“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!

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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

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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

So I’ve been collared but not in the way you might be thinking. The Arcade SL is back on June 1st and I’m shamelessly teasing you with these collars from Ladies Who Lunch (sorry, don’t kill me). The collars and cuffs to match can be seen on Faint’s flickr. They will come in a variety of prints and colors. I love the rare hoot with the owl, it’s so intricately done but my absolute favorite was the chain on this Grey Throne. All of them are beautiful and can easily be added to any outfit as the perfect accessory.

This coming month there will be 100 vendors participating in The Arcade, so lots to choose from! Have all your lindens ready and keep an eye on the Arcade flickr group for all the teasers.

The skin I’m wearing is the latest from Glam Affair, called Cleo. However, I just spoke to Aida a little bit ago and she told me that Cleo will not be released for another couple of days, so hopefully after the weekend you guys should be able to go by and pick up a demo. Cleo is a very beautiful skin, available in six tones. The gorgeous Magenta Devinna did an excellent job of showing you all of the 12 makeups, 6 brow options, 3 freckle layers, 3 gloss layers and finally the extra special 3 nose layers. You can really customize this skin! Click over to Magenta’s post for all the details.

Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair – Cleo – India – 11 A by Aida Ewing (to be released after the weekend)
*Hair: Vanity Hair:Diavolo-Expresso by Tabata Jewell
*Mesh Ears: [MANDALA] Steking EARS by Kikunosuke Eel
*Collar: [Ladies Who Lunch] Collar (Grey Throne) by Faint Paulse (Available @ Arcade June)
*Outfit: GizzA – Glam Rock Suit by Giz Seorn

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This is going to be another fantastic shopping weekend with lots of new stylish releases.

There will be a new addition to the Gos Boutique line on Saturday afternoon with the all new Angelina shoe. This comes with the same advanced skin matching system that the Gos Boutique is infamous for. Don’t forget to join the Gos Boutique group to be one of the first to get your hands on them.

While you’re waiting for Gos to release the shoes, head down to Maitreya and try on the new mesh dress, top and tights. They are already released and in the store now. I love this edgy tiger print dress which I paired with the new Decoy scarf available at Collabor88!

Credits:
*Skin: al vulo- Eleonor* black 2 dark brow sunkissed by Hlin Bluebird
*Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Hathaway hair – Black 1 by M4ri1yn Magic (@ Collabor88 March)
*Mesh ears: [MANDALA] Steking EARS by kikunosuke Eel
*Mesh Hands: Slink Mesh Hand Bag & Casual by Siddean Munro
*Scarf: [Decoy] Izel Scarf – White (Rigged) by Annette Voight (@ Collabor88 March)
*Dress: Maitreya Dakota Dress * Tiger Print S by Onyx LeShelle
*Tights: Maitreya Tights (Pinched) * Coal S by Onyx LeShelle
*Shoes: [Gos Boutique] Angelina Peeptoe – Seduction Collection – S by Gospel Voom
*Bangles: MG – Bangles – Copacetic Tallulah by Maxi Gossamer (@ Collabor88 March)
Cigarette: Primitive Design_cigarette – long ash by Geyer Schnyder
*Bag: -Glam Affair- Petra Rivet Bag in Black (Gold) Hand by Aida Ewing
*Tattoo: [HUZ]-Wild-Original-Undershirt by Hunain Bellic (no longer available)
*Pose: Diesel Works Alex Female Pose by Rogan Diesel (@ Collabor88 March)
Location: New Berlin

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