Tag: Girls Heaven

Paradise Lost

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http://Paradise Lost

I’m definitely not a Biblical nut, but I do have to admit that home confinement feels quite a bit like being sent to my room for misbehavior (though I’m certainly not without my supper!).  But did I misbehave?  Well, I personally have my faults and failures, and I do have to say that as a society, we certainly have not been taking care of our planet.  Perhaps, just perhaps, mother nature is starting to try to teach us our manners.  Yes, I definitely have too much time on my hands to think of far-fetched things, but is it any accident that certain environmental factors have improved during this global pandemic?  It’s logical of course… a lot of production is shut down, there’s no commuting, etc., but perhaps there’s a bigger lesson in all of this, beyond the need to be prepared and to care for our neighbors and our fellow man.  Who knows?  Again, too much time to play mind games and watch scifi movies…  and of course my daily shopping on the grid!  (My shopping IRL has really nose-dived now that Amazon Prime is taking up to a month to deliver!)  Whatever you are up to, especially if you are one of those out there on the front lines fighting for the rest of us, be safe out there!

  • Dress:  [WellMade] – Catalina Dress.  A beautiful long beach dress, with one side slit all the way up to the top of the thigh.  With a 10 texture HUD of the most beautiful tropical pattern, 5 in the pastel range & 5 in the darker tones.  Sized for Tonic, Slink HG/P, Belleza F/I/V, eBody Curvy, Jomo F/W, & Maitreya. EXCLUSIVELY at the Girls Heaven event, open March 8th – 31st.
  • Head, Eyes, Makeup:  Tonic – Tempest, the newest bento head from Tonic, which is debuting as an EXCLUSIVE at the North Sim of the Skin Fair from March 13th – 29th.  I’m not going to go into a lot of details here, because I did a closeup on March 7th which you can see HERE.  I WILL say that Tempest is beautifully amazing, presents a strong confident look, Omega is built in, several fully modifiable shapes are included, & IMHO is absolutely the best head yet by Tonic. A demo is available.
  • Skin:  7 Deadly s[K]ins – Muryel, worn in Oak browless.  Another beauty of an Omega skin, two options of 5 tones each (dark or light, including both omega & BOM, with & without brows).  I’ve added no makeup to this beauty, just my signature freckles & of course brows, since I chose a browless version. EXCLUSIVELY available at  the Whore Couture Fair by Flair For Events, through March 31st.  Demos & shape also available.
  • Body: Tonic – Curvy Beauty + Booty Control… truly the most natural curves on the grid with the ability to add that extra oomph how & if you want it!
  • Hair:  Doux – Pink
  • Brows:  Avada – Anja Eyebrows
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole & Freckles (Omega); DS’Elles – Freckle Body (Omega)
  • Nails:  Cazimi – Paradise Nail Appliers
  • Jewelry:  EarthStones – Chianna Jewelry Set in Burning Embers; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Pose:  Lyrium – Blogger Series Set 2, pose 3
  • Location:  The new hideaway (private)

Angel of the Morning

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http://Angel of the Morning

I’m not particularly into angels.  Yes I love wings, but even in my fae days (yes, once upon a time many years ago, I played as an elvish-fae hybrid) when I wore wings every day, I never wore angel wings. In fact, when given a choice between being an angel or a devil, I’d have to say I just about always go for the dark side.  But not this time.  Somehow this angel outfit just didn’t hit me as all that angelic, if you get my drift… in fact, it almost seems a bit devilish in that it just exudes temptation.  I found it to be rather inspiring, so much so that rather than just do it the easy way and shoot myself flying or hovering against a cloudy background, I decided to make it much harder, and build a small cloud “set”.   It reminded me of a lesson I’d forgotten of late… I have so much more fun when I do it the hard way, going a bit overboard and doing much more than is necessary in order to approximate the image that’s in my brain…  Well, time to hang up my wings and leave my seat in the clouds…  Happy shopping! (and to quote a show from a long, long time ago, “Be safe out there!”)

  • Outfit:  Giulia Design – URIEL.  Includes dress, open-work boots, Charu Tikka, crystal halo, hair decoration, body piercing, gold deco, & animated wings, which you can see in the pic below together with a close-up look at the Tikka & halo.  Sized for Slink HG/P, Freya, & Maitreya, & EXCLUSIVELY available at the Girls Heaven event, open March 8th – 31st.
  • Fountain:  Tylar’s Treasures – Heaven’s Gate Angelic Fountain, with animated water.  Lovely addition to your decor, whether you live in the clouds or on land like most of us. EXCLUSIVELY available at the Girls Heaven event, open March 8th – 31st. 
  • Clouds:  Tylar’s Treasures – Cloud Blue Box.  A beautiful blue cloud generator to create clouds for your fantasy, RP, photography, landscaping, home, or any place you want a bit of special romance or mystery.  Also available in pink.  Available only on Marketplace.
  • Mesh Cloud (in bottom pic only):  Tylar’s Treasures – Heaven’s Gate Cloud Bento Adult.  A mesh cloud for when you need something solid among the clouds.  Animated with 4 male & 4 female single sits + sequence, 2 slow dances, 6 bento cuddles + sequence, 8 bento multi-speed adult + sequence.  Adult & cuddle versions available.  25% OFF at the Girls Heaven event, open March 8th – 31st. 
  • Head, Skin, Eyes & Makeup:   LOGO – Willow, worn in Alabaster
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Hair:  Doux – Mecca
  • Pose:  CNZ (extinct vendor) – Beach Game Poses Set

Sing a Song of Flowers

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http://Sing a Song of Flowers

Well, while all our attention has been focused on the corona virus, something else not-quite-so-major has happened in our world… spring has managed to sneak in.  Where I live, the crocuses have popped, the forsythia are starting to bloom, and as my head can definitely attest, seasonal allergies have begun.  The seesaw weather of March is in full spring too… 65 degrees one day, plummeting to the 30s the next, but if those little flower buds can survive, then so can I, knowing that the beauty and fullness of spring is on its way. I don’t know about you, but I really can’t wait. My office has closed for the foreseeable future due to the virus, so I’ll be home quite a bit more than usual.  I’m really looking forward to that morning when I wake up and look out my window to see things really in bloom.  Until then, I’ll just sing a song of flowers, and finish planting my SL landscape into a flowery garden.  So many events to see, so many awesome things to buy… Happy shopping!

  • Top:  GAS Clothing Company –  Off Shoulder Top Ilona. This is one of those tops that are equally awesome from the front & from the back (see below).  Off the shoulders, it’s a sexy little tube-like top with sleeves in front, but in back, it’s open with cross lacing. Don’t wear long hair with this one! The fatpack includes a HUD of 20 colors & sizes for Slink HG/P, Belleza F/I/V, & Maitreya. EXCLUSIVELY available at the March round of the Swank Event, March 7th – 29th.
  • Skirt:  GAS Clothing Company– Zipped Denim Skirt Megan.  Totally cute, totally stylish, & totally sexy, this half-zipped denim skirt comes in a fatpack with a HUD of 15 colors & is sized for Slink HG/P, Belleza F/I/V, Altamura, Eve, TMP, & Maitreya.  Great detail on the butt, too, as you can see below. EXCLUSIVELY available at the March round of the Swank Event, March 7th – 29th.
  • Skin:  7 Deadly s[K]ins – Maggy, worn in Taupe browless.  Another beauty of an Omega skin, two options of 5 tones each (dark or light, including both omega & BOM, with & without brows).  EXCLUSIVELY available at the Girls Heaven event, open March 8th – 31st.
  • Backdrop:  irrISIStible – Backdrop Dust Spring, with a 3 texture menu.  I’ve used “purple” in the main shot, “green” in the shot below, & then “yellow” in the final shot that shows the full extent of the backdrop & all the angles available.  What a phenomenal backdrop with so many different shots available!  EXCLUSIVELY available at the March Swank Event, March 7th – 29th.
  • Head:   LOGO – Mae, just one of the many amazing bento heads using the best customization & animation system on the grid IMHO.  Available at both the main store & at the Skin Fair, which opened March 13th.
  • Brows/Makeup:  LOGO – Enhanced Ombre Lip Glosses & more
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Hair:  Stealthic – Sultry
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole & Freckles (Omega); DS’Elles – Freckle Body (Omega)
  • Jewelry: Maxi Gossamer – Soul Catcher Book of Spells Necklace & Earrings; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Pose:   STUN Poses – Botan #5 (top shot); Barbie #2 (bottom shot)

Neon Nights

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http://Neon Nights

Wow, it truly is amazing how good just feeling “almost normal” is when you’ve been sick.  I’m certainly not at the top of my game — I’m still sniffly, I’m sneezing a lot, and since I have a tear in my meniscus, I’m hobbling around just a bit. But I feel goooood! No more aching all over, I still have a bit of a headache but it’s not that pounding weight, I’m not freezing more than usual, and I don’t have that extreme heaviness in all my limbs.  I feel bouncy and happy, and ready to go out dancing! Well, maybe not in real life, but here in SL, I’m ready to go, and even here, all I really wanted to do was sit in one of my comfy chairs and cuddle a kitty or two. And it’s leap year, so you know what that means!?! SHOPPING!!!!! Enjoy… you know I will! See you in the stores…

  • Outfit:  Charanzad Design – “Bonbons d’une Fille”.  Includes the dress, jacket, & boots in two textures — one with a sequin-looking shine (which is what I’m wearing) & one without, which to me is kind of latex-looking; the dress also has a third version, which is a transparent option.  I do have to say that I find this texture to be totally incredible… the way it sparkles & gleams in various windlights is amazing… I found myself watching it constantly while dancing… it’s mesmerizing but I NEVER found it overwhelming.  Built-in panties, too, which you really need since this is very very VERY short in back.  Includes a HUD that offers a ridiculous amount of colors (72!) which you can mix ‘n match if you prefer to the monochromatic look (you can mix ‘n match the textures too since this is NOT a onesie, all pieces are separate). Sized for Slink HG/P, Freya, Legacy, eBody Curvy, Maitreya, Altamura, & V-Tech. EXCLUSIVELY available at the all-new Girls Heaven event, open one more week till March 4th.
  • Head:   LOGO – Mae
  • Skin:   LOGO – Naomi in Blossom
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Hair:  tram – H0813
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole & Freckles (Omega)
  • Jewelry:   Heartsdale Jewelry – Boho Dreams SilverNecklace & Earrings; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Pose:  FOXCITY – Night Sassy Bento Pose Set
  • Location:  Backdrop Central

Somewhere Out There

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http://Somewhere Out There

It’s funny.  I don’t know how other bloggers work, but I’d say that about half the time I have an idea in my head before I go out to shoot.  I’ve already got a picture in my head, and then I try to capture that idea.  Other times, I have absolutely nothing or something very very fuzzy.  In those cases, I just pick a sim or two (sometimes it unfortunately becomes three or four) and wander, waiting for an AHA moment.  This was kind of a mix of those situations… I started with an idea in my head, but it fizzled out very quickly after the first few takes were just blah, so I grabbed a new landmark and hit the road.  Luckily it didn’t take long before a scene grabbed my imagination, and I suddenly heard the strains of Somewhere Out There playing in my head as this animation captured that feeling I often have of looking at a beautiful sky and wondering if one I love might be looking at the same sky at the same time.  It’s a beautiful sim; I’m glad my lack of imagination pushed me into taking the time to explore.  There’s still much more there to see, and I’m sure you’ll be seeing more of it in future posts.  In the meantime, happy shopping!

  • Outfit:  [WellMade] – Casey Outfit.  Almost like a split dress, this is an adorable top & swingy little skirt with connecting straps. Includes a HUD with 25 solids + 10 prints which you can mix ‘n match for the top & skirt, plus the 25 solids for the straps, button lines, & buttons to create your own unique styles.  Sized for Hourglass, Freya, Legacy, & Maitreya. EXCLUSIVELY available at the all-new Girls Heaven event, open February 9th – March 4th.
  • Head:   LOGO – Mae.  On sale for 50% OFF at the February eBento event, February 11th to 29th. See my earlier blog for details.
  • Skin, Shape, & Makeup:  LOGO – Amelia. On sale & EXCLUSIVELY available at the February eBento event, February 11th to 29th. See my earlier blog for details.
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Hair:  TRUTH – Destiny
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole & Freckles (Omega)
  • Jewelry: Maxi Gossamer – Parisienne Love Heart Necklace & Earrings; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Shoes:  KC Couture – Rixa Heels
  • Location:  recollection

Summer Breeze

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http://Summer Breeze

By this time of year, as I look out the window at the bitter cold rain and reach for my winter coat, my thoughts inevitably turn to warmer climes. I’m just not built for cold weather.  Then again, I’m not built for hot weather either. I like a rather narrow band of temperate weather lol.  Though I feel that with cold, there’s not much you can do other than bundle up or go inside.  If there’s a breeze, and you can lie in the shade, heat can not only be tolerable it can be pleasurable… unless it’s excessive, then you’re back to going inside! In any case, when you’re in the cold, the heat seems wonderful, and vice versa.  A typical case of the grass being greener.  Me, I’m ready to do the great migration from the northeast to the southeast… my bones are cold and my joints are aching! Only one thing to do… SHOPPING THERAPY!!!!  Happy shopping!

  • Swimsuit:  powdermoon – Halter Swimsuit with HUD.  The perfect proof that when it comes to swimwear, sexy doesn’t have to mean “teeny weeny”.  In fact, this halter swimsuit covers everything below the waist, but the treatment above the top is incredibly enticing.  Sized for Tonic, Slink HG/P, Belleza F/I, & Maitreya, this suit comes with a 12-texture HUD (4 solids + 8 prints), & is  EXCLUSIVELY available at the all-new Girls Heaven event, open February 9th – March 4th.
  • Skin:  7 Deadly s[K]ins – Chile, worn in Caramel with no makeup.  I tend to love the lightly freckled skins, & this one is no exception!  Another stunner of an Omega skin, two options of 5 tones each (dark or light, including both omega & BOM, with & without brows).  EXCLUSIVELY available at the Vanity Event, February 15th – 25th.  Demos & shape also available.
  • Head & Eyes: Tonic – Pixie, the newest & newly improved bento head from Tonic
  • Body: Tonic – Curvy Beauty + Booty Control… truly the most natural curves on the grid with the ability to add that extra oomph how & if you want it!
  • Hair:  Argrace – Tokiwa
  • Nails:  Encore – Shades of Green Appliers
  • Location:  The new hideaway (private)