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I had a birthday the other day! I got a new computer for it! It's nice, I pushed my old one too hard really, but the shadows on this one are crisper anyway, so that's cool. Anyway when it was my birthday there was a nice little beach party for me and here's what I wore to it and subsequently the next 3 days because I've been busy/procrastinatingy. Also because it's rad to run around in a bikini when you look this good.

The bikini itself is soooo cute and by Bubble, released last year but still so cute for this summer, especially if you never got that Rare Zaara bikini from Arcade. I actually totally did, but I didn't want to be a cliche. I needed REALLY cute tattoos to go with it though, and after asking around, settled on these Sailor Moon themed ones from Antielle, which tick all kinds of boxes, being colourful and cute, available in various levels of fadedness, and still being kind of badass. Very happy with them indeed. 

While I didn't wear the infamous Arcade bikini, my hair is from this round of Arcade, by Spellbound, and is lovely, the scarfy bit hangs down at the back nicely, and the other version of it in the machine has a lovely big bow at the front, and each pack comes with looooads of hair colours AND band patterns. Also from Arcade, the towel rack, by Snips & Snails, which after this picture is going next to my rooftop pool. The pool noodles right next to me are from a different gacha machine, at The Play Room, the McKids machine there has a big pop-up pool with great animations in it as the Rare, so I ended up with a whoooole lot of noodles.

My shoes are by Ducknipple and are admittedly a little precarious for the beach, but for tottering around SL in a bikini, perfect! As ever, they include a color-change hud with like, 12 options in it for good matching. My nails are by Alaska Metropolitan who continues to be some of the best value in SL with the whole pack being 25L for so many nice designs and colors for so many different nail appliers. 

Credits: 

Hair: Spellbound - Muse - Sky - Candy (gacha @ The Arcade)

Bikini: Bubble - Ruffle Bikini - Blue Rainbow

Shoes: Ducknipple - Mokka Heels

Nosering: Mons - Septum Ring - Style 23 R

Necklace; Cae - Seraphim Necklace (not for sale)

Towel rail: Snips & Snails - Towel Rack B (gacha @ The Arcade)

Pool Noodles: McKidz - Pool Noodle pack 2 (gacha @ The Play Room)

Makeup:

Eyes: La Boheme - Glamor Eyes - Calypso 7

Lips: Angelica - Cutie Lip Gloss - Salmon (lt)

Nails: Alaskametro - Tropics/ Silver

Tattoo: Antielle - Moonlight Justice (Maitreya Lara Applier)

Poses: 

Image 1: Slouch - Pose254

Image 2: Offbeat - K9 Muah Muah :-* pose1

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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I've spent like, 5eva yesterday looking for a particular gacha item and completely failing to find it and man it was a drag. In the end I got something similar and technically better but which made me feel like a big sell-out because it wasn't the thing I was looking foooorrr. I was running around ALL THE YARDSALES dressed like this, which made me feel mildly scandalous, since the Charlotte top and shorts by Flowey at this months round of Collabor88 feels very much like loose satin underwear. Or pyjamas. And it very well might be! The point is, pairing it with these boots made it feel like something a lot more disreputable than it is, and I like it! I'm wearing a soft grey version here but the one I've been wearing most is the Hologram colour which is a watercoloury mix and so very pretty.

The boots themselves are by HOC Industries, an old favourite of mine which has been on a bit of a break of late but are back now yay! They're fantastic value (as HOC Industries always has been), coming with a HUD of 12 colours which can be applied to the main portion of the boot, the heel, the edging and the laces, making thousands of possible combinations!

The other day I took a snap of myself and I was under a projector light and it made the join of my neck here look all shadowed and weird. It reminded me of those rad 90s tattoo chokers that are coming back into style and I got all up on the Marketplace and found this cool one by XYZ for a cool 50L$.

Yesterday being a thoroughly gacha-based day, I dropped a ton at the new round of Fantasy Gacha Carnival. Two bits of my haul I'm wearing here are the tattoo by Identity, and my sexy scary claw by Kibbitz, which I'm wearing on the Slink Gesture hand.

My hair by Pr!tty makes me feel like a classy broad, I like the effect it has on the shape of my face. My eye makeup is by Wicked Peach at the new round of Cosmetics Fair which opens today! The theme is 90s, happily, and so I've paired it with #Adored's wonderfully understated Vague lips, all chilled out desaturated shades of grey. And I'm on a total septum piercing kick right now. Sorry, not sorry.

Credits:

Hair: Pr!tty - Genia - Bun - Reds (@ The Dressing Room Fusion)

Top and shorts: Stories & Co by Flowey - Charlotte Top/Shorts - Grey (@ Collabor88)

Boots: HOC Industries - Wedgie Boots

Claws: Kibitz - Acantha claws {L} - citrus (gacha @ Fantasy Gacha Carnival)

Nose piercing: MONS - Septum Ring (style22) black

Choker: XYZ - Tattoo Choker - Black 

Curtain: Balaclava! - Camden Room Divider - Chiffon White (gacha @ 6th Republic)

Makeup:

Eyes: The Wicked Peach - Grunge 4 (@ Cosmetics Fair)

Lips: #adored - vague lips - warm gray

Nails: Figure - Dreamy Nails

Tattoo: .Identity - Last Sip (Omega applier - gacha @ Fantasy Gacha Carnival)

Poses: 

Image 1: Ma Vie - Melody 03

Image 2: oOo Studio - Margarethe two

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 - Vida

Brows: NOX - Nyx Brows [Tintable]

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My back hurts from playing too much Just Dance. That is the current full truth of my life. It's sad. 

This outfit contains no elements of what I had intended to wear except for the hair. It's one of those things where I was like "well I'll just change that.....and now this bit looks weird...." and so on. I'm leaning too heavily on yellows and purples lately. It's okay though. I dig yellow.

Okay so, my top is from the SLX outfit "Pawned". Ducknipple's SLX outfits which I have been featuring pieces from lately really are excellent value for money. The outfit currently has a promo price of 100L and for that you get this top (which comes in 5 color change options with a HUD), shorts, boots, and jewelry. 

With it I'm wearing Insanya's Ruffle Tutu, which has become a bit of a staple of my wardrobe. It's absurdly short, which in part is what makes it so versatile along with the wide range of colours and patterns it's available in, but the fact remains it is absurdly short. Luckily, so am I, and I have the good fortune to have tights. I've featured these before on my blog, they're by Schadenfreude, and one of the things I particularly love about them is that there are options about the height of the waistband - a lot of other tights I tried showed over the top of this skirt. 

Also by Schadenfreude in this post is my parasol, from the current round of The Seasons Story, and my bracelet, from this round of Collabor88, because I can never wear too much Schadenfreude. 

On the table next to me is a donation item from Xiasumi School Festival, with the proceeds going towards Save the Children: Japan Tsunami Relief. It's by silent sparrow and is adorable spooky-cute ghost-shaped daifuku mochi, which is a snack I love so very much. There's scripted holdable versions and mouthie versions and the tray gives you them and it's awesome. 

Credits:

Hair: Magika - Forever 

Top: Ducknipple - SLX - Pawned

Skirt: Insanya - Ruffled Tutu - Plain Gold

Tights: Schadenfreude - Miami Fishnet Leggings - Purple (Physique appliers)

Boots: Fri.day - Maggie boots - Buck

Bracelet: Schadenfreude - Pearl More Bracelet - 3 Skulls (@ Collabor88)

Nose ring: Mons - Septum Ring - Style 22 - Rosegold

Ring: Yummy - Bumble Bee - Pink (gacha)

Parasol: Schadenfreude - Kitsune no Yomeiri - Wagasa (@ The Seasons Story)

Table: Digs - Etienne Side Table 

Snacks: silentsparrow - Spooy Daifuku - Tray (@ Xiasumi School Festival)

Makeup:

Eyes: Buzzeri - Pixie Eyeshadow - Bronze

Lips: Kooqla - Malvi Lips 08 (noble)

Nails: Hello Dave - Flowers in Our Hair

Poses:

Image 1: Everglow - Model415

Image 2: Kirin - Sweet Girl Pose 5

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri -Bewitched 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 - Diva prim lashes

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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've been leaning too much towards dresses this December, too tasteful. So here's this!

My top is an applier by KaliKo, she's been producing a lot of applier clothing lately which I'm really enjoying, and as a bonus she's also now doing Omega appliers, which is good news for everyone! Also good news, the outfit this top comes from is currently a freebie at her Slink West (Physique applier only) and Love-n-Lust locations! 

My impossibly tiny shorts are by Sakide at the F R O S T event as part of the Thermal outfit, and include various HUD options including an ability to hide the pockets, decorative studs, and for the daring, panties. 

If you haven't been to the Arcade yet, you're clearly not paying attention. My socks by Erratic and my snow monster companion by my apparently unofficial mascot-maker of the season, silentsparrow, are from this month's round, but also from a gacha are my supercool horns (the lights are animated!). All of Souzou Eien's gacha machines are currently marked down to 25L a throw, so I was able to pick up a few of these in different colours, plus a few other awesome items, for next to nothing!

Though my pictures don't show it well, my hair by Tameless is a punky shaved-sides affair with a very full ponytail, but what I really love about it most is that one little strand hanging down at the front. I think that is completely charming. 

Credits:

Hair: Tameless - Raina

Top: KaliKo Timeless - Ho Ho Ho Outfit (Slink Physique Applier) (free @ Love-n-Lust and Slink West)

Shorts: Sakide - Thermal Outfit (@ F R O S T)

Socks: Erratic - Eva - Holiday Socks - Grey Hearts (gacha @ The Arcade)

Horns: Souzou Eien - Frost Candy Horns (lit) - Green (gacha)

Septum piercing: Mons - Septum Ring - Style 20 - Bronze

Snow monster friend: silentsparrow - Snow Monster - Wampahh! (gacha @ The Arcade)

Snowflakes and snowman: Frogstar - Wooden Snowflake Trio/Wintergreen Snowman RARE (gacha @ The Liaison Collaborative)

Makeup: 

Eyes: Nomine - Megaliner - Betch

Lips: Nova - Aelia o5 (Nyam Nyam applier)

Mesh mouth: Cathode Rays - Nyam Nyam 

Tattoo: Letis Tattoo - Bohemian 

Nails: La Boheme - Xmas Bell Silver
Poses:
Image 1: Bang! - stand 456M
Image 2: Kirin - Cute Summer Pose 5

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique

Ears: Schadenfreude - Fey Ears - Spiral Horns w/rings

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

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Mon Cheri - Falsies

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Credits: 

Hair: Taketomi - Mineko (@ N21)

Sweater: Gizza - Nordic Outfit - Green-Brown (@ The Chapter Four)

Pants: Mutresse -  Nikita Leggings 

Shoes: Ingenue - Naja Booties - Cypress (gacha)

Necklace: Random Matter - Ariadne

Chair: Paper Moon - Rustic Woodland Stool - Bear/Brown (gacha)

Makeup:

Eyes: Mons - SparkleOnMyEye - Somon 

Lips: Nova - Aelia o1o (Loud Mouth Applier)

Nails: La Boheme - ShootingStar Gold (FREE instore from November 7th - 9th, with a half-price sale from November 7th-10th, all Slink nail HUDs reduced to 25L!)

Poses: 

Image 1: Everglow - Model367

Image 2: Pretense - My Hand Obsession - 4

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2

Eyes: Buzzeri - Bewitched Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique

Ears: Schadenfreude - Fey Ears - Solid Acrylic Plug/ w/rings

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: Mon Cheri - Falsies

Mouth: Loud Mouth - Alli

Teeth: Loud Mouth - Parted Teeth