Fanatik Blogger Search

Hiiii guys! Hope everyone is doing well this weekend!

I’ve been away in RL for a couple of days and I rushed home and jumped on the PC coz I knew I needed to put a look together and make a pic for the Fanatik blogger search. You can read all the deets on how to enter here. Closing date is tomorrow though so be quick!

Anyway, I put it off right till the last minute since Fanatik regularly appear in one of my favourite monthly events, FaMESHed and I wanted to see what new good things they put out, which were these fab mesh leggings. I probably didn’t need more mesh leggings if I’m honest, I have a lot, BUT…I didn’t have any in camel! It’s always nice to have slightly different variations of things too, so they made their way into my inventory while I got the rest of my outfit together.

I paired the leggings up with a new top and cardigan from Baiastice which are absolutely perfect together. The Aida top is of course just like the Aida dress that was released a few months ago, and the cardigan fits right over the mesh so you don’t have to worry about wearing a bunch of random sizes to try and get your layering even without mesh pieces poking through.

Lelutka put out their latest hair collection while I was away, 3 very vintage and very fabulous styles so I snapped one of those up and decided to wear it in a dark red just to add a bit more colour to the whole look. This Gloria style comes with the hairband included that also has a dainty butterfly attachment, this can be removed with a click or you might choose to recolour it to match your accessories.

Also new is this statement necklace from .Olive. and the chain clutch bag by Lazybones, both of which can be found at the new weekly event SL Fashion Week.

Anyway, that’s me for today. Good luck to everyone who enters the Fanatik search!

Coral
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Hair – Gloria – Lelutka NEW

Top – Aida Top – Baiastice – NEW

Cardigan – Boxy Open Cardigan – Baiastice NEW

Leggings – Leather Leggings – Fanatik @ FaMESHed NEW

Scarf – Fringed Scarf – Fanatik

Necklace – The Lost World Triangle Necklace – .Olive. @ SL Fashion Week NEW

Ring – Roho Ring – Maxi Gossamer

Bag – Chained Clutch – Lazybones @ SL Fashion Week NEW

Belt – Seneca Threaded Belt – Mon Tissu

Skin – Amberly – Glam Affair

Lashes – Corner Pointed – Redgrave

Eyes – Eternal Eyes – IKON

Dark Eye Circles – No Make Up Today – Izzie’s

Dimple Piercings – Sugar Heart

Hands – SLink

Pose – Le Poppycock

Location – Not So Bad

Little Black Skirt

First of all, I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a happy new year! I’ve been really busy over the holidays but I finally got around to my first post of 2013!

January has always been the worst month of the year for me, it seems like pay day can never come quick enough. After the huge blow out I generally have in December, January is my frugal time. After the first couple of weeks of sales, it’s also when you start to see new collections arriving in stores so you can begin to build up a spring wardrobe.

Now if you’re budget savvy like I try to be, then you’ll want to pick up some staple items. Staple items are pieces that you can mix and match to get completely different looks from, as well as getting your money’s worth and wearing them often. So for this post I decided to show you a staple item I picked up recently and 3 different ways to wear it.

Fanatik has quickly risen up my list of favourite stores with their releases over the past couple of months and this micro mini is no exception. I bought it at the Frost event a couple of weeks ago but only got around to blogging it now, however I think since I did buy it, I’ve barely taken it off. It’s available in several colours and with the variety of ways you can dress it up or down, fatpacking would not be a hard decision to make. It’s pretty simple in it’s style, but I love the quality of Fanatik’s mesh and textures and it also has a cute little zip detail on the back which gives it that extra bit of realism. The length was important to me too, I have some other mini’s that were just a tiny bit too long for what I wanted and the market is also flooded with ones that basically put your ass cheeks on display. I wanted something in between and this skirt was it.

I’m wearing a few other new(ish) items as well, that were released over Christmas and New Year. A couple of recent hair styles by Truth, the one with the scarf also includes a colour change hud so it’s great to match with many outfits. I have a thing for hair with attachments like that so this is an easy favourite.

The leather jacket from Erratic on the left is very nicely made and comes with both open and closed options. It’s not the kind of thing that is easy to layer with other mesh tops but most mesh jackets aren’t, which is why I still grab layer tops now and then.

House of Fox had a sale for a few days and I’m sorry that I didn’t get to blog this before because I am wearing several of their items that I picked up there while they were reduced. If you want information on sales and things make sure you check out Seraphim SL as they almost always have the latest info on what’s going on where. Anyway, House of Fox, yea, lots of good things.

Finally LaRoo released these fab Liberty boots for FaMESHed, that I’m wearing on the left a few days ago. Lots of colours available and they come in 3 different sizes, I usually wear a M in mesh clothes but the S in the boots fits me just fine. These are definitely my favourite of LaRoo’s releases and I can’t wait to see what comes next.

Also I just wanted to point out there there was -very- little editing on these pictures compared to some of my others, apart from smoothing out some angular edges so everything I’m wearing should look the same in world, although always make sure to demo!

Hopefully I’ll be back to more of a regular blogging schedule now but I’m still visiting family and using a different PC so I’m not sure how fab my pics will be till I get home in a month or so. Anyway, I’m so looking forward to seeing what great items will be brought to us for the new season!

Coral
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Skin (all looks) – Amberly – Glam Affair

Skirt (all looks) – Mikro Mini Skirt – Fanatik (RECENT)

From left to right:

Look 1:

Hair – Winter – Truth (NEW)

Jacket – Vanity Leather Jacket – Erratic

Top – Whitehaven Beach Dress (only the jacket layer) – Kyoot

Leggings – Half Sequin Leggings – Anthem (marketplace)

Boots – Liberty – LaRoo @ FaMESHed (NEW)

Look 2:

Hair – Asami – Diva @ C88

Top – Mesh Leather Tee – House of Fox (RECENT)

Boots – Tundra – JD (Just Design)

Earrings – Granny’s Pearl Earrings – LaGyo

Necklace Thing – Fur Tippet & Pearls – Coco (RECENT)

Look 3:

Hair – Sassy 2 – Truth (RECENT)

Bustier – My Crop Corset – House of Fox

Under bust corset – part of Lola Shorts – House of Fox

Leggings – Rose Lace Leggings – G Field

Shoes – Loona – Redgrave

Necklace – Heavy Spikes Necklace – Glow Studio

Ring – Coal Ring – Anthem (marketplace)

What A Weekend

The last few days have been eventful with new releases, events and hunts. It’s hard to know where to start, so I decided today that I’d pick one of my favourites from each and put together a look.

First of all I’m wearing the new Amberly skin from Glam Affair. There had been some teasers over the last few weeks for this skin but I’ve got to say it was well worth the wait. It’s one of those skins that not only do I love, but I feel like myself in. This is definitely a new favourite for me and easily has become my new every day skin. I particularly love that Glam Affair always includes a clean version now, since I do like a more fresh faced look most of the time and this gives me exactly that.

The hair I’m wearing is new from Tableau Vivant at The Arcade Gacha event that kicked off on Saturday, you can find all the SLURLS and items available on their Tumblr here. I must admit I didn’t expect to like this hair as much as I do and I certainly didn’t expect that it’d make me wanna go blonde. But I do and it did. It’s rigged mesh and comes in both male and female versions as well as a ton of colours which you can try and collect for just 50Ls a play!

FaMESHed also started a new round on Saturday and this daring dress from Fanatik was one of my favourite items. The mesh is shaped to give perfect curves and the spikes add some sass and come with a HUD so you can change them to either gold or silver.

Finally The With Love hunt brought to us by Chic Management started on Friday. You can find all the hints and SLURLS on Chic’s page here. There are tons of awesome items that you can pick up all for 10Ls and this tattoo I’m wearing is the item that’s available at Aitui.

Right now I need to get back to trying to organise my inventory, since this gacha event has caused me one helluva mess! Hope you all have a good week.

Coral

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Hair – Ewing – Tableau Vivant @ The Arcade Gacha NEW

Dress – Dress with spikes – Fanatik @ FaMESHed NEW

Skin – Amberly Clean America – Glam Affair NEW

Tattoo – Goodmorning! – Aitui for the With Love Hunt NEW

Necklace – 2 Heavy Spikes Necklace – Glow Studio

Cuff – Leather Chained Bracelet – Erratic

Ring – Roho Ring – Maxi Gossamer

Hands – Splayed Mesh Hands – SLink

Pose – Le Poppycock

Poppins in Paris

First of all, I would like to say that this picture has absolutely nothing to do with Mary Poppins. A couple of weeks ago Harper joked that I should be her nanny, and then Coral Poppins was born. It was meant to be my display name for a week but it’s lingering….sighs…so ok, I did think that this outfit had a bit of a Parisian feel about it, and I took the picture at the Cupcake sim so it fitted.

Also (sorry about this waffling) I know it’s a bit of a summery/spring look and I’m seeing tons of beautiful autumn and now winter themed pictures popping up on other blogs and Flickr, but where I live in RL it’s still bright and sunny, a little bit of a chill in the air but a light cardigan or jacket is all you need and you can still sit outside and enjoy a meal. So I just can’t take winter seriously right now.

The top is by The Secret Store and is out for sale at FaMeshed, or if you follow Lazy Sunday you could’ve picked it up for 70Ls at their store a couple of days ago. It’s completely cute and tucked to fit well with high waisted mesh items.

The skirt is an old group gift from Fanatik. However, you CAN still get your hands on it. This skirt and one of their mesh dresses is on display at the mainstore, all you need to do is join the group for 100Ls to get them both!

I’m wearing the new Cyanne mesh hair from Truth as well. Accessorising can really make a difference to a look or an outfit, and this hair makes it that little bit easier with the scarf already attached. There is a colour change HUD for the scarf so you can easily mix and match it with different outfits. I wish more hair styles came with accessories like this and I’m looking forward to seeing what others come up this season.

Hope everyone is enjoying their week so far!

Coral

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Hair – Cyanne – Truth (Mesh!) NEW

Top – Sweet Sheer – The Secret Store @ FaMeshed (Mesh!)

Skirt – Pencil Skirt Leather – Fanatik old group gift but still available at the store if you join (Mesh!)

Shoes – Suave – Maitreya (Mesh!)

Skin – Roza Basics – Glam Affair

Necklace and Earrings – Pearl Rain Set – Mandala

Bag – Sophmore Satchel – Mon Tissu (Mesh!)

Pose – Le Poppycock

Location: Cupcake