Down On The Boardwalk

A lovely day on New Brighton Pier…just one of those hot, hazy days of summer made for wandering around until you have to seek an air-conditioned sanctuary!

Hair: >TRUTH< Leticia – espresso by Truth Hawks

Eyes: IKON 'Sunrise' Eyes - Bleached Blue by Ikon Innovia

Skin: -Glam Affair- Roza - Natural 01 by Aida Ewing

Earrings: [Atomic] Endearing Earings *MESH* – Platinum by Ivy Graves

Necklace: Dark Mouse A Daisy for you Necklace – Copper by Mouse Mimistrobell

Top: Whippet & Buck Sand Island Camisole WAVE by Dakota Buck

Pants: *GF* Capri Jeans -white- by Cerberus Noel

Into The Spirit Of Things

I love the Olympics. Any sport, it doesn’t matter which. Even fencing and curling are interesting during the Olympics. I don’t know why, but it’s a phenomenon that comes around every two years. So today we have a sports post. I think I actually heard Stewart’s groan of dismay when I asked him to do this one.

Basketball isn’t my favorite sport, but it IS an Olympic sport, and there are some fun basketball poses out there. This first one is from this round of Fluid by Y’s Art and Poses called Love & Basketball:

The next cheesy we’re-playing-basketball-but-really-just-canoodling pose is from J&K.

And last, but not least, Pieces from Glitterati. I don’t think this is actually a basketball pose, but the ball fit, so why not?

As you can see, we did manage to put our international competitiveness aside for the moment. Since his country is hosting the Olympics he can be sufficiently patriotic, but we’ll see what happens when the REAL Olympic basketball competition begins! Go USA!

Stewart is wearing:

Hair: Exile Owen/whiskey by Kavar Cleanslate

Shirt: Fallen Angel Designs MADE IN ENGLAND  - Mens_Mesh_Shirt by Bex Fallen

Shorts: JfL sweat pants short taupe by JohnFrancis Laville

Shoes: :: db :: Style Sneaks #2 by Danyel Blumenthal

Eliza is wearing:

Hair: >TRUTH< Carina – treacle by Truth Hawks

Skin: -Glam Affair- Roza - Natural 01 by Aida Ewing

Top: ~*Es Stylez*~ USA Flag Grunge Tee by Layla Meridoc

Pants: MIEL FIT PANTS - front text – natural by Miel Nirvana

Shoes: Soft Black Sneaker by Kurt Cassady (no longer available)

Poses: Y’s Art and Poses (at Fluid); J&K; Glitterati (basketball not included)

Location: LDPW Public Basketball Court

52 Weeks of Color Challenge: Welsh Green

I loved this week’s color. More than the color though, I love the Nouveau Leaves set that will be Tiffy Vella’s Vintage Fair release. There is so much choice with this set and it includes not only the standard necklace and earrings, but brooches and hairpieces as well. I changed the stones to green for this week’s challenge, obviously, but you can change them to pretty much any color you want. I will be giving away one set next week, which works because Vintage Fair opens on Friday of this week!

Congrats to Nicandra Laval, who wins the Natalie pumps from Sherael. Watch for your prize in world!

Credits coming soon…

“Frenemies”

When I asked my sweet friend Caroline to do a Hair Fair shoot with me, I arrived and saw her looking fabulous, as usual. Caroline always looks so perfect that I inevitably have an evil-queen-mirror-mirror moment every time I see her.  Caroline is way too nice for a poisoned apple, but a water balloon?  I confess to a small satisfaction in smacking her with a nice big one.

Hm, that felt good. Maybe another when she’s not expecting it!

Anyway, even splashed with water balloons, she is a great sport and her gorgeous style from Queue Marlowe at Hair Fair still looks great.

Eliza is wearing:

Hair: Slink Mica Hair Sienna by Siddean Munro (Sand Sim)

Eyes: IKON 'Sunrise' Eyes - Caribbean Blue by Ikon Innovia

Suit: *MonCheri* Vintage Swimsuit by Freya Olivieri

Caroline is wearing:

Hair: Analog Dog pornado Vanilla by Queue Marlowe (Water Sim)

Eyes: IKON Utopia Eyes Light blue + Rust by Ikon Innovia

Top: Trendstyle Flowery Bikini Red by Emeliy Auer

Shorts: Miel Fit Shorts by Miel Nirvana

Poses: Izzie’s, Glitterati

52 Weeks of Color Challenge: Aqua Island

In all honesty, when I saw this week’s color I said to myself, “Aqua, again?” It seems like we have done every variation possible of the aqua/turquoise/cyan/cerulean family. Luna is really forcing me to get creative here, how DARE she??? Well, at least it is one of my favorite color groupings so I am always happy to go in search of more. This week I had fun roaming around the Forgotten City.

Congrats to Madison Sullivan, who wins the Vox Satellite Jewelry set from last week. This week I will be giving away a pair of Natalie pumps from Sherael. I swear, whenever I need a solid pump I go right to these…they come in a ton of colors!

Hair: >TRUTH< Auralee – treacle by Truth Hawks

Earrings: DooDads - Dangle Turquoise Earring by Paisley Mizin

Eyes: IKON 'Sunrise' Eyes - Caribbean Blue by Ikon Innovia

Shirt: [Whippet&Buck] Neelia Beaded Yoke Tank CERULEAN by Dakota Buck

Skirt: **GizzA** Frilly Skirt [Leaf] by Giz Seorn

Shoes: *Sherael* Natalie Pump - Marine Aqua by Sherael Concepcion

Location: The Forgotten City

Poses: !bang

Hair Fair 2012: Water

I will probably be doing a couple more Hair Fair posts later this week, but for now I have done enough damage to my monthly Linden budget!!! That being said, here are my top five from the Water sim at Hair Fair. As I have said before, these are only a few of many, many more styles that you will find at Hair Fair. All of these can be found on the Water sim.

+LALA Moon+ Alpha Plus (Black) by Ruru Nagy

.:EMO-tions:. * PHILLIS* / darkbrown by Mirja Mills

/Wasabi Pills/ Zoey Mesh Hair - Black coffee by MissAllSunday Lemon

Analog Dog pornado raw umber1 by Queue Marlowe

:esk-imo: Hair _ Fraya _BLK 04 by Ziekling Bunnyhug

Hair Fair 2012: Flower

It was hard to choose favorites on this sim, there were a lot of styles that I really liked. However, I have to say that two of my absolute favorites came from the same store! Ah, well, I am a sucker for an updo.  All of these great styles can be found on the Flower sim.

*Alice Project* Hyori [S] – Infinity by Alice Demonia

Amacci Hair Cassie ~ Onyx by Carina Larsen

Amacci Hair Rosie ~ Onyx by Carina Larsen

ICONIC ALBA-Cafe Au Laits by Neveah Niu

""D!va"" Hair "Rio" (MESH)(Onyx) by Marisa Kira

Hair Fair 2012: Garden

I really like the layout of Hair Fair this year—and while it is annoying not to be able to get in because all the sims are full, the 45-person sim limit does mean that when you do get in, things don’t take forever to rez. That’s good news. So here are my favorites from the Garden Sim. This first one actually looks pretty terrible on me, but I had to include it since it totally wins the poutiest-model-ever award on the vendor at Leverocci. You have to go see it just to see her—truly awesome.

All of these hairstyles can be found on the Garden sim at Hair Fair.

 

Leverocci - Bom_Almost Black by Leverocci. Go see the vendor!!!

*IA* Maria hair - dark brown by Ivanka Akina

[Iren] Rory Hair-jetblack by Irischka Hotshot

MINA Hair – Daan by Mina Nakamura

[LeLutka]-SALOME hair – AlmostGoth by Thora Charron. This one is probably going to make it into my top five for this year. LOVE!

Hair Fair 2012: Sand

So far I have only been able to get into one sim for the Hair Fair, so in a couple of days I hope to have more to show…but here are my favorites and they can all be found on the Sand sim.

[Decoy Hair] Bethani - (Dark Browns) Fudge by Annette Voight

Clawtooth: Gossamer Rain - Black beauty by Bubbles Clawtooth

*ARGRACE* Straw Fedora/Chloe – Black by Rika Oyen

! SugarsmacK !: Elan/Rich Chocolatte by Accountant Adzebills

!Ohmai : Chloe [Olive] by Anya Ohmai

52 Weeks of Color Challenge: Persian Rose

I knew I bought this dress during Fashion For Life for a reason! I never get dressed up in SL anymore, it’s quite sad, actually. If anyone wants to squire me around in a ball gown please let me know. In the meantime, I get to put on my fancy duds for the color challenge.

I simply love this gorgeous jewelry set from Vox. I think I will give a few away next week. And congrats to Jade who wins the Sexy Mama’s maxi dress from last week.

Hair: ^;^CaTwA^;^ Amanda/Espresso by Catwa Clip

Eyes: Mayfly - Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Rose Blush, w3) by Arkesh Baral

Jewelry: Vox Satellite Rhea by Eidolon Aeon

Dress: -AZUL-(FFL2012) Michela Ruby by Mami Jewell

Poses: Reel Expressions

Anchors Aweigh

This adorable mesh dress from Vero Modero had me running around trying to find a Navy shipyard so I could wave to a bunch of sailors. The best I could find though was a really big cruise ship. still, adorable, right?

Just as adorable is my nautical themed jewelry from Ripe:

 

Hair: [BURLEY]_GaEun_Black04 by Bella Earst

Jewelry: ((RIPE)) Come Sail Away by Hempy Weezles

Dress: [VM] VERO MODERO / Marine Dress by Bouquet Babii

Shoes: - uRbAn GiRl - Mesh Ballet Flats (blue) by Zoyah Neaph

Poses: marukin

52 Weeks of Color Challenge: Astronaut Blue

Congrats to Caroline, who wins the mystery item from Maxi Gossamer…….the new mesh patterned sunglasses! Watch for your prize in-world! Next week, I will give away this lovely partial-mesh maxi dress from Tigerlily Hyun. Love it!

I also love the new Eliza skin from Izzie Button…not named for me….(I wish!) However, I am proud to share a name with it!

Hair: >TRUTH< Kadence – espresso by Truth Hawks

Skin: Izzie's - Eliza Skin sunkissed DB by Izzie Button

Eyes: IKON 'Sunrise' Eyes - Deep Blue by Ikon Innovia

Jewelry: *ByKay* ~ Kalya *Dark Blue* by Kayleigh McMillan (exact color no longer available)

Dress: *Sexy Mamas* Blue Floral Mesh Maxi by Tigerlily Hyun

Poses: Reel Expression

Location: Oceano Pacifico

Just Another Day

Nothing pithy or even interesting to say today. Just that I wish I had a house like this on the beach. And that my skin were this pretty.

Hair: [Shag] - She Sells Sanctuary – eve by Sebastien Aries

Skin: Unique Thai_woman_01 by Nany Merlin

Eyes: IKON Horizon Eyes - Dark Brown by Ikon Innovia

Jewelry: Vincenza Rosca Long Line by Vincenza Rosca (@Designer Circle)

Top: fri. - Friday.Tank (Teal) by Darling Monday

Pants: *BOOM* Miami Linens (Nutshell) by Aranel Ah (@ Fameshed)

Shoes: [y] Slip on White by Zoya Neaph

House: *Kukuvaya* Carolina beach shack Teal by Caroline Tairov

Poses: Reel Expression

Happy 4th of July!

 

 

Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Shiki Mesh Hair - Black coffee by MissAllSundayLemon

Eyes: IKON Utopia Eyes - Dark Cerulean by Ikon Innovia

Eyeshadow: Agnes_I Love US Eyeshadow by Agnes Finney

Earrings: [HANDverk]Coral Earring.red/gold by Daphne Klossovsky (@Fameshed)

City Girl

This sparkly gold dress from Vero Modero only works for a girl living in the city—anywhere else and she would either cut her legs to shreds or attract every insect in 30 miles. But it does look good walking down a city street. As does Catwa Clip’s newest beehive-inspired updo.

Hair: ^;^CaTwA^;^ Amanda/Espresso by Catwa Clip

Skin: (AMD) Eliza – Carmel by Apple May

Jewelry: Eclectica Deco Knot-dark gold by Tiffy Vella

Dress: Vero Modero Gold Dress by Asli Barth for Vero Modero (@Designer Circle)

A Fan, But Not The Way You Think

I do love the Spanish national team. I really do. Nobody is happier than I am when they win.

All you ladies who have men who live and die by their favorite sports teams, you know what I mean. When Spain wins, I have a happy home. When Spain wins, all is right with the world.

And Spain won, my friends. Oh, did they ever win.

Thanks, guys.

Hair: ::Exile:: Lost in Wonderland:Wedge by Kavar Cleanslate @Fairy Tales

Necklace: National flag Pendant [Spain] / Gold by Ryca Doobie

Shirt: [RDG] Spain Home Jersey by Ruff Zepp

Jeans: -tb- Juju Jeans - Original Wash by Julliette Westerburg

Shoes: HOC Industries - Suede Sneakers by Guu Nishi