Hair Fair 2014: Damselfly

Hair Fair 2014 is here!  4 sims of wonderful hair, 100's of them by new designers, runs until the 27th of July.
As in previous years Hair Fair 2014 is a charity event and all purchases give at least 15% of it's proceeds to Wigs for Kids,  has been providing Hair Replacement Systems and support for children who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, Alopecia, Trichotillomania, burns and other medical issues at no cost to children or their families for over 30 years. If you look around you will see some styles that have an even larger donation amount, some even at 100%.

The official Hair Fair blog can give you all the information you need regarding the fair.  The Hair Fair committee has done a brilliant job in creating a shopping environment that is as lag-free as possible. However, you are encouraged to strip down or even wear a full size alpha to hide your avatar. Thankfully, there is also the Hair Fair Demo Group so you can pick the styles that you must have and find their slurls on the Hair Fair blog.  There are also little "busses" you can rez and use to ambulate your way around the fair. These are located throughout the venue.

So let's talk about the hair already!  I am featuring the 3 new releases for women from Damselfy.  I must admit I have recently become quite a fan of Damselfly after seeing a gorgeous style on my friend, Kat Alderson.  The textures are superb and the hair is so realistic looking. There are a multitude of textures at 125 and are contained within a HUD so that you don't have to have a billion hairs in your inventory.

Credits:
Photo 1:
Hair: Damselfly: Praise - Color 106 from the Mixed + Faded HUD: available at Hair Fair 2014 on the Noirette sim.
Dress: coldLogic: Ayres - Blush: coldLogic's 50 % off sale has been extended until Monday, July 14 due to the horrible server issues that affected the vendors of so many designers! so GO
Bangle: ISON: Safari Tribe Bracelet - Gold: currently available at Collabor88
Bag: Glam Affair: Business Tote Bag - Candy
Shoes: Baby Monkey: Fauna - for Slink High Feet (removable strap - just chose a new color to restore the strap): HUD contains 32 colors. Group Members get 50% off many new releases during the first week of release.
Skin: Glam Affair: Cassia - Arctic 06: at Summerfest for one more day!
Hands/Feet: Slink: Flat hands / High Feet
Photo 2:
Hair: Damselfly: Tabby - Color 415 from Mixed + Faded HUD: available at Hair Fair 2014 on the Noirette sim.
Shirt: coldLogic: Crane - Celery: SALE SALE SALE
Shorts: coldLogic: Sumner - Soot: SALE SALE SALE
Bag: Zenith: Leather National minority bag - Choco - available in rigged/nonrigged versions. Includes HUD to change trim: currently available at Collabor88
Shoes: Baby Monkey - Olwen - for Slink High Feet: HUD contains 32 colors. Group Members get 50% off many new releases during the first week of release.
Skin: Glam Affair: Cassia - Arctic 06: at Summerfest for one more day!
Hands/Feet: Slink: Flat hands / High Feet
Photo 3:
Hair: Damselfly: Eilana - Color 204 from Mixed + Faded HUD, hairbase 106 (included): available at Hair Fair 2014 on the Noirette sim.
Shirt: David Heather: Oen Buttondown - black - PUPPIES!: currently available at The Men's Dept.
Pants: Aphorism: Loaded Slim Jeans (women's version / men's version available, too!): currently available at The Men's Dept.
Shoes: Just Design: Roma - Pink for Women's Slink Bare feet (men's version available, too!) : currently available at The Men's Dept.
Sunglasses: ieQED: Wright Glasses - black : currently available at The Men's Dept.
Skin: Glam Affair: Cassia - Arctic 06: at Summerfest for one more day!
Hands/Feet: Slink: Flat hands / Bare Feet
Poses: marukin: Poppy: currently available at Collabor88.

7.6.2014: Deep Thoughts

Hi there!  One of my little projects in SL is being one of the assistants for The Men's Dept.  I am most happy here when I am busy and I spend a lot of time on location at The Men's Dept. on the days leading up to it's opening.  I am so happy to be part of a well run event that features items for men.  Everything here is original content plus discounted from it's normal price.  And lots of designers include items for feminine avatars, which I love!

Set up was kind of slow this month because of it falling during Canada Day and Independence Day...or it felt like that to me and I got a little stir crazy hanging out so that I could be helpful to someone or at least maybe nag somebody.  And I started to feel like this, like the girl with the empty dancecard or the only person on the planet not running around with sparklers.  And had way too much time to brood.

I've been around SL for many years now and I debate off and on whether it's time for me to depart.  I know all of my friends who are also "oldbies" are pretty jaded, too, but many of them continue to log on to create, blog, run events, etc.  Most of them "do" something in SL, though I wonder what keeps us here, complaining about lag and big body parts, while other people eventually move on.

I love Eden, my avatar.  She is my first avatar and has always been my favorite.  With the recent talk of SL "closing down" I wonder what will happen to poor Eden if it does actually happen. Will our avatars be waiting for us like waiting for an event to open or will they finally be free to be themselves? And now, with clothes just starting to get really good!

Credits:
Photos taken at TMD at junk's lil booth.  The following items I'm wearing are featured at the July round of TMD:
Shirt: TonkTastic: Commando Sweater (for women):  Tonktastic is a new designer for TMD and is offering this fantastic fitted mesh shirt for women.  Each shirt contains a HUD so that you can change shirt textures as well as the patches on the arms.  You can even add a nameplate so that you can add your name or something funny.
Pants: Deadwool: Joad Pants - Desert: These pants were made for men but I am wearing them in the same size as I do mesh item's for women.  They are sublimely made, as is anything that comes from Deadwool.
Shoes: Milk Motion: Double-Strapped Sandals - Marie Lauridsen of Milk is offering these fabulous sandals for both men's and women's Slink Bare feet. You get to chose from 15 different textures, patterns and solids, and they are as comfortable as my RL sandals, ftw.
Bag: Le Primatif: Chameleon Bag: available in both male and female avatar sizes and is also re-sizable; includes 4 versions (rigged/unrigged) and with and w/o bottle.
Furniture: junk: Old School set - tubed chair (PG), bench (PG or A) and Cabinet - sold separately
Others:
Hair: Truth: Blythe - New Release!
Skin: Glam Affair: Cassia: Artic - 06 - available at Summerfest

6.30.2014 : Birds of a Feather

Ok, so.  This kidney infection I have been fighting since May has really taken a hit on me and RL had to come first.  I try so hard to not get ill that by the time I am I am usually the last to know it and completely run into the ground. But life goes on and thankfully I am still in the game :)  I've managed to relieve my shopping itch with new releases from a variety of stores and events. Details are below in credits!

Credits:

Hair: Truth: Hope: new release!

Skin: Glam Affair: Cassia: America 03: available at Summerfest

Dress: Amerie: Fruit Dress - Strawberry Blue: available at Creation,jp

Stockings: Cannibelle: Blackbottom Socks (Lights Pack) w/Slink Appliers: available at Rhapsody

Shoes: Bliensen + MaiTai: Scheherazade Flats - Red (for Slink Bare Feet): available at Genre

Flamingos: !Ohmai: Summer Flamingo Buddies - Peach: available at Summerfest (for a song!)

Pose: an lar Poses: from the Wrath of Gods Gacha Series: available at Tales of Fantasy