Prims kill puppies.

After more than two intense hours trying to make it to the Skin Fair, I finally managed to get in. Not only the sim was full but it was extremely laggy. May I remind you that prims increase the lag and there is a very simple way to fix that problem : go naked!

It will only take you five minutes to create a white skin (use the Blank option as a texture) and eyes, and you're good to go! Remove all your prims and clothes, and wear your new ghost outfit. And if you feel like it, you can make it any color you want.

Thanks to whoever gave me the trick... I was too excited to make it in, I forgot to write down her name. Yay me.

Glam Affair - Mary.

The Vanity Universal Lag Fest Skin Fair is finally open to everyone and the sim is now packed with not-so-pretty fashionistas. I can't manage to TP in tonight, but I heard some ladies will try anything to get there, including going bald and without shoes (!!).

Not sure I am brave enough to make such statement just to pick up some demos. Thankfully, if you're in Glam Affair group, you received the complete demos package for Mary, the new skin currently available at the Lag Fest Skin Fair. Glam Affair have been nice enough to send their demos in a notice group so we don't have to make it to the Lag Fest Skin Fair in order to try their new release.

I'm usually not a huge fan of Glam Affair's skins, they tend to go heavy on the blush and contouring but Mary is absolutely gorgeous! As usual my love goes for the soft and neutral look but there is also some very nice bold lips (red, cranberry, even black!) available, for a total of 12 different make ups.

Glam Affair - Mary 01 in Natural

Glam Affair - Mary 09 in Natural

Glam Affair - Mary 11 in Natural

You can get every individual make up for L$999 or the fatpack for an astonishing L$4999 which is, to my taste, a bit too much.

So... I decided to stick with two of the 3 skins mentioned above, I only have to decide which ones and so far I can't choose. Meanwhile I'll remove my hair and shoes and will try to make it to Vanity Universe sim.

Wish me luck!

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Update

Each skin comes with 3 blushes, 3 pubic hair options, 4 bald bases to shape the brows and 3 different brows colors.

Redgrave Fairy skin : Avie.

Last night, I slightly told you about Redgrave's new release : Avie, from the Fairy collection, available at the Vanity Universe Skin Fair 2011. This new skin comes in one very fair (but gorgeous) color and 16 different make ups, most of them being like an explosion of Skittles all over your face. If you like colors, you'll love every one of them. On my side I tend to wear very minimal / neutral colors, so only 01 and 07 were appealing to me.

After trying the two skins mentioned above several times (what do you mean by picky!?) I ended purchasing the most neutral one : Avie 01.

Without lashes to show the eyes area. Looks like I just woke up. Zzz.

I love everything about the face : freckles, lips, nose for which the texture around the nostrils is very well done. My only concern regarding this skin is... the breasts. The basic skin looks fine but the shadow under the breasts is way too dark / brown when it comes to the two enhancements provided with the skin.

Personally, I don't really mind since I prefer smaller breasts, but if I wanted them fuller, it would bother me.

The skin comes with multiple options :
★ with and without light (white) hairbase
★ light and dark brows
★ 2 lipsticks layers
★ long fairy-ish nails
★ 2 breasts enhancer

At only L$990 per skin including all options mentioned above, or L$2990 for the entire make ups set (sixteen options!)... that's dirty cheap for such good quality. It's also possible to get the shape (L$390) and eyes (L$100) to look exactly like Redgrave's adorable little fairy.

It's the Skin Fair!

...and I almost missed it.


Yes, I went in fluffy slippers and mud mask... after all I was running late!

The Vanity Universe Skin Fair, 3rd edition starts tomorrow! Hope you saved some Lindens cuz there is skins to satisfied the most difficult people... myself included! I'm seriously lurking the new Fairy skin by Redgrave... but let's put this on the side for now.

Since I got an invite for Bloggersday, I was planning to go to the Skin Fair for a few hours, take the time to try all demos available and do a huuuuge report... but I forgot about that thing called Real Life and was caught into it all day. Uuuugh. So I teleported in at the last minute tonight and only had a quick overview.

Fortunately for you, plenty of bloggers are already talking about this very interesting event in a much better way than I could ever do. So I'll just go with this: to the few creators it may concern, please stop thinking we all want to look like Angelina Jolie. Play it safe when it comes to drawing the size of lips 'cuz ginormous mouths aren't as sexy as you think they are.

Besides that, I strongly recommend to have a look at the Skin Fair where you'll find very well made skins by amazing creators. All the well known brands such as Redgrave, Laqroki, LeLutka, Curio, Glam Affair, etc. are around, but you'll also discover some new - and gorgeous - faces.

Visit the Vanity Universe Skin Fair 2011! Feb 20 - Mar 6, 2011

Look
Skin : Laqroki - Vilda 02 in Fair
Hair : Truth - Jolie in Jupiter
Lashes : Redgrave - Lucious #39
Eyes : My RL eyes imported in SL
Alpha : cheLLe - Home made mud mask

Shirt : Mon Tissu - Park Avenue Top in White
Cardigan : Mon Tissu - Prudence Cardigan in Brown
Pants : Mon Tissu - Balcon Lounge Pants in White
Slippers : Fluffie's Designs - Mousie Slippers (L$1 on Marketplace)
Necklace : Mon Tissu - Take Flight Necklace in Robin's Egg