Pale Shades of Summer

It is anniversary time at Hal*Hina. Along with some great specials there is this beautiful skirt as a gift to celebrate the occasion. (Tip from Beanie Canning.) I wore with the top from a dress at /artilleri/ called Eva.

The jewelry and boots(I know they are hidden by the skirt) are 2 of the specials at the Car Wash Side Walk sale. All items on the carts at the 2 sims that make up the Car Wash shopping area are $10L or less. There are over 45 designers participating.  The jewelry is from Bliensen + MaiTai and the boots are from Sentou Yousei.

The Tuli update group is a great investment at $250L to join. The most recent gift is a set of Hope skins in the new Goth tone. This is the natural makeup but there is also one inspired by the movie Blade Runner. This new release from Amacci called Zana in black coal worked perfectly with this skin.

Pose: Striking Pose – Clara Bow 6, Sarah Jessica Parker 7, Skin: Tuli – Hope Goth Natural, Hair: Amacci – Zana(black coal), Clothes: Hal*Hina – maximum skirt -M9080- [bordeaux], /artilleri/ – Eva Dress Top Black, Shoes: Sentou Yousei – Delia Boots(apple for the teacher), Jewelry: Bliensen + MaiTai – Frozen Heart Necklace, Eyes: Tea Lane – Dark Brown Eyes(sqsm), Lashes: Cake – Bedroom Lashes

Some Kind of Wonderful: Amanda Jones

Achariya issued the Blogger Challenge: In Memory of John Hughes. Spending most of my teenage years in the 80s, I knew I had to participate.  I went with Some Kind of Wonderful for one simple reason:  Amanda Jones is played by Lea Thompson and she is awesome.  Here is my take on Amanda Jones, SL style.

The hardest part for me was deciding where to find the right look for the hair.   After looking at several stores with close but not quite matches, I ended up at Damselfly and found an older style called Cherish II.  I hate to get repetitive here but the Jules denim skirt I used in the last blog from Maitreya also comes in black.  The skirt prims are mod so I was able to tint it darker to get the right shade.  I begged Laynie to make me a vibrant blue version of her button down shirts to complete the look. The vibrant colors will be released at Tea Lane later in the week.  After asking around about sheer black pantyhose, I was pointed toward Blaze which has a nice set of sheer pantyhose that are also mod.   The shoes were giving me some trouble. I have to thank Anessa Stine from On Your Toes for being patient with me. She pointed me to Lya for a pair of Valentina Lace Boots.  Once again I tinted them darker for the right look.  Unlike most girls in the 80s, the character of Amanda Jones has very minimalistic makeup going so I went with Tuli’s Hope skin natural to match that look.

Pictures taken at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Koreshan/189/40/25
Pose: Striking Pose – Jennifer Love Hewitt 6, Lara Croft 5, Skin: Tuli – Hope Light Natural, Hair: Damselfly – Cherish II(ginger), Clothes: Tea Lane – Blueberry Button Down Shirt, Maitreya – Jules Jean Skirt Dirty, Shoes: Lya – Valentina Lace Boots(black), Eyes: Tea Lane – Dark Brown Eyes(sqsm), Lashes: Cake – Bedroom Lashes

Back to School Specials

Have you ever had an outfit come together so well that it spoke to you?   This outfit reminded me of all of the recent Back to School Specials that all the stores are advertising.

I started out with the hoodie from Katat0nik that I paired with the Jules denim skirt from Maitreya. I saw these cute Chucks on the feed yesterday and headed over to Coquette to grab them. I even ran into an idling hair designer there. Socks were a problem because I had ankle socks in mind and couldn’t find them. I decided to make them instead and set them up for free at Tea Lane. Tiny Bird has the perfect Back to School hair in the form of Dove. I went with Dove II because of personal bang preference but both work well and with the color changing headband can match many different outfits. The alphabet earrings are from Studio Sidhe which are color changing and mod so you can match them to any outfit. Tuli’s Natalie skin line had the fresh look I was hunting for to go with the style. I finished off the look with my usual eyes and lashes.

Pose: LAP – Oo-Burn, F-Blogger10-Primskirt,Skin: Tuli – Natalie (pale) group exclusive , Hair: Tiny Bird – Dove II(brownie), Clothes: Katat0nik – Little Swallow Queen Hoodie, Maitreya – Jules Jean Skirt Dirty, Tea Lane – Powder Pink Ankle Socks, Shoes: Coquette – Rock Starz Plain, Jewelry: Studio Sidhe – Alphabet Hoop Earrings, Eyes: Tea Lane – Dark Brown Eyes(sqsm), Lashes: Cake – Bedroom Lashes