sandals, just updated for Maitreya and on sale this weekend. Fatpack prices are so good and I pretty much never say that. You can click to make it bigger (I think – I don’t usually embed from Flickr). Head: LeLutka Stella Skin/Makeups: Glam Affair Eyes: [Buzz]   Headband: Zenith *@Kustom9* Hair:… Read more →

Genesis Labs: Chloe 2.0 Mesh Head

Like so many of you, I’m beginning to branch out to try other mesh heads. I have reviewed several over the last month, and of course, I wear LeLutka regularly. This time it’s Genesis Labs Chloe (2.0) available at The Fantasy Collective. Firstly I will say that while I don’t find Chloe all that “pretty,” I find her look really… Read more →

It’s that time again: Q2 Hair Purge!

Like I did in Q1, I am in the process of doing the great quarterly purge of my inventory. In great contrast to my first years blogging, I am dead serious about keeping my inventory properly managed, organized and mostly, only containing items that I will actually use regularly. So, I always start with hair. Here are my TOP 10… Read more →

In-Store Only

Essences just released a new face called Aribeth. She comes in 6 tones and each tone comes with 5 eyebrows and associated cleavage versions. You can also buy a lips pack separately with 9 tattoos. I don’t wear Essences often so I was definitely keen to try this one. I like the face; youthful, fresh and very distinct. I’m also… Read more →

Belleza Mesh Body: Fresh Start

So as we know, Belleza updated their mesh body and included a lot of tweaks to their HUD, as well as MANY great new features. I was looking for a few very key improvements, so all the extras are super welcome. For me, the most important updates I was looking for were: Better neck skin matching with their own skins… Read more →

Dress Me Up

I have talked about how shorter dresses aren’t always my favorite in SL. It’s basically because there are sooooo many and I guess most people prefer them. But when I look in my inventory, that’s a lot of what’s in my “dresses not gowns” folder (yes, this is a thing). And of course, there are lovely ones that I still… Read more →

Bare Faced

I am wearing the new LeLutka appliers by The Skinnery, available only at Creation.JP. Like recent releases, they are very simple, skin only appliers with no makeup choices, so they are priced excellently and you can add your own makeups if you like. However I chose to only add beauty marks, also from The Skinnery and available at Shiny Shabby.… Read more →

#LoveWins

Here in the US, we had a momentous decision to make marriage legal for every person, regardless of sexual orientation. While we lag behind 17 other countries (I think), nothing has ever made me more proud of my country and more proud to be American. Love Wins! This has nothing to do with what I am blogging today, but I… Read more →

Layers

Layers upon layers make up this skirt on the Hand Me Down Ballet dress from Valentina E at Uber. It’s hard not to love, hand me down or not. It’s my pick from Uber this round. I was imagining a young woman having been given this dress, trying it on and remembering when she dreamed of being a prima ballerina,… Read more →

In search of…

For the past 2 years I have chronicled my love affair with the perfect white shirt on my Pinterest board. Nothing is more versatile to me than this one article of clothing that inspires my fashion foundation for nearly every season. Does that foundation translate to SL too? Where “ready to wear” takes on a whole new meaning and creating… Read more →

Let’s Review

I say I am waiting until more heads arrive and I’m basically taking a break from my mesh head craze. I wear beautiful new skins for my standard AV head and blog effusively about them. I put back on my head(s) to review some new appliers. My addiction isn’t cured. I am not reconditioned. Though I clearly failed at my… Read more →

Eles

Beauty in SL is a real pleasure to cover. I feel like the last several days have seen so many quality skin and hair releases for everyone to enjoy. Today I’m featuring Glam Affair’s Eles face, in Asia. This tone is available at The Conquest event as a gacha item only. The makeups are as varied as you would expect… Read more →

Genuine

Genuine. Simple. Clean. These are words I think of while wearing this dress from Pixicat. With my toes wrapped in what really look like shiny ribbons from Fri.day, well it makes me very happy even on this epically rainy day where I am. The new faces from Glam Affair do not disappoint. I led with my favorite makeup from Yolandi… Read more →

Hey Alice

I have been nattering on and on about mesh heads and blah blah blah, yet I didn’t realize how much I missed Alice! And Sia! And Katra!  Also, knowing that tomorrow there is a whole new face coming out from Glam Affair that has nothing to do with mesh heads, well I knew I needed to recondition; at least until… Read more →

Summer Leather

I worked some leather into my summer wardrobe in ways that would still be bearable in RL heat. I’m *almost* to my vacation so my casual looks are inspired by all that time I will take to dress down and shop…a lot. A couple comments: The new leather pants from Addams are very good – as most of their items… Read more →