Blend-up

Sometimes your friendly neighbourhood blogger gets tired of sorting new items into “urban,” “high-fashion,” “nerdy” and “goth” folders. Sometimes your fr’ly. ‘hood bl’er. goes nuts trying to figure out the expiration date on “old” skins and hairdos. Today this blogger is mixing things up and bringing back fave skins from the not-so-distant past. The spring line from Paperbag is literally epic, and it’s full of affordable goodies like Portia’s büb-friendly shoulder-baring peach top. Ima get back there for more to share. Portia’s new techno-hottie shorts are available in a range of colours from Shi.

Portia’s butter-soft leather jacket is a group gift from Tokidoki. If you aren’t a member of the group, you can buy the jacket in solid tones or florals at TDRFusion, or shop the whole range of colours at the main store. The laced, tight leather jeans are a 15L Easter Hunt item from Ricielli. I want them in RL. As well as the legs to wear them.

Credits to creators
Look one
.Shi : Hive Highwaist Shorts {M} (NEW)
Paperbag. Beige Top (with Lolas Tango applier) (NEW)
al vulo- Eleonor * candy dark brow chocolate (old TDRF)
Lolas ::: Tango ::: Mesh Breasts (spine)
AUDRAN, Unisex Tattoo / DARK INK / ‘Awkward’ 2
esuga, booboo and bandaids (old gift)
Dirval, J I L L Hair Dark
*BOOM* Fearless wrist cuff (v2) Gold (NEW)
..:: BenS Beauty ::.. Melissa Line Rings Gold
THE BOYS – cassie Earring Gold Light (gift at Dirval)
Glitterati, Shattered pose prop

Look two
(TokiD) Haru Jacket_Large (mint) (NEW) (VIP gift; fee to join)
The Sea Hole – Pan Bahatt Bustier – Camaka seba (former Collabor88)
R.icielli – LONDON Mesh Pants / Black S (15L Easter hunt item)
Secret Store, Roller skates (former Arcade gacha)
.la petite morte. wixson pale fantasy 2
MONS / Shocking eyes – brown
Unorthodox, Carter 2 Pink hair (at fi*friday)
..:: BenS Beauty ::.. Melissa Line Rings Gold
:[P]:- Saiyura Glasses://Goldrush (came with one of Ms. Rieko’s awesome Lazy Sunday packs)
pose is an oldie from hmaem, and the prop is Glitterati, Shuttered

Bunny don’t play dat

I am a dyed-in-the-egg fan of easter. (As a secular, chick-hugging, basket-filling rite of spring.) But Portia has had one too many hollow chocolate treats. Get too close to her this Sunday and she’ll give you an earful about the eggsploitation of hens. Portia’s lavender mesh corset is from Etchaflesh, the store where corsets go to be born. Select styles offer regular sizes and busty versions in one pack. There are no appliers involved in the busty versions. Each size of the bübs-friendly version boasts the same DD-size cups. As large as the cups look, they could not accommodate Ms. Capelo’s Lolas until I’d downsized them from watermelons to smaller watermelons.
I suspect some of you are too young to remember Homey D. Clown.

Credits to creators
[Etchaflesh] Day Of The Dead Busty Corset S
Lolas ::: Tango ::: Mesh Breasts
[LeLutka]-Rockin’ Pants-Black (v. old)
FK! – Black Cyber Neck Corset Large mesh (edited with GIMP) [bought on Marketplace]
SD Wears, Twisted Hunt Collar (old TH gift)
INDI – Armcuffs black (old gift)
- .HoD. – Spiked Lust – Chest Dermals – Frost (comes with nipple piercings)
.:ellabella:. Helene’s Tears – gold face piercing
Essences – Thursday *light rose* black
[theSkinnery]Voluptous lip junkie – lipstick 6 (at Skin Fair, ends March 31)
La Malvada Mujer – Lara Stone’s teeth
*SoliDea FoliEs* The Day After / makeup
*Dura-Boys&Girls*40(Black)resize
Tenjin – Violet Tattoo Faded – Large (at WCF 2, ends March 31st)
*SoliDea FoliEs* chameleon rings
FKII, Cigarette
~Sassy!~ Playboy Bunneh ears (2012 ears)
MONS / Shocking eyes – black
GIMPed but not pimped.

Just the way you found her

Fashion for Life ends this coming Sunday, March 17, 2013. I don’t know why you aren’t out dropping a mere 250L on this slinky floral number from Lucia Genesis of World’s End Garden. Or at the very least admiring some ginormous ancient male bods. (I confess to finding Zeus most attractive. First, he’s lit like an old-timey movie-star. Second, dude owns a throne. Third, a roomy lap and a divine hand give a girl ideas.)

Portia’s eye makeup is also a donation item from Julie Hastings for White Widow. Remember that direct TPs will take you to the exact locations of your favourite creators’ booths.

Credits to creators
:::WEG:::, Precious S (donation item at Fashion For Life)
Glam Affair – Luria skin – 12 (at The Arcade)
[White~Widow - Face Tattoo] Cream Black/Gold w/eyeshadows (donation item at Fashion For Life)
[JB] Juicy Box – Beautiful Mess Tattoo
TuTy’s, Adorable Blue antracite hair
Rotten Toe, black ruff(resize script) (oldie)
LaGyo_Alice earring
LaGyo_Shield rings gold/black Lhand
N-core POISON “Noir Intense”
Xcite! ToKon Leather & Lace Cuff
celoe, mademoiselle.hat (old Xmas gift)
MONS / Shocking eyes – blue
BENT, Escher pose prop (old event exclusive)
To GIMP is divine.

Foxy soft

Today I felt like playing it soft. And a little strong with the dark eyebrows of Sopha Portal’s new Fox skin for My UglyDorothy.
Fox is darker than Ms. Portal’s recent creations. This tone, Caramel, is the middle tone of three. There are eight makeups and a base skin in the pack, with teeth and no teeth options. Black isn’t always forbidding. Witness BOOM’s Soft Swerve sweater in Pitch.

Wasabi Pills’ Ivette is one of a pair of two softly curling new hairdos for Whore Couture Fair 2.

Credits to creators
Look one
*MY UGLYDOROTHY -Fox08(Caramel) (NEW; ty Sopha!)
/Wasabi Pills/ Ivette Mesh Hair – Black coffee (NEW at WCF2; ty MissAllSunday!)
NuDoLu, tunique de lumiere red (NEW)
Pink Acid, Leather Mermaid Scale Leggings – White
[sYs] ALTAIS – bracelets (white) (recent Limited Bazaar item)
::LEO-NT:: Vintage Dream Ring~baroque~ (VIP gift pair of rings; small fee to join)
::{u.f.o}::animal wire headband – PEARL – cat RARE (old SGS gacha)
Dark Mouse, Vintage 50′s Pearl Stud Clip – White (store is closed, but these were available at the Fab Free shop on The Wash sim)
MONS / Shocking eyes – hazel

Look two
*MY UGLYDOROTHY -Fox03(Caramel)
*BOOM* Soft Swerve Off-Shoulder Top (Xsm) Pitch (NEW; ty Aranel!)
*Dura-Girl*27(Black)resize
SIGMA Jewels/ Deco necklace purple – chest (Lavender Hill Hunt 5L item)
MONS / Shocking eyes – brown

set: Sn@tch, Dark Photobox
poses: The Muse, Erik poses (for the dude in you…) (ty Audrey!)
I GIMPed the faces a little to soften some harsh lines caused by lighting. Please demo all skins!

Satisfaction

Last week I dedicated a post to Shortcake Sugarplum. She once told me that she liked my posts because they have a beginning, a middle and an end. (In that order. My posts don’t emulate Godard. Or the Portlandia parody of Godard.) It was good to know that someone felt satisfied by something I do. Especially because Ms. Sugarplum has long been satisfying my desire for elaborate eyelashes with her creations for Lucky #7. This is only fitting since she was the one who aroused that desire in the first place. When Ms. Sugarplum went on eyelash hiatus, I got to feeling that Portia was naked and exposed. Apparently this is a common reaction to Ms. Sugarplum’s phases of slothful indifference to the needs of our avatars’ eyelids. Think about it: without a thick slather of lashes an avi exposes her eyeballs to the harmful rays of the sun. And misses out on rare opportunities to bat something at attractive men. (Pretending to laugh at a hot guy’s jokes is even more painful when one’s eyeballs are sunburnt.) Luckily, Ms. Sugarplum is back to work. And for some strange reason, she named her latest pair of peeper keepers after my blog. All is forgiven, SS. For now.

You will find the Portia’s Pleisure lashes at The Gallery Gift Shop, where you can also buy this sexy, low-cut and hooded tunic from 22769. It’s available in black or white and can be paired with leather leggings in the same colours.

Credits to creators
22769 ~ [femme] body scarf black M (NEW at The Gallery Gift Shop; ty guys!)
Glam Affair – Amberly – Petal edition – Melodia D (oldish group gift)
~.:.Hysteria.:.~ Venom tat (NEW)
[ #7 ] D I S C O V E R Y portia’s pleisure lash add-ons (NEW at The Gallery Gift Shop; ty SS!)
MONS / Shocking eyes – lime
.Olive. the Refreshed Bear Trap Bracelet – GunMetal/Silver pack
Maxi Gossamer – Ring – Ramona 77
Sedmikraska, Drippy Tights (bought these on Marketplace)
pose one: Glitterati, Headshot 3 pack
pose two: Glitterati, Boxy prop
GIMPed but not pimped.

The fear of gold

I was about to hit the pay button for Paperbag’s silver Slique unitard when something inside me snapped. Or creaked. It was more like a creak. I realized that it was time to give up on the safety of silver and confront my longstanding fear of intense gold.

In real life, were I to wear even a subtle gold, it would look like a piece of Hanukkah geld had sprouted a whitehead. But this is not real life, and Portia doesn’t look like she needs to be squeezed (more).

Credits to creators
Paperbag, Slique Uni Metallics with Lolas Tango appliers (at Lyfe of Style)
Zibska, Zhenya (color and size change; at TGGS till the 13th; ty Zib Scaggs!)
h.m.a.e.m, midnight princess clutch ice [available in three other colours] (NEW; ty Riri Ninni!)
Swallow, Iman LB Panther with Lolas Tango applier [with three choices of awesome nips] (Limited Bazaar)
Lolas ::: Tango ::: Mesh Breasts (spine)
Miss C., Catch Black (fi*friday) [not the way it looks on the box: I had to add booN's gathered raised hairbase]
MONS / Round Sunglasses Black Button (past TDRF)
MONS / Earrings – Basic Button (past TDRF)
Cliche, Citta black and gold heels
Fleshtone :: Vanity Studded Cuffs
pose prop: Nuwiggles, Forever Alone (not available)

Hey lady!

The Aquarius Zodiac month ends on the 13th, so you should surf over there soon if you want a nifty mermaid bra by Brutus Martinek of Pididdle. JesyLilo’s loose-fit jeans feature portholes on the outside of each leg. Why I do not know. Perhaps to show off a tattooed tangle of kelp.

Meanwhile, back on shore, Sopha Portal has released a new skin called Vivian. As with her other recent skins, Vivian is available in a pack with eight soft and sweet makeups. Six of these feature orange-red lips, and two, including the one I’m showing here, run to pink. I tend to think I don’t like anything named after a princess or a lapdog, but Aranel Ah’s Tiffany colour makes BOOM’s beautifully sculpted, nubbly textured Duveteux Rayonnant jacket absolutely irresistible. As far as I’m concerned, Ms. Ah has the all clear for Savannah and Felicity.

Credits to creators
Look one
PIDIDDLE – Sea Maiden Bra – Sea Princess (NEW at Zodiac; ty Brutus Martinek!)
::Exile:: A Winter’s Tale:Beach
*JeSyLiLO*:::Knotted Jeans:::*Dirty XS (NEW; ty Lilo Glom!)
Adam n Eve Clothes, Ana Lace Panty Popcorn
Graves, Cuffs from G329
-Belleza- Wynter skin (old 50L Friday)
MONS / Shocking eyes – blue
The Muse Poses, Venus (at Fashion Limited; ty Audrey Cresci!)

Look two
*MY UGLYDOROTHY -Vivian05(Burly) [available in three tones] (NEW; ty Sopha Portal!)
*MY UGLYDOROTHY -Cleaves tattoo1(Burly) (tat cleavage sold separately)
*BOOM* Duveteux Rayonnant Jacket (Tiffany) (mesh) (NEW; ty Aranel Ah!)
Maitreya Flare Jeans (for heels) * M #6
welldone.atelier/ Gold Deer rings (at fi*friday, pack includes gold and silver)
[e] Abbey – Red 05 (on sale)
Clemmm – Window Ocean eyes
focus poses, winter set (at Limited Bazaar)

GIMP your own, these are mine. (I shot these to look more yellow than they appear in a standard AnaLu studio 5 light. So please do try demos!)

My pretties

I swear that someone somehow stole my blogging gene. I’m down to “system skirt bad; she pretty.” So I shall just say that I hereby offer you a shot of Aliza Karu’s tour-de-force Ania gown for AngelsDemons Creations. In addition to the dramatic cut-out back you see here, there are cuts in the front of the gown which make the dress look as though it’s independent of the body, not hung on it. Suvi Breil took a fabulous shot of the whole ensemble, from the front, because she’s a genetically sound blogger.
I am also featuring this beautifully ornate brooch, with optional stripe makeup, which is an Avenue Readers group gift in the A:S:S deLuxe shop at Zenshi. I like the look of the brooch on bare flesh, with its nasty screws set into Portia’s adamantium breast-plate. Portia is wearing MiaSnow’s unusual Sweety skin, a favourite of mine, in the Exotic tone. The Sweety skin comes with the lashes shown here, with eyebrows, a few lipsticks, and with basic options of cleavage and dimples on or off.

Credits to creators
Look one, pic one
[AD] Ania Gown (ty Aliza Karu!) [note that the mesh gown comes in only one size]
MiaSnow, Sweety PALE w/ bra cleavage
/Wasabi Pills/ Skye Mesh Hair – Orchid
*BOOM* Fearless wrist cuffs BrwnGlaze (at Collabor88)
S o H, Big Dragon Friend (old freebie: the year of the dragon will soon end, so breathe fire while you can)
PDA, Gangplank Oddment

Look two, pic two
A:S:S deLuxe – Playful Violence brooch (with stripe tattoo) (gift in shop: join Avenue Readers group)
/Wasabi Pills/ Jamie Mesh Hair – Rye
Zibska, Ayira ~ Ear Cuff [colour-change and resizable via menu]
MiaSnow, Sweety EXOTIC w/ bra cleavage, worn with LASHES black
MONS / DualColor eyes – green
Ma Vie, Ma Vie pose pack (60L limited time special at new pose shop from Miamai on the Glam Affair sim)

Look one, pic three
[AD] Ania Gown (ty Aliza Karu!) [note that the mesh gown comes in only one size]
MiaSnow, Sweety PALE w/ bra cleavage
[ #7 ] In the City Lashes M/C
Mynerva~Platinum Drow Eyeliner (old gift)
/Wasabi Pills/ Skye Mesh Hair – Storm
Finesmith, Happiness (includes a tiara; VIP group gift, with a fee to join, but I think it is also the current subo gift)

GIMPed for your safety.

Luxuriate

These pictures obviously go together.

Ladies stretch out their arms in them.

And look very pretty.

Credits to creators
Look impish
{Meghindo’s} ~ Chy Dress [comes with fringed clutch and many different flexi skirts] (VIP Gift, which also contains a skin in multiple tones; fee to join)
*BOOM* Dame Elbow Gloves (antique) xsmall (NEW, mesh, in many many many colours; ty Aranel Ah!)
Glam Affair – Renee – Fairy Tales 01 RAV (Arcade gacha)
MEMIL eyes 06_orange brown (from Marketplace)
Clawtooth: Louise Brooks – Red eye flight
Eclectica Deco Knot set in pale silver
Addictia, METRO Sandals – Silver
BENT, Posebox (old hunt gift)
Lightly GIMPed

Look admirable
Zibska, Amelie set of colour and size change earrings and necklace (ty Ms. Skaggs!) UPDATE: Still available at TGGS until December 19.
Luxury[87] – Snakeskin sheer catsuit (former Lyfe of Style item; no sign of an inworld store)
/Wasabi Pills/ Skye Mesh Hair – Pancake with /Wasabi Pills/ Hairbase included
MONS / Sunny Skin -light brow-soft makeup- light tone V1 (at TDR Fusion; includes a freckle version; love this hard)
[sauce] ka-pow! : lashes (not available)
MONS / Shocking eyes – blue
Yummy, Thin Boho Ring – Maroon (Nov. Collabor88)
Glitterati, Boxed
I GIMPed thie beejezus out of this one. Okay, maybe only the bejeez.

Pleisure apologizes for the quality of today’s comments and wishes to assure readers that we will fire whatever unpaid intern let an unpaid intern assign an unpaid intern to write copy.

Infernal

The pronounced under-eye attracted me to this Mons skin, a special makeup in the new line, available for 70L at The Dressing Room Blue. This bit of exaggerated flesh makes Portia look prettier and smarter than she is in actuality.

The kustom-kar-style kimono is on the Lucky Board at A.M.K.R, and the squiggly hair is from Heart Softens. With items like these, and a location like China, it feels crazy to take credit for these photos. I can see how working on an image with Photoshop would make one feel more responsible for its aesthetic success. On the other hand, if art requires suffering, then waiting for all textures to rez at the same time makes all of us artists, if not saints.

Credits to creators
kimono, shoes, flower: A.M.K.R, Kimono LB
skin: Mons, Likit RedLip (TDR Blue)
hair: Heart Softens, Onic Black (gg)
poses: DP*YumYum, Yukata pose pack
location: China sim