A Whiter Shade Of Pale

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.)

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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 🙂

Credits:
Skin: [:T:] Helena / powder (red) :: 09
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Ginger Mesh Hair – Rouge
Lashes: Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 6
Earrings: .:* LOULOU&CO *:. – Earring :: HESPERIDE ::

The Princess and Her…

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Prince? Toad? That’s the question and that’s my quandary for this week’s Single Frame Story. The prompt this week is “watch”. When I posted a photo of this sign on my Facebook page today, a friend decided I HAD to have it in Second Life. So when I logged in tonight, there it was waiting for me 🙂 So I decided to make it a part of my challenge photo this week. Thank you, Stufly! ♥

I took a LOT of shots of this pose. I loved the lighting on this dress with so many different Windlight settings that I just kept switching them and snapping more pictures. Then came the really hard part; selecting one to finish for the blog.

Well, I couldn’t decide (imagine that!). I ended up with two photos using different cropping and different techniques. The theme is identical, though. And I’ll have a hard time choosing one this week. Who knows? I may wimp out and post them both, since I know I can enter more than one 😉

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I won’t run a poll this week, but you’re more than welcome – indeed encouraged – to leave a comment on which one you like best!

And now, I’m off to search for my prince…erm…toad…erm…prince…erm…

You get the drift 😉

Struttin’ Like A…

I’m not sure if she meant it as a real challenge, but I took Strawberry Singh‘s request to show her mine literally!

Nothing I’m wearing is new. Well, the hair is newish, but as I’ve mentioned before, I have an almost bottomless inventory. So I dug out some of my peacock-proud finery and snapped a few shots.

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My outfit is compliments of Gizza (dress – old group gift), Ho Wear (fan), Analog Dog – .b (hair), Magpie* (necklace & earrings) and [MANDALA] (bracelet, rings, nails).

Now, if you’ll excuse me, this peahen sees a peacock with a fine display of plumage and I think his feathers need to be ruffled 😉

PS – I’m dedicating this post to my Second Life mom – a TRUE peacock, in SL and real life! ♥