Taking Time To Relax, Chill Out and Recover From Family and the Holidays -- Immerschoen-Body Cult and Odelitte from Winter Market, Chop Zuey, October's 4Seasons and {{BSD Design Studio}}

I put together a very casual array of items this evening. It just felt like one of those nights after all the bright and beautiful and party-fun-terrific brilliance to embrace things that were simple. I loved the idea of a knit cap called Beanie Svenja (with hair already added!) for instance, because wearing one means one does very little to pretty-up the hair under it. Convenient, warm, cozy... and it's part of Immerschoen-Body Cult's pieces sold at the Winter Market. The Skinny Pants Tweed also come from them and are sold at the Winter Market as well. Odelitte created this oversized sweater in an Ombre blue tone for Winter Market. I then added a pair of boot-like shoes from BSD Design studio called Billionaire Baby, a new release and one of the unique designs that Chop Zuey so lovingly shared during the season of gifts that helped close out 2014 called the Mysterium Necklace. And finally, though I have settled on October's 4Seasons Chocolate Cosmos as my 'default' skin tone, when new faces, special releases, gifts and the like come to October's 4Seasons, I'm excited to share, and this is Keiko with the Marigold Skin Tone and Brown Brows.

* {{BSD Design Studio}} Billionaire Baby Silver Black
* Odelitte Oversize Sweater from Winter Market Event
* Immerschoen-Body Cult Beanie Svenja Black Hair
* Immerschoen-Body Cult Skinny Pants Tweed Black
* Chop Zuey Mysterium Necklace
* October's 4Seasons Keiko Marigold Brown

- MG Wild Full Thick Lashes
- October's 4Seasons Tangerine Delight Lips
- .:Shellac Autumn Palette Nails
- Morphine Kazumi EyeShadow Fuel Liner

Standard Items:
-- SLink Hands and Feet
-- KMADD Mesh Eyes
**Personal note in response to some questions I've received since posting my personal choice in skin tone at October's 4Seasons. I absolutely adore blogging, but it's only one of many ways I want to use the skills I've developed in time related to styling and modeling. Recently, I was invited to participate in a photo advertisement and had one of the pale skin tones on because it was the one I'd happened to style that day, and had not made a conscious choice regarding skin tone prior to that day. We got to see the 'copy' before the add was published, and I realized after the fact that a sea of pale tones dotted the advertisement, but the world I live in contains people of so many different skin tones, such beautiful creams and coffee colors, burnt rich russet and freckled, tanned and tones as dark as night, but in the experiences I'd had in fashion in Second Life, the vast array of tones seemed neutralized to a few basics. At least with the 14+ shades that October has created for October's 4Seasons, I had choices that were different than the median tone, and if I embraced one of those darker tones, it would add depth to the overall photo selections for advertisements, for displays, vendors, and blogs. So I wear Chocolate Cosmos; It's a touch darker than my tanned version of me in summers past, and about three shades darker than my lighter olive skin that stays with me through fall and winter. I really loved the special edition tone she created called Cinnamon but that one hasn't returned yet. If it ends up with a neutral or natural option down the road, I might switch to Cinnamon instead of Chocolate, but for the same reasons. Being a brown tone amidst a myriad of elegant ivories and peaces feels like it's harmonizing, making the overall picture complete for all of our worlds.

Safari With Me To A Land So Far Far Away -- Rams Wear, Mag (Heart). B at Four Seasons Market, and Wicca's Wardrobe

After a number of styles constructed with the deliberate holiday themed look, I pulled this casual combination together tonight after one of those long long days that sometimes happen during the month of December as a result of rushing to and fro to visit and be visited, to share and celebrate, to eat and exchange gifts, and while it was all wonderful, including a brand new grand-nephew to ooh and ahh over, I came home pehhh-zausted.

A cup of tea, eyes with smudged makeup and probably swollen puffy pockets of fluid under both hide well behind the sunglasses I found. I went with a safari theme, Zebras and Elephants, rocking in a recliner, kicked back with dreams of warmer weather, romping in the wild, visiting life at a different pace than this crazy pelmel holiday season inspires. For a moment, I could almost smell the fresh grain of springtime on the wind, and imagine the wild beasts roaming with young offspring ready to take on the world.

Rams Wear sent out a notice recently, seeking bloggers. I'd worn a few items in various events from the store but had not consistently followed his sense of style. I love mixing things up, with the pretty princess look some days and the casual country girl other days. The long sweater, Kenitra in Wine, offers options, long enough to cover the hips if you wanted a playful short bit of knitted fluff on for clubbin', but also might be worn over tights as shown, leggins or even your favorite jeans. Wicca's Wardrobe created several pieces for the J&A Expo that ran recently and in her mini collection for that event, she had the 'Adventurer' hat and the Gambler Heels. Zebra prints added a touch of the wild to both. And the clever new tights found at Four Seasons Market by Mag <3. B, with the knee patch caught my attention immediately because I love the whole hipster layered look and this pair of tights with the heart shaped patches appealed to me and suited the overall aesthetic I wanted. One other accessory I pulled out of a folder of -in the wild- style items were a pair of shades, VB Shades Zebra RED, sold by BSD Design studio. All in all, I was able to weave the story in my head, close my eyes and take a jaunt out into the world to a land of far far away for just a little while, and now I might rest and carry those daydreams with me into sleep.

* Rams Wear Kenitra Dress - Wine
* Mag <3. B Cozy Dark Green Stockings from Four Seasons Market Event
* Wicca's Wardrobe "The Adventurer" Hat from J&A Expo
* Wicca's Wardrobe Gambler Heels [Zebra] from J&A Expo

- Chop Zuey Elephantus Maximus Set
- {{BSD Design Studio}} VB Sunglasses - Zebra RED
- Dark Horse Style Silver Glitter Striped Dark Nails
- Maxi Gossamer Party Inverted Crown Black Lashes
- Truth Short w/Bangs Black
- Taken at Carrie's Lingerie VIP Christmas Display (poses built into props)

Standard Items:
-- October's 4Seasons Chocolate Cosmos Skin Tone Laila Face
-- SLink Hands and Feet
-- KMADD Mesh Eyes

Peace On Earth Hunt 7 (POE 7) Inspiration - Xen's Hats, Snowpaws, and -{ZOZ}-; Plus New Items From BSD Design Studio and Wicca's Wardrobe

I really enjoyed putting this outfit together. I think I may say that often but the repetition of the saying doesn't in any way denigrate the truth being the statement. I love the fresh feel of fashion through the eyes of many beholders and when I begin mixing and matching designers, I see this even more so.

This whole look comes inspired from pieces found at the Peace On Earth Hunt 7 (POE 7). I ADORE Carrie Snowpaw. She and I have loads in common, and whether it's a week or a month that passes since we last spoke, it feels like it was just a few minutes ago. Those types of relationships are the essence of what I think of when I think of holidays. The Ribbon Dress, POE 7, comes from Snowpaws. It's long enough to wear alone, with tights or a pair of leggins like I used. Xen's Hats at POE 7 has a beanie that's too cute for words and unisex. -{ZOZ}- additions to POE include both the necklace called Unwrap Me and the special holiday themed Gift Polish.

Blowing You Each A Little Kiss

BSD Design studio created the heels and they work with my SLink High feet. The leggins come from Wicca's Wardrobe. I used the solid pair of Sazzy pants in a previous blog and this is the second option, a delightful pattern that has several colors so you can wear with many themes. This season of tights and leggins are right up my alley, by the way, because I grew up in the 80s and everyone wanted to dress like the dancer in Flash Dance, even when we weren't dancing! To this day I think of those layers of color over perfectly good pants and my parents tsking as I'd go off to school with layers all over the place. I was warm and did my best to be a fashionable 16 year old. I even had a knit cap or two. I was too hot to handle, of course... a sexy little thang. And ~whispers~ I still am!

*{{BSD Design Studio}} SexyCara High Feet
*Snowpaws Peace On Earth 7 (POE 7) Ribbon Dress
*Xen's Hats Peace On Earth 7 (POE 7) Beanie
*-{ZOZ}- Unwrap Me Holiday Necklace Peace On Earth 7 (POE 7)
*-{ZOZ}- Gift Polish

-Wicca's Wardrobe Sazzy Pants (pattern)
-EMO-tions Maylea Earrings
-Crie Style Cantabile
-EMO-tions Anna Dark Brown
-Gaeline Mesh Lashes Fantasia
-October's 4Seasons Seduction Gloss
-Del May

Embracing the Good Days -- Featuring !Lyrical B!zarre Templates from The Couturier's Docks, Featuring Wicca's Wardrobe, also from The Couturier's Docks, Featuring >Asset< and Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}}

It's hit me, so to speak. There's nothing new to report on my horizon, but it's the time of year when everyone has the sneezles but I'm the one who gets in bed with a fever too. I feel on top of the world, despite the challenge, and so far I also feel like I'm ahead of the curve. It's 23 November, and I've slowed down a minute or two, maybe 3 or 4 blogs a week instead of 7-10, but that's good! 

This time last year, I learned that the pain = cancer and complications and scared and fear and oh my goodness, life was complicated. In comparison, I'm HAPPY and doing well. It's all in the perspective. I know so many friends who struggle this time of year, with loss of loved ones, loss of job, loss of family or loss of health. I feel so passionately about reaching out, touching one another, networking beyond just the business aspect, to the core of each of our hearts, so that beyond the work, we each feel uplifted, remembered, and special.

It's a treat to prepare for the up coming events, and the monthly specials. I have a few items to share with you, and a whole heart to share in the process. First, Lyrical B!zarre Templates has this coat dress, Denara, on sale at 2Lei, I just learned from her that 2Lei was created by a group of people working collaboratively to raise money as well as awareness for the "International Day For the Elimination Of Violence Against Women" and Denara was created so that 100% of the money paid for this goes to support this cause.

The cool beyond blue jeans denim pants, Anakari, come from Wicca's Wardrobe, stylish, chic, and more than just another pair of jeans. BSD Design studio has several new pair of heels out and the ones shown in this style are called Lucky Days Raw Red Silk. Another designer with a plethora of new releases is >Asset<, and Pannan is a casual sleek little short 'do' for you to love. With all the arctic air blasting, even those of us farrrrrrr too far south for the cold air, this outfit felt like it would be just the thing to ward off that wintry assault.

Featuring Lyrical B!zarre Templates Denara from 2Lei

Featuring Wicca's Wardrobe Anakari Pants from The Couturier's Docks

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Lucky Days Raw Red Silk

Featuring >Asset< Pannan Hair

1. Maxi Gossamer Lashes

2. KMADD/Moda Mesh Eyes

3. October's 4Seasons Lily Skin Tone (Angelina)

--Cherry Blossom Gloss

-- Innocence Subtle Purple Shadow

4. SLink Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

5. Behavior Body Animations Poses

Beautiful Pumpkin Patch -- Featuring Snowpaws from Designer Showcase, MOoh from The Promenade, Wicca's Wardrobe from BOSL International Fashion Week, and {{BSD Design Studio}}

Have you noticed how evident the lingerie models wear on runways this fall appear on all sorts of layers? Gone are the days of prim and proper fashion, buttoning up, zipping, hiding, lifting, 18 hours, and so much more. Now, fashion blends the 'street' clothes with the lingerie items in a mix and match like I've not seen before in my lifetime.

Speaking of Carrie's Lingerie, every month is a great time to visit, but extra special effort for decor goes into some months and Halloween/October might be the most flamboyant fun on one sim for this holiday across all of SL. Countless autumnal and spooky props with poses decorate the store's main level and hidden pumpkins hide an inside hunt treat for those who find all of them. If you invest in a VIP membership, discounts, special releases, and more will tease your fancy and there's a second in house hunt up in the VIP area. This time of year is beyond fun at Carrie's Lingerie.

I put this outfit together this evening with the deliberate desire to add designers from a range of skills, aesthetics and energy to create an entirely new piece to share with you. This came about as I took a hat fromthe Miranda Outfit from Wicca's Wardrobe, something newly released for BOSL International Fashion Week and paired with a style - James - out of the KMADD/Moda box I continue to ruffle through and enjoy - blog after blog - and Mr. Maddox DuPont recently noted that he's added new hair to his collection. It's an excellent time to drop by if you haven't visited in a while.

Snowpaws has a beautiful halter top and wide-legged pant set - Luca - on sale at this month's Designer Showcase. I used the pants for this styling. I appreciated how they hugged the hip with a sleek sensuality then billowed more material the farther down the leg you look.

If your eye wanders from head to toe, the brilliant red of the bra from Carrie's Lingerie peeks out and then another item echoes the bright hues in the heels from BSD Design studio. The Passion of Life name for the heels fits perfectly as a description of both bra and heels. From the store MOoh, a new crop topped short sleeve sweater finishes off the new items shared on this blog. You can find this V-Neck item at The Promenade Gachas and available in several colors. In my world off line, I like layers, so that crazy days that begin at 52 degrees and end at 82 degrees, I can peel off or pull on those layers, just like this item from MOoh.

Featuring Snowpaws at Designer Showcase Luca Mesh Outfit - Slacks Worn

Featuring MOoH at The Promenade V-Neck Crop Top Pink

Featuring Wicca's Wardrobe from BOSL International Fashion Week - Miranda Dress - Hat Worn

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Passion of Life Red High

1. -{ZOZ}-: Ghost Girl Nail Appliers

2. Carrie's Lingerie: VIP Only Greed Bra

3. October's 4Seasons: Orchid Skin Tone

-- Glamour Ombre Ocean Lips (worn over Green Lips)

-- Black Eyebrow Option

-- Teal Eyebrow Option (worn over Black brow)

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

-- James Hair

5. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

6. Baubles! by Phe: Queen of Vines Necklace

7. MMayako: *Marinahh* Square Bangle

8. Nikita: Double Density Lashes

9. Poses built into props that are all over Carrie's Lingerie (And a Pumpkin Hunt too!!)

Got Milk? - More Milk - Featuring On A Lark from The Promenade, {{BSD Design Studio}} and Moondance Boutique at Designer Showcase

Working on and playing with the Got Milk campaign for the newest skin tone to be added to October's 4Seasons Skins & Accessories. Angelina, the newest face, will be released at the Couturier's Docks next rotation.

Every skin tone, every face, each better than the one before it, fits every human need and perhaps a few who come from the regions of magic and mysticism.

I put On A Lark Corset and Gloves from The Promenade over one of Carrie's Lingerie Group Gift releases for a layered sensual, almost naughty look. Wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my mind? ^^ BSD Design studio released new heels that are SLink compatible. I'm excited to share Global Citizen with you.

And for a slim brilliant bit of jewelry to accentuate, I used Moondance Boutique's recent addition to Designer Showcase, a jewelry set called Rose To Cancer. The long mesh tresses from Truth Hair called Zoella really works miraculously to keep with the sexy sleek look, yet covers bits perfectly.

Featuring On A Lark Corset and Gloves from The Promenade

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Global Citizen High Feet Purple

Featuring Moondance Boutique Rose To Cancer at Designer Showcase

1. Carrie's Lingerie: June 2014 VIP

2. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

-- Female Feet High

3. October's 4Seasons: Milk Skin Tone (Angelina)

-- Romance Lips Lavendar

-- Electra Barbie Shadow

-- Innocense Spring Shadow

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

5. Truth: Zoella

6. Gaeline: Felicia

7. Corpus Poses

Just A Little Bit More -- Sonatta Morales at The Month of Games and !Elemental at Designer Showcase

Yes, there's more to show you. Time is running out... tick tick tick... but that doesn't mean I can't race towards the finish line and show you a few more pieces from The Month of Games like this pretty short summery gown from Sonatta called Miss Cindy.

I've added jewelry new from the Designer Showcase for August from !Elemental Jewelry. The brilliant tones in Ophelia add a pop of color and the gold allows the tiny gold balls floating around the head like a halo and waist as well to shimmer.

Featuring from Sonatta Morales at The Month of Games Miss Candy

Featuring from !Elemental at Designer Showcase August Ophelia

1. Focus Poses

2. >Asset<: Zhuge

3. Gaeline: Fantasia

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Pearl Skin Tone (Candice)

5. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

6. Morphine: Freya Cut Lips

7. {{BSD Design Studio}}: Fashion Trend Zigzag

8. Backgrounds by KaTink

Fairytales Can Come True; They Can Happen To You -- Featuring Sabra Style, {{BSD Design Studio}} and Wicca's Wardrobe

What a difference a day makes. I'm not one who gets too tied into a specific day because I've had health issues that were indiscriminatory as the good or not so good days happened every day, special days, regular day, it didn't matter. It means I grew up learning to be flexible and also to make the best of the good moments so that when another dark valley swooped in for a few weeks or days or months, I'd have something warm and wonderful stored up in memory, close to my heart; I used those positive memories to support me. This week was part of our annual beach trip. In recent years, I've traveled and stayed in one place for two weeks consecutively. Unfortunately, the military status and leave and all that jazz is slightly different at the moment, so I'm at Myrtle this week and this time next month, I'll be at Taibee Island Georgia. I love getting away from the same four walls, even when I'm not in the best of health or head space. I also know it helps my sweetheart. I was unplugged for a bit more than 24 hours this year, just to make sure he knew he was the heart and soul of my life, and nothing was more important than him and his special day. We ate well, played well, went to see the One Show tonight, and then he's snoring and I'm writing briefly to each of you on Facebook.

It's never too late to keep up with family and friends. It's never too late to have a small vacation. An actress on one of the day time talk shows commented about making time for 'me parties'. She just put on her favorite pj's, had wine, listened to her favorite music and even danced. Sometimes we need a me party and sometimes, like today, I needed a we party. I think he does an amazing job of taking care of the details. My thought patters get terribly crossed, and not intentionally so. But when I can put aside my needs and stresses that I seem to heap on his head, I think he really does try to relax and enjoy a day all about him.

I had fun the day before yesterday putting this latest 'spy girl' look. Once dressed, I thought about the story of Black Bart and his cronies who were trying to come across the back yard of the little fella on A Christmas Story. The traditional mask paired with the black and white stripes of prison uniforms in that time period. I could have snuck away with something. I'm just not sure what I would want to take. I'd make a very bad cat burglar. I'm sure I'd sit and enie-meanie-minie-moe and my partners in crime would shake there heads and whisper as loud a whisper as possible, "Let's Go Karyn!" The Tori gown in black and white and encircled at the ankles with mounds of dark swan feathers comes from Sabra Style. The mask comes from the always clever Wicca Merlin at Wicca's Wardrobe. You'll notice a small pink bag, over the shoulder. From BSD Design studio, this bag comes with color change options on a HUD allowing you to make it suit any style and interest.

All the joy of this blog and style come as a result of a compilation of talented designers:

Featuring Sabra Style Tori Black

Featuring Wicca's Wardrobe Black Mask with Studs

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Supermodel Resort Bag Pink

1. Moondance Boutique: Livia

2. Caryn - Tattoo - No Hate

3. [Chic Zafari]: Rose Hair

4. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Latte Skin Tone

6. Poetic Color Eyes: Quick Silver

Super Super Sweet From Candyland -- Featuring Haute Couture Design from The Month of Games, Wicca's Wardrobe from The Instruments, and New Designs from BSD

The fantasy world shown vividly through board games come to life in a variety of ways makes for creative designs at The Month of Games event. Siren Productions continues to bring inspiration to the fashion industry with themed events like this one. Candyland, Clue and Chess all remind me of special memories. I needed that. Maybe we all do sometimes.

This sweet gown, the Poute Frostine gown, comes from Haute Couture Design and can be found at The Month of Games til July 31. At The Instruments this month, Wicca's Wardrobe offers collar and cuffs that match. They have a dramatic flair and took this super almost get cavities sweet outfit and added just the right touch. A new Legendary Beauty handbag and Fashion Trend pair of heels completed the look with each of those items created by BSD Design studio. In both pictures, the playful youth of Candyland has been evoked.

Each of these designers are represented in the styling shared above:

Featuring from The Month of Games Haute Couture Design Poute Frostine Gown

Featuring from The Instruments July Wicca's Wardrobe Dark Desire Collar and Cuffs

Featuring from {{BSD Design Studio}} Legendary Beauty Handbag

Featuring from {{BSD Design Studio}} Fashion Trend Zigzag

1. Amacci Hair - Silvia

2. by Caryn - Black Lace Mask

3. Gaeline - Mesh Lashes Felicia

4. KMADD/Moda - Mesh Eyes

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes - Blossom Skin Tone

6. SLink Elegant 1 Hands

7. Morphine - Heather Indecisive Eyes Blue

8. Pichi - Rich Shimmer Lips Rebel

9. Pose one (standing) - Corpus poses

10 Pose two (jumping) - [[Masoom]]

As Old As a Dinosaur In SL-years -- Featuring Carrie's Lingerie and {{BSD Design Studio}}

I shot this first set of photos that I'm sharing today just before bed last night. I was unpacking another item from a business that has an owl rest on your shoulder instead of a bag appear in your hand (or box) and it was the second time I'd had something from them. The owl fascinated me, and it made for a fun pose to share this Carrie's look. Lingerie with a tiny little skirt, a separate piece that's the corset, wear all the pieces or mix and match.

I put on a pair of BSD Design studio heels and then worked with pieces of jewelry from several different sets. The shape I use with Carrie's Lingerie, and a few other designers who focus on nightwear or swimwear is a bit different. She's got curves to go with her hot sawssss... and she knows how to use them. I even pulled out a pair of earrings I received as a gift and kept, and the designer no longer exists in world so there are no creators. I'm as old as a dinosaur in SL-years!

I'm so thankful for the designers who support my blog:

Featuring from Carrie's Lingerie Katie Blue Ornate

Featuring from {{BSD Design Studio}} Love BSD Silver/Purple

1. Eclectica Relic Necklace Silver

2. ((SS)) Chrysalis Earrings - Designer No Longer In World

3. cae.b: Starfall Bracelet

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Mocha Tone w/ Makeup 11

5. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

6. EMO-tions: Greece

7. Noya: Silver Music Manicure

8. Image Essentials: Accessorise Set

Wedding Gowns and Lingerie -- Featuring Carrie's Lingerie, Truth, Gaeline, Kastle Rock Couture, JUMO, FINESMITH, {{BSD Design Studio}} and Image Essentials

Every month, a new creation appears for a limited time at Carrie's Lingerie. These limited delicious gowns/lingerie appear at the beginning of each new month, then disappear at month's end, into a vault.

This month, Carrie's has focused on Weddings, for June is the month of weddings, and the limited Trinity gown has all the accoutrements of a wedding gown from head to toe. And as you peel away the layers, hidden underneath is a gorgeous lacy lingerie. I appreciate the detail added to every new Limited, but I think this month's Limited exceeds all previous experiences I've had with the Limiteds. This gown is over the top. And if you always wanted to be a bride, but don't want the hassle of the relationship, visit Image Essentials Props and Poses for this handsome stand in, new this month!

Another monthly treat I look forward to at Carrie's Lingerie happens because I joined as a VIP member 3 years ago and ever since then, in addition to getting a discount on new releases and a special sale wall each month available only to those who are VIPs, there's also a beautiful VIP gift (one for the ladies and one for the gents).

I show the basic VIP gift in the black bra, panty, gloves and stockings set of the first photo. But then I added a wee twist to the photo of the same outfit zoomed in closer. Carrie's gone GACHA crazy and there are corsets in a variety of colors. The first one I got was the basic black and white, and for me, it was PERFECTLY suited to this styling.

Besides the new lingerie, you'll see new TRUTH hair, only released this week, Zoella. new heels from BSD Design studio, and a face veil from Kastle Rock Couture. Gaeline has several new sets of mesh lashes (on their very easy to use HUD system); I'm sharing Phantasmogoria in this series. For the black based lingerie, I only used one small piece of jewelry, the Labradorite ring from JUMO, and with the wedding photos, I used a new release from FINESMITH, called Three. I modified the earrings so they're each sized differently, so when you look at the photo, I don't want you to fret that you might get earrings that don't match. They doooo, I promise!

I'm grateful to each designer who added their artistry to make this style possible:

Featuring from Carrie's Lingerie June 2014 VIP Gift

-- Also Featuring from Carrie's Lingerie NEW Gachas Like Variety Underbust Black 1

Featuring from {{BSD Design Studio}} Supermodel Essentials Black

Featuring from Truth Zoella

Featuring from Gaeline Mesh Lashes Phantasmagoria

Featuring from JUMO Reina Labradorite Ring

Featuring from Kastle Rock =Mirage= Nashida Niquab in Pink/Black

1. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

2. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Latte Skin Tone

Featuring from Carrie's Lingerie June Limited Wedding Gown

-- Shown with other elements included

Featuring from Carrie's Lingerie the Limited June Design Trinity

-- Full Gown, Night Gown, Basic Lingerie and many more combinations for you

Featuring from FINESMITH Three Gift Earrings and Necklace

1. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blossom Skin Tone Flowers from Asia

2 EMO-tions: Love

3. Maxi Gossamer: Fatpack

4. FINESMITH Roxaane Diamond Bracelet

What Does the Fox Say? -- Featuring from Fashion for Life Legal Insanity; Featuring from Summer Fashion Festival Divina

As the Fashion For Life event winds down, I knew I wanted to show you Legal Insanity's exclusive, this Evita gown. I paired it with a cute little hood that makes me think of the "What Does a Fox Say" video. I can't find the creator, fairly sure their not in game anymore. ~le-sigh~

The bolero peeks out from under the dress, and comes from Carrie's Lingerie. Several of her pieces have bolero half jackets with different prints suited to the overall style of that outfit. This particular one comes with Candice.

I love the opportunity to showcase one of BSD Design studios pair of shoes, not even hidden because of the lovely shape of the gown. These are black and white "Love" heels. I'm a sucker for hopeful romance!

The first item I have to show you from Summer Fashion Festival - I wear my sunglasses at night! Divina's sunglasses are just one of many items you'll find at this event.

Please take a few moments to donate to the Fashion For Life, Relay for Life, American Cancer Society:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=37321408&fr_id=61576&pg=personal

Thank you so much to the designers who made this styling possible:

Featuring from Fashion for Life Legal Insanity Evita Gown

Featuring from Summer Fashion Festival Divina Sunglasses

Featuring from {{BSD Design Studio}} Love BSD blk dots

1. Cute Cat Hood

2. Carrie's Lingerie: Candice Bolero Jacket

3. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blossom Skin Tone

-- Captivate Lips Coffee Black With Cream

-- Freckles

-- Teeth

5. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

6. Corpus Poses

To Byzantium -- Featuring Chop Zuey from Arts in Hats; sYs from Fashion For Life and {{BSD Design Studio}}

I learned that an event, Arts in Hats, began today and runs through the end of the month and that Chop Zuey had this fascinator hat named Sailing To Byzantium for sale at this event.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Boutou/80/65/22

I looked up the poem by William Butler Yeats, learned a bit about it and found the treasured hat that much more a treasure. It's as much jewelry as it is a hat, and beautiful.

Where is your Byzantium, your world to which you sail with grateful cheer knowing that regardless of age, in such a place you find peace?

I wish you all such a place and cherished Belle Roussel, creator at Chop Zuey, for calling to mind such a tangent journey today.

The new shoes Love from {{BSD Design Studio}} peek out from beneath the floor length gown, and wink their beauty at you in black and white.

You'll find the dress from sYs at Fashion For Life which runs through the 20th of this month. You may buy exclusive items like this and in the process support the charity that's raising money for Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=37321408&fr_id=61576&pg=personal

My warm thanks extends to the designers who made this style possible:

Featuring from Arts In Hats Chop Zuey Sailing To Byzantium

Also New From Chop Zuey MOH The Gambler Men's Ring

Featuring sYs from Fashion For Life NAIADES Gown

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Love

1. Truth: Dove

2. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blossom

-- Glamour Lips Ombre Passion

-- Innocence Eyes Spring

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Chop Zuey: Nose Diamond Blue in White Gold

-- White Gold Circle Spike Earrings

5. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Felicia

6. Manifeste Poses

Making Waves -- Featuring from Fashion for Life !Lyrical B!zarre Templates, Kazimir by Kaerri, *~Damesfly, and {NanTra}, also new {{BSD Design Studio}}

I admit to being a little bit slow when it comes to math and other skills. I might have once known ratios better than I do today, however, I set aside that information once I had to know how many kisses it took to heal little boys broken hearts and other little life tidbits.

I say that because I've done a few things a little less right (meaning wrong, but shhhh) as I transferred my blog information to the beautiful Versus magazine. I was so grateful to be allowed to share my work there, and then facepalms, realized that it's not quite like it's supposed to be.

So I dusted off the trusty dusty calculator and did percentages on a calculator so I could figure out how to convert image size to the other way Versus does it, versus the way (we will henceforth call the wrong way) I did it. I think I have it correct now. I have two photos sized to share there, and one sized ... yes, now you see, the Caryn Ashdene way. Errp.

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=37321408&fr_id=61576&pg=personal to donate directly -- I'm wearing Waves by Lyrical B!zarre Templates, from Fashion For Life. I also have Kazimir by Kaerri's FFL necklace, poses from {NanTra}'s support of FFL, a beautiful new coif from *~Damesfly at FFL, and Bonne Chance in blue from BSD Design studio.

Thank you to the wonderful designers who make this blog possible:

Featuring from Fashion For Life !Lyrical B!zarre Templates Waves

Featuring from Fashion For Life Kazimir by Kaerri Necklace

Featuring from Fashion For Life *~Damesfly Zendaya

Featuring from Fashion For Life {NanTra}

Featuring from {{BSD Design Studio}} Bonne Chance Blue

1. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Magnificia

2. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blossom Skin Tone

4. Candy Nail: Qween Rose Mist White

5. JUMO: Armorial Maravilha Lips

6. Morphine: Azuka Shadow Spring 7

My Last From PENUMBRA Lyrical Bizarre and Image Essentials; Also New >Asset< and {{BSD Design Studio}}

It's sad when an event comes to a close. I feel like I pour so much of me into each one, and then it just leaves forever. I have really enjoyed working with the designers who participated in the .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week S/S.

This is my last blog from PENUMBRA. I'm showing some pieces from Lyrical B!zarre Templates, the Diverge Mesh Skirt, and Image Essentials Props and Poses, from the Accessories set. I love their work all the time and the exclusives and uniqueness that they set aside for fashion week just made me love it all the more. I tucked a gorgeous corset from Carrie's Lingerie into the skirt to tweak a different look from the original, but that's part of the fun for me!

I'm also wearing new hair. I only agreed to blog for >Asset< as one hair company went out of business and another came on the grid and the friend passed on my name. I enjoy new businesses building a reputation and when they create quality work, it's even easier to hail their arrival and showcase their art. This newest hair from them, Hurricane, is my favorite so far of any that I've been asked to review.

The shoes at {{BSD BSD Design studio}} always have the personal touch from the shoe creator. Just like our world off line, new designers succeed at times because they're able to create a niche all their own with their own twist, their own passion, their own infusion of self into fashion. I think that's how Babycham PagneSass makes it work, time after time, including La Dolce Vita.

My deepest thanks to the designers who make my blog possible:

Featuring Image Essentials Accessories from PENUMBRA

Featuring !Lyrical B!zarre Diverge Mesh Skirt from PENUMBRA

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} La Dolce Vita Orange

Featuring >Asset< Hurricane Hair

1. Carrie's Lingerie: Sweet Serenity Tangerine

2. by Caryn: Stockings

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blossom Skin Tone

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

5. Nailed It: Fashion Pride Set

6. Face Paint: Gidget Tangerine

7. blackLiquid: Feline Eye Glitter Lashes

-- Tangerine Suck Lips

Sweet and So So Sexy Pink -- Featuring Zanze from PENUMBRA, {{BSD Design Studio}} and Face Paint

Hopping from one extreme to the next feels a little like riding a well timed ride at a theme park. There are calm parts that lull you into thinking things are safe and there are twists and turns and tunnels to lure you away from that fragile feeling of comfort. And it's FUN! We do it deliberately. The styles I've put together today made me feel a bit like that, and again, so much FUN!

This shear little mini comes from Zanze and a very dear friend Zzoie Zee. She's one of those dynamic forces in Second Life that seems to always be doing something, creative things, business things, building things. One thing that sets her apart from others who might be as busy...

She's never seemed cross or depressed or lost or moody and I've never once heard a single ounce of gossip about her or the places she's involved and invested herself. I consider her a treasure and when I get to wear something she's created, I consider that a treat.

I didn't over accessorize this design because of how it's originally designed. There's the pink sheer that makes it a very wicked evening club mini or a sexy bit of lingerie perfect to tempt that special someone. There are also ruffled pieces in several offsetting colors, metallic in nature. It's lovely in the soft femininity it represents and a part of PENUMBRA Fashion Week.

I'm thankful for each designer who made this blog possible:

Featuring Zanze Blakely from PENUMBRA

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} La Dolce Vita

Featuring Face Paint Sweet Pea

1. *~Damesfly: Lucas

2. Miamai: Catwalk Pink Lashes

3. Face Paint: Sweet Pea

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Pearl Skin Tone

-- Kyxe Candy Barbie Shadow

6. Candy Nail: Twinkle Pink

7. Manifeste Poses

Wedding and White Week at Carrie's -- And New From {{BSD Design Studio}}

This week is Wedding and White week at Carrie's Lingerie. This Evie in white is not one of the new ones she's released but it got me in the mood to go and shop and see what IS new.

I saw some of the most elaborate Carrie's creations yet while I was there today taking these photos. Many sets at Carrie's are either mini-skirt and/or lingerie, mix and match or they're full gowns of varying styles. Either way, one choices yields many options.

This little white confection had a bolero jacket, a full corset, two different skirts, stockings and the expected bra and panty that all matched. But oh my goodness, some of the new releases for Wedding and White Week have elaborate gown pieces in addition to the under layers of lingerie. You have to see it to believe it!

Additionally, the new Amulette heels in black and white work perfectly with the lingerie. I'm not quite sure why, but for eons, even the smallest number of clothing pieces would be paired with heels. It's even chic to wear heels, and only heels.  BSD Design studio has just the right pair for you, with or without clothing. Oh la!

I'm grateful to each designer represented in this blog and style:

Featuring Carrie's Evie White

This week at Carrie's - Wedding and White

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Amulette Black & White

1. EMO-tions Skip a Beat

2. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Chocolat

4. Noya: White Pearls Jewelry

5. Poses built into props at Carrie's Dreams

Home On the Range -- Featuring B.BOS and [NV] from PENUMBRA, Truth, {{BSD}} Design Studio, and Face Paint

Many times in Second Life, I travel places and deliberately use the items, clothing, accessories, jewelry and poses designed for the men. Fewer things exist for men only and I imagine that's because there are far fewer of the male population in SL who care to be models and so demand is low for content creators. Those who do create the content for the male gender make great stuff, and sometimes it gives an edge to the female who might perch, because it's new, something no one has yet seen, and that continues to be one of the model's best tricks. See something first, find something new, designs, places, people, and figure out a way to compile it into a useful sales tool that basically sells the brand 'self' - in this case, the brand Caryn.

Tonight, I returned to Image Essentials Props and Poses property and used the Male prop studio. (The women's studio was in use and I knew I could find something as backdrop for the casual outfit I'd just styled.) The studios are great, as are the many photo op locations around the sim for photographers. Every so often new things are rotated in and older things removed. This 'Cowboy' studio set was new to me. It had poses collected by Kay Weston then creatively applied to the build. One sitting on the fence and one leaning against the fence were created by PNP while the one of me laying in the meadow came from Mystical Lane.

My outfit consists again of items from PENUMBRA Fashion week. I love how the virtual world emulates the physical one, and things like fashion weeks around the world happen in both worlds I love. B.BOS created the Maddy Tartan Pant and [NV] designed the Weiss top. I paired new items from other parts of the grid with these two PENUMBRA creations. {{BSD Design Studio}} continues to make me oooh and aaahh with pleasure because I'm such a shoes and boots fanatic! This pair of grey Supermodel Anniversary Limited heels show just one example of why her designs make me smile! Truth Hair and I have been around about the same length of time in Second Life. I just celebrated my 9th rez day a few weeks ago, and I can remember when only a few designers made hair or shoes or jewelry and I can also remember how vitally different those items then and the counterparts now really were. A very good friend, someone who simply wanted to encourage my modeling dreams gifted me a card for Truth hair so I've been blessed with several new styles and this one is the most recent. I think I like this one because of the unusual name Chilali and how fun and flirtatious it felt; it's perfect for spring.

Eve Express was one of my first mentors as I began the journey that brought me to this point in my life, blogging passionately, styling passionately, and passionately interacting in other ways with the fashion community. She took a hiatus, which disappointed so many customers, but each and everyone of them understood that she needed a break, and supported her needs. They just missed her makeup styles. Now she's back, collecting a few 'testers' for her group that try on new looks before she boxes them up and puts them on the sales floor. The new Face Paint will remind you of the old, with all the details very similar, only newer makeup, fresh for 2014 now tempts you. I'm grateful for all the people who paused in their world to help educate and encourage me in my world, and one of those people - Eve. Drop by, see the new products, offer your testing skills, and if you've never met her, nows a great time to get to know her!

None of this that I do would be possible without the support of these designers. Thank you!

Featuring [NV] Weiss Top from PENUMBRA

Featuring B.BOS Maddy Pant Tartan Black from PENUMBRA

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} SuperModel Anniversary Limited Grey

Featuring Truth Hair Chilali

Featuring Face Paint Glamor Essences Smoke

1. Poses built into Props at Image Essentials

-- Cowboy Set Poses Standing and Sitting On Fence from PNP

-- Cowboy Set Poses Laying in Meadow from Mystical Lane

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Fantasia

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Hannah Marigold

5. NOYA: Gold Sculpted Manicure

Guess What?? -- Featuring - A Z U L -, FINESMITH and Truth

Guess what... Guess what... GUESS WHAT??? I find myself truly privileged to blog for a designer I've admired for years, long years before I ever modeled or knew a thing about fashion. Thank you Mami Jewell and -AZUL- for the great joy that this brings me. I hope that one voice from the southern belle from South Carolina will encourage others to discover you for the first time or for the 999th.

Black tends to be a color I see everywhere I go in our shared Second Life. I understand the concept. It's easy to wear. It's dark and sinister. It's club wear. It's formal wear. Black goes with everything. But, when I walk into a room filled with people, my eyes naturally gravitate to the people who choose bright colors, zany patterns and prints, and creative design.

The Tangerine version of the gown Lucy from -AZUL- appeals to that need for bright colors. The quirky headpiece from FINESMITH that's a bit like Bonsai to me (my father's hobby all the years of the life I shared with him) with a sexy twist. If he could read that now, wouldn't he chuckle. Bonsai with a sexy twist. Only Karyn/Caryn would say that! The jewelry, also from FINESMITH, had it's own artistry to it, love birds sitting on a branch together.

Bringing the world outside, the natural, the super natural, and creating art, wearable art, well that's just beautiful. I spend a lot of time indoors, being a good patient (hard headed, grumpy, disagreeable, you know... good, right?), so I think I'm even more thrilled with artistic pieces that do imitate nature and all it's magnificence. Maybe you'll find a new way to look at those pieces, and discover a new reason to love -AZUL- and FINESMITH. I hope so.

What a joy each of these designers are, and without them, I could not do this, so thank you:

Featuring - A Z U L - Lucy in Mandarin

Featuring FINESMITH Flora Earrings and Necklace

Featuring Truth Snow

Featuring FINESMITH Timetrap Aqua

1. {{BSD Design Studio}}: Fierce in Silver

2. SLink: Elegant 1

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Nail Appliers Gems

-- Pearl Skin Tone

-- Shine - Gold Essence

-- Tangerine Delight Gloss

4. Maxi Gossamer: Lashes

5. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

6. Taken on Location at - A Z U L - with [[j'adore]] Poses