A HOT MESS

Yes I'm a Hot Mess. I filed for divorce last week, and I am emotionally mentally and spiritually scattered. I've got to get it together. It doesn't leave a lot of energy for blogging but I need to pick myself up and get on with things. So here is what I have been wearing for a few days.



I also have to mention the sneakers. These Chucks are another new purchase over at Damien Fate's new shoe store. They include a HUD that changes to twenty-three different textures, all original artwork by Nylon Pinkney! This texture went with this outfit, but most of the others are in bright colors and I will certainly be wearing them again. :D



Goldfish: Ohmai "Bloopie Goldfish Bag" (at the Kawaii Project)
Sneakers: FATEstep "Nylon Chucks" (texture change art by Nylon Pinkney)
Glasses: Sorgo "Astoria Tort"
Sweatshirt: Mon Tissu "Oversized Shirt"
Shirt: Pig "Anarchist Slumber Party" (vintage unavailable)
Pants: Maitreya "Zipper Skinny Jeans"
Ring: Yummy "Birthstone Ring" (gacha)
Hair: Little Bones "Nightingale - Hot Mess"
Skin: Essences "Fortuna"
Lipstick: Essences "Lucky Charm Lipstick07"
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Hands: by SLink
Ears: Aitui "Ear Gen 4 Naked"
Pose: by Long Awkward Pose (vintage unavailable)

Love,
Serene

RAYNA

This pretty Rayna skin is Amacci's new exclusive skin out now at Skin Fair 2013. I decided to show the darkest "Terra" shade because I loved the delicious caramel goodness. Forgive my whimsy, but when I put on the hair I was immediately tempted to add Frida Kahlo's eyebrows :D But I was good! I didn't do it.



The skin comes with one clean skin, and twelve other versions with makeup ...



Lots of subtle looks for day or night ...



A couple of glam and dramatic looks ...



And lots of extras. Eight more lipsticks, hairbase, a minimized/maximized cleavage tattoos, etc. Have you gone to Skin Fair yet? Don't miss it!

Skins: Amacci "Rayna"
Hair: D!va "Diva2" (old group gift)
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Lashes: LeLutka "Photoshoot II"
Underthings: Pig "Day Lilies"
Pose: by Del May

Love,
Serene

AURORA

The other day I ran across a newer skin store that I had never heard of before. So I spoke to friendly Ms. Rocketta Haven who owns the Kooqla shop; she told me that she has been working on these skins for about a year now. I think her skins are interesting and beautiful so I asked her if I could review them here. I love finding hidden talent. :D

What I appreciate most about these skins is their unique feel. These days so many skins are so much the same, partly because so many of them are drawn from the same sets of templates. Don't get me wrong; I have nothing against templates as a starting point, as long as an artist can take them to someplace original.

These skins have their own personality. Maybe it's because the nose is a little different. The cosmetic colors are a little unusual, the skin tones are not just like everyone else's. I love the subtle turns of the curves around the lips, the unconventional eyebrows, and the definition around her collarbones. The body is softer and less glossy than the current trend but I like that.

The Aurora Skins come in twelve makeups, each with light and dark brows. The last four "Dark" makeups are layered over slightly darker skintones. The package includes a suggested eyebrow shape that I am not using here. Please try demos in store to see if you like how the skin looks on your shape.

Skins: Kooqla "Aurora"
Hair: Exile "Tempest"
Eyes: Ikon "Sunrise"
Lashes: Hebenon Vial "Dramatique"
Lingerie: Pig "Day Lilies"
Pose: by Diesel Works

Love,
Serene

MY SECRET CRUSH

There were those boys in school that you could giggle about with your friends. And then there was that boy that you watched when no one was looking. He was nerdy, sweet and shy and mostly overlooked. That was just fine with me.

Because secretly I was a nerd myself.

Let out your inner nerd for the next couple of weeks on the Geekgasm Hunt. It doesn't have to be your secret anymore!

Shirt: TGIS “Nerd is the New Sexy” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Shorts: The Sea Hole “DNA Summersuit Shorts” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Socks: Pig “Argyle Sock Mit Suspender”
Gloves Pig “Gloves Mit Suspenders” (only at Fungus store)
Shoes: House of Curios “Sneaker Wedges”
Earrings: Undefined Lilies “Nerding You” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Necklace: Yellow Berry “Lunatic Lanyards” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Book: Boof “D&D Player Handbook” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Tied Sweater: Beatnik “ShockedNerdSweater” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Hair: LeLutka “Rykiel”
Skin: Natural Beauty “Tulip”
Eyes: Fashism “Sunrise”
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Poses: by Animazoo (altered by book animation)

Love,
Serene

THE CHANGE OF SEASONS

Just stop and breathe. That's what I am doing this week.

But in between breaths, I made time to go see the Seasons Hunt like everyone else. :)

If you've seen all of these things before, that's all right. They're perfectly lovely anyway.

Most of this is from the Seasons Hunt, but not the shoes. ... For a couple of weeks I've been avoiding going to G Field because I wanted these shoes so bad. And not just one color either. You know how you see some things in Second Life and wish you could get them in Real Life? Yeah like that. Finally when I was in the mood for self-restraint, I went and bought them, only the two pairs in brown, and purple. Oy.

Sweater: Pig “There b Leaves on it T” (Seasons Hunt)
Dress and Corset: Ingenue “Highland Traveler” (Seasons Hunt)
Leafy in My Hand: Scribble “Seasons Hunt/Autumn Leaf” (Seasons Hunt)
Shoes: G Field “Square-toe Shoes ‘Sophie’” (color change piping and buckles)
Hair: Clawtooth “One Fine Day – AutumnMix” (Seasons Hunt)
Skin: Glance “Frieda”
Eyes: MADesigns “EYES_LIGHT – copper” (Make Him Over Hunt 4)
Poses: Long Awkward Pose and Pididdle
Location: New Trails

Love,
Serene

HOPE

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all.

Problem is, sometimes it can sit right there on your shoulder ... but you can't see it, you can't hear it, you can't feel it.

But as I heard someone say once, when you cannot see the light, you may still walk in the memory of the light.

Birdie: Schadenfreude “[Blur] Sparrow”(Blur)
Shirt: WoE “Kyle Light Grrey Tank”
Pants: WoE “GRJ-M3e Men’s Lucas Jeans – Black Wash”
Tears: Garage “Tears with Diamonds” (sorry the diamonds didn’t rez!)
Shoes: Magnifico “Le Plateau Heel”
Tattoo: Pig “Everything Will Be Alright” (Summer of Love Fair)
Hair: Lamb “Sleepyhead”
Skin: Sanu “Gemini Pure” (Blur)
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Poses: Diesel Works “Emo” Set of 7 (Summer of Love Fair)
Location: Primitive City
Poetry: Emily Dickinson

Love,
Serene

THE FAE OF SILVER FALLS

Doth the Fay
Have aught to say?
Not today.

The water flies
and swishes by

buckles tight
and garments white
reflect nights light

Fairy fair
with silver hair
suddenly ...
not there!

Coat: Aoharu “FurCoat_G2_WhiteFur”
Skirt and Collar: RunoRuno “Undress Evening”
Shirt: Pig “Anarchist Slumber Party” (hunt prize)
Boots: Surf Couture “Elsa Boots”
Hair: Lamb “Whoop De Doo”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Moonbeam [Light] Elf-Happy Holidays” (gift)
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Location: Eiliach Eilid

Love,
Serene