A Very Merry Christmas

Hope everyone has had (or still is having!) a lovely holiday. I've had a quiet Christmas so far, had breakfast and lingered over my coffee in good company, listening to Christmas music. Eventually I'll have to get up and start fixing dinner, but for now we can still relax and enjoy.

ME:
Skin: .::WoW Skins::. KimY Bronze (with Christmas Group Gift's Red eyebrows)
Makeup: Tuli Skins Parted Lips 1 
Hair: Mina "Selenia" Dark Reds\(The Arcade Gacha, Dec. 2014)
Eyes: !Chop Shop! Silent Night
Other: [AL] Promo Bare Tip Toe Feet
PJs: Kastle Rock Couture "Holiday Spirit Jammies - Hers" (Candy Cane Hunt 6)

HIM:
Skin: Heaven's Gate Neo: Akira Light 03 (shape & skin)
Hair: Alli&Ali Andrew Hair Dark Brown
Eyes: NoirOptix: Midnight Blue Eyes
PJs: Kastle Rock Couture "Holiday Spirit Jammies - His" (Candy Cane Hunt 6)
Accessories: primOptic Mavrik glasses

THE PLACE:
A:S:S Prague Skybox (MP Freebie)
..::IDC::.. Holiday Fireplace - Modern (POE7)
[Park Place] Holiday Accent Bench (POE7)
Finishing Touches - Angels of Peace Quilted Wall Hanging & Hickory-Top Farmhouse Table (POE7)
All Things Snuggles: Red Mesh Christmas Tree (part of this set)

Holiday Elegance

Stores all over the grid are having holiday specials, and PurpleMoon Creations is in on the action with a "12 Days of Christmas" Sale with one item deeply discounted each day. When I saw this Amelia gown at 75% off yesterday, I had to have it.

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Cherry Milk 03

Makeup: .:Glamorize:. True Cherry, TULI Parted Lips 1
Hair: Exile "Dancing On My Own" Dark Reds
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: PurpleMoon Creations "Amelia" Emerald
Jewelry: Chop Zuey "Gloriana" Diamond Set
Taken at: Midalon Love Garden (Kyeryong)

The location itself deserved a picture without me in the way. :)

The Frozzen Fair Faves

On top of the several excellent SL hunts going on right now, it's also time for "The Frozzen Fair 2014" at which you can find booths with a sampling of wares from 100+ vendors. Many of them have dollarbie or freebie gifts at their booths, too!

The first is another sweaterdress, a lovely little freebie from Sassy! paired with the Tartan sunglasses from Legal Insantiy.

Skin: ~Belleza~ Ellie Gacha 11
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: .MINA "Noor" (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress:Sassy! "Newport Sweater Dress in Ivory" (The Frozzen Fair 2014)
Sunglasses: Legal Insanity "Tartan Sunglasses"  (The Frozzen Fair 2014)

Next up, the dollarbie coat and scarf set by ArisAris (who also have dollarbie white mesh short boots at their booth).

Skin: .::WoW Skins::.  Paola Tan (Peace on Earth 7 Hunt)
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: .[LaNoir Soliel] "Ally" (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress:ArisAris "Houndstooth and Mink" Coat & Scarf (The Frozzen Fair 2014, dollarbie)

Fun and Frosty

Another goody from the December round of The Arcade that seemed in keeping with my recent theme here: the "Woodland Wonderland" set, in blue. Maybe I should have waited for a photo until I got my hands on the matching shawlette and earmuffs, but I do like the look of it without them, too.

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Rafaela Tan
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner, Body Bazaar "Pink" lipstick
Hair: .:.:EMO-tions:,. "PRIA" Reds
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Birdy.Foxes "Woodland Wonderland Dress and Boots" Blue (The Arcade Gacha, Dec. 2014)
Stockings: Kastle Rock Couture "Angel" stockings
Taken at: Winter Things (Between Rages)

Sweaterdress Season

When the snow falls, it's time to break out the sweaterdresses! There are two fun ones out right now in the WomenStuff track of the MEGAhunt 2 (running through January 2, so there's still plenty of time to get them!). It's a great way to spruce up your SL wardrobe for $1L per new outfit (or jewelry set, or maybe even a new skin); a few of the stores even put their items out for free.

This black and white cowl neck version is from Dressed by Lexi.

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Paola Tan 1 (Peace On Earth Hunt 7)
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner, Body Bazaar "Medium Red" lipstick
Hair: TRUTH Hair Sakura [Reds/Orange Bears]  (TheArcadeGacha June 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Dressed by Lexi "Wintertime Sweater Dress" (WomenStuff / MEGAstuff 2 Hunt)
Accessories: Chop Zuey "Gloriana Diamond Earrings" (Peace on Earth Hunt 7)
Taken at: Christmas and Winter Holiday Village (StarRider II)

And a soft green scoop-neck from DEKA Fashsions! (I'll need to do a little more shape tweaking before wearing this one out & about in public - my default shape is a little too much "all about that bass" for the back hem area. ;D)

Skin: .::WoW Skins::.Najma Tan 01
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: ChiChickie! "Sherrie" (Hair Fair 2014 gift)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: DEKA Fashions "Bridget Light Green" (WomenStuff / MEGAstuff 2 Hunt)
Accessories: Chop Zuey "Gloriana Set" (Peace on Earth Hunt 7)
Taken at: Winter Moon

Winter Wonderland

Spent a little time out and about this morning - including some time on the Gacha Galley (Arrrh, mateys!).

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Najma Tan 01
Makeup: Tuli Skins Parted Lips 5, Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: Analog Dog "Pop Scotch" Dark Reds (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Shirt: *COCO* Duffle Coat - Grey (TheArcadeGacha, Dec. 2014, 100L/pull)
Accessories: Dressed by Lexi "Snow Leopard Winter Gear in Blue" scarf & mittens (Peace on Earth Hunt 7)
Taken at: Let It Snow!, Isles of Lyonesse

The "Let It Snow!" sim is absolutely gorgeous - if you haven't been to see it yet, please do! The scenery deserves plenty of pictures without my mug in them. ;)

Moar Coffee

Actually today was one of those headache-y, "not enough coffee in the world" kind of days.

At least now I have an appropriate bed-head hairstyle for such days. (no, I haven't made it into the December Arcade yet - but somebody did and had 'my' color so woo  \o/)

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Najma Tan 01
Makeup: Tuli Skins Parted Lips 5 
Hair: Mina "Selenia" Dark Reds\(The Arcade Gacha, Dec. 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Shirt: Kastle Rock Couture "Holiday Spirit Jammies" (Candy Cane Hunt 6)

My Typical November...

...involves very little actual SL time. Like millions of other writers around the world, I spend November doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), trying to write 50,000 words of original fiction over the course of 30 days.

So no shopping, really, and very little of anything else - but I did get 50,209 words written! (Now on to the harder part - trying to edit what I've written so it's actually decent.)

I'll probably start trying to get into the December round of The Arcade, but there's not as much I'm interested in getting this time around. :(

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Najma Tan 01
Makeup: Tuli Skins Parted Lips 5 
Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Writer Hair - Reds\Moning  hematite (The Arcade Gacha, Sept. 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Shirt: Kastle Rock Couture "His Shirt October" (Oct. 2013 group gift)
Glasses: ***VIPs Creations*** Mesh Blue Glasses
Desk Set: *-*C-Outlet*-* Orient Desk set w/ laptop
Taken at: Home

More September 2014 The Arcade

Gambling and trading for more of the current sessions hair styles in red. :)  I had kind of hoped for the "Nabokov" accessory, but Tableau Vivant's Writer Hair with the Moning crown is quite lovely.

Skin: - Belleza- Emily Makeup 7  (The Arcade Gacha, Sept. 2014)
Makeup: .:Glamorize:. Revolver Black/Moderate Red
Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Writer Hair - Reds\Moning  hematite (The Arcade Gacha, Sept. 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Dressed by Lexi "Intrigue Gown" Ebony
Jewelry: .:LC:. "Spirit of Sun" necklace & "Wyll" Diamond Earrings
Taken at: Home

This hair is a touch on the orange side for my personal preference, but still nice: Clawtooth's "Fade Into You" in #9, "Red Eye Flight"

Skin: - Belleza- Emily Makeup 7  (The Arcade Gacha, Sept. 2014)
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: Clawtooth: Fade Into You, "Red Eye Flight" (The Arcade Gacha, Sept. 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Shirt: SD Wears "Icon Top Golden"
Jewelry: Snowpaws "Woods Necklace and Earrings" set
Taken at: Home

September 2014 Arcade Scores

The thing I wanted most from this session of The Arcade - Exile's "Dancing On My Own" hair in dark reds. Love it, and I love that each shade of red on the coloring HUD can now be streaked in 8 different shades as well!

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Fiore Tan
Makeup: .:Glamorize:. Flirt - Rawr eyeliner,  TULI Skins [:T:] Parted Lips 1
Hair: Exile "Dancing On My Own" 4. Dark Reds  (The Arcade Gacha, Sept. 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Dressed by Lexi "Song of the Siren" (August 2014 Group Gift)
Jewelry: *Son!a* Gift Logo Diamond pendant, Redrose Jewellry "Silver Flower" Diamond Earrings
Taken at: Sunny's Garden Free Photo Studio

Second acquisition: Belleza's "Emily" skin in Makeup 7. Or more accurately, lack of makeup. This is a lovely au naturel skin, and I should look half this good when I wake up in the morning IRL!

Skin:- Belleza- Emily Makeup 7  (The Arcade Gacha, Sept. 2014)
Makeup: *gasp* NONE
Hair: ChiChickie  "Sherry" (Hair Fair Gift 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Clothes: Kastle Rock Couture "Girafika Hers Robe"
Taken at: home

On the Hunt Again

It's that time again! The September round of The Arcade Gacha has been open for 17 hours (ish).  Trying to beat the 'three days to get in' this time!

The determined Gacha Hunter

::ETA:: Okay, I got in at about 25.5 hours for this round! (...which means it was about 4:30 a.m. my time, but... who's counting, right?)  Unfortunately, I didn't manage to get any of the hairs in red for my first round! Trades, ahoy. :)

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Fiore Tan
Makeup: .:Glamorize:. Flirt - Rawr eyeliner,  TULI Skins [:T:] Parted Lips 1
Hair: [Gauze] "Matey" (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Shirt: CSMCO. 3/4 Sleeve Camo Top 
Jewelry: ~XM~ Diamond Drop Necklace
Expression: aDORKable Poses Emoter HUD

Belated Hair Fair pics

RL kept me from posting these in a more timely manner. :(  These are three of my favorite gifts from the 2014 Hair Fair!

La Noir Soleil Designs:
Their gift hair is "Ally," a nice updo. The color hud included with the hair doesn't quite hit my usual shade of red, but it comes close enough that I'll wear this one quite a bit. :)

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Fiore Tan
Makeup: .:Glamorize:. Flirt - Rawr eyeliner,  TULI Skins [:T:] Parted Lips 1
Hair: La Noir Soleil "Ally" - Hair Fair Gift 2014
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Kastle Rock Couture "Darkrose Dress Set" Blue (MM board)
Earrings: Bliensen + Mai Tai "Precious" Blue  - Hair Fair 2014


Amacci:
Another updo, but Amacci's "Zoe" is a much more casual side-bun.

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Fiore Tan
Makeup: .:Glamorize:. Flirt - Rawr eyeliner,  TULI Skins [:T:] Parted Lips 1
Hair: Amacci "Zoe"  - Hair Fair Gift 2014
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Clothes: Kastle Rock Couture "Bayside Capri Set - Seashell" Blue (Group Gift)
Jewelrys: ~XM~  "Diamond Sun Set"


Mina Hair:
Mina's 2014 gift hair, "Noor," drapes softly over the right shoulder.

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Fiore Tan
Makeup: .:Glamorize:. Flirt - Rawr eyeliner,  TULI Skins [:T:] Parted Lips 1
Hair: Mina Hair "Noor"  - Hair Fair Gift 2014
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Clothes: Kastle Rock Couture "Aster Dress" Black, fitmesh
Jewelrys: Eye Candi "Breakfast at Tiffany's Hunt Pearls"

Arcade Styled (Part 1)

On the third day of try after try after try (to TP into a full sim), I managed to get into the The Arcade Gacha June 2014 event. Some of what I picked up will be going to for trade or to friends because it's not my color(s), but I did get two of the event hairstyles in my signature red!

TRUTH:
A cute, curly updo/pigtail style. It's hud-controlled for a variety of red shades including ombre/fade options, and came with add-on choices of flowers or little bears for decoration. (However, since the flowers were pink and the bears orange, I will probably not use them much - your mileage may vary.)

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Rafaela Tan
Makeup: .:Glamorize:. "True Cherry" (eyes only)
Hair: TRUTH "Sakura" Reds/Orange Bears (no accessories) - The Arcade Gacha
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Kastle Rock Couture "Darkrose Dress Set" Blue (MM board)
Earrings: .:LC:. Wyll Diamond Earrings

Olive:
Longer, wavy pigtails - also comes with a hud: no ombres, but the six shades vary from strawberry blond to a deep burgundy.

Skin: Blacklace Beauty Grace Sunkissed (Red Brows)
Makeup: .:Glamorize:. Revolver Black/Moderate Red
Hair: Olive, the Eilfie Hair - Sleepy Reds - The Arcade Gacha
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress: Snowpaws "Brisa Crochet dress" - Chocolate

I'll be going back later in the month to try for more of the hair options in red, and will update if/when I get them.

Vintage Bathing Beauty

A hot June day means it's time to hit the beach with a new item from the "Beached Bunny" SL Hunt!

Cog & Fleur

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Rafaela Tan

Makeup: .:Glamorize:. "True Cherry"
Hair: .:EMO-tions:. * PRIA * Intense Red
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Bathing Suit: Cog & Fleur "Vintage One-Piece Swimsuit" - Leopard
Sunglasses: Shoenique Designs "Tiffany Sun Glasses"

Photo taken at: D&L Ballroom sim

Faves from the "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Hunt

Still around and logging in now and then! Recently I had fun zipping through the clothing and accessories stops for this hunt, and taking pictures of a couple of my favorite outfits. :)

Brii's Underground Wear

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Rafaela Tan

Makeup: (included with outfit)
Hair: "D!va" Hair's "Maya Garnet"
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Full Outfit: **Brii Underground Wear** "Tiffany's Complete Outfit White Version"   
Earrings: Redrose Jewellry "Silver Flower Diamond Earrings"

Photo taken at: Mountains of Creta

***VIPs Creations***

Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Rafaela Tan

Makeup: .:Glamorize:. "True Cherry"
Hair: (Chemistry) Hair "Layla (a) - Crimson"
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Outfit: ***VIPs Creations*** "Tiffany's Outfit"  (Female)

(Jewelry and sunglasses included!)

Photo taken at: Bogart's Jazz Club & Shops