A Malt Quickie

I just wanted to drop a quick post - I popped over to the Kozmetika summer event yesterday and stocked up on even more makeup to adorn my nice bare CheerNo Femme skin.

I especially like these sheer earthtones eyeshadows from cheLLe. I'm not always a fan of tattoo eyeshadows but these are really nice. They also have a set of more vibrant colors. I'm wearing my red eyebrows from LAQ, of course, my usual lashes from Sin Skins (I just like prim lashes better than tattoo), and Mink lipstick from Heartsick.

I'm wearing Malt's Allyn shirt (look, a peek of midriff! I'm so daring!) and you can just glimpse the aubergine leather pants from Adam 'n Eve. My hair is Milano from Novocaine, which I think doesn't exist any more but I like it so there it is!

UrbanizeD

I just got back from a hunt at the great furniture store UrbanizeD. Actually, I bought more than I hunted, and I made a discovery about this furniture!

I already have several of Pitsch Parx's creations but I didn't have any chairs or sofas. I'm small as avatars go in SL - no Amazon woman here. And so generally furniture dwarfs me and any built-in poses or animations leave me sitting somewhere in the stuffing. But Pitsch's sofas and chairs are sort of normal-sized and the poses and animations are perfectly designed for my tiny body. (On a side note - can anybody explain how I can simultaneously be too small for furniture and too big for clothes?)

The things I bought today are from the new Masai line. The textures are really nice and everything's changeable, although I'd never change them. Look how no part of my body sinks into the cushions! That never happens.

Each piece is loaded with several animated sitting and laying down poses and they all fit my little body perfectly.

To show off this great furniture I'm wearing Maitreya's Bastille top in cool mint and jean shorts in regular. I'm also sporting Maitreya hair (Lila in ginger), white espadrilles from Gos, and bangles from Petunia.

I may just have a new favorite skin. This is the Dahlia skin from CheerNo Femme and while it does come with a variety of makeups, I'm in love with the bare version. It looks great on my shape and seems to work with all of my makeup. Here I've added Sin Skin's Vanity lashes, my LAQ redhead eyebrows and hair base, and the Irina lipstick in natural from Amacci. Here's the bare version of the skin:

The hunt at UrbanizeD is still on, by the way, and you can collect a complete living room set. I've been too busy enjoying my new purchases to even open the gifts, but I'm sure they're fantastic too! ;)

The Secret Store

Doesn't it suck that we all have RL taking away from our inworld time? My RL totally took over for a bit but I'm trying to sneak back into SL now and then to listen to music, shop and blog. Today I'm going to show a few things from The Secret Store along with some other new stuff I've been picking up.

This is the Scottish Dahlia dress, which I really like. Even the belt fit pretty well right out of the box, which is usually a problem for my oh-so-chunky avatar.

I'm wearing the new Apple skin from Rockberry in fair, and I added some blackberry lip stain from Mock. The skin's not perfect, but I really love the eyes. I'm also wearing Shag's Forget Me Knot hair in dark copper and the Boho earrings and necklace from JKTrends.

And yes, I am continuing to ride the shoes with toes train. One reason I've avoided it is that I don't really like ankle straps and so many designers use them to hide the seam between legs and prim feet. I like that these Chic shoes from N-core are brave enough to let it all hang out. The skin match isn't 100% perfect, but you have to get closer than anyone other than my camera is probably going to get to my feet to notice.

I also love this chiffon silk kerchief skirt. I'm wearing it with the bamboo wrinkle tank from PixelDolls (which really shows how much cleavage this skin has!) and the Fae wedges from Pixel Mode. More toes! The pose is from Clique.

Finally, this cute little Bow-lero jacket. I'm not usually big on boleros but this is really cute. I'm wearing it with Zaara's Isis shirt and indigo jeans (any excuse!). And I've taken off the lip stain so this is the natural color of the lips on the Rockberry skin.

In Love With A Look

Okay, I have to blog this outfit because I haven't taken it off in a week. This is really THE outfit I've been looking for during all my time in SL. I may never change again.

Pants are a huge peeve of mine in SL - I rarely find great slacks that I love. These guys from Purple Moon (part of the Tango outfit) are just what I always wanted. Nice texture, legs not too flared. They make me so happy.

I'm always on the prowl for the perfect white shirt. This is Zaara's Isis shirt. Perfect AND primless - what more can you ask for?

I have a love/hate relationship with Mon Tissu. I love the clothes. I hate the prices. But I had to spring for the softest cinch cardigan. Great cardigan sweaters, like great pants, are something that I think are rare in SL and this one is gorgeous. It even comes with an alpha layer that makes your hips invisible, so no more hips popping unattractively out of the sides.

My necklace is from EarthStones. It's the ladies' Travelers Journal locket. You can actually add you own pictures to the locket. It's packed with functionality that I haven't explored, because I just think it's pretty!

Shoes are my old reliable High Oxfords from Tesla.

For hair I've revisited an old favorite - Gurl 6. When I first joined SL I bought all my hair from Six Kennedy because she had the only orangy-reds that I liked. Then other designers tempted me away (cough-Truth-cough) and it's actually been a while since I wore a Gurl 6 hair. This is January in Sexy Red.

My skin is the recent Heartsick gift of My Valentine from the Spirit line. I've added two makeup tattoos from Amacci, the day blush in light mauve and the Irina lip in plum.

Little Town

Today I pulled Little Town out of the hat. It's a store that no longer exists, but one that is near and dear to my heart so I decided to blog it anyhow. But I found a beautiful sim to share with you (thanks to Chestnut Rau's blog) so even though you can't go shop at Little Town you can visit the amazing build at the Monastery of St. Michael and St. Francis Church.

You don't have to be religious to appreciate this beautiful sim. The grounds are gorgeous and include an open-air chapel in a stand of trees and a full-size labyrinth. The church is huge, with colorful stained-glass windows, a massive pipe organ, and, my favorite of all, an underground crypt. There is also a cloister with individually decorated monks' cells and a garden and chapter house. Even the audio stream is lovely - a mixture of polyphonic chant and quiet, new-agey music.

Where'd this one go?

Is this thing on?

I have to say just a little about Little Town. This was one of the first stores I discovered in SL and I was so happy to find nice clothes that were cheap and didn't require any adjusting. I actually have both this skirt and sweater in three different colors. I know there are better sweater textures (I own most of them!) but I actually love this simple cable knit. The woolen tights are from Persona and the shoes are Tesla's high oxfords in chocolate. These are one of those shoes that I really wish I had in RL.

I have my usual default skin on - Julie from LAQ - but I've added the stained face tattoo from Ag that I think is still free at Kozmetika. It adds a nice light red layer to the cheeks and lips. My hair is the Saturday hair from Miel in red 4.

SLink!

Back from the long, bronchitis-imposed hiatus and ready to take on the next store in my random inventory sampling.

The first time I visited SLink was when I was on the prowl for some good boots that would fit my freakishly large calves. (Yes, I'm one of those who refuses to change her shape to fit clothes. Except those system skirts. You've got to give in to those!) I bought the black version of the Angelina boots, then later came back for these bronze ones.

Also from SLink is the button down dress shirt. Although simple, clean white shirts are everywhere on the grid now, time was they were hard to find and SLink had the only good one. I was so thrilled when I found this shirt! I've paired it with Zaara's Larin skirt in copper-rust.

Now check out this skin! I couldn't be more excited. Red eyebrows! On a Heartsick skin!

This is the beta of Spirit that was recently given to the Heartsick VIP group. And right after this I'm going to send an IM to Amesha Jewell and beg her to put these eyebrows on a tattoo layer. I adore Heartsick skins but up until now the only eyebrow option was the original black. If Amesha keeps offering these eyebrow options I will be one happy camper.

My hair is Truth - Paige in Jupiter.

Update! I did IM Amesha and she told me that she is planning to release the eyebrows on the tattoo layer when the new skin line is released. You have no idea how happy this makes me!