BEAUTY

Beauty seems so fragile.



But if it's the real thing, it can survive almost anything.



Dress: Pixicat "Noble Gown"
Jewelry: Yummy "Work Pearls"
Shoes: Lassitude and Ennui "Versailles"
Hair: D!va "Jasmine"
Skin: Essences "Galadriel"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Ears: by Aitui
Hands: by SLink
Spinning Wheel: PPK "Seamstress Sewing Wheel" (gacha)

Love,
Serene

HELL HATH NO FURY

My demons better run. I'm gunning for them.



Well, most of them. Even a demon hunter has a soft spot for puppies.

Gun: Bamse "Vampire Slayer - Golden RARE" (gacha)
Puppies: Alchemy "Hell Puppers" (gacha)
Trenchcoat: Aphorism "Trenchcoat"
Boots: Ison "Carazon Boot"
Hair: Magika "Thread"
Skin: Essences "Galadriel"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"

Love,
Serene

ROUGH NIGHT

You know, one of those nights where you fell asleep in your clothes.



Outfit: Amitomo "High Waisted Skinny Jeans and Layered Knits"
Shoes: David Heather "Bomber Boots"
Hair: barberyumyum "73(black)"
Skin: Essences "Galadriel"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Beverage: Flite "Kickstarter" (gacha)
Undereye Circles: by Izzie's

Love,
Serene

FIXATIONS

I have to admit, I have a fixation on food. I find myself hungrily eyeing the sprinkles on this knit hat and I wish I could really eat the luscious cherry on top of the cone. I guess I shouldn't go shopping for clothes when I am hungry.



I don't really go for the more risqué clothing at the Epic Store, but I still like a lot of their Kawaii accessories. All in bright candy colors. Or chocolate shoes that look almost good enough to eat. I could go for a Waffle Cone right about now. :D



Hat: MishMish "Bakery Fluffy Hat" (texture-change HUD)
Sleeves: Peqe "Fur Sleeves" (texture-change HUD)
Dress: Celoe "Chelsea Dress" (unavailable)
Leggings: Atomic "YumYum Leggings"
Shoes: Epic "Sweet Icing Shoes" (Chocolate)
More Shoes: Epic "Sweet Icing Pumps" (Orange)
Scarf: Mr. Poet "Wide Scarf" (gift)
Messy Mouth with Sprinkles: SugarHeart (unavailable)
Ice Cream: Imeka "Italian Ice Cream with Cherry"
Bangs: barberyumyum "bangs A"
Skin: Essences "Galadriel"
Lipstick: Essences "Bijoux Lipstick 03"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Ears: by Mandala

Love,
Serene

L. A. R. P.

I'm ready to play!!



Book: Boof "D&D Player Handbook" (vintage hunt prize)
Shoulder Harness: Yummy "Leather Shoulder Brace" (We Love Roleplay)
Belt: Yummy "Leather Utility Belt" (We Love Roleplay)
Ring: Yummy "Ancient Amulet Ring" (We Love RP hunt prize in December)
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui "Battleworn Boots" (We Love Roleplay)
Gloves: Aisling "Ash Gloves" (texture-change HUD)(at the Secret Affair)
Gloves: Bubble "Floral Corset Gloves" (vintage but still available)
Hat: Mr. Poet "Bakerboy Cap"
Earrings: Lassitude and Ennui "Winged Earrings"
Bangs: barberyumyum "bangs A"
Sword: Varen "Requiem Katana" (vintage)
Shirt: Whippet and Buck "Hykova Buttoned Tank"
Shirt: Whippet and Buck "Neelia Beaded Yoke"
Shorts: Drift "Solstice Shorts"
Collar: Drift "Chic Collar"
Leggings: Doppleganger "Cuffed Cords" (vintage)
Dirt: Miss Shippe's "Digging in the Dirt" (vintage)
Skin: Essences "Galadriel"
Teeth: Dead Apples "Regular Teeth"
Eyeliner: Chop Shop "Winged Liner"
Ears: by Aitui
Lashes: by LeLutka

Love,
Serene

FEELING FROSTY

I was made of snow, at least it felt that way. Can another springtime come and thaw me?



In this outfit I think it must be the glasses that are magical. Life, seen through rainbow glasses.



Glasses: Yummy "Round Faceted Glasses" (at Collabor88)
Jacket: Pixicat "Visionary Jacket"
Skirt: The Secret Store "Robin Pencil Skirt"
Hair Accessories: Mandala "Miyabi"
Boots: Gos "Curvaceous Boots"
Hair: D!va "Beth" (at Collabor88)
Skin: Essences "Galadriel"
Makeup: Schadenfreude "Emperor Vlinder"
Hands: by SLink
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose (vintage)

Love,
Serene

A LIL FOXY

I was feeling a little foxy today, so I pulled some classy vintage fur out of the closet. Anya Ohmai made this beautiful stole for Collabor88 ages ago. And the earrings are an old gift from Donna Flora. The pants are by Aranel Oh. Her in-world store is gone, but you can still get goods from the Boom store on the SL Marketplace.


Sweater: Amitomo "Warmest Day" (gacha)
Pants: Boom! "Norfold Tweeds" (on SL Marketplace)
Faux Fur: Ohmai! "A Lil' Foxy" (vintage)
Earrings: Donna Flora "Poison Drops" (vintage)
Shoes: Noodles "Amelia Flats Vintage" (not really vintage)
Sunglasses: Sorgo "Yaung" (now at Collabor88)
Undershirt: by Whippet and Buck
Hair: booN "Lab.004" (now at Hairology) *perfection*
Skin: Essences "Galadriel"
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Lipstick: Croire "Mischief Night Gloss" (vintage)
Animation: by Diesel Works

Love,
Serene

PRINCESS

Some days you just want to feel like a princess.

Dress: Fallen Gods and Faida "Poesia Del Fiori"
Jewels: Lassitude and Ennui "Foreboding"
Hair: booN "Lab.004" (texture-change HUD)
Bangs: Barberyumyum "bangs (A)" (texture-change HUD)
Skin: Essences "Galadriel"
Ears: by Mandala
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: by Lelutka
Hands: by SLink
Pose: by Frooti

Love,
Serene

ARIEL

I laughed after I put this together, mostly out of bits and bobs that here hanging around in my bloggity folder. Some gacha. I adore gacha. An old necklace from a shop that no longer exists, some clamshells, and one of last year's swimsuits. I don't care, cause that's how I usually dress in real life too.



Doll Head: Tentacio "Galatea Head Natural A" (gacha)
Doll Body: Tentacio "Galatea Mermaid Natural" (gacha)
Swimsuit Bottom: The Secret Store "Carmen Midkini"
Necklace: Erare "secrets necklace" (vintage gift)
Bracelet: Half Deer "Mermaid's Majesty Sea Glass Bracelet" (gacha)
Hair Accessory: Atomic "Mermaid Dreams Starfish Clip" (gacha)
Seashells: Quarantine "Mermaid Shell Top" (vintage)
Hair: Lamb "Afternoon Variety/Ombre/Eccentric" (gacha)
Location: Baja Norte

Love,
Serene

HANGARS LIQUIDES

Wandering around Hangars Liquides at night is a little risky. I still can't believe I fell off that catwalk.


It's lucky I was wearing these rockets, or I would have gone splat on the surface, however far down that was. ... Well it's late, I gotta jet. (*snort* See what I did there?)


Bodysuit: E.V.E. "Atlantis Catsuit" (gacha)
Boots: Lassitude and Ennui "Cyberpunk Boots"
Jetpack: Tigerclaw "080901 new Wing Booster 8.0" (vintage)
Shoulders: Alchemy "Ritual"
Goggles: Hat Mechanic "Pitch Black" (vintage)
Headset Mic: Lab737 "Hermes Headset"
Hair: D!va "Beth" (at Collabor88)
Skin: Essences "Ariel"
Eyeshadow: Mock "Outer Space Eyeshadow" (group gift)
Lipstick: Mock "Micare LipGlimmer Hypoxia" (group gift)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: by LeLutka
Hands: by SLink
Ears: by Aitui
Pose: by Del May

Love,
Serene

CRANKY PANTS

Ugh, I'm home sick, and woke up to hear that Alan Rickman has gone home. Great Britain is really having an awful week. I'm pouty now. But I'm so glad we got to know Jareth the Goblin King and Professor Snape.



Dress: Neve "Embrace Fade" (also scarf not shown, texture-change HUD)
Shoes: Essenz "Detroit" (texture-change HUD)
Bow: Boom "Lala Neck Bow" (texture-change HUD)
Hair: Spellbound "Velvet" (texture-change HUD)
Skin: Essences "Ariel"
Lipstick: Essences "Ingrid Kiss'n'Go Berry Smooch"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: by LeLutka
Body: by SLink
Pose: by Marukin

Love,
Serene

MOODY BLUES

Trying to keep up appearances while you are unhappy has to be the most tiring thing in this world. I am hating it. But I'll grit my teeth and keep chugging on. (I think I can. I can.)



In the meantime, these shoes are fabulous. And very, very pink. The power of positive thinking, and Shopping Therapy? If it helps.



Chair: Atelier Visconti "George Armchair"
Mooskin Rug: Atelier Visconti "George Carpet"
Table: Bauwerk "Gothic End Table"
Drink Set: Bauwerk "Cognac Bottle and Glass"
Shirt: The Secret Store "Luna Preppy Cardigan" (w/texture-change HUD)
Leggings:  Maitreya "Footless Tights"
Shoes: Whatever "Thallium" (w/texture-change HUD)
Hair: Mina "Milou"
Skin: Essences "Illamasqua"
Hands and Feet: by SLink

Love,
Serene

GOTHIC CIRCUS

Oopsie I should have published this last night. A few more things from the World Goth Fair which just closed yesterday! Find them back at the vendors' main-stores. I put together a classic black and red outfit for you.



Accessorized of course with a coffin-chair. Everyone should have a coffin-chair. And some batty jewelry. (Shouldn't goth fair be in the fall? Maybe October LOL.)



Chair: NeverWish "Coffin Chair" (just left World Goth Fair)
Jacket: Dark Water Designs "Mad World" (part of outfit)(just left World Goth Fair)
Skirt: Goth1c0 "Dovahkin Long Skirt" (just left World Goth Fair)
Jewelry: Livid "Bat Ring and Piercing" (just left World Goth Fair)
Shoes: ZOZ "Storm Heels" (just left World Goth Fair)
Camisole: PixelDolls "Tintable Cami" (unavailable)
Eye Makeup: Beautiful Freak "Anemone"
Hair/Hat: Lamb "Miss Mabel" (gacha)
Skin: Essences "Illamasqua"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Hands and Feet: by SLink

Love,
Serene

NEVERMORE

Gothic isn't always dressed down. It can also have all the sophistication of this marbled-fabric gown, embellished with fur, feathers, and jewels. (It doesn't show in these photos, but there is also a feathered fan on my tush.) I am perfectly gowned for some dark ballroom among the unseelie or the vampire clans.



And I can't tell you how impressed I am with this necklace from the Bliensen and Maitai shop. at first glance it just seems a shiny black, but under advanced lighting there is this eerie green sheen. I can't stop staring ...



Dress: Pale Empress "Nevermore" (at World Goth Fair)
Necklace: Bliensen and Maitai "Mano" (at World Goth Fair)
Wristlets: The Dark Fae "Say It With Bones" (at World Goth Fair)
Shoes: ZOZ "Storm Silver" (for SLink High Feet)(at World Goth Fair)
Eyes: Pin Me Down "Mori" (at World Goth Fair)
Hair: Taketomi "Eulalia"
Skin: Essences "Inogen"
Lipstick: Pink Acid "Gothic Lipgloss"
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Ears: by Aitui
Lashes: by LeLutka
Poses: by Del May and Diesel Works

Love,
Serene

SCISSORHANDS

Another sweet outfit inspired by the dark goings on over at World Goth Fair. Many of the goods like this dress and boots are equipped with texture change HUDs, which make it so much easier to coordinate an outfit in colors of your liking. I punked it up reminiscent of 1980's style with the jacket, which made me think ...



Scissorhands! Thinking about 80's punky movies made me smile. I got thinking about Winona Rider, Beetlejuice, and on and on. Ah ... Good times.



Dress: The Little Bat "Penelope Dress" (w/ texture change HUD)(at World Goth Fair)
Bodysuit: SongBird "Spiderweb Body Suit" (at World Goth Fair)
Boots: The Dark Fae "Stomp the Darkness" (w/texture change HUD)(at World Goth Fair)
Necklace: The Little Bat "Batty Silhouette Choker" (at World Goth Fair)
Head and Crown: May's Soul & Antielle "Desdemona Tiffany Head" (at Fantasy Gacha Carnival)
Jacket: Tres Blah "Lame Cropped Jacket"
Scissorhands: Remarkable Oblivion "Scissorhands"
Hair: Wasabi Pills "Cookie"
Poses: by Dismorph and Don't Freak Out!

Love,
Serene

GOTHIC VIOLET

Whether it is spring or not in the rest of the world, in the land of Cursed it is a dark night and the World Goth Fair has opened among the mausoleums. The country has fallen under a dark enchantment and there are glowing flowers everywhere around the crypts.



Read all about the Fair at the World Goth Fair website, for maps, locations, vendors, and the musical performance schedule. Get your black on and go dance, or just shop. See you around the cemetery!



Gown: Fission "Una" (at World Goth Fair)
Necklace: The Little Bat "Creepy Girl Choker" (at World Goth Fair)
Head: May's Soul & Antielle "Desdemona Tiffany Head RARE" (at Fantasy Gacha Carnival)
Hair: Wasabi Pills "Kat"
Hands:by SLink
Pose: by Frooti

Love,
Serene

FRESH AIR

Today's post has been brought to you by things that make me feel Fresh. Fresh air and fresh minty toothpaste and fresh spring and fresh attitude. I need some of that!! So how about this sassy spiky minty jacket? Gizza had this out recently at I forget which event but by now it's probably back at their store.



Whee!

Jacket: Gizza "Spiked Leather Jacket"
Skirt: The Secret Store "Robin Pencil Skirt" (at Collabor88)
Socks: Atomic "Beary Cute"
Toothbrush: Blah "Supa Shine Toothbrush" (gacha)
Skates: The Secret Store "Vintage Roller Skates" (gacha)
Hair: Lamb "Haze" (at No21)
Skin: Essences "Jenn TDRfusion03" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon "Ascension"
Lashes: by LeLutka
Hands: by SLink
Balloony-Chair: Blueberry "Floatie" (Fameshed anniversary gift)

Love,
Serene

RAINY DAY

I'm in a rainy day mood, so even though this outfit looks like a bowl of sorbet in different lighting, the photos came out a little moody. I happened to still have this set of raincloud jewelry in my bloggity-box. I love how perfectly the necklace fits into the neckline of this sweet peplum jacket!



Suit: The Secret Store "Claire Peplum Blazer" and "Robin Pencil Skirt" (at Collabor88)
Jewelry: Earthstones "Crystal Rain" (texture change)
Shoes: Ingenue "Jolie Heels" (gacha)
Hair: Wasabi Pills "Irene" (this color a gift at Fameshed, other colors for sale)
Skin: Essences "Jenn TDRfusion03) (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon "Ascension"
Lashes: by LeLutka
Ears: by Aitui
Hands and Feet: by SLink
Poses: by Adorkable and Animazoo

Love,
Serene

THE ROAD WARRIOR

With the new Mad Max movie coming out, it was fun to see Road Warrior - inspired gear at the new post-apocalyptic quarterly event called "The End". I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with coming installments of the event, which will return in July. FATEwear's Max and Tina sets are lovely but they have returned to the main store on Fate Island. (I really love well made roleplay-style gear!)



Of course the set comes in different color combinations, sizes, and so on as we have come to expect from all of Damien Fate's work, including a desert-camo styled set that looks more military. And this great bandanna ties over my nose to keep out all that dust and road debris.



And yes spurs. Why not? Good for fightin'.

Outfit: FATEplay "Max"
Hairbase: Jomo "etched hair 08a" (vintage)
Skin: Kooqla "Malus" (at the Men's Department)
Eyes: Ikon "Ascension"
Ears: Mandala "Steking Ears"
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose (unavailable) and Stakey

Love,
Serene

SLEEPY

I'm really tired now, so if you don't mind I'm going to bed early. These fleece pajamas are cozy, and I'm going to cuddle with my stuffed betta plushie that I picked up today at Silentsparrow for Fifty Linden Friday. If you like the PJs, they are unisex fitted mesh with a HUD that includes six eight cute prints. See?



Pajamas: Phunk "Fleece PJs" (available here on SL Marketplace)
Fishie: Silentsparrow "Magic! - The Betta Fish" (today for 50L Friday)
Slippers: Boom "Animal Slippers (fox/grey)" (gacha)
Mask: Teefy "Sleepy Bunny Sleeping Mask"
Hair: Wasabi Pills "Ellie"
Skin: Essences "Imogen"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Ears: by Aitui
Hands and Feet: by SLink

Love,
Serene