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.