Posted in HUZ tattoos, League, MV-SL-Fashion, PXL Creations, The Abyss, tagged beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, Hunain Bellic, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Horn-Eye new tattoo @ HUZ tats, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
new and extremely hot @ HUZ tats, Horn-Eye. Comes in black and color. This is a full frontal tattoo, and oh dear, I have been teasing Hunain so much with this name, but that doesn’t make it less of an awesome ink 😛
Other need to knows: hair from The Abyss (part of the Opium avatar), skin Candy (beta) by PXL Creations and duct tape by League.
SLurls are listed here.
Posted in LeLutka, LOTD, Mirone, MV-SL-Fashion, Periquita, PXL Creations, Whippet & Buck, Zaara, tagged beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 8, 2010| 1 Comment »
Look of the Day, June 8, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Hair: Faye black, by Mirone
Skin: Candy (sk, make up test) beta by PXL Creations*
Eyes: Glow grey gold large by PXL Creations*
Shape: my own. not available
Top: Careah viola by LeLutka*
Trousers: Georgie tapered trousers black by Whippet & Buck*
Shoes: Funny Girl flats lilac by Periquita
Bracelets: Sadaf Paua bracelet & bangles by Zaara
SLurls are listed here
Posted in Art Dummy, Builds & Interior design, Flowey, LISP, tagged Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 6, 2010| 2 Comments »
Flutter Memel of Flowey has caught the building virus and has made a couple of ueber cute sky boxes. This is one of them”White.Lies” It’s 7×7, so really fit to be on any plot.
For the decoration I turned to Art Dummy! from Gala Charron and LISP bazaar from Pandora Popstar.
From Art Dummy!: Chalk Dust bed, Sitting Dummy Candle, Standing Dummy Candle, Pandora’s Wooden Legs chair
From LISP Bazaar: Rattan trunk (with 2 loose, texture change cushions), Message in a Bottle collection, Life is Beautiful molded shelf (with candles and pottery), Nautical Rug, Montmartre white Easel.
Posted in AlaMood, CMFF, Fashionably Dead, fri.day, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Pixel Mode, PXL Creations, tagged fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 6, 2010| 2 Comments »
1006, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
During one of my many attempts to downscale my inventory, I came across this dress again. It has been in there since… well.. I think since September 16, 2006, which is the day after I originally rezzed, and it was kinda old back then already. It has survived every inventory cleaning so far though and I think that it still looks pretty amazing after all this time, right?
Chip Midnight was one of the first designers around, and probably, the first ever to make photoreal skins commercially available to SL residents (many still use his templates for skins). I don’t know if he ever logs in these days, my guess is, he doesn’t because his profile still links back to onrez, but his shop is around still (charter members got a plot of free land for life) . It is like a step back in time, vendors with models in system hair (he actually still sells some textured system hair models!), skins which now look bad, but at some time were top of the bill (do consider the fantasy skins though, they are still wonderful, though to today’s standard, expensive), some clothing that just makes me smile when I look at it because… well, because it’s just so very 2005…. But among all the fossils of SL, there are also a few gems like this dress. If you like SLvintage, Chip’s shop is definitely worth the TP.
Anyway, I am rambling, lets just jump to the credits:
Hair: Kasumi in sand by KIn
Skin: Candy sunkissed (beta) by PXL Creations*
Eyes: Brown green by Fashionably Dead
Dress: Soft Cowled dress by Chip Midnight
Belt: Cinch belt plum by fri.day
Purse: dream.catcher bag in pink, by fri.day
Shoes: Baby T’s in berry by Pixel Mode
Jewelry: Celestial in platinum by alaMood*
Slurls are listed here.
Posted in 5th & Oxford, Dark Mouse, Exodi, Kin, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Shiny Things, SMS, tagged beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 5, 2010| 2 Comments »
Look of the Day, June 5, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Hair: Cricket in sand, by Kin
Skin: Candy (sunkissed, cateye, pale lips ) beta by PXL Creations*
Eyes: Zbilja leaves by Exodi*
Shape: custom, made by me. Not available
Blouse: Prairie blouse in brown, by So Many Styles
Skirt: Seaside sweetie skirt in robin, by 5th & Oxford*
Shoes: Zimmy flats in brown by Shiny Things*
Jewelry: Wild leaves in copper by Dark Mouse*
SLurls are listed here
Posted in 50 L$ Friday, Kin, League, MV-SL-Fashion, Surf Couture, Tiny Bird, tagged beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual World on June 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Tiny Bird: Painted Bird Dress, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Tiny Bird is offering some really cute things for 50 L$ Friday this week. One of them being this Painted Bird dress. Autumn Hykova recently ventured into making clothing, next to her renowned hair collection, and so far, her designs are totally cute and well made.
After today, this dress will be available at the normal price, so go get it while it’s (extra) cheap (and buy the purple one and the 2 new Mykonos tops too!!)
Other need to knows: skin Taylor by League, Hair cricket by Kin and hemp boardwalkers by Surf Couture.
SLurls are listed here
Posted in MV-SL-Fashion, Truth, tagged beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
New @ Truth 100604, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Yesterday there was somewhat of a panic on plurk. Truth hair day… but…. where is the hair??? Oh my, we are so conditioned to Thursday Hairday that people plurk around frantically to see if they can get their weekly fix.
Best proof that regular, scheduled releases work!!
Anyway, today I woke up to an offline from Truth with the wonderful words: Truth Hawks has offered you ‘TRUTH New Release 4 June 2010’ in Second Life. Log in to accept or decline the offer”
Now I am not going to pretend this is as good as early morning sex, but, for your resident hair addict, it gets close. And Mr. Hawks is a top hair crack dealer… he always knows how to make me happy.
This week’s hair clockwise, starting with the updo: Tina, Lourdes and Marni (streaked and non streaked included in the pack)
<3, Grazia
Posted in /GEEZ/, AlaMood, Armidi, EHA, LeLutka, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Orange Creations, Tuli, Waka & Yuki, tagged /GEEZ/, beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 4, 2010| 1 Comment »
Look of the Day, June 4, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Skin: Gina by Tuli (The Dressing Room exclusive available for 2 weeks, starting Saturday, June 5, 2010) (preview) *
Hair: Model Hair 20, type A by Waka & Yuki
Eyes: Glow blue large by PXL Creations
Shape: Lola by /GEEZ/. Normally Tuli’s skins inspire me to create sweet/soft looks. But this time around, I am rather pleased with the strong and more mature look Gina has, using my Lola shape.
Sweater: Where is the Line pullover (gray/gray) by EHA
Trousers: Chaldea spring by Lelutka
Shoes: Mercy white by Orange Creations*
Jewelry: Kalnera Lapis by alaMood*
Slurls are listed here
Posted in /GEEZ/, Artilleri, Belleza, fri.day, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Nicky Ree, tagged /GEEZ/, beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Look of the Day, June 3, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Skin: Elle Dark Mocha 5 by Belleza
Hair: Many in sensitive black by fri.day (scarf colored)
Shape: Grace by /GEEZ/ modded
Eyes: Glow by PXL Creations (large, blue)
Dress: Bloem swim dress blue by Designing Nicky Ree
Belt: Cinch belt blue by fri.day
Shoes: Basic pumps cobalt by fri.day
Glasses: Greta white by Artilleri
Purse: Dream catcher bag cobalt by fri.day
I did this look before I saw this plurk by Parvarti Monday, announcing a summer sale starting this friday!! So yeah, good reason to stack up on some of their goodies.
Slurls are listed here
Posted in Aoharu, Decoy, LAQ, MV-SL-Fashion, Pixel Mode, Ploom, SMS, tagged /GEEZ/, beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, Shopaholicfeed.com, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
100602, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Hair: Arq (black out) by Ploom
Skin: Elena 01 (peach) by LAQ
Shape: custom by /GEEZ/ for Elena (not available as of yet)
Dress: Floral Tulip Dress (pink) by So Many Styles
Blouse: Front knot shirt (blue) by Aoharu
Scarf: Mraz scarf (kiwi, colored) by Decoy
Shoes: Baby T (lime) by Pixel Mode
Slurls are listed here.
Posted in Adam 'n Eve, MV-SL-Fashion, skins, tagged beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 2, 2010| 3 Comments »
Chrome Byte, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Chrome Byte is the name of this new specialty skin from sachi Vixen of Adam ‘n Eve. Honestly, I want that name for an alt!!
This skin is also available as Chrome Natural (without the chip “shining” through) and also in a gold version.
Fun for styling or RP, or just, because sometimes a silver accessory is just not enough.
Hamlet Au picked up on sachi’s new release after reading Bettina Tizzy’s tweet about my blog.
Posted in /GEEZ/, Atomic, Connors, EHA, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Sigma, Whippet & Buck, Zaara, tagged /GEEZ/, beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on June 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Look of the Day, June 1, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Another quick look:
Hair: Yuki in black ash by EHA
Skin: Grace (cream – Robin 1, make up not available) by Atomic
Shape: Grace by /GEEZ/
Blouse: Dress shirt (part of Rose Sweater) by Connors
Vest: Tea Hawks vest in Van Cleef by Whippet & Buck
Jeans: classic blue jeans by Zaara
Shoes: Ilaida Mojri saffron by Zaara
Scarf: Tanya Dupatta rut-aqua by Zaara
Earrings: Io earrings by Sigma Jewels
Slurls are listed here.
Posted in Exodi, MV-SL-Fashion, tagged beauty, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, Virtual, Virtual World on June 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Dael, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz. Photo edited in PS
Later today, Ryker Beck will release Dael. I will post a full review later this week, but for now I just wanted to share this pretty face with you.
Watch the feeds, or even better, subcribe to Exodi‘s update group, to be the first to know exactly when Dael will be available!
Posted in Atomic, BareRose, Dutch Touch, L.Fauna, LOTD, Maitreya, MV-SL-Fashion, Orange Creations, U&R Dogs, tagged beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, Look book, LOTD, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, SL2.0, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on May 30, 2010| 1 Comment »
Look of the Day, May 30, 2010, originally uploaded by Grazia Horwitz.
Clothes:
Jacket & blouse (including scarf) Voyage by June Dion @ bare Rose
HighSkirt by Onyx Leshelle @ Maitreya
Mercy shoes by Nut Barak @ Orange Creation
Jewelry:
Earrings l’Isle Joyeuse by Ruriko Jewell @ U&R Dogs
Ring Petrouchka by Ruriko Jewell @ U&R Dogs
Body:
Skin Grace (caramel, simplicity 1) by Ivy Graves @ Atomic
Hair Siri (bistre) by Onyx Leshelle @ Maitreya
Hair base black by Iki Ikarus @ Dutch Touch (SL2.0 only, not separately sold but included in the newest skin packs)
Eyes Allure Cocoa 3 by Launa Fauna @ L.Fauna.
SLurls are listed here.
Posted in photography, Tutorial, tagged beauty, fashion, Fashion Feed of SL, Grazia, Grazia Horwitz, iHeartSL, MV-SL-Fashion, Second Life, SecondLife, Shopaholicfeed.com, SL, SL2.0, Style, Virtual, Virtual World on May 30, 2010| 8 Comments »
A reader commented that she felt cheated because I edit the pics on my blog, that in reality the textures looked all wrong and not looking alive. I am actually glad she commented this because truth is… I do… sometimes, edit pics that are featured on my blog. Like yesterday when I bloggged the Mercy shoes from Orange Creations, but I think you’d have to be blind not to realise it is edited.
What I never edit though are my LOTD pictures, other than that I crop them and add a border. I simply lack the PS skills to edit all my pics (it would take WAY too much time, and suck the fun right out of me) and besides, I think that products featured should reflect the actual quality as much as possible.
So to illustrate how I work when I take pictures, here is… a picture:
Yes, it’s cropped, I added a border and.. omg.. letters!! 😀 Lets go through it, ok? NB: I take all my pictures running SL in the official LL 2.0 viewer on ultra settings.
A) in my studio, which isn’t more than a rounded white wall, with default mid day light settings. No other in world lights for funky effects.
B) in the same studio, but now with the WL settings provided by Caliah Lyon. You can see the massive difference, the textures in general looking way more vibrant
C) still the same studio with Caliah’s settings, but here I have added a 0.02 glow to the white wall behind me. The effect is that there seems to be a light shining through and the av’s edges get smoothed a wee bit.
C is how I take 99, 9% of my pics. So, yeah, that’s my secret. No editing, but making use of the in world tools that every resident has (provided they have a decent computer and can run more than basic shaders). It’s not my intention to make my readers feel cheated, ever. But I don’t think using in world tools for photography can ever be considered cheating. However. In the rare occasion that I will use an edited image, from now on, I will mention it.
[UPDATE 100531] since many have let me know how much they appreciate these little tricks, I figured, I’d add a little bit more about the technicalities of taking photo’s in world. Tips:
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