Bat for these lashes….

Bat for these lashes….

Now I’ve had a Second Life frustration for the past couple of years that has driven me often to utter despair, and that has been the correct attachment of  PRIM LASHES. For some unfathomable reason, despite my reading countless blog entries and watching numerous tutorials I have NEVER been satisfied with the results and have thrown my toys out of the pram on numerous occasions because f my sheer prim-lash ineptitude. I’ve also wasted a fair few bob on prim lashes to boot…and they aren’t cheap. Now, with the advent of 2.0 I can kind of breathe a sigh of relief, because many content creators are using the super cool new tattoo layer to create beautiful designs for the face, as well as make-ups and EYELASHES! Happy dance AHOY!!! Strawberry Singh posted a STUNNING portrait on her blog earlier and the lashes featured in her piece were quoted as coming from Stellar designs..so off I trotted…and there they were. I am CHUFFED to pieces, no more faffing about just wear them and job’s a carrot. You can buy individually, but I suggest splashing out L$325 and purchasing the four-pack, which features basic, everyday, flashy and emo varieties.  You can try a demo, I did, and that was it, I was hooked. Go and see for yourself, they may not be your thing, you may prefer your prim lashes(clever sod), but for those of us that struggled, the very least I can say is go and try these.

Oh, and an appeal to content creators on the grid…MORE lashes, MORE facial tattoos, MORE make up..in fact MORE EVERYTHING using this new layer cos I LOVE IT!

Make Mine A Makoto5

Make Mine A Makoto5

This tasty little number is Makoto5, a new public preview skin from ISSIGNOSIS (Miula Jun) and it’s just gone on sale for L$1 on Xstreetsl. This isn’t the full version of the skin apparently, but for a Linden it’s a great addition to your flesh inventory. The skintone and depth are excellent, and if you go to Xstreet you’ll see a close-up of the face, and a bodyshot which demonstrate perfectly just how good this skin is. The pack also comes with a shape especially created for this skin, but I’ve used my own shape for it and I’m rather pleased with the results…if you’d like one please IM me in world and I’ll send you a copy 🙂 To finish the look I’ve got a dress from PIXELDOLLS, hair by W&Y and bracelets from CAD & TART. I think Makoto is very pretty indeed, and I’m not letting Jez anywhere near her.  (He has a fetish for ladies of an Asian persuasion, let’s leave it at that shall we?) Got a linden? Good, click here to go and snaffle a bargain!

Breakaway Bike…

Breakaway Bike…


(Cue Kelly Clarkson) I’m going to add fuel to the fire on that rumour that I spend most of my Second Life with my head up my virtual butt (there is photographic proof of this if you scroll down the page) because I hadn’t heard of ‘Essential Soul’ poses until last night. Alas, I fear my first visit will be burned on my memory forevermore, seeing as I rezzed in the store completely naked and visible to everyone, including Steven Dean the store owner. I have to say he was a real gent, whereas I was completely mortified, BUT during my brief visit I realised I’d stumbled across a very interesting place indeed, so once I’d managed to acquire clothing ( took ages to rez, was all very odd) I returned so that I could have a good old-fashioned looksy at this rather gorgeous bike.

The ‘Breakaway Bike’, is a beautifully sculpted and detailed vehicle that is riddled with poses. Look, I don’t know much about bikes in RL or SL but I know when I see a really gorgeous piece of kit and this is just a seriously chunky, substantial piece of nom! It features 7 female and 7 male poses, as well as 19 male combo poses, 10 female combos, 8 couple and 8 group poses. That’s a serious amount of pose happy, and as I’m sure you can imagine it offers tons of potential for photos. AT L$2949 it’s NOT cheap, but I bought one as a gifty for my beloved Sable and Amanda last night and Steven sorted it all out for me, even asking if there was a message that I would like to be  passed on when he delivered the item.  I love touches like that;  that’s pretty good service , and even better is the fact that Mands and Sable LOVE this bike . They have exemplary ( and expensive !) tastes do my girlfriends, and watching them test out the bike and the incumbent poses was a real joy, because they were utterly delighted with it!  If you feel like channeling your inner Lemmy and getting some serious motorbike action I heartily recommend you go take the Breakaway Bike for a spin! CLICK HERE to go straight to the store..