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.

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!

Quick Look at Veschi

You're all going to have to forgive me. See my blogging folder is overflowing. And I have just enough OCD that I have to actually blog stuff before moving it to my actual inventory. So in the interest of speed, for the next little while no slurls. I know, bad blogger. If anyone desperately needs slurls, IM me.

In any case, I picked up Veschi's Jump Her! jump suit a while back just for the great wide-legged pants. I love that these pants are wide without being flared. Very nice. I don't much care for the top,though, so I paired it with a classic - the Isis shirt from Zaara. Shoes are the Alice Mary Janes that I picked up at Footworks.


The hair is one of my few Hair Fair buys (sorry, but I found the pickings slim this year). It's Dala from EMO-tions. And the skin is an old classic as well, Curio's Elf, which I have once again doctored with my favorite orange eyebrows from LAQ. I seriously wish more skin creators would give us eyebrow tattoo options.


Onward and upward. Who knows what I'll find in that folder next?

Everglow

First, I've been remiss in posting because I was suddenly left homeless in SL and haven't had a spot to hang my hat (or change my clothes) until now. As a result, I have an inventory full of stuff that I need to get blogged! So I'm just going to throw a bunch of stuff out there and see what sticks.

I was recently invited to join the Everglow Flickr group, so I headed over to Everglow thinking I'd pick up a pose or two so I could post to the group. Well, I ultimately had to drag myself away. Fanny Willis has this way of making me love things I don't usually love in poses, like ground sits, and hands up in the air. I went just a little nuts. So all the poses in this post are Everglow poses.

I don't LOVE this skin, but I like it and could see wearing it in the right situation. It's the new group gift from Cupcakes called Dahlia. My shorts are the Stein Tailored Shorts from Whippet & Buck (worn without the upper buttoned portion) and the tank top is the nice basic white freebie from Fri.day. And, of course, I'm wearing the Zimmy flats from Shiny Things in black and white. There are only two designers in SL from whom I buy everything and anything they make, and Fallingwater Cellardoor is one. And last but not least, I've taken advantage of the $100L sale at Tiny Bird and have stocked up on hair. This one is Time To Pretend II in copper.

And now for something completely different! Still posing from Everglow (I even like that my finger shows through my hair), this dress is from Niniko and includes the white blouse and the jumper. I've matched it up with the Ilaida Mojri slippers from Zaara, the OTHER SL designer from whom I buy anything and everything. These shoes are pretty customizable, as the center part of the upper can be changed to almost any color and the little metallic detail can be silver or gold. I'm also wearing hair from Truth (Piper in Cranberry) and skin is from G&N Quality Design (Silvery Moss - I think this was a recent freebie).

Finally (I think three totally unrelated outfits in one post is enough, don't you?) here's Clio's Pandora dress. I have been waiting and waiting for Clio to put a front on this skirt, and she finally did it. You know I'm not really a gown girl, but I made an exception for this one! I even like the little hat, and I'm not usually into funny hair stuff. I paired this with my Tasha 2 skin from LAQ, jewelry from Donna Flora (Camelia), and another Truth hair (Milla in copper).

I'm also trying out some of the new lashes on the tattoo layer from Miamai. I like them!

Now I have to rush because I've just heard that LAQ has a version of their red eyebrows on the tattoo layer. My quest for great red eyebrows in SL is eternal. This alone could erase all my Viewer 2 complaints!

If Zaara Builds It I Will Come

I'm a careful shopper in SL. I evaluate the designs that I see on blogs and in notices, carefully choosing items that I both love and really need in my wardrobe. I never just buy willy-nilly because an outfit was made by a specific designer.

Except, that is, where Zaara Kohime is concerned. All you have to do is say the word Zaara and my ears prick up. Everything she makes is amazing and I buy all of it. Without question.

Zaara's newest dress, Mahari, lives up to all her usual high standards. I bought it in burgundy but there are both light and dark options in the store.

With Zaara's lovely dress I'm wearing the DeVille pumps from Zhao and a pair of sheer black stockings that I found in my inventory with no attribution (sorry!).

My hair is Truth's new Milla in copper. Skin is Uma from Rockberry. My earrings are the Seasons set in platinum and aqua from Jewelry by Lyn. Which doesn't seem to be around any more so . . . bad blogger! But I liked the aqua with the detail on the blouse too much to change it.

I'm so prolific these days! That's what a short hiatus from SL will do, I guess.