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The Arcade SL starts this Saturday, June 1st at midnight SLT. You can check out The Arcade Shopping Guide for a glimpse at everything that’s available.

This is the first time I’ve tried eyes from Dead Apples. I love how unique they are and even though they are not the kind of eyes I would wear every day, I will definitely take them out for some exotic looks once in a while. They are only L$25 per play and 25 colors to win! Both mesh and texture options are included and they are of course transferable! I really recommend playing this machine at least a few times because it’s a great price to try them out.

The skin I’m wearing is also available at the Arcade, from Glam Affair. The Lulu skin is L$100 per play and 12 tones and makeups to win. I am wearing one of the rare tones, #11.

Mandala has released the first part of their summer collection and let me tell you, it’s incredible! It’s a massive release with pieces for both men and women. Today I’m sharing the Nyorai set in silver. I will be blogging lots more from this collection very soon. In the meantime, you can click over to their blog for pictures of all the releases and then hop on over to marketplace or the mainstore for a closer look.

You’re probably wondering why there are two crops of the same image in this post. Well the first image I wanted to give a bit of a closeup to the eyes and jewels but the second image I wanted to use to remind you guys that the Truth Model Search contest that I blogged about a couple of weeks ago is soon coming to an end and you only have another day or so to enter. You can click over and join the Truth Model Search flickr group. One thing I did notice is that some of the images are not in compliance with the rules of the contest. The minimum picture size has to be 2048 x 2048 pixels. Make sure to read the description of the group at the bottom for all of the rules. I believe this is the first contest I have ever seen that has had that many entries. Currently I am looking at 1563 entries with 1142 members in the group. I don’t envy Mr. Hawks, it’s going to be a tough call to pick the winners as so many of you have done an amazing job. Good luck to you all! <3

Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair - Lulu 11 BR by Aida Ewing (Coming soon to Arcade June)
*Mesh Eyeliner: -Glam Affair- Couture Eyeliner no.03 by Aida Ewing
*Eyes: {Dead Apples} Thunder Eyes – Berry by Soleil Reid (Coming soon to Arcade June)
*Hair: TRUTH HAIR Denee – Black&Whites03 by Truth Hawks
*Jewels: [MANDALA] Nyorai_Silver by Kikunosuke Eel

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This week is going to be the week of epic jewelry releases. The first release I’d like to show you is The Primavera Collection from Kunglers. This collection is quite organic consisting of many nature elements such as flowers, petals, butterflies and other insects. As always, it has the unique Kunglers touch that AvaGardner always brings to her designs. I find them to be so bold and beautiful. You’ll find them in the Kunglers Jewelry section, so take the slurl for a closer look.

I decided to wear three different skins for this post. I know most people pick one skin and wear that for a while or always have their favorites that they go back to, however for me I am always jumping around. I do have some favorites that I like, lately that is Glam Affair, Glance, League and Tuli. However I love to mix and match brands, tones, hair colors, etc… and I’m also wearing three different Mayfly eyes here. I can’t help it, I just love them!

In the second image, I am wearing one of my favorite PXL skins. It’s Linda, an older skin, but I have a special attachment with that one. PXL is about to release a new skin very soon, there’s a teaser on Hart’s flickr at this link which looks really fantastic. I can’t wait to try it out!

Over the next few days you’ll be seeing me post a lot more jewelry so get ready to accessorize!

Credits:
1st pic:
*Skin: Glam Affair – Cleo – America – 02 B by Aida Ewing
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep Sky Mesh Eye (Deepening Spring, w4) by Arkesh Baral
Hair: tram C409 hair / brown (size40) by Moca Loup
*Dress: Tee*fy Aurelia Summer High-Low Dress Creme S by Azure Electricteeth (Coming to Arcade June)
*Mesh Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
*Appliers: Glam Affair America by Aida Ewing
*Jewelry Set: (Kunglers Extra) Gaia – Copper by Avagardner Kungler

2nd pic:
(Girl on left)
*Skin: [PXL] Linda DA by Hart Larsson
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep Sky Mesh Eye (Forest Green Shadow, w4) by Arkesh Baral
Hair: >TRUTH< Sam – mahogany by Truth Hawks
*Jewelry: (Kunglers Extra) Khloris necklace – copper by Avagardner Kungler

(Girl on right)
Skin: *League* Aria Golden -Special Edition -Chest C by Nena Janus
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep Sky Mesh Eye (Desert Dawn, w4) by Arkesh Baral
*Hair: -dDx- Atlas (Brunette) by Kallisti Burns
*Bikini: *BOOM* Ellio Bikini hip ties (jungle) by Aranel Ah
*Mesh Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
*Jewelry Set: (Kunglers Extra) Apis – Silver by Avagardner Kungler

Location: Two Moon Gardens

Ok so MAYBE, just MAYBE my facial expression is a bit more severe than just “awkward” over here. However, the last time I made a goofy picture, it got turned into a meme so I was trying to go supreme goofy here to see if I get lucky again. Time will tell!

I had to blog this shirt, which was just released from Erratic today. I feel like it was MADE for me! You have to check out the Erratic blog and see all of the other drawings on the shirts, they are so adorable. Most of them Erratic actually drew herself! Why can’t I be that artistic, dammit!?

Erratic also released some cute zipper skirts which I will probably blog in an upcoming post. I love the zipper detail on them. The t-shirt I’m just so in love with because of the way it falls. Most of the mesh t-shirts I have never seem to fit like this, especially around the shoulders. They always seem bulky or just a bit awkward. But this one just falls so nicely and it fits so well with my maitreya jeans and also the skirt. Really happy with these shirts! Definitely going to be my go-to mesh t-shirts now so I’m happy that they also come in plain versions.

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The skin I’m wearing is called Lulu from Glam Affair and will be available at the Arcade, which opens up on June 1st. Check out Aida’s flickr for all of the tones and makeups.

Finally, I wanted to get some cute poses that would show me falling or looking like I’m doing something awkward. I started searching marketplace and found these awesome skateboard poses from Bounce this Poses so I thought I’d try them out. I love them, they are so much fun. I decided to use the wall skateboard pose so it kind of looked like I was falling. I think the picture turned out pretty goofy, as was my intention. :D

Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair – Lulu 07 BL by Aida Ewing (will be available at Arcade)
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep Sky Mesh Eye (Deepening Spring, w4) by Arkesh Baral
*Hair: >TRUTH< Dolly – champagne by Truth Hawks
*Shirt: erratic / mindy – tshirt / awkward white (XS) by Erratic Rain
*Jeans: Maitreya Flare Jeans (for flats) * S #8 by Onyx LeShelle
*Shoes: (LaRoo) Folded Hi-Tops – Womens by LaRoo Shoes
Bracelets: Miam Miam Rainbow Rave Bracelets by Pearlie Pedro
*Mesh Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
*Hands Appliers: Glam Affair for America tone by Aida Ewing
Pose in 2nd pic: Bounce This Poses – Skateboard Poses by Bouncer Criss
Cross eyed expression made with AnyPose Expression by Phate Shepherd (free)
Location: Dark Dream – Urban Roleplay

So the title of today’s post is a bit of an inside joke with me and my plurk timeline. If you’re on there and know it you’re probably shaking your head and laughing at me right now. If you’re not on there and don’t get the joke, consider yourself lucky. :P

In other news (and the main reason for this picture) Glam Affair has finally released SLink appliers for both hands and feet. I am so incredibly happy about this, you have no idea. All of my favorite skins have appliers out now and my life is so much easier. There’s just one more skin that I would love to have appliers for and that is Glance!

If you are a skin designer, please take a look at the Slink Avatar Enhancement System’s Developer’s page and ask Siddean Munro for a kit. You will make your customers so happy!

I’m also loving all the nails people have been making with this kit. The ones I’m wearing in this picture are actually free from League. They are so well done, I love them. She made them both for hands and feet and they are absolutely free!

Finally, I wanted to give a big thank you to my friend, Mr. Ghosty Kips, for sharing a really important debug setting with me this morning that I found very useful. The setting is windlightUseAtmosShaders. Have you guys ever had the missing prim issue where parts of your jewelry and/or clothing may be missing and you need to keep right clicking on it or relog to make it appear? Well, if you set this setting as true, that should fix the problem. Here’s a link to the picture he shared with me where he shows you how to add this setting to your quick preferences in Firestorm. You can then easily toggle it whenever you have the missing prim issue. The following picture is mine from the official viewer that I use:

This helped me rez my ring properly and hopefully it’ll help you guys out too so I thought I’d share it.

Have a great weekend! <3

Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair - Margot - Europa 01 - Light Brown by Aida Ewing (@ Collabor88 May)
*Eyeliner: -Glam Affair- Couture Eyeliner no.03 by Aida Ewing
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep Sky Mesh Eye (Desert Dawn, w1) by Arkesh Baral
Hairbase: [LeLutka]-HAIRBASE BlondeFun by Thora Charron
Hair: [LeLutka]-BOUFFANT tresses – BlondeFun by Thora Charron
*Lingerie: Countdown.Zsi Zsi Lingerie Nude by Antoniaxp
Ring: Paper Couture Diamonds and Pearl Ring by Cora Lu
*Mesh Feet: Slink Mesh Feet (Av) Flat S by Siddean Munro
*Mesh Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
*Appliers for Hands & Feet: Glam Affair SLink Appliers by Aida Ewing
Appliers for Nails: *League* Natural French Manicure Applier for Slink by Nena Janus
Pose+Prop: [LostAngel] Shoes Structure Multipose by Evangeline Cortes

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.