SOMETHING NEW DELIGHTS

I want to share some really nice items with you, starting with the Emilia top and skirt by Le Fil Casse, who is one of those stores I love because they are always creating cute and unusual things.  I love this two-tone, glittery fabric in pink and yellow, just the perfect combination for summer.  The top and skirt are sold separately, in case you should want to buy only one or the other.  These should be in the main store soon.

The frilled Nierembergia shoes from Empire come with a 20-color HUD to change the shoe base, as well as the individual ruffles, plus several metals options.  These cute shoes come in fits for Slink, which I am wearing here, Maitreya, and Belleza.

The adorable Slice Purse in Lilac is from LaGyo, yet another one of my favorite stores because of their unique creations.  There are several colors of this fun purse available, both with pose and without pose, which I am wearing here.

There is an adorable Lilac fruit Sorbet Necklace and Sorbet Earrings jewelry set to match the Lilac Slice Purse, too, and, of course, the jewelry sets come in several colors to match the Slice purses.  The necklace and earrings can be resized and re-positioned for the perfect fit.  You can see the set here:

Katat0nik is another of my favorite stores, and they recently released the wonderful Choco Rose Headdress.  This is a set that comes in both right and left pieces that can be worn separately or together.  I think the two pieces worn together make quite a statement.  I did not yet see the set in the main store, but it should be arriving soon from last month's Collabor88.

And, to perfectly complete my jewelry ensemble is the Rainforest Ring Set by Yummy, available for Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza Bento hands.  I am wearing the Slink edition here.  This rings set comes with different rings for the left and right hands, but I just love that beetle on the left hand.  Of course, the rings can be made invisible, as well.  You can find these rings at the current Collabor88.  During the event, individual color sets are available, but after the event, only the full color HUD set will be available, which you can see here:

I hope you love these wonderful creations as much as I do!

TOP AND SKIRT BY LE FIL CASSE

{le fil casse} Emilia Top Maitreya Pink
{le fil casse} Emilia Skirt Maitreya Pink


SHOES BY EMPIRE: #EMPIRE - Nierembergia - Slink *Materials*


PURSE BY LAGYO: LaGyo_Slice Purse - Lilac (NO POSE)


JEWELRY SET BY LAGYO

LaGyo_Sorbet Necklace - Lilac
LaGyo_Sorbet Earring - Lilac


HEADDRESS BY KATAT0NIK
CURRENTLY AT COLLABOR88

*katat0nik* (pink / L) Choco Rose Headdress
*katat0nik* (pink / R) Choco Rose Headdress


BENTO RINGS BY YUMMY: (Yummy) Rainforest Ring Set - Slink
COLLABOR88

YUMMY MAIN STORE



MAKEUPS

EYESHADOW BY A R T E: Blossom Eyeshadow [Lelutka, Bento]

LIPSTICK BY YS&YS: *YS&YS* Powder Lips Applier - Lelutka BENTO Head

NAIL POLISH BY ALASKAMETRO: alaskametro<3 "Alchemy" nails 02 RARE - Omega/Maitreya HUD (AT IN-STORE GACHA)



POSES

HEAD POSE BY ADDME.: [s.]Gift05 (SUBSCRIBE GIFT)

BODY POSE BY POSESION POSES: *PosESioN* Eclipse 8



DECOR BY HALF-DEER: +Half-Deer+ Starbreeze Palm Trees - Blush
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eternal%20Dream/44/91/22



ALWAYS WORN UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

BENTO CATE HEAD BY LELUTKA: LeLutka.Head.Cate 3.0

EARS BY MANDALA: [MANDALA]SIMPLE_EARS_HUTUU

SYSTEM SHAPE BY AVID: Avid Gothic Avatar - Mist (MODIFIED)

MESH BODY BY MAITREYA: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V4.1


HANDS AND FEET BY SLINK

Slink Hands - Dynamic - Female V1.3
Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet  V3.2


SKIN BY GLAM AFFAIR: Glam Affair - Luminay ( LeLutka Applier ) Europa

EYEBROWS BY AVADA BEAUTY: *Sinful Curves* Eyebrows Classic Black Appliers Hud

EYES BY ARTE: A R T E - Tale Eyes [LeLutka]

!MUSA! NEPHRITE EYES AT THE MAKEOVER ROOM

Once again, !Musa! is at The Makeover Room, this time with the new Nephrite eyes.  There are ten eyes in the set, with a discount of 30% off for the event, so you pay only 140.00 lindens.  These eyes come in an Omega applier so they can be worn on any head that is compatible with Omega, and they also come in standard eyes.

You will find !Musa!'s eyes second from the right when you walk in the door!

Here are the ten different colors you get.

NEPHRITE EYES BY !MUSA!

AT THE MAKEOVER ROOM

MAIN STORE

HAIR BY DELA: =DeLa*= Fitted Mesh Hair "Khatia" Blacks and Whites (Materials)

EYE SHADOW BY ALASKAMETRO: alaskametro<3 "Fall Essentials" makeup palette - Lelutka HUD

LIPSTICK BY BOLD & BEAUTY: Bold & Beauty :: Ultra Matte Lip Collection (Lelutka App) HUD

POSE BY POSESION: *PosESioN* Modern Default 2

ALWAYS WORN UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

 

BENTO CATE HEAD BY LELUTKA: LeLutka.Head.Cate 3.0

EARS BY MANDALA: [MANDALA]SIMPLE_EARS_HUTUU

 

SYSTEM SHAPE BY AVID: Avid Gothic Avatar - Mist (MODIFIED)

 

MESH BODY BY MAITREYA: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V4.1

 

HANDS AND FEET BY SLINK

 

Slink Hands - Dynamic - Female V1.3

Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet  V3.2

 

 

SKIN BY GLAM AFFAIR: Glam Affair - Luminay ( LeLutka Applier ) Europa

 

EYEBROWS BY AVADA: *Sinful Curves* Eyebrows Classic Black Appliers Hud

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elmira/136/134/27

EYES BY ARTE: A R T E - Tale Eyes [LeLutka]

!MUSA! ABYSS EYES AT WE LOVE ROLEPLAY

Once again, !Musa! has some beautiful eyes for us, this time at We Love Roleplay. As the name of these eyes might suggest, they come from the depths, with such names as Coral, Rockfish, and Seaweed.

These eyes come with an Omega applier, which I have used with my LeLutka Cate eyes, but these ten eyes also come in system, as well. There is a 30% off special for the We Love Roleplay event, so you surely do want to take advantage of getting all ten eyes for 260.00 lindens!

Here, you can see me with a beautiful pair of eyes from the Abyss collection:

EYES BY !MUSA!: !Musa! Abyss Eyes (Omega HUD)

AT WE LOVE ROLEPLAY

EYESHADOW BY !MUSA!: !Musa! Eyeshadow Winter (Omega for Lelutka)

MUSA MAIN STORE


HAIR BY DOE: Doe: Hair Raising (twotone) - Candy (GACHA ITEM)

HAIRPIECE BY LIMERENCE: {Limerence} Mermaid headband-light pack (GACHA ITEM)

LIPSTICK BY ALASKAMETRO: alaskametro<3 "Velvet" lipstick - Lelutka HUD
MARKETPLACE


POSE BY POSESION: *PosESioN* Almu 7


ALWAYS WORN UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

BENTO CATE HEAD BY LELUTKA: LeLutka.Head.Cate 3.0

EARS BY MANDALA: [MANDALA]SIMPLE_EARS_HUTUU

SYSTEM SHAPE BY AVID: Avid Gothic Avatar - Mist (MODIFIED)

MESH BODY BY MAITREYA: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V4.1

HANDS AND FEET BY SLINK

Slink Hands - Dynamic - Female V1.3
Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet  V3.2


SKIN BY GLAM AFFAIR: Glam Affair - Luminay ( LeLutka Applier ) Europa

EYEBROWS BY AVADA: *Sinful Curves* Eyebrows Classic Black Appliers Hud

EYES BY MAYFLY: Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Sea Green Shadow, w2)

THE GIRL BEHIND THE CAMERA

I called this photo "The Girl Behind the Camera" because I almost exclusively take all my own photos. However, this is usually in a blogging or informational capacity. Today, the photo is about my new profile photo in Second Life.

Sometimes, I see something someone is wearing--an outfit, an accessory, a beautiful makeup, and I wonder where they got that...but, they have not given any information about what they are wearing, or using, or where to get it. I like to share this information with others because I know I like to have it available for me. So, here are the credits for the photo so anyone can find these things if they also want them.

But, first, the new photo.

CREDITS

BODYSUIT BY R2 FASHION

r2 A/D/E hakuya suit top white[Maitreya]

r2 A/D/E hakuya suit under white[Maitreya]

GLOVES BY SWEET TEA: Sweet Tea Metallic Design Basics - All in One Hud (APPLIER)

EARRINGS BY ZURI JEWELRY: Zuri Rayna- Asha Gemchange Dragonfly Earrings Gold

COLLAR BY AISLING: .aisling. Nura Collar {Simple}

BODY PARTS

HAIR BY ELIKATIRA: [e] Sophia

EYESHADOW BY STUDIO EXPOSURE: S.E LELUTKA BARBIE DOLL PALLETE POWDER PACK MAKEUP

LIPSTICK BY ALASKAMETRO: alaskametro<3 "Fall Runway" makeup - LIPSTICKS

ALWAYS WORN UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

BENTO CATE HEAD BY LELUTKA: LeLutka.Head.Cate 3.0

EARS BY MANDALA: [MANDALA]SIMPLE_EARS_HUTUU

SYSTEM SHAPE BY AVID: Avid Gothic Avatar - Mist (MODIFIED)

MESH BODY BY MAITREYA: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V4.1

HANDS AND FEET BY SLINK

Slink Hands - Dynamic - Female V1.3

Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet  V3.2

SKIN BY GLAM AFFAIR: Glam Affair - Luminay ( LeLutka Applier ) Europa

EYEBROWS BY AVADA: *Sinful Curves* Eyebrows Classic Black Appliers Hud

EYES BY MAYFLY: Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Sea Green Shadow, w2)

MY ADVENTURES WITH LELUTKA CATE--THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

Hello there!

I have been very busy as of late, but I finally am getting to the point of returning with some blogs.

One of the new things in my Second Life is my new Lelutka Cate Bento head, which I picked up at the recent Skin Fair and which is now available in the Lelutka store. I had waited with great anticipation for the new Bento releases, hoping I would be able to find something I liked that could be modified to resemble my current system look as much as possible, and that system look was achieved with many hours of work to resemble my basic first life facial features.

Here is the system look I had before the new Lelutka Cate Bento head:

With the sliders for the system shape, there were a number of limitations in what could be done, and the stretching could only go so far.

Here is the same side view with adjustments made to the new Lelutka Cate Bento head:

The sliders gave me a greater freedom to achieve the look I desired, allowing me to make more finely-tuned adjustments than the system sliders ever could. You can especially see this in the features of the nose, for example. I am part Native American, and I have a characteristic bump on my nose that reflects this. I have considered having it removed, but, then, it is part of my unique heritage, and to remove it almost feels like removing part of me. With my new Cate, I could recreate that bump much more accurately than with the system shape. I could have made the bump more pronounced, but opted for a lesser one.

I was quite happy with what I could achieve with my nose tip, as well.

Here is a frontal view of the old system look:

And, frontal view of the new Lelutka Cate Bento:

My look definitely resembles my old system look, but I particularly appreciate the less-cartoony/more realistic, more natural, more smooth human look I was able to achieve with my new Bento head.

And, here is a completed look, with hair and makeup. I am very happy with my Lelutka Cate Bento head, indeed! I can still retain my basic system look while actually looking better than the system look ever could.

Now, I have to say here that I did not at all like the ears that came with the Cate head. They stuck out at a quite amazing angle, probably 45 degrees, I would say, giving a simian appearance to an otherwise very pleasing look. Fortunately, with the Lelutka HUD, it is possible to quickly and easily hide the ears, which I immediately did. I replaced them with mesh ears from Mandala, the Simple Hutuu ears. I had to manually set the color, which does not match perfectly, but works well enough, as you can see above.

Another thing I don't particularly like about the Lelutka head is that those items applied with Omega appliers seem to hang up when applying. Appliers made for Lelutka go on quickly and smoothly without glitches, while Omega appliers seem to require more effort to apply, and, even with the rerouter, often apply where I do not want them.

There was a very recent update to the Lelutka heads, making the current version the 2.7, which I am using here. With the current update, there are several new additions, including several teeth, braces, and eyes. I am using my usual Mayfly Luminous Mesh Eyes in Sea Green Shadow. I love the Mayfly eyes, with their many, many options, but the eyes and options in the Eyes tab on the Lelutka HUD are quite good. You can see that here:

In the Lelutka photos, I also am using the Lelutka hair base that comes in the HUD. I plan to get some additional hair bases as soon as time allows. I also am using some of the Lelutka eyelashes from the HUD.

In the system photos, I am using Belleza skin Nina Pale 0 with dark brows. Belleza only had one skin for Lelutka available, and the eyebrows on that were the trendy, thick, heavy brows that I don't care for. So, I went with a Glam Affair Skin, since the Maitreya body comes with Glam Affair already installed, and the fact that Glam Affair makes some beautiful skins. I chose the Luminay skin in Europa tone to wear with my new Cate head because it is subtle and smooth. This skin comes with an eyebrowless option which allowed me to find suitable eyebrows. I finally found some thin eyebrows at Sinful Curves Skins. I purchased the Classic Eyebrows Fat Pack that includes eight classic brows colors as well as eight appliers colors.

My eyeshadow is from Slackgirl, Cassandra, and my lipstick is from Alaskametro, Heat. I absolutely adore Alaskametro because it fits my lips shape very well and does not distort into big, bulky lips once applied.

I will note here that none of my friends, and not even my boyfriend, noticed that I had changed my head, even after I drew attention to that area (without telling them I had a new head.) My boyfriend did say that he noticed something seemed different, but thought it was my makeup. So, yes, I would say that the transition was really successful!

So, there you have it, my adventures with Lelutka Cate!


CURRENTLY WORN

EYESHADOW BY SLACKGIRL: ::SG:: CASSANDRA EYESHADOW OMEGA
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sun%20Dream/128/120/22

LIPSTICK BY ALASKAMETRO: alaskametro<"Heat" matte lipstick -
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imogen/64/153/31


HAIR BY CHEVEUX: .:CHEVEUX:.F057 Blacks02
MARKETPLACE: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/136911



ALWAYS WORN UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

BENTO CATE HEAD BY LELUTKA: LeLutka.Head.Cate 2.7
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LeLutka/134/104/22


EARS BY MANDALA: [MANDALA]SIMPLE_EARS_HUTUU
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TEMPURA%20SOBA/97/119/23


SYSTEM BODY SHAPE BY AVID: Avid Gothic Avatar - Mist (MODIFIED)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gothic%20Clothing/76/176/56

MESH BODY BY MAITREYA: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V4.0
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maitreya%20Isle/128/133/23


HANDS AND FEET BY SLINK
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Slink/59/123/25

Slink Hands - Dynamic - Female V1.3
Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet  V3.2


SKIN BY GLAM AFFAIR: LUMINAY EUROPA
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beauty%20Avatar%20couture/136/96/24


EYEBROWS BY SINFUL CURVES SKINS: *Sinful Curves* Eyebrows Classic Black Appliers Hud
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elmira/99/50/23


EYES BY MAYFLY: Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Sea Green Shadow, w2)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mayfly/44/225/562