L.O.T.D – 04/15/13

Puerto Banus Beach

Hey guys! I’m still not 100% back into blogging mode, so that’s why you haven’t seen much from me lately. I was reading something about blogging tips, and the author said she liked to take vertical photos because they looked bigger. So I decided to make my photo vertical today

As some of you may know, I am not a huge fan of long skirts. Even though pencil skirts can be sexy, that is not something I would normally gravitate to unless I have something in mind for a look. Enter the Memoire Pencil Skirt by Indyra Originals.

Most people would say red and orange hues give off a feeling of warmth, and I was no exception. Luckily I had just bought a tank top from Tee*fy from 50L Friday that would go great with the pencil skirt. I’m still in my red Betty phase for hair, so of course I kept that look.

If you can, you should always have at least one pair of shoes in every major color. For me, that would be red, blue, yellow, purple, green, orange, pink, black, white, brown, silver, and gold. That way, you don’t have to worry about matching outfits. Many people would have probably went with a red pair of shoes – it’s a common color, and you still would good. But I chose to wear my mango stilettos to accentuate the nectarine color in the skirt. Add a nice bracelet that follows the general color scheme, and you are ready to go

I think I will explore this beach a bit more, so see you guys later!

Styling Credits

Top: Tee*fy Skyla Ruffle Sleeve Tank Chilli
Skirt: Indyra Originals Mesh: Memoire’ Pencil Skirt: Poppy/Nectarine

Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Betty Mesh Hair – Gingerbread
Skin: al vulo- Ramona* peacock dark brow sunkissed
Shoes: N-core TANGO II XtremeHeel II “Mango”
Jewelry: Artistry by E – The Lisana Bracelet
Nails: Bamboo Nails – natural french

Makeup:
[mock]Indigo Rochelle Venus Foxy Chili Choco (eye/lip)
blackLiquid MAKEUP -  just gloss
~Oceane~Bardot ES Noire
Al Vulo! Mesh Lashes

Pose: Di’s Opera – Black Seduction @ Limited Bazaar

 

Bright and beautiful

Ricielli sim, near the water

Hey guys -welcome back! I think I am getting the hang of blogging a bit more frequently.  Today I wanted to do something different and experiment with color blocking. What is color blocking, you ask?

We all remember the color wheel, right? We have our primary colors – red, yellow, and blue. Next comes the secondary colors – orange (mix of red and yellow), green (mix of yellow and blue), and purple (mix of blue and red). So image that these colors are on a wheel, with the secondary colors between the 2 primaries that make them up. So if we take yellow and purple, they are complementary to each other, and would make a high contrast look.

Purple and yellow right? Surprisingly, I didn’t have too many purple items that would be good for the look that I wanted to achieve. And I hardly have any yellow items in my inventory…yikes! I did like how the pink trench coat from Ricielli looked, so I decided to start from there. I took one of my favorite pairs of jeans (from Zaara) and tinted it purple, and added a splash of yellow color by using an old dress from Paradisis as my top under my coat. To add more yellow, I used yellow accessories that I think worked out nicely. Next time I will make sure to use more of the complementary color in my outfit…I think this would had totally rocked if I had like a long yellow sleeveless shirt with maybe a cropped jacket in a third color.

Until next time, guys!

Styling Credits

Jacket: Ricielli Mesh Trench Jacket/#hotpink
Shirt: PARADISIS Mignonne : Dressie top Yellow
Jeans: Zaara : Classic Jeans *indigo*
Skin: al vulo- Ramona* solstice dark brow sunkissed
Hair: “”D!va“” Hair “Marie” (Type B)(Citrine)
Shoes: N-core EMPORIUM “Garnet”
Shades: Izzie’s – Oversized Sunglasses (brown lenses) (mesh)
Nails: Bamboo Nails – Nightsky Jailed

Makeup:
Eyeshadow: [mock]Glitter Pop eShadow [Golden Copper]
Lipstick: [PF] Elly <Maple> – Glam Lipstick – (Smoked Plum)
[mock] Mythic Neutraliser (Lip/eye)
Eyeliner:~Oceane~Bardot ES Noire

Jewelry:
Chop Zuey – A Happy Note in Pink bracelet,earrings,necklace

Poses: Corpus

Just Me

Hey guys…I have been feeling pretty bleh lately. The cold weather in real life  has really affected my mood…even made me want to dress in mufti-layered clothing and lounge around Second Life.

My shades look kinda funky in that photo…didn’t notice it until much later. Ah well I decided to do a bit of shopping around to see what’s new and exciting.

Elikatira is having a massive hair sale now – all hairs will be discontinued after the sale ends on the 23rd. So of course I had to get some new hair, as well as more colors for some of the ones that I already had before. Another store that is having a sale is Kyoot – sadly, Kyoot will be closing its doors very soon (I heard the sale will end at the beginning of February), so run on down! Khitt and I were talking about how long the store has been around – I have things from 2010, and I think she has even older stuff. Okay – all of the closing has me down again..let’s talk about newer stuff.

Ikon has a new VIP group gift for the month of February. Even though I tend to wear mine from Exodi, I am always looking to find my next new favorite pair of eyes. Also, Al Vulo has a new skin out at TDR Fusion. I wanted to try the Honey tone, but they didn’t have demos there or even at their main store (yes, I went to look haha). So I got my usual sunkissed tone.

Until next time guys…which will probably be soon! ^^

Styling Credits

Skin:
al vulo- Lyala* Mystic dark brow sunkissed (previously @ TDR Fusion)
al vulo- Ramona* solstice dark brow sunkissed (now @ TDR Fusion)

Hair:
[e] Abbey – Brown 09
[e] Unfold – Brown 02

Eyes: IKON Lucid Eyes – Optimism
Shoes: N-core ULTRAPLATFORM “Automne”

Shirt: Kyoot - Soft Holiday Mini Dress (Black)
Cardigan: Ricielli Mesh – Cardigan Off Shoulder /monogram
Pants: DRIFT City Pants [MESH] Ombre Black @ The Couturier’s Docks (36 pieces left)
Nails – [Bamboo] Nails – Natural French

Makeup:
[mock]Crema LipColor – Bellini
[mock] Miss Vanity Eyeshadow with lashes [soft brown]
Al Vulo! Mesh Lashes

Jewelry:
EarthStones Ti’ana Earrings – Onyx
EarthStones Ti’ana Necklace – Onyx
LaGyo – Bonbon ring gold

Foxy in the City

Native Fox (in silver) by Indyra Originals

Hey guys! I forgot that I had this in my inventory, so I got it out of the box. I showed a photo to my friend because I wanted ideas of where I should go to take photos. She said, “A dark alley”. Hmm…so I decided to visit New York City SL ^^

Native Fox comes in silver, bronze, gold and black for the sweater, and the leggings come in brown and black. You can easily wear this as a casual look, or turn it up with some killer accessories.

It’s the weekend, guys! Whether you are relaxing on the couch at home with the drink of your choice, or having a girls’ night out on the town with friends, this outfit definitely works. So work it out ladies ^^

I was listening to this as I was taking photos, so I will end this on a festive note. Until next time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjGtTUfPcI4

Styling Credits

Outfit: Indyra Originals:  RTW&Mesh: Native Fox Sweater: Silver
Native Fox Metallic Leggings: Black
Hair: [e] Over – Black 03
Skin: al vulo- leilani* april gold fish claveage sunkissed
Shoes: N-core CHERIE XtremeHeel II “Silver”
Nails: [Bamboo] Nails - Natural French

Makeup:
Oceane‘s – Cat Eyeshadow Silver Tattoo Layer
[mock]May LipColor  [nightshade] {1}
[mock] Miss Vanity Eyeshadow with lashes [gris]
Al Vulo! Mesh Lashes

Jewelry:

EarthStones Nose Stud – Yin Yang Silver
Finesmith - Inspired by Nola silver choker
FINESMITH - Massive Diamonds ring
FINESMITH KOSH BRACELET ONYX
FINESMITH PLAYCUBE BRACELET COLOR CHANGE
FINESMITH- Let it drop earrings
Zaara : Sadaf paua bangles *silver*
[ glow ] studio – Pearl Goddess black (silver)

Poses: Manifeste

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Hey everyone! Sorry I have not blogged in a bit, but things were busy, both in SL and in RL. Why so serious in that photo? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, as well as making changes in how I want to participate in Second Life…

1. Last month I moved in SL – still living on the beach of course, but I’m in a much better environment. When i first got my own place, I wanted to have parties and have a great time. This year I will keep a healthy balance between work and fun.  I’ll talk about my adventures in  furniture shopping for the place on another post.

2.  I was a model in the Voluptia Lingerie fashion show, which was my first show in over a year. It really felt like 2 shows since we prepared for another show with a different sponsor, but the show was canceled. The experience was a refresher in runway modeling, and it has encouraged me to continuing pursing my goals for modeling.

3.   Over the summer I became marketing chair with a company that specializes in marketing innovative products that help business owners.  We have several things planned for this year and can’t wait for them to take place. However, this year I will take the time to work on my own projects. Helping people to make their own dreams come true is great, but it’s a different feeling when you are in the driver’s seat so to speak.

4. Blogging! WordPress has a cool end of the year report about your blog. Here is an excerpt of what it says:

“600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,800 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get that many views.

In 2012, there were 80 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 126 posts. There were 350 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 121 MB. That’s about 7 pictures per week.”

I am proud of my progress so far with blogging. One of my goals is to be more consistent in posting. It’s pretty obvious that the more content you have, the more visits you will get. I am really happy with the way my photos have been coming along.  However it can be a bit discouraging because it seems like if you don’t have the ability to enable shadows in SL, people won’t see your photos as being any good.

5. My inventory desperately needs to be cleaned out.  At 52, 346 items, I feel that is too much. My goal is to get between 30k – 31k items by going though everything and deleting old stuff. Also, by boxing up/deleting mesh sizes that I don’t need (XXS, L) I can get rid of stuff I don’t need as well.

I think this is all for now – a lot of things to think about and work on indeed. Until next time!

Styling Credits

Jacket/top: GizzA - Felicia Coat -Mesh [Leopard]
Pants: GizzA - Skinny Pants [Grunge Dirty]
Hair: ^;^CaTwA^;^ Candy V2 Roots/Honey (new store gift)
Nails: [Bamboo] Nails (Dark red Victorian Lace white)
Skin: al vulo- leilani* april gold fish sunkissed
Shoes: N-Core COQUETTE Platform “Wild”  (Old Group Gift)

Makeup:
[mock] SheerGlow LIpcolor [lip 2] [Carissma]
[mock]Blackest Night Shadow (eyeshadow)
Al Vulo! Mesh Lashes

Pose: (from chair) Trompe Loeil Club Chair corduroy black

12.12.12

You know I had to do something for this special day, right? When will we have another day like this? I am still behind on my posts…I have been taking photos and not sharing them with you all But hopefully in about a week or so I will have more time to do it ^^

I have wanted to start doing some Look Of the Day posts, so I figured today would be a good day to start!

At first I wanted something that I could throw over my Mandy lingerie outfit ( see previous post) so I could pick up some items, so I found one of the trench coats that I had picked up from Ricielli’s a couple of months back. Then I thought, “Hmm…I wonder if I have turtleneck sweater somewhere?”.

Sure enough, I found an old turtleneck sweater dress from E! Eclectic Apparel . For accessories, I opened up my N-Core shoes that I got from the last sale (yup, fresh out of the box…knew green shoes would come in handy), and dug out the purse that I got from this round’s Arcade. Last, but not least, I chose to wear the hair that I just got from Collabor88 – D!va’s messy yet fun-to-wear hair.

Until next time guys!

Styling Credits

Coat: Ricielli Mesh – Coat /green
Dress: e! Turtleneck Dress (Purple)
Bag: The Secret Store – Tiny Satchel – Raven @ the Arcade

Skin: Al Vulo – leilani (sunkissed)
Hair: “”D!va“” Hair “Asami” (Type A)(Citrine) @ Collabor88
Shoes: N-core SENSE 2 “Printemps”

Makeup
~Oceane~Bardot ES Noire
blackLiquid MAKEUP -  just gloss
[mock] Miss Vanity Eyeshadow with lashes [Hickory Smoke]
Mock- Alluring LipColor- Mythic

Nails: Candy Nail #FP006 Clear Glitter French Pink

Jewelry
Chop Zuey – Chartreuse Swizzle Gld Necklace & Ring
EarthStones -  The Diamond Stud – Pear/Platinum

The Calico Diva

Calico dress by Meghindo’s

Hey guys! I had read Khitt‘s post on the Calico dress at Meghindo‘s, and I just had to get it! I have seen a lot of baroque fashion this season, and until now, I haven’t really been much of a fan.  But who wouldn’t feel like a diva in this dress ^^ The shoulder pads give the dress just the right amount of edge for a diva to look and feel great in it. Hmm…this could be my new lil’ black dress….maybe?

This is a partial mesh dress (yay!) that comes in several sizes. However, this dress does not come with alphas, so I had to wear a large so that my butt could fit into the dress My butt has gotten me in trouble before, and I have actually had to talk to designers about getting a different alpha to cover my derriere. Luckily this was not the case here.

Until next time!

Styling Credits

Dress: {Meghindo’s} ~ Calico ~ Dress
Skin: Al vulo- leilani
Hair: “”D!va“” Hair “Vivienne” (Type A)(Citrine)
Shoes: N-core ULTRAPLATFORM “Noir Intense”
Nails: Candy Nail #P000 Basic French Nails 12color change

Makeup:
~Oceane~Bardot ES Noire
[mock] Miss Vanity Eyeshadow with lashes [Olivine]
blackLiquid MAKEUP -  just gloss
[PF] Elly <Maple> – Glam Lipstick – (Burgundy)

Jewelry:
Chop Zuey – Vagabond Men’s Ring
Zaara : Anjami Chandelier earrings*gold*

Poses: Di’s Opera

Cleaning out my closet, part 5

Hey guys! I haven’t done a “Cleaning out my closet” post in a while…so let’s take a look in what’s in my closet today, shall we?

I found this cute number from Fab.Pony – purchased it in July of last year. One thing that I loved about Fab.Pony is the fact that creator mastered how to make good sequins (pre-mesh, of course). I remember Jania made some sequin numbers for EDS and it was hard to get the shine and layering just right. I remember when their “Own the Night” dress came out – everyone and their moms went and bought the dress. I did too, but much later..hehe.

The trick to making an older outfit hot is to use good accessories. I think I used decent ones, don’t you think?

I recently went to the Fab.Pony store, and you can get both the skirt and the top for only 60L! Not bad

Styling Credits:

Outfit:
FAB.PONY “Twizzler” Top (Navy)
FAB.PONY Sparklez Skirt -skirt (Jazzed up)

Shoes: N-core ULTRAPLATFORM – Noir Intense

Makeup:
[mock]Vestial Goddess Makeover (eye, liner, lip) New!
EDS – Purple Smokey Eye

Hair: *Alice Project* Hyori – Infinity
Nails: Candy Nail #Birth Stone Amethyst *February
Jewelry: Chop Zuey - Nirmala
Skin: Al vulo- leilani sunkissed
Pose: Corpus

New group gifts @ Maitreya

Hello guys! I heard that Maitreya had some nice group gifts and discounts for their members, so I decided to stop by to see what they were!

The first thing that I saw was this lovely mesh pencil skirt. Form-fitting garments look really good in mesh, and this skirt is no exception.

Maitreya also has free mesh lashes. This is the first time that I am wearing mesh lashes, and like other people have said, they seem easier to adjust than prim lashes. I was a bit wary of purchasing them, but now that I see how these are, I won’t hesitate next time I see a pair that I like. The only thing that I noticed is that mesh lashes are kinda tricky to grab when editing. I kept getting my hair for some reason, despite the fact that this hairstyle is pretty much out of my face.

I didn’t open this package yet, because I am not sure what I will wear with them. But aren’t these boots goregous? I believe they are 225L now in this color only. Make sure you wear your group tag!

Until next time – happy shopping!

Styling Credits

Skirt: Maitreya Mesh Skirt * Group Exclusive *
Top: /artilleri/ Katee top (jacket) *navy*
Hair: Clawtooth: Femme fatale (bun) – Uptown brown
Skin: al vulo- leilani
Shoes: N-core SENSE 2 “Bleu”
Makeup: [PF] Elly <Maple> Pop Lipstick (Laser), [mock]Blackest Night Shadow (eyeshadow)
Lashes: Maitreya V.I.P. Group Gift – Mesh EyeLashes
Pose: Glitterati

New Release at Hucci – Gila Dress

 

Eboni Khan of Hucci Fashion recently came out with a number of new goodies, and the Gila dress is one of them. It always amazes me how realistically lush mesh looks like on you, and this dress is no exception.

Finding your desired size in mesh seems to be a challenge for a significant amount of Second Life residents. The Gila dress has the Standard Sizes small and medium, a modified medium accounting for large chested avatars, and Hucci sizes of curvy and  small chested curvy. I was able to wear the SS small size with a tweak to my chest size, so it wasn’t a huge adjustment.

 

 

 

The dress that I am wearing is the Fantasy group gift that was sent out to current subscribers.  I strongly recommend that you sign up so you can receive the latest info for new releases (and maybe a gift if you are lucky).

 

Styling Credits

Dress: ::HH:: Hucci Gila Dress S – Fantasy
Hair: >TRUTH< Francesca – raven
Jewelry: Chop Zuey -  I AM Adi Shakti necklace & earrings
Shoes: N-core SOUL -Chained- XtremeHeel II “Caramel”