Waiting, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I like how this photo has turned out. And since I’m about to ramble on prim feet… let me start by saying that post processing in this photo has merely consisted of adjusting some levels. This image is not heavily photoshopped.

Feet… they have been my fave thing to rant on in SL ever since I reviewed my first skin and was appalled by the ugly sloppiness of the avatar feet in general… and of that particular skin more specifically. Making good feet on the SL mesh is, most definitely, a challenge.

And now there are shoes not only with prim toes, but entire prim feet. Well, technically they are not new right now, but lately more people are able to market decent looking ones. Like J’s, Stiletto Moody and more recently SLink!. I’ve tried a pair of the prim toe shoes from J’s, but they were hard to get the skin tone right for me… so they have not survived the last inventory purge. Stiletto Moody’s look good… but I refuse to spend 1499 L$ on a pair of shoes… they don’t look thát good to me, honestly and… can I haz demo please if I am about to spend that amount of L$? I have however, bought a couple of SLink’s. Because I like Siddean and her work, because her work is original and authentic… and because she made a nifty HUD with the shoes that made tinting them, well… not a total piece of cake.. but easier than I remember from JC’s. And because… call me cheap… she provides a demo and the shoes cost 500 L$, which is a third of what Stiletto charges!

This morning, along with the latest release at SLink I picked up the prim feet as well and made a couple of photos with it, trying out different light settings and such. And there we have what is my main issue with these feet… I can make them work with my skin, yes… in my light setting… but to someone else, they may look like frankenfeet or gangreen affected. Ever since LL introduced windlight we have tons of settings to choose from or able to create our own acording to our preferences… SL has become a far more individual experience. I can look at a sunset… and so can you.. we can sit on the same beach… or car… and look at the same scenery… but if we don’t share the same windlight setting… it can look al watermelony to you… and fairytalish to me…and we can both love what we see… well.. that is.. I probably like my feet… and in your light… they can freak you out.

So… to prim feet or not to prim feet….? I like them for photos… but even in SL I’m way too self concious to not be bothered if you see my feet like some ugly zombie subjects… especially because in RL, I think my feet are the only really pretty part of me.

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I was playing with some skins, and ended up with Soda’s Girl next door skin (cream smokey-lite) which I don’t wear often enough, but I totally love. So it became the base of a kinda girl-next-doorish outfit with a snug shrug from So Many Styles (Silki Bolero Sea Green) and also from So many Styles the brown Asy shirt. Under that I’m wearing Michami’s gold Glam Tank. My jeans are Torrid’s, from the New School Kari & TW collab and the shoes are Tesla’s Chocolate Caramel Marie shoes.  The Cross my Heart necklace is from Miriel.

Last but not least I’m wearing Exile’s Whitney hair in mink.

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I’m so glad that earlier today the goal of 700k L$ for Heart of Love was met. It’s an awesome achievement in such a short time. The clearance sale at Grapevine will go on til the end of the month, after which the shapes and poses will be gone forever. So come grab some before it’s too late!

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Vlinderboots, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

ok, another quick post… the fun thing about fundraisers is that you might discover some new to you designers. I’m not likely to wear claw shaped Myth Boots, or even the equine Hya Boots that always look totally adorable on others, so I never have visited Lazy Places before. But when I saw a plurk from Shir about the cute butterflies emanating from her boots, and subsenquently discovered that those boots, the vlinderboots, are on sale for Heart of Love, I decided to go get them. And they are so cute, they make me happy! The other things I’m wearing are jeans from Pixeldolls, the Anni telling stories stories shirt from Ornamental life, and a brown stole from Coco.

The skin I’m in today is Free Speerit’s Alice( currently not available. Sorry, I’ve seen the creator around and I supposed she was back in the saddle), and the hair is total cuteness from Mayamaya Creations.

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Lamb!, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I don’t do reviews that often anymore. Simply put, most of the time I just don’t feel like running after 83 other bloggers who still hunt down new items with a youthful enthusiasm that I just lack these days. But every now and then I do feel like I want to share something new with you guys, especially when it’s a totally new brand which is practically next to my own shop in Rue d’Antibes, and especially when this new brand offers some of the most yummy, silky, gorgeous hair textures I have ever seen.

For now the inventory consists of only 2 hairsyles, the sassy Bonjour Operator to the left a sexy voluminous bob with a colour change baret, and Mister Sister to the right, which totally remind me of my RL sister. When younger she used to wear a hat like that often, and her hair is still long like this. The hair comes in 6 colour packs of 4 shades each with fun names like bimbo blondes (wearing Lady) and chocolate bars (yay for Twix) and a 7th pack with 6 shades of electric shades like teal, violet, green etc. They each cost L$ 300. And of course you can save money with the snack pack for L$1500.

You’ll find Lamb! at Rue d’Antibes (SLurl)

Other need to knows: skin by Free Speerit (Alice), Dietrich shirt by LeLutka

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