..No, scrap that, contrary to popular belief, it is very easy being green! I’ve really enjoyed wearing this skin which was sent out as part of Blogger Appreciation Week. It’s called ‘Half Dragon Green Avatar’ and is by IEVL. I told you I would be trying out a load of new things and this is a bit of a starter for ten, don’t ya think? If I’m honest I wasn’t anticipating that much from this at all, but thought it would be only polite to give it a whirl seeing as the skin was a gift. I’m happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised by this look, in fact, I quite like it! As regular readers will no doubt be aware apart from my occasional Neko-play I don’t ever really try anything ‘alternative’ so I didn’t really know what to expect… I thought at best I’d look like the ‘Jolly Green Giant’, and at worst Zelda from Terrahawks, so imagine my delight when I saw how pretty this is! It’s a fetching shade of pale green and features a scale surface pattern (I’ve brightened it up a tad for the picture) It wears well, but I would have preferred to see smaller scales and a tad more shading on the body area. Those criticisms aside, I think that the face is especially lovely, butI didn’t rate the contacts that came as part of the package, fussy mare that I am – so I opted instead for my Miriel eyes in ‘Sunlit Tree’ and I think it all matches beautifully. The hair that I’m wearing was also a freebie, this time from Magika. It’s called ‘Curl’ and as you would expect from this brand it’s a stunning style, featuring excellent movement and shape. I love the hair-pin detailing and the shabbiness of this style..I’ve opted for black for this photo as I particularly liked the contrast with the skin.For my outfit I’m wearing a scarf that Callie Cline provided and I’m completely in love with it. It fits perfectly, the bow shape looks tidy yet fashionably loose, and I love the texture choice; I opted to wear this with a the group gift from CKSD, ‘Essential T-Shirt Dress’ in Teal. This is a great frock and the kind of inventory item that you can dress up, down and create utterly squillions of looks with. (I know some people need to dress their avs in office chic and I think this dress lends itself very well to that particular look) The dress is tidily finished with prim sleeves and skirt attachments that require minimal fiddling to fit. Finally to finish off the look are some amazing ‘Slip-on clogs -Jewels’ from Duh! Again, a brand that I had no previous experience of but are now firmly embedded in my mental ‘Kitty must shop there’ list. ( You can see those in my other green picture in my Flickr to the right of this post..see it? Good!) The shoes are utterly scrumptious and really complete the outfit. They look amazingly chunky with a fabulous texture on the heel and a lovely glossy finish to the main shoe. They’ve obviously been built with incredible care, and feature embellishment in the shape of either a gold or silver hoop that hangs loosely from the main body of the shoe and breaks up the chunkiness of the style. This takes the shoes into smart-casual territory, but that’s not to say that you can’t dress them down; obviously they work brilliantly with this dress but they would also look just as good with jeans or trousers. The final touch is this enormous chunky green ring, again a Blogger Week gift from Callie, that features a colour change fgem  so that I can match ‘The Rock’ to any outfit I choose

 I think this entire look works surprisingly well and I just love this photo..I hope you agree and are up for the challenge of giving an unusual skin a try-out. Go on, be brave..if I can do it so can you!

(Oh and if you think this is impressive..wait until you see what is up next!)