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Last days of summer

Hair: Shag – Boys Don’t Cry (Hair Fair 2010)
Shirt: Primitive Design – No Slogan T-shirt
Shorts: Ronsem* – Cargo Shorts
Gloves: SiniStyle – Taped Fist
Eyewear: FNKY! – Semitone
Shoes: ROT – Test Boots
Skin: TheAbyss – ID 2043
Eyes:
Curio – Tragic Eyes series

Back on track

Ok, so I got land again. It feels good, actually. After some months of almost total inactivity and loss of inspiration, I accidentally found a random place, while exploring the SL map, with a pretty nice terrain texture I really liked… unlike the old plain poppy-love ground print of my former place. It turned out that the sim belonged to an up-to-then unknown (to me) rental company by the name of Dream Seeker Estates. Immediately I searched their website thoroughly and contacted one of the sales agents online. After a long interrogation and the inspection of a couple of friends (hiya Star and Eleanor!), I decided to give DSE a try. First thing I have to say is their customer’s service is outstanding (so far), and their rental plans are really tempting. Initially, you only pay 1k lindens to acquire the parcel’s rights, and from then on an affordable rent paid monthly or weekly, as it suits you best. So in case you decide to move out (for whatever the reasons), the hole in your pocket won’t be abysmal, since your investment is minimal –again, unlike the previous service I had, that let me lose a property worth 60k (in better times) as a prize for my loyalty of 2 years.

So my general advice to those of you looking for land: first of all, avoid the mainland as much as you can, but also those estates that require you invest a great deal of RL money without giving you any kind of insurance. Maybe give Dream Seeker Estates a try and see if they hold to both your requirements and expectations.

And to finish this post, here are some fashion notes about the look I’m sporting lately:

Hair: Black Maria. All their hair styles are free now, or were so when I headed there to check this Mohawk heaven (and all time favorite of mine), so if you like the punk in your head, tp there asap. They may not be there or free forever, so hurry up.
Skin:
Redgrave. They have two new males skins out, Cruz (the one I’m wearing) and Tyson; both are amazingly good.
Eyes:
Curio, Tragic Eyes series
Tattoo: Aitui, Hope Song

Set:Lapointe & Bastchild – “S’Wear” Edge, new line of more casual-wear, but as damn good as their more formal suits.
Eyewear: Gos
Earrings: Cyanide – Methanol
Other piercings: Black Winter: Legacy of iNFLiCT, Symphony
Bracelet: Rawdolls, Nuttin’ but Trinkets
Shoes: ROT – Test Boots

I hope I haven’t left anything out of the list since I’m “out of practice” in terms of fashion blogging. By the way, the poses in these pics are part of Poser Alert!‘s recent RAD collection. They are pretty nice poses, too bad my amateurish photography doesn’t make them justice. But you can head to their main store and see for yourself. Sets of five have an incredibly low price tag.

A new Signature

This is a mega-makeover. Yes it is, because it includes both a change of parcel landscape and avatar appearance. The first time I do both at the same time, so to speak. It all started with Alirium Gardens release (look a couple of entries back), whose trees “forced” me to redo my land once more. That change in landscape inspired me to redo my home too, so even before finishing the garden, I turned to the buildings. Yes I had two, and in order to get some extra prims for the surroundings I took out the big manor (oh my lovely Thorny, I know you will come back some day–as it has happened before), and added an extra room to the small cottage to accommodate the extra living space I needed. Oh yes, I am so happy I did that. It was a lot of fun, and more than stressing me out, it gave many hours of inspiration (sounds dramatic, but yes that was it).

After doing the house and the garden, I decided to go the extra mile and push for a new outfit. It was a quick change because I already had several items waiting in my inventory, so I just pick up the clothes and wore them in what seemed like a record time. Yet, before I even put the hat on, I realized the ensemble might look better with a more suitable pelt. Well, that was an excuse of course, to justify a Signature skin I had tried and felt in love with. Why not admit it?

Signature Skin Labs has been around for some time now, and particularly Simple Spad’s Zoobong line has been kind of “popular” for a few months now, after some renowned fashion bloggers began to feature them in their sites. Recently Spad redesigned his main store (you’ll find the slurl below) and converted it into one of the most diverse skin establishments on the grid. His work is of pretty good quality and the latest releases show Spad’s continuous improvement in this field. What’s more astounding is the price of full packs. Unbeatable! If you’re one of those guys that enjoy changing your appearance regularly, add Signature to your landmarks.

Details:

Hair+hat: Shag – Deep
Shirt: Schadenfreude – Noir Oxford
Tie: Aitui – Sculpted Hang Tie
Pants: LeLutka – Trey
Shoes: ROT – Test Boots
Socks: Arai – Daily Socks
Gloves: SiniStyle – Taped Fingers

Piercings: Inflict – Symphony

Skin: Signature Skin Labs
Eyes: Hermony

Pictures shot at home.