SMILE - You're on camera!

It's always nice to receive blogger review packages that make you smile.  This one made me smile for a whole other reason though.  When I saw the notice come in the owner of .:SS:. Spearsong described loving his jeans so much that I could just imagine the cheesy grin on his face so I kinda had to try on the jeans straight away. Normally I file the blog review packages into a folder and get to them a day or so later.  Not this time.

I can see why Jared loves his new jeans.  I've kinda grown quite attached to them myself.    Best part - they come in both Male and Female versions \o/

FEMALE
Skin:  *Step inSide* PEARL skin from SERAPHIM
Tattoo:  SN@TCH Beaver Tattoo
Hair:   /Wasabi Pills/ Sebastianne Mesh Hair
Eyes:   Nomine Stained Contacts - emerald
Nails:  SLink Jolie Sculpted Prim Nails
Jeans:  .:SS:. WOMENS JUST LOWS (BLACK)
Feet:   SLink Jolie Pied Barefeet Medium

MALE
Skin:  Belleza - Thomas V2
Tattoo:  AITUI TATTOO - Love is Blind from SERAPHIM
Hair:  .::MADesigns HAIR::. ~Jake ~DBR III
Eyes: Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Grave
Jeans:  .:SS:. MENS JUST LOWS (BLACK)

It's Frosty Out!

As much as I like all black outfits.  Sometimes you just need to break it up a little and add a splash of colour.  So that's exactly what I did with this all black number from -siss boom-.  I've become quite attached to all thing high-waisted lately so these pants are a treat.  The outfit has sculpted cuffs and a turtleneck but I chose to leave the turtle neck off and add some colour with this scarf from Zaara.

Zaara also has these adorable little slip on's and they match the scarves.  Couldn't ask for more.  Since I was all rugged up I went out hunting for some nice scenic wintery places and found Alirium.  GORGEOUS doesn't begin to describe it.  You really have to go look for yourself.

Skin:  [CheerNo] Femme belina - Tan
Hair:  [e] Away
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Azur
Eyelashes:  Miamai_NoAlpha Lashes_N01
Make Up Layer:  Flirt - Baby it's cold ouside - Blush
Earrings:  *SO* 'War of the Roses' Earrings (Black & Turquoise)
Scarf:  Zaara : Tanya Dupatta (scarf) *turquoise-lime*
Outfit:  -siss boom-uptown
Shoes:  Zaara : Ilaida Mojri *turquoise*
Poses:   fri. - Winter.Song Poses (from Collabor88)
Location:  F R O S T.  alirium

Shopping on a budget

Just a little blog with a heap of pictures for m little shopping trip today.  I was a tad bored and decided to do a 'shop on a budget' theme.  For this post I'll do one for the guys.  I'll just apologise now for the lack of continuity in the backgrounds in my pictures today.  My graphics card was being funky for some reason!

I managed to put this outfit together for $L602.  that was including buying a $L250 hair that I reused in the next outfit.  Hair always seems to be the most expensive so keep your eyes open for those sales.

All of these goodies, except the hair, were found at two rather neat little discount areas.  The first being SERAPHIM.  A room with a bunch of ' for sale'  boards that different stores put an item out...FOR FREE.  

Simply head on over to SERAPHIM (LM at the bottom) join the group at the group joiner then wander the room and touch the boards with items that you might like.  All completely free!

Next stop was the XYROOM Discount area.  Whilst I didn't check out the cost of EVERYTHING there, I believe it's all under $L100.  I picked up a heap of things but didn't include them all here.  I'll save them for another post.

So with my new outfits complete it was time to track down a hair.  I think I went to about 8 different mens hair stores and it seemed pretty average to pay between $L200 and $L270 for a standard pack of hair that included 4 - 5 shades.  I settled on this awesome little number with hat included from [Shag].  The hair comes in two versions, one with 'bangs' and one without (shown).

So all in all not a bad little shopping trip when the second outfit cost me $L434 (taking out the cost of the eyes and hair as I used them in both).  It's very easy to get things cheap, that are good quality.  You just need to know where to look.


~OUTFIT ONE~
Shape: My Own  $L0
Skin:  [: najl designs :] NAJL Gift from Seraphim $L0
Eyes:  .:Hermony:. -Eyes - Herbs $L5
Hair:  [Shag] - Boys Don't Cry  $L250
Necklace: **CALAVERA** - Collana Unisex necklace  $L99
Top:  {four} shirt for XYroom $L99
Pants:  .::CENSORED::. Cargo Shorts_XYROOM  $L50
Shoes:  | ALEIDA | Alaska boot (M) - nature $L99

~OUTFIT TWO~
Shape:  My Own  $L0
Skin:  {.essences.} Ramses skin *medium (comes with and without hair base)  $L99
Eyes:  .:Hermony:. -Eyes - Herbs $L5
Hair:  [Shag] - Boys Don't Cry  $L250
Top:  Wallflower: Wintery Male Sweater $L60
Pants:  .:Somnia:. Basic Jeans {Black}  $L200 (for a pack of 8 colours)
Shoes:  XYROOM - AZOURY -Boots Flore Rouge $L75

Find your shopping items here:
.:Somnia:.
[Shag]
XYRoom
SERAPHIM

Everyone likes a quickie!

Just a quickie to say sorry for the pics being all over the place and the possibilities of the layout changing each time you look.  I'm in the process of changing the layout to something more user friendly.  If you read a post and the pics look small - you can always click on them and view them larger.  That feature is available on ALL of my posts. 

Hopefully there will be some normality to my blog soon once I have it all settled.

Modest Mesh

A very quick blog post as I have totally fallen in love with the new mesh hairs from /Wasabi Pills/.  Since I was feeling in a bit of a dark mood I decided to grab the claws made fr the Werewolf avatar (stay tuned for this in a future blog post).

To top of off my look I decided to go with a skin from a store I have recently become to love - *Heartsick*.  I'm loving the cute little detail around the eyes on this skin.  Not to mention the fact that you get three folders of lipstick layers including, plain lipstick, lipstick with teeth and lipstick with fangs (lipstick with teeth only shown).

Shape: My Own
Skin:  *Heartsick* Nocturne : Lullaby : Petite Morte worn with Gothic Lips w/ Teeth Alpha Layer (included with skin)
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Sebastianne Mesh Hair
Fangs:  My Own
Nails: !* Rebel -X- *! Werewolf Claws
Prop: GLITTERATI; Pearls v.1

Ironic

I was 'trying' to sort out my inventory the other night and came across the awesome halloween inspired snowglobe home that Isabeal Jupiter was kind enough to give to me as a gift.  I put it aside ready to do a blog post for it and then promptly got sidetracked and forgot =(  So I found it ironic that the day I log in ready to get to blogging her snowglobe that I find yet another gift from her aptly titled 'Ironic'.

So yes I am slightly late with the halloween blogging - however! - With a quick modification the halloween house is simply an old eerie house in amongst the trees.  When I say modification, I removed the jack-o-lantern and rat from the front door stop.  Simple as that.

This gorgeous little house is actually inside the 'snowglobe' with the inner walls of the globe looking like stormy clouds that move around the sky.  There is ample room around the house for you to remove the trees and add your own, or even just add to what is there.  There's even enough room out back for a pool!

Inside is actually bigger than it looks from first glance outside.  With a nice big open living area downstairs and a cute little loft bedroom upstairs.

So with my new ironic hipster inspired tunic, I'm all ready to get decorating and move into my new little home.....if only I could find a place to put it (sorry to those shopping at Somnia today if they looked up and saw a huge globe floating above the store, and Sanura I PROMISE I cleaned up after myself!)

House:
A Netherworld - Halloween Sky Dome

What Arora is wearing
Shape: My Own
Skin: Curio Acorn Frex [Light] Elf Soot 2
Hair: [e] Changes - Red 2
Eyes: Aphotic Gloom - Aquilius Eyes - Tirablue
Glasses: Artilleri - Buddy Glasses
Tunic: A Netherworld - Ironic Tunic
Shoes: ::Trixxy's Shop::  Aces Chucks

Poses:
Pictures 1, 2 & 3 from {exposeur} - Hispter Pack
Picture 4 from {exposeur} - I <3 The 80's.

Somnia Passion

Need a bit of passion in your SLife? Looking for a new place to call home? Why not combine the pair and get yourself the Passion Sky Box from Somnia.

This cute little two story sky box comes complete with furniture. Or you can rez out just the house and decorate with your own furniture. All up the house is 163 prims unfurnished or 303 prims furnished (with the Somnia basic furnishings). Mind you the furniture items included are all copy so you can rez out multiples of them where needed.

I chose to leave it minimal and just threw out some cushions in the sunken area of the lower floor. Nice relaxing chat with the fireplace in the background.

Or get comfy with the corner chairs! Somnia even includes little accessories like the cigarettes and ashtray for those smokers out there. The little touches in furnishings make a difference I feel.

Upstairs has room enough for a bedroom area AND a bathroom and comes complete with a room divider if you want to seperate the two areas, or make a change room.

Now I chose to add in my own furnishings for the bathroom area and completed my little look with some cute accessories I was passed in a Bloggers Review pack from ::NzuriHouse::, alongside Exposeur's Blood Lust Tub.

A quaint little sky box for those that want something more than a rectangle one room home. Also a big thank you to Jynxi - the only person alive at the same time as me on SL (well on my friends list at least) that was able to come be a body for the pics in my little Passion Sky Box.

.:Somnia:. Passion Sky Box - Furnished

Bathroom Accessories - ::NzuriHome:: Script Bathroom Set

Tub - {exposeur} Blood Lust Tub - Clean

PICS 2 & 3

Arora

Skin: Curio Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-Soot 2

Shape: My Own

Hair: [e] Shine

Top: *Cupcakes - The Bandeau - Black

Jeans: ::EmJay:: Low Rider Capris

Tattoo: AITUI TATTOO - Cherry Blossoms Red

Jynxi

Skin: Curio Petal go-go

Shape: Her Own

Hair: Truth - Billie Joe

Top & Shorts: Apple May - Kami

Tattoo: Para Design - Sacred Heart

PIC 5

Arora

Skin: Curio Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-Soot 2

Shape: My Own

Hair: !lamb. Oh Sugar

Lingerie: ~Blacklace~ Belle: Red Satin

Jynxi

Skin: Curio Peta go-go

Shape: Her Own

Hair: Truth - Billie Joe

Lingerie: ~Blacklace~ Dark Temptation: Black Leather