Skin Deep

  

Beauty is a subjective thing and because of that we are fortunate to have skin designers in SL that cater to various ideas of beauty.  I thought I would do a little experiment. Without changing pose, lighting, hair, shape or clothing, I took pictures of my current default skin, Linn from Glam Affair along with some new or preview skins of other skin makers that I have worn in the past.  Linn is seductive and sexy to my eye.  Alyx from Pink Fuel is the second picture, and compared to Linn, she's fresh faced and sweet (and currently $99L at the main store if you hurry).

 The third picture is a group gift from Mynerva called Sara.  She looks younger, but it's all in the makeup or lack of it, in this case.  I was surprised how drawn to her I was.  She lacks the glamor of the other two, approaching beauty from a natural perspective.  And finally, a preview of Mynerva's Milena in porcelain and latte, also available to the group.  The Mynerva group costs $50L to join, but not a bad price for 3 skins.  I'm not as fond of the porcelain skin as I am of Sara's tone.  The latte is striking but I'll wait for the full line before falling in love. In the meantime, I may mix it up a bit between the first three, depending on my mood and the style I'm shooting for blog wise.

In case you want the rest of the items I'm wearing, they are Wasabi Pills mesh hair, Mayfly mesh eyes, Beetlebones mesh lashes, and Fishy Strawberry lingerie.

Pink Fuel Makes My Heart Go Pitter Patter

The With Love, Again Hunt started this week and [Pink Fuel] is one of the participants. After hearing some screams of delight on Plurk, I went to there to see what the fuss was about. For $10L I got what the designer calls a "prelease" of her new Alyx skin. Oh - My - God. Two versions of the skin are included, Naughty and Nice. I'm wearing the Nice one 'cause I'm nice.


I am what you call a skin loyalist. Ever since I discovered Curio sometime in 2009, I've flirted with other skins, but stayed loyal to Curio until Mynerva stole my heart completely in early 2011. I demo almost every new skin that catches my eye still, and buy a few (especially when they're on sale). But, after I take the pictures and prance around asking Ayla and April what they think, maybe posting to Plurk and asking the opinion of my entire timeline, I take off the new skin and don Mynerva again. It's probably annoying, but I know Ayla understands. She does the same thing.


This new Pink Fuel skin might actually cause me to stray and to contemplate retinting all my sandals. It's GORGEOUS! I CAN'T WAIT to see the rest of the line. Pardon me while I go add to the orgiastic screaming in Plurk over this skin.

Dolly Baroque