The Magic's In the Makeup

I want to start off by saying I have total respect for skin designers in SL. I realize there is hours of hard work and painstaking detail they take into consideration when creating skins. Skins after all are the most essential part of an avatar's identity. I myself have attempted to create a skin and failed horribly. (I'm not ashamed to admit it. ) With this said. I'm going to continue on with my post.

Earlier this week I plurked about how happy I was to receive a group gift from CHAI Nova Skins in all colors. I loved this because it allowed me to have the option to CHOOSE my skin. (I know there is always a choice to wear a skin or not.) Rather than having one skin tone the group gift contained 9 skin tones. Which was extremely generous. I know other groups release skins in all colors. Exodi skins, (which I'm currently wearing for the photo) released a freebie that contains all skin tone.

I am not complaining about the fact that skin makers tend to release a group gift or freebie for a hunt in one color, but rather stating that I enjoy when there are options available and when a skin maker chooses to acknowledge that there are various ethnic groups in SL. I am grateful for every freebie or discounted skin I have received in SL. In fact I have kept several in my inventory some dating back to 2006. I have skins in various colors; some light, some dark and quite often my skin tone changes for a particular look or style. But every now and then I want to look like my RL self. Dark hair, tan skin and freckles ever so slightly along the bridge of my nose and cheeks.


Photo Credits:
Skin: Exodi- La Muera- Cherry
Hair- !Lamb- Say- Snickers
Lingerie 5th&Oxford- Little Miss-Lavender
Head Band-5th&Oxford- Little Miss Veil-Lavender
Pose-ANIMAH-Lipstick on Pose

Can you tell I'm faking it? But I want to be myself
A counterfeit disposition
Can't be good for my health
So many different faces
Depending on the different phases
My personality changes
I'm a chameleon
There's more than one dimension
I can fool you and attract attention
Camouflage my nature
Let me demonstrate...

Makeup's all off
Who am I?
Magic's in the make up
Who am I?
No Doubt

This is Halloween

This evening I had the great pleasure of attending the Loco Pocos Trick or Treat Event. If your looking for a place to start your Halloween Fun this is the spot to do it. Loco Pocos is home to very cute and customizable tinies in Second Life. These unique avatars are hard to ignore, they are cute and affordable.

The Loco Pocos event will run until November 1, 2009. This Halloween activity is a total blast I highly recommend going for an evening of fun. I found this event perfect for getting me into the Halloween Spirit. When first entering you will gather a Halloween candy bag perfect for helping you collect sugar goodies located behind the doors. Now not every door contains a candy prize, some have tricks and are a tad scary. The main Prize is a new Loco Poco created just for this event. It's a very cute Pig.
I actually ran threw it twice. First as a human where I managed to snag the Locos Pocos prize Avie Hamrietta. I actually never owned a Loco Pocos avatar before and as soon as I got Hamrietta out of the box I had to go back and customize her. I purchased a skirt and tee and added a bobble headband to complete her Halloween look. Thank you Loco Pocos for kicking off Halloween 2009. You guys Rock!


Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween

This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween

-The Nightmare Before Christmas

Edge of the Ocean

First off this blog has always been my diary so to speak. I talk about my SL experiences, fashion I think is cute and people or places along the way. It's not perfect...I know. I have grammatical errors and run on sentences and perhaps sometimes I ramble on a bit too much. The point is this is MY blog and I will not stop writing because it makes me HAPPY. :D with that said let's get on to today's post.

some history..

Frankie Palliard has been my best friend in SL/RL for almost three years. We meet in 2007 and clicked instantly. Frankie has always been that inspiration in my SL. That guiding force pushing me to branch out further by always providing encouragement and unconditional support. We had some tough moments too. (It wasn't always rainbows and kittens.) Yet something always pulled me back to him. His friendship never faltered.

This summer I took some time away from SL to get my RL in order and put some things in perspective. During that time Frankie was there emailing me and making time to talk via messenger. (My internet usage was very limited). He proved that our friendship went beyond this Virtual World into the Real one when he made the trip from Italy to America and came to stay with me for a bit. I finally got to meet the real person behind that avatar and it was wonderful. We had some real adventures, explored my hometown, traveled to San Antonio to see the Alamo, and even went to Houston to see the Space Center. (I live in Texas in case you didn't figure that out.) One afternoon while we were having lunch in a cafe, and sitting across from one another, he got this look on his face and asked "Do you want to be my partner again?" My response "only if you get me a baby unicorn" :) As his departure date approached We found ourselves growing a little sad because we started to realize we were going to be away from one another and we would miss one each other intensely. I'm not gonna lie, I cried like a baby when he left and went back home. If I could have fit inside his suitcase and gone back to Italy with him....I would have done it.


At the risk of sounding like Star Jones, I'll try to keep this short. I will tell you that last Sunday we had our SL Wedding, (yes we did it again.) It was at Tropical Weddings where Rick Wake performed the service. (he did our first wedding.) It wasn't a perfect, but I laughed so much and had a blast. I was happy that some friends showed up and were witnesses. I know people have busy SL lives and it meant a lot they took time to share this with us. I will never forget it.

Frankie and I also defined our Real Life relationship and had "The Talk". He is now a big part of my RL and I love him very much. I'm counting down the days until I get to make my trek to his part of the world and spend more time with him.


There's a place I dream about
Where the sun never goes out.
And the sky is deep and blue.
Won't you take me there with you.

Ohhh, we can begin again.
Shed our skin, let the sun shine in.
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again.

Edge of the Ocean
Ivy

...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt . -- George Eliot

Happiness

My Happy Mood..
I might have missed Happy Mood if it hadn't been for the CSR 2008 Winter stamp rally; this is when I first discovered HPMD and fell in love with the ultra cute animals and furniture sold in this shop. Happy Mood is home to the giant bunny as well as smaller less intimidating bunnies that you can hold and carry around. HPMD gives new meaning to the phrase" go to your happy place", because like Disney it seems nothing bad can really ever happen here. Nope the Cuteness will just not allow it. :PSooo What Really Hooked me on HappyMood? (besides the immediate need for a happy place.) This Bubble chair. Yep only available in the Lucky Chair was this bubble chair and let me tell you it seemed like I would never get my grubby hands on this item, but as they say patience is a virtue. Determined to acquire this bubble chair, I visited HMPD over the last two weeks waited until the magical letter appeared, in that time I managed to purchase two bunnies and pick up the freebie tee and hand puppets and take tons of photos. There are some quality photo op locations around HappyMood, if you just take the time to explore.

So what's so special about the bubble chair? well first off it's a bubble that you can sit on. :P HPMD*bubble chair contains 6 different poses and animations so it allows your imagination to come up with all sort of creative uses. From normal chitchat seating to elaborate fantasy photos. This bubble chair will do it all.
Since la Primavera or Spring is quickly approaching it's the perfect time to stop by happy mood and pick up something cute.... like a bunny, and if you have the time wait at their lucky chair and get yourself this delicious bubble chair.. Trust me it's totally worth it.

Happiness
How'd you get to be
Happiness
How'd you get to find
Love, real love
Love, love, love
-Happiness- Goldfrapp.

Make Up Bag

I've seen this blogger challenge: What's in your bag? around the Blogs and Flicker streams recently. Iris Steale from the Shopping Cart Disco created this challenge. I would have done this blog sooner but my camera was lost in the move and I didn't find it until today. So here is the contents of my bag, all random and chaotic, oh and the floor of my new apartment. :P

1. my bag- Multi Colored Dooney one of my favorites
2. Keys- Random Keys- most are non functional meaning they don't work or have any use.. yet I keep the keys.
3. Glasses- My reading Glasses and Sunglasses, I'm supposed to use the glasses for driving at night, but I don't. and the sunglasses are my "movie star glasses" as my family calls them.
4. hair ties- things to tame my unruly and messy hair.
5.Mints- they have my name on them and were a gift from my mom.
6. Mini Rosary- I keep these to remind me of my grannie, she gave them to me.
7. Emergency Tampons- you never know when someone will ask for one, and I like to be prepared.
8. Cell Phone- my precious
9.Hand Sanitizer and Lotion-
10.I pod touch and earphones
11. Usb Drives- 2 external USB drives total of 3G. random art projects are kept here.
12. Jade Pig- a gift from my mom, it's suppose to bring good luck.
13. Silver Cases for Cards- I carry my bank cards or dollars bills in the bigger silver case, and business cards in the smaller Breakfast at Tiffany's one.
14. My Ciggys and lighter- I smoke, I'm trying to quit..
15. pencils highlighter and sharpener- for random drawings or note taking
16.Lip Obsession:Loreal- golden splash gloss, Mary Kay- color unknown, but it's nice and pink, Mary Kay- Satin Lips, Beauti Control- Lip apeel
17. Clinique- Perfectly Real Compact makeup
18.Microdermabrasion Lotion
19. mini scissors- useful for cutting things
20. change purse from BOA- I used to work there not bank there.
21. eyeliner brush from Origins- I have probably replaced this brush at least 8 times, it's the best little eyeliner bush ever! soo soft.
22. Mascara- Black to make my lashes pretty
23. Maybelline water proof liquid eyeliner- For the smoky eyes ;)
24.MAC Black Tied Velvet eyeshadow- I use this as eyeliner
25.EMANI crushed minerals in Brazilian Bronze- i love the way it sparkles
26. Mary Kay Beauty Blotters- to help control the shine.

goodness I feel like a pack rat now.

Every girl gotta a makeup bag
their own secret world
bet ya didn't know that.
- Make Up Bag- The Lab rats Featuring Emma Rhodes
from The Monster In Law Soundtrack

The New Year

YAY! the New Year has arrived and now it's 2009. Goodness it's still a little surreal that 2008 is really over. In previous years I never made any kind of resolution because well, I didn't believe that any would be kept. so I'm turning over a new leaf and giving in to the cliche and actually making a new years resolution. It's summed up in two words Time Management. Currently I easily lose track of time and my lazy procrastination slides until it's at the point where I don't achieve any work at all. (I am a total Lazy Ass)..So this year I'm making a commitment to blog once a week, and create a new design at least once a month. (As if anyone actually visit the shop or reads the blog). Hopefully I can archive this and if not then I can always say it was only a new Year's resolution, and who keeps those anyways :P..

So this is the new year.
And i don't feel any different.
The clanking of crystal
Explosions off in the distance (in the distance).
-Death Cab for Cutie