On ice

One of the starring items in these photos is Melora, the new hair from Calico. It's out now at We Love Role-Play.

This hair is super-intricate, so it would be ideal for a character of high status, such as a lady, mage, or even a pleasure slave. Basically, anyone who would have the time or the help to create all these rollsand looping braids; it's not really a style for farm girls or tavern wenches! The hair also comes with an add-on flexi piece to add movement to the style.

Calico Ingmann also updated her texture packs a couple of months ago and there are now a lot more shades in each pack. An example: previously you might buy the browns, dark browns, or light browns pack, each containing five basic shades.  Now you buy the browns pack, containing 20 shades. There's also a separate streaks hud for customisation.

Another featured item is the new 'Indian Necklace' from May's Soul which comes in either silver or gold. Also from May, but slightly older, are the Dyona circlet and the white fur from the Harvest Moon gacha.

The bracers are and older release from Enfant Terrible (pre-mesh!) and a group gift gown from Junbug. There is a 250L join fee for the Junbug group but it is well worth it if you're a fan of Juno Mantel's creations as the gifts are both very generous and regular!

Miss Miller

Time to get your skates on - there are just four days left for the Rumpelstiltskin round of Enchantment.

In these pictures, I'm wearing both of Dead Dollz's offerings. First is The Miller's Daughter Choker, which is the item for sale.

It includes a stamp card, which you can complete by visiting all the participating stores and tagging the card. Then you can exchange it for any of the prizes in the special prize location. (Full details on the official Enchantment blog.)

This brings us to the Dead Dollz second item - it's the special exclusive Enchantment prize, The Miller's Daughter gown. Isn't it beautiful?

As one of the special prizes, it will only be until the end of November. After this, it will disappear into the ether, never to be seen again.

The fur shrug I'm wearing is from The Annex - it's another special Enchantment item, while my eyes from Adored are another Enchantment prize.

The armwarmers/sleeves are from Junbug, from the Midnight Fae gacha at The Secret Affair. Don't miss this one, because the price for play is set to only 30L for the duration of the event. The prizes include sleeves, wings, and fabulous gowns. This round also ends on 30 November, so don't miss out.

Oh, and a slightly early Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating!

Celestial grace

 The Fantasy Collective has just opened, and this round is inspired by the theme 'Celestial'. The designers have really stepped up to the mark, so expect to leave this round with heavily loaded armfuls of ethereal gowns and accessories.

For me, one of the outfits I simply couldn't miss was Valentina E's 'We are all made of stars'. The outfit consists of a base gown, an overgown, and a crown (crown not shown here). Each of the items is sold separately, so you can decide exactly what you want to spend your lindens on, and how you'll incorporate the pieces into your inventory.

Broke? No problem... here's some free stuff!

Skin:  Glam Affair - Penny - Asia - Autumn Girl (The Seasons Story gift)
Hair: Moon{Hair} - Elastic Heart (group gift, free to join)
Eyes: Poetic Colors - Opal Eyes - Grape Leaves (gift for subscribers of over one month)
Shape: Self-made
Gown: Teriotrope -  Tridea Dress Demo (wearable demo) 
Circlet: Junbug- Crown of the Tuatha-De (The Seasons Story gift) 
Bangles: pr!tty - TSS - Bangles  (The Seasons Story gift)
Pose: Kirin Poses - Momo Pose Pack (The Seasons Story gift)

Hands: Slink - Avatar Enhancement (not free!)

The wandering stars, the wandering June

So I finally got a chance to log in (busy RL, SL not cooperating) and head over to Collabor88. This month's theme is nautical, and there are logs of fun things to pick up. Not least among them are this cool hair from Clawtooth (optional starfish attachment not shown) and top from Milk Motion.

Next on my list to check out is (Tales of Fantasy gacha event) where you'll find these horns from The Forge. The necklace is from Luminary and you'll find it at the upcoming round of Genre, which opens on June 15.

We Love Role-Play is still going strong, with everything discounted between 25 and 50%, including these pants from Paper Moon and the gorgeous bag from The Library.

More from Fantasy Gacha Carnival

I love this hair, from Spellbound - the heavy but not-blunt bags are gorgeous, as is the volume created by the undulating waves.  I actually didn't know anything from this store before, but I will definitely check the store out. If you're lucky enough to get the rare prize, you get the FATPACK. Otherwise, you will have to keep playing to get the colour you want - or try a new colour!

The tail is from Kio, and rares come with a colour hud allowing to change all the elements of the hud. Commons don't have the shell, pearl etc decoration, and their hud lets you change the colour of the ribbons. The epic prize is a set of mermaid ears with hud.

The silver circlet is a rare from one of Keystone's gachas, the shape is from Belissima, and skirt and top are from Distorted Dreams.

The skin, by the way, is from Glam Affair, and is part of today's Fifty Linden Friday round. Just one last thing - among the other items I'm wearing are the Zaia hand jewels from Earthstones. These are designed to be worn with Slink's Elegant1 hands, but they fit reasonably well on the Elegant hands also. The bracelets are unrigged, so you can tweak them to improve it.

Front view and close-up after the jump!

So red

More previews from Fantasy Gacha Carnival! Don't worry, it's coming closer...

In these pictures, I've featured a kimono-style tunic and accessories (including hair) from FuubutsuDou, staff from Ginger Line (the sister brand to Velvet Whip), circlet from Keystone, collar from Circe, and eyeshadow from Highlife (you can see it better after the jump!).

Don't forget, if you're a blogger and you'd like early access from 26-31 January, contact Niccii Nitely in-world.

Northern girl... or Southern?

Rushing to get this post done, as Glam Affair have a special 'cold day' edition of the Kaelyn skin out for Fifty Linden Friday (yes, that's right, it's today only).

The skin features a wind-burned look with rosy cheeks and nose - the very picture of a girl in the harsh northern climates. Or, has our girl been out under the hot southern sun for too long? Is that sunburn and freckles we see?

Soedara's new outfit, Lucretia, is a partial mesh outfit which could be worn by northern or southern girls. It's kirtle-inspired with a plunging neck, and features some Norse style decoration.

Add some extra layers and boots and you're ready to take on winter as you go about your chores. Alternatively, omit the layers and wear the outfit with the included jewelry to project the image of a high southern slave.

New from The.Plastik at Frost and TDRF

I've been having more issues with taking photos in the last few days - sometimes the image comes out completely scrambled, sometimes almost completely black with just a few meshes showing, or sometimes there'll be a transparent space where my arms, head, or entire body should be.

This could be cool if I wanted to make a surrealist art statement, but as I just want to grab a few nice pics featuring fun clothes 'n' things, it's VERY frustrating. In between times, I did manage to squeeze out some pics with intact and visible body parts, so phew. Next will be final post in the crayon colour challenge, I hope...

This post, I'm slinking around in the corset-y Karmiel mesh bodysuit from The.Plastik, which makes a great alternative camisk. It's currently at The.Plastik's booth at the F R O S T fair which runs until 5 January. You'll find the Slink nail appliers I used (close-up of just one of the options after the jump), and lots of special limited editions of recent releases like the Morgana gowns or Furia dresses.

You might also want to check out the two gift trees at Frost, under which you'll find freebies and dollarbies from the fair participants.

Crayon Colour Challenge: Week 50, Sugar Plum

Sugar Plum

Sugar Plum

Ok, I think I managed to get a fairly close colour match this week - thanks to a Kunglers top I picked up in the Dressing Room Fusion quite a while ago.

The rest of the outfit comprises a older sculpt skirt I grabbed in Fishy Strawberry when their sale was on, arm warmers from On a Lark's Beau outfit, fur shrug from Indyra's Claudette outfit, and a hat from Milk Motion at the current round of C88. (It started out white, but I tinted it.)

Top: Kunglers - TDRF #019 - Blouse S - GrapeHat: Milk Motion -  faux fur hat - white fox  (tinted)
Skirt: Fishy Strawberry - Wild Nature Skirt - Brown
Armwarmers: On a Lark -  Beau Arm Warmer ~ Coal
Fur shrug: Claudette Fur Shrug - Coffee

Shape: Self-made
Hair:  LaViere- Nadia/JetBlack
Skin: Glam Affair - Vera skin - America - FLF (old Fifty Linden Friday offer)
Eyes: Ikon - Lucid Eyes - Coffee

Pose by Ploom (Fancy set)
Photo taken at Dawn of Radiance / Lucky Paradise

Gifts at the 25L Holiday Bazaar

You've probably seen or heard about the 25L Holiday Bazaar already (the Good Gorean has featured some outfits in this post)... I finally got round to sticking my head in last night.

Because I'm an inveterate freebie hound, the first thing I did was scoop up all the gifts from under the tree at the landing point. (I'm back there tonight to check the actual offers!) There are all sort sorts of lush role-play oriented gifts from your favourite 25L Tuesday merchants.

The event runs until 13 December - not long - so don't delay and take your taxi to the event!

Note: You will get booted from the sim if you exceed the 100 script limit (a really generous limit in my opinion)!

PS Just discovered there are even more gifts in some of the stores around the bazaar... happy days!

The Fantasy Collective: OrsiniSun's Eyes of the Forest

The Fantasy Collective is is still going strong (I'm not altogether sure when this round ends!)

This outfit is from OrsiniSun, and could be great for lots of characters - leastwise the ones of whom modesty is not demanded. It's called Eyes of the Forest and comes in black, wine, or blue. The outfit includes mesh bottoms, sculpt top, mask, necklace and armband.

I've accessorised with a blowdart from [EZ] Weaponry, Persefona's circlet (free at the Christmas Market) and Glam Affair's Ballerina vanity feet.

Crayon colour challenge: Week 47, Tardis Blue

Tardis Blue

Tardis Blue

Okay, a confession: this post might have been a tiny bit cheat-y. When I checked the colour in-world, this outfit completely matched it. But it doesn't really match the hexi web colour. HMM. So, I used a lot of saturation on the image, and now it pretty much matches. Yay!

The outfit in question is Belly Dancer from Luas. It comes with anklets as well - but I ditched them to show off the Ballerina feet from Glam Affair! I convinced myself not to buy the fatpack and went with the black vinyl and red fabric instead - I figured I'd use those the most.

More info about the Crayon Colour Challenge on Softpaw's blog

Outfit: Luas - Belly Dancer  -teal
Feet / shoes: Glam Affair - Vanity Feet - Ballerina - Vinyl OnyxHair: LeLutka-SERENA  - Jessica
Shape: Self-made
Skin: Glam Affair - Elvi - Jamaica - 01 E
Eyelashes: Aeva - Eyelashes // Short Lashes
Lipstick: Aeva - HS Chloe Lipsticks : Chocolate
Eyes: IKON Destiny Eyes - Maya (L)

Pose by Glitterati (from Bitch set)
Photo taken at Oasis of Two Scimitars

Faridah from Delicious

Seems like it's been a while since I did a non-event post, so here's a look at a recent release from Delicious (before I get back to events, lol).

Faridah is a recent release from Delicious and you have three ways to wear the outfit - as a camisk or tunic, as dancing silks, or as, um, casual silks?

The outfit is a mix of mesh (the tunic, the short silks) and flexi silks, prims, and clothing layers.

I really like that the belt is available separately - ie without attached silks - perfect for adding to other outfits!

(The necklace is from  Soedara btw.)

The winter queen

It's late, so a very quick post tonight.

You'll probably recognise the crown and feather collar as GSpot's 'Nell' set for Enchantment. The cream option is shown here, but it's also available in black and gold.

Enchantment opens to the public on 1st November at 12 noon SLT - but you can join the Enchantment update group to take advantage of 12 hours early access.

Regina

Understandably, quite a few designers at the Enchantment event have been inspired by various movie adaptations. The Disney-inspired versions are easy to spot, with the bold blues, reds and yellows.

The Library's outfit is named Regina - is this for the evil queen in Once Upon a Time? I don't watch show, so can't comment on any visual references to the costumes!

Regina consists of a mesh jacket, skirt, and boots, plus an optional 'collar extender' and clothing layer pants. There's also a matching hat, not shown here.

The hair is Blanka, from Mina, in special edition colours. The pack contains black, white, and two ombre shades. Again, there's also a crown, not shown. I guess I felt like going bare-headed!

Spirit of Autumn

I was really excited to open the box containing Paper Moon's exclusives for Horrorfest - four beautiful headdresses. The one I'm wearing in this picture (Autumn Moon) is probably the least 'horrific', but it is the 100% donation item, with all proceeds going to The Epilepsy Therapy Project.

The others in the range, called Sisters of the Wood, combine beauty with elements of the grotesque in the shape of animal skulls. The narrative behind them is that they were pieced together by the mysterious sisters... Sister Crow, Sister Deer and Sister Rat.

New release special at Soedara

There's a special opening weekend at the Serena Gardena sim - home to Soedara, Arwen's Creations,
Elegance by Elysa, and House of Alcott.

To celebrate, there'll be some free gifts, and Marbella Pronovost of Soedara is offering her brand new release at 40% off for a limited time.

Quanah of the Plains could be used by panther or slave and comes in two styles - the plainer colours or the fabulous 'exotic' pattern.

Crayon Colour Challenge: Week 34, Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli

Another quick post to keep me on track with the Crayon Colour Challenge!

The main part of this outfit is from The Shack with a couple of add-ons from Soedara.

The orb props and poses are from Musa, and they're part of the current We <3 Role-Play

round which closes at the end of the month... so you've only a couple of days to grab them and lots of other bargains. The new round will open on 4th September.

The sale at Soedara (hurry!)

~Soedara~ Classy Brown Exotic Sang Penari

If you want to take advantage of the sale at Soedara, better hurry, because it only runs through tomorrow (Monday 26 August).

Once you tp over to Soedara, you'll see that many of the outfits (not the very newest releases) have a colour option rezzed on the floor in front of the main vendor. This is the sale item, reduced in price by 30,40 or 50%.

Lots of gorgeous outfits are included - silks, kirtles, camisks, gowns for free women, and more!

A few of my favourite options presented below.