11/03/2018 - Sunday Blues

I may or may not already have used that title, at some point, if that's the case, I'm sorry. See, that's why I don't bother looking for titles, usually. Plus, the dates remind me that I need to post more often. Well, that's is, usually, because I've been home for a few days and I miraculously wanted to blog at the same time. So I've been on a (blog) roll. Does anyone even still read this blog? I'm not sure, but you know what? I don't really care. 

Special thanks on this one to my friend Saffron, who told me to go to Backdrop city when I was looking for an urban/office decor for my picture.

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : LeLutka - Simone
• Shape : Banana Banshee - Rosie shape
• Skin : Murray - Blanca - SKT20 (@skin fair)
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Lust
• Glasses : Sleepy Eddy - Boston Glasses (tinted)
• Hair : Lamb - Cupid (Valentine Day gift)
• Lashes : Arte - Beauty Lashes
• Dress : The Secret Store - Martha Bodycon Dress - Sailor
• Jacket : The Secret Store - Lisa Lines Coat - Navy
• Necklaces : Maxi Gossamer - Lydia (short, medium and long)
• Shoes : Ingenue - Kathrine Heels - Midnight

07/03/2018

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : LeLutka - Simone
• Ears : Mandala - Steking Season 5
• Shape : Banana Banshee - Rosie shape
• Skin : Glam Affair - Deiene - America
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Lust
• Glasses : Sleepy Eddie -Boston Glasses (tinted)
• Freckles : Izzie's - Lelutka Bento Freckles applier
• Hair : Truth - Carla (February group gift)
• Lashes : Arte - Beauty Lashes
• Dress : Tres Blah - Edie Dress
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Becky T-strap heels (tinted)
• Tights : The Secret Store - Polka Tights
• Bag :  The Secret Store - Sally Shoulder bag (tinted)

30/10/2017

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : Lelutka - Simone
• Shape : Banana Banshee - Rosie
• Skin : Glam Affair - Maria
• Hair : Wasabi Pills - Hazel
• Eyes : Banana Banshee (WIP)
• Cableknit sweater : Neve - Shadows (tinted) (@Uber)
• Shorts : The Secret Store - Audra Linen Shorts - Coal (match perfectly with the Neve sweater)
• Shoes : N-Core - Eileen (@C88)
• Necklace : Maxi Gossamer - Amulet Seraphina
• Location : The Burrow Coffee Co.

10/07/2017

Credits :

• Body :  Maitreya - Lara
• Head :  LeLutka - Simone
• Shape :  Banana Banshee - Rosie shape
• Skin : Egozy - Alessia - Fair
• Lashes : Ohemo - Lashes
• Face freckles : Izzie's - Appliers Freckles Combi Set
• Body freckles : The Skinnery - Maitreya Freckles applier 2
• Hairbase : Tableau Vivant - LeLutka HB3b
• Hair : Opale - Alexa
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Dreams - Bermimpi
• Glasses : ZOOM - Murmia glasses
• Necklace : Maxi Gossamer - Marrakech Heart - Short - Gold
• Romper :  Neve - Vibe denim
• Shoes : The Oak - Musye high heels
• Bag : The Secret Store - Sally Shoulder bag - Caramel
• Picture taken @ Maison de l'amitié

07/07/2017

Credits : 

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : Lelutka - Simone
• Shape : Banana Banshee - Rosie shape
• Hair : Ayashi - Akihiko (@Hair Fair 2017)
• Skin & lipstick : Mudskin - HanByeol (Powder Pack Lelutka)
• Moles : Modish - Celeste (Powder Pack Lelutka May 2017)
• Eyebrows : Arte - Cutie Eyebrows (Powder Pack Lelutka July 2017)
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Dreams - Amesten (Twe12ve July 2017)
• Nails :  A:S:S - Bugs
• Necklace : Maxi Gossamer - Coachella Valley Dula
• Dress : Stories&Co - Joyce Tunic (premium group gift)
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Stella Bow Strapped Heels

02/07/2017

 

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : Lelutka - Simone bento
• Shape : Banana Banshee - Rosie shape
• Eyes : Banana Banshee (WIP)
• Hair : Truth - Taren
• Skin : Essences - Amanda - Medium01
• Eyebrows : Ohemo (Powder Pack LeLutka July 2017)
• Eyelashes : Arte - Lashes -Mixed Styles (Powder Pack LeLutka July 2017)
• Eye makeup : Zibska - Ilara Solo (Powder Pack LeLutka July 2017)
• Shirt : The Secret Store - Cindy Knotted Shirt (various colours - @C88)
• Skirt : The Secret Store - Nora Highwaist Skirt
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Stella Bow Strapped Heels

12/06/2017 - Boop!

Credits :

• Mesh body : Maitreya - Lara V4.1
• Mesh head : Lelutka - Simone bento mesh head
• Shape : Banana Banshee - Rosie shape
• Skin : Lara Hurley - Cerise Pale Lelutka applier
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Betty (Catwa appliers)
• Eye make-up : YS&YS - Push eyeshadow
• Lipstick : Glam Affair - Lilian (America)
• Nails : A:S:S Nail appliers - Reds
• Ears : Mandala - Steking season 5
• Hair : Doe - Faye - Essentials
• Top : The Secret Store - Cindy Knotted Shirt - Scarlet
• Pants : The Secret Store - Bonnie Capri Pants - Scarlet
• Shoes : Friday - Lana Booties - Cherry
• Bicycle : Brocante - Beach Cruiser - Silver

• Picture taken at The Burrow Coffee and Co.

22/05/2017

Oh hey! Apparently I now have a steady rhythm of one post a month... oh well...

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : Lelutka - Simone
• Shape : Banana Banshee - Rosie Shape
• Skin : YS&YS - Paris tone 03 Skin applier for LeLutka Bento Head (@eBento)
• Eye make up : Arte - Summer Breeze Eyeshadow (@Lost & Found)
• Eyes : Catwa eyes with Banana Banshee appliers
• Ears : Mandala - Steking Season 5
• Earrings and necklace : Petit Chat - Cherry Jewelry (@Lost & Found)
• Dress : Poppy - Ginger Dress - Pink (@Lost & Found)
• Hair : Truth - Zoya + Bangs
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Diamond Strap Sandals - Blush
• Skybox : Tanakamura-kagu - Skyroom
• Furniture :  Cheeky Pea

23/04/2017

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : Lelutka - Simone Bento
• Shape : Banana Banshee - Rosie Shape
• Skin : Lara Hurley - Cerise Pale
• Lipstick : Glam Affair - Lilian
• Eye make up : Izzie's - Lelutka eyeliner applier.
• Hair : Magika - Hunter
• Bow : Magika - Lil' Headband (10th anniversary group gift)
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Fae - Chloe (@ Fantasy Faire)
• Glasses : Z O O M - Murmia glasses
• Dress : The Secret Store - Rebecca Flare Dress - Fat pack exclusive
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Diamond Strap Sandals - Juicy Mix (Group gift)
• Nails :  A:S:S - Nail appliers - Oranges
• Tights : The Secret Store - Polka Tights
• Bangles : Maxi Gossamer - Damasc
• Location : Blithe

12/02/2017

For the first time in what seems like ages, I have time to blog and something to blog, at the same time. I've been playing around with windlight settings (well, actually I was trying to install Nami Naeko's windlight settings but I'm a dork and never could make them work, so I had to make one myself)

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya, Lara
• Head :  Lelutka, Simone Bento mesh head
• Shape : Banana Banshee, Rosie shape
• Eyes : Banana Banshee, Passion, Green (Twe12ve exclusive this month)
• Skin : Curio, Lelutka appliers, Petal Light
• Freckles : homemade
• Nails : A:S:S, Nail appliers, Blues
• Hair : Doe: Amoria (solid) - Essentials (@Collabor 88)
• Ears : Mandala, Steking Season 5
• Shoes : Friday, Polly Janes, Sailor (@Rewind 90)
• Tights : Izzie's, High Waisted Tights Maitreya applier
• Top : The Secret Store, Irina Crop Sweater, Navy (@C88)
• Skirt : The Secret Store, Yulia Flared Skirt, Navy (@C88)

Most of the lovely furniture is a collaboration between Cheeky Pea and Second Spaces at C88

15/11/2016 - I'll just wait here until you come back

The theme this month at Twe12ve is "Memories", and the gorgeous items from The Artist Shed and Myth made me a little nostalgic. There are some people who I miss dearly, and I just hope they are happy and safe. So this post is dedicated to Tan and Richy.

Anyway, look how cool these things are! The clock is from Myth, it's scripted, you can adjust it to your local time, it ticks and rings, I love it! The bench and boxes are from the Artist Shed, and they're all staying in my house!

The very pretty dress from Sevyn East comes with the cute earmuffs and a lovely necklace.

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : Lelutka - Karin
• Skin : Curio - Lelutka appliers
• Piercings : Ellabella
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Memories - Winter (@ Twe12ve)
• Hair : Clawtooth - Before Dark
• Dress, earmuffs and necklace : Sevyn East - Winter Sparkle - Wine  (@ Twe12ve)
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Becky T-strap Heels - Crimson
• Glasses : Zoom - Weed's Wood Sunglasses
• Clock : Myth - Grandfather Clock  (@ Twe12ve)
• Other furniture : The Artist Shed - Remember the memories set  (@ Twe12ve)

12/11/2016 - Meh, long time no blog

It's not always easy to find the time to set up a blog post. But Oriana Kuhr from Dilly Dolls released a very pretty corset dress at The Liaison Collaborative and I thought you'd want to see it. The mesh is nicely rigged and apart from a poking nipple issue (easily fixed on the Maitreya body), it falls very nicely. I chose the dark tones fatpack, 6 colours for 400l$, which, if you ask me, is a super deal.

Credits :

• Dress : Dilly Dolls - Harvest Corset Dress Dark (@TLC)
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Memories - Earth (@TWE12VE)
• Tights : Izzie's - High Waisted Tights 
• Hair : Truth - Deja (exclusive group gift, 265l$ to join at the moment)
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Mila Suede Boots
• Other credits : see the Usual Suspects

10/10/2016 - A little faerie dust

I think I still have my first dress from Evie's Closet in my inventory. It's from 2008. Evangeline Miles has always been one of my favourite designers in SL. And for a few years now she's also been one of my favourite people. Needless to say, when I heard she released a new dress for We ♥ RP, I just had to have it. The dress comes in standard sizing, but I was able to fit it on my Maitreya body, with the exception of the lovely sleeves, which Evie warned us about on her blog. The flower wreath comes with the dress.

Credits :

• Body, head, skin, ears, piercing : see the Usual Suspects
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Deep - Sand (@Roulett3)
• Hair : Clawtooth - Bedroom Eyes - Brunette Pack
• Bracelets : Maxi Gossamer - Barcelona
• Dress and crown : Evie's Closet - Thisbe - Red (@We ♥ RP)
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Mila Suede Boots (I know, you can barely see them ^^)

29/09/2016 - The girl in black

Hello everyone! I'm going back to RL work in a few days, and there's a chance that blog will once again disappear into oblivion... For that, I am sorry. But please keep following it, I'll try and post when I can.

My outfit today doesn't actually reflect my mood at the thought of going back to work, as I am in fact quite happy to get back on tracks with my first life.

Credits :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : Lelutka - Karin
• Hair : Elua - Odel - darkbrown (in discount area)
• Skin : Curio - Lelutka appliers
• Beauty marks : Deetalez - Mesh Freckles layer
• Ears : Mandala - Steking Season 5
• Piercing : Ellabella - Signs
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Autumn - brown 3 (part of Browns pack or Variety pack)
• Necklace : Maxi Gossamer - Jewelled Owl
• Tank top : Izzie's - Applier Basic Tank
• Knotted shirt : Foxes - Vintage Tied Tees (Luxe Box May 16)
• Pants : Neve - Zeezee neutral
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Mila Suede Boots

09/09/2016 - Don't leave without me.

Hello!

I made a pretty picture and thought I'd show you. I finally got back to C88 to grab the gorgeous lingerie set by The Secret Store, because I woke up thinking about it. Also, today's Friday (yay!) and time for FLF. There are a lot of pretty things, but I chose the Elikatira hair.

Credits : 

• Outfit : The Secret Store - Dita Ensemble - Pure (@C88)
• Hair : Elikatira - Minah 2 (50l$ today only for FLF)

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Head : Lelutka - Karin
• Skin : Glam Affair - Clary - America (September 2016 C88)
• Ears : Mandala - Steking Season 5
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Soul II - Moss
• Freckles : DeeTaleZ - Mesh Freckles layer
• Piercings : Ellabella - Signs
• Tattoo : White Widow - Music Box
• Glasses : Z O O M - Murmia

Landmarks here!

29/08/2016 Miss Chelsea group gifts

Hello everyone!

Miss Chelsea has 3 lovely group gifts available. There's a 100l$ joining fee, but if their gifts are always that cute, it's totally worth it.

Free or cheap : 

• Outfits : Miss Chelsea group gifts in store. Left to right : 
• Leia outfit (comes with a HUD to change the colour of the jean shorts - 5 colours)
• Neve Bikini
• Emie dress (the dress comes with a HUD to change the colour of the top - 4 colours available)

The rest (all landmarks can be found here) :

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Mesh head : Lelutka - Karin
• Ears : Mandala - Steking season 5
• Skin : Curio - Lelutka appliers - Sundust
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Soul II -Moss
• Glasses : Z O O M - Murmia
• Hair : Magika - Honest (left and right) & Shimmer (middle)
• Shoes : Ingenue - Louise heels - Dove (left) / The Secret Store - Becky T-strap heels - Blue polka

27/08/2016 - Something about Curio

Hello peeps!

There's a French saying that basically states that only stupid people never change their mind. Well. I always said I hated the Lelutka heads. And I did. With a passion. But then Gala Phoenix made appliers for Lelutka heads. So I just had to get one. I tried them all. Several times. And again. And I finally chose Karin, because to me it was the softest face. Then I added freckles. And glasses. And just like that, BOOM! It felt like me.

So I thought I'd show you. And play with it a little. I find it amazing how, with just a tiny change, it changes the personality of the face completely. As you probably can guess, #3 is me.

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Credits : 

• Body : Maitreya - Lara
• Mesh head : Lelutka - Karin
• Skin : Curio - Lelutka appliers - various skin tones.
• Freckles : Deetalez - Mesh freckles layer
• Ears : Mandala - Steking Season 5
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - Soul II - various tones from the fatpack (only on MP)
• Hair : Magika - Things - various tones from the HUD 1
• Piercings : Ellabella - signs
• Pants : Goji - 1975 - Casual
• Top : Neve - Peek - Neutral
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Becky - Milk
• Glasses : Z O O M - Murmia

Showing some *bubbly* love.

Hello!

If you've been following this blog (oh! that's you then!), you know that Bubbles Clawtooth is one of my go to hair designers. But he is also a lovely human being, who's struggling at the moment in his RL, because his mum is sick. I can't even begin to fathom what he's going through. Because he is spending as much time as he can with her, he hasn't been able to work as hard as he usually does, and we see a little less of him these days on SL.
Cajsa Lilliehook has come up with a lovely idea of a blogger challenge, to show Bubbles our love and support, and promote his amazing creations. As a dilletante blogger, I'm not sure I have much (any) influence on SL economy, but if only one single reader (well, that's you, then) goes to Clawtooth after reading this and buys a new hairstyle, I'll consider myself happy.

Yesterday, little Lord Fartsalot (aka my baby boy) was absolutely adorable, which allowed me to log in my alt and completely revamp her (last time I'd bought anything for her was pre-mesh!). I got her mesh body, head, ears, clothes... everything! I took her to Collabor88 and grabbed pretty clothes, and here we are!

All hair by Bubbles Clawtooth (left to right) :

• Girlfriend in a Coma (essentials pack - @C88)
• Wave Goodbye - Bombshell Blonde (in store)
• Surfer Rosa - Coffee with Cream (gacha in store)

Other credits : 

• Body : Maitreya Lara 
• Head : 
• Rose : Genesis Lab - Emily
• Yael : Logo - Chloe
• Skin : 
• Rose : Lara Hurley - Tanya Genesis applier - Pale
• Yael : Pink Fuel - Kiyomi Logo head applier - Peach
• Eyes : 
• Banana Banshee
• Shoes : 
• Rose (left) : Mutresse - Gugu Sandals (@C88)
• Yael : Ingenue - Athina Sandal - Sand (@C88)
• Rose (right) : Decoy - Jackie Ankle Boots - White (@C88)
• Outfits : 
• Rose (left) : 
• Pixicat - Carefree.Playsuits - Flower nr1 (@C88)
• Maxi Gossamer - Barcelona bracelet and earrings (group gift in store)
• Yael : 
• Erratic - Taylor denim pants - indigo (@C88)
• Addams - Della Tank Top - Green (@C88)
• Rose (right)
• The Secret Store - Lana Romper - Porcelain (@C88)
• The Secret Store - Sage Lacey Jacket - Navy (@C88)

February 12, 2016

I realise it's been almost a month since my last post and I am sorry. I get so lazy these days with SL, and I tried at some point to recruit more bloggers but that didn't work as expected. So, if you're reading this, if you've always wanted to be a blogger but have a hard time committing to more than a post every few weeks, if you think you could bring something to Look What the Cat Brought, please let me know via a notecard inworld (@ rosemarie indigo) and we'll see if we can work something out.

Now, about today's look. I've slowly got used to my mesh head and I've started fiddling with skin tones, I also realised I'm going to have to update the Banana Banshee eyes to fit mesh heads, which is going to be a lot of work (bleh, tired already). Anyway, I really love my new face and I'm sticking to it.

Credits :

• Mesh body (& feet) : Maitreya - Lara
• Mesh hands : Slink - Casual
• Mesh head : Genesis Lab - Emily 2.0 head
• Skin : Genesis Lab - Emily Latte (you will find the appliers for Slink and Maitreya 
• Mesh ears : Mandala - Steking ears season 5
• Hair : Clawtooth - Swept Aside for Collabor 88
• Glasses : Izzie's - Gentleman's Glasses silver (I bought them at a past event, not sure they're still around)
• Eyes : well that's tricky, I applied a Banana Banshee texture to the Genesis eyes.
• Shoes : TETRA - Flared Suede Pumps (Gray) for Collabor 88
• Skirt : The Secret Store - Peggy Pleated Skirt - Worsted (@C88)
• Shirt : The Secret Store - Honey Cotton Shirt - Red Polka (@C88)

No longer available :

• Piercings : .:ellabella:.  Signs (highly modified)
• Eyelashes : Magika

Pretty in White

Hello!!

Unless you've been living in a Ruth avatar, alone on your platform for all your SLife, you have to know who Damien Fate is. That guy can pretty much make everything in SL. His current and most famous stores are Cold Logic (with Janie Marlow from Jane and Zyrra Falcone), FateWear (men's clothes), and FatePlay (role play apparel for both genders)

So obviously when he announced a few days ago the birth of a new store in collaboration with Janie Marlowe, I was thrilled. Well... they did not disappoint. 

Goji just opened and released a whole new line of women clothes, all lovely, with a very "kawaii" feel about them. Also, they are really super affordable (pieces are 150 to 200l$ mostly, with HUDs that allow you to choose between 4 colours usually!). Plus, all clothes come in standard sizes from XXS to M and most popular mesh bodies on the grid!

Hurry there and join the VIP group (it's free for the time being), you'll get the adorable dress shown below as a welcome gift. Like I said, it comes with a HUD and you can actually chose between white (shown), red, black and lime.

To celebrate their thousandth Marketplace listing, Krystal Jewelry has the lovely Amy necklace set up for free for a limited time. Grab it quick!

Credits :

• Body & feet : Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V3.3
• Hands : Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands V2.1 - Casual
• Skin : Paper Rabbit Willow [Body Freckles][BrownBrow] - Chai
• Eye make-up : Iren - ::::Make Up:::: V2_blackish (not sure it's still available)
• Lipgloss : Paper Rabbit - Willow Lipgloss [Chai] - Berry
• Eyes : Banana Banshee - F*S8 - 6 Medium (out tomorrow for Free*Style 8th birthday event)
• Ears : [MANDALA]STEKING_EARS_Season5
• Hair : Magika - Itch
• Eyelashes : Magika Skin - Reall Prim Eyelashes (no longer available)
• Dress : Goji Dress Molly - VIP Gift
• Necklace : Krystal - Amy II - Necklace - Platinum (Rose) (free on MP, also check the gold version here)
• Shoes : The Secret Store - Becky T-strap Heels - Milk
• Tights : The Secret Store - Polka Tights