In the past month or so Zaara Kohime has worked on and released three outfits that she says were inspired by the spirit of Goa. I had a chat with her about what this exactly means so she gave me a little explanation for each outfit that I found so fascinating I felt as if it HAD to be blogged.

Essentially the Goa series is more about the kind of people that visit Goa rather than the place itself. The first outfit she released from this series was the long dress Calangute that came in so many colors. This elegant dress would be worn by those who have an annual ‘rejuvenating’ trip to Goa and would check into an expensive boutique hotel with exotic spas and private beaches. In this dress, you can visualize yourself sipping white wine in your personal beach shack while waiting for your kerala head massage appointment.

The Anjuna outfit is more for the laid back beach bum variety. This species usually is found outdoors, exploring one beach a day, stopping at shacks to enjoy the calamari fritters and Kings beer. They tend to lie in their chairs all day until the necessity to pee. (Which might be often since beer is cheaper than water in Goa.)

The third and final outfit called Xacuti (which will be released soon) is usually worn by a strange more nocturnal being. They sleep off the day, and proceed to beach hop all night, from one rave party to another. Progressively getting drunk and/or stoned, they don’t even know what they’re doing anymore. I’m just wearing the bikini part of this colorful outfit, but to see the whole idea view Zaara’s picture. As you can see from the pic, looking unusual is mandatory. In this outfit imagine yourself tripping all night to trance and waking up the next day wondering where you are and what you did last night!

So there you have it folks, what an interesting and educational series. Not only are they gorgeous, colorful and fun to wear but the stories behind each outfit are so fascinating!

Visit Zaara’s new mainstore location in the Tesla sim to pick up these outfits:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tesla/91/40/54

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Credits:
Calangute picture:
Skin: PXL,
Hair: Armidi
Shoes: Armidi
Jewels and Dress: {Zaara}
Pose: Long Awkward Pose
Location: Costa Rica

Anjuna picture:
Skin: PXL
Hair: Diversity Hair
Jewels and outfit: {Zaara}
Pose: Long Awkward Pose

Xacuti picture:
Skin: PXL
Hair: Armidi
Shades: FNKY
Jewels and outfit: {Zaara}
Pose: Long Awkward Pose

Along with her weekly new releases, Zaara Kohime of Zaara Indian Couture has managed to re-texture her Indian bridal outfit and has made it even more stunning! It was previewed in Saturday’s Fashion show at the new Velvet sim by Bianca F.

There are four different options for the bridal top, two being longer ones. There is also another prim (bridal dupatta) that falls from the shoulder and many little extra ribbons and added touches. The textures and details are immaculate!

To go along with the bridal outfit, she has created traditional kundan jewelry which has about 6 to 8 pieces and two different styles for the head jewel. You can see the amount of time and detail that went into each piece just by the pictures.

So for all you brides to be, think about putting a bit of ethnic flair into your wedding with this stunning ensemble!

These will be released next week! To be the first to find out whenever Zaara releases something new and also for special freebies and treasure hunts, join Zaara’s group by searching for “Zaara Indian Couture.”

Zaara Indian Couture can be found at four locations now, her biggest being in the Taste of India mall. Visit her today at Taste of India
her group gift is still out, don’t forget to activate your group tag and feel like Indian Royalty! :)

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Credits:
Skin: PXL Skins, Linda FashionTan, FashionEyes, Coffee Lips
Eyelashes: Bedroom eyelashes, Cake
Hair: ETD Vivian – Caramel Blackened
Outfit & Jewelry: Zaara Indian Couture

This time I’ll be talking about two of my favorite stores.

I’ve been wanting to blog one of the stores for a long time, but didn’t get a change to get around to it till now. I think one thing everyone should do, if they haven’t already, is join Alienbear Gupte’s group for her Alienbear Jewelry Design Store. I have so many pieces of absolutely beautiful and stunning jewelry, all free, just for being a part of her group. She has a whole member’s section where everything is either free or really inexpensive, just for her members. She really knows how to take care of her members. I have A LOT of jewelry from her store, but I’m only showing the last group gifts that she had. I believe these were for St. Patrick’s Day. But she is always giving something out to her group, so this is a group that you should happily be willing to use up one of your 25 slots for.

One of my most recent favorites, which I absolutely love and refuse to remove from my head, is the beautiful and gorgeous hair from Aden Breyer. OMG WTF can hair get any more gorgeous??? I think not, seriously! Long or short, Aden’s hair makes me look totally smoking hot, and these are just three of her styles. There are soooooo many more to choose from. One thing I absolutely LOVE about her hair is how it looks great from every angle!

So ummmmm, yeah that’s it folks. Thanks for reading! :P

*kisses*
Berry

I discovered Long Awkward Pose because of my dear friend Azar Kazan. I still remember it clearly. It was a cold day in January; yes even in the south :P. When I logged on, barely a second had gone by when Azar messaged me and said, “Hey Berry, quick take the tp and come here. This place is magical!” I quickly took the tp, ready to see a beautiful enchanting sim with fairies and pixie dust. Much to my surprise, I rezzed in a pose store! So then she said, “DUDE! They got awesome poses here for L$25!” I was like, “ NO WAY!” And she was like “WAY!” And that’s when my love affair with Dove Swanson….er I mean Long Awkward Pose started. :)

Since that fateful day in January I’ve been a LAP addict, using primarily LAP poses for most – if not all – of my photography. Here are a few glimpses of how I’ve used Dove’s wonderful poses!

The greatest thing about Dove Swanson is that not only is she keeping her prices reasonable, but also that she has poses for more than just fashionistas. She has poses for everyone: couples, groups, friends, funny poses (who doesn’t need a stinky butt pose?) Also right when you enter her store she has oodles of free poses in gift boxes by the door! She has many poses for your group of friends, lots of poses for couples, over 25 sets full of poses for all us girls and even 8 sets full of poses for men. Of course all of the poses are sold individually as well as in the sets. I guarantee you will not leave the place without picking up at least a few poses for yourself. They are great fun!

While you are there don’t forget to click on her subscribe-o-matic thingamajig so you can get all her freebie poses that she sends to all her members cuz she’s just awesome like that. She also does many treasure hunts and such of which you will be notified if you join her group.

These days she has also started a flickr group and has a weekly contest. YAY! If you have a flickr account, quickly go and join her group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lapsl and start spamming it with all the amazing pics you’ve taken with her poses. You just might be picked for “rad pic of the week” (according to Dove of course :P)

So what are you waiting for? Get yer butt there now! :P
http://slurl.com/secondlife/BelleStar/211/26/21

*Click on the pictures for full view and credits.

I’m so excited about today’s favorite things because I am absolutely in LOVE with them! First lets start out with my favorite hair these days. I am lovin the short hairstyles I have from ETD. It seems that I tend to grab those from my inventory more than any other styles. I also love the way they frame my face and I’m amazed at how they are so versatile and go with so many different kind of looks. These are just a sneak peek at some of the styles that I own and I wear quite often.

The first one is my all time favorite, Naomi. I love the way it is short in the back and a little bit layered in the front. Just frames my face really well and in the faded espresso it just looks FAB on me! Then we have the amazing flapper and then the new one, Davina II, which is by far one of the best hairstyles I’ve seen. Finally I love the short bob in the Aveda line, it is too cute and perfect.

My next favorite thing these days is the Princess lehenga by Zaara Kohime of Zaara Indian Couture at Taste of India. I am IN LOVE with this dress. It is completely amazing. First it is an absolutely beautiful shade of pink and the amount of work and detail that went into this is just phenomenal. When I wear this dress, I really do feel like royalty and of course I had to top it all off with a crown by the ever amazing Alienbear Gupte of Alienbear Jewelry Design.

Zaara Kohime has recently expanded her store and has added 21 dresses in amazing beautiful colors. Don’t forget to check out her beautiful designs and then head over to ETD to pick up some hairstyles to wear with them!

*click the pictures for full credits and view!