Ex's and Oh's - New stuff ♥

Where to begin.... so much goodness. I'll start with this hair, which I love. It's Ximena from Truth Hair and I was so happy when I opened it and plopped it on my new mesh head. (More about that in a little bit) I had received this awesome Lost Innocent skirt from Reverie,  and I wanted a little bit of a boho look and I feel like this hair helps do that. LOVE IT. I found the top from Tetra at Kustom9 to complete the look. Accessorized with these earrings I found in the back of my inventory from Gossamer Jewelry.

The most exciting thing, for me, is the release of this mesh head, Jessica, from Catwa. I have tried at least 10 mesh heads over the last several months and had resigned myself to not wearing one. I didn't really mind because I love Joonie's face and I wasn't finding one that felt like "me" enough.

Let the angels sing... I finally found one that looks like something I might actually create myself. One of the things I love about this mesh head is you can edit the length of the head. It's amazing the different looks you can achieve with just that minor adjustment.

Also, the hud is very easy to use. It comes with several eye opening settings - Open wide (the one I'm wearing), slightly closed, closed, and wink and 3 mouth settings. There's a separate hairbase hud with tons of colors (I'm assuming they match the Catwa hair colors but works reasonably well with my Truth hair obsession) and I didn't have to make any adjustments for the head to fit onto my Maitreya Lara body. Oh and the lashes! There are 3 options for thickness and length and there's an option to remove bottom, top, or both lashes. I think the lashes show off these new Triump eyes from IKON! I'm sure there's more I'm missing. Oh... and an emoticon hud with lots of different facial expressions.

Lastly, there's a new Neva sim opened today - Saint Pete City - where these shots were taken. As with any of the Neva sims, they are little works of art so you will want to check it out.

Happy weekend, everyone!

Truth Hair: Ximena

IKON eyes - Triumph (oxidation)

Catwa mesh head - Jessica

Reverie skirt - Lost Innocent skirt @ uber

Tetra top - Lace crop top (cream) @ Kustom9

(MG) Gossamer earrings - Gypsy Flower of Antimony

Location: Saint Pete City

See Through Me

Details:

Hair (photo 1): Mina Hair - Elin @ Tres Chic, (photo 2) Mina Hair - Elsa @ Shiny Shabby

Skin: Essences - Amelie @ Cosmetics Fair (lipstick 02)

Lashes: CRANBERRY - Lash 001

Eyes: IKON - Triumph eyes (oxidation) @ Mainstore

Dress: Aphorism - Cara @ Shiny Shabby

Necklace: ieQED - Evil Queen (rare) from previous Arcade Gacha

Sandals: DG - Gabriela (black) @ Shiny Shabby

Decor: {what next} - Lisbeth Garden Basket, blanket, lights and Decor @ Mainstore

Buildings: Dust Bunny @ The Arcade Gacha

Pose: Label Motion @ Shiny Shabby w/ 8 diff poses/kitties (shown with Chicken Kitty)

Autumn Moon

Details:

Mikunch - basic backpack @ TMD September round
Dust Bunny @ The Arcade Gacha - pumpkins, cart
{what next} group gift - scarecrow

Running From Another SL .... Donkey

Details:

Truth Hair - Anouk
Aphorism - Top @ TMD
Reverie - Boots @ TMD
Kunst - Navigator cuff @ TMD
Essences - Ariel
Bueno - Denim skirt
Pose: Le Poppycock
Location: Bella Pace

Let Me Weaken You

Details:

[Consignment} & floorplan - pommel horse, sign
L2 - Industial lights
Kalopsia - hanging lamp
Thalia Heckroth - Francesca Dress
Pure Poison - Artizan Cloud pumps @ C88
ieQED - Dream ring set @ C88
Essences - Ariel @ Enchantment
The Secret Store - Teaspoon Hair @ MIX

Le Poppycock pose

Girl of Summer

Details:

Truth Hair - Karlie w/ Sunnies

Reverie - The Girls of Summer top/skirt

Essences Skin - Ariel @ Enchantment

Aphorism - Selene Bracelet @ The Gacha Garden

ieQED - Dream ring set

Hiding in Plain Sight

Details:

Truth Hair - Olympia @ uber
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/135/128/27

Essences Skin - Ariel @ Enchantment
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/87/90/21

ieQED - nomnom earrings @ Festival of Sin
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stigma/31/112/22

Pixicat dress @ C88
MG necklace @ C88

Stumbling Towards Darkness

Details:

Mina Hair - Yenna NEW @ The Gacha Garden
Essences Skin - Ariel NEW @ Enchantment
Thalia top - Jacqueline NEW
Ison skirt - side ruffle
REIGN. shoes - Karizma pumps

Dust Bunny- NEW couch, ottoman, hanging plant, basket, lamp, fence @ C88
{what next} - NEW Lisbeth garden set @ C88 blanket, pillows, hanging lanterns, books, mug
Consignment - NEW Spool chairs @ LTD
Reverie - The Young Fool's stage with banners

I'm BACK ♥

Thanks for your patience while I was moving and remodeling in RL. I'm currently revamping this blog and hope to be finished in the next few days. At that time, I'll start blogging my pics and posting all the goodies.

Again, thanks for your patience! I've missed you!

Joonie

Goat Grille

[Consignment] -
Truth Hair
Essences skin

Songs Only We Hear

Truth Hair - Verinne

Aphorism - Ju Ju Collection @ FGC

REIGN. - Ari Boots

Apple Fall - Commercial Studio

Apple Fall - Dolly Piano

Apple Fall - Shauna Chair

Out Here On My Own

Truth Hair - Malea

Essences Skin - Imogen

Spirit - Wayat Boyfriend jeans and Polo @ TMD

Bleich - Flatform shoes @ TMD

junk - the once traveling wilbury chalet @ FaMeshed

{what next} - Bike, Rocker, Wellies, Daisy pot

♥

No Entry

                            

Aphorism - Glastonbury Boots @ Shiny Shabby

Truth - Sukie @ uber

Essences - Imogen skin (new)

Bueno - Denim Skirt

Exposeur @ The Dark Style Fair

♥

 

Azul for Fashion for Change

BOSL / MVW Fashion For Change Charity is going on now and will run between the 11th - 25th of April on its own dedicated sim. There are over 40 Designer Shops. It benefits Womankind Worldwide which is a UK based, international Women’s Rights charity working to help women transform their lives and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. You can learn more about this charity at:  

http://womankind.org.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpYu3Yq0910

Dress: Azul - Sophie for BOSL Fashion for Change event

Hair: Truth - Effie

Fashion For Change Entertainment

Sat 11th April

Blvd Show 11am

Torben Asp 12 noon
TJ Oanamochi 1pm
DJ Adam01time 2pm (with fireworks)
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Sunday 12th April

MGB Show 10am

Dani Plassitz 12 noon
Truelie Telling 1pm

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Wed 15th April

DJ: Mex (SL Live Radio) 1-3pm

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Saturday 18th April

COC Competition Challenge 10am

Performer 12noon Maximillion Kleene 2014 Avi Choice Winner

Show by MVWMA Graduates 2pm - 
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Sunday 19th April

MVW 2015 Misses Show 10am

Performer 12noon Keeba Tammas
DJ 1pm tbc Adam01time
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Wed 22nd April

DJ: Mex (SL Live Radio) 1-3pm SLT
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Saturday 25th April
11am Auction finale - neck cadaver presiding

2pm Final DJ Party - Walter Balazic
(with fireworks)

The Men's Dept - 3 year Anniversary!

It's The Men's Dept. 3 year anniversary! I know! All kinds of goodness to celebrate. ♥ Gifts, too!

Reckless tat - Clements @ TMD

JD - Leather cuff @ TMD

.:revival:. - Smoke chair, leather stool, butterfly table and ashtray, vintage rug @ TMD

Poetic Colors -Spotted Eyes (quicksilver) @ TMD

The Annex - Tallulah top, tulle skirt @ The Season's Story

Pure Poison - emma flats

Olive - Valena hair (moving... maintstore closed atm)

Birdy - Brooke skin (gorgeous new sim!)

♥

Fashion For Change - KL Couture

KL Couture - Tallulah outfit @ Fashion For Change (opens April 11) SLurl soon

Olive Hair - Valena 

NYU - Bunny Mask

DDD - Easter Basket

♥

More about Fashion For Change:

Fashion For Change is a two week event beginning April 11th designed to raise funds for the charity Womankind Worldwide. 

Womankind Worldwide is a little known International charity, which does profoundly important work helping to challenge discrimination, inequality and violence towards women in the developing world.  It provides support to local women's organizations in these countries as they fight to improve women's rights and make the lives of women in Africa, Asia and South America better.

Fashion For Change is an opportunity for us in SL to support Womankind Worldwide as they help women for generations to come.

Information on the charity and its work is viewable on the following You Tube link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpYu3Yq0910

Dressed

Sascha's Designs - Meringue (black) @ Fashion For Change (see info below)

Gos - Suzi heels (with stockings) @ FaMESHed

MG - Electra Unicorn Horn (Maxi does sales every weekend for her group. JOIN!)

Truth Hair - Willa

Glam Affair

[Consignment] - Comfy Chair (reclines!) @ FaMESHed

Hydrant Stool

Bottle

dust bunny - braided rug

Apple Fall - Books

junk. - Callipers ad papers

NikoTin - Ashtray (past TMD item)

Le Poppycock - Bad Habits (Pose with cigarette/drink props)

Womankind Worldwide is a UK based, international Women’s Rights charity working to help women transform their lives and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

It celebrated it's 25th Anniversary last year (2014).

The Charity's motto is 'Equal, Respected, Proud' and its vision is of a world where being a woman does not limit choices, opportunities or rights, where ever she lives.

The Charity's aim is to support local Women’s Rights organizations and smaller local women's groups.  These groups, often at great personal risk to themselves, are challenging discrimination, human rights abuses and violence towards women within the countries and communities they are based in. 

Womankind delivers the essential support – funding, expertise, contacts and publicity that these local grass roots women’s organizations need to amplify their voice, increase their impact and bring about greater change in their communities.

Womankind's approach is not to impose a 'top down' solution but to help and empower the women's groups it works with to achieve their own solutions and change. Womankind Worldwide also works in wider arenas, to lobby for change , working to influence the powers and practices of governments and non-governmental organizations.

While not being a very large charity, over the 25 years of its existence it has supported directly and indirectly over 18 million women and their families. In 2013, for instance, it worked in 15 countries, directly supported almost 141,000 women, and helped improve the rights of over 6 million women. In 2013 as an example, it worked in Afghanistan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

What follows is just a tiny example of the schemes, large and small, that it has helped.

Afghanistan - In Jalalabad WW helped a a legal aid center run by a local Women's Organization to provide free legal support to 175 women, psychosocial support to 70 women/girls and basic health treatment to 46 women

Bolivia - WW helped 550 indigenous and peasant women leaders in 5 out of the country’s 9 regions to acquire the knowledge to challenge discrimination and they are now actively participating in local politics.

Liberia - WW helped develop a manual to help the police improve how they manage cases involving violence against women and girls, especially rape

Tanzania - WW worked with the Women's Legal Aid Center in the Nyarugusu camp to support refugee paralegal units to take action on violence against women, and other human rights abuses, and they trained the wider community to recognize, promote and protect the rights of refugee women, children and men.

Nepal - WW helped Dalit tribal women’s political participation and their understanding of local political processes

Ethiopia - over five years, alongside another charity, WW worked with local communities to raise awareness of women's rights, violence against women and harmful traditional practices. Just one result of this work was that 250,000 girls escaped genital mutilation.

That is only a tiny sample, the list could go on for hours....

This is a charity where even small donations can make a significant difference, because the money is targeted to make maximum and lasting impact. Some examples are shown below.

$20 US could train a police person in Peru in issues of sexual exploitation, violence and women’s rights to ensure that they better support trafficked women and women in prostitution.

$60US could train a community paralegal in Ghana, to provide legal support to survivors of violence, helping them to obtain child custody, a divorce or to keep their home.

$300US could train 25 Aymara women in Bolivia to educate other women in their communities on women’s rights, violence and leadership.

Looking at the figures, you can see that there is a real chance that money raised in Second Life could make a real difference somewhere.

Womankind Worldwide's weblink is below - go check it out!

http://womankind.org.uk/

Set Free

Hair: Truth - Armelle @ uber

Skin: Essences - Storm @ TDRF

Top/Jacket: Aphorism - vintage leather jacket @ Shiny Shabby

Jeans: Pixicat - Kiara jeans (bootcut)

Shoes: Eudora 3D - Kiania @ uber

Necklace: MG - Secret Love Letter @ C88

Location: DeRailed

♥