I have been working in Photoshop for the last few days and haven’t had time to get my shopping fix in Second Life! Today, I decided to rectify that. What better place to start than at Avatars for Animals’ Catnip Carnival. It’s a small event, but it has some of the best creators in Second Life offering their wares in aid of River Cities Humane Society for Cats in Louisiana, USA.
Avatars for Animals was started by Harlow Heslop, one of my favourite bloggers. And I totally support her in her efforts.
Instead of repeating everything she has said about the organisation, I urge you to check out this link to her blog.
The top and necklace I’m wearing are from this event. Please, visit the Catnip Carnival – not just for the pretty stuff to buy, but to help out the furry friends that leave their paw prints on our hearts.
Yes, it’s that time. Time to be frustrated. Time to be impatient. Time to pull out the hair we can’t replace because we can’t get to the Truth Hair Sale!
Yes, I know it’s a virtue. Yes, I know I need to work on it. But right now, my patience is shot!
Since I can’t get to Truth to spend my money, I might as well spend my time telling you what I’m wearing (including items from a couple of sales events I could get into):
Skirt: elymode: Loose Change skirt – wheat (available at My Attic)
Top: elymode: Loose Change Bandeau (regular) – wheat 1 (available at My Attic)
Hair: Magika [Hair M] Tomorrow (No, not Truth hair, because I can’t get there!)
Necklace: EarthStones Crystal Charm Necklace – Creativity
Nails/Bracelet: [MANDALA]KABUKI Ring/SILVER
Skin: [:T:] Helena / powder (red) :: 09
Lips: [:T:] Helena / powder :: Lips :: Sheer Sugar Pink (gloss)
Pose by !bang – mini series Taurus (available at Zodiac)
Well, I had planned to blog Strawberry Singh’s Social Media Meme today. I even started framing answers to the questions on my train ride home. I decided to get home, pop in SL to take a quick photo to accompany my blog, then head straight out to complete it.
Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men…
Instead, when I arrived in world, I decided I would quickly pop over the the Skin Fair. On the weekend, I had tried on several demos. I’ve been wearing my Akeruka Meg skin for well over a year now, and I still love it. But after checking out the Skin Fair and trying on several demos from some amazing creators, I found myself gravitating to the lighter tones. I had pretty much decided on Tuli Elyse Powder, but when I went back to buy it, I realised I hadn’t tried on Helena. Since the Skin Fair is winding down, I was actually able to grab a demo and try it on right in the shop. As soon as the Powder tone rezzed, that was it. I was in love.
(Please note: The slurl for the Skin Fair I have included is for Sim 1. Tuli is on Sim 2, but since I have logged out I just grabbed the slurl from the Destination Guide.)
By the way, I decided not to “Peep” this photo. I simply cropped it and let it stand on its own merit 🙂
I really only have one criticism of this skin. There are two very thin, dark lines that run down the throat. It’s not visible from all angles or in all lighting, but it’s distracting to me 😦 I thought at first it might be a bit of my hair poking out through my neck, but I went bald and it was still there. I can live with it, but it was a bit of a disappointment in an otherwise perfect skin. And I love the choice of brow colours, the cleavage tattoos and the nail concealer! While I am using my own shape, there is a bonus shape included, as well as four other eye shadows and even a dimples option!
It may take me a while to start wearing this skin everyday. The painful process of matching my feet in my hundreds of pairs of shoes already set to my Akeuruka skin will be an impediment. But in the meantime, I’ll stick to boots and my GOS Boutique shoes with their awesome skin database system. Ah, the trials of Second Life plastic surgery!
I’ll leave you with this song while I admire my new face and NOT think about those colour-matching HUDs 🙂
Pics by Peep 