Run girl run! This world is not made for you!

Heya!

Time for more elfy stuff! Soedara released an awesome meshoutfit called Clan Maiden. It comes in a bunch of colours and you can wear it in many, many variations, so it is pretty damned perfect for mixing and matching. In my outfit, I feature the mainpart, which basically works like a small leatherdress of sorts.

LeLutka released new hair, a cute bob-style among them, but the other two did disappoint me a little. Imho they cannot keep up with the usually impeccable creativity Thora offers us: The updo has two strands hanging on the side of the face which looks good from the front, but looks utterly disconnected from the rest of the hair from the side. I am not sure why she did not add a couple of more strands there to cover up that odd gap, but oh well, maybe just not my taste.  The other hair is kinda okay, I got it even, until I figured it looks rather bland to be very honest.

However, complaining about LeLutka is complaining on a  VERY high level, so I am relatively sure not everybody will agree and the majority will storm there and buy everything anyways. I mean, I have pretty much her store in my inventory by now. ;D


Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, Mesh!!)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Dress: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, part of Clan Maiden Outfit, Mesh!!)
Shirt: Elymode (Elysium Eilde, @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Pants (layer): Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, part of Nakooma Outfit, Mesh!! @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Boots: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, Mesh!!)
Gloves (layer):  Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, part of Clan Maiden Outfit, Mesh!!)
Armwarmers: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, part of Nakooma Outfit, Mesh!! @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Bracers: Deco (Orchid Zenovka, Mesh!!)
Armor: The Forge (Deccan Arida)
Belt: Ingenue (Betty Doyle, Mesh!!)
Crown: Balderdash (Saiyge Lotus)
Necklace: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa)
Dagger (only sling seen): Innocuous (Circuitous Resident)
Blowdart: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Bow Centipede Weapons (Kendra Zaurak, Mesh!!)

Location: Studio Skye Sim by Alex Bader (Store Location), Skye Neist Point

WE <3 ROLE-PLAY started, a POLL, and more awesome outfits! :)

Heya!!

So, WE LOVE ROLE-PLAY finally started and after my epic failnet (aka, my internet cut out three minutes before we were supposed to open) we started and the place was  cramped with avis. We are so glad and I want to THANK YOU:

I want to thank the CREATORS, who contributed all these awesome items. I want to thank the bLOGGERS who relentlessly blogged the awesome stuff for the event. My thanks go out to HOTTEST, who displays her amazing art at the exhibition area and made out logo. Last but not least my thanks go out to the TEAM and ADARA, who kept me sane and where more than just a little helpful. THANK YOU! :)

I DO have an IMPORTANT question for you readers though!!! Please use the following POLL and assume you EXPECT those sort of items and that the items even would fit your style usually.

[polldaddy poll=7083087]

Here is the newest outfit. It is a collabo post together with Adara Cascarino! You'll find her posts, featuring different pictures and her items, here: The Messy Little Closet. Check it out!!


Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, partial Mesh!!)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: The Skinnery (Umazum Metaluna, Mesh!! @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Horns: Europa (Kazuhiro Aridian, @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Nails: How Vexing (Myuuji Bubble)
Dress (incl. bracers, collar, gloves) : The Muses (Dolce Blackflag, Mesh!! Special Edition for WE LOVE RP!!)
Boots: GField (Cerberus Noel)
Facial Chains: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, @ WE LOVE RP!!)
Headpiece: Glam Affair (Aida Ewing, Fameshed Exlcusive, sorry. :( )
Necklace: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard)
Ring: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa)
Polearm: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!!)
Poses: Magnifique (Scarlet Chandrayaan)

Location: Scotland - Loch Leven (Des Beaumont- Store for RP Buildings), Loch Leven



And, here comes another outfit by THE MUSES! They thought of the guys, too! :D


Hair: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon, Mesh!!)
Skin: The Body Co (The Body Co Resident)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Umedama (Imetaro Mayo)
Scars on Face: Severus Koskinen Designs (Severus Koskinen)
Robe: The Muses (Dolce Blackflag, Mesh!! Special Edition for WE LOVE RP!!)
Gloves: Lightstar Designs (Krystal Silverweb)
Pose/w Daggers: Magnifique (Scarlet Chandrayaan)

I wanted to show you another picture with Adara posing in the BLACK version of this outfit, but unfortunately it has an odd glitch. :/ But please check it out here: The Messy Little Closet.

WE LOVE ROLE-PLAY IS OPEN!!

Woooohooo,

the doors are FINALLY open!! After weeks of preparation, we are all crossing fingers that you'll love it! :) There is SO much good stuff to be had, much of it exclusive and new, but everything discounted!!!

Your Taxi: WE LOVE ROLE-PLAY

Some last preparations are being done here... :D

Less than 4 HOURS left until WE LOVE RP starts...waaaah!

Heya peeps!

So, there are only a couple of hours left before We Love Role-Play finally starts. The LM will be distributed in the ingame Update Group, in the Update Group for my blog, in many, many store groups as well as on many blogs. So keep an eye out! :) It will be added here, too!

What did I learn now? Even creatprs who do not make fabulous looking advertisements for their products still may sell FABULOUS items within their vendors. So, I really ask you guys to have a closer look at everything, even if the advertisement might not be the newest of the newest. :)

Below is another outfit featuring a lot of items from the event. :) Personally, I really LOVE thus funky hair from Analog dog. Usually her hairs do not fit my head so well, but this one is perfect! Handverk's pauldrons are really nice, too! :D And can be combiend with just about anything. :)


Hair: Analog Dog (Queue Marlow, Mesh!! NEW for We Love Role-Play!!)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Hands: Slink (Siddean Mundro, Mesh!! Casual Pose)
Tunic/w Belt (large): The White Armory (Bee Dumpling, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Pants: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, part of Nakooma Outfit, NEW for We Love Role-Play!!)
Boots: The Lounge (Erielle Deschanel, Mesh!! NEW!! Pre-release Sneak-Peak for We Love Role-PLay!!)
Pauldrons: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky, Mesh!! NEW for We Love Role-Play!!)
Belt (small): Silkworms (Trippy Fall, part of Kirtle Foster Outfit for We Love Role-PLay!!)
Armband: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, comes with Extremey Coy Outfit, Mesh!! NEW for We Love Role-Play!!)
Collar: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, comes with Extremey Coy Outfit, Mesh!! NEW for We Love Role-Play!!)
Necklace: The White Armory (Bee Dumpling, part of New Age Elven Outfit, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Dagger: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!!)
Bow: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!! For We Love Role-Play!!)
Blowdart: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!!)
Poses: Musa (Filomena Quinnell, the bow pose has not yet been released!!)

Location: Secret Parcel that I  made ;D

Preview II : WE <3 ROLE-PLAY Shopping event for Role-Players

Heya peeps!

It's me..again. Phew. The past couple of days have been kinda rough, but slowly, things are getting settled. The designers are setting up and sending out items, and damnit! There is so much awesome stuff to be had. :) I am really amazed at the quality they came up with :) So here I will show some items that SOON will be available at the event. Stay tuned for the SLUrl! :)

The event starts on May 4th, at ~ 3pm SLT. :D

The following images show a little house made by Absent Designs (Nash Sauber) that I set up to offer a preview of some of the furniture you guys can get at our event:



TIA

Every item in these pictures, besides TIA's bear rug, will be available at the event. The fireplace, the bucket to scrub the floor and the desk with the chair are all made by TIA and are offered at a 25% discount! That's one damned good deal for the super quality TIA generally offers. :) I personally love these items...and having them now mean sI have to redo the interior of my houses..again. Arrrrrgh! But I love it. :) Lowprim, awesome textures and high quality, detailed mesh, what else would I want?

AISLING

The deer-head, the crystal lamp and the crazy awesome Herbalist's desk are offered by AISLING. Aisling is a new store and...hold your breath...that crazy detailed desk comes with a bunch of texturing options, you can display or not display the little shelf on top AND...it has 7 prims. That detail with 7 prims? Yes, that's obviously possible. That crystal lamp is awesome for fantasy sims or anything wizardry really. The deer-head, too, shows amazing details. AISLING'S stuff is 40% off! It is a new release, too!

ENVISAGE

Do you see that awesome table there? Okay, so, Aliandra Miami of Envisage is the builder of Incantre, and if you have ever seen her work ingame, you know how impeccable it is. BVesides mesh stairs and some sculpty-meshy trees, she offers this table for FREE! Even her older work still lets a lot of current work pale next to it, but yes, she is coming with new mesh items and these things are new releases. Stay tuned! :)



Now for the clothes. I am not usually one to wear dresses on this character, but as I already said for the Fantasy Faire: If they are WORTH it, I'll blog them. So here we go:

Worn in pictures:

Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Hands: Slink (Siddean Munro, Mesh!! in pictures 2 and 3)



In this picture, the skirt, armwarmerm, moccasins and long necklace are part of ARWEN'S CREATION'S outfit by Arwen Serpente. The collar, headband and armbands are part of GSPOT's outfit for the event and made by Jalilah Jewell. Tha hair is made by Krystal Silverweb. You might know her store LIGHTSTAR as the one with the awesome boots for role-play. And now she makes awesome hair! It is really pretty imho. Even comes with a style for  the guys (not displayed). The little white top is actually a small dress contributed by Special Guest C'EST LA VIE by Larcoco Mathy. It is supercute and easily can be used as a tunic.



The hair is contributed by EEP and damnit, it looks awesome! And..it comes at a nice discount, too! :D The horns are made by Ruina Kessel. Ruina, creator of RUE, offers three different variants of horns (see following picture for another version!) which she has set at a generous 50% discount! The dress is made by THE LIBRARY (Dream Resistance and Sabina Takakura) and they offer it for  a 33% discount, which is really awesome. :D Belt and long necklace are once again part of the outfit contributed by ARWEN'S CREATIONS. The armwarmers are part of the outfit which THE PLASTIK by Aikea Rieko has offered up, which is a completely new release. Armbands and collar are part of GSPOTS outfit.



This lovely dress is offered up by Levia Larsson, owner of KNICKKNACK. It is not mesh, but the quality is still very good. She offers it at a nice discount of  30%. Levia's textures are really lovely imho! Necklace, belt and armwarmes are part of ARWEN'S CREATION'S outfit again. The hair is the one offered by LIGHTSTAR.  The horns are contributed by RUE and the headband is part of GSPOT'S outfit. :)



Last but not least, in this picture I wear the dress Aikea Rieko of THE PLASTIK has made for the event. I does come with a hood, which is not displayed. I especially LOVE the corset and skirt. I combined it with parts from ARWEN'S outfit and some jewelry from GSPOT'S outfit. :)

As you can see, the creators really came up with some awesome stuff, and this was certainly not all! So stay tuned and come check out the event on May 4th! :D

<3 Arica

Preview I : WE <3 ROLE-PLAY! :D

Heya peeps!

Only 3 DAYS LEFT until WE LOVE ROLE-PLAY STARTS!

Below, I am featuring a couple of items that will be available at the Event. :D The pictures have been shot at the event location, too! :)


Hair eep (eep Resident, Mesh! 30% OFF at WE <3 ROLE-PLAY EVENT!!)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Hands: SLink (Siddean Munro, Mesh!!)
Tattoo: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Extremely Coy, NEW for WE <3 ROLE-PLAY EVENT!!)
SLINK currently has a 30% OFF Sale going, however the feet and hands are not included!
Top: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, Mesh!! Part of Extremely Coy, NEW for WE <3 ROLE-PLAY EVENT!!)
Corset: Etchaflesh (Shaodie Parx, Mesh!!)
Pants: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, Part of  Nakooma Gown (Mesh), NEW for WE <3 ROLE-PLAY EVENT!!)
Boots: Lassitude & Ennui (Jackal Ennui, Mesh!!)
Bracers: Deco (Orchid Zenovka, Mesh!!)
Armor: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger)
Shield: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, Mesh!! Part of Extremely Coy, NEW for WE <3 ROLE-PLAY EVENT!!)
Hairflower: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, NEW!! part of Linen Slave Tunic)
Belt: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, Part of  Nakooma Gown (Mesh), NEW for WE <3 ROLE-PLAY EVENT!!)
Collar: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, Mesh!! Part of Extremely Coy, NEW for WE <3 ROLE-PLAY EVENT!!)
Necklace: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky, Mesh!!)
Rings: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa)
Dagger: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!!)
Blowdart: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, NEW!! Mesh!!)

Location: We <3 ROLE-PLAY

In unknown lands the elf met a stranger...

Heya peeps,

so, after a bit of a blow up because a friend of mine didn't want to tell some random impolite chick what her skin was, I will state this:

NO, it is NOT mean, bitchy, princessy and arrogant not to state where your skin and layers are from. Secondlife only offers a few things to truly customize your avatar. Creating a UNIQUE looking character for role-play that doesn't run around with your generic XY skin requires quite a bit of Lindens and time and matching 'skills'. So, if someone doesn't want to tell every layer, how about you just accept it and move on to start to create your own ideas?

It has NOTHING to do with being a princess or wanting to be special, but it has everything to do with wanting to maintain unique features that fit the character you picture in your mind. It is another reason why most people who value a bit of a unique look do not go for mesh-heads...an army of clones really is a bit boring.

Going so far to spend your online time on finding out what skin person XY is wearing and how she combines her layers, to then spill it to the public in your profile, alongside with some incredibly idiotic rant only paints you as an uncreative mean chick who cannot for the sake of her own reputation accept a 'no' and create an avi herself. :D

/rant off. It's so fun to rant at times. :P

Oh and by the way...mysterious woman, you got it wrong. It isn't Pussy by The Bodyshop, as you have certainly realized by now. Since you apparently told her you are a blogger, from what I have been told, shouldn't you have recognized it? ;D

Here is my current outfit! :) I got wrapped up in some funky rp while shooting this by a guy with a funny hat!


Hair: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon, Mesh!!)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire --> Evensong Woods Sim)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Vest: Peqe (Ines Hax, Mesh!!)
Sleeves: Pivaaca (Trish Blanco, part of Long Boldero/Cardigan)
Dress: League (Nena Janus)
Corset: The Plastik (Aikea Rieko, NEW!! Mesh!!)
Pants: Sur + (Sienia Trevellion)
Boots: Mon Tissu (Elie Spot, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger)
Gauntlets: Deco (Orchid Zenovka, Mesh!!)
Crown: Balderdash (Saigye Lotus, @ Fantasy Faire --> Magnificat Sim)
Necklace: erare (Thora Charron, Groupgift!!)
Rings: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa)
Belt: Surf Couture (Emma Gilmour)
Bag: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, part of Nudzahui Outfit)
Blowdart: EZ Weaponrey (Deccan Arida, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Kendra Zaurak, Mesh!!)
Dagger: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!!)

Location: Unknown Lands (GE Gorean Role-Play), Sylvanas

There's not a soul to hear - Fantasy Faire Part V

Heya peeps!

Today something for the guys. :) The following pictures have been taken at Kaelus, a gorean role-play sim. ELves are NOT allowed. I got special permission to take a blogpicture, but usually, that is a big NO NO. ;)


Hair: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon, NEW!!, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire --> Magnificat Sim)
Skin: The Body Co (TheBodyCo Resident)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire --> Evensong Woods Sim)
Eyes: Umedama (umetaro Mayo)
Scars: proximity (Severus Koskinen)
Tunic: FATEWear (Damien Fate, NEW!! Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire, Titans Hollow Sim)

The FATEWeaR Outfit comes in two versions: WIth or without a cloak, an din the usual 5 standardsizes. However, it comes as a whole outfit, all in one piece: BOots, gauntlets, tunic, pants. The outfit is AWESOME, but I like to mix and match, and so I cheated:

I selected the item IN my inventory, clicked on edit, then selected the face on my outfit I wanted to texture and dragged an alphalayer on it. This way, I am hiding my pants, boots, cloak and gauntlets. ^^

Pants: The Forge (Deccan Arida, Mesh!! Part of Brandon Outfit)
Boots: Lightstar (Krystal Silverweb)
Armor: The Forge (Deccan Arida, Mesh!! Part of Brandon Outfit)
Gauntlets: Deco (Orchid Zenovka)
Necklace: Pididdle (Brutus Martinek)
Bow: CentipedeWeapons (Kendra Zaurak, Mesh!!)

Location: Fortress City of Kaelus (GOREAN Role-Play), Alamut

Dwarfins coming home! - Fantasy Faire Part IV

Heya!

So, I have a strange fascination for breedables in SL. I used to be totally into KittyCats. I don't even know why I dropped it, well, duh, I do know! Because I lacked the time to keep track of them all the time. I think in my case it is mainly the theorycrafting that gets me. :D

So, a while ago I stumbled upon something that freaked me out at first: Dwarfins. Breedables dwarves. Breedable humanoids. At first I thought it was creepy, but you know...it is freaking cute. THe little dwarfins are really cute, wellmade. They have certain traits that can be common or rare and depending on how you breed them, those traits get passed on from generation to generation. They got different haircolours and -styles, weapons, clothes, eyecolours etc.

The pricing is very reasonable imho, both for the dwarfins starterpacks as well as the food. They also can interact through interactive items such as a barrel for ale (hahaha :D), or fireplaces and many more. The furniture is REALLY cute. Also, they do not only come as breedables, but as wearable avatars (see second and third pictures!), too. I am the female avi in those pics. Am I not hot? :D

Horny dwarfins!

However, watch out! Them dwarfins are horny! If you do not turn off the breeding option through the menu (via clicking on the dwarfins) and you happen to be offline for a couple of weeks, you will come home to a GIANT family of dwarfins. :P Happened to me, though luckily the baby dwarfins stay in their stone-'eggs' until you birth them.

Dwarfins at the Fantasy Faire 2013

Darfins has a big store at the Fantasy Faire 2013, located in the Lumenaria sim. The dwarfins you see displayed here have been made especially for the faire and come in cute little wizards outfits. Even the food, mushrooms in a bowl, is special. :D Dwarfins also offer them as avatars, alongside with an interactive Magic Book and an interactive Andronicus Stone. As a bonus, the newly released Rinn and Rorek Rockbeard dwarfins are available as avatars for those who could not win the breedable versions at the auction. All of these items are really wellmade. :)



In the picture ALL furniture besides the bear rugs, the barrel to the right and the little bowl on the table are made by Anke Hatchuk and her team (Kalia Firelyte and Codereth1200 Nemeth) for Dysfunctional Designs who have a stall at the Fantasy Faire at The DragonSpire Sim. I really love her furniture and deco-items, my entire parcel is stuffed with it! It is handdrawn, original mesh and comes at very reasonable prices, so definitely worth to check it out. They had 14 (!!!) new releases for the faire, which I think speaks of a LOT of effort they put into it.

The bear rugs are made by Tia Biscuit for TIA, another store that I am incredibly fond of. Her textures and meshwork is plain awesome. :) The small bowl and the barrel are items for the dwarfins. :) The shack itself is a meshbuilding made by Nash Sauber for Absent Designs and a new release.



In this picture you see more of Dysfunctional's new releases at the faire: The dresser and towel-shelf to the right. The bed is made by TIA and the pictureframe comes from a store that is -about- to open: AISLING by Druunah Esharham and her team. Stay tuned for that one! I am amazed by the quality they offer and already had a chance to take a peek at some upcoming items.  On the left you can see more items by Anke's team and the pillow on the ground is actually a freebie made by them. :)

So, Dysfunctional Designs, TIA and Aisling are definitely three of my favourite creators for rustic furniture in SecondLife. Envisage Limitless would be the fourth, but I#ll wait for her newest release before I blog them! :)

Here a look at Absent Designs' shack in my parcel, with me as a sexy dwarfin with Elikatira's hair in front of it:

Update about Flecha Warwillow

Hello peeps,

After a long talk with Flecha Warillow, I will state this:

I have absolutely NO worries about 'losing' face by a possible error. Instead of using the word 'ripped' I should have marked them as "almost exact, sculpted copies" from the PC game called Skyrim. I hereby apology for that and the error in the post has been corrected.

I will post the pictures of the weapons and let people decide if I lied knowingly, which more than certainly was not my intention, or merely let my eyes judge.

Here is a picture of his current sculpted weapon (a freebie called "The Lies of the Blogging Elf" hehe), no credits given, however the original modder from Nexusmods allows the unlimited use of these:



This is the original:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3871

Here Flecha shows how he does it:

Flecha's Video about making the sword.

This is one of the weapons from the pack that made me post this, maybe too quickly:

Daedric Battleaxe

Original:

Daedric Battleaxe, Skyrim


I will let you guys decide if my post was purposefully meant to be malicious or just me being too superficial in my investigations.

Here a statement from Flecha Warwillow himself (note that sharing IMs outside of Secondlife is absolutely allowed as per TOS, also note that Flecha is not a native speaker and likely slightly raging, so don't mind his mistakes):

[04:43] Flecha Warwillow: i dont altering textures
[04:43] Flecha Warwillow: I MAKE MY OWN TEXTURES
[04:44] Flecha Warwillow: i see te original so i need to build as close as original

<3 Arica

PS: I really hate when people state that I do not approve comment son my blog. I approve them all. I just happen to have a rl, too.

Fantasy Faire Part III - Awesome stuff...and not so awesome, ripped stuff.

Heya!

So, I have been browsing the Fantasy Faire since about 6 days or so like crazy. There is LOTS of good stuff to be had there and also, most sims really look awesome.

The Eyesore

Most. One sim sticks out like a sore thumb. I really wonder what the designer of that sim thought when they created it. It looks like a bunch of wooden cabins slapped onto a sim with screaming green/purple stuff inbetween and some odd chocolate fountains. I really think they could have tried to keep the sim as tasteful as the others and not looking like some weird mixture of candyland and a bucket of liquid colour toppled over. :( Probably a matter of taste, but well, that didn't look like a lot of effort. Also, using obviously ripped content (now removed) to decorate your sim isn't very cool either. You get awesome sims such as (example, it is my absolute fav!) Lumenaria created by Kayle Matzerath, and then you get ....that. Something that looks as if it's been thrown together in two days. Matter of taste, I guess, so here I am stating mine.

Effort or no effort?

While a LOT of designers put a LOT of effort into releasing new and awesome stuff, or at least put up their best work, some designers really made me shake my head. I have seen advertisements there that displayed avatars from around 2008, and that's quite frankly laziness, especially when so many awesome creators with far better stuff maybe could have gotten that stall. I am very aware that as an RFL event you are happy to get whatever you can, but sometimes, quality might beat quantity. However, last time I checked the notices, there were around 10.000 US Dollars raised already, so congratulations to that!!!

Content at the Faire

Talk about content. I do not quite understand why anyone would let a merchant sell sculpted copies of weapons FULLPERM for 50L at a faire of such a high profile. They even got the same textures as they have in Skyrim if I am not mistaken. That's quite sad. I really hope they will do something about it. However, we have to keep in mind as well just HOW many creators there are. I am aware that something such as this can escape their eyes. Not everyone is a gamer as well and would recognize those. However, they have been made aware.

Ripped = Ugly in 90% of the cases

Oh, ripped content. Stop the whining, seriously. You do not have to buy ripped stuff to look cool in SL. Especially not badly ripped stuff with blurry textures, so badly rigged that you look like a skinny dude with a giant head, alpha glitches and no sizes. NO. It does not look cool. Your avi looks like an uglier version of Ezi/Geralt/Iorveth/Triss, but not cool or unique, nor high quality. :P

/rant off.

Here is my current outfit. :D

Hair: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon, Mesh!! New!! @ Fantasy Faire ---> Magnificat Sim)
Shape: Selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Make Up: La Malvada Mujer (faina Cortes)
Small top: Miel (Mika Nieuport, Mesh!!)
Bolero: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!!)
Corset: Poetic Gypsy (Lolli Hoxley)
Undershirt: Ever After (PersiaSky Lorefield, not for sale)
Skirt /w belt Addon: Blue Moon Enterprise (Solasnagealai Resident, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire --> Evensong Woods Sim)
Pants: Cellar Door (Nitestar Albion, part of The Seer Outfit)
Boots: Lassitude & Ennui (Jackal Ennui, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Soedara (Marbelly Pronovost, part of Nudzahui Outfit)
Armor: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger @ Fantasy Faire --> Lotus Valley Dream Sim)
Bracers: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Anariel Armor @ Fantasy Faire --> Lotus Valley Dream Sim)
Belt (Waist): Ingenue (Betty Doyle, Mesh!!)
Necklace: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, partial Mesh!!)
Ring: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa)
Headpiece: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Dreamy Outfit
Bracelet (upper Arm): Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, part of Nudzahui Outfit)
Flower: Elikatira (Elikapeda Tiramisu, part of Novel Hair)
Bag on Thigh: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, part of Nudzahui Outfit)
Dagger on Arm: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!!)
Blowdart: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Bow: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!!)

Location: Private parcel I created. :)

Fantasy Faire II - DRESSES!

Hey peeps,

today I will show you a couple of dresses I picked up at the Fantasy Faire. I am not usually a fan of dresses for chicks in SL, simply because SL is flooded with dresses. That, too, is why I am so sick and tired about guys moaning and whining about how ther eis just nothing for guys. That isn't true. Some of the BEST designers in the role-play genre create outfits for guys. In regards to mesh, it is MUCH easier to find good, quality mesh items to put together a rogue-ish outfit for guys, or an outfit that might fit for any kind of fighter, warrior or thief. Sure, as a chick you get to pick from a lot of chocies to.....1000000 dresses, silks and skirts and metal bikinis tagged as 'armor'.

HOWEVER. I do like dresses when they are wellmade. These are wellmade. :) And I really do like them, besides Bilo's Dress, none of these is a review copy, so that tells you something. I am especially impressed with Fatewear's dress and hell, I say we should bug him to create more rp outfits!! Also, these dresses seem really good for Gor as well. ;O

On all pictures I wear the following items:

Hair: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon, Mesh!! New!!@ Fantasy Faire ---> Magnificat Sim)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral, Mesh!!)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Boots: The Lounge (Erielle Deschanel, not for sale)
Ballerinas: Zaara (Zaara Kohime)
Poses: Musa (Filomena Quinnell, @ Fantasy Faire --> Magnificat Sim)



Hairpiece: Glam Affair (Aida Ewing, Mesh!!)

Dress: The Muses (Dolce Blackflag, Mesh!! New!! @ Fantasy Faire --> Crimson Fields Sim)

Staff: Deviance (Surreal LeShelle)



Dress/Headpiece/upper arm: The Library (Dream Resistance/Sabina Takakura, Mesh!! New!!@ Fantasy Faire --> Lumenaria Sim)

Bangles: MG (Maxi Grossamer)



Dress: Bilo (Chandra Masala, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire---> Crimson Fields Sim)

Necklace: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky, Mesh!!)

Tray: Two Cats (Inkgeu Resident, @ fantasy Faire --> Eversong Woods Sim)



Dress: FateWear (Damien Fate, Mesh!! New!!@ Fantasy Faire --> Titan Hollows Sim)

Bow: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!!)

Necklace: erare (Thora Charron, groupgift!!)

Location: A friend's parcel, designed by myself. Feel free to contact me if you are interested to go ther efor pics, or interested in more information.

Fantasy Faire 2013 is coming!!! :)

Heya!! :)

The Fantasy Faire 2013 opens tomorrow at 6 am SLT and will be open until the 28th and each store has at least a couple of items for 100% donation to RFL (thank you, Anke!!). The sims really look goddamned awesome...some more than others. I am particularly in love with Crimson Fields and Lumenaria. I really hope that Kayle Matzerath will sell those houses after the Faire. :) I'll definitely storm his shop and buy those. I found a LOT of good items at the Faire and I have been especially pleased to see really nice outfits for guys made by FATEWear at the sim called Titans Hollow. Check those out. :) Really, go visit, it is worth it for both chicks and guys! :)

I have one suggestion: Dear creators, stop calling flimsy silks 'armor'. Armor is there to protect, not to make you look like a courtesan. :P :P :P

Here is my first Fantasy Faire Outfit.

Locations: Fairelands Junction and Lumenaria




Hair: DeLa (Kuranosuke Kamachi, Mesh!!)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Horns: Europa (Kazuhiro Aridian, Texture: The Plastik @ Fantasy Faire!! --> Eversong Woods Sim)
Wings: Losthaven (Lucia Cyr/Tala Laval, Mesh!!)
Nails: How Vexing! (Myuuji Bubble)
Dress: House of Fox (Fashionboi Landar, Mesh!! @ FAMESHED!!)
Bolero: Lassitude & Ennui (Jackal Ennui, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire!! --> Crimson Fields Sim)
Shrug: Zaara (Zaara Kohime)
Corsetwrap: Ever After (PersiaSky Lorefield, not available anymore)
Shoes: Elvenbreath (Selina Forder, @ Fantasy Faire!!--> DragonSpire Sim)
Belt and Bracers: The Plastik (Aikea Rieko, Mesh!! @ Fantasy Faire!! --> Eversong Woods Sim)
Ring: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa, New!!)
Necklace (long): League (Nena Janus)
Necklace (short): Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky, Mesh!!)
Blindfold: Elvenbreath (Selina Forder, @ Fantasy Faire!!--> DragonSpire Sim)
Staff: Losthaven (Lucia Cyr/Tala Laval)
Poses: Musa (Filomena Quinnell, @ Fantasy Faire!! --> Magnificat Sim)

I am coming for you.

Heya peeps!

The event is coming along. We are working hard on gettign things set up and make the place look good.

Please remember:

Blogger Applications (for now) are open until April 20th.

Date: May 4th!!!

We hope to see you there! :)

<3 Arica


Hair: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon, Mesh!! New!!)
Shape: selfmade
Make Up (Eyes): Musa (Filomena Quinnell, soon available @ Fantasy Faire!!)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Pullover: Pesca (tsugu Nirvana, Mesh!!)
Corset: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Undershirt: League (Nena Janus, Suede Dress)
Undershirt (Bodice): DCNS (Devin Klaber)
Pants: Ryvolter (Sanya Bilavio (Mesh!!)
Boots: Tee*fy (Azure Electricteeth, @ Collabor88!!)
Gloves: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger Outfit)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Slingbelt: Deco (Veluu Faulds, Mesh!!)
Armor: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger Outfit)
Ring: Manna (Manna Yoshikawa)
Necklace: MG (Maxi Grossamer)
Bow: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!!)
Dagger (Thigh) LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Dagger (Arm): Innocuous (Circutious Resident, Mesh!!)
Pose: Label Motion (anne Dakun)

Location: Drakkar (Medieval Fantasy Role-play),  Dreamers Island

Is there a remedy for hating you?

Heya peeps!

We

Feel free to contact Ost, Tera or me. Kaitlin right now is a little busy.

PS: I really sort of like Dead Apples Sinistre Eyes...even though they look a tiny wee bit creepy. What do you think?


Hair: Magika (Sabina Gully, Mesh!!)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid, Mesh!!)
Tunic: Elvenbreath (Selina Forder, Mesh!!)
Undershirt: Fishy Strawberry (Fae Eriksen, part of Suede and Wool Dress)
Pants: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Anariel Armor)
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui (Jackal Ennui, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger)
Armwarmers: Elvenbreath (Selina Forder)
Belt: Surf Couture (Emma Gilmour)
Scarf: MNK Shop (nyanchi Eel)
Armor: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger)
Rings: Manna (Manna Stonefield)
Necklace: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, partial Mesh!!)
Dagger left: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!!)
Dagger right: Elvenbreath (Selina Forder)
Bow: Tee*fy (Azure Electriteeth, not available anymore)

Location: My homeparcel :)

This is the moment

Hello people! :)

We are still looking for a few more, good bloggers witha unique style and good pictures for We Love Role-Play! If the following rules apply to you, feel free to contact Ost Clawttoth, Arica Storaro, Tera Varriale or Kaitlin Eiren! :)

1. Your blog must be older than 3 months.
2. Your blog must contain quality pictures.
3. If you knowingly support stores that sell blatantly ripped content and are aware of it, you will not be considered. We ask you to understand thi as it stands in opposition to the goal of our event..
4. Please do not ask the creators for review copies! They will contact you instead if they want.
5. You should have a unique, tasteful style.
6. You should be syndicated in at least three of the major feeds such as Iheartsl.
7. Please announce the event every month on your blog and add a link to the blog to your blogroll: We Love Role-Play. If you would put up the banner as well, that would be fabulous.

And here is my outfit:

Hair: epoque (Ziekling Bunnyhug)
Shape: selfmade
Lipstick: Pink Fuel (Mochi Milena, comes with Kumi Skin)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral, Mesh!!)
Horns: Europa (Kazuhiro Aridian)
Handtattoo: Mees (Tera Varriale, not for sale anymore. )
Nails: How Vexing (Miyuuji Bubble, Mesh!!)
Wings: Losthaven (Tala Laval, Mesh!!)
Shrug: Zaara (Zaara Kohime)
Dress: House of Fox (Fashionboi Landar, partial Mesh! @ FAMESHED!!)
Corset: DCNS (Devin Klaber)
Ballerinas: Zaara (Zaara Kohime)
Epaulettes: Gizza (Giza Aeon, @ The Arcade Gacha)
Collar: The Forge (Kain Flores)
Necklace: MG (Maxi Gossamer, Mesh!!@ FAMESHED!!)
Bangles: MG (Maxi Gossamer)
Ring: Yummy (Polyester Partridge)
Headpieces: Glam Affair (Aida Ewing, Mesh!! @ FAMESHED!!)
Belt: Ingenue (Betty Doyle, Mesh!!)
Upper Arm: Sini Style (Krius Misfit)
Location: Rosemist isle (Non-Role-Play), Rosemist Isle

He made them cry, those hardfaced queens of misadventure

Hello peeps!

First of all, you'll find a link to the Blog for We Love Role-Play in my Blogroll. Feel free to look it up every now and then for updates and to add it to your blogroll if you wish to. :) There is also an inworld update group, which you can join by copy-pasting the following link ingame and clicking it: secondlife:///app/group/b8125fd6-a568-d9d5-10ad-67c6c5d147d5/about

1. Your blog must be older than 3 months.
2. Your blog must contain quality pictures.
3. If you knowingly support stores that sell blatantly ripped content and are aware of it, you will not be considered. We ask you to understand this (see ‘goals’).
4. Please do not ask the creators for review copies! They will contact you instead if they want.
5. You should have a unique, tasteful style.
6. You should be syndicated in at least three of the major feeds such as Iheartsl.
7. Please announce the event every month on your blog and add a link to the blog to your blogroll: We Love Role-Play. If you would put up the banner as well, that would be fabulous. :)

If you are interested to blog for us or be a participant, IM us (Ost Clawtooth, Tera Varriale, Arica Storaro and Kaitlin Eiren) and we will get back to you. Also, if you are a simowner, please feel free to contact me as well. We are currently looking for simowners willing to let us put up a 1-prim-advertisement on their role-play sim. :)


Hair: Milana (Asuka Martin, Mesh!! New!!)
Shape: selfmade (not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral, Mesh!!)
Horns: Europa (Kazuhiro Aridian)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Facepaint: The Plastik (Aikea Rieko)
Top: Fanatik (Kendra Zaurak, Mesh!!)
Pants: Sur+ (Sienia Trevellion)
Boots: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, Mesh!! New!!)
Gloves: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente)
Armwarmers: Boom (Aranel Ah, Mesh!!)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke eel)
Bag: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Necklace: Arwen's Creations (Arwen Serpente, Mesh!!)
Collar: The Forge (Kain Flores)
Ring: La Gyo (Gyorgyna Larnia)
Hobo-Bundle: Beetlebones (suetabulous Yootz, Mesh!!)
Dagger on Thigh: LR Weaponry (Larion Rhode)
Dagger on Arm: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!!)
Bow: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!!)

Location: Goatswood (Victorian Role-Play), Neverlandx

WE <3 ROLE-PLAY - Not just another Shopping Event

Hello peeps,

as announced in my previous post, a couple of likeminded people are currently organising a shopping project for role-players mostly, and I'd like to release a bit of a teaser with some preview-information on it.

Here is our logo, made by Hottest Resident:



Here a few questions we'd like to answer:

What is your GOAL with this event?

We want to promote creators who offer high quality content in general or high quality original content. We have nothing against templates if used WELL and if used to create a unique look. We want to spotlight  and bring appreciation to stores that do not dish out mediocre work five times per week, that do not sell blatantly ripped stuff, that do not undercut everyone's reasonable prices. We have a feeling that a lot people are not aware of all the GOOD stuff that is out there that isn't blatantly stolen.

Who will participate?

We've handpicked a nice list of stores who will either appear as regulars or as guests. So far, we have gotten positive feedback from these stores:

Regulars:
1- EZ Weaponry /The Forge (Weapons/Accessories) - Deccan Arida
2- Centipede (Weapons/Accessories)  - Kendra Zaurak
3 - Trident (Furniture) - Laufey Markstein
4 - Trident Jewelry (Jewelry) - Rossana Llewellyn
5 - Gspot (Clothing) - Jalilah Jewell
6 - The Library (Clothing) - Dream Resistance/Sabina Takakura
7 - Essences (Skins) - Inka Mexicola
8 - Dysfunctional Dolly Designs (Furniture, Landscaping) - Anke Hatchuk
9 - Roawenwood (Furniture) - Searlait Nitschke
10 - Tia (furniture) - Tia Biscuit
11 - Soedara (Clothing) - Marbella Pronovost
12 - Rainbow Co. (Furniture, Houses) - Huntress Blackrain
13 - Xanimations (Animations, Accessories) - Xanxan Jervil
14 - The Fallen (Clothing) - Triad Fallen
15 - Lightsstar Designs (Clothing, Shoes!) - Krystal Silverweb
16 - Rue (Accessories, Bodyparts) - Ruina Kessel
17 - Alchemy (Skins)- Nina Helix
18 - Panda Express (Accessories, Bodyparts) - Kioko Kumaki (from May on)
19 - Bilo (Clothing) - Mayaa Thistle
20 - The Muses (Clothing) - Dolce Blackflag
21 - Evie's Closet (Clothing) - Evangeline Miles
22 - Innocuous (Clothing) - Circuitous Resident
23 - Kouse's Sanctum (Clothing) - Kouse Singh
24 - Knickknack (Clothing) - Levia Larsson
25 - Silkworms (Clothing) - Trippy Fall
26 - The Plastik (Clothing, Skins) - Aikea Rieko
27 - Aeva/Heartsick (Skins) - Amesha Jewell
28 - The White Armory (Dresses, Weapons) - Colton Drechsler/Bee Dumpling

Guests:
1 - Handverk (Accessories) - Daphne Klossovsky (Guest)
2 - Arwen's Creations (Clothing) - Arwen Serpente (Guest)
3 - Rochambeau (Clothing/Buildings) - Leviathan Flux (Guest)
4 - Tokidoki (Clothing) - Maya Levane (Special Guest)
5 - Deviance (Clothing) - Surreal LeShelle (Guest)
6 - Es-kimo (Hair, Skins) - Ziekling Bunnyhug (Guest)
7 - Aeros Avatars (Skins) - Pi Rain (Guest)
8 - Fallen Gods (Skins) - Alia Baroque/Elizabeth Tinsley (from June on, Guest?)
9 - Zaara (Clothing, Jewelry) - Zaara Kohime
10 - C'est la Vie (Clothing) - Larcoco Mathy

Please be aware that due to rl circumstances or any other reason this list might change. This is what we have NOW.

When and where will the event start?

The event will likely start on May 4th. I'd like to keep the location a secret for now, since I am still working on it. We do not want the usual boring box-look most shopping events have.  However, if you open your eyes, you might stumble on it anyways. :)

What kind of items will be offered? Will there be a discount?

All items that fit into the medieval/medieval fantasy, gorean, ancient Rome/Greece/Persia/Egypt theme are allowed. Furniture, clothing, hair, skins... whatever fits. :) A minimum discount of 25% is planned, a maximum discount of 50%. Anything in between will be decided by each creator. The items do not have to be a new release, but have to be looking 2013. No old stuff. Both genders will be considered. :P We'd like to offer a good deal to customers while at the same time not devalueing the hard work of our creators.

How will the promotion happen?

We will promote through various blogs, forums, we'd like to start a blog for the event, through the logo in stores and on role-play sims. We'd be glad for any simowner who'll be willing to let us display the logo there. There will also be an updategroup or a subscribo (not yet decided) for customers. Plurk, Flickr, Facebook...so many possibilities. :)

I'd like to be an official blogger!?


That's great! We are both looking for role-play bloggers as well as casual fashion bloggers. If we haven't contacted you by April ~ 10th, feel free to contact us (see below!). There are but a few expectations:

1. Your blog must be older than 3 months.
2. Your blog must contain quality pictures.
3. If you knowingly support stores that sell blatantly ripped content and are aware of it, you will not be considered. We ask you to understand this (see 'goals').
4. Please do not ask the creators for review copies! They will contact you instead if they want.
5. You should have a unique, tasteful style.
6. You should be syndicated in at least three of the major feeds such as Iheartsl.
7. Please announce the event every month on your blog and add a link to the blog to your blogroll: <a href="http://weloveroleplay.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">weloveroleplay.wordpress.com/</a>. If you would put up the banner as well, that would be fabulous. :)

I have a store and would like to join in!?

Please contact any of the four persons listed below. We will have a look at your store and will get back at you. :)

Who do I need to contact if I'd like to blog, have any questions, suggestions, concerns or ideas?

Feel free to contact either of us: Ost Clawtooth, Arica Storaro, Tera Varriale, Kaitlin Eiren.

I am really looking forward to this whole adventure. I am sort of putting my heart into it (and so are the other three!) and it has been an idea I have long been mulling over. I really hope it works out, it will bea firsttime for us as well. :) Keep fingers crossed and stay tuned! :)

<3 Arica

Sometimes I wonder if you are made from bones and skin

Hello peeps,

I've been holding this post back for some time, but here it is: City of Rasenna opens today! You might experience a little surprise when you go to the sim. :) It is very lovely, I was hanging there for quite some time whele Eve Cartier was still fiddling with some last prims.

Please keep in mind: This is a GOREAN sim. Horns, elves and such are NOT allowed. I got a special preview before the sim was ready to open. So, bear this in mind when you go to visit.

Also, Tera Varriale, Ost Clawtooth and I have been working on a new shopping project lately, which is why I didn't manage to dish out another post yet, even if I already have two outfits ready again. I was neckdeep in work. :). It is still sort of a secret, but stay tuned for more infos to come soon. If you are a blogger and very curious about rp and shopping, feel free to shoot either of us an IM.

<3 Arica

And here is my latest outfit that I currently love, love, love. :)

Hair: Truth (Truth Hawks, Mesh!!)
Horns: Europa (Kazuhiro Airdian)
Ears: Illusions (Siyu Suen, Mesh!!)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral, Mesh!!)
Facepaint: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky)
Top: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, Mesh!!)
Vest: Peqe (Ines Hax, NEW!! @ Zodiac Event)
Pants: Meli Imako (MW Boa, Mesh!! Marketplace Item!! These are tinted, the basetexture used is ‘Grey’)
Silk: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost)
Boots: Soedara (Marbella Pronovost, Mesh!!)
Sleeves: Ison (Harry Hyx)
Collar: The Forge (Kain Flores)
Necklace: So Many Styles (Irie Campese)
Kncuckleduster: Fanatik (Kendra Zaurak, Mesh!!)
Feathers: Sinistyle (Krius Misfit)
Armor: Caverna Obscura (Elvina Ewing, part of Ascalon Ranger)
Bow: EZ Weaponry (Deccan Arida, Mesh!!)
Location: City of Rasenna (Gorean Role-Play), City of Rasenna)

Essences - Clover Skin

Hello!

The latest release from Essences by Inka Mexicola is available at the current Skinfair 2013. It is a really pretty skin with a soft and unique look to it. So far most of her skins didn't really seem to fit my shape well, but Clover seems indeed pretty cute. :)

So, here a couple of infos:

The price is 1500 Lindens per skintone/make up. That sounds like a LOT of money at first, especially since even The Body Co now lovered their prices, however, once you look into the package, you see that you get quite some stuff:

4 eyebrow options
Cleavage layers on tatto-, shirt- and undershirt-layers
6 types of blushes
no-lashes-alpha
eyebrow-shaper

I do believe that everything besides the blush-layers are pretty much standard options nowadays, but the six different blush/contour options are really nice. Lola-appliers have to be bought separately, but that is just normal as well.



Skintones

The skin comes in eight different tones: Pale Dust, Midday, Light Rose, Beach, Sunkissed, Sunset, Sunheat, Moonlight. Some of these only vary in their colourscheme, not so much in the actual darkness/lightness of the skin, so it can be a really tough pick because you can barely spot a difference at first sight (see the skins above!).

What I noticed was that with neutral lightsettings (Analu Studio 5) the darker skins have a tendency to look very reddish, while the lighter ones have a yellowish touch to them. However, I know that a LOT of skins have this 'problem', so I am not going to nitpick here. :) The skintones sort of remind me of The Body Co! If the yellowish undertone bothers you, you can always buy one of the many skindetoners available and should be very happy afterwards. :)



Textures

In my opinion, the textures on these skins are very well done. I especially like the whole stomach/belly area and the shading around the spine. I think those areas look very, very realistic.

Maybe on this particular skin the shading around the nose is a little too dark for my taste, but I believe that this has to do with the particular look Inka was going for (some sort of summery look with a tiny hint of a sunburn?). The cheeks look fresh but not too young. The lips are gorgeous! I really do adore these lips and wish they would come as tattoolayers as well, so these could be added to other skins as well. Yummy!!

I am not a HUGE friend of the eyebrows. I think the blonde and ginger ones are pretty, but both the brunette and brown ones seem very, very strong. But, I do know that a lot of people like the thick brows lately, so that is really just a matter of taste.  What I DO like about the brows is the general shape. They are easy to adjust, unlike the brows of my current skin.

I think Inka managed to give each of her skins the typical 'essences'-feeling: You can spot one of her skins right away. Clover is no exception. It has a pretty, young face with those typical juicy lips and a cute button-nose.



Make Ups

The skin comes with four colourful make ups and one nude version of the skin. I personally prefer the nude version because that seems a lot more versatile. However, the make ups are really fresh and funky!  Make Up Number 5 (the dark green one) is my personal fav because I am not such a  big fan of the colour pink. :) I really do wish it would come with different lipsticks, too! :D

A tip: Inka participates pretty regularly in events such as Zodiac and The Dressing Room. If you don't like these make ups, try to grab a copy of the versions of her skins there for a lot less Lindens, too! :)



So, thank you for reading this and bearing with my not so perfect Photoshop skills. :) I hope it was informative. If you want to try out Clover yourself, check it out at The Skin Fair 2013 - Essences.

<3 Arica

PS: I am SOOOO disappointed that I cannot use the other layout I had for my blog. This one is fine as well, but not AS pretty as the other. Unfortunately the pictures on that one were too big for the Fashionfeeds. :(