As might have been predicted, the sales dragged me back. Like, Sin Skins slashed all their prices in half so I could get my perfect skin on budget! Well, ok, not really on budget, since I'd already spent my L$500 on a lovely Gala skin:
Nice as this is, the 'pale' tone is a smidge too dark and the 'alabaster' is a touch too night. Also, no freckles. When I heard about the sale, I had L$480 left in my balance, so I spent an afternoon on the dancepads before running off to Sin Skins and coming back with my prize:
I then found myself with but three lindens in all the world, but hey, I have freckles!
In other news, I've been learning to build. Yesterday I made a pair of sandals following
Natalia's tutorial, and eventually I want to make myself
a pair of boots. And today I made a bracelet with chunky beads to go with my
white Leia dress from Bossa Nova. I still suck, but at least I'm having fun again!
Labels: Building, Fashion, Second Life, Shopping, Skins
The grid has been
so laggy today that shopping is basically impossible. This is a shame, because I'm looking for a new skin.
My budget is L$1000, and I am not going over it under any circumstances. Ideally I would like something around the $500 mark -- the most expensive skin I've ever bought was L$50, and from there to L$1000 is a bit of a jump -- but it's proving hard to find skins in that price range. Nearly all the stuff reviewed on
Linden Lifestyles and
Second Style are L$1000 or above. I tried Bare Rose, but the lag was horrendous and I couldn't find the skins for the life of me.
I have a pretty clear idea of what I want. Pale, freckled, red lipstick. The freckles requirement is narrowing things down a bit! Right now I'm leaning towards Sin Skins, because I love my freckled Nimbus freebie from them so much, but I'm not quite sure which of these is my favourite:
(The demos aren't freckled, but all the skins come with that option and I already know from my freebies what the freckles look like)
Just to make my life a bit harder, I thought I'd see what Celestial Studios had to offer... and they were pretty too!
For L$1000, the same price as the Nimbus skins, I can get a Vogue skin and change my nails and eyebrows with the slider. Is it better value? Do I like it as much? You have to bear in mind that I made my shape while wearing a Sin Skin, so I'm almost guaranteed to look better in them. For example, I didn't think the Tete a Pied demo I tried suited my face at all. My cheeks look puffy and the mouth is awful:
I did find a couple of cheaper stores, but they didn't have
exactly what I was looking for. Nomine skins are about L$800 I think, but they're just a touch too gothic for me:
(Ugh, rezzing eyes. The client crashed a couple of minutes after that. Did I mention I have had the day from hell?)
That one is from PanJen, about L$350? I know that's cheap for a skin, but I just wasn't feeling it. My L$50 skin was better quality. (Actually, I then headed for Skin Doctor's discount store, and found my L$50 skin on sale for L$500, which probably explains
that. There were no skins there with my precious red lippy, though).
I also tried to buy a green blouse in the Last Call sale and it totally would not let me. Lag, lag, go away. Come back another day.
Labels: Second Life, Skins
June 21st, 2007
Well, the day before yesterday I was mooching around on my unending quest for freebie shit, when an IM pops up from Skybox Guy, asking if I want to do some modelling. And! I get to keep the clothes 
Not my favourite skin nowadays (too fond of my SinSkins freebies) but it was the one I was wearing when he initially picked me up so I thought I’d best give him what he expected 
Turned out we had to reshoot anyway the following day because the pics didn’t come out so good:
There are three pairs of jeans, the seams aren’t perfect but he’s only asking L$75 per pair so who cares? 
Guess what I got in the way of payment the second time?
That would be a boat, people. Hmm, do you think I could sail it out to sea and live in it?
Labels: Clothes, Random Happenings, Second Life, Skins
