For this week’s installment of Berry’s Favorite Things I’d like to bring you….Sofia. Glam Affair’s new skin in dark that I’m not planning to take off anytime soon. As soon as I tried the demo, I just went wow and bought my favorite makeup. Now I’m regretting it and wish I actually bought the fatpack…perhaps I’ll do that in a few days. :)

The poses I’m using are by Elikapeka Yokosuka who just opened a new pose store by the name of Honey and Vinegar. I found the poses to be very simple and stylish.

The clothing and jewels I am wearing in the post will be available at the ~ Etheria – When Jeweler’s Dream ~ event. It starts on June 13, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. slt and is a collaborative fashion event between the following stores:
~ Caroline’s & Ingenue
~ Dark Mouse & Lark
~ KessKreations & Moonshine Designs
~ Lolapop! & Blue Blood
~ MONKEE & Evie’s Closet

Have a great weekend! <3

Credits:
Skin: -Glam Affair - Sofia Dark – make up 3 by aida Ewing
Eyes: Poetic Color eyes -star -mercury by Lano Ling
Hair: W&Y MODEL HAIR 20 by yukitan Farrjones
*Dress: Ingenue :: Valdez :: Bodice :: Golden 2 by Betty Doyle (Available @ Etheria on June 13th)
*Jewels: Caroline’s Jewelry Diamond by Caroline Apollo (Available @ Etheria on June 13th)
*Poses: honey and vinegar by Elikapeka Yokosuka
Location: Svarga

*Promotional copies

It’s time for another installment of Berry’s Favorite Things because my favorite eyes on the whole grid are on sale, 50% off, making all the eyes L$100 each. I’m wearing Poetic Color‘s latest release, the star eyes, named after the planets. These are definitely my most favorite and I just couldn’t resist and went and bought more fatpacks! :D But you gotta hurry because the sale is only going to be for 3 days.

Also, I think it’s been a while since I shared a quote…so here you go. <3

“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.”
Anton Ego from Ratatouille

Credits:
Skin: CandyDoll Sarra Pale by rebeca Dembo (L$69 today only)
Eyes: Poetic Color eyes by Lano Ling (3-day 50% off sale – All eyes are L$100 each)
*Hair: >TRUTH< Marnie Streaked - barley by Truth Hawks

*Promotional copies

I first visited the Trilogy sim back in January of 2008. A good friend of mine told me about it and since then I have returned many times for photo opportunities. This “fashion alley in the rain” has a great array of shops to choose from. However, what I like most about it are the raindrops on the windows. The textures and colors are also all very exquisite. Male stylist and blogger, Galliano Boucher, has recently taken a lot of great pictures on the Trilogy sim. I’ve always wanted to include this sim in one of my blog posts, so I’m glad I finally got an opportunity to. I hope you take the time to visit if you haven’t been. You can see other pictures of the sim in the Trilogy flickr group.

Credits:
*Skin: &Bean – Hounds of love by Keiko Morigi (coming soon)
Eyes: Poetic Color eyes – quicksilver by Lano Ling
Hair: MIEL TUE HAIR – Group Gift Pack by Miel Nirvana
*Outfit: JE*REPUBLIC-Dear Girl-Red by Jungeun Vella
*Pose: [[ dollipops ]] by December Dollinger
Location: TRILOGY / Fashion alley

*Review copies and/or gifts.

Recently I’ve noticed a few comments on blogs, flickr and even plurk regarding the kind of people that use plurk for social networking. Plurk is getting to be known as a place where “drama queens” reside with timelines full of emotionally unstable rants and witch-hunts, 24/7. Although I admit that might be the case for some plurkers, but let me assure you, there is another side of plurk that you may not be aware of.

Plurk will always hold a special place in my heart, because after all, it is the place where I first met the love of my slife. During these past two years on plurk, I have gotten to know many people, made a lot of new friends that I wouldn’t have otherwise and discovered many new stores and places to visit in Second Life.

Take today’s outfit for example. I would never have known Tuli sent out this beautiful skin to her group since I do not read the Fashion Feed everyday if it wasn’t for my plurk friends spamming my timeline with it. :P Yesterday, I felt like shoe shopping and all I had to do was ask plurk and I got a ton of responses therein resulting in a major shoe shopping spree where I found the beauties I am wearing today.

I admit, I also do have my off days where I will go off on a rant or do an emo plurk. However, I do my best to surround myself with positive people so I can be nauseatingly happy and piss off all the jealous emo people! (Yes the rumors are true, I AM evil)

No but seriously, most of my timeline is full of me plurking about food, spamming my flickr pics, sharing my favorite bollywood songs, revealing my deepest darkest secrets, calling people meanies, demanding kisses, sharing too much information and sometimes I really have nothing to say at all. But more than anything, I just like to be goofy, torture people and make them laugh! <3

So you see, it's not all drama 24/7. It's actually a lot of fun and helps me get through the day with a lot of laughs. You just need to know who to befriend and who to follow. So you can start by befriending me! I promise I’ll be nice (maybe).

Finally, I just want to take a quick moment to thank each and every one of you that has left a comment on my blog, IMed me, emailed me or private plurked me to thank me for the tutorials. I couldn’t have done them without Catero Revolution’s help. Also please note it is the plurkers that gave me the idea to do the tutorials in the first place, so you actually have them to thank for that! I will be working on the last two very soon and they should be coming up in the following week.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. I hope I see you on plurk! <3

Credits:
*Skin: []::Tuli::[] Sayuri :: VIP update group special by Tuli Asturias
*Hair: >TRUTH< Annie - espresso by Truth Hawks
Top: [SC] Surf Couture – La Plage Tee – Berry by Emma Gilmour
*Maitreya HighSkirt Raven by Onyx LeShelle
Shoes: [PM] Baby T Plain: Black by Tya Fallingbridge
*Necklace & Earrings: Baiastice-onyx pools set by Sissy Pessoa
Bangles: [MANDALA] Takara Bangle Zebra Fur Set by kikunosuke Eel
*Poses: Diesel Works – Scarlett by Rogan Diesel
*Furniture & Decor: ::TASTY:: BOOKWORM FULL SET by Veronica Kanya
Skybox: :::!off-brand Furniture::: Urban Skybox by Haruka Ackland

*Review items and/or gifts.

I haven’t done a Berry’s Favorite Things post in a while so I thought today will be the perfect day because I am totally hormonal, hyper and nauseatingly happy. Then on top of that Iki just released this AMAZING skin Amber. I am speechless. I am such a sucker for dark skins and this skin has everything I could ever want.

The fatpack (which is only L$4750) comes with not only 9 different makeups, but each makeup has several options for eyebrows, cleavage and hairbase. Also in the fatpack is an addons pack with a shape and different kinds of eyelashes, some of which I am wearing in the photos above! ^^
Each individual makeup is only L$1000 and comes with eyelashes, and different options for eyebrows, hairbase, cleavage! The body is always amazing!

I’m also wearing some recently released tops from Dutch Touch along with the jeans.

The hair of course is the all new and gorgeous Berry hair from Truth! :D It is based on my RL hair that I sent him a pic of and it turned out absolutely perfect! This is also my new favorite thing on the grid, obviously! :D I am in LOVE so thank you Mr. Hawks, even though you called me naughty! :P ♥

And that wraps up my favorite things for today….I really need to do this more often!

Have a great weekend! ♥

Credits:
Skin: Dutch Touch Amber by Iki Ikarus ♥
Clothing: Dutch Touch by Iki Ikarus
Hair: Truth Berry Hair – Espresso by Truth Hawks ♥
Eyes: Poetic Color eyes – night rain by Lano Ling
Rings: alaMood SweetStack Rings by Jori Watler
Poses: Long Awkward Pose by Dove Swanson

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I decided that the next installment for Berry’s Favorite Things! should be about just one item. The one item that I instantly fell in love with the moment I saw it! <3

IXkin

I must admit, before I saw these I was not into the prim feet like everyone else. I actually much preferred to roam the grid bare feet with just my anklets on, but once I laid my eyes upon these, it was love at first sight. So much so that I plurked about it the moment I saw the teaser pop up on flickr.

Shanti

Of course I couldn’t actually decide on just one shoe, when I saw all three I absolutely *needed* to have them all. To give my poor wallet a break however I decided to settle with only one color per shoe….for now. Oh yes, I will be going back for more. :D Especially for IXkin and I am in love with every color of the Salience.

Salience

These are hands down the best prim feet I’ve seen on the grid. The hud is so simple to use and it took one click for the shoes to match my tone. There are lots of options for nail colors as well.

There you have it folks, these are my favorite things on the grid these days. I’m not planning to take them off any time soon! :D

Have a great weekend y’all!

Credits:
IXkin:
Skin: :: DUTCH TOUCH ::DUNe:: Cocoa – CatsEyes by Iki Ikarus
Hair: [Detour] Bliss – Black – Flexi Hair by Keri Clip
Top: MIEL Bo Shirt Ebony by Mika Nieuport
Shorts: ::EmJay:: Torn True Blue Shorts by Magen Jigsaw
Tattoo: [HUZ TATS] Maori by Hunain Bellic
Bracelets: Zaara : Ramya wood bangles by Zaara Kohime
Cigarette: Primitive Design PD CIGARETTE – long ash by Geyer Schnyder
Shoes <3: Maitreya Gold – IXkin Black by Beauvoir Rousselot & Onyx LeShelle
Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel (Have you heard about the amazing contest?)

Shanti:
Skin: :: DUTCH TOUCH ::DUNe:: Cocoa – CatsEyes by Iki Ikarus
Hair: .:[ Tiny Bird ]:. Into My Arms – Chocolate by Autumn Hykova
Top: *Shai* Volpe Silk Blouse Purple by Shai Delacroix
Skirt: *Reale* Suede mini dress (beige) by Mallu Mayo
Earrings: Zaara : Panchali Earrings by Zaara Kohime (LE.LOOK! Exclusive)
Bracelets by Zaara Kohime (not released as of yet)
Shoes <3: Maitreya Gold – Shanti Dark-Ecru by Beauvoir Rousselot & Onyx LeShelle
Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel (Have you heard about the amazing contest?)

Salience:
Skin: :: DUTCH TOUCH ::DUNe:: Cocoa – CatsEyes by Iki Ikarus
Hair: Truth; Marianne – chocolate by Truth Hawks
Dress: Armidi – Satin Mini Dress – Rogue by Juju Armidi
Bracelets: kraftika No 306 Bracelets by Anuitka Barthelmess (LE.LOOK! Exclusive)
Prim Nails: Candy Nail #P024 Magic of Witch Black*LE (peche Bury)
Shoes <3: Maitreya Gold – Salience Brown by Beauvoir Rousselot & Onyx LeShelle
Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel (Have you heard about the amazing contest?)

Today’s installment of Berry’s Favorite Things took me back to the old days of my SL. I also had to dig deep in my inventory for some of these items, which till this day still remain amongst some of my fav things.

Now for my first favorite; as you may already know, my first official job on SL was as a belly dancer/hostess at Club Habibi. The uniform for that was of course silks and the majority of my income went towards the acquisition of silks from various stores throughout the grid. One of the stores that always remained on the top of my list was the beautiful Analise.

From the variety of colors to my most favorite, scripted skirts, Analise should be top on your list for silks as well. All of their skirts have the skirt removal script with various ways to rip them off, it’s quite entertaining (especially in a room full of 30 people, all of whom are click happy! :P)

My second favorite thing is the all amazing “bolly all the time” poses from my favorite pose store, Long Awkward Pose. I think Dove Swanson did a phenomenal job with these poses. I love them so much a few months back I did a short series of images using these bollywood poses. Each pose was set to a story highlighting a historical South Asian woman.

My last favorite thing for today is actually a sim (or two sims) that I discovered a few months back and I have returned there many times for photo opportunities. The Black and White Taj are loosely based on the Taj Mahal located in Agra, India.

As you can see from the pictures, it’s a gorgeous build. If you have not had the opportunity to go as of yet, I suggest you take the slurl, you won’t regret it!

And that concludes my favorite things for today. Till next time! *MUAH*

Credits:

Skin by Lelutka
Hair by Analog Dog and Maitreya
Henna Tattoos by Huz Tats

Silks by Analise:
slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Talana/146/150/56
blog: http://analisefashions.blogspot.com

Poses by Long Awkward Pose
slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/93/154/26
blog: http://lapsl.blogspot.com

Location:
The Black and White Taj
slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Black%20Taj/120/35/52

After one year of talking about my fav things, I realized I should do it more often since I’ve only done it 10 times. :P Therefore I will try and blog Berry’s Favorite Things at least once a month! Wish me luck!

Butterfly

The first thing on the list of favorites today is none other than the infamous Tesla shoes. The tall Tesla kensington boots were released a while ago but are by far one of my favorites. They come in ten amazing colors, I’m wearing the chocolate. Then of course we have her brand new release, the harvey biker boots. These boots are so well textured, it’s phenomenal.

Brat

Boom is another fav that I just recently discovered. When I step in that store I just want to spend every bit of my lindens there. They are currently having a SALE in their store, 50% to 75% which unfortunately ends on the 20th, so rush there now before it’s too late!

And last, but certainly not the least is a store that Ms. Celebrity Trollop told me about, it’s called Fukmi and is full of cute little tanks and skirts and all sorts of goodies. The halter I am wearing above is a recent freebie they gave away in their store.

And there you have it folks, short and sweet today! Happy shopping. *kiss*

Credits:
Butterfly pic:
Skin: LeLutka; London Tan (Minnu Palen)
Eyes: Poetic Color; QuickSilver, Large (Lano Ling)
Shoes: Tesla; Kensington chocolate Tall Boots (Tesla Miles)
Shirt: *BOOM*; Tahiti Sweety – Sands (Aranel Ah)
Shorts: .: Naive :.; Jean Shorts Oxid (Leah McCullough)
Ring: Paper Couture; Times Square Diamond (Cora Lu)
Bracelet: Shiny Things; Hippie deluxe bracelets – brown (Fallingwater Cellardoor)
Necklace and ring: *i-Candy* (Kawaii Jewelry) – Butterfly [White] (Kylarai Hayek)
Tattoo: Nardya – Dragonfly (Nardya Rousselot)
Hair: Truth; Taylor, Browns 2 – chocolate (Truth Hawks)
Pose: Diesel Works

Brat pic:
Skin: LeLutka; London Tan (Minnu Palen)
Eyes: Poetic Color; QuickSilver, Large (Lano Ling)
Shoes: Tesla; Harvey Biker Boots black (Tesla Miles)
Tank: *Fukmi* Kiss of the Skully Halter – Black (Fukmi Sideways)
Shorts:.: Naive :. ; Jean Shorts Black3 (Leah McCullough)
Hair: Truth; Elizabeth, Browns 2 – Java (Truth Hawks)
Ring: Paper Couture; Times Square Diamond (Cora Lu)
Tattoo: Nardya – Dragonfly (Nardya Rousselot)
Socks: Maitreya Slouch Socks – Grey/Black (Onyx LeShelle)
Earrings: +plus, *Ethnic Minimal Earrings* – Black (Helena Compton)
Pose: Diesel Works

Hello everyone, I’m back with another installment of Berry’s Favorite Things.

Starting from the bottom up, I have fallen in love with these boots. Designed by Mai Runo from the store [0N] ZERO NUMBER, I was tp’d to this cute little store that has only a handful of well-crafted boots. A must visit!

Next we have the tights from the fabulous Shop Seu. These are the ever-popular tights that were a part of many blog challenges and still remain one of my favs!

Then we have the adorable little jean skirt from Dutch Touch. Dutch Touch is one of my fav places for streetwear, especially denim!

My absolute fave recently is the Asian Tunic from KUROTSUBAKI. I LOVE it! It comes with matching shorts that I’m not wearing in the pic but I just love everything about this tunic. The texture, the color and the way it moves.

The necklace is from ICoN and can I just say everything in that store I just LOVE! I have several pieces from there already and plan on owning the whole store very soon!

Bracelets from Lelutka from the multi-talented Miabella Foxley. She’s working on more jewelry and some beautiful eyes, and I just can’t WAIT to see what more is coming! I also own her stunning set at The Loft! <3

This fabulous hair is from Truth. Recently Truth has released some amazing styles but this one named Miabella is by far my favorite! And yes this is the hair that I was quoted on plurk saying I looked like “the secks” in. Thanks Luna! :P

Last, but certainly not the least, the poses you see here are from a brand new pose store by the name of Diesel Works. This new store also has some couple’s poses along with single poses for men and women separately. My favorite pose set from this new store is called Sundari!

And here you have it folks, another installment of Berry’s Favorite Things. Till next time, MUAH!

Credits:
Hair – Truth
Necklace – ICoN
Bracelets – Miabella Foxley – Lelutka
Tunic – KUROTSUBAKI
Jean Skirt – Dutch Touch
Tights – Shop Seu
Boots -[0N] ZERO NUMBER
Poses – Diesel Works

I’m back with another installment of Berry’s Favorite Things. There are four items I have been drooling over recently.

Sapphire

My first recent favorite thing is the new soon to be released Belleza skins. I especially love the tan skin tone and OMG the eye makeup! Especially the eyeliner pictured here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawberrysingh/3086640554 Keep an eye on the Belleza blog for an update on the release.

My second favorite thing is the new lingerie from Casa Del Shai that was just released a few days ago. The colors are so gorgeous, I instantly fell in love. And as always, the Shai quality is immaculate. Available in four colors.

Emerald

My third favorite thing is the ever amazing jewelry from Paper Couture. Their fall release was so beautiful, I just had to get them all. My favorite is the crystal bloom set pictured above. If you have not had a chance to check it out, you need to go now. It is only available in their Tableau location.

Amethyst

My fourth and final favorite thing for today is something that was a big milestone for me. I had been attached to the same eyes for over a year and had been refusing to ever change. But ever since I found the eyes at The Obscene, I haven’t looked back. In fact I bought them in several colors. They are so well done, you really need to go check them out. You can click on the pictures to go to my flickr page and then view all sizes to the largest size to take a closer look at the eyes. But again, my pictures just do not do them justice so I suggest y’all get down there now! Click here for slurl to Obscene.

So there you have it folks, my eighth installment of Berry’s Favorite Things.

Credits

Sapphire:
Skin: Belleza – Belle Tan Silver Blue Rubies
Jewels: Paper Couture Crystal Bloom Set
Eyes: [The oBscene] Real EYES – Baby Blue
Lingerie: Casa Del Shai Selena Lingerie Set Blue
Hair: Boon
Pose: Long Awkward Pose

Emerald:
Skin: Belleza – Belle Tan Mint Nudes
Jewels: Paper Couture Tumbled Stone Set
Eyes: [The oBscene] Real EYES – Real Green
Lingerie: Casa Del Shai Selena Lingerie Set Seafoam
Hair: Boon
Pose: Long Awkward Pose

Amethyst:
Skin: Belleza – Belle Tan Amethyst Kisses
Jewels: Paper Couture I Dream Of India Set
Eyes: [The oBscene] Real EYES – Mystik
Lingerie: Casa Del Shai Selena Lingerie Set Purple
Hair: Boon
Pose: Long Awkward Pose