NEW Ugly Duck Skins!!

Today Fade Lei, mastermind behind my favourite skin store, Ugly Duck, spoiled the boogers out of us! New Halloween group gift! But the BIG news was what can only be described as a riptide of new skin. She's brought back some her classic base skins, made them shiny and new, and gave them ASTONISHING new makeups.

There's no way I can show them all, so here is just a *taste* of what you need to go into store to experience. Each skin comes with cleavage shades for bra sizes A-C, and you can also buy "ginger" eyeshadows for some! (They're people too, you know.)

Skin: Ugly Duck - Chani Moon Dancer

Top: Rotten Toe

Hair: MIRROR C10 / Black

Skin: Ugly Duck - Jane Tyrian

Vest: *BOOM* Mini Vest (Violet) NEW!

Hair: I Love Olive Jolene in Purple Dream

Skin: Ugly Duck - Lucy Bubblegum

Hair: TRUTH Leighton in Bubblegum streaked

Skin: Ugly Duck - Jane Bubblegum (cleavage "C" option)

Hair: TRUTH Leighton 2 in Bubblegum

Skin: Ugly Duck - Yasmin India

Hair: Maitreya Taryn II - Chocolate

Skin: Ugly Duck - Sophie Red Gloss

Hair: I LOVE OLIVE -ISA-BROWN

Sweater: 1-800-Bettie's

Skin: Ugly Duck - Lucy Bawdy Doll

Hair: booN XFE275 hair purple

Skin: Ugly Duck - Sophie - Black Gold

Hair: Epoque Fashion Pop

Stunning, aren't they? Get ready for TRUE gorgeous with the new group skin and shape, Just Add Water!

Worn with the Grim Bros. free Halloween dress and hair by Vita's Boudoir!

Thirsty for Thursday?

More CandyDoll skins, this time only $50L each a tone for Thirsty Thursday! Yep, that means this deal is for today only. Since I showed some of their skins the other day I thought I'd showcase the body a bit (so pixel nudity ahead!) I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised at the quality of the body, especially for the price- the skin isn't muddy at all, and I like how cute and "low-key" the small nipples are

Skin: *CandyDoll* Alina in Tanned

Hair: (epoque hair) Fashion Pop - Meat

Shirt: (Dernier Cri) Vest (over tank) - Maroon

Skin: *CandyDoll* Alina in Dark w/ hairbase

Jacket: SLink Milli Military Coat (Platinum Hunt)

Phoenix Rising - Journey Earrings (Platinum Hunt)

Tattoo: {Dead Carrot} [I drawed this] tattoo. I love these tattooes, also a Thirsty Thursday exclusive.

Skin: *CandyDoll* Alina in Pale

Hair: TRUTH Marguerite in Coffee

Skin: *CandyDoll* Alina in Tan

Panties: (5th&Oxford) Days of the Week Panty - *thursday*

Hair: fri.day - Marie - Dramatic Red

The Truth About Candydoll!

I was lucky enough to be sent CandyDoll's lovely exclusive offering for The Fashion House- Veronika skin! For just $75L per tone you get hairbase & cleavage options for a very delicate, young-looking and girly skin- pretty perfect for the summertime! I paired them with Truth's new hair styles, which are pretty rad- and two have streak options!

Skin: *CandyDoll* VeroniKa Dark w/ cleavage

Hair: Truth Kami in Crow (streaked) NEW!

Shirt: fri.day - Romance.Cami (Baby) $50L Gacha Fest!

Skin: *CandyDoll* VeroniKa Pale w/ cleavage.

Hair: Truth Trinity - espresso NEW!

Shirt: This is a Fawn - Cropped Cardigan [salmon polkadots] RARE $25L Gacha Fest- Ending Saturday, so make sure you take advantage of the amazing deals & exclusives!

Necklace: Stitch by Stitch Sentimental cat necklace** (Gacha Fest! Yes my favoritest store ever has 2 gachas there, and you better believe I've been hitting them like a lucky wino at the Tropicana!)

Skin: *CandyDoll* VeroniKa Tan

Hair: TRUTH Midori in Mocha (streaked) NEW!

Outfit: [ Platinum Hunt ] #20 - Fume' $10L for a white rosy lace dress. Fume is fast becoming a favorite of mine, she does feathers and floating prims pretty much flawlessly.

Hair accessory: Tee*fy Headband Nude

New Cheap Skin (Yay!) & A Rant (Oh noes!)

[dekade.] Skins -Claire Sunkissed- TDR Special

Skins, skins, skins. Lots of rad skin, and I aim to blog 'em. Even if a lot of other blogs are (and I try my best to not just blog what's super popular.) The next entries will feature the new Fashionably Dead Rainbow skins and the new Redgrave Trinity Paper line. As always- no photoshop was used in any of these photos, or "tricky" lightning. The skin "sits" on my shape exactly as shown.*

AtomicBambi Lana-Sunblush-Pure-2 SK!N - Rocking Friday

For Rockin' Friday, AtomicBambi has released another cute-as-heck skin for only $75L! (This skin reminds me so much of Debra Messing.)

The New Dressing Room Blue collection is out, containing 2 exclusive new $70L skins from Dekade & Cupcakes!

[dekade.] Skins -Claire Sunkissed- TDR Special (Comes with dark & light brows, and hairbase option. The dark eyebrow option is shown at the top of the entry.)

Cupcakes - Dressing Room Limited Edition Skin Belle/Dhalia Hybrid

*A bit of a rant. A few weeks ago I saw a fairly popular fashion skin/blogger out and about, and geeked out since I love her blog. Of course I zoomed in on her fabulous outfit- and she looked fantastic. Until I got to her face. She was wearing a skin she had recently blogged, and it looked NOTHING on her like it did on her blog. She had almost entirely changed the skin tone, smoothed things out around and the mouth, and just... wow. I had the skin on my wishlist and seeing that made me take it off immediately. Her blog entry was not one for just showing beautiful photos or even showcasing clothes- it was a specific skin review one, where her comments were based on HER Photoshopped version.

I'm not saying "Ew I thought she looked gross, so she sucks!", not at all. Even when avatars don't fit my own aesthetic tastes I'm mature and open-minded enough to appreciate them on their terms. My point is... well, the cake is a lie. These skins cost thousands of linden for those of us that have to pay for them, and we'd like to see an accurate representation. Fixing up a shot artistically is vastly different from tweaking skin color and erasing out seams when you're reviewing that particular skin.

So with zero disrespect to other blogs... I just don't do that here and never will. I'm not superior to anyone, it's just how I want to run my humble lil blog. I'm sure there are plenty of people that hate my unartistic photos... but again this is a fashion review/showcase blog, not an SL art/photography-based one. Personally, if someone thought a creation of mine needed to be tweaked so extensively before it could be shown I'd feel pretty down. I only blog things I like and think others would like, however if I shelled out money for something that had a flaw I thought needed to be (respectfully) pointed out... I've done that and I'll do it again. I'm in awe and gratitude of the content creators of SL, and I hope if any of you stumble on this blog that you're happy with the representation. :)

Agree, disagree? I love comments!

Zombie Popcorn- My FAVORITE Flavor!

I LOVED the ZombiePopcorn Hunt, so when I heard they did a carnival? I freaked out! I will be updating with my finds & other dibits... plus a few items from the lovely Etheria Fair. :)

ZombiePopcorn Carnival Slurl

Hair: Posh Naive in Sunflower $50L

Skin: .:::GARAGE:::. Exclusive skin for ZombiePopcornSL Carnival 01 $60L

Hair: Posh Naive in Pink Passion $50L

Skin: .:::GARAGE:::. Exclusive skin for ZombiePopcornSL Carnival 01 $60L

Outfit: paper.doll CarniGirl outfit $50L (Erm... no less revealing options included =/)

BOTH: Dark Mouse Found Things - Gold $200L (earrings & necklace) Etheria Fair

*EC* Oops! Etheria Munch Faery FREEBIE- Just by attending you will get random wonderful jewelry!