More Than Meets the Eye

Good furniture, and I mean “Good” furniture is hard to find in SL, while some creators really put a lot of effort and creativity in their work, mostly you find the same pre-fab sculpts, textured badly and put together, no offense to anyone. NOTsoBAD has been one of my favourite stores for quite some time, be it builds or furniture, the quality has been exceptional and the designs, exquisite.

Today I wanted to review one of the new releases, ASPEN set, by NOTsoBAD. The set contains 2 deck chairs, 1 table and 1 parasol. They are all scripted for color changes and pose adjustment, a wide variety of colors are available from dark to light and bright shades. The texturing on the furniture is very fine, the sculpts are nicely finished and hold out even when zoomed out. The shadow work is nice and provides some nice added eye-candy, yet In my personal opinion I find the shadows a tad bit too sharp. The table in the set holds a magazine, some much needed sun-screen and a drink! The set is perfect for setting up outside and catch some sun with some pretty gals!

I absolutely love working with Grazia, she is gorgeous, has a great sense of style and well..she is gorgeous! She helped me so much with this review, the location is her private hideout, where she landscapes often and creates some beautiful scenes, she setup the whole scene for this shoot and well, helped me with her gorgeous presence!

Phew…the sun and well, the hotness Grazia is radiating, made me sweat, glad im not wearing much!

Furniture : NOTsoBAD – Aspen Set

Details on Aspen Set : Click Me

Location : Grazia’s Secret Hideout

NOTE : The lighting has not been modified, nor are the colors, the pictures have been photoshopped to fix any breaks in the avatars and skin due to poses, which is normal. The review is a furniture review, not a skin review.

on Hunain:
Boxers : Zaara – Deven Boxers *grey & red*
Shades : Reek – Park Shades
Hair : Gritty Kitty – Maine *Black*

on Grazia:
Hair : Truth – Rayne (latte)
Bikini : Casa del Shai – Tie Dye Bikini *Pink*
Shades : GOS – Cateye glasses
Skin : Curio – Breeze (Acorn Pure)

Feel free to IM me in-world, Hunain Bellic.

Them Apples, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Just a quickie to share Reek’s latest release and Flowey’s lovely new skybox “Hide me in your pocket” with you.

Flowey’s Flutter Memel is a sweetheart. She’s one of my favorite (but currently not adding new) posemakers, and recently she caught the building virus and now she makes lovely, dreamy skyboxes. Riq Graves, from Reek is my go to creator for quirky well made stuffs. Last weekend he released these cowboy hats with 2 different hairstyles for the ladies (wearing Savannah) and also a hat only version which leaves you more freedom to mod your hair of choice to fit the hat. Also he made these saddle stools, with 6 animations, from cute and casual, to hilarious.

Other need to knows: skin Breeze by Curio, jeans by Atomic, tank by Niniko, boots by Hoorenbeek, scarf by Maitreya (xmas pressie).

SLurls are, as usual, listed here

Look of the Day, June 28, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Happy B-day to my dear sister (RL), Exon, who currently is away for business. Hug you soon kiddo, and don’t get too drunk tonight!

That being said, today’s look is, like yesterday’s, based on one of the new designs of Neferia Abel for the l’Abel label

Hair: LeLutka’s Jennifer (Marilyn)
Skin: Pink Fuel’s Ember (Chai- Beestung)
Eyes: L.Fauna’s Allure (Aqua 2)
Tattoo: HUZ-tats’ custom, not available

Jacket: l’Abel’s Valja (white)
Jeans: Zoobong’s Cali jeans (navy)
Shoes: Orange Creations’ Mercy (white)
Earrings: Sigma Jewels’ Dorian Earrings (silver)
Necklace: alaMood Boutique’s Grazia necklace (silver) one of a kind custom. Sorry peeps

SLurls are listed here

I have been wanting to work on something similar since way back. Snaps taken in SL and imposed on a non-SL bedroom! I am very pleased how this turned out, I think it is very seductive and has an alluring feel about it. Thank you Grazia for posing in this picture with me. Here is what we have on!

PS: These are SL snaps imposed upon a NON-SL Background.

On Grazia:
Lingerie : Cygne – LoveLace
Skin : Candy (Beta) – PXL Creations
Hair : Marie (Sensitive Black) – Fri.day

On Me:
Hair : Masaki (Black) – Junwave
Jacket : Off Shoulder Shirt (Black) – Mr.Poet
Pants : Pervie Pack Jeans (Medium) – 4mc
Boxers : Deven Boxers (Grey & Black) – Zaara
Sandals : Real Toe Men’s Sandals – J’s
Tattoo : Heart Breaker – HUZ

Look of the Day, June 27, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Hair: Zero Style Salla in chestnut
Skin: Candy (sunkissed NE pale lips) by PXL Creations (out soon)
Eyes: L.Fauna Allure eyes Aqua 2
Dress: Nin in orange by l’Abel
Belt: cinch belt gold by fri.day (slightly tinted to match the shoes)
Shoes: basic pumps mustard by fri.day
Jewelry: Kalnera Citrine by alaMood Boutique

SLurls are listed here

O HAI… remember that I make poses (sometimes)? Well, I have finished a set I was struggling with for quite some time, and finally I am happy with it (no. 7), and Jori  kept sending me tons of gorgeous images that are ideal for showing off jewelry, so I made a set of those too (no. 8). I hope you will enjoy them as well.

They are out now, in my little shop at Copley Square.

This Friday is a GOOD hairday, with newness (yesterday) from Truth and just a couple of hours ago from Exile. Exile has 2 new styles out today, Candace, a bombshell do, shown here in Harlow (which is my fave blond texture from Exile)  and Deanna (shown in kindred) which is a gorgeous loose updo with some serious bangs. A little bit less recent is Leslie, shown in whiskey, but I love it so much that I wanted to post it anyway. Leslie is right now available in 2 colors for at the Dressing Room and as everything over there ridiculously low priced!

Truth has 3 new out this week and caters to the long hair fans again with the retro-ish Lucille (worn in teal, yeah i know, i got carried away) which comes in a streaked version as well as a mono color version, Rayne, my fave of the week, adorably punky and also available in a streaked version. As an extra there is also a cute little bow to be attached. And then there is Iris, lovely braids with texture change beads (you can also make them invisible).

I can only say, TGIF!!!

<3

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La Eleganza, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz. (minimal editing in PS)

After a break from SL that took almost a year, Shai Delacroix from La Casa del Shai is back in full swing! Ms. Delacroix has been working on her sculpting techniques and her latest work surely is promising. Like this beautiful dress, La Eleganza, which doubles as a onepiece as well. Available in cocoa, flesh and grey (off white) this is a Le.Look exclusive from The Casa.

Visit Casa del Shai here
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The people over at NotSoBad have released a series of contemporary furniture that I have been playing with over the last couple of days, and I think this is the interior I like it best in for now.

• Bocci living room set by NotSoBad, record display by Creamshop, rugs by Mudhoney, plant by LP2 Interior, art by Lamb Bellic.
• Munro kitchen set by NotSoBad, lamp by Milkaholic, plant by Maximum Minimum, bureau lamp by What’s Next, beaker with clover by BettiePage Voyager, groceries by Kitchen Corner

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