Thinking of Classics

Some things don’t really go out of style in real life and I think it’s amazing when a creator can manage to create such things within Second Life as well.  In this post, I’d like to share a beautiful new gown from Sascha’s Designs called Mimosa.  I’ve paired it with classic color-changing jewels from JCNY called Valencia that I’ve had for many years, but they still sparkle beautifully on my neck and dangling from my ears, matching most any gown I might put on.

I was in the mood for a mature look so I decided to don skins from another designer who does classic work, Elettra Gausman.  The Orage Creations skins are perfect for that as you can see below with a close up look at the OC Leslie skin.

While working on this post, I’ve been listening to one of the many classic Donna Summer songs.  It’s always so sad when we lose one of the extra special people in the world who have touched so many lives doing what they love to do.  But she gifted us with music that we can continue to enjoy even though she’s gone.  Even if you don’t like disco, you’ve got to hand it to Donna Summer, right?

Back to Mimosa! It comes in this lovely shade of lavender as well as pink, spring green, and yellow.  There are also a few ways that you can wear the skirt along with an optional shoulder piece that flutters to the floor behind you.  Below is a look at the empress version of the dress, very springy and easy to move with OC’s Yamil skin.

The shoes are Werlina and the CaTwA hair I’m wearing in the latter pictures has optional extra attachments to make for a fuller ponytail.  I love the way it moves.  Below is a look at the fluffer skirt version of Mimosa.

RIP Donna

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I am wearing:

Gown:  Sascha’s Designs SAS Mimosa Pink, Spring Green, Lavender, and Yellow

Necklace & Earrings:  JCNY Valencia Rare Gems

Skins:  Orage Creations Leslie and Yamil

First nails:  CCD Long Nails + Ring – Ice – Purple

Second nails:  Je Suis Naive V2 Basic Nails

First hair:  Fashionably Dead Pebbles

Second hair:  CaTwA Amylee/Night

Shoes:  Wertina Lina Shoe

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SecondNights UKD Burlesque Show – 5/17 @ 1pm SLT

The SecondNights Arts Foundation is putting on a show you don’t want to miss tomorrow, 5/17/2012 at 1:00pm SLT.

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UKD Burlesque Show

UKD Project is an Italian band which is performing their original music live for more than 4 years in Second Life. Now they are on tour with a very special show. They produced in very hard work the original “UKD Burlesque Show” leaned on the original motion picture “Burlesque” from 2011 with Cher and Christina Aguilera. Therefore they have the rebuild of the original stage and dancers dressed with burlesque outfits to make this show a real special experience.  Rola Hykova the leadsinger of UKD Project interpret all songs of the original film soundtrack LIVE and has six beautiful dancers in each scene as sexy eye catcher.

Don’t miss it!

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Who’s That Guy?

Sometimes things happen in our virtual lives that are beyond our control.  And then there are the fortunate things that we can control.  There have been many things said about me during the six years I’ve been a resident of Second Life; some of it true and some of it not at all true.  You can’t always believe what one person says about another because how do you know if that person has an agenda or not?    Sometimes it really is better to get the story straight from the horse’s mouth even when it appears that horse doesn’t wanna talk.

Partners Alon Alphaville & Alianna Logan

Am I calling myself a horse?  Well, no not exactly!  But I hope to have gotten even the smallest of points across.  I am very proud to officially announce my business partnership with Alon Alphaville, former owner of the Fashion in Pixels fashion feed.  With the loss of several key feeds, Fashion in Pixels included, Alon has joined forces with me to help turn themed BloggingSL, DesigningSL, and HuntingSL into three informative, entertaining, and genuinely helpful feeds for SL residents.

It will take time to build them, but one thing that can be said about both Alon and myself (aside from our oft-times messy or scandalous individual personal lives) is that we take our business endeavors inside of Second Life very seriously.  We are both dedicated to building the feeds and having them become staples that help the SL economy, not only fashion but almost all areas where the exchange of lindens, information, and products or services take place with a heavy focus on assisting newcomers to Second Life.  The only way to figure out you want to buy something or attend something is to know that the something exists in the first place.  Blogs are hugely important to that process and multiple feeds are needed to get the information out there.  What you don’t see on one feed, you might see on another.

In the pictures above we are visiting the Sanity Falls game hosted on Hoshi Island and created by MadPea Productions.  It is an intriguing psychological thriller where “you will become Alexander Blackwell, a well-known psychologist, who’s burnt out due to the excessive amount of work he’s been doing lately. He came to Sanity Falls for a holiday with his wife, Livea to recharge his batteries and find happiness and feel something in his life again.”  Things apparently go horribly wrong for Alexander Blackwell (you) and the wife Livea is kidnapped.  You must immerse yourself in the environment to save your kidnapped wife.  The textures are fantastic and serve to get you right into the mood for roleplaying.  You can find out more information about this interesting game on this website.

I’ve included information below about what Alon is wearing (without the slurl’s) but better info can be found on his blog, Fashion By Double A, once he’s had a chance to post it up for you!  As for me, I’m wearing an adorable,  new dress by Carisma Creations called Bloom and new Bowie heels by Fashionably Dead in Glitter Black.  Some of the items I’m wearing in this post, like new WoW Skins Alessandra I picked up at the discount shopping location, Best Designer’s Exile.  Check it out!

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I am wearing:

Dress: Carisma Bloom Dress Lipstick

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Alessandra CL (BDE)

Hair: Truth Gianna 2 – Night

Tights: Izzie’s Patterned Tights – Giraffe

Shoes: Fashionably Dead Bowie Heels – Glitter Black

Makeup: *elymode* makeup – spring mix – hydrangea b

Eyes: Orage Creations - Showgirl Eyes – Blue

Purse:  *Tea Time* Dark Bag (BDE)

Alon is wearing:

(Visit Fashion By Double A for more information soon)

Skin: Evian – Alejandro Medium
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep sky eyes (The Mens Depto – discounted item)
Hair: Uw.st – Scott 2
Shirt: Sheep Door – Check Shirts Red (The Mens Depto – discounted item)
Pants: Shiki – Jeans 9 – Lavender
Shoes: BALACLAVA! – PAuse loafers (tonto) (The Mens Depto – discounted item)
Watch: chronokit – watch no.37 Lancelot Silver

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The Loneliness of Being

That doesn’t sound like it’ll be fun, but the art installation found on Pahute Island called The Loneliness of Being isn’t meant to be uproarious, but rather contemplative and serene.  I seem to be drawn to such places in Second Life, and I wanted to share it with you while I show off Hush Skin’s newest face called Grace and the very hot GCD Tiger.  I’m rarely the first to show you, but I enjoy giving my own interpretation and hope you’ll like it!

So what is The Loneliness of Being all about?  It is an isolated island with a cloud of colorful letters floating in the air.  I thought their notecard explained it well, so I offer a direct quote: “The Loneliness of Being is a contemplative installation by artist Ian Pahute. The cloud comprises a thousand ever-changing words. Drawn live from the internet (including live news feeds and Twitter), the cloud is always evolving. It always reflects the ‘now’. Some see nothing more than foggy letters. Others see words. Some see hidden meaning and insights.”

Though I was too busy taking pictures to be as contemplative as I might have been, I do highly recommend a visit to this beautifully done work of art.  It does have a feeling of being in the now and of experiencing the movement of thought.  I’m wearing a leather jacket from *COCO* on top of GCD Tiger, which can be worn with or without the skirt.  Here is a close up below of Hush Grace SmokeyPink in the Vanilla tone with light brows.  It is enhanced by an eye make up from Fishy Strawberry.

Hush Grace SmokeyPink Vanilla Tone Light Brows

Gorgeous isn’t it!  I’m also rather fond of this Fashionably Dead hair I’m wearing called Roxy in a vivid orange.  Below, I’m wearing GCD Tiger without the jacket and sporting a head dress from SoliDea FoliEs along with a sleek new hair from Vanity Hair called Casual Affair.

I had a hard time getting rid of the tint inside the little cubes of the hat so I had to cut some of them out because my Photoshop skills are terribly limited.  The hat is fabulous and looks even better than I was able to convey here!

Hush Grace SmokeyFire Honey Tone Dark Brows

In the last two photos, Grace is enhanced by a luscious orange lip paint from Eyelure.  Visit Gwen Carillon Designs for exotic, tastefully sexy clothing options and Hush skins for a growing array of beautiful, refreshing skins.

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I am wearing:

First Outfit:

Top and Skirt/Pants: Gwen Carillon Designs GCD Tiger

Skin:  Hush Grace

Boots:  Bax Ankle Boots Black Suede

Jacket:  *COCO* Black Leather Jacket

Hair: Fashionably Dead Roxy Orange 8

Necklace:  .charme. Collier ethnique Necklace

Lashes: Tameless Lashes 16

Gloves:  Izzie’s Leather Gloves – Taupe

Nails:  Izzie’s Classic Nails Metallic

Eyes:  JeSyLiLO NeKoeYes Brown (cateye)

Eye Make Up:  Fishy Strawberry Kokeshi v2 Fresh Glitter

Second Outfit:

Top and Skirt/Pants: Gwen Carillon Designs GCD Tiger

Skin:  Hush Grace

Eyelashes:  [glow] Studio Fancy Eyelashes Little Gems

Lip Pant:  Eyelure Lip Paint Orange

Head Decor: SoliDea FoliEs Cube Crown Black

Nails: Mandala Nail Pallette

Hair:  Vanity Hair Casual Affair Jet Black

Location: Pahute Island – The Loneliness of Being 

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Feels Like Summer

When I thought about where I wanted to be after opening Gwen Carillon’s newest masterpieces, Caribe Sun and Ocean, it was of course on the beach…in Hawaii - Twsted Ruggles-style!  With summer fast approaching, it’s the perfect time to be wearing quite a bit less and Caribe fits the bill for feeling incredibly sexy on the beach with its breezy tropical colors and long, flowing, mesh sarong.

Gwen includes a notecard in the box for Caribe to help you with sizing your body to fit standard mesh sizes.  Thank you, Gwen…I needed that!  Above I’m wearing Sun with one of Damselfly’s newest hairs called Lindsey in Ruby Twilight.  And the skin giving me that fabulous glow is Hush Lily.

I probably wouldn’t actually try to surf in this beautiful sarong because I might trip and break my gorgeous mesh ankles.  Notice that I’m gracefully standing on my tip toes?  That’s thanks to new Tip Toe Bare Feet by Gaeline Creations.  So much fun, the hud changes the colors of the skin, the nails, and the various tattoo options.  Here’s a close up.

With Ocean I’m wearing Hush Skins Fay and a new make up by Elymode that you can find at the Summer Beauty Festival.  This stand out hair is another of Damselfly’s newest called Sanday and even though it’s long enough to keep you feeling toasty in the winter, it’s also hot enough to keep you looking irresistible on the beach or any other place you happen to saunter through when you want to be noticed.

Gwen Carillon Designs, Hush Skins, Damselfly Hair, and Frozen Panty POSES are all syndicated on DesigningSL, as well as Izzie’s, who’s Classic Nails I love to wear all the time!  DesigningSL is my newest labor of love for those talented individuals who make our world go round.  I hope you’ll take a trip to GCD, Hush, Damselfly, Frozen Panty and/or Izzie’s today!

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I am wearing:

Sexy Beachwear:  Gwen Carillon Designs – Caribe Sun and Ocean, respectively

Skins:  Hush Skins Lily and Fay, respectively

Hair:  Damselfly Lindsey Ruby Twilight and Sanday Onyx, respectively

Eye Make Up – 2nd Outfit:  Elymode @ Summer Beauty Festival Spring Mix Shadows Sky

Nails:  Izzie’s Classic Nails

Bare Feet: Gaeline Creations Tip Toe Bare Feet

Necklace & Earrings:  Maxi Gossamer Jewelry Giselle Opal Pink

Eyelashes: Redgrave 19 – Diva

Poses:  Frozen Panty Poses

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Hush Lily & Vanity Sunset Blvd with Carisma

So the Pose Fair 2012 is about to end tomorrow and if you haven’t had a chance to stop by there yet, you should!  It will be the last one run by Katey Coppola, as I mention in the little video below, after three successful years…unless she changes her mind and misses it.  We can always hope!  In this post I’d like to share with you a beautiful new Hush skin called Lily, new hair from Vanity called Sunset Blvd 3, new leather earrings from Mandala, and new boots from *G Field* as I strut around in my chocolate Carisma Creations High Waist Pants Outfit.

Vanity’s new Sunset Blvd comes in three variations and I’m wearing version 3 in Jet Black.  Of course you know I’m quite inlove with Hush’s new Lily skin.  Not only because Hush Darkrose is so awesome but because I adore skins that accent the eyes as Lily does.

It also has the cutest sprinkling of light freckles across the nose and comes in perfectly named make ups called Seduce, Captivate, Natural, and the one I’m wearing above called Ravish.

In addition to fabulous clothing for both women and men, Carisma Creations has accessories like the purse I’m wearing here.

Here is a close up look at these sexy new lace up boots from *G Field*.  Love them!

And here’s my little goodbye to Pose Fair 2012.  Do go check it out if you haven’t been!  We don’t know if someone will be brave enough to take up the task next year.

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I am wearing:

Skin:  Hush Skins – Lily

Hair:  Vanity Hair – Sunset Blvd 3 in Jet Black

Outfit: Carisma Creations – Complete High Waist Pants in Chocolate

Purse:  Carisma Creations – Elegance Bag in Paprika

Boots: *G Field* – Mesh Lace-Up Boots Gina in Black

Earrings: Mandala – Leather Feather Earrings in Brown

Necklace & Nails w/Rings: Mandala – Sinra in Gold

Eyelashes: [glow] Studio – Hollywood Lashes Black Dahlia Small

Eyes: Vassnia – Canela Eyes Shiny with Veins

Poses:  Everglow & Morgane Batista

Pose Fair 2012 North

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Hush and Blush!

I‘m such a fan of Hush skins.  They’re innocently sexy with fresh-faced appeal and I’m pleased to present brand new — Marin!  It comes in the beautiful Hush skin tones Caramel, Cocoa, Cream, Sugar, Vanilla, and Honey with five make up choices in each tone.

So you’re probably wearing why I’m wearing pink hair and if it’s to match the luscious passionfruit Marin lips?  This pink Tameless hair called Rose  I decided to wear because of the hot, winged lingerie I’m wearing new from Gwen Carillon Designs called Blush.

Is this adorably sexy or what!  Light angel or dark angel, take your pick.  Blush comes with light pink wings or pink tinged with black for an even naughtier look.

So I’m blushing in my Hush and my feet are sporting sexy pin up pumps, new from Sexy Bish.

Hush skins, Gwen Carillon Designs, Tameless Hair & Avatars, and Sexy Bish are all syndicated on DesigningSL so you can keep up to date with these talented designers all in one place!

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I’m not wearing much but…

Skin:  Hush Skins – Marin

Lingerie & Wings:  GCD (Gwen Carillon Designs) – Blush

Hair:  Tameless Hair & Avatars – Rose

Shoes:  Sexy Bish – Pin Up Pumps Carnival Rose Pink

Lashes:  Tameless Hair & Avatars – Lashes 18

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Wearing Gray For a Cause

Sanura Snowpaw has pulled together creators from all across the grid to raise funds for the American Brain Tumor Association with the Wear Gray For a Day charity event.  Though I’m not an official blogger, I wanted to show my support for the cause.

As I walked through the booths at Wear Gray, I was really very impressed with the quality of the items contributed by the designers with 100% of the proceeds going to ABTA.  It rarely happens that I walk into near every booth and want to buy simply because I like what I see.

I’m wearing a mesh gown by Maai with intriguing hair by MADesigns Hair. My eyes are an almost creepy shade of SongBird gray and I am pleased to be accenting this charitable look of the day with Je Suis’ Brilliante accessories.

It makes you feel good spending money on nice things that you’ll enjoy knowing that your lindens could possibly help to save lives.  If you haven’t already been to Wear Gray for a Day, there’s still time.  It will be running until April 22nd and it comes highly recommended as a worthwhile place to visit and give.  I wager a guess that no amount of giving is too small.

All of the poses in these photos were created by the very talented RubyStarlight Writer of Exposeur Poses.  They can also be found at Wear Gray.

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I am wearing:

Gown:  Darla Dress, White – Maai Mesh Booth @ Wear Gray

Hair:  Tera Black VIII – MADesigns Hair Booth @ Wear Gray

Eyes:  Darkness & Light : Light – SongBird Booth @ Wear Gray

Necklace, Ear Clips, & Bangle:  Brilliante – Je Suis Booth @ Wear Gray

All Poses:  Exposeur Poses Booth @ Wear Gray

Skin:  Valentine Skin 02 (Previous TDR Release) – Glam Affair

Shoes:  Tabitha Plateau Pumps Red – Slink

Nails: Manicure Red – CCD

Eyelashes: Lashes 16 – Tameless

Location of Photos:  Empyreal Dreams – The Art Anthology (The Raven Teleport)

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Tamelessly Hushed @ Annon, The Gate…

Wearing one of Sascha Frangilli’s newest called SAS Laitha!  Laitha is a little different because it can transform from a very sexy gown or mini dress to a dressy casual jumpsuit with a harem feel to it.  In these photos I was visiting Annon, The Gate and the surrounding area with soothing ambient sounds drifting past my ears along with the sound of water caressing the lush shore.  Such a glorious build.  It is moments like that in which I remember why I fell inlove with SL in the beginning.  It’s good to take a few minutes away from your normal haunts and routines in SL and go see something you haven’t seen before.

I would also like to show you some very pretty hairs I picked up from Tameless Hair and Avatars and the fresh-faced beautiful new releases of Hush Skins’ Emily and Fay.  Above I’m wearing Hush Fay and the gold version of SAS Laitha with the layered flexi skirt option and no shoulder piece.

The above elegant Tameless hair is called Roxanne, and I just love it.  I’ve mentioned before that I don’t really like the shape of my avatar’s head (you’d think I’d change, huh?) but even though this style requires a good hairbase to pull it off, I enjoy the way the ponytail frames the back of the head.  Isn’t it nice?

Above I’ve chosen to wear the mauve version of Laitha with mini sculpt skirt option and the sexy trailing shoulder piece.  Laitha also comes with a slender belt that wraps around the waist a couple of times for those who like to wear belts.  I loved Tameless’ Roxanne so much that I bought the red shades also.

Another very pretty Tameless hair called Alma.  It flutters and bounces softly around the face with copious amounts of curls.  I’m wearing the jade version of Laitha here.  The shoes in these photos are HOC Industries Platform Pumps.  I chose them because I could change the colors.  I love that when I can change the colors on the shoes without having to buy the same shoe over and over!

And these last three photos are of the very new Hush skin called Emily.  It comes as six skin tones with multiple choices for makeup.  So pretty!

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I am wearing:

Dress:  Sascha’s Designs SAS Laitha

Skins:  Hush Skins Fay in the first 3 photos, Hush Emily in the last 3

Hairs:  Tameless Hair & Avatar Roxanne in the first photos and Alma in the last photos

Shoes:  HOC Industries Platform Pump

Eyelashes:  Tameless Hair & Avatar Lashes 25

Earrings:  Jewelry by Jake Dalia Golden Earrings

Nails:  Izzie’s Metallic Classic Nails

Necklace:  Je Suis Sophistique

Eyes:  MOJO Blue eyes 108 Medium

All Poses:  Frozen Panty POSES by Takeshi Kiama!

On Location:  Annon, The Gate

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FFL 2012 Finds

I didn’t get to post my pictures while Fashion for Life 2012 was still going on sadly, but I did make it to a few of the sims before the glorious builds disappeared and my opportunity to shop while donating to a wonderful cause with them.  FFL was successful enough this year to send Harper Beresford around to say goodbye to the sims as a sexy, flying pig!

I stopped by Vogue’s FFL booth and fell inlove with this expansive dress called Steffi.  While there I wandered in and out of stores and picked up some fun FFL Gacha’s, awed at the quality of the build.  I have to scale the pictures down so that they’ll fit, but if you happen to be on my own blog then you can click on the pictures to see larger versions.

One of the sims I visited was sponsored by Ala Folie, Dreamseeker’s Zeit, and it was there that I picked up Ala Folie’s shimmering, short dress called ETAMINE jaune.  It’s a satisfying shade of yellow that can light up anyone’s day.

I also picked up the gorgeous Vanity Hair in the photos above this one called Courtisane when I was on Zeit, dubbed Hopeville while participating in Fashion for Life this year.  It is amazing to see how giving Second Life residents are, always willing to open their pocket books to help our real life counterparts in need.  May each successive Fashion for Life collect more money than the previous year so that we might finally find a cure.

I wish I’d had more time to visit more of the sims.  The ones I did see were brilliantly themed with rich, vibrant textures and enticing items designed to make me want to spend.  My congratulations, thanks, and admiration for every one involved with putting Fashion For Life 2012 together.  It seemed near flawlessly done!

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I am wearing:

First Outfit

Dress:  Vogue Steffi - FFL

Hair:  Vanity Courtisane Noir – FFL

Shoes:  Gos Desire Ankle Boots Black - FFL

Eyes:  IKON Light Cerulean – FFL

Tights:  Izzie’s Zebra Patterned

Eyeshadow:  NOYA Glitter Red Smokey

Earrings:  Purple Moon Kenya in Ebony

Gloves:  Izzie’s Leather Gloves Black

Nails:  Izzie’s Classic Nails

Second Outfit

Dress:  Ala Folie ETAMINE juane – FFL

Eyes:  Rozena Daily Eyes Sea - FFL Gacha

Hair:  Exile Paige Raven Recent TDR

Shoes:  Chandelle Mya Yellow

Flower:  Je Suis Hibiscus

Makeup:  Mons Eyeshadow Kitten Yellow

Nails:  Pixel Fashion Nails Collection AA

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