A lot of sweet stuff for FLF this week, too much to wear it all. Amongst others, see: Weezey, Reek, Elikatira, League, Fri.day, This Is A Fawn, FIR & MNA.

Credits. FLF Hair: Elikatira (Elikapeka Tiramisu), No longer available Skin & Jacket: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard), Eyeliner tattoo: Pididdle (Brutus Martinek), Old group gift glasses: Epoque (Vintage McMillan), Handbags: LeLutka (Azufr3 Catteno), FLF Tube top: This Is A Fawn (OMGWTF Barbecue), Belt: Nylon Outfitters (Lylon Pinkney), No longer available skirt: So Many Styles (Irie Campese), Coffee & Cigarettes: Hermony (hermanni Laville), FLF bracelets: League (Nena Janus), Sandals: SLink (Siddean Munro).

Decor. Skybox: Kari (Menno Ophelia), Bench: Y’s House (yacchan Clip), Mirror, Painting, Lamp & Coffee Table: North West (Lili Brink), Rug: Sea Salt (Stein Shilova).

Today that the throng has finally cleared at LeLutka, the order of the day when going to shop the new summer release was for me not to splurge too much, so I zeroed in on just these two items, a pair of shorts and a jacket, but I can well predict that I am not going to take this outfit off for at least a week.

The Safari pants are entirely sculpted and are to be worn with an alpha layer. I’d had my eye on them since seeing the teaser last week, but worried about how wearable they would be. It turns out the shorts worked really with all of my AO’s and with most of the poses I tried during my shoot as well. And in the few instances where a bit of skin showed, it wasn’t anything too dramatic anyway and was easily fixed. If you’ve not been entirely convinced by other shorts in the past that were constructed similarly, give those a try anyway. Plus there’s a demo, so there’s nothing to hold you back from trying out for yourself. And because of the way the design flares out around the thighs, I found no issue with walking around with those shorts either (not unless you have a really goofy walk).

Now I tend to generally stay away from leather jackets and blazers too, because I don’t like wearing chest attachments too much, but I absolutely had to have the My Way jacket as soon as I saw it. It fit me right out of the box, and I love wearing it !

Credits. Hair: Vive9 (Sanya Bilavio), Skin: Laqroki (Mallory Cowen), Bow: Nylon Outfitters (Nylon Pinkney), Glasses: VintageWEAR (Vintage McMillan), Top: Tokidoki (Maya Levane), Jacket & Shorts: LeLutka (Thora Charron), No longer available bangles: Pacadi Jasha (Julia Tower), Sandals: ANEXX (machang Pichot).

The Mini skin that is being released this Saturday at Laqroki could hail a return for Mallory Cowen to the very natural, matte-looking faces of her early “Portrait” line. The “Glow” skins of recent years have habitually had more shine to them, and don’t normally include bare lips versions, which I’m a sucker for ! Mini has such a sweet look, and I love her sweet, natural lips.

As usual, Mini is offered in a pack of 10 make-up versions. I just dressed up the natural base a bit with an eyeliner tattoo from Pididdle and freckles from Très Blah and I’m set !

Also I’m all over this bag now from Milk Motion that I’ve been coveting for weeeeks ! The textures are great and its overall look and design are so casual, just like what’d I’d use in real life. Second Life handbags are sometimes a little too elaborate or fancy or don’t feel too much like me, but this one kind of does. It’s out at the The Dressing Room Blue this week-end for a bargain. Go get it !

Credits. Hair: Lamb (Lamb Bellic), Skin: Laqroki (Mallory Cowen), Eyeliner tattoo: Pididdle (Brutus Martinek), Freckles: Très Blah (Julliette Westerburg), FLF shades: artilleri (Antonia Marat), Earrings & Bangles: Shade Throne (Undo Hermano), Necklace & Top: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard), Cardigan: Pivaaca (Trish Blanco), Shorts: Mon Tissu (Anouk Spot), Bag: Milk Motion @ The Dressing Room Blue (Marie Lauridsen), Sandals: LeLutka (Minnu Palen).

Simple, everyday styling for this sweet, fresh-looking face.

Credits. Hair: Sixty-Nine (Kumii Yoshikawa), Skin: Cara Bella (Momo Leung), Freckles: Très Blah (Julliette Westerburg), Headband: Tokidoki (Maya Levane), Earrings: Paper Couture (Cora Lu), Necklace: BOOM (Aranel Ah), Top: Fishy Strawberry (Fae Eriksen), Pants: Arai (mappy Handrick), Wrist strap: MM’s (takawo Quan), Bag: Magi (Take Lowey), Socks: Riddle (Chrystina Noel), Shoes: FIR & MNA (Rob1977 Moonites).

Behold, the tank to end all tanks. The most beautiful back ever drawn, I am never going to need another. And it’s a freebie ! From Pig, at The Free Dove. I love this colour too, and I had completely forgotten about that freebie place. If you love this tank, like I do, it’s also been made in other colours, to be found at the Pig mainstore. The teal tank is part of a whole free outfit, and there’s one for men too.

I got one of Toast Bard’s skins at the Tableau Spring Color Festival; I really loved this lipstick colour and was hoping I might be able to wear the skin without the fancy facial paint — I did like the whole-make-up too, really, but I was glad that the skin does come with and without it, and with different eyebrow colours, too. Other freebies here include the shades from Epoque; there’s a joining fee for the VIP group, but it is just 125L. The big amethyst ring is a gift from House Of Fox. It’s called the April gift, so maybe it’ll be out for all of April ? It’s just at the entrance, in a box. The colour was perfect to use in this post !

Credits. Hair: Dura (Naotsune Enzo), Skin: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard), Hat: LeLutka (Thora Charron), Shades: Epoque (Vintage McMillan), Earrings: Magic Nook (Ayumi Cassini), Free tank: Pig (Apatia Hammerer), Bra: Whippet & Buck (Dakota Buck), Back tattoo: TRA$H (Depresso Zapatero), Old hunt prize bag: Bare Rose (June Dion), Bandana: Tonic (Static Schultz), Old free shopping bag: RC Cluster (Redd Columbia), Gift ring: House of Fox (Jared Jharls), Belt: COCO (cocoro Lemon), Shorts: Mon Tissu (Anouk Spot), Stockings: Vive9 (Sanya Bilavio), Flats: Surf co. (Emma Gilmour).

Credits. Hair & Socks: Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle), Skin, Tank, and Nail Polish: Très Blah (Julliette Westerburg), Scarf & Shorts: Mon Tissu (Anouk Spot), Cardigan: Nylon Outfitters (Nylon Pinkney), Jacket: INDI Designs @ Pacific Crisis Fundraiser (Jamie Holmer), Rings: Caroline’s Jewelry (Caroline Apollo), Bag: Bare Rose @ Pacific Crisis Fundraiser (June Dion), Lace leggings: LGF (Lucifer Berman), Shoes: Shiny Things (Fallingwater Cellardoor).

Credits. Hair: Kin (Kin Keiko), Skin: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard), Glasses: Wrigglesworth (Mordechai Wrigglesworth), Earrings: +plus (Helena Compton), Sweater & Skirt: So Many Styles (Irie Campese), Leggings: Surf co. (Emma Gilmour), Boots: Ordinary Design (shin Mathilde).

I have not worn Dutch Touch skins in a while, because though I find them a really unique and extraordinary blend of hand-drawn and realism, the faces often tend to be too perfect, and also a little too mature for me. But not so with the newly released Mensje and Megan faces ! They are youthful, softer and have some elements of quirkiness about them that makes each face stand out.

The lovely, cute Mensje comes in these skin tones: Pale, Rose, Peach, Caramel, Honey, and Fudge. I loved the Rose tone for a little redhead look. There isn’t a make-up line; this face is available as a “StarterPack” with a basic face and various options of eyebrows, freckles, moles and hairbases combined together. There are a couple of tattoo layers included, also, with kohl, moles and lashes. In addition, you can buy a whole pack of 12 different lipstick shades separately for 500L; there’s also eye make-up packs (five per set) which I might wish could be bought either in units or as a pack. But all in all, I love how the packs are worked out, as well as the pricing on the optional lipsticks. Also, if you’re in the VIP group, you can get the StarterPack in the cream tone for 400L only, and this is probably limited in time.

Credits. Hair: Sixty-Nine (Kumii Yoshikawa), Glasses: &bean (Keiko Morigi), Seasons Hunt gift top: Très Blah (Julliette Westerburg), Fanny bag: Yummy (Polyester Partridge), Jeans: Milk Motion (Marie Lauridsen), Flats: Mon Tissu (Elie Spot).

Megan is more of a brunette and comes only in Cream, Caramel, Fudge and Olive; it is sold as StarterPacks as well, and slightly cheaper than Mensje. It was my favourite at first with its slightly exotic accents, though I’m pretty torn between both faces now I’ve worn them a little. I do like the lips on both skins, and the moles, and I prefer Megan’s eyebrows but Mensje’s sweetness may have finally won me over.

Credits. Hair: booN (boo Namakura), Scarf: Twosome (Visa Volare), Brown necklace: Nylon Outfitters (Nylon Pinkney), No longer available white necklace: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard), No longer available top: Thimbles (Apatia Hammerer), Top: Dollita (Krisha Ivanova), Seasons Hunt gift pants: Young Urban (Trevor Turner).

Maitreya is coming on strong today with two releases: the Shearling boots and the Scrunched socks. I’d never bought sculpted feet to be worn alone before because I couldn’t really see much of a practical use for them in my SLife, other than maybe for photos, and for me that wasn’t enough of a selling point either. But these, well, they’re stockinged feet actually, I wanted to have right away !

And I love that you only need to buy, wear and adjust the one pair; it’s scripted to change position and shape so that you can be standing on tip toe with them, or with your feet flat, or hide the feet altogether to use only the upper part with shoes and boots. They’re also scripted to change colours ! There are three different colour packs, containing 10 colours each for $L450, which is really a nice price.

The woolly texture looks so, so soft and comfy !

The Shearling boots. Aah, I had been waiting quite impatiently this year for a release of new boots from Maitreya; they make my favourites ! Maitreya’s Gold releases are really, really well-made, but high-heeled sandals are not really the type of shoes I want to see on my feet, day in, day out. I’m much more casual, and also wintery, I guess. So yes, boots ! Just look, the texturing work on these is pretty magnificent. You’ll find their price more affordable than the Gold shoes, too, although I’m pretty they are at least as much work, if not more.

Credits. Hair: Elikatira (Elikapeka Tiramisu), Blush: Cheap Makeup (Stella Semaphore), No longer available necklace: mbp (Vintage McMillan), No longer available sweater: Fashionably Dead (Toast Bard), Bra: Ooh La La (Nylon Pinkney), Skirt: Emery (sunami Beck), Handbag & Skybox: Tokidoki (Maya Levane), Nail polish: Très Blah (Julliette Westerburg), Fishnets: Blowpop (Annyka Bekkers), Socks & Boots: Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle), Cushion: couverture (chocolate Arashi).

A simple look, and this skin I fell in love with at Mother Goose… oh, and the sweater, the sweater !

Credits. Hair: Elikatira (Elikapeka Tiramisu), Skin: Mother Goose (milok Hermit), Eye-shadow and icicle make-up: Cheap Makeup (Stella Semaphore), Earrings: Boing Fromage (elka Lehane), Sweater: The Sea Hole (Drinkinstein Sorbet), Free hunt jeans: Fishy Strawberry (Fae Eriksen), Stumblebum Brigade rose ring: Yummy (Polyester Partridge), Clutch: District (Sommer Restless), No longer available pumps: LMK (Polina Kaestner).