You know it’s officially summertime when you can walk around in bikinis and flowers in your hair while the wind plays with it. It’s officially my summer vacation and I am enjoying it to the max. I love heading down to some of my favorite beaches in SL too.

The skin I’m wearing in this post is a new release from Ispachi. Audrey was released yesterday and comes in 7 tones. Each tone has 12 makeups, 2 cleavage options, hairbase & bald options as well as light and dark brows. I am wearing the darkest skintone called Ebony. Please remember to try on a demo before you buy. The demos are free, take the slurl now.

Also Diesel Works is currently having their annual sale and all marked items are 50% off. Check out the Diesel Works blog for all the details.

Credits:
*Skin: Ispachi Audrey Ebony by Diarmuid Miklos
Lip gloss & Eyelashes: Face Tattoos by Iris Ophelia
*Hair: Truth Leilani espresso by Truth Hawks
Swimsuit: C.Smit Swimsuit Valentina Tiger by Cynthia Smit
*Poses: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel (Annual Sale – 50% off)
Location: Las Rocas
*Promotional copies

“Beauty’s sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.”
Proverb

For my bare series.

Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair Layla by Aida Ewing
*Hair: Truth Kalia by Truth Hawks
*Jewels: Zaara Nizam by Zaara Kohime (Annual sale – 50% off everything)
*Pose + Props: oOo Studio Red Light Special Vignette by Olaenka Chesnokov
*Promotional copies

One of my most favorite jewelry stores is having a big sale! You get 60% off EVERYTHING in the je suis mainstore right now! It’s actually a thank you sale because je suis won the “best newcomer” GLANCE fashion award. But the sale ends today so take the slurl right now before it’s too late!

The gorgeous lace gown is from Nicky Ree and it’s just one of the many items out at Fashion for Life. If you haven’t had a chance to visit Fashion for Life yet, go soon because it ends on the 22nd. There is so much to see and before you go you can check out this well-written blog post about combatting lag.

I’m a big fan of eyeliner in RL, I wear it often. In fact, one thing I love about one of my favorite artists, Shirin Neshat, is her dramatic eyeliner. I tried to emulate that one day when I was playing around in photoshop and ended up with the above result. It’s nothing fancy but I like it! :D Then today I noticed that the group gift I had sent to my group a few weeks ago had vanished from notices and I felt bad. So I thought, why not just send this eyeliner for fun. :P It’s in my group now in the notices if you are interested in picking it up. Sorry boys, not sure if this will work for you, but you can try LOL! (BTW, I didn’t photoshop the eyeliner, that’s how it looks on me.)

“I’m strong, I’m tough, I still wear my eyeliner.”
Lisa Leslie

Credits:
*Skin: PXL Linda Dark by Hart Larrson
*Eyes: :: Exodi :: Clear Eyes – Grayscale (Sm/NV) by Ryker Beck
Eyeliner: StrawberrySingh.com – Nefertiti Liner (Free in the Berrylicious group)
*Hair: *Plume* – Hibiscus/Onyx by Fauve Beaumont
Hairbase: Tiny Bird Blacks Pack Hair Base by Autumn Hykova (free)
*Gown: DNR Tricia Lace Gown by Nicky Ree (Available at Fashion For Life)
*Jewelry: je suis tente pink set by Julia Merosi
*Poses: oOo Studio – Formal poses by Olaenka Chesnokov
*Promotional copies
WindLight Setting: StrawberrySingh – Morganite

This week’s Blogger challenge is: Content Creator Appreciation
Blog about a content creator that does something a little extra that you wish other content creators did as well. It can be anything from those designers that take the time to do extra layers or anything else that you feel helps you out in your slife.

Please remember to link to your blogger challenge posts in the comments below so I don’t miss them and thanks ahead of time for participating! You can look up any previous challenges on this page and do them at anytime. <3

My pick this week is Rogan Diesel of Diesel Works.  I really appreciate the fact that he ALWAYS places a pose stand in all his individual pose releases. His pose stand is slim, sleek and scripted. When you click it, a menu pops up where you have options to rotate, hide/show the stand and also change through all the poses in that release.  It’s great for lazy asses like me that never get around to updating her pose stand every time she gets new poses.  It also helps to remember which pose I used when I just rez the stand in that folder. I know I only used the poses from that store and that release therefore remembering to credit it in my posts.

He just released these awesome mens poses this weekend and we used the stand that came with them to shoot these pics. It was quick and easy, so thank you Mr. Diesel for that extra effort, it’s much appreciated!

Also a big thank you to Mr. Catero Revolution for taking me on a shopping spree to Kari and posing with me for the pics. Since he’s sharing this blog post with me, he’d like to say a few words about the clothes we are wearing…which are from Kari!

Back in July 2008, after much encouragement and prodding, Dutch sculpty guru Menno Ophelia quietly opened his store, Kari, without much adoo.

Kari is a haven for comfortable casuals. With gently worn texturing, Menno has created a collection of canvas shoes, belts, hats, tees, posed objects and other funkdafied accessories that are must-haves.

For a limited time only, all items in-store are L$50!

Considering the craftmanship it’s a total steal.

Proceeds from the sale will go towards the medical costs of Menno’s real life friend who is undergoing treatment.

The sale is also a precursor to the relaunch of Kari.

See Menno’s sale notification @ http://www.plurk.com/p/8goset.

— Catero Revolution

Credits:

*Poses: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel

Strawberry: (left)
*Skin: -Belleza- Owen Tan 1 (Hair) by Tricky Boucher
Jeans: *Valiant* Dark Blue V001 Jeans – Straight & Comfort w/belt by Wavie Haller
T-Shirt: { Kari } – Roborock T – Tapedeck – (Moth eaten) by Menno Ophelia
Hat: { Kari } – El Bandito Beanie by Menno Ophelia
Shoes: { Kari } – S&S&T high tops by Menno Ophelia
Bracelet: { Kari } – Scribble bracelet by Menno Ophelia
Bag: { Kari } – Crate digger bag by Menno Ophelia
Necklace: { Kari } – “92″ Mixtape Necklace by Menno Ophelia
*Promotional copies

Catero: (right)
Hat: { Kari } – Guerilla hat – Slate
Shirt: { Kari } – Roborock T – Keytar
Pants: [GearShift] – subZERO cargo shorts – BLOCK SIM
Belt: { Kari } – Dead Sailor belt
Shoes: { Kari } – Hope&despair High tops
Necklace: (Shiny Things) Belou necklace
Finger tape: SiniStyle Taped Fingers W/ Black Nails
Bracelets: +ROZOREGALIA+*NORNIR*BRACELET1 BOX

Tristan is Adam N Eve’s latest male skin. He’s totally cute with his boyish grin. Each skins comes with head base and bald options along with a body hair tattoo. All that is for L$1500 and then you can choose to purchase from several facial hair tattoo options for only L$250 each. So it’s like you are getting a whole new skin for much less than half the price. Drop by Adam N Eve and try out a demo!

Whenever I break out my male shape I’m always apprehensive about the styling, but one thing I’m so happy about is that Truth also makes fabulous hair for men…he just needs to do it more often! Speaking of Truth, rumor has it that starting from tomorrow to September 3rd there will be a huge sale on everything in the store. Check out the sale flyer for details!

Credits:
*Skin: Adam n Eve Skins – Tristan – Tone 2 Shaved by sachi Vixen
*Face Tattoo: Adam n Eve Men – Chin Beard (sold separately) by sachi Vixen
*Eyes: [LeLutka]-Reflections-Glory-Eyes by Minnu Palen
*Hair: >TRUTH< Eric - espresso by Truth Hawks
*Tank top: Zaara : wifebeater *black* by Zaara Kohime
Jacket: :SEY Denim jacket [brown] by risey Arai
*Necklace: [Whippet & Bucket] Memory Collector Necklace (Male) by Dakota Buck
*Poses: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel
Location: Alirium

*Promotional copies