Hey peeps,
Just a quick update:
I will be gone for a short time, spending the next two weeks in Bella Italia and gonna enjoy the sun there, something we haven't been seeing a lot over here lately! But stay tuned for when I return, I got some cute outfit son my mind!
And this is why I love italy:
See you soon again!
Arica :D
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
I run away from you...into your dreams
Hair: Burley (Bella Earst, New!! Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: actchio. (Silver Milneaux, Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipstick: Pink Fuel (Mochi Milena)
Henna: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Got Fur Outfit)
Top: Baiastice (Sissy Pessoa, @ The Dressing Room Blue! Mesh!!)
Skirt: Tres Blah (Julliette Westerburg, Mesh!! @ C88!!)
Sandals: Slink (Siddean Munro)
Belt: Surf Couture (Emma Gilmour)
Ring: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky, Mesh!! @ Limited Bazaar)
Bracelet: EarthStones (Abraxxa Anatine)
Necklace: MG (Maxi Grossamer)
Headpiece: La Gyo (Gyorgyna Larnia, @ C88!!)
Location: Happy Mood Store (Non-Role-Play), Happy Mood
Thursday, July 19, 2012
I use my pretty face to find my way to him
Hair: Elikatira (Elikapeda Tiramisu, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Tunic: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Lupta Outfit, Mesh!!)
Blouse: The Sea Hole (Drinkinstein Sorbet)
Pants: Sur+ (Sienia Trevellion)
Socks: Rebel Xtravaganza (Rouge Darcy)
Shoes: S@bbia (Jury Gothly, Mesh!!)
Bag: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Lupta Outfit, Mesh!!)
Necklace: Concrete Flowers (Lynaja Bade)
Ring: Zaara (Zaara Kohime)
Bracelets: {me.} (Melody Dominquez, available at ONE VOICE!!)
Location: Dellhallow (Fantasy Medieval Role-Play), Fjallheim
Monday, July 16, 2012
Two can keep a secret, if one of them is dead
Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, partial Mesh!! Available at Hair Fair 2012!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade (not for Sale)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Blush: Bella di Notte (jade Glazner)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Blouse: U.f.O (Charming Meiler)
Vest: LULA (etana Vella, available at ONE VOICE!!)
Skirt: Tres Blah (Julliette Westerburg, available at Collabor88!!)
Boots: Leverocci (Jin Elfan)
Gloves: Celoe (JadenArt Resident, Mesh!!)
Belt: Celoe (JadenArt Resident)
Bag: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, Mesh!! Part of Lupta Outfit)
Necklace: Tea Time (Eloindir Davi)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler)
Earrings: Glow Studio (Linka Demina, available at The Dressing Room!!)
Hairpiece: Balderdash (Saiyge Lotus, available at ONE VOICE!!)
Location: Brundisium (Gorean Role-Play), Gorean Roleplay
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Hair Fair 2012 - A summary
Hellooo!
As we all know, the Hair Fair 2012, organized by Sasy Scarborough and her team, has opened to the public today. And oh wonder oh wonder - I made it in! Surprisingly quickly even, only cost me like 20 attempts per sim. :P So, here is a summary of my first impression and my favourite styles that I got. :)
Participants
There are many, many stores participating. I was especially happy to see some new stores on the horizon, such as LaViere, which is a bran of Azure Electricteeth from Tee*fy, known for her good taste and high quality designs. Then there is Götzsche. I have no clue who they are, but I do know that their style reminds me a lot of LeLutka, with a bit of Elikatira in it. I like it and that name makes me laugh, german girl that I am! ISON by Harry Hyx also has some nice hair, whcih unfortunately didn't really fit to my avi but is nice regardless. Illusory looked pretyt neat, too, though it simply doesn't fit my style. Anya OHMAI also released some really cute hairs. Prolly gonna buy them when I get back into the sim. :P
Of course there are also a TON of old dogs participating, in no particular order: LeLutka, Exile, Clawtooth, Lamb., Wasabi Pills, Analog Dog, D!va, Damselfly, Kik, Waka & Yuki and so many more.
However, I found it a bit sad that a couple of the largest stores (or at least ver ypopular stores) such as Truth, Maitreya and Burley don't seem to participate. Whatever their reasons, I would have loved to see them there as well!
Layout, setting and lag
The setting is pragmatic and plain, yet not unpretty. I liked the one from 2011 better though, it was more...eyecandy so to say. But then again, I go there to waste my money on pixelhair, not to admire the pretty setting. :D
The whole layout is really easy to navigate and despite the sims being full at all times, I experienced only a bit of lag. Instructions how to avoid lag can be found on the Hair Fair Blog.I highly recommend to read those. In short: No script, reduced draw distance, layer clothing or mesh clothing, no unecessary prims, no particles, reduce the number of avatars shown to you...and you shall be relatively fine.
Vendors
Overall most vendors worked just fine. It would have just been so much better if truly every designer had sent out the Demos in the respective group. Either SL isn't loading them, or there is a bunch missing. Because it is really anoying having to buy and try demos AT the fair. Please? :D
Also, if you really HAVE to pack your demos/hairs into a prim, make sure it delivers upon attaching it. Clicking it hardly ever worked for me, and people are impatient. :P
Quality of items
I must say, I am a tiny little bit disappointed. I have the feeling (MY opinion!!) that a lot of creators did not really release something new, but simply offered a hairstyle that was very similar to something they already have in their store. That's not necessarily bad, but not overly creative either.
Speaking of creativity: There are only so many over-the-shoulder-styles that I want to buy. I sometimes wished creators would look out what others make and try to be different instead of offering the 1000th version of the same updo or long hair. BUT: Admittedly, there are also only so many styles you can do. I am not sure, maybe my expectations are just too high.
Overall I think there were a lot of good items to be had, but a lot of poorly made ones as well. Trying the demos is absolutely a must!! There is a LOT of mesh-hair out there right now, so trying the demos really is important.
Now for the hairs!!
Left: Lamb! /Middle: D!va / Right: Götzsche
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
Lamb's hair is really cute imho. It looks soft and realistic, which I love. One thing that always bothers me are hairs that I would love to remake in rl, but everyone knows not even with ten bottles of hairspray that would ever work. One thing that I noticed is a 'break' in the texture on the strand on the right, the semi transparent one. Not sure why it does that, but it doesn't bother me enough to not like this hair a lot. :)
D!va has realsed some very, very cute styles for the Hair Fair. They are soft and sweet. However, and that is something that will forever bother me about D!Va: Making hair no mod is an absolute NO GO imho. Making your stuff no mod won't protect you from copybotters, so ...just let it be, please? I happen to know that D!va always fits to my head, but as you can see, their black isn't really black and more like...gray? I'd love to be able to tint this hair. But given how cute it is, I fear I will have to deal. :(
As I said before, I think Götzsche is like a mixture of Elikatira and LeLutka. Their textures are good and the mesh seems to work just fine with my shape in most animations. However, what I noticed after buying, is this strange stray strand on the very left. I am not sure why it is partially invisible from the front. From the very side, it looks normal. Does anyone know why that is the case?! I love it regardless.
Left: Elikatira / Middle: Exile /Right: LeLutka
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
Elikatira's releases for the Hair Fair is found a bit disappointing...besides this one!! I am in love with it. It looks really soft and as always, the quality of both texture and primwork is awesome. Yes, primhair!! Not mesh. Usual sculpts. And it looks so cute! I also like that Elikatira offers a so called 'Essentials'-Pack with all basic colours in it for just 30L more than the regular price. :)
Exiles hair comes with or without feathers. I personally really like them. Without the feathers I thought the style looked pretty bland. I really like the texture as usually and the hair works well with my AO as well. I however wasn't too impressed with the other styles by Exile, but that is a matter of taste I guess. :)
LeLutka's hair has awesome textures and it fits SO well. The hair can be worn with or without attachment, which is a mesh-item. I personally love the very classy style of this hair and prefer it without the attachment. It does remind me of an old, old style from Lamb and finally it fits to my head, too! The other styles offered by LeLutka were pretty awesome as well, though didn't fit my personal style.
Left: Fasionably Dead /Middle: Fashionably Dead /Right: La Viere
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
I never really liked FD's hair..until Toast Bard, the creator, sent me a review copy today...in brunette!!! ARGH! That was evil, because I bet she knew I'd instantly love it and run to buy it in black. ;) J/k. I really like this new hair. It is mesh and I think both styles look really cute. I prefer the left one I guess. The only think that bothers me a bit is the shinyness/glitter on the texture. You can see it on top of the head. It didn't seem as bad on the brunette copies. I am not sure, but that does not seem to match the quality of the overall work on the hair. But..I still like it! :D
LaViere's demos did not contain the dark grayscales, so I was a bit disappointed when I saw this. While on the blondes and especially on those with neon tips or strands the textures seemed really, really nice, the textures on the darker hair seems a bit...blurry? I am not sure. It seems a lot less detailed. Might be due to the colour, but other creators pull off a good black, too! However, these are her first hairs and given the quality of her item swith Tee*fy, I am sure she'll improve. The style of the hair is REALLY cute tho! :)
So, that's it so far. Hope it helped you a bit and good luck getting into the sims. :)
The SLURLS are as following:
Hair Fair 1
Hair Fair 2
Hair Fair 3
Hair Fair 4
Have fun there!!
Arica. :D
PS: A correction on my part: LeLutka's vendors were set correctly, I was simply mislead to believe the scripts in it were to use the vendors as usual LeLutka vendors. My apologies! I got it all mixed up while shopping on two accounts. :(
As we all know, the Hair Fair 2012, organized by Sasy Scarborough and her team, has opened to the public today. And oh wonder oh wonder - I made it in! Surprisingly quickly even, only cost me like 20 attempts per sim. :P So, here is a summary of my first impression and my favourite styles that I got. :)
Participants
There are many, many stores participating. I was especially happy to see some new stores on the horizon, such as LaViere, which is a bran of Azure Electricteeth from Tee*fy, known for her good taste and high quality designs. Then there is Götzsche. I have no clue who they are, but I do know that their style reminds me a lot of LeLutka, with a bit of Elikatira in it. I like it and that name makes me laugh, german girl that I am! ISON by Harry Hyx also has some nice hair, whcih unfortunately didn't really fit to my avi but is nice regardless. Illusory looked pretyt neat, too, though it simply doesn't fit my style. Anya OHMAI also released some really cute hairs. Prolly gonna buy them when I get back into the sim. :P
Of course there are also a TON of old dogs participating, in no particular order: LeLutka, Exile, Clawtooth, Lamb., Wasabi Pills, Analog Dog, D!va, Damselfly, Kik, Waka & Yuki and so many more.
However, I found it a bit sad that a couple of the largest stores (or at least ver ypopular stores) such as Truth, Maitreya and Burley don't seem to participate. Whatever their reasons, I would have loved to see them there as well!
Layout, setting and lag
The setting is pragmatic and plain, yet not unpretty. I liked the one from 2011 better though, it was more...eyecandy so to say. But then again, I go there to waste my money on pixelhair, not to admire the pretty setting. :D
The whole layout is really easy to navigate and despite the sims being full at all times, I experienced only a bit of lag. Instructions how to avoid lag can be found on the Hair Fair Blog.I highly recommend to read those. In short: No script, reduced draw distance, layer clothing or mesh clothing, no unecessary prims, no particles, reduce the number of avatars shown to you...and you shall be relatively fine.
Vendors
Overall most vendors worked just fine. It would have just been so much better if truly every designer had sent out the Demos in the respective group. Either SL isn't loading them, or there is a bunch missing. Because it is really anoying having to buy and try demos AT the fair. Please? :D
Also, if you really HAVE to pack your demos/hairs into a prim, make sure it delivers upon attaching it. Clicking it hardly ever worked for me, and people are impatient. :P
Quality of items
I must say, I am a tiny little bit disappointed. I have the feeling (MY opinion!!) that a lot of creators did not really release something new, but simply offered a hairstyle that was very similar to something they already have in their store. That's not necessarily bad, but not overly creative either.
Speaking of creativity: There are only so many over-the-shoulder-styles that I want to buy. I sometimes wished creators would look out what others make and try to be different instead of offering the 1000th version of the same updo or long hair. BUT: Admittedly, there are also only so many styles you can do. I am not sure, maybe my expectations are just too high.
Overall I think there were a lot of good items to be had, but a lot of poorly made ones as well. Trying the demos is absolutely a must!! There is a LOT of mesh-hair out there right now, so trying the demos really is important.
Now for the hairs!!
Left: Lamb! /Middle: D!va / Right: Götzsche
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
Lamb's hair is really cute imho. It looks soft and realistic, which I love. One thing that always bothers me are hairs that I would love to remake in rl, but everyone knows not even with ten bottles of hairspray that would ever work. One thing that I noticed is a 'break' in the texture on the strand on the right, the semi transparent one. Not sure why it does that, but it doesn't bother me enough to not like this hair a lot. :)
D!va has realsed some very, very cute styles for the Hair Fair. They are soft and sweet. However, and that is something that will forever bother me about D!Va: Making hair no mod is an absolute NO GO imho. Making your stuff no mod won't protect you from copybotters, so ...just let it be, please? I happen to know that D!va always fits to my head, but as you can see, their black isn't really black and more like...gray? I'd love to be able to tint this hair. But given how cute it is, I fear I will have to deal. :(
As I said before, I think Götzsche is like a mixture of Elikatira and LeLutka. Their textures are good and the mesh seems to work just fine with my shape in most animations. However, what I noticed after buying, is this strange stray strand on the very left. I am not sure why it is partially invisible from the front. From the very side, it looks normal. Does anyone know why that is the case?! I love it regardless.
Left: Elikatira / Middle: Exile /Right: LeLutka
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
Elikatira's releases for the Hair Fair is found a bit disappointing...besides this one!! I am in love with it. It looks really soft and as always, the quality of both texture and primwork is awesome. Yes, primhair!! Not mesh. Usual sculpts. And it looks so cute! I also like that Elikatira offers a so called 'Essentials'-Pack with all basic colours in it for just 30L more than the regular price. :)
Exiles hair comes with or without feathers. I personally really like them. Without the feathers I thought the style looked pretty bland. I really like the texture as usually and the hair works well with my AO as well. I however wasn't too impressed with the other styles by Exile, but that is a matter of taste I guess. :)
LeLutka's hair has awesome textures and it fits SO well. The hair can be worn with or without attachment, which is a mesh-item. I personally love the very classy style of this hair and prefer it without the attachment. It does remind me of an old, old style from Lamb and finally it fits to my head, too! The other styles offered by LeLutka were pretty awesome as well, though didn't fit my personal style.
Left: Fasionably Dead /Middle: Fashionably Dead /Right: La Viere
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
I never really liked FD's hair..until Toast Bard, the creator, sent me a review copy today...in brunette!!! ARGH! That was evil, because I bet she knew I'd instantly love it and run to buy it in black. ;) J/k. I really like this new hair. It is mesh and I think both styles look really cute. I prefer the left one I guess. The only think that bothers me a bit is the shinyness/glitter on the texture. You can see it on top of the head. It didn't seem as bad on the brunette copies. I am not sure, but that does not seem to match the quality of the overall work on the hair. But..I still like it! :D
LaViere's demos did not contain the dark grayscales, so I was a bit disappointed when I saw this. While on the blondes and especially on those with neon tips or strands the textures seemed really, really nice, the textures on the darker hair seems a bit...blurry? I am not sure. It seems a lot less detailed. Might be due to the colour, but other creators pull off a good black, too! However, these are her first hairs and given the quality of her item swith Tee*fy, I am sure she'll improve. The style of the hair is REALLY cute tho! :)
So, that's it so far. Hope it helped you a bit and good luck getting into the sims. :)
The SLURLS are as following:
Hair Fair 1
Hair Fair 2
Hair Fair 3
Hair Fair 4
Have fun there!!
Arica. :D
PS: A correction on my part: LeLutka's vendors were set correctly, I was simply mislead to believe the scripts in it were to use the vendors as usual LeLutka vendors. My apologies! I got it all mixed up while shopping on two accounts. :(
Thursday, July 12, 2012
You'll be scared when we're alone
Hair: Burley (Bella Earst, NEW!! Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Facial Sunburn: BOOM (Aranel Ah)
Tattoo: La Malvada Mujer (faina Cortes, freebie!!)
Shirt: Tres Blah (Juliette Westerburg, Collabor 88!! Mesh!!)
Bodice: DCNS (Devin Klaber, available on Marketplace)
Pants: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident)
Boots: Miel (Mika Nieuport)
Belt (hip): Bukka (yano Hyun)
Slingbelt: Deco (Veluu Faulds)
Hat: Deco (GutterBlood Spoonhammer)
Necklace: Miel (Mika Nieuport)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler, The Dressing Room Blue!!)
Bracers: Rochambeau (Leviathan Flux, part of Valmeyjar)
Dagger on Arm: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident)
Location: Ark 13 (Postapocalyptic Role-Play), Sunny Side
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
REVIEW: INNOCUOUS
Today I am reviewing the released items of a new store: INNOCUOUS. It is my first real review-post so be patient. :) The pants have been released now, too!
Below you can see my avatar in their items, in several variations of colours. The creator of these items wants them to be versatile and combineable. First and foremost, they are geared towards role-players, but honestly I do not think that people who only wear casual clothes should shun these. The pants I would totally wear in rl as well, same with the bolero. They are super cute.
Colours and textures
These are only a few colours of those offered. Corset, cowl and bolero come in five different colours, the pants come in eight colours. I really like them, very classy and even fitting for role-play without looking boring. The textures are highly detailed and unique. I love the shading on both the pants and the bolero.
I am especially happy that the fabrics of these items are fitting for roleplay. Linen, leather, cloth... it is perfect. If you have a closer look, you will see that the buttons, lacings and pockets on the bolero, corset and pants are not drawn onto the texture, but rather little mesh-items themselves which gives them a real 3D look. I think the wrinkles on the pants look especially realistic. Overall, I am really happy with the attention to details the creator has shown.
Shape and fitting
All items (besides the daggers) come in the usual five standard sizes: XXS, XS, S, M and L. In my case, my avi almost always fits in either size S or M. On the pictures I wear the pants in size S and the corset and bolero in size M. If you want to layer meshitems, you obviously will have to choose bigger sizes for the items you wear OVER other items.
In this case, the pants, as you can see on the photo, stick a bit through the corset on my avi's right hip. While moving, that happened a lot. However, this has more to do with me than with the creator: I refused to wear XXS pants to prevent the corset/pants from sticking trhough, or I could have worn the corset in one size larger, but I refused to make my boobs bigger to adjust to that. So, I went with a bit of clashing mesh which, in my case, will be hidden under a belt anyway. I just think outfits with no belt usually look boring. :)
Overall I must say the items fit really well. Only some minor things that I noticed: For the cowl I needed to wear an alphalayer from one of my LeLutka hairs, otherwise it would have shown on top. But I told the creator about that little problem and she said she'll add alphas to the cowl-vendors, too.
The corset will at times stick through your boobs or not work well with crazy animation, but that's how it goes with pretty much every underbust-corset that I own. I think it is more of a general rigging-problem than a problem this specific item has.
There is also a little gap showing between my legs. Not invisible-ponyrider-worthy, but it is there. Honestly, I have that with pretty much every single meshpants out there and if I want to have it less, I just wear the pants in size M and it looks better already, but then I have to hide that part under the belt, because pants size M and corset size M don't go well together on my shape. I do think that my shape is partially at fault as well, because my elf has a big bum, so well, I'll deal with a small gap. And those pants look really hot from behind, too! ;)
I am especially happy about the length of the pants: perfect for boots. Finally I have mesh-pants than I can wear with boots, woohoo.
So, what's the result?
I think as a summary I can say that despite some minor things that more than liekly will eb ironed out soon, these items REALLY impress me and I hoped this review was helpful for you. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell me. :) I am always open for helpful advices.
Arica. :D
Below you can see my avatar in their items, in several variations of colours. The creator of these items wants them to be versatile and combineable. First and foremost, they are geared towards role-players, but honestly I do not think that people who only wear casual clothes should shun these. The pants I would totally wear in rl as well, same with the bolero. They are super cute.
Colours and textures
These are only a few colours of those offered. Corset, cowl and bolero come in five different colours, the pants come in eight colours. I really like them, very classy and even fitting for role-play without looking boring. The textures are highly detailed and unique. I love the shading on both the pants and the bolero.
I am especially happy that the fabrics of these items are fitting for roleplay. Linen, leather, cloth... it is perfect. If you have a closer look, you will see that the buttons, lacings and pockets on the bolero, corset and pants are not drawn onto the texture, but rather little mesh-items themselves which gives them a real 3D look. I think the wrinkles on the pants look especially realistic. Overall, I am really happy with the attention to details the creator has shown.
Shape and fitting
All items (besides the daggers) come in the usual five standard sizes: XXS, XS, S, M and L. In my case, my avi almost always fits in either size S or M. On the pictures I wear the pants in size S and the corset and bolero in size M. If you want to layer meshitems, you obviously will have to choose bigger sizes for the items you wear OVER other items.
In this case, the pants, as you can see on the photo, stick a bit through the corset on my avi's right hip. While moving, that happened a lot. However, this has more to do with me than with the creator: I refused to wear XXS pants to prevent the corset/pants from sticking trhough, or I could have worn the corset in one size larger, but I refused to make my boobs bigger to adjust to that. So, I went with a bit of clashing mesh which, in my case, will be hidden under a belt anyway. I just think outfits with no belt usually look boring. :)
Overall I must say the items fit really well. Only some minor things that I noticed: For the cowl I needed to wear an alphalayer from one of my LeLutka hairs, otherwise it would have shown on top. But I told the creator about that little problem and she said she'll add alphas to the cowl-vendors, too.
The corset will at times stick through your boobs or not work well with crazy animation, but that's how it goes with pretty much every underbust-corset that I own. I think it is more of a general rigging-problem than a problem this specific item has.
There is also a little gap showing between my legs. Not invisible-ponyrider-worthy, but it is there. Honestly, I have that with pretty much every single meshpants out there and if I want to have it less, I just wear the pants in size M and it looks better already, but then I have to hide that part under the belt, because pants size M and corset size M don't go well together on my shape. I do think that my shape is partially at fault as well, because my elf has a big bum, so well, I'll deal with a small gap. And those pants look really hot from behind, too! ;)
I am especially happy about the length of the pants: perfect for boots. Finally I have mesh-pants than I can wear with boots, woohoo.
So, what's the result?
I think as a summary I can say that despite some minor things that more than liekly will eb ironed out soon, these items REALLY impress me and I hoped this review was helpful for you. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell me. :) I am always open for helpful advices.
Arica. :D
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