lotd210716 - I Can't Go Back to Where I Used to Be

As it tends to be, it's been a long time, but here I am again. Yay me. 

My circumstances have changed lately. You might notice I'm tall again. I still can't say grown-up. I've had to put a lot of things behind me, a lot of wonderful things, and to go back to being just....not-a-kid. It feels weird and void and empty and lonely and I don't know what to do or how to act. But I can't go back. 

So I'm doing the only thing I knew how to do before. This. 

So I'm rusty, and I'm old fashioned, and my head is made of system. But I'm back here again, doing what I can. I don't really remember the etiquette of posting, even, after what's basically been a year. So don't mind me if I mess up. 

I know you won't. 

Credits: 

Hair: Lamb - Margaux

Top: Foxes - Lacy Bralette (@ LuxeBox July)

Pants: Valentina E - Pari Harem Pants - Night (gacha @ The Epiphany)

Shoes: ROC - Gloria Heels 

Bracelets: Velvet Whip - High Bracelet C05 (gacha)

Piercing: Atooly - Ava Septum - gold 

Flying Carpet: Enfant Terrible - Magic Carpet Ride Red (gacha)

Makeup:

Lips: Nova - Nikohl Lipstick - oo7

Nails: Alaskametro - Muse 

Tattoo: Nanika - Bright Colors tattoo

Pose: 

Selfmade with Anypose Basic

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel -  Harley V2 - Porcelain

Eyes: Buzzeri -  Glacier Eyes- Jade

Mesh Body: Maitreya - Lara

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - Deluxe

Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hairbase: Just Magnetized - Natural Hairbase - set 03

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Mudskin - Face Mole 6

Lashes: Izzies - Mesh Alpha Lashes

Brows: Buzzeri - Nikohl Eyebrow - Lighter Tintable

Various tattoo layers:

Nova - Eyebags - Light / 50%/Hard

Okkbye - The Button Nose

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Still alive! I'm sure nobody was actually concerned but here's a reassurance anyway, I live, and if my outfit is anything to go by, so does grunge.

First off though, I am so very excited about the newest version of Firestorm, which includes all sorts of good things, but particularly the new Layer Limits which allows you instead of, 5 jackets, 5 alphas, 5 socks, and so on, a total of 60 of any combination of system clothing layer. For us mesh body wearers, what this means is, ALL THE MAKEUP, since we're basically otherwise just wearing like, an alpha or two. Sooo the effect is a bit subtle but I have PILED on the auxiliary face tattoos. I've got extra moles, and a thing that makes my nose more buttony, and TWOOOOO eyemakeups, and a lipstick AND a shader to make my open mouth look more natural. AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. Seriously I am mad excited about this.

I ended up dressing like a moody teen from getting dressed around my SL mom, Christa Echos. This put me in an understandably rebellious mood, and then we went to Kustom9, which, idk if this was official or planned, but seemed to have a nice 90s grunge motif going on, and that's where I got the plaid shirt and cropped top combo by Amitomo, the tank includes a color-change HUD too. My hair by Olive and shorts by Monso are from where we went next, Shiny Shabby, and were serious must-have items.

My boots I have actually featured before, by Bubble, and are appropriately called My Fav Boots.

Credits:

Hair: Olive - The Late Hair (@ Shiny Shabby)

Shirt: Amitomo - Crop Top + Loose Shirt - #6 (@ Kustom9)

Shorts: Monso - My Patch Denim Shorts - Vintage Blue (@ Shiny Shabby)

Boots: Bubble - My Fav Boots - Flowers

Necklace: Random Matter - Vira Necklace

Rings: IeQED - Dream Ring Set 

Nose ring: Atooly - Emma Star Nose Hoop

Skateboard: Everglow - Skateboard 1

Drainpipe: Twice Baked - Grocery Store drainpipe M0219

Trash can: Grimes Central Design - Public Trash Can  GREEN

Makeup:

Eyes 1: Tres Blah - Indie Liner 5

Eyes 2: Nox - Toxic Shadow - Night

Lips: Angelica - Milky Lip chop - Apple

Openmouth alpha/Lip shading: Okkbye - Parted Lippy V2 - Shading Pink Base

Teeth: PXL - Openmouth Pro Teeth

Nails: La Boheme - Arclight Silver 

Poses: 

Image 1: Everglow - Skateboard 1 - Pose 8

Image 2: Snaphappy - Aria 6

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Harley - Porcelain (with button nose tattoo)

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique 2.4

Ears: Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - Med

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka- Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek/ Mudskin - Face Mole6

Lashes: Izzie's - Mesh Alpha Lashes

Brows: Buzzeri - Nikohl Eyebrow - Light Warm Brown

Eyebags: Pekka - Eye Wrinkles - Light

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 I keep meaning to go back to being a grownup, but things keep dragging me back to being adorable! It's a problem. One of those things is this dress! Look how cute it is! It's by a friend of mine, and can you believe it's her first dress?! Even more exciting, it's in 50L Friday Kids this week under the brand Little Ones Couture, so you still have a few hours to pick it up at a bargain price, and it comes in sizes for bigger kids too, not just Toddleedoos, AND AND AND I'm in the ad for it! Also, it comes with these cute shoes. It's brilliant! 

So, my hair feather that I wore throughout camp has been formally released now by Schadenfreude for the Mix event, and it bears my name (Nivlet!) and has matching cute button bracelet and I am ALSO in the ad for that! As a grownup. It's been a pretty big week for people making me wear stuff and take pictures of me in it. 

Another thing that's been keeping me little is storytime with my friends, so my little props here are reading themed. The trolley and beanbag are from a gacha at a new kids event called Fairytale Forever and are by BoWillow as part of their excellent Reading Corner set. My boat o' books is also from a gacha, by Nomad, this time at a new-to-me even called Kid to Kid. This month that event is all narwhaly which is AWESOME. Just to round off the gacha bounty, the words on my wall are by NACH, from yet another new event, Gacha Garden, and I played that machine SO much to get the exclusive fairy door "seed of inspiration". SO worth it. 

Credits: 

Hair: Oleander - Sangria

Dress: Little Ones Couture - Robyn dress (for 50L Friday Kids)

Shoes: Little Ones Couture - Denim Blue Shoe (for 50L Friday Kids)

Hair feather: Schadenfreude - Nivlet feather Barette (for Mix)

Bracelet: Schadenfreude - Nivelet Bracelet (for Mix)

Book trolley/Bean bag: BoWillow - Book Trolley with Books/Bean Bag - Grey (gacha @ Fairytale Forever)

Bookboat: Nomad - Boat with Books (gacha @ Kid to Kid)

Wall decal: Nach - Fairy Dust Wall Decal (gacha @ Gacha Garden)

Makeup:

Nails: Figure - Dreamy Nails (Omega applier)

Openmouth/teeth: PXL - Openmouth Pro - Baby Teeth add-on

Poses: 

Image 1: Atooly- pose28

Image 2: Dream Print - Blogging '15 1

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel -  Doll V2  - Crystal

Eyes: Buzzeri -  Bewitched Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Cute Bytes - Toddleedoo - Baby Girl

Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Action - Natural Lashes - BurgundyBrows: Buzzeri - Nikohl Eyebrow - Lighter Tintable

Poses:

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Busy busy busy busy! 

You know, Hair Fair starts on the 11th? I won't be making my customary post(s) about it until the week after next though, because I'm going to Camp Hardknock in SL, on my adorable kid avatar. I had hoped to ease into this change with some posts of her, but instead, flailing and panic occurs because there are not enough hours in the day! 

Also coming so soon because it's an exciting week, Wizarding Faire! Opening July 12th. I am a massive Harry Potter fan, longtime readers (who am I kidding?) of my blog might remember my posts on the Wizarding Fair a couple of years ago, I am a Hufflepuff and I ain't even sorry. I love to decorate my house in SL with little hints about my being magical, a cauldron of potion on my stove, a stack of spellbooks as a monitor stand, and so on, so these things here from various creators at the event will my heart with ALL the joy because none of them are like "I am a thing from Harry Potter" and are more like "I am a thing magical people have" and I dig that. The plants, by the way, are amazingly animated, they are so much fun and have earned a permanent place in my home <3

This wand isn't really mine though. Mine is larch wood with a phoenix feather core.

The awesome-creepy Furby tattoo on my thigh is from the Body Art Hunt and is by Operate Bodyshop, and so it deserves a lack of pants, as suggested by my shirt by Oaken at IDK this month which you JUST have time to shop if you hurry! 

 Credits:

Hair: The Secret Store - Sugar Hair (for MIX)

Shirt: Oaken - Wordy Shirts - HUD 4 (@ IDK)

Bikini bottoms: Sn@tch - Pua bikini bottom

Boots: Bubble - My Fav Boots - Flower 

Necklace: Cae - Seeker's Quest (@ Wizarding Faire)

Wand: Krave/Strike It - Nokturn Wand - Brown (gacha @ Wizarding Faire)

Couch: Little Llama - Lazy Lounger Yellow (@ Wizarding Faire)

Plants: HEXtraordinary - Frumious Blubbersnort, Flutterfly Bush, Venomous Tentacle Vine (@ Wizarding Faire)

Candy tins: Little Llama - Ice Mice, Blowing Gum, Every Flavow Beans (gacha @ Wizarding Faire)

Shelf: Atooly Home - Simple Shelf

Trophy: Distorted Dreams - Charms Trophy (gacha @ Wizarding Faire)

Potions bottles: Toiz - Summer Cool Portion, Funny Portion (gacha @ Wizarding Faire)

Badger plush: Lost Junction - Mascot Plush - Pomona the Badger (@ Wizarding Faire)

Makeup:

Eyes: Nova - Guilia Eyeliner - oo3

Lips: Adored Bodyshop - Liquid Lips - Electric City (@ Candy Fair)

Nails: Angelica - Candy (@ Candy Fair)

Tattoo: Operate Bodyshop - 90s Tattoo (for Body Art Hunt)

Poses: 

Image 1: Verocity - Hermione 3 (@ Wizarding Faire)

Image 2: Offbeat - Muah Muah Pose 1

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Harley - Porcelain

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Maitreya - Lara 3.3

Ears: Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - flat

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Alaskametro - PrimLashes - Classic

Brows: Buzzeri - Nikohl Eyebrow - Light Warm Brown

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Gosh, what sorcery is this, me blogging twice in the space of a week? I know, I've gotten out of my stride a bit. Partly because I haven't stayed dressed long enough to get attached to any outfit, which is honestly in fact less sexy than it sounds. Sorry.

One thing I keep coming back to when getting dressed is these shorts, by Addams at Collabor88. I got the fatpack and omg so many options. Colors of the shorts, the turnups, options to show and hide and texture the pockets, lots of options for the belt, and sizes and fits for all kinds of mesh bodies. The top is rather older and from Sn@tch, and goes really very well I think. 

My stunning rose tattoo is a prize from Tenjin on the upcoming Body Art Hunt, expect to see more about this is upcoming posts. I love how elegant and pretty and twirly it is all draped across the collarbone like a necklace. 

Look at my pretty kitty shades! They're by Atooly on the fun new event called Mix. The point in Mix is to get people into mainstores a bit more, and as the name suggests, it's a mix of things, there's are three categories of thing - Sale, New, and Exclusive, and there's a color-coded HUD that teleports you around. My gorgeous shoes are by Lassitude & Ennui for Mix too, they have such a beautiful light floral texture and drapey bows on the back <3

The case I'm holding is no ordinary little case! It's by Little Llama and is an art case! The exterior is color-change to Camp Hardknock cabin colors, and the rezzable version contains drawing animations and selectable original artwork by ME! Also some others, and also you can add your own. But what's also awesome is, for right now, it's free! :D

Credits:

Hair: Little Bones - Lady (Color Roots pack)

Top: Sn@tch - Moxie Crop Top - Green

Shorts: Addams - Epiphany Shory w/belt (@ Collabor88)

Shoes: Lassitude&Ennui - Floral Pumps - cream (new for Mix)

Belly chain: Noodles - Amore Belly Chain - Rose Gold

Glasses: Atooly - Mao Shades - Pastel (new for Mix)

Art case: Little Llama - Art Case

Chair: 22769 - Driftwood Wicker Chair (for The Challenge)

Sign: Windsong - Wooden Sign - Love and Hope (@ Summerfest)

Makeup:

Lips: Nova - Masha oo4 [over] Amelia oo4

Nails: ZOZ - Summer 2015 Glitter Tips Polish

Tattoo: Tenjin - Fancy Flower Chest Tattoo (for Body Art Hunt)

Poses: 

Image 1: Slouch - Pose299

Image 2: Kirin - Yuka Pose 3

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Harley - Porcelain

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Maitreya - Lara 3.3

Ears: Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - high

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Alaskametro - PrimLashes - Classic

Brows: Buzzeri - Nikohl Eyebrow - Light Warm Brown