Fleur – [Review]
One of my favorite content creators recently told me that she knew I’d stopped blogging but would like to pass me something anyway. I was floored! I stopped blogging? Then I came over here and looked…. and lo and behold. It certainly looked that way. Ooops.
So in honor of my horrible revelation (courtesy of Roslin Petion) and Fleur’s fabulous skins…. I bring you their newest release. Parfait Deux! Now, you may notice (or you may not) that this is not my normal shape. While the Parfait line does look fabulous on me and always has, I prefer it even more on this shape. This is a plump little sweetie of a shape that I keep just for these skins. I don’t always put it on when I wear a Parfait skin, but often I do, because she’s just too cute to resist.
This release has two major high points. First are the new makeups. Of course. But second is a slight modification to the nostrils. I guess some people were having issues with the way the skin looked on their adorable little button noses. Well this release has solved that so everyone can wear the Parfait fabulousness.
Let me lead off with my favorite. This is the Vanilla Deux Parfait 3. It’s my favorite skin tone in the Parfait line and easily one of my favorite makeups across the board.All of the Parfait skins have these sweet little upturned lips and this one features a few tiny little freckles, although not a face full of them. Anyway, I love the flushed cheeks and fresh-faced look of this skin and it’s one I can see myself wearing around often.
More Fleur goodness after the cut!
Yabusaka – Review
The other day I was fortunate enough to have a review copy of this jewelry passed to me by Yabusaka Loon. To be honest, I’m positive I’ve seen some of this jewelry in the past but not like this. This set called 06 is absolutely exquisite.
If you can’t see all the incredible attention to detail, then it’s my picture taking at fault and not the jewelry. While high in prims, it is obviously with good reason. This set consists of a matching choker, earrings, and a bracelet for each arm. It does contain scultpie prims so may take an extra moment or so to rez properly. (Please don’t be alarmed while the sculpties load!)
The choker may require a bit of fitting, but Yabusaka has made the pieces modifiable so you can easily stretch and reposition it to your avatar’s needs. Overall, I really like this set and I’m glad I had the opportunity to review it for all of you!
Check out Yabusaka’s shop in Honmoku or visit the blog for more of Yabusaka’s work.
[CRAP] – Review
When Tenshi dropped a sampler pack from her shop [CRAP] on me, I knew it was just the thing I’d been looking for on many levels. First of all, I needed to blog again. But even more, I needed an excuse to play with her creations. For instance, take a look at me here. That’s the Big Knit Big Collar jacket in red and the Bucket Hat in charcoal. I really like the shape of the jacket, especially the oversized shawl collar. And I love that the hat fit over the hair I wanted to wear with this outfit. Plus all the prims are mod/copy/no trans. (Thanks Tenshi!) I feel like I should have a cigarette and be somewhere far more glamorous than my photosphere. As of yet I’m not sure exactly where though, so you’ll have to deal with this.
More [CRAP] after the cut…
Blowpop – Review
A while ago (shamefully so, in fact) Annyka Bekkers dropped a sample pack of her Mellie skins from her shop Blowpop on me. I tried them on right away, but then got distracted by that darn first life and haven’t blogged them yet for all of you. I’m going to talk about the Cream skin tone as that is my normal choice. If you like what you see here, you should go to Blowpop yourself and try a demo.
First of all, Cream is not the lightest skin tone, Vanilla is, and the skins range to a deep tan called Caramel with a few steps in between. As I said before, these are the Cream. In the sampler Annyka gave me, these are the three makeups that were included for Cream. She has obviously taken care to create a range of makeups as well from fresh faced to evening makeup.
But let’s look at my very favorite thing, the lip. I think the lips on these skins are so sweet and I love the little upturned corner and sweetheart shape. They are what makes the whole face for me. The shading on the bridge of the nose is a bit stronger than I’m used to, but I don’t think it’s bad. It’s just different for me. The nostrils are well done though, and that’s a difficult area where I have issues with some skins. I also think the eyes are very well done and I appreciate the range of makeups Annyka has applied to them. I think it gives these skins a lot of versatility for her customers.
The skins will allow you to play with the hair color on the eyebrows and other bits, but I didn’t experiment with that for these pictures. I wanted you to see them as they are, and play with them on your own. I will also note that I will not be taking full body shots or analyzing other bits of the skin. Not my style, and the face on a skin is the number one most important feature to me, so that’s my focus. Although I will point out that the collarbones, which you can also see here, are nicely done.
All in all, I’m glad Annyka got in touch and I will be adding her skins to my rotation. Again, these are the Mellie skins, and you can find them in her shop, Blowpop.
Argyle Boutique – New Find/Review
It all started when I saw that there was a coat named Madison. Of course, I am not so vain as to believe that has anything to do with me, especially since I have never met the designer, Noelle Eilde, before. However please take note, this will not stop me from pretending far and wide that I am famous enough to have a jacket named after me. 
Regardless of the origin of the name, seeing this coat led me to Argyle Boutique, and that is definitely not a bad thing. I proceeded to buy nearly everything in her shop and then decided that you, dear readers, needed to know all about it.
Please note that the jacket in question here is absolutely adorable. It has an optional prim collar and neck bow which I am modeling both of for you here. I am also taking this opportunity to show off the Davenport Weathered Velvet gloves which just go perfectly with my jacket.
Stick around after the cut for more great finds at Argyle Boutique!
ZHAO Shoes – Review
I have recently gotten to know Melanie Zhao of ZHAO Shoes just a bit and had the honor of getting some of her newest releases dropped into my inventory. At first I was skeptical, as I love shoes but can be very fussy about what actually goes on my feet. But as I unpacked these and tried them on, I could not resist them.
Before we head into the pictures, I’d like to point out that all of the ZHAO shoes are scripted with options for bling and clacking noises as you walk. Those are easily adjusted or turned off completely simply by touching the right shoe and using the menu that appears.
Of the nine pairs of shoes I examined, these were my very favorites possibly because I have not really seen anything like them in SL. They are called Virus for reasons possibly only Melanie could explain. But they remind me of something I would buy for my real life closet and wear all summer long. For some reaon, even in a pixelated fantasy world, clothing I would actually wear on my real life body thrills me.
(More fantastic shoes after the cut!)
