lotd161214

Phew, back from moving into my new house, which I didn't previously mention because I didn't think anyone reading this would care. Anyway it's nice and now I have superfast internet too, and must get back into the blogging saddle with this look I photographed last week and then hated the pictures and never posted and then rephphotographed today. It's all such a process.

So here we are - my gorgeous nude and lace halter dress is by Lacuna and gives me spectacular ass. My shoes are something special, everyone who's seen them has wanted them, and I can't blame them, personally I couldn't resist getting the factpack. They're by Reign and exclusive at the Anybody event, which specializes in various applier clothing and is well worth a look if you have any sort of mesh body - but also features shoes and such too.  

Because I can't do dignified and classy, I've dressed it up with a tattoo from Aitui and padded antlers from Phunk. As for my makeup, these ultra-dramatic lips from Nox are amazing and break up the whole beige and gold and brown thing I had going on. The nails are some of SL's best value for Slink nail appliers, 25 high-quality polishes for only 25L, exclusive the the Marketplace, and they also can work with the Omega system, so they can work with other brands of body parts too!

Credits:

Hair: Pr!tty - Lara

Dress: Lacuna - Schatze Halter Dress - Almond

Shoes: Reign - Mina heels 2.0 (@ AnyBody)

Antlers: Phunk - Antler Headband

Curtains: What Next - Maison Drapes

Reindeer friend: silentsparrow - Deer-ee - Rudy

Makeup:

Eyes: Buzzeri - Pixie Shadow - Gold

Lips: Nox - Valkyrie Lip - Red

Nails: AlaskaMetro<3 - Slink Nails - Neutrals/Gold

Tattoo: Aitui - The War against Om (Slink Physique Applier)

Poses: 

Image 1: Eternal Dream - Snowflakes 02 (@ You Better Not Pout)

Image 2: Double Take - Elizabeth

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Bewitched Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique

Ears: Schadenfreude & Baldersdash- Etherial Fey Ears

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

Lashes: Mon Cheri - Falsies

LotD180614 (with added boobsize!)

I have a terrible habit of buying boobs. I don't actually wear mesh boobs. I actually prefer the somewhat flat-chested look. Even so, I've bought some pre-mesh giant boobies, Tangos and Puffies.Which I never ever wear. Partly because I can't get them to look right, my avatar being on the small side and me generally not wanting giant zeppelins strapped to my front. I'm just compelled to buy them and marvel at how much they don't really look right on me at all.
Today though I found out about the shiny new Lolas Tango Delicq, which are fitted mesh, and I really, really like them. They're still more boob than I'm actually comfortable wearing on an everyday basis, but they fit pretty much seamlessly, and shrink down pretty nicely (although not much more under 20 pts) and they work with physics, which are something I'd completely forgotten about, so now my too-big boobies can jiggle. It's nice and fun but I wish there'd been a demo because DANG that's a lot of money to drop on a novelty. Meanwhile, here I am with some chest.

Credits:

Hair: Magika - Habit - hud 2
Top: sn@tch - Bindi Top - Seafoam
Corset: sn@tch - Wanderer ribbed Corset - Black
Pants: Cog & Fleur - Djinn Dreams - Turquoise
Shoes: Lassitude&Ennui - Alisha Lace Booties - Black
Ears: Schadenfreude&Balderdash - Fey Ears - Ethereal
Boobs: Lola's - Tango Delicq
Makeup:
Eyes: Adored - Sura Shadow - Cerulean
Lips: Mock - Lucir Lipgloss - Into the Pink
Nails: Flair - Set 177

Weekly Rainbow Parts: Patina

Last weekend, my husband bought a whole pile of Lego minifigures, because the new 6th series of them is awesome. My 7 year old daughter opened one of them, and it was the Statue of Liberty! Being not-American, she didn't know anything about it other than the name, so we spent the rest of the afternoon on-and-off talking about it, and spotting it in the background of various things and such, and my (American) husband explained to her that at first, it wasn't that greeny colour, it's actually copper that oxidized, and then I learned that that greeny effect is called a "patina".

And I was like "Oh."

Because I'd already done my picture for Week 5 of Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color - Part Deux challenge and posted it, and I'd interpreted "patina" quite badly, considering it something I could just sub in turquoise for, when I now knew it was a quite particular shade. Luckily for me, though, I'd made (or at least tried to make) the focal point of the picture the gorgeous makeup made by Mocksoup Graves, and she'd been clever enough to not Doin It Rong.

So if I may for a moment flail and praise the makeup of Mock Cosmetics. In my opinion, the bestest of all makeups on the grid, and the makeup I wear almost exclusively, she's also super generous with group gifts and and and has a friendly group and a pretty shop and the point is, Yay!

This particular makeup also goes real pretty with my eyes, which I don't credit enough, but they're the Treeflake eyes by Schadenfreude. Whenever I try on new eyes, I'm like "Yeah, these are nice" and then putting my Treeflakes back on as quick as I can. They're called Treeflake because if you zoom right in, you can see that they're like a paper cut-out snowflake, with the cutout being a Tree! The other colours have other shaped cutouts. They're delightful.


But the point in my original ramble there is, it always pays to do a little bit of research into why the chosen colour is named as it is, instead of just guessing or trusting that kind designers will do all the work for you.


It is supposed to be a challenge, after all.

Credits: 
Skin: Tres Blah - Blessa - Pale - Clean
Hair: lamb. - Wild Nothing - Sun Dried Tomato
Clothing: LeeZu - Tamara Pantsuit - Turquoise
Makeup: Mock - Patina Luna Eyeshadow
Hairbase: LeLutka - Jessica
Ears: Balderdash & Schadenfreude - Etherial Fey Ears
Eyes: Schadenfreude - Treeflake Eyes