Friday, I'm in love.

I know, I know, it's Fifty Lindens Friday and I'm not even talking about it!? What's happening? Well I was just too busy shopping for a coat. And finding one that won't mess with your boobs, hips, butt, AO and that also looks good is something very rare. Fortunately, there is Aoharu and once again, the new Mini Lenght Trench Coat reaches all my expectations. And the textures / colors are gorgeous! I got myself the Ivory (which is closer to camel, in my opinion) one and I had to stop myself from getting the fatpack.

I very rarely purchase fatpacks because I'm trying to convince myself I don't need the same item in 8 or 12 colors. The amount of money I saved this past 2 years by doing so is simply astonishing... but this coat almost got me.

Instead, I also spoiled myself with the Feminine Fut Tippet Coat in brown, also from Aoharu.

official Aoharu vendor

While I was there, I grabbed the Dungaree shirt Special Edition in red. It's only 50$L and every penny goes directly to Japan. Honestly, red is not my color but for such low price and good cause, I had to get it. Available at Aoharu Mainstore only.

Look

Skin : Belleza - Erika in Fair (group gift)
Hair : LeLutka - Biel in Sweeden
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise collection in Green 13
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : cheLLe - Moles in Freckles Light + Mole! 2 + Mole! 3
+ Kosh - Metallic Eyeshadows in Forrest

Shirt : Mon Tissu - So Boho blouse in Cream
Jeans : Mon Tissu - Denim 1929 Cigarette in Dark
Coat : Aoharu - Mini Lenght Trench Coat in Ivory
Bracelet : League - (old FLF)
Belt : Maitreya - Coin belt in Auburn
Necklace : Statique. - Hope necklace (PCF 100% donation)

We love you, Japan.

Less than 12h after the beginning of Pacific Crisis Fundraiser, over L$1,000,000 were already given to the cause from donations and purchases. ONE MILLION! That's fantastic!

And because you can never have too many skins, mostly when it helps a good cause, I got myself these two lovely ones below. At 600L$ each, 100% donation to PCF, it's quite a deal... you know you have to get them too! These two skins are asian inspired but fit my caucasian shape quite well.

Look

Skin : Glam Affair - Sakura in Natural 01 (PCF 100% donation)
Hair : Sixty-Nine - Jessica in Dark Mocha (tinted)
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise collection in Green 13
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : cheLLe - Moles in Freckles Light & Mole! 3

Dress : Aoharu - Off Shoulder tunic in Red (PCF 100% donation)
Boots : Mon Tissu - Provence riding boots in Dark Brown
Necklace : Statique. - Hope necklace (PCF 100% donation)

Pose : Statique. - Jump! 01

100% good cause.

Don't forget : Pacific Crisis Fundraiser starts tomorrow and you can find plenty of lovely things. I wanted to make a 100% PCF outfit (including skin, hair and eyes) but Paypal won't cooperate and I'm out of Lindens. Oops.

So I'm 100% donation from neck to knees. Better than nothing?

Look

Skin : Redgrave - Fairy Collection, Avie Natural (01)
Hair : Truth - Minka in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise collection in Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : cheLLe - Moles in Freckles Light & Mole! 3

Shirt : (part of) Grixdale - Dryer Fuzz in Dirt (PCF 100% donation)
Jacket : Izzie's - Velvet blazer in Taupe (PCF 100% donation)
Skirt : The Secret Store - Froufrou in Onyx (PCF 100% donation)
Necklace : Statique. - HOPE necklace (PCF 100% donation)
Shoes : La Petite Fleur - Deux, Back ribbon

Pierre blanche.

Today will be a day to remember for Div - my boyfriend - and I.

Long story short, we met in Second Life. He is american and I'm (french!) canadian. All the odds were against us but we managed to turn our virtual dream into something real. It was hard, and it took some times, but we made it! Div lives with me in Montréal since 3 months now, but we need to legally allow him to stay for good.

So today is the first step of his immigration : our civil union. Nothing big, just us and our two witnesses, and some home made cupcakes. Following today, we'll fill all papers and stuff required for him to get his permanent citizenship.

Only, I thought it would be fun to commemorate this even in SL, where we met over 3 years ago!

Since Div doesn't log in Second Life anymore, I decided not to do the traditional picture with the two lovebirds. Instead, waiting for him (forever?) in a white dress seemed more appropriate. I couldn't resist adding LaGyo's Spring accessories to my outfit. The headpiece is stunning; I didn't retouch the picture at all (except for lighting), these are the original textures. The flowers look so delicate! And the earrings are to die for.

Look

Skin : Laqroki - Vilda 03 in Fair
Hair : fri.day - Dylan in Jealous Red
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise collection in Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : Glam Affair - Mary Blush A (comes with Mary skin)
+ cheLLe - Moles in Freckles Light, Mole! 2 (right eye) & Mole! 3
+ cheLLe - Smoke basis - Smoke in Frost

Dress : Mon Tissu - Crossroads maxi dress in White
Earrings : LaGyo - Spring
Headpiece : LaGyo - Spring Deer

Pose : DARE - (EUPHORIA hunt)

A sad Fifty Lindens Friday.

A very, very sad Friday. Waking up on the news of the japanese earthquake and footage of the devastating tsunami in Sendai, knowing 300 people are reported dead so far in that city only, is beyond horrible.

My heart goes out to all fellows SLers in Japan. <3

Look

Skin : Belleza - Erika in Fair (group gift)
Hair : Clawtooth - Shaken not stirren in Coco (FLF)
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise collection in Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : B[u]y Me - Girl next door lashes
+ cheLLe - Moles in Freckles Light & Mole! 3

Shirt : Absolution - Lenna top in White
Jacket : [W&B] - Lizzie cropped boatneck in Tobbaco (FLF)
Jeans : Doppelganger - Worn jeans in Vintage Blue (FLF)
Belt : Maitreya - Coins belt in Auburn
Shoes : A.D.D. Andel - Sparkle flats in Chocolate
Necklace : Statique. - not even named yet ;) but coming soon!

Curtains : Nordaris - Light catchers (FLF)

Naughty french teacher.

Real life conversation in front of my computer.

Div : "That skirt you're wearing in SL today..."
Me : "Oui?"
Div : "... looks very ~naughty teacher~ to me."
Me : "Ah. To me it looks more like french fashion."
Div : "Then it looks very ~naughty french teacher~ to me."

What?

Look
Skin : Laqroki - Vilda 03 in Fair
Hair : fri.day - Dylan in Jealous Red
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise collection in Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : B[u]y Me - Girl next door lashes
+ cheLLe - Moles in Freckles Light & Mole! 3
+ cheLLe - Smoke basis - Smoke in Frost

Shirt : *COCO* - Bow shirt in White (modified sleeves)
Skirt : Mon Tissu - Highland skirt in Grey
Belt : Miel - Troupe belt in Natural (FLF)
Shoes : Kookie - Athena in Black
Socks : Riddle - Argyle socks in Black2
Earrings : Statique. - La Bohème
Glasses : Cute Bytes - Nerd glasses
Purse : LeLutka - Cadmio in Grey

Pic taken at Seaside Elementary School RP

Mon Tissu d'amour.

If I had to shop at only one store for the rest of my SL life, I would choose Mon Tissu without hesitation. I love everything there, and I mostly love the fact that you can easily look put together (yet comfy) just by throwing on any of their stuff randomly. Their products are amazingly well done and you look great without any damn effort. If you don't know about Mon Tissu yet, you're really missing something.

Today I went to check their new (well... about 1 week old) "Sweet Sophisticate" collection and I love the très french vibe to it. You look like you deserve to live in Paris. Ah Paris! Who doesn't want to look as good and put together as these lovely Parisiennes?

Look

Skin : Redgrave - Fairy Collection, Avie Natural (01)
Hair : Truth - Bea in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Nature collection in Furious Noon
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : Glam Affair - Mary Blush A (comes with Mary skin)
+ cheLLe - Moles in Freckles Light & Mole! 3
+ cheLLe - Smoke basis - Smoke in Frost

Shirt : Mon Tissu - Cozy Up Tee (striped) in Cream
Skirt : Highland skirt in Grey
Shoes : Montsegur Pump in Peach
Necklace : Statique. - La Simple Bohème to be released next week
Purse : LeLutka - Cadmio in Grey

Paperdolls.

I had a wonderful time with Lazy Sunday yesterday, what a thrilling experience! I've met some great people, had a fun time, and got plenty of very nice comments regarding La Bohème set (pssst! it's still available for a few hours at L$75 only, I didn't have the time to remove it yet!).

A very great experience overall, so you'll see Statique for Lazy Sunday again in a few weeks!

***


it reminds me of the paperdolls I used to play with!

Major snowstorm in my town today, we're expecting up to 50cm - that's 20in, folks! - so I'm making a statement against it in-world with a light, pastel, spring-ish outfit thanks to this super cute poncho from R.icielli. It's from their early February hunt but guess what? it's still ongoing! You can still put your hands on it for a ridiculous L$10, along with 11 other items.

Yay!

Look

Skin : Laqroki - Vilda 03 in Fair
Hair : Truth - Bea in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise Collection, Green 13
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : Glam Affair - Mary Blush A (comes with Mary skin)
+ cheLLe - Moles in Freckles Light & Mole! 3
+ cheLLe - Moscato Kisses - Lipstain in E
+ cheLLe - Smoke basis - Smoke in Frost

Shirt : Mon Tissu - So Boho blouse in Cream
Poncho : R.icielli - Mattori III in Green (hunt item)
Leggings : Peqe - Flowery leggings
Boots : Mon Tissu - Provence riding boots in Dark Brown
Bracelet : League - Wanderer (with disks) (FLF)

Cozy Lazy Sunday.

It's Lazy Sunday and you can finally put your hands on Statique La Bohème earrings and necklace! There is plenty of other wonderful goodies as well this weekend, and I have to say I personally enjoyed the Who’s There? poses proposed by Hopscotch, and the Wooden screen & chair by Scusi.

I've always been a sucker for poses - which explains why I made some for my own store - and I love to see what other people can come up with!

Enjoy what's left of the weekend!

Look

Skin : Laqroki - Vilda 03 in Fair
Breasts enhancement : Laqroki - Cleavage V2
Hair : Truth - Rei in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise Collection, Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : Rozena Skin - Simple eyeliner
+ cheLLe - Freckles Light, Mole! 2, Mole! 3

Dress : Riddle - Lace Dress in Black (Pure Juice Event)
Leggings : The Secret Store - Tape leggings (Lazy Sunday)
Belt : Miel - Troupe Belt in Natural (old FLF)
Boots : *COCO* - Flat ankle boots (old group gift)
Necklace : Fusion - Crown necklace

Pose : Scusi - Wood screen & chair (Lazy Sunday)
Picture taken in the flower field of Feast.

C'est l'amour.

I must admit, I almost didn't purchase the dress shown above. Because if there's one thing I hate as much as bodylights, it's skirts with the mini prim between the legs, which moves with the AO and makes you look like you pooped a square of fabric.

So I got this dress thinking the color and pattern were divine and I could always wear it as a shirt with jeans or something. But voilà, the whole skirt is a prim! I went waaaaarrrgblll! in happiness and purchased the 2 other colors (black and tan) as well.

These gorgeous dresses from Riddle are currently available at Pure Juice Event and I can already confirm : I'm gonna wear the shizz out of them!

Look

Skin : Laqroki - Vilda 03 in Fair
Breasts enhancement : Laqroki - Cleavage V2
Hair : Truth - Whitney in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise Collection, Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : Rozena Skin - Simple eyeliner
+ cheLLe - Freckles Light, Mole! 2, Mole! 3

Dress : Riddle - Lace Dress in Juicy Pink (Pure Juice Event)
Leggings : Baiastice - Giulia dress set (TDR Blue)
Belt : Miel - Troupe Belt in Natural (old FLF)
Necklace : Statique - La Bohème (available tomorrow at Lazy Sunday!)

Picture taken in Alirium. Again. The sim is to die for!

Delirium at Alirium.

Between Project Themeory, Super Bargain Saturday and Taste of SL, you should find something to make you happy today. On my side, I couldn't resit this lovely summer dress from The Sea Hole (comes in 4 colors, L$75 each). My only concern is the skirt is non-modif; luckily it fits me perfectly around the waist, but if you're on the curvy or petite side, it's impossible to make it bigger/smaller since it's not scripted as well.

Look
Skin : Redgrave - Fairy Collection, Avie Natural (01)
Hair : Truth - Ashlin in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise Collection, Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : B[u]y Me - Girl next door lashes
+ cheLLe - Freckles Light, Mole! 2, Mole! 3

Dress : The Sea Hole - Garden District Dress Constance (Project Themeory)
Necklace : *League* - Wanderer (4 disks) (FLF)
Shoes : Magoa : Delicate in Starlight Sonatra (hunt item)

Picture taken in Alirium.

Thank God I'm Fashionable.

It's Friday, lets start the weekend and what's usually three busy days of shopping! Today's Fifty Lindens Friday (FLF) offers cute and very well done stuff, as usual you can find all details at The Rumor. Also, The Dressing Room Blue released their new collection earlier today. And because you can never shop too much, Truth new hairdos Pippa and Florence are just hitting the market too.

Happy weekend!

Look
Skin : Laqroki - Vilda 03 in Fair
Hair : Truth - Florence2 in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise Collection, Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Alpha layers : B[u]y Me - Girl next door lashes
+ cheLLe - Freckles Light, Mole! 2, Mole! 3

Shirt : Kyoot - Book Worm Top (Artiste) (FLF)
Jeans : Mon Tissu - Denim 1929 Cigarette
Belt : Maitreya - Old leather belt
Bangles : *League* - Wanderer bracelet (FLF)
Shoes : A.D.D. Andel! - Sparkle Flats in Chocolate (Humpday Happiness)

Picture taken at the gorgeous Alirium mainstore.

Is it Spring yet?

I don't know if I'm the only one, but my RL influences how I dress in SL a lot. I dress more warmly during winter, and lightly during summer in general. But when I woke up this morning and I opened the curtains on (another) snowstorm, I lost it.

I needed to wear something that would remind me of spring, and luckily, you can find this adorable lavender Neo-Romantic blouse from Fishy Strawberry at The Dressing Room for a ridiculous price. I paired it with G-Field's Flower Pumps "Eve" in Violet Mist for a perfect color match... and felt instantly better!

And to make me feel even more better, Belleza released this spring-ish purple skin just two days ago for group members. If you register now, you can get it in store (gift box for members, at the entrance) along with 3 other skins.

Belleza group have a registration fee of L$250 but believe me, it's worth every penny. I'm entirely against registration fees in general, but Belleza offers at least 1 skin (in every shade) per month, every month, usually from their upcoming collection. So you get to see the new releases before everyone else, and their skins are of the nicest ones in SL (mostly male ones!). Assuming the average price for such nice skin in SL is $L1000, you get $L12,000+ worth of stuff in a single year.

That's what I call a good deal. Visit Belleza in world for more information or to register (you can also easily find Belleza group in Search).

Look

Skin : Belleza - Melissa in Fair (group gift)
Hair : Truth - Isidora in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise Collection, Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6
Freckles : CheLLe - Freckles in Light

Shirt : Fishy Strawberry - Neo-Romantic blouse in Lilac (TDR)
Jeans : Mon Tissu - Denim 1929 Cigarette in Dark 1
Shoes : G-Field - Flower Pumps "Eve" in Violet Mist
Earrings : Donna Flora - Lia Set

Picture taken at Statique Mainstore.

"f" is for farniente.

After spending more than 2h building some goodies, the sculpties maps ended being corrupted and totally useless. Instead of crying, I went out for some shopping with Lucie.

We started at The Dressing Room, who just released a new collection (available for the next 2 weeks, more info here) but nothing really caught my attention. We ended spending way too much time at Sheep Door for Lucie to get an OverAll, free from the Lucky Letter board. Thank god they had a nice and cozy bed for me to nap while waiting.

Look

Skin : Redgrave - Fairy Collection, Avie Natural (01)
Hair : Truth - Bea in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise Collection, Green 14
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #6

Dress : The Secret Store - Scottish Dahlia
Tights : The Secret Store - Wool tights in Red
Boots : *COCO* - Flat ankled boots (old group gift)
Belt : Miel - Troupe Belt (old Fifty Lindens Friday)
Neck Bow : Atelier AM - Silk Scarf in Black

Picture taken at Sheep Door, Cup region

Is it Friday yet?

Tonight, I decided to try out one of the new shape I made earlier today, which explains why I don't have my usual look. Meet Ashimu the asian inspired petite shape. Isn't she cute?

I started my Friday quite early by visiting the Fifty Lindens Friday (FLF) landmarks before midnight SLT... and I've been lucky since only Theosophy and Miel didn't have their vendor up (indeed, I'm going back tomorrow!).

I must say I've been quite disappointed with last week's FLF but there are plenty of nice goodies this week to make up for it, including this adorable necklace from DECO.

Look
Shape : Statique. - Ashimu Petite Shape
Skin : Redgrave - Fairy Collection, Avie Natural (01)
Hair : Truth - Ashlin in Espresso & Truth Kylei bow in Espresso
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise Collection, Brown 18
Lashes : Included with Ashimu's shape

Dress : Indyra Original - La Capitaine in Black
Armwarmers : Maitreya - Armwarmers in Black
Tights : The Secret Store - Wool tights in Blue
Boots : DECO - Trail boots in White (Fifty Lindens Friday)
Necklace : DECO - Triple Strand Pearls (Fifty Lindens Friday)

Pose : Statique - Silly 06
First picture taken at Antebellum Store, Lloyd region

* The DECO boots are HUGE and probably made for men; resize and wear an alpha on your feet and you'll be good to go!

Put a ring on it.

If you remember the Baci ultra cute chocolate necklace from Donna Flora I wore on V-day, you might want to know the Baci ring is also available for free!! Waaaaaaarrrrgblll! Such a cute thing for L$0, you cannot miss it.

Unfortunately, the ring is no transfer which means you can't grab it for your loved ones. You can always teleport your friends and lover(s?) at Donna Flora (in the courtyard) for them to get it. But hurry, it was the V-day gift... so it might dissapear very soon.

Look
Skin : Redgrave - Fairy Collection, Avie Natural (01)
Hair : Truth - Minka in Jupiter
Eyes : MADesigns - Promise, Green 14

Shirt : Absolution - Leanna Top in White (Lazy Sunday)
Necklace : Fusion - Crowned Charm
Ring : Donna Flora - Baci (V-day gift)

Mirror of the soul.

I've been using my RL eyes in Second Life for a long time and today I decided to go for something else. A few friends recommended Poetic Colors, which lots of people like, but for some reason I am not loving them too much. I think it's the shading... they don't look "alive".

So I started searching all over SL for eyes I would like. An hour later, and just as I was about to give up, I ended at MADesigns and found exactly what I was looking for.

MADesigns has a full section for eyes and offers many different collections, Nature and Promise 2 being my favorites.

Nature

Aqualibrium / Furious Noon / Ink Sky

Promise 2

Blue 9 / Green 13 / Green 14

Visit MADesigns in-world (port to the eyes section) to see them all!