Putting on the Ritz

It was a hard fought battle of hours, but I eventually made it into the Truth Hair VIP Holiday Party Saturday - only to crash to desktop twice in mere minutes.... Oh well, at least I got a few photos! And we had access to the live stream of music, DJs and entertainers through that night. Many thanks to Truth Hawk and his moderators, Amber Daze and LadyEllenT, for putting together a fantastic end to 2017! The champagne flowed (or at least pixeled), the music had the VIPers on their feet all night and the entertainers were engaging and ... entertaining!

While waiting to gain entrance to the party I decided on a little photo op to show off my dance outfit so at least someone would get to see it! =)

Proof that I actually DID make the party - even if I did crash and burn after just a few minutes!

Mustn't forget Truth's gorgeous December VIP gift (given out at the party). Tinsley is a perfect morning after a party fancy hairdo slightly slept-in look!

Party Outfit:
Dress - miss chelsea Abby White
Shoes - Pure Poison Fancy Pumps Red
Rings - Amala - The Lumi Rings - Maitreya
Jewelry Set - Mg Falling Starflake GOLD
Leg "Tattoo" - _mm_Snowflake body (pant layer)
Pantyhose - Paintbox Designs Maitreya Applier Pantyhose with tanga briefs
Hair - Truth Hair Posy
Lipstick - 7 Deadly Skins Blood
Body - Maitreya
Shape - Enchanted Auras Custom
Skin - 7 Deadly Skins Liva Cloud

Morning After Outfit:
Dress - [ SAKIDE ] Nikaia Style Kaki Dress Maitreya GIFT
Hair - Truth Hair December VIP Group Gift Tinsley
Lipstick - 7 Deadly Skins Juicy CherryPie

For Nau Lang Syne

Okay, so I switched up the song a bit, but since returning to Second Life I've made more new friends than I've found old ones. One such new friend is the lovely, sweet and oh so talented LadyEllenT Resident. a relatively new SL member in comparison to my own (albeit interrupted absence) antiquity who knows more about our favorite time-waster than I've forgotten! She blogs for several retail stores in SL and is also an expert bargain shopper. She invited me over to "collab" on a photo shoot and I eagerly agreed! So I donned my newest favorite gown and we welcomed in the New Year in style! A little Dom Pérignon made the evening sparkle even more!

I'm still learning the ropes of this blogging business so it might be a while before I can return the favor, but I am certainly looking forward to future collaborations!

A Mr. Demille close up of our fabulous looks!

LadyEllen's Look:
[hair] Truth - Halona (Uber)
[body] Maitreya
[head] Catwa -  Lilly
[skin]  League - Sadie
[shape] my own[dress] Rebel Hope - Francesca
[dress] Rebel Hope - Francesca
[shoes] Rebel Hope - Runway Mesh Heels
[headband] Cosmic Dust - Happy New Year Headband (FLF 12-29-17)
[pose] An Lar - the Annette Series - Four

Set Decor: 
peaches. Stack of Magical Books
peaches. Vintage Phone Seat & Phone
JIAN Christmas Tree 2017 Decorated
[ keke ] 2018 silver . high lod
hive // celebration balloons set
ISON - folded leather clutch (black)

My Look:
Hair - Truth Posy 
Body - Maitreya
Head - Akeruka Lulu
Skin - 7 Deadly Skins Key in Cloud
Shape - Enchanted Auras Custom
Ears - Mandala Simple
Lips - 7DS Juicy Raspberry
Nails - [PiAD]winter nail 5/Maitreya Blues (Gacha)
Gown - ZAHiRA -ice- Blue
Shoes - .:KC:. ADORE Heels
Headband - Cosmic Dust - Happy New Year Headband (FLF 12-29-17)
Rings - Amala - The Lumi Stacking Rings
Jewelry Set - Footpaw Industries Allie 
Pose - WetCat - Emanuel no. 5

 

ask me if I care

hair from No.Match - No Bling unisex, available at COSMOPOLITAN

skin applier from 7 Deadly s{K}ins - Gabriel in caramel, shown on TMP

glasses from Soul Identity - Orion, also comes in silver - available at Men Only Monthly

jacket & shirt from A&D Clothing - Donovan, comes with texture change HUD for many options - available at Men Only Monthly

pose from Image Essentials - Subtle male 3
 

chillin in the man cave

hair from No.Match - No Passion

bandana from Rebellion - gacha prize

skin appliers from 7 Deadly s{K}ins - Judas in caramel, shown on TMP

shirt from LAVAROCK CREATIONS - Metallian, gacha prize - NEW!

pose from Animosity - Nigo 2 - available at Men Only Monthly

photo taken at LHOOQ

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Spending time with family and friends is one of my favorite parts about Christmas. Curling up in my Christmas jammies and enjoying a new book is another.  Merry Christmas!

Christmas Pajamas - PurpleMoon (Advent)
Slouchy Socks - CoCo Christmas Outfit Gift
Hair - Truth VIP November Group Gift: Ginevra
Nails - OAL Reindeer 004 Maitreya
Lipstick - Alaskametro Vintage
Skin - 7 Deadly Skins Key in Powder
Body - Maitreya Lara
Head - Akeruka Lulu
Shape - Enchanted Auras

Coming Down the Chimney Today

I don't know about y'all, but I plan on staying up to see O' Saint Nick arriving with his pack of gifts. I've staked out my place right in front of the roaring fire. I guess I should douse it before the old guy singes his footsies, huh?

Actually, I've found a sackful of great gifts and discounts all month long thanks to the awesome Second Life sellers who provided Advent Calendars and discounts and all of those wonderful sales events and hunts where there were plenty of gifts to be found! I'm stocked up on enough Christmas and winter decor and clothing to make my 2018 holiday season full and bright. And I appreciate the sellers who made non-holiday items available so I'll have a packed closet to choose from throughout the New Year!

Sinfully Sweet Antlers (Redeux gift)
PurpleMoon Beacon Earrings (Advent)
American Bazaar Snow Dress (WOH)
Alaskametro "Nordica" Leggings - Cranberry Appliers (Marketplace)
KC Couture Kiruna Ankle Boots
Body - Maitreya Lara
Head - AK Lulu
Skin - 7 Deadly Skins Moreya in Caramel
Lipstick - 7 Deadly Skins Juicy CherryPie
Shape - Enchanted Auras

Reindeer Games

Some days Real Life can make you appreciate Second Life all the more, right? I haven't had as much SL time as I'd like this past week so when I found some extra lying around, I used it to catch up on some of the fantastic Advent Calendars and gifting many of our generous creators have out for their customers. Then I took advantage of a visit from a reindeer family for a couple quick selfies!

Most notable would be the LAQ Neve head that is on SALE until the 24th. It's the first LAQ head I've gotten, but since I have begun making shapes, I thought I'd give it a try. I think I still need to tweak it some more, but I hope you all can appreciate my attempt at something other than AK heads! LOL! The skin applier is (surprise) 7 Deadly Skins Davina in caramel - with freckles! The lipstick is 7DS Juicy in Brick. The fun hair is the Free Xmas Hair from Exxess with HUDs for both the hair and the attached snowflake headband! It even has a bento version!

This fabulous dress is the Christmas version of My Tux from PurpleMoon in a versatile red and green tartan print that can easily be worn all year long. It's part of PM's Advent event. As for the boots, well I've been looking quite some time for thigh high boots and was beyond thrilled when KC came out with these. They come with KCs awesome color HUD and can be found in her store or MP for only 195L!

Maitreya Mesh Body
Shape Enchanted Auras
[DDD] Heavy Snow Backdrop
Simply Shelby Winter Deer Family Scene
3D Trees Young Birch group Seasonal
POSE by Moomey

in a world so cold

hair from No.Match - Finish, unisex - will be available at the December round of Men Only Monthly

skin applier from 7 Deadly s{K}ins - Gabriel in caramel, shown on TMP

coat & scarf from Galvanized - topcoat in black, comes with texture change HUD and no shirt option - will be available at the December round of Men Only Monthly

jeans from mind carlberg - tight jeans plain beige - will be available at the December round of Men Only Monthly

pose from <K&S> - Brian 1 - will be available at the December round of Men Only Monthly

photo taken HERE

blue christmas without you

skin appliers from *Birth* - Cavill, shown on Catwa Daniel mesh head and Belleza mesh body, includes shape - will be available at the December round of Men Only Monthly

jeans from mind carlberg - tight jeans ruined, rubber - will be available at the December round of Men Only Monthly

pose from Image Essentials - Confidence 4

hair from Stealthic - Haunting

JingleCell

In real life I live in the Southern USA and we were hit with an unprecedented 13 inches of snow over the weekend, lost power and had to navigate roads strewn with fallen pine trees to get to the store to find logs for our fireplace. All I wanted to do was cuddle up with pillows and blankets and use my iPad (only it ran out of power....). So when I was finally able to get into Second Life yesterday evening (while my RL tablet charged up), that's just what I did with my SL cellphone - and in my human persona! I came across a shop called ~EccentriciXi~ where I bought an outfit I love so much that I turned around and left a glowing review on the Marketplace. One of the owners was so thrilled I left the review that they sent me heels to go with it - so I decided to include them in a blog.  One of the things I really appreciate is that this outfit is actually 2 separate pieces, not fused together like a lot of them out there.  I like to mix and match things, so this gives me so many options!

I also went back this morning and picked up a couple more items (they have a 60L section, btw) grabbed the WS Hunt goody and some demos.

Trompe Loeil Noelle Cottage
MudHoney Cozy Corner
EccentriciXi Clary Sage Outfit
EccentriciXi Bryce Sage Heels
Truth Hair VIP November - Ginevra
7 Deadly Skins Moreya Caramel and Juicy Lipstick in Nut
Maitreya Lara Bento Mesh Body
AK Lulu Bento Mesh Head
Enchanted Auras Custom Shape

Donkey

hat & hair from No Match - No Justice C, common gacha item available at IMAGINARIUM

tattoo from Endless Pain - Kamaka, available at We <3 Role-Play

jeans from OUTLIER - Ease Skinnies 517 onyx, available at Men Only Monthly

pose from Le Poppycock - Live a Little

mesh head & body from Signature

photo taken @ LHOOQ

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

I'm loving my little shoppe's holiday theme! It makes me want to curl up in front of the fireplace as the snow falls outside, sip a cup of cocoa and nibble on a cookie - which you can do by clicking on the pot of cocoa. You can also grab a candy cane from the jar. Isn't Second Life awesome?

Most of the items I got were from Black Friday sales, group gifts and events. To get this shot, I used the Coastal Sunset Windlight setting. Please do click on the photo to see the original size.
 

Snowpaw - Holiday Throw Rug (Advent)
Snowpaw - Large Decorations resized (Advent)
Sari Sari - Cozy Pillow Stack (above fireplace) Deco(c)rate
On a Lark - JOY Sign (25L Tuesday)
Apple Fall - Cottage Dining Table (Black Friday Group Sale)
Apple Fall - Christmas Pudding (Gacha)
Sweetheart Cafe - Christmas Candy Canes Dispenser (old item)
What Next - Vermont Hot Chocolate and Cookies Dispenser
Lacrime - Cozy Chairs (25L Tuesday)
Mistique - Christmas Tree Red (25L Tuesday)
HEXtraordinary - Rustic Fireplace
Artisan Fantasy - Snowden Peaks Gingerbread Garland
Dysfunctionality - Simplist Snow

morning routine

skin appliers from EGOZY - Bayek, available in 10 skin tones, golden shown on Catwa Daniel head & Belleza body

tank top & shorts from ExalteD - Skinny tank & shorts, available in 4 colors @  Men Only Monthly

pose from Image Essentials - Wander 1

hair from Speakeasy - Clay, fatpack available on marketplace for 1LD

photo taken @ LHOOQ

Soaking in the Snow Shine

I simply can't help myself - I just have to blog about the new Group Gift from Truth Hair. Truth Hawks spoils his group members with a limited style every month and he hasn't let a move across country borders and a new job stop him! This month's offer is the soft and feminine Ginevra with a headband option version as well as Truth's wonderful Style HUD and ALL the beautiful shades Truth Hair is known for.  Let me show off a fantasy pastel shade (Multitone 2) and a more realistic human shade (Multitone 1). I assure you, the group gifts are well worth the join fee!

Turtleneck - Villena Crop Top Black
Skirt - Caboodle Pencil Skirt Pink (Lucky Board)
Stole - BouBouki Lila Scarf
Hair - Truth Hair Ginevra with Color and Style HUDs
Nails - Sparkle Bunny Pink French Tip 
Lipstick - 7 Deadly Skins Bubblegum (Sample - not yet available)
Skin - 7 Deadly Skins Liva Cloud
Eyes - SlightlySkewed [grape] Standard Eyes Freebie
Rings - Amala The Lumi Rings (Maitreya)
Body - Maitreya Lara Bento Mesh
Head - [AK] Lulu Bento Mesh with Animation HUD
Shape - Enchanted Auras -  Custom (Maitreya/AK)

Waves - MARCOSrs Ellisson onda beira praia permisao copiar 
Snow - [DDD] Simplist Snow
Bench - Sway's Rown Bench
Landscape - Gumi Sky Garden
Trompe Loeil Noelle Cottage
 

Fashion items are the same as above plus:

Bindi - Bewitched Moon with Color HUD
Ears - Mandala Basic

Mistique Christmas Tree Red (1Linden 1 Hour)
Pose - WikedPoses GrandPoses

A Skybox with a View

Hello, my name is Fionne and I'm a building hoarder. 

I love buildings! I'm always on the lookout for that "perfect" house - the one that will complete me. It will never happen, but I continue on my quest. I have a folder bulging with all sorts of wonderful builds. If I had enough prim count on my land I'd probably have a ton more! Mesh buildings blow me away - they are so fabulous! My current abode is the Stockholm Attic 2.0 from Barnesworth Anubis. [BA] has so many wonderful builds and Barnes was so very, very helpful with all my questions. We even discovered we shared several friends from way back in the SL Middle Ages. LOL 

Anyway, I wanted to share the view from my common area window with all of you.

Vermont Hot Chocolate Set in Autumn Blue - What Next
Antique Blue Chair - Tarte Cozy Winter Gacha
Tuscana Table - Blue Sky
Alohomora Trunks - Peaches
Cozy Corner Pillow Set - MudHoney [Deco(c)rate]
Stockholm Attic 2.0 Skybox - [BA]
San Francisco Skyline Backdrop - Me!
PaintShop Pro 7 Color Filter (Yeah, I'm that behind the times....)

Yes, I would like to get to know you, if I could...

Hi, I'm Fionne Burleigh, your new roving reporter for SL Style & More! LOL! Actually, this is my first attempt at blogging for Second Life and Kai was considerate enough to risk.... er, invite me to post on his blog and give a bit of a female perspective.  I joined Second Life back in 2005 but left in 2009 - back when sculpties and mega prims were innovative! 😶 I recently returned and let me tell you - it's been eye opening! Still, I'm having fun, making new friends and learning, relearning and unlearning the SL ropes. I tend to look for bargains and ways to help new residents. I'm a member of 1 Linden 1 Hour, 25L Tuesday and Fifty Linden Friday as well as several of the best gift giving groups in SL! We have some awesome and generous creators whose talent blows me away! If you know of any I might not be a member of, shoot me an IM in game or leave a message here.

Here's my first photo for the blog - me all decked out for Christmas in front of my little shoppe.

Outfit is a cobbling of Ibela Store, Hilly Haarlen and mm Snowflake Bodysuit. 
Hair - Margarita by Truth Hair
Maitreya Lara body and Akeruka Lulu head
Skin - Liva Cloud by 7 Deadly S[k]ins
Shape - Enchanted Auras -  Custom (Maitreya/AK)
 
Building - Trompe Loeil Noelle Cottage
Lacrime Frenzy Snowmen and Cozy Chair
Jian Iridescent Tile Path
DDD Simplist Snow and Snow Dust
Simply Shelby Nativity Scene and Snowflake Fairy
HEXtraordinary Rustic Fireplace November Deco(c)rate
Pose is from Serendipity

Hope I did this right, Kai! 

Advent at 7 Deadly s{K}ins!

A new gift for girls and guys will be available every day beginning December 1st - January 1st!
Teleport to 7 Deadly s{K}ins now!!