B is Baiastice and the beautiful new pumps at Culture Shock [which is also a "C"] plus the colorful jumpsuit.
C is for Clawtooth and Bubbles Glamazon hair.
Now you know your ABCs :)
Poses are the last ones from [LAP] :(
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Know your ABCs
A is for Adam n Eve's Samara skin and Audrey dress, a gift from Maitreya,
B is Baiastice and the beautiful new pumps at Culture Shock [which is also a "C"] plus the colorful jumpsuit.
C is for Clawtooth and Bubbles Glamazon hair.
Now you know your ABCs :)
Poses are the last ones from [LAP] :(
B is Baiastice and the beautiful new pumps at Culture Shock [which is also a "C"] plus the colorful jumpsuit.
C is for Clawtooth and Bubbles Glamazon hair.
Now you know your ABCs :)
Poses are the last ones from [LAP] :(
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sam Goes Shopping... learns to read
This is a tale of two very chic stores. MiaMai & Baiastice and one clueless avi who doesn't read carefully! I looked at the new MiaMai Black Label designs. Totally awesome, but wasn't sure what would suit. Then I saw the Chod collection and immediately bought what I thought was a nice strapless dress. WRONG! It was the Dakini Rosed pants! Hence the first shot. They're amazing pants, but left me a little bare...
So I thought.. why not match the tops from 2 of the new and lovely Baiastice dresses. First up is the Liksye dress in rose, which was a very subtle match I thought. Jewelry is the paper couture Riverstone set.
Then I thought well the black texture and white sparkles of the Baiastice Zoey in red might make a nice foil for the MiaMai Dakini pants in Rose. Earrings are paper couture Faceted Black Diamond Arrangement. The little cuff on the neckline precluded wearing a necklace. On the right is the Zoey dress on her own worn with Pixel Mode Baby T's in black.
Then, having shown the BaiasticeLiksye dress with the Dakini pants I felt it deserved to be shown on it's own. It comes with the back draped necklace. My earring are Muse Elle Orchid [NA]. Shoes are again Pixel Mode Baby T's in berry.My skin in all shots is Liane Natural from Adam n Eve [R] with part of sachi's Christmas pressie to me, maples lips. [R] Hair is elikatira Breathe in Blonde 02.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Choose the shoes
This is a shoe post. You've been warned. After reading it you may feel the urge to spend indecent amounts of L$$ on new shoes. I guess that's fair warning.
As I said in a previous post not too long ago, despite my infrequent activity in SL™ I still managed to take a tour of the Shoe Fair 2011 - not only that, but I also made a few purchases, which you can see in this picture:
As I said in a previous post not too long ago, despite my infrequent activity in SL™ I still managed to take a tour of the Shoe Fair 2011 - not only that, but I also made a few purchases, which you can see in this picture:
[Click on the shoe names in the text for links to individual pictures and descriptions on my Flickr.]Am I happy with the results? Well, it varies. At first I wondered why some spend 975L on a single pair of shoes being able to get nice stuff for half the price, but I found the answer myself.
On the upper right corner are the Naucci Heels from [Decoy], priced at a reasonable 475L. These are a nice pair of sandals; however, not to be chosen if you're in a hurry. It took me a while to do the tinting seen above, and if you zoom into the picture, you'll be able to see that I didn't *quite* get the exact shade. Call me a perfectionist, but I appreciate having RGB bars in order to do some fine-tuning. The preset tones are approximate, but not exact, and there's no notecard with instructions to help out a bit.
Second, lower right, are the Maxine Wedges by Baiastice. At first I had bought the regular sandals, but upon realising that the wedge version was the charity item at the store, I decided to get both - for 590L each pair. I have to say those have been my biggest disappointment. It took me forever to do some relatively decent tinting, and one can easily see from the picture above that I did a poor job. Anyway, once you're done, you can't save it for future use - for that matter, you don't have a set of values to write down, either. Besides, despite all the nail polish options that are included, I had a hard time finding one that I liked. The package includes a notecard, but I didn't find it very useful - it gives a long-winded explanation on how to use the resize scripts, while IMHO those are self-explanatory. Not a word, though, about how to brave with the giant coloured box.
Next, on the lower left hand side, are the really popular Soleil sold at N-Core. At first I had my doubts, as 795L seemed quite steep for a pair of shoes, but then I bought them and found out all the options that they offer. In the single-colour package, as the name indicates, you buy just one version of the shoe - but you still have the possibility of changing the colour of the straps, the heel, the metal bits, etc. This is all done via a rather spiffy HUD, which is divided into 3 tabs: skin (shown above, where you can tint both skin and nails), stocking (where you can choose to wear those and also select their pattern and colour) and options (where you control all the tintable parts, plus sound, alpha, size, position and the standing animation). In case that's not enough, the notecard included in the package has pretty exhaustive instructions, as well as a significant list of RGB skin presets - where I could find my target skin tone, Belleza's Erika in Fair. All in all, it took me a few seconds to tint the skin - after I was done reading the instructions on the notecard, that is.
Finally, on the upper left corner are Maitreya Gold's Foxy - the most expensive pair in the whole lot, costing the sizable sum of 975L, but also my favourites. In my 4+ years around the grid I've never hidden the fact that I'm a Maitreya junkie, but in this case I also think their prim feet are some of the best made ones around. On the more practical side, the package comes with detailed instructions, an easy-to-use HUD and a notecard with the values of quite a lot of skins - some of which I had never really heard of. Erika wasn't on the list, but it didn't take me long to get it right nevertheless (I used the values of another Belleza Fair skin and it worked nicely). When I got ready to take the pictures I noticed that studio lights blew up the skintone, but it was just as easy as clicking one of the given presets and it was a match, so WIN.
So what's the conclusion of all this? Like with everything, it's mostly a matter of personal taste - in my case, I would rather spend a bit more and go for something practical. Perhaps there is not much of a difference between the shoes as such, but maybe the couple hundred more you're spending are due to the fact that someone put a lot of thought into developing a truly usable HUD. Or took ages checking and compiling the settings for all existing skins. That, for me, is priceless.
On the upper right corner are the Naucci Heels from [Decoy], priced at a reasonable 475L. These are a nice pair of sandals; however, not to be chosen if you're in a hurry. It took me a while to do the tinting seen above, and if you zoom into the picture, you'll be able to see that I didn't *quite* get the exact shade. Call me a perfectionist, but I appreciate having RGB bars in order to do some fine-tuning. The preset tones are approximate, but not exact, and there's no notecard with instructions to help out a bit.
Second, lower right, are the Maxine Wedges by Baiastice. At first I had bought the regular sandals, but upon realising that the wedge version was the charity item at the store, I decided to get both - for 590L each pair. I have to say those have been my biggest disappointment. It took me forever to do some relatively decent tinting, and one can easily see from the picture above that I did a poor job. Anyway, once you're done, you can't save it for future use - for that matter, you don't have a set of values to write down, either. Besides, despite all the nail polish options that are included, I had a hard time finding one that I liked. The package includes a notecard, but I didn't find it very useful - it gives a long-winded explanation on how to use the resize scripts, while IMHO those are self-explanatory. Not a word, though, about how to brave with the giant coloured box.
Next, on the lower left hand side, are the really popular Soleil sold at N-Core. At first I had my doubts, as 795L seemed quite steep for a pair of shoes, but then I bought them and found out all the options that they offer. In the single-colour package, as the name indicates, you buy just one version of the shoe - but you still have the possibility of changing the colour of the straps, the heel, the metal bits, etc. This is all done via a rather spiffy HUD, which is divided into 3 tabs: skin (shown above, where you can tint both skin and nails), stocking (where you can choose to wear those and also select their pattern and colour) and options (where you control all the tintable parts, plus sound, alpha, size, position and the standing animation). In case that's not enough, the notecard included in the package has pretty exhaustive instructions, as well as a significant list of RGB skin presets - where I could find my target skin tone, Belleza's Erika in Fair. All in all, it took me a few seconds to tint the skin - after I was done reading the instructions on the notecard, that is.
Finally, on the upper left corner are Maitreya Gold's Foxy - the most expensive pair in the whole lot, costing the sizable sum of 975L, but also my favourites. In my 4+ years around the grid I've never hidden the fact that I'm a Maitreya junkie, but in this case I also think their prim feet are some of the best made ones around. On the more practical side, the package comes with detailed instructions, an easy-to-use HUD and a notecard with the values of quite a lot of skins - some of which I had never really heard of. Erika wasn't on the list, but it didn't take me long to get it right nevertheless (I used the values of another Belleza Fair skin and it worked nicely). When I got ready to take the pictures I noticed that studio lights blew up the skintone, but it was just as easy as clicking one of the given presets and it was a match, so WIN.
So what's the conclusion of all this? Like with everything, it's mostly a matter of personal taste - in my case, I would rather spend a bit more and go for something practical. Perhaps there is not much of a difference between the shoes as such, but maybe the couple hundred more you're spending are due to the fact that someone put a lot of thought into developing a truly usable HUD. Or took ages checking and compiling the settings for all existing skins. That, for me, is priceless.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
52 Week Colour Challenge, Pale Perriwinkle
I ended up cheating, ever so slightly, as I used my seldom used alt as I knew she had a dress that would be ideal.
DCNY Gloria Dress in Ice Blue was perfect for this challenge. A mini baby doll dress where the skirt is made up of the finest feathers. Simple, yet clever.
sf’s colour change high heel shoes were all my alt had to go with this dress. Even so, I think they look really good in the darker blues.
The rest I have listed below.
Closer shot here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/furystapleton/5663907287/in/photostream
Styling:
Shape: custom, FuriousDesigns
Skin: [PXL] Grace NAT CatEyes NudeLips BlackEB
Hair: Kin-Freehairhf2010-[Sand]
Eyes: *CS* Eyes - Mirror Gray
Eyelashes: Cake, Seperated lashes, tintable
Dress: DCNY Gloria Ice Blue Dress
Shoes: sf design leopard print high heels - colour change Shoes
Jewellery: Baiastice_Goccia
Sunday, March 27, 2011
52 Week Colour Challenge, Sky Blue
Baiastice Silk hug dress in sky is just perfect for this week. Ideal for that desperate housewife who loves to shop or the power dressing business lady who likes to stay feminine. An under lace vest is overlaid with wide ‘straps’ that covers the bust...see picture. A wide wrap around ‘cummerband’ style, sashed waist starts from beneath the bust and finishes just on the hip. Below this sits a system skirt. The design and textures make this dress a delight to wear.
The rest is my usual except for the addition of make up, Kyoot’s Feline (Cold Coast) make up accentuates the dress with blue eyeshadow.
Styling:
Shape: custom, FuriousDesigns
Skin: [PXL] Candy NAT CE PaleLips DEB
Hair: ETD Roslin - Black
Eyes: (Miriel)- Snow (Big)
Eyelashes: Cake, Seperated lashes, tintable
Dress: Baiastice_Silk hug-sky
Shoes: Juicy Classic Pump - Cotton Candy
Make Up: Kyoot Makeup - Feline (Cold Coast)
Monday, January 3, 2011
52 SILVER
YAY! I'm actually posting in the right week:) I do have a lot of silver in my inventory, but the second I landed at TDR I saw the Baiastice_Lesley-White Xmas dress and knew that was IT. Only adjustment I made was to place the bow at the base of the long back scoop rather than its original poition on the neckline/front. This made it easier to wear the Platinum Spyraea Necklace & Earrings by Sue Stonebender. [NA]
I'm wearing the Gala Medium Gray skin I got in May 2007. It's also no longer available, but early Galas are to be treasured still. My hair elikatira's Rumor in White05 and Stiletto Moody Pinup Heels in Grey Patent Python thus completing SILVER. I'm pretty sure my poses are from /GEEZ/ [R]
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