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Minimum Change, Maximum Effect

Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, shapes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 6, 2009| 7 Comments »

With the Vanity Universe skin fair about to start, it’s time to do a post I’ve been sitting on for a LONG time. I get a lot of questions about my shape. Or rather, how it is possible that about every skin I try on looks pretty good on me.  At first that question embarrassed me, after all, when I blog a skin, it’s about that skin, not about how good I look… well.. of course, I do like looking good in the skins I feature, I admit, I’m vain like that… but when I blog a skin, it’s just not about me, it’s about me showing a skin which I really like and showing that skin in the best way I can.

5th & Oxford Audrey

But after a few times, I started to get used to it. After all, at some point I did have a shape shop and I consider it a compliment if people like the shape I have created for myself, and if they think it goes well with a lot of skins. I have always tested my shapes on a lot of different skins, to make them work with more than just one or two, so yeah, that’s basically what I do for myself as well. And the recognition of that is very much appreciated.

Très Blah Girly Chic

But the (not so) secret to looking good in “every skin”  is in minimal tweaking of the shape. And I know that is a touchy subject for many of you. “My shape is unique”, “It’s my personality” are much heard when it’s about shapes. But you also hear a lot of people complaining about skins “it looks like crap, it’s such a bad skin”  I beg to defer. A bad skin is a skin which has flaws… seams, smudges, blurries, bad blending, awful make ups, sloppy details. What most people intend when they say “it looks like crap” is actually, “this skin does not match with my shape, it doesn’t fit my shape” (more…)

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Look of the Day, November 6, 2009

Posted in Earthstones, Exodi, LOTD, Muism, MV-SL-Fashion, Naughty Designs, Truth, Tuli, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 6, 2009| Leave a Comment »

LOTD091106, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I’m wearing some new stuff from Lost ‘n Amby here… that is… Most of the stuff shows either Ambyance2 Anubis or Lost Thereian as the creator, although there are also some items made/uploaded by the avatar Hannah Bohannes, who’s profile is as empty as the account is new (August 2009) So for now I’ll just assume Hannah Bohannes is a (joint) commerce account for the new creations of the legendary duo of Naughty Designs. I’m wearing their Coral layered bubble sleeves top, worn on the undershirt layer and the Peach knit shirt, as well as the cool moccasins, and I’m combining them with Tuli’s worn dark denim capris and Muism’s beige yeti jacket. It’s such a hippy look like this that I went back to Naughty Designs to pick up the Lennnons in Purple Haze, and the Quartz Point Chakra necklace from Earthstones.

Today’s skin is Exodi’s Sienna cahet Gingerbread and I’m wearing Truth’s Lucinda in carrot.

And yes… this look totally calls for some good old Janis Joplin!!

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Exodi’s Sienna.. Raising the Bar

Posted in Exodi, MV-SL-Fashion, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 5, 2009| 1 Comment »

From the very first skin, that she put out earlier this year, til this one, Ryker Beck has been developing so fast. Where her first skin were awesome, and incredible for a starting skinner… Sienna is a seasoned product.. smooth, crisp textures, no smudging and or blurring to cover up hard to handle template issues… no… this skin is just pretty much flawless.

The body is toned, the legs even muscular… maybe a little too much for my personal taste and not balanced with the tone of the torso and the arms, but that is not a flaw, that is my personal preference. But… and I have to admit it, Ms Ryker totally nailed the leg shading and it they really look like the legs of a runner, long and athletic. What I’ve always loved best in Ryker’s skins is the back… yes, call me weird…. but I love the way the back is drawn on this skin, how the skin seems to lay supple over the muscles. And the dimples… yay! Sienna comes with a notmal and a cleavage option, as well as a freckles and a non freckled skin and light and dark brows.

Normally I start with a make up selection of the skins I feature on my blog, but this time I am going to end with them, because there are 16 make ups in total… and I could not pick a couple of them… so here they come… :

Other assets: I’m wearing hair by Truth (Lucinda on the collage, and Cameron on the make up shots) Coco Designs’ khaki  v-neck, Adam ‘n Eve’s Mistral shoes  and DP Serendipity ‘s Luna di Miele Champagne lingerie.

Today is Step Up day… check out how you can support the original content creators of SL and click the logo!

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New @Truth: November 5, 2009

Posted in Coco, Exodi, MV-SL-Fashion, Truth, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 5, 2009| 1 Comment »

 

New @Truth 091105, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

I agree… when Truth said he released this batch of hair, I thought… wha… today??? Well… yeah… he’s been working on them over the last week.. and lag probably couldn’t be worse on the sim already due to the clearance sale… so.. oh well, why not add some new to the old and keep everyone happily immobile. Clockwise starting upper left are Trina, Lizzie (yeah, after Ms Nerdific herself!), Lucinda (my fave of the week) and Penelope. Anyway.. I’m not making sense.. I’m tired after a really bad night and an even worse day at work… so I’m going to make me a drink and relax some.

Other assets: Skins Sienna by Ryker Beck @ Exodi and t-shirt by Cocoro Lemon @ Coco Designs

Oh yeah… it’s Step Up day today… click the Step Up logo to read how you can support your favourite creators of original content!

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Look of the Day, November 5, 2009

Posted in Bax Coen, Coco, Icon, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Pixeldolls, Truth, Tuli, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »

LOTD091105, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

A simple, basic look for today, very much like what I’m wearing in RL today. The turtle neck sweater is a group gift from Coco Designs, and the skirt (slightly tinted) is the 2811 black velvet skirt from Pixeldolls. Clothing that basic needs a little accessories, so I’ve picked Icon’s LF gold/wood necklace and Coco Designs’ double belt. My beloved Bax prestige boots are perfect with almost every outfit… but I really love wearing boots with a long skirt… so they were my first choice for today’s outfit.

I’m wearing Hannah, from Truth, in coffee and Tulli’s Bella in fair (Sophia make up), which, according to the latest news, Tuli has finished and will be released onFriday the 6th!!!!

And then about the ribbon I’m wearing… November 5th has been declared Step Up day… step up for content designers, step up against content theft. This is the short of it:

Step UP! is a campaign centred on a special day of action that everyone can become involved with, and that can empower and inform people about the problem of content theft, and what they can do about it.
We are aiming for a day that draws together action, education and celebration. We want a focus that empowers people and allows them to express their own creatvity in a variety of ways. It also draws attention to the strength of feeling that there is here on the grid.
Step UP! Day will be November 5th – Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire Night in the UK.
Action:
a) On this day – no-one uploads textures to the grid. This should show the economic power of people acting together, without harming content creators. We want Linden Lab to see the power of the feeling about the problem of content theft – and to discuss urgently strategies for tackling it.
b) As many people as possible wear an orange ribbon as a sign of support for creators.
Celebration:
The day ends with parties. Bonfire parties. That means that all around the grid, people have parties.
We’re encouraging every club to hold a Step Up! party. We encourage every musician to play Step UP! events. Everyone on the grid has a part to play. Everyone can take part.
Read more about it here. There are various initiatives against content theft going on this week, but Step Up is the one I choose to support.

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Look of the Day, November 3, 2009

Posted in Boudoir, fri.day, J's, LOTD, Maitreya, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »

lotd091103, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Boho blues… Boudoir blues… Boudoir Boho… aaaah.. never mind… it’s just another mix ‘n match outfit from yours truly, based on the rather chique Blacklace dress from RL/SL brand Boudoir by Vitabela Dubrovna, but then dressed down fot every day use with the light denim military jacket from fri.day and the voluminous scarf from Maitreya and J’s western boots, tinted grey/blue for the occasion.

I’m wearing Très Blah’s Girly Chic tan Cotton Candy and Maitreya’s copper scarf hair.

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Adam ‘n Eve Desire Autumn Special

Posted in Adam 'n Eve, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2009| 1 Comment »

Dark, liquid chocolate.. that’s the best way to describe skin tone 4 of Desire, the dark skin from sachi Vixen @ Adamn ‘n Eve. Today, following the release of the Amanda Autumn specials a couple of weeks ago, sachi has released 4 Autumn special make up for Desire. And whereas I’m  normally not too fond of metallic lips, on a dark skin they just work! The eye make ups are fairly modest, but you’ll definitely want that, to avoid a make up overkill with the lips. After all, less is more… that goes for accessoires, but certainly also for make up.

Other assets: Allure eyes by Chai, hair Heather by Truth, lingerie by The Obscene.

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Free Speerit Skin Comparison

Posted in Free Speerit, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »

 

Free Speerit skin comparison, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Another brand that people who are not really into it complain over that “they look all the same” is Free Speerit. Remember a couple of weeks ago when I decided to post a comparison of the faces of the latest Dutch Touch skins? Well, I’ve decided to do the same with the currently available skins at Free Speerit, because I think Desidelia Vella is one of the more talented skinners in SL who puts in a lot of effort to make a highly realistic, yet smooth skin… not to mention some of the best bodies on the grid.

No seriously… if you ever want/need to get nude… Free Speerit has gorgeous bodies!!

Anyway… from left to right, there is Alice. One of the older skins of Desi, which were available already before she went on hiatus last year. Then she came back with the smashing Kimberly, whom she gave an entirely new body as well as a more sensual face (compared to alice, who is fresh, and more girly). Then she all surprised us with Fiona, a drop dead gorgeous dark skin. More of an Asian than an African dark if you ask me… maybe because there are a lot of yellow tones in the skin, and I have sen a lighter version which Desi may or may not want to put out eventually… I sure hope she will, because it’s just lickable. The discussions I have with Desi, most of the time are about the saturation level of the skin tones… whereas she tends to more saturation, like in Kimberly, I prefer a more desaturated skin tone, and I’ve found that in the Katherine pale skins. Yet another beautiful face, with a lovely bone structure, a bit sharper than Kimberly, more contrasted if you want to. And then I grabbed Elizabeth from the pay what you want wall, which is so pale, its almost translucent. And with the red lips… it’s a very dramatic look (you also get a blood crying version). But as you can see all skins have clearly the Free Speerit signature… but they don’t look the same.

All but Alice have tintable eyebrows and Fiona and Katherine also have a tintable hair base!

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Look of the Day, November 2, 2009

Posted in Aoharu, Curio, fri.day, J's, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Truth, U&R Dogs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2009| 1 Comment »

LOTD091102 , originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

This one is for my friend Wilma, because she’s crazy about pink, and even more so about J’s western boots :-P. So I went crazy and bought the PINK faux fur coat at Aoharu (for the anti fur SL lobby… it might as well be chenille, so what’s in a texture name) and I’m wearing the short version over the lilac (and coloured) Boyfriendbeater top from fri.day and their pink (but also recoloured) the v-neck T-shirt. The violet wide waist belt (also from fri.day) matches just fine, after recolouring the top on the underwear layer. I’m wearing the Brindisi white slacks from Armidi, and of course… the pink western boots from JB Gazov, for J’s. Oooooh.. the Merengue necklace is from Ruriko Jewell, under the alluring brandname of U&R Dogs

To really complete the Wilma look… I digged up one of my Curio skins ( Sundust light Beach-Goby 1) and I’m wearing Truth’s Lauren in mirage.

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Look of the Day, November 1, 2009

Posted in fri.day, KA Designs, LeLutka, LOTD, Maitreya, MV-SL-Fashion, PXL Creations, Surf Couture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »

LOTD091101, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Oh how I love my Sundays… my cuddly, curled up on the couch with a warm sweater and totally worn out jeans Sundays… or like in this look the striped v-neck tee from fri.day, the Jade’s slouching cardigan from LeLutka, the slate yoga pants from Surf Couture (50L$ Friday editon) and Maitreya’s new voluminous scarf with matching beach blonde hair. Today’s skin is Charlize V3, from KA-Designs (currently closed til November 7 for remodeling) and a manicure from PXL (naturel 3)

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Dias de los Muertos

Posted in Maitreya, MV-SL-Fashion, Sparkle Skye, Tuli, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2009| 2 Comments »

Dias de los Muertos II, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Sparkle Skye has this beautiful Dias de los Muertos gown 50% off this weekend. As you may expect from ms. Skye, it comes loaded with lots of goodies, the garland with veil and the wings are just beautiful… not to mention the details on the skirt… skulls shimmering through the fabric… and for the less morbidly inclined, there is also a non blood stained version of the bodice included.

Other assets: hair Green II by Maitreys, skin Tuli Hope groupgift (n/a)

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Tooter’s Avatars

Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, Tooter Claxton, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Tooter’s avatars, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

OK! OK… I’m weak… see… pumpkin…. but hey… it’s Samara’s fault… she directed me to Tooter Claxton‘s news stand with these awesome funny avatars!

From left to right:

The Eyeball avatar… there is little this fellow won’t see, because it’s eyes are blinking and turning everywhere

The Fashionista.. aka Onyamanya Copeseek avatar… see the match stick legs… owned by so many of the fashionable ones in SL .. the huge dramafilled mountain of musthaves Including the disposable puppy? This spendthrift pur sang has purchased a bit too much, because random things will fall from her arms as she moves.

The voodoo doll… yeah… it’s Halloween after all… besides… it’s just cute… and only 250 L$… which goes for all the avatars btw… oh and it’s transferable… so I may send someone a voodoo doll later today *chuckles*

and then there is Synthia Picassole… nude for art’s sake.. see those curves, the essence of femininity.. poetry in motion, linear perfection… hahahaha.. omg… I’m rambling again .. am I?

Oh well…. never mind.. I think this is a “must go now” for everyone who is still doubting what to wear tonight… or just because you want, like me, snort your drink all over the computer because they are so funny! You can also choose from a plucked (or non plucked) chicken avatar, a purple lounge lizzard… a little bug and many more.

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Halloween @ Exile

Posted in Bax Coen, Exile, Pink Fuel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 31, 2009| 1 Comment »

Halloween @ Exile, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

 

No pumpkins on my blog… No trick or treats at my door, no costumes in RL… it’s just not that big of a deal here… although… some people, retail shop owners mostly, want to make us believe that Halloween is the next Sinterklaas in the Netherlands… well… nah… I love my Sinterklaas, and in a few weeks we’ll have the kids at the doorsteps for St. Martin, which is one of the winter/begging feasts here. But I could not resist posting Kavar Cleanslate’s cute and sassy Halloween costumes for Exile. the Slut rule Bunny, Cat & Mouse were created last year, and are back in the shop for the occasion, and the Mistress of the Law, is a new costume this year. All hair is from Exile, skin by Pink Fuel and the ankle boots are from Bax Coen.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who kinda resents the import of Halloween to the European mainland.  I have an Ana by my side ❤

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Look of the Day, October 30, 2009

Posted in Dutch Touch, fri.day, LOTD, Lucas Lameth, Maitreya, MV-SL-Fashion, poses, Surf Couture, Truth, Zero Number, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 30, 2009| 1 Comment »

LOTD091030, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.

Oh yes,… 50L$ Friday so works for me… I TP to shops… see the 50 L$ Friday goodie… may or may not purchase… and then ooooh… that’s nice… and that too… uh huh… I’m easily manipulated…

I admit… That’s what happened at Oh Mai, where I found this Nina sweater and I also picked up the brown Yoga pants at Surf Couture (as well as the red, yellow and slate 50L$ Friday pants!) and then I combined them with Pig’s Ladies like flowers (eggshell) and fri.day’s grey boybeater. Because I’ve been cold in RL all day, I’m wearing Maitreya’s toeless slouch socks (softs 3) in SL, and I wonder… why does everything look cute in SL? I look horrible in RL when I wear stuff like this, especially when I put on boots like these from Zero Number… and dare to finish it with a heart shaped pendant like the Heartwood necklace from Lucas Lameth. But in SL… I think it’s just a heck of a comfy and cute outfit.

I’m wearing Dutch Touch’s Jolie basic in Cream and Truth’s Aslin in driftwood.

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Oldie but Goodies? No… Lily is Fresh as Ever!

Posted in Exodi, skins, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Earlier this week Ryker Beck released what she called the Oldies but Goodies make ups for her latest skin Lily. A series of make ups from earlier skins, now updated to fit this pretty face. They come in the normal and faded version, and with dark and light brows. To be honest, of most make ups, I love the faded ones best (shown below). They are so beautifully subtle, whereas the “full”version sometimes is a bit too much for me, but they work wonderfully with an evening gown.

 

Other assets:  hair by fri.day, lingerie by BareRose, Eyes by PXL

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