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27/07/2018 – The Heat Goes On…

As my UK friends complain about a 22°C “heat wave” (71°F), and another one in Arizona tells me it’s in the hundreds F where she lives, I, somewhere in the middle, struggle to sleep and suffer next to the fan all day. Anyone telling me global warming isn’t real must be up for an earful! Anyway, I am slowly going through the lovely things I haven’t had the chance to show you, and here are a few of them.

Credits :

  • Body : Maitreya – Lara
  • Head : LeLutka – Simone
  • Shape : Banana Banshee – Rosie
  • Skin : Murray – Blanca – SKT20
  • Eyes : Banana Banshee – Heat – 2
  • Lashes : Avi-Glam – Lure Lashes
  • Piercing : Little Fish – Brow Ring
  • Eye shadow : Veechi – Sunset Pulse Shadow
  • Eye bags : Izzie’s – Eyebags appliers
  • Hair : Tableau Vivant – Charlize – Browns
  • Nails : Alaskametro – Tropics/Shimmer nails
  • Top – Neve – Dixie – Lively
  • Shorts : The Secret Store – Cia Highwaist shorts
  • Shoes : Livalle – Siouxsie Platform Heels
  • Poses : Marukin // Paper Rabbit
  • Picture taken at Backdrop City

22/07/2018

I’m so behind in my blogging… I have to admit I’ve been binge watching Elementary and it’s kept me away from SL these past days. Anyway I’m back with a mint themed post… Lots of pretty things from past rounds of C88 and Fifty Linden Fridays, that should now be back in stores at their regular prices, but still pretty.

Credits :

  • Body : Maitreya – Lara
  • Head :  LeLutka – Simone bento
  • Skin : Glam Affair – Sheila – tone 6
  • Eyes : Banana Banshee – Heat – 1 (@Twe12ve)
  • Piercing : Little Fish – Brow Rings
  • Eye shadow : Veechi – Moonlit Princess Shadow
  • Lip gloss : Izzie’s – Natural lipgloss
  • Hair : Doe – Katt
  • Earrings : Eliavah – Nirnfeather Earrings
  • Nails : Alaskametro – Beachcomb Nail art
  • Necklace : Cae – The Answer
  • Top : The Secret Store – Aliz Crop Top
  • Trousers : Tetra – High waisted tie pants
  • Shoes : Ingenue – Holly Flats (tinted)
  • Poses : Marukin
  • Picture taken at : Backdrop City

02/07/2018 – All good things come to an end…

So hey! I’m back from vacation. We had lovely weather, I managed to bathe in the ocean several times and although it was a bit cold, it felt really good, and I even got a tan. Now I can get back to showing you lots of lovely things I grabbed before I left and while I was away (the very old and crappy laptop I had didn’t allow me to take decent pictures…)

That jumpsuit from Ison I don’t even remember buying. I looked at my inventory at some point and it was there. I suppose I was trying to get the demo and misclicked and got the fatpack instead. I would blame the crappy laptop but you know what? I regret nothing, it’s impeccably meshed and fitted, and the textures are gorgeous. Not sure C88 is still open but if so, run and get everything!

 Credits :

  • Body : Maitreya – Lara
  • Head : Lelutka – Simone Bento
  • Shape : Banana Banshee – Rosie shape
  • Skin : Pink Fuel – Anja – Biscuit (Lookbook)
  • Sunkiss effect : Izzie’s – Summer blush appliers (body & face sold separately)
  • Hair : Stealthic – Avela (@C88)
  • Eyes : Banana Banshee – Iris – 1
  • Piercing : Little Fish – Brow rings
  • Glasses : Sleepy Eddy – Boston Glasses (tinted)
  • Eyeshadow : Adored – Frosted Shadows – Winter Dawn edition (Lookbook June 18)
  • Lip gloss : Izzie’s Natural Lipgloss (Lookbook)
  • Outfit : Ison – Quinn Jumpsuit (@C88)
  • Rings : Yummy – Sea Treasures (@C88)
  • Shoes : Friday – Polly Sandals – Sailor
  • Poses : Marukin (@C88)

The road is long, with many a winding turn

The road is long, with many a winding turn
I do not know Brandy Maltas (Kalli Birman in Second Life®). However, I know a few things about her. Most urgently, I know she has cancer, a second recurrence of metastatic uterine cancer that has spread to her liver. Secondly, I know she must be a kind person because people care about her and are trying to help her. From the event information, I know she is a single mother of three who is trying to do her best to survive and make it through this battle so she can see her children grown. Lastly, I know that I hope people will support The Road Ahead, an event to support her struggle, before it closes on January 1st.
The road is long, with many a winding turn
As an exclusive for the event, Mami Jewell has released a special amethyst color of her Electra dress. As you can see the dress can be worn different ways, all amethyst or black and amethyst, with all the billowing attachments or without them, with sleeves or without. Azul’s clothing is always versatile.
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We Are Made of Star-Stuff

We are made of star-stuff.
“The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements – the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution – weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way they could get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.”

― Lawrence M. Krauss, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
We are made of star-stuff.

Carl Sagan said we are all star-stuff and shooting these pictures for this post made me think of him. The keke glitter constellations and the anc. mist clouds made me think of galaxies and nebulae. The windswept magical dreaminess of the Papillon dress from Moon Amore only added to that. It comes with a color change hud that allows wearers to choose colors for the bodice, skirt and embellishments. This particulate texture has a field of clouds that inspired the direction I took with the shoot. The fluttering of butterflies are optional. You can wear the skirt with no butterflies, with just the butterflies on the skirt or with the long kite tail of butterflies. As you can see, I went for maximum butterfly. The outfit also comes with a gift of balloons, but left them out. The balloons come in a range of pastel colors to coordinate with the dress.
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Read Any Good Books Lately?

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Foxes has released this beautifully fitted and textured dress in a mind-numbing 24 different versions from sparked to ombres to solids with standard sizing and sizing for specific mesh bodies. Obviously, the Foxes creator has given up on sleep.

The long list for the  Man Booker prize was announced yesterday and I have only read one of them. That is one reason it is my favorite book list. It goes beyond bestseller lists and borders, elevating excellent fiction from all over the world. Usually by the time the next list is out, I have read my way through the list. It is changing, though, until 2013, the authors had to come from the Commonwealth and now it is open to authors from any country so long as they write in English and their books are published in the UK. For the first time there are five American writers on the list. Will this change the complexion of the list? I don’t know. I hope not.

I have been on a lucky streak lately, reading several good books in a row. Right now I am reading The Sellout by Paul Beatty, an hilarious satire of post-racial America. The protagonist’s father is killed by the police in what is supposed to be a ridiculously senseless and satirical example of police violence. Unfortunately, reality has surpassed satire on that score.

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Event Madness (In the Best Possible Way)

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Even though there were few people awake when i visited the Hair Fair sims during the blogger preview, I dressed for a crowd. I wore just a hairbase, my default avatar, no shoes and this lovely little romper from Tee*fy. Of course, once I went back home, I jumped back into my mesh body and added some shoes, hair and accessories, because, well, I felt naked without my mesh body. What struck me as incredibly funny, though, is that I ran into four other bloggers who were wearing this romper, obviously having the same idea as me. The nice thing was that everyone was wearing a different print, thanks to the amazing quantity of prints and colors that Azure Electricteeth produced for Collabor88 this month.

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I wondered what possible new thing Sasy, Mel and Whimsy could come up with for this year’s Hair Fair. What could top those boxes of hair dye from last year? Well, this time the stores are giant shopping bags. There are also a few spills of shopping bags scattered around, you can even walk inside them. There are huge lipstick displays, too. Of course, I had to check out the ones on the Redhead sim.  Continue reading

Omni-Blogging: MSO, Hair Fair, Collabor88 & a Tinting Tutorial

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Baiastice released a gorgeous dress for this underwater-themed Collabor88. I will confess I was nervous about this month’s theme, but as usual, the collaborators of Collabor88 were not too literal and came through with flying colors – mostly blues. Continue reading

AZUL has a great free gift for SOU Anniversary

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I like this casual summer dress from AZUL as a gift for the Sou by Creation.jp Anniversary. It’s loose and casual and just right for this hot summer heat wave that is sucking the energy out of me.

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I made a trip to LEA6 (Humanoid) to look around and found all sorts of fun to get up to.

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Bright, Bright Sun-Shiny Day

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The rain has been gone for several weeks now. It did not even rain for the Grand Floral Parade during the annual Rose Festival, which is, I think, a violation of the Oregon Constitution. I guess we are going to get all of our 68 sunny and 74 partly sunny days in one fell swoop.

I have been feeling lethargic with the uncommon and unprecedented heat wave flattening us here in Oregon, but despite the heat, I did make it to The World’s Largest Louie Louie Sing-a-Long last week.

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