Back when I was a newbie, one of the first things I ever purchased was a Japanese school uniform. I love the uniforms that students in Japan wear, so I wanted to own one in SL. I pick up uniforms when I see them, but never found one that is just jaw dropping. That is - until I stumbled upon Edelweiss. I was in awe at how great these looked, definitely the best I have ever seen.

This one is Lily. It comes with different versions for the various seasons. And - this was a complete set. You get an animated standing pose, animated sitting pose, shoes, socks, and a few versions of this uniform. Anyone ever see the anime, Maria-sama ga Miteru? Yep, this is strikingly similar.


This next one is Ferris. This one did not come with the shoes, though they are available to purchase at the shop for $300L. These are amazing and very well made. They took quite a bit of editing and stretching to get them to fit my shape, but it was worth it. While this didn't come with the animated poses like Lily did, its definitely beautiful.


Next up: Meijiro. Similar to Ferris, this doesn't come with the shoes or poses. These are not exactly cheap uniforms, priced at $600L each, but they the quality is superb. Ah~ an awesome thing about these - they come with a "Guarantee" object, that if something happens to your uniform, or you lose it, you wear the guarantee and click the guy at the counter in the shop... and he will give you a new one! Pretty cool, eh?


I love the short, anime style of school uniforms. So, naturally, I wished these to be shorter. That means one thing: make them tiny! Yep, I shortened each one and paired them with a great pair of legwarmers I picked up from Reaction Girl.

What: Mejiro, Lily, and Ferris -$600L each. Loafers - $300L
Where: Edelweiss, Zero Style (233, 57, 31)

I was so excited when I heard about the Creators Stamp Rally (CSR). I was totally confused at how to do it at first, but it was very fun. And! Free gifts were at the end of the stamping! I was very happy. Through all my shopping, I had 7 stamp cards, so I attached 6 to HUD positions and carried one in my hand - no way was I going around the grid to 20 shops with cards attached to every part of my body. It was fun to see all the shops that participated, and check out their items. I did get all 7 cards stamped, and got 7 gifts... though I will only show two of my favorites.

The reason I participated in the CSR - the Curious Kitties Pretty Jinsei outfit. I love Curious Kitties, so I HAD to get this outfit no matter what the cost. I love it so much, and it came with almost all items I pictured. The only three things it didn't include was the hair, skin and shape. It did come with a necklace, bracelets, boots, stockings, hat, and outfit! OMG, awesome. However - I must warn you: you need to wear underwear with it. I'm not sure if it was just me, but when I was doing pictures, I found that the glitch pants allow... certain bits to be shown. So, wear some undies with them ^^


Now, I am a HUGE anime/manga fan, and really love anime-inspired things. So, when I seen this outfit, I immediately thought of the manga, Vampire Knight. Anyway. This was a complete avatar set. It came with hair, skin, shape, outfit, wings with particle effects, boots.... everything. However, I chose not to picture most of it. I used my own shape, skin and hair, and didn't wear the wings. Still looks pretty cool.

I also got a dress from Honey Kitty, a totally cute maid outfit from Edelweiss, and so much more. And - going around to these Japanese sims and exploring some of their shops in the process was very fun. Check out the Edelweiss site for more information!

Today, I'll be reviewing some shapes. I love my shape, and it has the most sentimental value to me, because it was one of the first things I purchased back when I was a newbie. So, while it it unlikely that I'll change my shape for good, its nice to have shapes for different skins, for pictures. So, when Dakota Lubitsch dropped some shapes on me, and I tried them out right away. I'm always excited to try out new shapes, though I always go back to my original one.

This is Daisy. And something that needs to be said - these are definitely not your perfect virtual Barbie. I think this is great though. Seems only a handful are making more "realistic" shapes, and it always makes me happy to see people wearing shapes with a few flaws. Flaws are beautiful.


I think in showing shapes, it is important to show a few different skins with them. I have an embarrassing amount of skins in my inventory, so I grabbed a few of them and put them on this Daisy shape, so you can see how it looks with the more popular skin lines.


Next: Lily. Again, this shape has its flaws, but they are great. It really takes a brave shape maker to create shapes like these. There are so many shapes out there that are so unrealistic, its past the point of faces like this: O_o . So, I am glad to see these shapes that have qualities I can relate to in real life.


The same skins as before, this time on Lily. In the ads at the shop, 3 different skins are pictured with each shape, which I think is great. Though - what I would love to see is: demo shapes. I love demo shapes, and think they are the best thing to offer in selling shapes. I have bought so many that looks good in pictures, but doesn't look good after I shell out the lindens for it. So, it gets stuffed into a folder forever. So, if there was one thing I'd suggest for Dakota (or any other shape maker, for that matter): put out some demo shapes. ^_^

I did nothing to these skins, except change eyelash length to 0, so I could put my prim lashes on them. These are priced very well at only $250L a shape. They are Mod/Copy/No Trans, which would allow you to make a few changes to them, make a dress shape, and personalize it to your own style, if you like.

What: Daisy and Lily - $250L each
Where: Dakota's Shapes, Pearly (82, 93, 23)

Little different post today, but I was inspired by this great dress by Triangle Caudron. Now, it doesn't look all that great on me because I refused to wear the system skirt that came with it. But~ I still wanted to wear this and go take pictures. Also, I downloaded the Another Skin's PSDs the other day, and have wanted to play with them. This skin is the result. For this dress, and the skin I did, there was only one appropriate sim to take pictures at. Silent.

I really love the Silent sim, and I think its a wonderful, stunning work of art. I wanted to make a look with minimal color, which I think I did pretty well.


The skin, omg. I really loved playing with this in Photoshop. It really made me realize just how much work goes into creating a skin, and I think Eloh Eliot is really amazing for offering us her PSDs. This was really fun to edit, and make it just how I wanted it.


I took so many pictures during my visit to Silent, it was difficult to choose which ones I wanted to put on here. To conclude this entry, I just want to say: thank you, Eloh Eliot, for making your PSDs available to the SL community.

Happy New Year everyone! Because I am not a big partier, I will be staying home tonight and enjoying a night in with movies and SL. Yay~ So anyway~ When I saw Caliah Lyon's blog post about her Japanese sim finds, omg, I rushed to each of the shops she listed. I found tons of awesome goodness... but two places really stood out for me.

I am extremely freakishly picky about eyes. I love the big, doe-eyed look, and it is unbelieveably rare to find great eyes that are really large. I've had my current blue eyes for several months, and have recently searching for a change. It has been really difficult, because all eyes I have tried have been way to small for my taste. So, when I saw Caliah's post, I thought it was worth a try because those eyes were absolutely stunning.

This shop called Glanz was TINY! Like 160sq. meters or so. Definitely one of the shops I wouldn't have looked at because it was almost difficult to move around. The price of these were definitely not cheap at $300L a color, and I was very hesitant at purchasing it. These are without doubt, the most expensive eyes I have ever seen. But - I really liked them in Caliah's pictures, so I decided to purchase the "Ocean Blue" color. I put them on even before I left the shop, and all I could think was: OMG. These are beautiful, and even came with both a Large and Medium version. I think these will become my everyday eyes from now on.


Still drooling at my new eyes, I managed to stop looking at myself to tp to the next location: Hal*Hina. This place had a large variety of eyes, and I had a really difficult time deciding which one to purchase. I decided on the Basic Pack of the Drop Eyes, that included 5 colors: black, silver, dark blue, brown and turmeric (which is apparently the name of a ginger stem). While these are not as stunning as the ones from Glanz, they are very pretty. I really like these, and think they have an awesome price for their quality.


Hal*Hina even gave out this great set of eyes to their update group. These are eyes with little hearts in the pupil. While you can't really see them in my picture (SL wouldn't let me zoom in closer to my face), they really are there.

What: Ocean Blue Eyes - $300L and Drop Eyes Basic Pack - $120L
Where: Glanz, Higashiosaka (90, 101, 22) and Hal*Hina, RekidStyle (100, 173, 34)

I think Saeya Nyanda, the creator behind Kyoot Army, is very unique in her creativity. I love her Photosphere, and I use it several times a day (I swear, she's a genius for creating that!). Her clothing items are amazing, and I can never get enough of them. Thats why - when I heard about this phenomenal Mourning Minnu Gown, I tp'ed right away and didn't spare a second thought when I bought it. This had a skin made by Minnu Palen that was created for this gown, but I decided not to purchase it. If you want to though, the cost of the skin is $1200L, and has the awesome qualities as any other Minnu skin.

Anyway! I think this gown is beautiful, and for the price, its a steal. I've paired it with a existing Minnu skin I had, and I think they look great together. This gown came with the vest/collar thing, which makes it really something unique. Totally stunning.

What: Mourning Minnu Gown - $350L
Where: Kyoot Army, Silent (127, 203, 41)

A while ago, I had ventured to RaC and seen the prices on their skins. At the time, I thought it was insane to charge $4000L for a set of skins. I picked up some demos and tried them on at home. I noticed some issues with them, but it was instant love for me. The faces on these are so beautiful, I knew I wanted to buy the whole store. I let the demos sit in my inventory for a few days, hoping I would lose interest - but I didn't. They were on my mind all the time. So, I finally went out and bought Tasha. A day after wearing it around the grid, I decided to go and purchase another that I had kept going back to. Alexis.

Top is Tasha, and on the bottom is Alexis. The faces on these are very cute, and for the price of $4000L, you get all 6 skins that have different lip colors. If you think about it, thats really not that bad of a deal, but when I only like 2 of the skins in the package - it makes me want to cry. But hey, look at the face on these! So adorable~ One look at the face really sold it for me - I knew I had to have these. So, it was worth it.


The body has some seam issues, as I've noticed around the upper to lower body. Seam issues don't really bother me that much, so I am willing to overlook that. I love the shading/highlights, and it gives me the boost of cleavage that is a necessity for any skin I purchase. Another selling point of this skin was the legs. OMG, these have the cutest legs I've ever seen on a SL skin. I'd love to wear more skirts to show these legs off... but its winter IRL, and the thought of seeing anything in a skirt makes me want to groan. O.o

What: Tasha Smoky - $4000L, Alexis - $4000L
Where: RaC, RaC City (180, 125, 27)