LotD 2009-08-16

I don’t like shopping nor do I care much about fashion… however, being in SL somehow awaken in me a new perspective of myself…

So, I do like shopping and I do like fashion to a certain extent… eh, go figure… anyway… my babe’s a expert shopper and helps me out picking out nice pieces that blend well together. Since there aren’t many good male shopping advices out there, I thought I’d give it a go. So, here’s my 5 cents.

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Outfit Details:
Hair: =IZUMIYA= Hair&Black Knit
Eyes: -Belleza- Eyes Magic Emerald B
Skin: >TRUTH< Francois [tan] [C]
Piercings: .:CoLL:. Charisma Lip/Nose Piercing Set
Necklace: M.R.M. Dog Tag #02
Shirt: *SL* V Neck Shirt Seal Brown 4
Pants: *SL* The Dude:Jeans Wrecked Darkblue
Sandals: Kalnins Sandals – Earthshine

Notes: Hair & Piercings were a free gift from DSN network. Shape was homemade along with plenty of input from my pumpkin fashion adviser

My Top 15 :: Most Expensive

‘Cuz I like to keep track and I had this post in draft form for quite some time… here it goes, my 15 most expensive bought in SL as up to late July, 2008 :

And yes, as you will see, I don’t buy many expensive things and I tend to be quite careful with what I buy… doesn’t always works though. After all, I’m just a honest hard working SL resident, with two part time jobs and with no payment records on his account… so, all this was bought with the labor of my … err… virtual sweat.

GL Justin Goatee @ Good Life :: 1700L$

My Skin – Nice ‘lifetime’ buy, good quality, nice detail, lovely goatee and it looks really good (if you don’t mind me saying so)… too bad I keep hiding it under tons of clothes.

Abranimations Break Dance HUD @ Abranimations :: 750L$

I like this one. Its different and its funky, a great solo dancing animation with multiple choices and combo moves. I rarely use it as most times I go dancing I do have the pleasure of having company… so I only end up using this when I’m alone and normally at places I don’t know… go figure…

Lotus Cock Evolution Gold 3.1 @ Midnight Lotus :: 579L$

Err… well… A man needs to be a man… and what’s a man without its ‘tool’? Eheh, anyway… works like a charm *smirks*

Sweet Dreams Bed – Asian @ Cavathor ::550L$

My asian bed that lovely dominates my bedroom in my skybox. It does what its meant for… even if it hasn’t done it in a long long time. Looks nice though.

Casual Loafer -Creme @ Redgrave :: 450L$

Ah, these one are cool! Awesome shoes. Expensive, yes… but awesome ones!!! Love them!

Xenomorph 1.2 @ Ink Inc. :: 450L$

These ones are really cool too. My current tattoos with a Xenomorph theme going on (the alien from the movie Alien). They are very detailed and they don’t look like an overkill, so its a great balance, a theme I love, and it looks really impressive over my impressive skin (ok, now I’m gloating).

Rose Garden Heart, Fashion Necklace (Silver) @ JCNY :: 390L$

Ahem… well… hmmm… don’t really wanna talk about this one. Lovely necklace jewel. Good buy…

Dog Tag #02 @ M.R.M. Factory :: 300L$

Ok… an example of rushed shopping. Not that the dog tags don’t look good, but I read the ad wrong and got upset later on. Eh, oh well… you win some wars, you lose some… but at least I got the dogtags to prove it? hmm… oh well, too much sun I guess…

morning suit with gold @ sfd :: 300L$

One of my many suits. This one, apparently, was the most expensive, but its a very nice and a classy piece indeed. Well worth it! Lots of detail and it suits like a glove and can clearly notice its handcrafted!

::: ED ::: Bishounen AO @ BareRose :: 300L$

My AO (animation override). I love this one. It was cheap and it looks very cool. I’ve added and tweaked it a bit with 2 or 3 other animations but in its core its still the Bishounen it was when I bought it. Great purchase and from my favourite store in SL !!

Male LaceUp’s Red-Brown @ Awori Cassini :: 275L$

Another fine pair of shoes. They were expensive when I bought them but they look really good. Sadly, I have little to no suits or outfits that go with them… hmm… oh well…

Colt Mid length/red @ Muism :: 250L$

One of my latest hair cuts I got. Its nice, I like it. More expensive then my usual barber, but that’s ok, ‘cuz I finally figured out how to change the hue of it!! So all is good now

Z#Blazer_[Red] @ Z# :: 200L$

Another suit. Nice cut. Clean. Nice look. Nothing much to say. Does what its meant to do.

523 Sunglasses V1.03 @ D2TK :: 200L$

This ones were a awesome find. One of the best good looking shades I’ve seen in SL so far. Not expensive at all, great design and tons, but really tons of nice features to tweak with that can really make these sunglasses look awesome and distinct from all others. Excellent buy.

Classic Lace-up Shoes @ Mako Magellean :: 200L$

Another pair of shoes. These ones I’ve never used … they looked good on the picture… they don’t look good on your feet… and they are no mod either which is really awkward from prim shoes.

ps: I need to add new stuff to this list, since I’ve been adding some more stuff since August…

Winning

Yesterday night when I hooked my body to the virtual world of SL I got, as usual, a ton of notices from the groups I belong to. Amongst one of them was an hunt quest from my favorite SL store: Bare@Rose.

These games are quite common in SL and similar to an Easter egg hunt if you like. Normally a store owner or some other kind of sim owner spreads across their sim or store several semi-hidden objects… the objective is to find them all (or at least some of them, depends on the rules), and you either get some free stuff with each piece you find or, as was with the case of yesterday’s inventive and imaginative hunt from Bare@Rose, you get a complete stunning outfit after collecting all the tread pieces of the love story they created for the hunt.

And you have to admit that the two outfits together look really good !!

So, yeah, it was well worth it.

The outfit, according to June, the main creative brain of Bare Rose, is variation on one of their most sold outfits, only in red. And, well, its just stunning, both the male and the female version of them (as B@R stuff normally is), here seen in the also magnificent Japan Tempura Island.

Come to thinking about it this week is working out very well for me in terms of nice & free stuff… just this Monday (I think) I got another great outfit, for free as well, from the BareRose lucky chair (the Baron of the BlackLuck). Must be my lucky week…

Style mix up

Another ‘fashion’ post… eh, my X chromosome is really kicking in hard when I play SL. Eh, whatever…

Anyway, I had complaints from wearing too much clothes at once, so I had to use this … err… outfit I got from a fire-sale somewhere & whenever to show off my new (and expensive) tattoo with a Alien’s Xenomorph theme going on. I’ve have used for quite some time a cheap but very nice dragon/asian tattoo from Bare@Rose. They were nice and they did go well with my flat theme, but I’ve been wanting to get a new more personalized and unique tattoo for quite some time. And after spending some hours looking for hundreds of tribal or celtic or maori or serpents or dragons or butterflies or silly sentences tattoo’s I was starting to get really annoyed with this whole business and upset that no one could do ONE really funky tattoo that could please me.

So I stumble upon this one. Its extensive, but not over the top. A full body tattoo is probably too much for me, at least for now and I love all the Alien movies and I loved playing the computer games based on the movies, crawling up the walls with those vicious bastards that xenomorphs are! Heck, I even had dreams that the buggers were chasing me… that was fun… O.o

There’s more detail design of the tattoo over the top back and around the arms that the pic doens’t show btw. But I think I’m pleased with it.

Along with that, there’s the glasses. I found this really neat store that sells a nice assortment of nice looking eyeglasses, all are highly customizable with dozens of textures for the frame & shades, color change, allowing you to wear them on your nose or over your head, along with some other unnecessary features as avatar scanner, particle poofer and… other shtuff I can’t recall. Anyway, love their style and love their price! The ones in the pic are just the demo yet, still haven’t decided on what style I’ll buy… but…. these ones are on the top of the list so far! hihihi shopping spree!!! uieeee…..

Now… any suggestions on where I can get some nice & not overexpensive male hair, with demo’s available and that are sold in individual color boxes instead of expensive and worthless (for me) packs with all the colors options?

Linkies:

Xenomorph Tattoo

Round Glasses

New outfit

It’s amazing how much I like to shop in SL and how much I dislike shopping, especially for clothes, in RL.

Either way, I just bought myself another funky outfit from Bare@Rose. Didn’t had much time to browse, just wanted to get a new look for my shift at Sweethearts last night. And… well, there it is.

Looks much better then I expected when I looked at the box before buying… so I’m pleased. Add one more funky Victorian / formal / fantasy outfit to my collection