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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

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As I was writing this post last night, we received the heartbreaking news that Amy (Scarlet Chandrayaan in SL, owner of Alouette) lost her battle with cancer. It was for Amy that the Leaf on the Wind fundraiser was held (which I covered a little here), though she never was well enough to visit London. Amy and I were not close friends, but she touched my life and the lives of hundreds of others in SL, and on Plurk, with her kindness and strength, with her good humour and talent, with her grace and just being really, genuinely, truly good. I cannot pay enough tribute to her. She was an incredibly beloved young woman who was taken too soon and will be missed and remembered by everyone who knew her.

Tributes far more beautiful than mine can be found here: http://shewasourleafonthewind.tumblr.com/

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A couple weeks back there was crazy mad excitement on Plurk when Redd Columbia announced she would be bringing back her store, RC Cluster, and with all the old faves remade in mesh, to boot! After an initial exciting Fifty Linden Friday release of some fun and delicious glue and an awesome karaoke machine, the next wave of products is out and I'm starting with the crutches and cast set! 

These beautifully detailed crutches have a built-in AO for all your hopping needs, which includes some rather daring moves like the swinging I'm displaying in the top picture to take the strain off your good foot, as well as some more conventional keeping-the-cast-raised sort of standing. The cast you can wear comes in a Large or Small size and is signed or unsigned - here I'm wearing the unsigned because I'm a bit of a loner. A pro-tip - Even though my cutie shoes by Ingenue are rigged mesh, and so they cover both feet, I hid the one on my cast foot by editing with Select Face checked, and set the textures only on the left foot to 100% transparency. Just remember to set it back to 0 when you're done! The crutch and cast set is fantastic for RP purposes or if you just feel like you don't hop enough. 

My skirt is by Sn@tch and I love the little worn scuffy patch on it, makes me feel like perhaps I was wearing it when my unspecified leg accident befell me. My sweater is part of Bubble's new Pastel Goth release at Suicide Dollz, my grey one is covered in scaredy cats, but there are all sorts of light colours with designs like crosses, spiderwebs, bats and um...bows with eyeballs. 

I'm wearing a parted lips alpha by Kibitz, since I have finally figured out how to wear these things without looking completely derp. At least from the front. The is the new Vampy version from the summer round of Cosmetic Fair, the shading tattoo layer really sets them apart from a lot which are just an alpha, but between that and my hairbase, freckles, eyebrows and beautiful eye makeup by La Boheme, I NEED MORE TATTOO LAYERS. 

Behind me, on the wall, Atooly's Neon Heart Angel is available at The Fantasy Collective and is available in 3 colours and is going straight into my house after this! 

Credits:

Hair: Little Bones - Chachki

Top:  Bubble - Pastel Goth Collared Sweater (@ Suicide Dollz)

Skirt: Sn@tch - Winnie Jean Mini - Red

Shoe(s): Ingenue - Lacy Flats - Coffee (@ Collabor88)

Necklace:  Sweet Thing - Violet Melty Moon Necklace - Starshine (gacha)

Crutches and Cast: RC Cluster- Mesh Crutches 

Wall Art: Atooly - Neon Heart Angel - Red (@ The Fantasy Collective)

Makeup:

Eyes: La Boheme - Glamour Eyes - Babarella S1 - 5

Lips and teeth: Kibitz Teeth System - Vampy (@ Cosmetic Fair)

Nails: Nylon Outfitters - Art Nails - Fresh and Light (@ Collabor88)

Poses: 

Image 1: in the crutches

Image 2: oOo Studio - Moody_five

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 - Diva

Brows: Buzzeri - Nikohl Eyebrow - Light Warm Brown

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This is one of those outfits that came together at random and did so really well. See, while I was away, I didn't sort my inventory at all. When you shop as much as I do, that's a pretty major thing, compounded by the fact that I also kinda sorta hadn't sorted anything since September. I threw everything into a folder labeled with that month - which is how I know it's since September - but the whole thing was a mess. So the last few days have been spent trying to force the whole thing into...less chaos. Been trying to avoid shopping, not really succeeding.

Now, as much as I love the series of chain tops Noodles has been releasing of late, I usually don't really get a chance to showcase them here on my blog because I try to keep it PG here - if you really need to see my boobies, follow my Flickr and they're occasionally over there (along with some of the more nudier things Noodles makes, actually!). I was given the perfect opportunity to wear it with a bit of modesty when I tried on this Little Bones hair at N21. The texture-change scarf provides the perfect little bit of cover without it being full-on Lady Godiva hairshroud, and it also fits over my little chest with a minimum of hovering, but still just enough space for a little peek. If that's your bag.

These shorts, these tiny mermaid scale shorts. I love them. Did I mention I met Ariel at Disney World? I totally did. That makes me an honorary mermaid. So I need more scales right? They're by Aphrodisiac at Suicide Dollz, and I picked them up in several colours. They're a great match with the thigh-high boots from Reign I picked up for Fifty Linden Friday a few weeks back. They're so detailed, right down to the structure of the zipper on the back. My wearing them came by happy inventory-sorting coincidence, likewise my fantastic retro grandpa glasses by Soothe, which prevent me from looking like a stripper. Yay!

Credits:

Hair: Little Bones - Grixdale (@ N21)

Top: Noodles - Hanna Body Chain - Black (@ N21)

Shorts: Aphrodisiac - Mermie Shorts - White (Physique applier @ Suicide Dollz)

Boots: Reign - Pointed Toe Boots - Black 

Glasses: Soothe - GranpaGlass

Bracelet: Izzie's - Leather & Beads Watch Bracelet - Plum (Wayward Hunt prize)

Armband: Sax Shepherd Designs - Buccaneer Beads - Barataria Armband (gacha)

Belly ring: The Plastik - Krysis Bellyring - Complex - Sunless Violet

Candles: Aisling - Candles 01/06 - Lilac (@ We <3 Role Play)

Flowers: Penn Euler - Scattered Easter flowers

Makeup:

Eyes: Nova - Cecile Liner - oo6

Lips: Alaskametro - Creme Red Lipstick - Joan

Nails: La Boheme - Native Dreamcatcher

Poses: 

Image 1: Elephante Poses - Follow Me #1 

Image 2: Ma Vie - Porcelain 02

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique 2.3

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

Lashes: Alaskametro - PrimLashes - Classic

Monday Meme: Yearbook Smile Challenge

For Strawberry Singh's Monday Meme: Yearbook Smile Challenge 

My smile here actually doesn't use any emoters or such. It's actually achieved with various changes to my shape, plus an openmouth alpha, and two sets of teeth (one mesh, one flat, to fill in the gaps). It's based on me when I was about 17 and going through my half-hearted late 90s goth phase and messy hair, and my husband just looked over and said it looked like me. So that was nice.

Credits:

Hair: Little Bones - Two Weeks no.3

Sweater: Nylon Outfitters - Winter Sweater - Lace Border - Black

Makeup:

Eyes: Nova - Sagan Liner oo2

Lips: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 Vamp - Glossy Matte Lips

Parted lips alpha: okkbye - Parted Lippie Alpha 1

Teeth1: Loud Mouth - Gapped Teeh

Teeth 2: Whatever - Teeth 2.0

Pose: Izzie's - Headshot 8

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

 Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Mon Cheri - Falsies

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I am not good at late December. I just get this whole post-Christmas malaise, last year I just stopped blogging after Christmas day, and didn't pick it up again until like, May? I'm trying not to do that this year. But it's such a weird time. You spend so much of December amassing stuff in green and red and stripes and snowflakes and tinsel and lights and then there's a whole big day of woo yay peace-on-earth-and-goodwill-to-all-men and presents and tangerines and then it's back to life as normal and it makes my head feel weird. It's like, there's still months of winter to go, but that stuff just doesn't feel right in late December. It feels like that stuff is done with and we should be getting ready for Spring already. I dunno. I just don't know what to do with it. 

^ that's what happens when I let myself ramble. Sry.

One thing that does give the last week of December a bit of structure is New Years and the implication therein of partying. So here's this nice dress, Lets Dance, by Precious Designs. It comes with a colour change HUD with 7 different colors for the top, and there are also matching shoes, which I am not wearing here, but they are pretty sexy and have a spectacularly high heel. Yes, even higher than what I'm wearing now.What I am wearing right now are ieQED's Coral Loafer in Tinsel Tree, which straddle the line between classy and enormously tacky so elegantly that I can't even. Not shown in my pics in the insane sky blue the soles of these shoes are. I love them.

My hair is part of a very generous Christmas group gift from Little Bones. You get 5 different styles, and a HUD with 8 different shades of the Holiday Dips, that is to say, the red and green tips you see here. 

My ears, fill me with deep guilt and make me feel like I'm cheating. I've been wearing Allegory Malaprop's Fey ears since they first came out, nearly 5 years ago. But then everyone on Plurk was showing these Mandala ears, with their decorated tips and all the options they have and ommmmggggggg. They really really are beautiful, just gorgeous, they have 3 shape options, human, pixie and elf, and for a limited time at The Mens Dept, they're also I think half price? Rendering them an unmissable bargain. I still reserve the right to feel like a traitor for wearing them though.

These nails are also an excellent bargain tho. When I was at Nova Bodyshop the other day, they were half price, 25L, for like 10? 12? different red/white and red/black designs, and there's a monochrome set for the same price too. 

With my unsureness of how to decorate, I did another pass at this round of Liaison Collaborative. Looook at the sweet little paper town, complete with flickering tealights inside by Alouette. It's a gacha but with no Rares, so I was able to amass the entire town relatively quickly. By coincidence, Paper Towns is also my favourite John Green book. Just sayin.

Credits:

Hair: Little Bones - Nightingale - Holiday Dips 

Dress: Precious Designs - Lets Dance

Shoes: ieQED - Coral Loafer - Tinsel Tree

Table: anc - NOEL - Feather Table - Cocoa (gacha @ The Liaison Collaborative)

Paper town: Alouette - Paper Church/Paper Barn/Paper Small House 1/2/Paper Tree (gacha @ The Liaison Collaborative)

Makeup:

Eyes: Mons - Eyeliner Glitter - Green

Lips: #adored Bodyshop - Blossom Lips Redux - Cherry (med)

Nails: Nova - Red Claws

Poses:

Image 1: Lalochezia - Fetch 1

Image 2: Izumiya - Pose M12

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique

Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears Season 5 (@ The Mens Dept)

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

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I'll attempt to be brief, I'm sure there's things for us all to do on Christmas Eve! 

So - Sweater, very tasteful, by Shai at the Arcade, shoes are a group gift from Livalle - I like how they've got a subtle snowy-looking effect going on in various places over them. Ooh, my headband, is by Mango Cheeks, and is a really cool twist on the metal cat-ears headbands that have been around this year. Nails (finger and toes) are also a group gift, from A:S:S, and have various gift-wrap designs. 

My fantastic star-shaped nose ring and ear cuff there are by Atooly - they're HUD controlled with three metals and there is also a septum piercing version and you know what? Stars are like, way festive.

One last thing I want to mention - my bankground here is from Vanilla Textures, owned by my Secret SLanta this year, Libby Farleigh, who spoiled me with a bunch of awesome gifts, and I bought a ton of her textures, which are really really excellent and suuuper cute! 

If I don't see you tomorrow, have an amazing Christmas! I hope your day is beautiful and filled with joy for you and everyone you love!

Credits: 

Hair: Little Bones - Bitter (@ N21)

Sweater: Shai - Crazy Christmas Sweater - Tinsel Scarf Green (gacha @ The Arcade)

Pants: Spirit - Terty Skinny Jeans (@ Kustom9)

Shoes: Livalle - Elation - Platform Heels - Festive Frost (group gift)

Headband: Mango Cheeks - Animal Headband - Deer/Dark Green (group gift)

Nose hoop and ear cuff: Atooly - Emma Star 

Decor: Dysfunctional Designs - Tree Branch Baubles

Makeup:

Eyes: Wicked Peach - Long Winter 3

Lips: Nox - Faded Lip - Red

Nails: A:S:S - Gift

Poses: 

Image 1: Fudge - Ellie Pose 3

Image 2: Frooti - Listening - 3 

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique

Ears: Schadenfreude - 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

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There'll be no fur-in-SL controversy surrounding me (in this post, at least) because my fox stole uses the carcass of a pushie fox, and not a real furry. A relief to us all, I'm sure. 

I'm in love with this highwaist skirt from Sn@tch, which is part of an outfit that comes with a glittery sweater, but here I'm wearing it with Nylon Outfitter's Metallic Lace Top from the just-gone round of Collabor88. I kind of only got there at the last minute, oops. Glad I did, though. This top does actually come with an undershirt on the system layer but I prefer to be skanky daring and flash my nips through it.

Something else you can hurry to get are my supercool shoes, by Lassitude&Ennui at the beloved Geeks n Nerds Fair, which ends on December 10th. You'll be able to get them at the mainstore, but pretend there's a rush and get them now, it's fun, quick, go go. 

Credits:

Hair: Little Bones - Tarot (@ The Chapter Four)

Top: Nylon Outfitters - Metallic Lace Top - Gold

Skirt: Sn@tch - Bethany skirt

Shoes: Lassitude&Ennui - Nanobots ate my Mules - Black/gold (@ Geeks n Nerds Fair)

Plushie fox stole: Schadenfreude - White Foxy Stole (gacha)

Bangles: Bokeh - O.D Bangles Set - Metallic

Trees: Schadenfreude - Glittery Bottlebrush Tree (L) and Glass Tree (R)

Makeup:

Eyes: Wicked Peach - White Witch 2

Lips: Mudskin - YumYum Lip 3 Dark (@ The Chapter Four)

Fingernails: ZOZ - Glitter Candy Silver Polish

Toenails: Matte - All that Glitters

Poses: 

Image 1: oOo Studio - Jewel_5

Image 2: Double Take - Snow Blind

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Bewitched Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique

Ears: Schadenfreude - 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