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Something Old, Something New

The "New" would be this new outfit created by a new designer in SL.  Her name is Larue Laval, and she happens to be my sister in first life.  Ok, I helped. ;)  She plans to do her own collection under the label LaLa FooFoo.  I'm just helping to get her started in Photoshop.  Hopefully we'll do some more collaborations and she'll soon have her own boutique going.

This outfit includes a tank top, semi sheer sweater with flexi prim ribbon and loose fit cropped pants with prim cuffs to hide that icky, nasty leg bulge thing that happens with loose fit pants.  The pants are moddable, so if loose is not your thing, feel free to tighten them up.  Available in six different color combinations or as a complete Willow Pack set.

I'm very proud of her. I think she did an *awesome* job, especially for a first timer.

The "Old" in this post are some older hairstyles that I've redone with the new textures.  This does mean that all my old hairstyles are gone, I'm afraid.  I may redo some more of them in the future, I'm not sure yet.  I may just make all new hair to replace them too! :D

The four styles that were renovated are:

I've changed this one to Cutie Poofs II as I did a little more work to it than just retexture. I added more prims for volume, flexi pieces and redid the bangs.

Debutante remains mostly the same style but I did fill it out a bit and add a few flexi pieces to give it some movement.

Delish is one of my styles that I've always really liked for it's versatility, so I left it unchanged, only the texture was touched on this one.

Same thing for Streamer II:

Demos are available for all the hairstyles.

MIA ... again

I moved recently, which I blogged about awhile ago.  And now that we're all settled into the new digs, it's time for the family to arrive. I've spent the last few days unpacking and sorting the remaining boxes. My back hurts! 

I have family arriving tonight and they'll be staying for the next three weeks, and while I don't plan to be vacationing the whole time they are here, my appearances in world may be scarce for awhile. Yep. THREE weeks. Trust me, I'm not any happier about it than you are. :P

I have a couple projects almost ready to go, look for some recent older hairstyles (does that even make sense?  I don't care. My back hurts!)  re-released in the new textures soon.

Ok, my blog break is over, I guess.  Time to haul this crap to the basement.  Who knew that when you put 40 half-pound books into a box they would weigh oh about... 900 million tons?  Did I mention that my back hurts?

Prim Eyelashes

26 new pairs of prim eyelashes available now.  I made 2 different collections.  "Classic" for more every day wear and "Club" for those who want to release their inner false-eyelash-batting drama queen.

Vogue eyelash wearers, please note.  These lashes are constructed a bit differently than you're used to. They are made out of cylinders instead of torii and each lash is in three seperate pieces.  This will hopefully make it a bit easier to get a perfect fit but may make it a bit harder to mod them if you're not used to modding one prim at a time.

Here are all 26 new eyelashes.  Stop by the store to see them bigger and better. :)

Note: the eyelashes are totally tintable, if black is not your thing.  You can make some pretty cool combos on the club lashes. 

Spring Things

First, a set of 4 springy makeups for the Vogue Skins.  These are sheer and colorful and go beautifully with almost any spring pastel pallette.  Even the red has a sheer glossy finish, inspired by my favorite Vincent Longo Cherry lipstain.

EDIT: I forgot to mention these skins are also available next to the Spring Enchantress display at Last Call in the Dazzle sim.  They were not made specifically to go with that release, but they do look great with it!

To go with the skins (or with anything!) are a set of eyes with lighter iris colors. 

I hadn't made eyes in awhile, and I do love making them. I don't know why.  I think they're such an easy way to totally change your appearance.

Anyway, I'm releasing the Spring skins as "Special Edition", which in this case means that they will be available for a few months and then replaced with Summer skins, but I plan to bring them back into the full time collection when all four seasons are complete as a "Seasonal" pack.

More About Hair Fair

Vee Grace put together this nice little gallery showing every booth at Hair Fair. They're shown in numerical order as they appear on the Hair Fair map.  Definitely worth a look to see what you might have missed. I've made the rounds a handful of times at least and I keep finding something new on each lap.

Check it out HERE.

And because text is boring, here's another gratuitous picture of my avatar:

Hair Fair Update Update

Oops, apparantly putting my hair in my store broke the Holy Covenant of Hair Fair.  Sooooo It's just displayed there (that is to say it's displayed only and NOT for sale) for now until after the 14th.  I'm not trying to hose anyone at Hair Fair or "cheat".  I'm honestly just so out of the loop having missed so much time moving.

Anyway, I beg a thousand pardons and shall go flog myself with something adequately painful.

Hair Fair Update

I've now added the three Annie May styles to Celestial City as well, as there have been a lot of people/problems/lag/crashing on the Hair Fair site.  Macy is still available only at Hair Fair as I don't want to mess around with the Locks of Love script.  All four styles will continue to be available in Celestial City AFTER Hair Fair, but I will start discontinuing the old styles and textures.

Hair Fair!

Hair Fair has officially begun.  I would recommend waiting awhile before attempting to enter though as over 100 people are currently struggling for access.  Remember, Hair Fair will last a full week, so performance will get better later.  If you don't make it inside now, try again when it slows down a bit.

On to the new goodies:  I have 4 new styles out, some of which have been seen here and there for a few weeks and are now available for purchase.  The "Macy" style shown above is my Locks of Love benefit hair.  100% of all purchases of that style will be donated to Locks of Love.

Three other hairs in a series are also new today.  Inspired by fun and whimsical anime hair styles, Annie May is my interepretation of a less cartoony version of some that I like.

Come by, say hi, grab some goodies and some new hair.  I've already got my eye on about 40 different styles!  With an event this size there's definitely something for everyone.  See you there!

The Spring Enchantress

She's arrived! The newest installment in our "Seasonal Enchantress" line - "The Spring Enchantress" - embodies the magic of the season. Inspired by nature and the soft beauty that embodies the season, she's full of little details.

"The Spring Enchantress" is sold in six different color/hue combinations. Each pack includes 4 hairstyle variations in the 2 colors shown on the packs (no substitutions, please). That's EIGHT coordinating hairstyles total for each pack. The packs also include the bodice, the handkerchief skirtbase, the handkerchief flexiprims, the long ballgown skirtbase, the long ballgown flexiprims, iridescent wings in two sizes (butterfly and fairy sizes), gorgeous vine-and-flower prim adornments for the right upper arm, right forearm, and right and left lower legs. The gown is richly detailed with iridescent satin, trim, a brocade embossed fabric at the bust, and be sure to zoom in on the shimmering ombre/iridescent prim texture. Semi-sheer, diaphanous, shimmering - she's a spring delight!

I am also *very* proud to say that this project unveils Starley Thereian's new line of gorgeous realistic hair textures. The warmth and beauty of them absolutely astounded me. Originally intended to debut at Hair Fair, I am pretty stoked she chose to debut them for this project.

The hairstyle is available for purchase separately, as well, in extensive color packs if you do not like the coordinating colors included, or if you just wish to purchase the hair. Each hair pack includes the hair in the colors shown in the four styles (flowered, chopped bangs - flowered, regular bangs - nonflowered, chopped bangs - nonflowered, regular bangs).

I hope the fun that we had working on this project is evident.

"The Spring Enchantress" will be available until April 30th (all of our enchantresses will only be available for one month) as a limited release.

Spring Enchantress Teaser

Next in our collaborative line of "Enchantresses", Ginny and I will be releasing the Sping Enchantress tomorrow around 9 am SLT.  Above is the original concept drawing for her (as penned by the uber talented Miss Talamasca), see a picture of how she turned out on Ginny's Blog.  Check back tomorrow for full details.