A lot of the time change comes in unexpectedly, and is often unwelcome. Then again, there are times when a drastic change is exactly what you need. I needed this one, and I actually love it. Shopped, of course, until I dropped at the Armidi sale, picked up a new LAQ skin and went as blond as they come. Somehow it changes how I feel when I log in my AV. Oh I will still use my raven or red hairs, but this new, light, carefree me is far over due.

Dina's Style Card:
Skin: LAQ
Hair: Truth
Dress, Necklace and Shoes: Armidi <---link takes you to their final sale.
Poses: {.:exposeur:.}

Dina's Style Card:
Dress: Beetle Bones
Shoes: Armidi
Skin: Belleza
Hair: Zero Style
Pose: Maitreya

Fair warning, this post is a bit more picture heavy than I normally do, but I wanted to get a good gathering of shots for you this morning. I also don't often do skin reviews but I figure now is as good a time as any to start! I have always tinkered around with the idea of getting skin demo's and playing with a shape to see if I can come up with a face that I like to go with any skin. I am extremely picky about how my face should look, so its a bit of a challenge. I like a good challenge.

The above pictures, however, have other items to include of course. This is a dress and shoes I picked up from Pixel Mode last night during the sale they have going on. Luckily for me I had purchased a large portion of their line the last time they did a sale so I only needed to pick up a few things here and there. All fabulous pieces, be sure to sneak by if you haven't already.

On to the skins! This is the fugue skin line released by [42] and currently only findable at the skin and shape expo! I have yet to find enough time to wander through the entire thing but am planning to do so shortly. In the majority of the images here I am wearing fugue in neutral and adore it! Each skin comes mod/copy/trans with optional down there hair and freckles. I love the freckles! They come in 6 skin tones ranging from goth white all the way to dark. For a preview of how these skins look check out the [42] booth, you don't want to miss them!

Also not shown, but findable at the fair, is a special return of the Fukumi skins previously released as a group gift. They were not widely distributed so being able to get them now is awesome! They are being sold as a package of 4 skins and a shape with half of all proceeds going to charity, but are only available in pale and neutral. Afordable skins and a good cause, I encourage everyone to stop by the [42] booth as you travel through the skin and shape expo this year.

Dina's Duds:
Dress & Shoes: Pixel Mode
Lingerie: Armidi
Hair: Truth
Skin: [42] main store location and at the skin and shape expo

I know what you are gonna say, good grief, not these people again. I admit I have been obsessing over the same few people time and time again on my blog lately but I can't help myself, I am in love with them and I suppose this is my outlet for the amazing things in my life right now. Sure, I will get back to venting and being miserable when something happens, be ready for it you drama whores! (I'm jesting, by the way, I don't think you are all drama whores, just that one there, and maybe that one over there...and, ok you get the idea!) For now, you are stuck with sickeningly sweet and happy posts. Hence the title of this post, it's sick to be this happy, I know. Get used to it, with particular people in mind because honestly this is where my energies are spent. Nope, not going to turn into some psychobabble about what other people should or shouldn't do, just going to live and let live. Its amazingly freeing to do so, and I am very thankful for the people that remain in my life and are here to share it with me. That's SL, EQL and RL! I think its unhealthy to smile this much, my cheeks kinda hurt lately. Its nice to hurt from something like that, dontcha think?

Anyway, today I was SO amazingly lucky to get to spend some time off n on with Kerra. We did a wee bit of shopping (ok it was only a wee bit because we are broke, we need SLjobs so we can stop being SLobs...shush, it made me giggle) and I asked her if she would mind being part of my blog post today. Yep, she went kicking and screaming into the studio and skybox with me, can you tell how upset she is? Was even devastated when I dragged her to the beach for some pictures too! Poor Kerra. Someone should save her...save her now I say!


The very top picture is outfits we each came up with purely from Mischief. Somehow I started neglecting my store updates as they came through and completely missed Mischief's latest releases! Unacceptable!! I have always loved outfits that come together, really makes it easy but Mischief always puts out the best seperates and I could easily live daily on just her clothing. She is awesome, expect to see more of her. Just, cuz I can.


After that I saw a notice from LAQ about new clothing there. Now, I have not once gone into their clothing section before. Why is that? How did I get stuck on just hair (which I never wear, its so not me, doesn't work on my head shape) and skin (which I also don't wear, but I do adore their skins, wish they would work on my features as well...maybe some tweaking...wait, don't let me buy more skins! Nooooo...) but their clothing I will wear! Some of this stuff is beautiful and as soon as I get my SLob self out there to make more SLindens, wait that one doesnt work so well does it...whatever.... I will be returning for at least three more things. Just three, because I made myself stop looking! We picked up their newest swimwear and lingerie and came up with the remaining pictures. I had another lingerie picture in mind but somehow didn't hit 'snapshot' because I got distracted but will be including it later, so look for it! I think Kerra looks hawt, darn tall thin blonde makes me look like a lil tub o'dark hair here! Actually, naw, I think we both look good, so much so I will be doing more pictures soon. I really enjoy editing and playing with them, so I suppose you will be doomed to see more of us and our shining faces!


I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! My RL one is coming to an end, still a bit of it tomorrow of course. My 2nd weekend with Sands starts tomorrow as well! I'm extremely excited about a bit of extra time with him and then his 2 normal days off that he takes during the week simply because it fits our schedules best. He knows I can't be on as much during the day on the real weekends, so he actually reworked his own days off so it wasn't interfering with any of my RL priorities. It really is nice to know that I am one of his priorities, enough that he is willing to do that so we can have time together. At some point tonight our alts are going to hit the level we want and he is going to actually do some shopping for my dirge, get her a bit of gear and weapon, at least until our shard work is done. All of this is greek to most of you, I know, it just happens to be one of the many things we have going on right now. I am determined to have even better pictures for this week, so if you see me dragging Kerra, or Sands around, kicking and screaming (like I said before) its all for my blog addiction. Try and toss them a sympathetic glance, aw what they do for me *hugs em and loves them to pieces*


Dina's Duds (and Kerra too)
Clothing pieces from:

Mischief
LAQ

Shoes from:
Armidi

Hairs from:
Fri.Day
Truth
Magika

Skins from:
Belleza
Redgrave

Poses by:
Semotion

I was going to leave this one for tomorrow, but this way I get to do another LOTD instead! I actually went through and attempted to organize my inventory after the last couple of months of pure shopping, no organizing. I found this adorable (and my favorite, PINK) skirt from Elate to start off with then dug through my shirt folder for this innocent n sweet top by Pink. Tossed on the fastest pair of silver shoes I could find, by Armidi and thought this was of course the perfect look to slip on my favorite Persenickety glasses. All links and store names will be updated next time I log in, this is just a quicky! Today started out a bit rough, but is going to end perfectly, I know it. Wishing you all a fabulous evening and beautiful Sunday!

Dina's Duds
Shirt: PINK
Skirt: Elate
Shoes: Armidi
Skin: Redgrave
Hair: Yuki
Glasses: Persenickety
Pose: LAP

I normally am pretty lacking when it comes to accessories and jewelry, I have no idea why that is but I fully admit it. Cursed has inspired me to pay just that much more attention to the details in my outfits, and I will be using their beautiful pieces often in the future. Sets include looks for casual, every day use to more formal pieces that are a perfect addition to a night out on the SLtown! This just happens to be, my all time, absolute favorite.

Cursed Jewelry is delicate, intricate, and extremely detailed for designers that had the following to say on their work: "We do not use any sole textures or tgas in our jewelry. Everything you see has been meticulously made by hand and a very zoomed-in camera with nano prims and sculpties." Each and every piece has a resizing script, and gold/silver options. Everything they sell is Trans/NoCopy/NoMod so that you can easily buy gifts for your friends and loved ones, and trust me, you will!!

In a future blog post I will be giving out the details of their Grand Opening this weekend which includes a special offer from me and Grand Illusion Photography. Be sure to keep your eyes open for these events, you wont want to miss out!!

Dina's Duds:
Clothing Pieces from: Apple May, Armidi
All Jewelry (minus the mens earrings in photo 5) are from Cursed Jewelry.