Most of what I used to be has vanished in the waves

Heya!

So, as I already said, World Goth Fair started. There is PLENTY of neat stuff to choose from. Two of my favourite pieces are the little bolero offered back at the FF already and now again Lassitude & Ennui and these awesome dresses by Bilo called Salome. They come in a wide array of colours many of those more than perfectly fitting for role-play, also for Gor.

Another creator who has a stall at the World Goth Fair, but isn’t yet featured in this post, is Senzafine. Check them out! Their stuff is nice, especially the stuff they have at their mainstore for the not so gothly people. Don’t forget to check out The Muses‘ stall either! Very pretty dress to get there.

Mesh and system layers??

Many people loathe system layers ever since mesh was introduced. I think that is pretty damned naive tbh. They are -awesome- still for layering and for creating unique outfits. One of my largest petpeeves with mesh dresses is the fact that it is incredibly hard to mix and match them with just about everything else. I already blogged about House of Fox’ awesome meshdress, and now Bilo did the same!! I LOVE it! The skirt is mesh, combined with a system layer. Perfect in size and you can combine it like crazy! I really hope more creators will start doing this.

Jewelry and Hair!

Bliensen & Maitai is a store that completely fell off my radar for reasons I cannot quite fathom. They got super creative (mesh-) jewelry and accessories. Pretty sure I will shop there some more and we also got the creator, Plurabelle, in for the We Love Role-Play Event. I really like this necklace a lot. And Eaters Coma…..yay! Finally I can tint the hair. My biggest beef with them was always that their red tones are everything…but not red. Not even ginger. Just a very odd tone. But now I am happy and this new hair is pretty!

Hair: Eaters Coma (Kumii Yoshikawa, Mesh!! NEW!!) I tinted this hair a little!
Ears: Illusion (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Wings: Losthaven (Lucia Cyr/Tala Laval, Mesh!!)
Bolero: Lassitude & Ennui (Jackal Ennui, Mesh!! @ World Goth Fair!!)
Dress: Bilo (Mayaa Thistle, Mesh!! NEW!!@ World Goth Fair!!)
Corset: The Plastik (Aikea Rieko, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, part of Clan Maiden Outfit)
Necklace: Bliensen & Maitai (Plurabelle Laszlo, Mesh!!)
Bangles: MG (Maxi Gossamer)
Rings: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa)
Headpiece: Glam Affair (Aida Ewing, not available anymore)
Crown: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Dreamy Outfit)Upper arms: Sinistyle (Krius Misfit)
Staff: Losthaven (Lucia Cyr/Tala Laval)

Location: Studio Sky (Alex Bader’s Landscaping Store, Non-Role-Play), Skye Neist Point

WE <3 ROLE-PLAY started, a POLL, and more awesome outfits! :)

Heya!!

So, WE LOVE ROLE-PLAY finally started and after my epic failnet (aka, my internet cut out three minutes before we were supposed to open) we started and the place was  cramped with avis. We are so glad and I want to THANK YOU:

I want to thank the CREATORS, who contributed all these awesome items. I want to thank the bLOGGERS who relentlessly blogged the awesome stuff for the event. My thanks go out to HOTTEST, who displays her amazing art at the exhibition area and made out logo. Last but not least my thanks go out to the TEAM and ADARA, who kept me sane and where more than just a little helpful. THANK YOU!

I DO have an IMPORTANT question for you readers though!!! Please use the following POLL and assume you EXPECT those sort of items and that the items even would fit your style usually.

Here is the newest outfit. It is a collabo post together with Adara Cascarino! You’ll find her posts, featuring different pictures and her items, here: The Messy Little Closet. Check it out!!

Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, partial Mesh!!)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: The Skinnery (Umazum Metaluna, Mesh!! @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Horns: Europa (Kazuhiro Aridian, @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Nails: How Vexing (Myuuji Bubble)
Dress (incl. bracers, collar, gloves) : The Muses (Dolce Blackflag, Mesh!! Special Edition for WE LOVE RP!!)
Boots: GField (Cerberus Noel)
Facial Chains: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Headpiece: Glam Affair (Aida Ewing, Fameshed Exlcusive, sorry. )
Necklace: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard)
Ring: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa)
Polearm: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!!)
Poses: Magnifique (Scarlet Chandrayaan)

Location: Scotland – Loch Leven (Des Beaumont- Store for RP Buildings), Loch Leven

And, here comes another outfit by THE MUSES! They thought of the guys, too!

Hair: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon, Mesh!!)
Skin: The Body Co (The Body Co Resident)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Umedama (Imetaro Mayo)
Scars on Face: Severus Koskinen Designs (Severus Koskinen)
Robe: The Muses (Dolce Blackflag, Mesh!! Special Edition for WE LOVE RP!!)
Gloves: Lightstar Designs (Krystal Silverweb)
Pose/w Daggers: Magnifique (Scarlet Chandrayaan)

I wanted to show you another picture with Adara posing in the BLACK version of this outfit, but unfortunately it has an odd glitch. :/ But please check it out here: The Messy Little Closet.

There’s not a soul to hear – Fantasy Faire Part V

Heya peeps!

Today something for the guys. The following pictures have been taken at Kaelus, a gorean role-play sim. ELves are NOT allowed. I got special permission to take a blogpicture, but usually, that is a big NO NO.

Hair: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon, NEW!!, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire –> Magnificat Sim)
Skin: The Body Co (TheBodyCo Resident)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire –> Evensong Woods Sim)
Eyes: Umedama (umetaro Mayo)
Scars: proximity (Severus Koskinen)
Tunic: FATEWear (Damien Fate, NEW!! Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire, Titans Hollow Sim)

The FATEWeaR Outfit comes in two versions: WIth or without a cloak, an din the usual 5 standardsizes. However, it comes as a whole outfit, all in one piece: BOots, gauntlets, tunic, pants. The outfit is AWESOME, but I like to mix and match, and so I cheated:

I selected the item IN my inventory, clicked on edit, then selected the face on my outfit I wanted to texture and dragged an alphalayer on it. This way, I am hiding my pants, boots, cloak and gauntlets. ^^

Pants: The Forge (Deccan Arida, Mesh!! Part of Brandon Outfit)
Boots: Lightstar (Krystal Silverweb)
Armor: The Forge (Deccan Arida, Mesh!! Part of Brandon Outfit)
Gauntlets: Deco (Orchid Zenovka)
Necklace: Pididdle (Brutus Martinek)
Bow: CentipedeWeapons (Kendra Zaurak, Mesh!!)

Location: Fortress City of Kaelus (GOREAN Role-Play), Alamut

I just want to share your light

Hey there,

I haven’t been posting in some time. Two reasons: I got a whole LOT of work to do in reallife and well…World Of Warcraft’s new expansion is out, which means I spent a good portion of my free time leveling my hunter. But here is the outfit I currently love most. It doesn’t involve new releases, it’s not super meshy, but it is an outfit I personally really do like. Hope you like it as well! The picture was taken at Port Kar. Please note that I got a special permission to show up there like this. It is a gorean sim and as well all know, women in Gor don’t carry weapons and certainly have no elven ears.

Hair: Truth (Truth Hawks)
Skin: The Body Co (TheBodyCo Resident)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lipstick: Iren (Irischka Hotshot)
Lipgloss: Glam Affair (Aida Ewing)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Corset: Aura (Tyr Rozenblum, Mesh, not for sale anymore)
Bolero: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Tunic: Kyoot (Saeya Nyanda)
Undershirt: Fishy Strawberry (Fae Eriksen, part of Wool and Suede Dress)
Pants: Zenith (Miffyhoi Rosca)
Overknee-Socks: Enchanty (Nuts Andel)
Boots: LightStar (Krystal Silverweb)
Armwarmers: Boom (Aranel Ah, Mesh!!)
Stole: Molichino (Aurelia Chauveau)
Gloves: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger)
Belt: Tea Time (Eloindir Davi)
Chestbelt: Deco (Veluu Faulds, Mesh!!)
Necklace: MG (Maxi Grossamer)
Face Chains: Ripped (Beautifully Sinister, Dollarbie)
Ring: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky, Mesh!!)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Kendra Zaurak, Mesh!!)
Quiver: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Shark)

Location: Tales of Port Kar (Gorean Role-Play), Malignance

I don’t know what you are looking for

I haven’t been super-inspired lately. For some reason I get the feeling that more and more of SL fashion is being overwhelmed with allllll the same stuff all over the place. I am not sure if I can only blame the templates, or generally US, the users, too. There are however a few notable exceptions.

Also, I switched back to my Orchid skin for good now, mixing it with a soft, naural lipstick from MOCK. I never liked the dry looking lips on Orchid at all, but the overall skin is just so nice and I got tired of my League skin (despite it being pretty!) for now. What do you think? :O Thoughts? I am still waiting for Laqroki’s new line…grrr!

Hair: Lamb (Lamb Bellic, Mesh!!)
Skin: The Body Co (TheBodyCo Resident)
Shape: selfmade
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Ears: Illusory (Ivy Graves, currently not for Sale)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade), Plastik (Aikea Rieko)
Lipstick: Mock (Mocksoup Graves)
Cardigan: Tokidoki (Maya Levane, Mesh!! @ FaMeshed)
Corset: Celoe (ShaySibrian Resident, Mesh!!)
Blouse: Hal*Hina (Hinano Runo)
Pants: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!!)
Boots: Mon Tissu (Elie Spot, Mesh!!
Belt: Surf Couture (Emma Gilmour)
Armwarmers: Boom (VerucaDarling Resident, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Coco (cocoro Lemon)
Armor: The Forge (Kain Flores)
Necklace: MG (Maxi Gossamer, Mesh!! @ FaMeshed!!)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler)
Daggers (hips): Losthaven (Lucia Cyr)
Dagger (leg): LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)

Location: Cours BCC Mainstore (Non-Role-Play), Cours

I am losing my favourite game

Hey folks!

I know I have been slow lately, but I am currently facing some difficulties getting a feeling for SL again, especially because my real life is exceedingly busy and I feel like I barely have time to keep up. And then…

…I got really annoyed. Inspired by THIS picture by Constance Daehlie, I went to The Body Co to test their make ups and try out the Lavender skin. Unfortunately, while it looks GREAT on Constance, Arica looks just strange with it. Grumble!!! And then this: 1. They cost 500 Lindens. That is a LOT for four layers (lips, eyes, blush, whole makeover). 2. There are NO demos. Why on earth would you provide no demos?

But, being the shopping-idiot that I am, after ~ 20 minutes of pondering and hesitation I bought it for my League Skin. I tried it with a demo for their skin which I am considering to buy and …YAY!!!…I liked it. So today, I put on the make up, switched to my current skin from League..and BAM: There it was. A big fat LAVENDER Logo on my cheek. So, I just paid the super high price of 500 Lindens for this make up…and cannot wear it with any other skin than that one specific skin. Are you kidding me??? Grrrr!! I am angry and annoyed. Not even on my Orchid skin from teh same creator it fits.

Here is a hint: If you sell make up, especially in case you sell expensive make up, provide demos. And if you want to add to versatility and attract more buyers, do not write a hugeass Logo all over it that prevents people it from using it with skins other than your specific, single skin.

It’s what I’d call a good attitude towards customers.

Now to the positive things – LAQROKI:

LAQROKI is releasing a new skinline soonish. They have almost always been providing top notch skins, though in my humble opinion during the past years they didn’t quite keep up anymore with the quality other designers provided. Their body needed an update badly and the darker skintones were terribly yellowish. I have been seeing a sneakpeak at the new body and it has been mentioned the skintones will be updated as well.

I am pleased with what I see and totally looking forward to try out these skins! I hope they will not only release new ones but possibly update some of the most popular, older skins as well. To me, this body looks a whole lot more realistic and detailed than the old one. The strange yellow tendency seems to be erased as well.

PINK FUEL
Mochi Milena of Pink Fuel is about to release her newest skin, Kumi, as well. You can see a nice preview of that skin here. She has reworked her tones and I personally think the face is really, really nice. Stay tuned. I am so damned excited about this skin.

And here is my outfit of the day. As you can see, I went back to my ‘old’ skin, Orchid by The Body Co. Despite their stupid make ups!!!

Hair: Elikatira (Elikapeda Tiramisu)
Skin: The Body Co (TheBodyCo Resident)
Shape: selfmade
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Ears: Illusory (Ivy Graves, currently not for sale)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Dress: U.F.O (Charming Meiler, New!! Mesh!!)
Pants: enchanty (Nuts Andel)
Legwarmers: tram (moca Loup)
Boots: Leverocci (Jin Elfan)
Belt: Tee*fy (Azure Electricteeth, Mesh!!)
Necklace: MG (Maxi Grossamer, Mesh!!)
Ring: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky, Mesh!!)
Bag: Tokidoki (Maya Levane, Mesh!! New!!)
Stole: Tea Time (Eloindir Davi)

Location: Kingdom of Arerin (Medieval Fantasy Role-Play), Navagrod

REVIEW: INNOCUOUS

Today I am reviewing the released items of a new store: INNOCUOUS. It is my first real review-post so be patient. The pants have been released now, too!

Below you can see my avatar in their items, in several variations of colours. The creator of these items wants them to be versatile and combineable. First and foremost, they are geared towards role-players, but honestly I do not think that people who only wear casual clothes should shun these. The pants I would totally wear in rl as well, same with the bolero. They are super cute.

Colours and textures

These are only a few colours of those offered. Corset, cowl and bolero come in five different colours, the pants come in eight colours. I really like them, very classy and even fitting for role-play without looking boring. The textures are highly detailed and unique. I love the shading on both the pants and the bolero.

I am especially happy that the fabrics of these items are fitting for roleplay. Linen, leather, cloth… it is perfect. If you have a closer look, you will see that the buttons, lacings and pockets on the bolero, corset and pants are not drawn onto the texture, but rather little mesh-items themselves which gives them a real 3D look. I think the wrinkles on the pants look especially realistic. Overall, I am really happy with the attention to details the creator has shown.

Shape and fitting

All items (besides the daggers) come in the usual five standard sizes: XXS, XS, S, M and L. In my case, my avi almost always fits in either size S or M. On the pictures I wear the pants in size S and the corset and bolero in size M. If you want to layer meshitems, you obviously will have to choose bigger sizes for the items you wear OVER other items.

In this case, the pants, as you can see on the photo, stick a bit through the corset on my avi’s right hip. While moving, that happened a lot. However, this has more to do with me than with the creator: I refused to wear XXS pants to prevent the corset/pants from sticking trhough, or I could have worn the corset in one size larger, but I refused to make my boobs bigger to adjust to that. So, I went with a bit of clashing mesh which, in my case, will be hidden under a belt anyway. I just think outfits with no belt usually look boring.

Overall I must say the items fit really well. Only some minor things that I noticed:  For the cowl I needed to wear an alphalayer from one of my LeLutka hairs, otherwise it would have shown on top. But I told the creator about that little problem and she said she’ll add alphas to the cowl-vendors, too.

The corset will at times stick through your boobs or not work well with crazy animation, but that’s how it goes with pretty much every underbust-corset that I own. I think it is more of a general rigging-problem than a problem this specific item has.

There is also a little gap showing between my legs. Not invisible-ponyrider-worthy, but it is there. Honestly, I have that with pretty much every single meshpants out there and if I want to have it less, I just wear the pants in size M and it looks better already, but then I have to hide that part under the belt, because pants size M and corset size M don’t go well together on my shape. I do think that my shape is partially at fault as well, because my elf has a big bum, so well, I’ll deal with a small gap. And those pants look really hot from behind, too!

I am especially happy about the length of the pants: perfect for boots. Finally I have mesh-pants than I can wear with boots, woohoo.

So, what’s the result?

I think as a summary I can say that despite some minor things that more than liekly will eb ironed out soon, these items REALLY impress me and I hoped this review was helpful for you. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell me. I am always open for helpful advices.

Arica.

If you let me go I’m running fast

Hello everyone,

time for a new post. Lately I was asked again and again if I could do a review on some items, usually though, I refused, for two reasons: Most clothing is after all a matter of taste, so my opinion is just that…my opinion and 2. I quite simply don’t have the time to do a lot of reviews. But, I decided, every now and then I will. Think it is a good idea? I am not sure yet, some feedback would be awesome.

So here we go, with a usual post first and later on one with a review. You’ll notice the outfit is a bit similar to the last, but I simply had to blog this stuff once more, this time with the soon to be released pants. Promise the next one will be different again!

Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Bolero: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Blouse: Hal*Hina (Hinano Runo)
Corset: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Pants: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Realeased NOW!! Mesh!!)
Underpants: Zenith (Miffyhoi Rosca)
Boots: mon tissu (Elie Spot, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Celoe (Jadenart Resident, Mesh!!)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Necklace: Tres Blah (Juliette Westerburg)
Ring: EarthStones (Abraxxas Anatine)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Kendra Zaudrak)
Dagger on Tigh: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Dagger on Arm: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Location: The Desolate Swamplands (Gorean Role-Play), Skerry of Einar

A million miles from home, I’m walking ahead

Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Make up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Blush: Bella di Notte (Jade Glazner)
Dirt all over: Vigo (Vilandra Miles)
Tattoo: La Malvada Mujer (Faina Cortes, Dollarbie!!)
Vest: Tokddoki (Maya Levane, Mesh!!)
Shirt: Tokidoki (Maya Levane, Mesh!!)
Pants: Rochambeau (Leviathan Flux, Mesh!!)
Boots: COCO (cocoro Lemon, Mesh!! Gift!!)
Mouthie: Something in your Mouth (Aletta Milena)
Scarf: Miel (Mika Nieuport)
Slingbelt: DECO (Veluu Faulds)
Pile of Branches: Tee*fy (Azure Electricteeth, Epoch Legend Event Item, not available)
Bracelets: League (Nena Janus)
Weapon: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)

Location: Pixel Mode and T Town (Non-Role-Play), Pixel Dreams

Je sais que tu m’aimes aussi

Perse, thanks for the awesome gift. I love it. So here is the long promised post!

“She was fairly complected but had extremely dark hair and dark eyes, very red lips; the movement of her exquisite body was a torment to observe; she looked at me with a slight smile [...] (Assassins of Gor)

Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, NEW!! Partial Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade (not for sale)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Make up: La Malvada Mujer (Faina Cortes)
Lipstick: Pink Fuel (Mochi Milena, comes with Elly Skins)
Blush: Bella di Notte (Jade Glazner)
Tattoo: Nuuna’s Skins (Nuuna Nitely)
Hairbase: LeLutka (Thora Charron, comes with Knotted Up Style)
Corsetwraptop: Ever After (PersiaSky Lorefield, currently not for sale)
Undershirt: Luas (AinaraLuas Resident, part of Nahid Camisk)
Long Skirt: Vigo (Vilandra Miles, part of Liv Outfit)
Short Skirt: Luas (AinaraLuas Resident, part of Nahid Camisk)
Shoes: Zaara (Zaara Kohime)
Bracelets with Rings: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Ribbons: Luas (AinaraLuas Resident, part of Nahid Camisk)
Earrings: Fanatik (Kendra Zarauk)
Hairflower: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell)
Collar: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost)
Necklace: Purplemoon (Poulet Koenkamp)

Location: Oasis of the Red Scimitar (Gorean Role-Play), Lost Oasis