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Posted in LAQ, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on April 12, 2010| 7 Comments »

A couple of years ago I had a run in with the creator of RAC, now known as Laqroki or LAQ, and while it was really unpleasant, I ended our conversation with words something like “if you ever make a skin which I do like, I would like to feature it on my blog”. For me that was a big “if” and an even bigger “ever” because it’s no secret how I think about LAQ’s skins. I just never even wanted to put energy in trying to like them, let alone use them. Put off as I was by price, marketing as well as skin quality. Besides there have always been more than enough people wearing the skins, and I’m simply not arrogant enough to think that me wearing them (or not) would have made any impact, positively or negatively, on the brand’s reputation.

Anyway, enough of the past. With the release of the blond Pearl, and a couple of weeks later with brunette Elena I have found not one, but 2 LAQ skins I am more than happy to wear. They are not my fave ever, for that they are a bit too glossy, and there are too much seams. But what a cute faces and a lovely belly, and especially when you compare quality to price, it’s just a very attractive skin, After all, 1990 L$ for a pack of 10 make ups, who is going to whine over a couple of seams?

Hair by fri.day, lingerie by Dutch Touch (on Pearl) and Whippet & Buck (on Elena).

SLurls can be found here.

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Elle, New @ Belleza

Posted in Belleza, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

[update] I could not resist and went back to get some of the mocha skins as well… I know, I’m bad…

A couple of days ago Felicity asked me about my preferences for Belleza’s new skin Elle… there was going to be a lighter, and also darker skin tones than before, and options for eyebrow colors. Now while I am always chameleoning… one day the palest of pale, and the next day a deep cocoa skin, I was thrilled to see the new pale skin from Belleza with the blond brows.  When I woke up today, it was there… Elle. Now I’m a truly happy girl when I can put on some new skin, and Tricky’s are always a pleasure to me. Slightly saturated, but never over done, seamless for about 99%, with a very pleasant body shading and the right amount of contrast, cured nails and feet and a wide range of make up which are never in your face and always stylish.

Ok… get ready for picture overload, because this skin comes with 20 make ups (0-19)

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New make ups for Lapine @ L.Fauna

Posted in L.Fauna, MV-SL-Fashion, skins on April 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

New spring make ups for Lapine, the lovely skin from L. Fauna. Launa is one of my favourite skinners. Her skins make me look so sweet and pretty!

The colourful make ups are great to combine with this season’s clothing. They are fresh and girly, and with the tintable lips and eyebrows, you can adjust the look to your personal preferences

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New @ Your Skin & Your Shape: Andrea

Posted in skins, Your Skin & Your Shape, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2010| 1 Comment »

Ms. Monicuzza Babenco has released various new skins over the last few days. I had the pleasure of receiving her Andrea line, which I find to be a really nice improvement compared to her previous skins. Andrea is generally well blended and pretty much seamless. Also, Andrea has a mouth which I really like, unlike some of the other skins at YS & YS.

Andrea comes in 1 skintone, and 14 different make ups. Also Monicuzza offers a lot of options with her skins, freckles, hairbase, cleavage, in all different combinations. At 800 L$ for a single skin, 3k for a 7-pack and 5.5k for a full fat pack, the price is also very reasonable.

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Tuli’s Eva (Coming Soon to a Journey Near You)

Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, preview, skins, Tuli, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 12, 2010| 1 Comment »

Eva, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Next week, on March 18, Tuli will re-open her newly build sim Journey and that will also be the day that her much anticipated new skin Eva will be released to the public. I am honoured that Tuli has sent me Eva beforehand to try and enjoy and I must admit, Eva is one of the prettiest, softest skins I have worn in a long time.

Eva will be available in a whopping 7 skin tones, so there will be plenty of choice from the palest of pale, to a rich, dark tan. Eva come with blond brows as well as brown and black brows and with a normal and a push up cleavage. I can say but one thing… please ladies… wear a bra or bikini at least when you wear the push up version. Your tatas will never look like the push up version in when you are topless (sorry… mini rant… total pet peeve 🙂 )

Below I have also included a picture of the 10 beautiful make ups Eva will be available in. My favourites are the natural skin, which is just stunning in its simplicity, and make up no, 9, with the soft coral lips. Oh well… it’ll be March 18 in a few days, but if you can’t contain yourselves any longer, you can also go and visit Tuli’s temporary store with discounted skins and clothing in the clearance sale!

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New Lapine make ups @ L.Fauna

Posted in L.Fauna, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Yay… just a quicky to show the gorgeous new make ups that Launa Fauna made for her Lapine skins with addictive names like Laudanum, Madame, Morphine, Opium and Overdose. With all the 2.0 excitement, and the pics I’ve been taking around SL since I came home from work last night, I’d almost forget about the newness.

I ❤ Launa, she prettifies me 🙂

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New @ Dutch Touch: Maan

Posted in Dutch Touch, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 14, 2010| 5 Comments »

Maan, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Just released @Dutch Touch, Maan, with 17 (!!!) different make ups. Maan comes in one skin tone only and she has the best boob shading for smaller breasts ever!!!

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Mah Poor Quality skins: Stevie & Neomi

Posted in Mah Poor Quality, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2010| 1 Comment »

A couple of days ago I found these skins in my inventory from a new shop, Mah Poor Quality by Aliana Tomsen and Elies Furse. My first impression: CUTE! Especially Stevie (I don’t care much for the pout and the dark shading on the mouth on Neomi and you see that on a lot of skins lately… what’s wrong… everybody been drinking cheap red wine?)

On second thought though, these skins still have a lot of issues. They are full of seams and differences between the textures of the different parts of the body templates and other bits need serious blending, but as long as you keep your clothes on, I think Stevie looks really, really nice.

I think Mah Poor Quality is not poor quality at all, just a beginning brand and starting skinners, and I’m curious to know how their products are going to develop over time!

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Belleza: Alyson makeups & skintones

Posted in Belleza, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I just wanted to quickly share the beautiful make ups and skin tones for Belleza’s Alyson with you. Tricky’s skins have been a steady presence in my favourite skins folder since Bella came out, and this one is yet again more pretty and sexy. The only wish I have left for Belleza skins is a pale which is REALLY pale (not goth pale, but just the “I never sit in the sun”, diaphanous pale. Other than that, it’s l.o.v.e.
Alyson comes in 5 skintones and a whopping 15 make ups (and a base one). All skins come with and without a hairbase and optional push up cleavage. Alyson has only one eyebrow option, which may be an issue for the really light blondes, but personally, I’m fine with the neutral brown brows.
I think Tricky makes indeed some of the most pretty, subtle freckles (not an option… they are standard) and did I mention he makes the best glitter eyeshadow ever since Starley Thereian started her SL hybernation?
Other need to knows: I’m wearing Truth’s Patrice hair, PXL Creations grey/gold eyes and HUZ tats royal henna tattoo.


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O HAI Abby Cole!

Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, photography, skins, Surf Couture, The Abyss, Tiny Bird, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 13, 2010| 1 Comment »

Abby Cole, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I like how the Abyss does not create skin, but Identities… and indeed, all their skins have very distinct characters. Abby Cole is portrayed as Teacher’s pet by her creator, but for me she’s also a delicious farm girl, so that’s how I decided to portray her. The fact that I’m spending a lot of time landscaping Leek Island is probably also part of my current country life fascination.

Anyway. I think Abby Cole has a delicious face. But like most skins at The Abyss the skin absolutely has issues. Seams, smudges… they’re all there. Also at 1400 L$ for a single skin, The Abyss is absolutely one of the more expensive skin shops. But what can I say, I’m a sucker for a sweet face.

Abby Cole comes in 2 skintones and is a natural red head, but the lighter browns will work very well on her. I’m wearing Tiny Bird’s Ring of Fire (ginger) and Surf Couture’s “I’m a little bit coutry” in Mossy Creek.

SLurls, as usual, can be found here

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Brooke

Posted in 5th & Oxford, AlaMood, Bijou, MV-SL-Fashion, preview, skins, Uncleweb, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Brooke, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Coming soon is Brooke, a new face at 5th & Oxford. Roslin is in the final stage of completing 2 make up sets for this pretty lady. Those of you who shop at 50L$ Friday may already have a sample of Brooke in your inventories. If you don’t… you really should consider next Friday, because often creators put out samples of upcoming releases. Cute idea huh?

Anyway, Brooke has a really pretty body, like you already know from Audrey and other skins that 5th & Oxford previously retailed under their former brand, but the face is a little bolder than what we knwo from them. This make up is fairly classical, but Roslin has been working on some really dramatic eyes as well.

For this pic, I decided to cleopatrify (neologism, yay) Brooke for this portrait, with the ultra sleek Fanny hair from Uw.St in Meteorite and the soon to be released Celestial choker in aged gold from alaMood. The top is from the GLAVA outfit @ Bijou.

SLurls can be found here.

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Rodd

Posted in Coco, Dutch Touch, FNKY, MV-SL-Fashion, photography, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Rodd, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I was talking with Iki earlier, and how I liked seeing her male skins getting quite a bit of attention. On the various shapes on the blogs, They all look very boyish, and almost androgynous, but I wanted to show that, especially Rodd, can look very masculine indeed.

Dutch Touch male skins come with and without a hair base and with and without chest hair. A copy/mod shape is included to help the guys getting started to personalize the skin.

Other need to knows: he’s wearing the wool blue peacoat from Coco and black knit cap, also from Coco (Homme). The cig is from FNKY.

As usual, you can find slurls here

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Hiccup

Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, skins, Surf Couture, Tiny Bird, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 9, 2010| 3 Comments »

Hiccup, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Hmm… so.. instead of full reviews, I’ve decided to give a photo impression of the new skins which I like for a while. SL is being a serious pain in the you-know- what lately, and taking a lot of pics is not good for my mood *shakes tiny fist* .

One of the most striking skins lately is Très Blah creator Juliette Westerburg’s Hiccup.They were released little over a week ago for the Designers Unitded III Vaudeville event, and today Juliette has released yet another make up for this weekend’s stumblebum (and it’s only 300L$, so a great way to get to know this skin for a very reasonable price!)

Hiccup Lavender Lippie has the sweetest mouth and soft, delicate features. I’m wearing the light eyebrow version, but it also comes in a dark version, as well as without the freckles. But admit…. don’t you just think these are darling?

Other need to knows: I’m wearing Tiny Bird’s Love.Love.Love hair (name is an understatement, it’s Love.Love.Love.Love etc) and Surf Co.’s Violet Floral Slouchy Thread Sweater

Slurls are listed here.

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Zuri, but she looks like Beyoncé on me

Posted in KA Designs, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 2, 2010| 1 Comment »

Can’t help it… the more I look at Ka Designs Zuri skin, the more she reminds me of Beyoncé Knowles on my shape. I seriously have to keep myself from singing Single Ladies and Halo and omg… even Survivor pops up in my head now….this is bad guys… Noooo… not the skin… that’s a pretty one again… but my singing is SO off key! Someone stop me 🙂

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YS & YS Sharon

Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, skins, Your Skin & Your Shape, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 29, 2009| 3 Comments »

I’m wearing Monicuzza Babenco’s latest skin Sharon today. I’ve noticed they Your Skin & Your Shape skins before, I think I have even bought one or two before, but they could never capture my attention longer than a few minutes before I wanted to change back into one of my other skins.  But apparently there are a lot of ladies who like these skins, considering the size of the shop, and the occasional messages of fellow bloggers on the feeds, so today I decided to give it a try, and thank you Monica, for generously dropping me a sample pack for my perusal.

When putting on this skin, the first thing I noticed is the friendly face.  All of Monica’s skins have this very specific mouth which always seem to smile a little even if you don’t force your avie’s shape in the ugly grin that is supposed to be a smile. Also this skin has a lovely nose and generally beautiful eyes, even though the inner eye highlights are too strong for my personal taste. What puts me off in this otherwise seriously cute face, is the dark shading around the mouth and in the corners of the mouth. It makes it look somewhat dirty in my opinion. I’d really love to see this mouth “cleaned up” because I think it would be to die for, so pretty.

Over all, Sharon has a pleasant looking body, with the exception of the feet, which definitely need more work. The clavicles are a little too highlighted for my taste, but others will love the pronounced look of the neck and collar bones. The back and bum have a very nice and soft shading. When you close up though, you’ll notice that this skin has quite a lot of seams. Blending around the edges of the template is a royal pain you know where, but for me it still is a sign of the skill level of the skinner. Someone who is able to make a near seam free skin, for me, deserves the utmost respect.

So, concluding, I’m not convinced about this skin. I’m glad Monica sent it to me, so I could try it on and form my opinion about it. I think I will follow YS & YS more closely to see how future skin lines will look, because there are absolutely some lovely features in these skins and they come with a more than decent selection of make ups and eyebrow colours, as well as a  dark hair base.

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