I know I disappeared for a few days, I’ve just been kind of swamped with client pictures. Not that I don’t love shooting you guys. It’s a really great feeling to take a picture of someone and they end up liking it so much they post it everywhere. It makes me smile and I’m so thankful to be able to do that for so many people. However, since it’s been taking up so much of my time, I haven’t had the chance to do something else I love doing as much and that is to take pictures of myself! LOL I kind of miss blogging. So I think after this week I’m going to start taking fewer clients a day. I know this means you might not be able to get an appointment right away, but it will give me the ability to also blog when I feel the need to since I have to juggle my time wisely in SL due to RL work. I hope you guys understand and I really appreciate all the encouragement and support I continuously receive from the whole community. <3

I've been wanting to do this post for a while and I had a short break in between clients so I whipped up this quick picture for it. LOL Took me srsly about 15 minutes. Meet my photography ALT, her name is Berrylicious and she looks EXACTLY like me. LOL I realized that it was my inventory on my Strawberry Singh account that was making it difficult for me to actually take high resolution pictures, with great shadows and also minimal crashing and glitches. So I started to use Berrylicious as my photography ALT. She has a very small inventory and while taking pics she rarely crashes and can take beautiful shadow pictures with a very high resolution. So what I usually do when I’m taking a pic for a blog post these past few weeks is login to my Strawberry Singh account using regular sl viewer and dress her up for the post. Then I use Kirstens Viewer to login to Berrylicious. Kirstens is my favorite viewer for shooting pictures. Then I use Berrylicious to actually take the pictures of Strawberry Singh. (Did I confuse you yet? :P)

Anyhow, back to the reason for this post. I am a big Elikapeka Tiramisu fan. I was an avid shopper few years back at her old store ETD. So much so that I was totally excited when she chose one of my pics to be displayed as a poster back in the day. Look I even did a goofy blog post back in 2008 about it. On second thought, don’t look, I was a little TOO excited. LOL

Now that she is back with the all new elikatira I have just been drooling over the hairs. I had to get the latest release for Berrylicious because it is just the most cutest french braid I have ever seen and the front part frames my face so well. If you haven’t checked out elikatira yet, what are you waiting for? Her styles are amazing and her textures are so soft and beautiful.

elikatira blog: http://elikatira.com
elikatira on marketplace: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/1368
elikatura slurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elikatira/79/127/36

Credits:
Skin: [:Tuli:] Claire / fair / li :: TDR Newyear 2011 LE by Tuli Asturias
Hair: [elikatira] Later – Brown 04 by Elikapeka Tiramisu
Clothes & Jewels: Zaara by Zaara Kohime

There is nothing more I love then a luscious dark skin. I just feel so incredibly sexy in it. Kasumi pale has also been released, you can see me wearing it in this post. You can find both of the dark and pale in the PXL mainstore now.

I haven’t done Berry’s Favorite Things in a while, definitely adding Kasumi in dark into that category.

And while we’re discussing my favorite things, here’s more of my favorite jewelry from je suis. Luckily je suis is have a Black Friday sale and everything in the store is 50% off till 11:59pm slt tonight. So make sure to check it out today!

Credits:
*Skin: PXL Kasumi by Hart Larsson
*Eyes: PXL by Hart Larsson
Hair: Lamb by Lamb Bellic
Bra: :bijou: prayer by Kotobuki Jewell
*Jewels: je suis african set by Julia Merosi
*Nails: je suis by Julia Merosi
*Poses: Long Awkward Pose by Dove Swanson
*Promotional items

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.