“If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?”
Kahlil Gibran

So, this what my life is like on a regular basis….I managed to get both these pics done, processed and even wrote the post and was going to do credits when I noticed that I was wearing two of the Truth Candy hairs in two different blonde colors, #3 & #5. Normally I would reshoot but I didn’t think it was THAT noticeable. Is it? SAY IT’S NOT! :P

Anyhow, Truth just released some gorgeous hair today and this one has become my new favorite. Also, remember that even though the Truth Model Contest is over, don’t stop submitting your pics to the Truth Models flickr group. In the description it says he will still select pictures from there from time to time so if you love Truth hair, keep submitting your headshots there!

(click here for raw shot)

Mandala has released part 2 of their summer collection today, meanwhile I am still wowing over part 1 from last week. You can check their full releases on the Mandala blog. It’s all already on the marketplace as well as their mainstore.

The Zoe Maxi dress I’m wearing is from Drift and currently available at The Dressing Room right now. All items at TDR are only L$40 to L$70 so make sure to take the slurl and drop by there!

I stole this location off of Honour McMillan’s blog. I peruse her blog and steal slurls from there all the time. She’s one of my favorite travel bloggers. There’s actually quite a few places I steal locations from, I mentioned a lot of them in my post here: Exploring Second Life however, I thought since that post is kind of old and dated now, I would tell you which travel blogs I’ve been watching recently:

1. Honour’s Post Menopausal View (of Second Life)
2. Windlight Photography
3. Ziki’s Blog
4. Cuaderno de Bitacora
5. Mademoiselle
6. Avatars In Motion

I hope you guys find some good places to visit and explore from these blogs! I’ll be over here —> on my platform being anti-social. :P

Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair – Cleo – America – 05 C by Aida Ewing
*Hair: TRUTH HAIR Candy – Blondes05 & 03 by Truth Hawks
*Dress: DRIFT Zoe Maxi [MESH] S-Bloom by Kallisto Destiny (@ TDR)
*Jewelry: [MANDALA]YAKUSHI jewelry set by Kikunosuke Eel
*Mesh Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual S by Siddean Munro
*Skin Appliers: Glam Affair America by Aida Ewing
*Poses: flowey. inspired by: Whiskey Monday by Flutter Memel
Location: Flocke

I’m pretty sure out of the 100K inventory that I have, at least a quarter of that must be Truth hair. I’m going to admit something that you guys might shake your head at, I’ve never ever deleted any Truth hair. No wonder my inventory is insane, right? Well what can I say, I am a true Truth addict and I just cannot get myself to delete any of it.

However, now that Truth has released new hair today with updated color packs, I may just do some spring cleaning to make room for the new goodies. He has six new releases for us, they are at a temporary location so check his flickr for the details (they are also on marketplace). He has added a variety pack as well for those who like to change their skintones and hair colors all the time, like me! Another thing I love is that he has added the fades in the color packs so now you don’t have to purchase two different packs. You can pick up a FREE DEMO of all the colors on marketplace at this link. You’ll notice that demo pack also comes with all of his hairbases in every color, for free!

Finally, not only has he had a big release today, but he just announced a very exciting contest which I know a lot of you will be interested in. Click over and join the Truth Model Search flickr group. The contest starts today and ends June 1st. You can win gift certificates along with becoming a “Truth Model” and having your picture displayed in the store! Make sure to pay attention to the rules, the picture has to be a minimum 2048×2048 in size. That’s usually a lot bigger than what I upload to flickr so I had to keep that in mind when doing this picture.

He didn’t say anything about nudity so I’m not sure if my picture here will qualify, but I am adding it anyways. The reason I wanted to go nude today was because I wanted to show off my sexy new skin. I’m sort of in love with it. I think it makes me look quite exotic. The skin is Aria from League and it’s a preview of what’s to come. I’m excited to see the rest of the Aria line. I’m wearing the golden tone and I also picked up the appliers for the SLink hands, feet and also for my Lolas tango! I’ll probably be doing more pictures with all the appliers soon. So head down to League and pick up a demo.

Good luck in the contest! <3

Skin: League
*Hair: Truth
Truth Model Search: http://www.flickr.com/groups/truthmodels
Edit: Read Truth’s blog post for more details.

Recently someone dropped the landmark to Vintage Vinyl Records & Cafe on me. I didn’t get a chance to visit right away, it was in the back of my mind, and then I noticed Harlow Heslop did an amazing post with some awesome pics of it and I knew I had to head down and see it for myself right away. It’s a great sim, I even listened to the music stream there while shooting (which I rarely do). I really liked the atmosphere and even had a few nice people approach me and chat with me while I was shooting. For more details about what you can find there and some great pics of it, check out Harlow’s post. You’ll find it to be a nice place to hang out.

I didn’t stay too long as I had to rush back to a photoshoot with a client. While I was waiting for the client, I decided to take a quick headshot of myself. I really love this new hair by LeLutka, however I couldn’t get it to look right with the LeLutka hairbase, that’s why I decided to cover it with the sunglasses. I still need to mess it with a bit and see if I can get it right. However, when my client arrived I noticed she was wearing the same hair and hers looked fabulous so I asked her what hairbase she was wearing it with and she said it was one from Amacci. It really blended in well. I’ve picked it up and will try it later tonight. I thought I’d mention it in case any of you guys wanna try it with a different hairbase too.

Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair – Amberly – Africa 01 D by Aida Ewing
Eyes: Mayfly – Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Midnight Hazel, w4)
*Mesh Eyeliner: -Glam Affair- Pearl Embellished Eyeliner White by Aida Ewing
Hairbase: [LeLutka]-HAIRBASE Bournville by Thora Charon
Hair: [LeLutka]-DOLCE hair – Bournville
*Mesh Ears: [MANDALA]SIMPLE_EARS_HUTUU by kikunosuke Eel
*Sunglasses: Maitreya Mesh Jackie O Sunglasses by Onyx LeShelle (currently not available)
*Dress: (Cracked Mirror) Para Dress (black) Small by Cracked Mirror (@ FaMESHed March)
Earrings: Paper Couture – Reclining Feline Earrings by Cora Lu
*Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel
Location: Vintage Vinyl Records & Cafe

EarthStones just won the AVI Choice Awards this weekend for the Favorite Jewelry Store category. Big congrats to Abraxxa Anatine! This comes just in time with her first official release in mesh which she’s practically giving away for L$99. The earrings I’m wearing can be found in the EarthStones mainstore in a variety of colors for only L$99 each. So take the slurl and check it out, she’s got lots more mesh on the way!

The sweater I got for FREE as a group gift in the Chain and Vine inworld group. The cost to join the group is L$100 and she does give out great gifts from time to time. If you don’t have group space, you can also head down to the mainstore and pick up this sweater in 5 other colors for a very reasonable price. The demo is free inworld and on the chain and vine marketplace store!

Also, LeLutka recently released four new fairy tale hair styles based on four Disney Princesses. They had a little contest going which I entered and was fortunate enough to win, so I’m pretty excited about that! I’m wearing the exotic Pocahontas hair right now. I’ll be showing you the rest of the gorgeous hairstyles soon.

Here’s what I was listening to while working on this picture: http://youtu.be/OHkvan-NFnM

Credits:
*Skin: al vulo- Julia * black dark brow Hb cacoa by Hlin Bluebird
*Eyeliner: -Glam Affair- Couture Mesh Eyeliner no.03 by Aida Ewing
Eyes: Mayfly – Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Midnight Hazel, w4) by Arkesh Baral
*Hair: [LeLutka]-POCAHONTAS hair – AlmostGoth by Thora Charron
Sweater: Chain and Vine Apoca 1 Escape by Lyric Demina
*Earrings: EarthStones Ruffle Around Earrings – Quartz/Gold by Abraxxa Anatine

Photography by Kaelyn Alecto.

If you haven’t heard, it’s Mr. Truth Hawks‘ birthday today and Kaelyn Alecto, his lovely partner, has put together an absolutely wonderful gift for him which I am so very happy to be a part of. Thank Kaelyn for including me, I’m honored to be a part of a project which celebrates a man that brings so much beauty, talent and style to the grid. As you know, I am a huge fan of Truth Hair and have blogged it numerous times.

I wrote a little note for Mr. Hawks (which I thought was going to be private LOL) but since Kaelyn has posted it on flickr for all to see, I will share it here as well. <3

Dear Mr. Hawks,

For many years now I have admired your talent and fangirled you from afar. I love your sense of humor, your style and your hair is amongst my favorite on the grid. I am also so very happy that I got the chance to be Mrs. Hawks (even if it was only for five mins). LOL! <3

Kaelyn asked me to choose one of my fav Truth hairs to wear for this pic. That sir is an impossible feat because every new hair becomes my favorite. The Berry Hair that you made for me will always be my most fav though. However, I decided to go with something more recent.

Thank you for spoiling me all these years. I hope you are just as spoiled on your birthday! Have a wonderful day and don’t forget to eat lots of cake because that’s what birthdays are good for.

Love you lots! <3
Strawberry Singh

Thank you again Kaelyn for including me and Happy birthday Mr. Hawks! <3

Credits:
*Skin: PXL by Hart Larsson
Eyes: Mayfly by Arkesh Baral
*Hair: Truth by Truth Hawks
Shirt: Evie’s Closet by Evangeline Miles @ Zodiac – Virgo
*Jewels: {Zaara} by Zaara Kohime