Come and celebrate the release of From Second Life to Florence with the Avatrait artists and fans!

Contest:
Time to brush up on that Second Life art knowledge! Come dressed as your favorite piece of Second Life art and compete for the chance to win a free copy of the book as well as $5000L cash! Second place will receive a free copy of the book! Get creative. Be imaginative. Let your freak flag fly! And be prepared to let us know which piece of art you are dressed up as, cause, you know… we’d like to know. :P

Event Details:
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
3PM - 7PM SLT
Code Red Lounge
DJs: Azufr3 Catteneo and special guest DJ

A special thank you to all the artists of Avatrait for helping make this book a reality. Thank you to CodeBastard Redgrave for allowing us the use of her sim for what is sure to be one KICK ASS party! Thank you to Azu for agreeing to DJ, and thank you to all of the Avatrait staff and board, without which we wouldn’t even have this party to throw. XD

Save the date! And I’ll see ya there. ;)

The latest realease of MultiColor Eyes is actually exquisite, with what seems like a billion different varieties to choose from. There are sixteen total color variation packs, each pack with 4 varities of colored eyes inside. That’s a total of 64 pairs of eyes! Each of these color variation packs sells for just $100L a piece. These eyes can be purchased in two seperate fatpacks (naturals and unnaturals) for $600L or as one giant megafatpack of all eyes available for $960L.

While you’re there, I’d also highly recommend checking out the DualTone Eyes, which are actually my favorite line so far (the third line currently available is the Monochrome Eyes)! The glassy look to all of the eyes are what sells them for me… that kind of specularity is hard to achieve, and Alia does it remarkably well.

Another exciting new release includes the Kaleidoscope Necklaces, which you can see below. Available in 12 colors and selling for $150L each, there’s a color here for virtually any item you may have in your inventory. And they are casual enough to wear with anything!

What are you waiting for? Need some new eyes, a shape, or a swanky new necklace for the holidays? Head on over to Scarlia Impressions! Here’s the taxi.

SNOWLIGHT DRESS & JEWELRY SET - A glittering silver silk dress, with matching snowflake jewelry, sure to make you feel like a princess in any winter setting. The set includes the dress (skirt and belt with 4 options - belt only, full skirt with glow, full skirt without glow, silk skirt), dress top, panties, glittery stars tattoo (upper body), body glitter tattoo (lower body), glittered gloves, forehead tiara, necklace, earrings, wings, and special edition SnowLight Eyes.

GLITTER BALL EARRINGS - Classic glitter ornament balls. Scripted for Gold/Silver texture change and 4 different glittery, shimmery ball colors!

LIGHT ME UP EARRINGS - Delicate, glass Christmas lights! Scripted for Gold/Silver texture change and 4 different glass colors.

FLY, ANGEL, FLY & SPRIG OF JOY NECKLACES - Both necklaces in the set. One, a cute little angel, another a sprig of holly. Both necklaces have 10 scripted color change glitter balls (to match the Glitter Ball earrings above!) with four different ball color options. Each necklace is scripted for Gold/Silver texture change.

THE MINIME XMAS SNOW GLOBE - A cute, tiny christmas tree on a beautiful wooden pedestal inside a glass ball. With or without falling particle snow. This item is on a temp rezzer and uses only 1 prim! A larger, full size Christmas Tree version of the tree (without the particles and globe) is also available in the store!

Happy holidays, all! Take the taxi to Genesis! :)

There is some crazy cute new stuff going on over at Truth (SLURL). For those of you who haven’t dropped by in a while, seriously, what are you waiting for? The man is a machine, producing like a maniac.

The Nomad Boots are TOO CUTE for words to accurately describe them. They’re PERFECTLY textured, casual boots with adorable buckles down the sides. I think these may be my most favorite shoes for this season. A variety of colors are available, everything from a pewter silver to a tobacco brown. At $300L a piece, you’re sure to want these boots for your winter-wear needs.

The Blasko Babydoll Jacket is a cute, chic jacket perfect for the girl that wants to stay warm, but still show off a little more than is usual for the cold winter snow. Maybe it’s time to find someone to keep us warm, eh girls? *hint hint wink wink nudge nudge* The jackets sell for $285L a piece and are available in TEN different colors, including baby pink, powder blue, forest, citrus yellow, blood red, chocolate and ebony.

Worn in the Pictures Above:

Afghan Stole - :sey simpleA 10 Texture Change
Jacket - TRUTH Blasko Babydoll Jacket in Chocolate
Pants - Sweetest Good-Bye Hot Shorts in Grey
Boots - TRUTH Nomad Boots in Tobacco
Hair - Panache ZF Sally Hair in Black Clove

So I was in a bit of a snarky mood earlier today, and felt like making SOMETHING. Combine snarkiness, time, and a t-shirt template I made about two months ago and what do you get? That’s right. Snarky t-shirts!

I introduce you to the Drama Queen T-Shirts series. Five ways to tell the world to fuck off.

Pick them up at my main location!

Pay special attention to my personal favorite… “I’m paid to blog, bishes.” A tribute to our favorite pet psycho. You all know who I mean, eh? *hint hint wink wink with a grin* ;)

It’s so pretty, exotic, realistic, beautiful… I could go on. And granted, despite that I just KNOW these skins are going to be (and probably have already started being) plastered all over the Fashion Feed, I can’t help but want to be one of the bloggers singing the Belle Ballad of Praise. Despite that they haven’t been released yet, I’m so excited to share these pictures, that I can barely contain myself. Get ready to drool.

Creator: Tricky Boucher
Store Location: Belleza (SLURL)
Tones Available: Pale, Medium, Sunkissed, Tan
Price: Single Skins $1200L, 8 Makeup Fatpack $3600L (HELLO! BARGAIN! OMG!)
Notes: The release date for these skins is tentatively scheduled to be on December 10th, if everything stays on schedule.

Detail Pictures:

Full Body, Face, Ears, Torso, Hands, Legs, Back, Privates

I Will Be Reviewing:

Belleza Belle in Tan. While the closeup I post will only show one of the many available makeups, you may view other upcoming makeup availabilities here and here.

I will start this review out by saying that it is a huge jump up from the rest of the Belleza skin lines. I’ll admit, I’ve tried them all, and this is the first one that ever really kept me feeling like “me”. I’m sure we all know what I mean. It’s an identity crisis that all of us skin whores have… so many skins, so many different looks. But still the desire to keep the identity we love. It’s a hard job, being a skin lover, I tell ya.

The face, as you can probably see, is absolutely gorgeous. Truly, as someone said on my Flickr stream, it is traffic stoppingly beautiful. It gave me a bit more of an exotic look, which I love… I’m a big fan of “exoticism”. At least, where my face is concerned. The makeups are all gorgeous, though some might be a little out-of-the-water for some people. I’m actually a big fan of quirky makeups when the occassion calls for them.

The nipples on this skin have actually always been my favorite part of Belleza’s skins. They’re textured and sexy, but not huge on the breast — they’re just right. And the color always consistently matches the skin tones perfectly. I love the belly button too, and that cute little detail, the beauty mark, to the bottom right of it.

My only, and I’ll admit this is a minor and petty, continuous complaint from me: is body hair color choices and options. The eyebrows are just slightly more brown than I normally like to wear with my consistently black hair styles. And the pubic hair is also slightly brownish. Pubic hair I’m not so bothered with, but eyebrow color choices are a big deal for me, and I’m sure I’m not alone. If a skin is absolutely, stunningly gorgeous, but has blazingly red eyebrows… the likelihood of my wearing it drops significantly. Belleza’s eyebrows, despite being notably brown, are not brown ENOUGH to keep me from wanting to wear this gorgeous piece of digital deliciousness. But still… eyebrow and pubic hair options, for the win.

Also, just throwing it out there — a tintable pubic hair option on an underwear layer would be a great addition to many skin lines, I feel. Not to mention it would silence those of us that dislike pubic hair in general (no hair, no fuss, eh?!). /endtwocents

Anyway, back to the beauty.

One thing I really need to point out on this skin, that struck my attention like nothing else — the highlighting on the back of the ankles, where the achilles tendon is… is FLAWLESS. Despite that I don’t have a picture of it, I wanted to point that out. They look incredible. When these babies come out, you should definitely take a closer peek at the sheer detail of shading and highlights on this skin. It’s truely remarkable. And while we’re checking out legs, take a look at the FEET on this skin… I hope none of you are dating foot fetishists! You’ll never be able to kick them away!

Overall, I’d say that Belleza’s new skin line is a giant A+ in my Big Book of Skin Whoreish Love. And when December 10th rolls around, get to the store early (SLURL)… because I have no doubt it’ll be flooded by droves of girls, old and new, looking to upgrade to the latest Belle.

Quoted from the Adam n Eve blog, I don’t think I could say it any better myself:

Like all things a store evolves and moves with the times, changes and grows or it will stagnate. We’ve always been very aware of our responsibility to our customers to move along with SL and its changes. Windlight changed how skins looked a great deal so it was time to try new skin making methods to enhance the products in the store. I’ve spent a great deal of time working on a new style of photoreal skin which I think will appeal to those who like realistic AND those who don’t.

Interested in the nitty gritty?

Creator: Sachi Vixen
Store Location: Genesis (SLURL)
Tones Available: Tone 1, Tone 2, Tone 3, Tone 4 (From fair to tan!)
Price: $1200L per skin ($3000L per 4 skin makeup pack)
Notes: Each skin comes with a manicure AND pedicure layer, matching to the lip tone of the makeup! The pack also includes a free pair of prim lashes with an adjustment instructions note card. And, on a completely unrelated note… can I just say that I LOOOOOVE your sim name, Sachi! XD

Detail Pictures:

Full Body, Face, Ears, Torso, Hands, Legs, Back, Privates

I Will Be Reviewing:

Adore, Tone 4. Makeups available to view: Feline, Frosted.

One thing I will say out right, is that Sachi has definitely listened to my pubic hair prayers. With each pack, you receive two skins: one with pubic hair, and one without. Anyone that knows me, knows exactly how much I bitch about pubic hair, and knows just how much I prefer to go shaved. With Adore (and all the skin lines), we have the choice of going bald, or trimmed. Luscious.

I adore the new toning that comes with this exquisite photorealistic skin. The highlights are quite beautifully done, and Sachi is true to her word: the skins are fantastic in Windlight.

I especially love the detailing on the legs, the knees especially. Remarkably realistic and just detailed with all the proper highlight and shadows, perfectly. The toes, there’s definitely room for improvement there, but what they lack, the shins make up for … look at the highlight on those bones! Beautiful.

The detailing on the hands is particularly good too, as is the collar bone. I’m a sucker for a good collar bone these days, I’m not quite sure why. But the more I dive into skin culture, the more I realize… collar bones are kind of a lost art in the world of skin creation, am I right?

Overall, I am truly impressed with Sachi’s first dive into photorealism, and incredibly remarked at how well the skins look in Windlight. Beautiful faces, flawless bodies, and cherbish charm in everything she does… that is the quality of Adam n Eve. Drop by the store, pick up some demos! And get ready to fall in love.

AND… while you’re there, (and keep looking for more info on this later — it’s going to be HUGE, I can’t wait to see it take off), pick up your Valued Client Card, a REVOLUTIONARY new card that will completely overhaul the freebie system as we know it (hopefully). A little about the card:

The Adam n Eve Valued Client Card is a reward system where you can gain points for purchases you make in L$. You can also purchase points to use yourself and top up your card or you can purchase points and send to a friend as a gift.

For every $100L you spend* while wearing the card, you will get at least 1 point. Once you have enough points, you can redeem them for free items of your choice!

The shopping guide covers categories from clothing to shoes, and people to shop for from Him/Her to Alternative Lifestylers. With 95 items to choose from, you’re sure to find something to grab! Click here to check out the shopping guide!

Happy Holidays!

Sita Loire and crew over at Beauty Avatar (SLURL) have done it again… and not just once. Oh, no. We’re not talking ONE new skin line…

We are talkin’… TWELVE… NEW… SKIN LINES!!!

On December 1st, Beauty Avatar (SLURL) will be releasing an AVALANCHE of new skins and clothes to the shopping masses, and I, for one, CAN NOT WAIT to charge up the credit card. Let me share with you a few of my favorites, and introduce you to the lines that you’ll be sure to want in your inventory as soon as possible.

Pictured above (in numerical order):

1. Venere - The lips on this skin are very dramatic! The soft makeup couple nicely with them.
2. Enea - She is my new favorite skin, and the one I currently wear! The lips are gorgeous and subtle, the blush is just right, and the makeup options are vast.
3. Kahina - This one has a bit of a cute, young, fresh, girl next door look.
4. Nemesis V2 - The upgrade to one of my all-time favorites from Beauty Avatar (and reviewed earlier this year). Make no mistake — this upgrade is not to be missed. If you were a fan of the original Nemesis line… you are going to LOVE Nemesis V2.
5. Diana - A beautiful skin with a touch of African American oomph, and beautifully done I might add. The lips are just luscious!
6. Morgana - My second favorite so far, and again, stunningly beautiful face and lips with the cutest little lip cleft you ever did see.

The other six lines (you can see pictures of all of the upcoming lines on Raffaello Robbiani’s Flickr stream) are Anyta, Gabrielle, Isis, Malika, Rachele and Ziva (that’s me you’ll see posing on Raf’s stream in the Ziva skin!).

Now, I could go on and on and on and ON and on about why I love BA’s skins… the bodies are smexy, the faces are always beautiful, and really, the creators are just the nicest people in the world. And ever since switching to the new Enea skin, I just haven’t been able to stop looking for my face to hit some good lighting so I can take a quick candid snap… that is how much these new skins have enamored me. When I am continuously looking for a good angle to shoot my OWN face from… I am floored!

To have watched Beauty Avatar grow from the beginning to what they are becoming has really been a blessing, and I must admit to looking forward to every new release that is planned and launched. And this latest one, due on December 1st, will be — make no mistake — one that should not be missed.

Be sure to check out Beauty Avatar (SLURL) on December 1st, and grab as many demos as you can! You’re sure to walk away with a new skin, or three.. or twelve!

From Stephen Venkman’s Flickr

We will be opening a new Gallery on our own dedicated Sim for Avatrait. Prad Prathivi and Corbett Howard have been working very hard on this new build and surrounding buildings that will house our training facility, Machinima theater, and artist store.

This show is dedicated to the artist of the gallery, the trip that Avatrait Gallery made to Florence and the book that was a result of that effort. We want to thank all of the artist and the patrons for their efforts and their support over the last year and a half.

We are pleased to announce the DJ for the after party: Ketsy (Jhuzen Ketsugo). I’ve danced to her creative tuneage at Vain gallery and we are privledged that she could make it for our opening. Also we have aquired for your viewing pleasure the talented Mariann McCann to shoot off an awesome array of fireworks. This is an opening not to be missed!

So put down those after Thanksgiving shopping bags…take a break from the relatives and come party with some of the best sl artist on the grid!!

Photo by Ryker Beck.