Liverpool

You can take the girl out of Liverpool
but you can't take Liverpool out of the girl!

When Skittles begged Truth Hawkes to give us a mesh rollers hairstyle he didn't disappoint! I've seen loads of great trailer trash, bed time and getting ready posts.
But the thing is, I grew up in the north-west of England, trained in-me-Liverpool-home and whenever I see rollers I just remember the chav-tastic, orange, scousebrowed (pronounced scaasebraaad) girls walking around Liverpool 1 (shopping area) in velour tracksuits and their hair in rollers!

So I really hope you like my take on this hair!

Scousebrow and appropriate slap

Saff/B xx

Credits below

A colour splash

Sweaty palmed with a butterfly stomach all ready for a spring date

A splash of colour always makes a girl memorable!

I really love the new hair by spellbound, it comes in rigged and unrigged mesh, the rigged mesh comes with a colour change hair scarf however the rigged version wouldn't fit me unless my head was a stupid size - unsure how other people got around that. I'm obviously wearing the unrigged version and it is lovely but I was sad to miss out on the scarf

Saff/B xx

Summer Freedom

In weather like this why would anyone want to wear more than a simple vest and a skirt
Which is why I was so glad to find these free, and near free, items to throw together!

Taken at Tableau

Saff/B xx

Top @ COCO - cropped tank top (free group gift)
Skirt @ Quintessencia - Gaby Jeans Gift Skirt (5L)
necklace by [glow] @ The Dressing room Fusion - scarf styled necklace (200L)
backpack @ Tee*Fy (previously at The Arcade) - Leather Made Goathead Backpack in Black
Hair @ Truth - Jessie in Marmalade
Eyeliner @ TuTy - audrey
Lipstick @ Glamorize - delicious shine in flesh

Beauty in the Eye

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Be it tattoos, body modification, implants, no one can define your beauty.

Saff/B xx

Credits:

Tattoo @ .:COLLisions:. - Scribe for The Second Makeup and Tattoo Hunt
Makeup @ Adore & Abhor - lost soul for The Second Makeup and Tattoo Hunt
Hair @ Magika - Plenty
Skirt @ e! - Chloe Skirt Silver Zips (group gift)
Skin @ The Skinnery - Sasha Bare Face in Champagne
Earrings @ [glow] - little cross earring
Piercings @ .:ellabella:. - pure garbage

All the Colours

This picture has taken me forever to take, the outfit was perfect but getting a photo that did it justice was hard!

The dress is a previous Zodiac item from Adore & Abhor which is still available, the rainbow version is an exclusive VIP gift. The blended colours are stunning and it fits like a dream, the bottom has a bit of a badonkadonk but creates perfect pear curves!

I teamed it with this beautiful necklace from [glow] which I got from The Arcade and also the Clawtooth hair from The Arcade

Saff/B xx

Credits:

Hair by Clawtooth @ The Arcade - That Pretty Lady in Blueberry
Necklace by [glow] @ The Arcade - Colourful beaded row necklace (jurgen)
Dress @ Adore & Abhor - Capricorn Nice in Rainbow (group gift)
Lipstick by Glamorize @ The Cosmetics Fair - Delicious Shine in Bright Magenta (dollarbie)
Eyeshadow by Elymode @ The Cosmetics Fair - metallic in aqua (freebie)
Skin @ The Skinnery - Sasha bare face in Champagne

Legs

Legs.

That's what they called her.

Legs.

In Venice, the beautiful city, the sinking city.

How would she have known that a masquerade would be formal? Black and white yes, but formal?

Straightening her tuxedo jacket she tottered away in the hope of a gondola spotting her.... yet this late in the afternoon in the backwater alleys she had to keep walking.

With a sigh she carried on, her head held high, and walked towards the Campanile de San Marco and prayed she remembered the winding route to her hotel.
She was sure it was around here somewhere...

This lovely tuxedo jacket (and dress) is a free group gift, I love the design of it and it teamed perfectly with the necklace I wanted to blog (also a cheapie).
A few points to make about the dress, however, be aware it only comes in three sizes, considering it's free there's no need to demo but it's disappointing if you really like it and it won't fit your shape.
Another point, the rigging is good however in certain poses my arms do poke through the sleeves and the padded shoulders aren't complimentary for the more energetic poses.

Saff/B xx

Credit:

Dress @ *COCO* - tuxedo jacket with sequin dress (free group gift)
Necklace by [glow] @ TDR Fusion - Wild shoulder drape in brown (70L)
Hair @ Magika - Little
Shoes @ Deco - Mesh sequinned heel in silver
Eyeshadow @ Huit - Parrot
Eyeliner @ Tuty - Blooming2

Location @ Venexia

Disneybound - Kuzco

BOOM BABY!
- Kuzco, The Emperor's New Groove

Disney's Post-Renaissance is what I remember most of Disney, the Disney of my childhood. I remember seeing The Emperor's New Groove in the cinema as a kid and it was brilliant!

Saff/B xx

Credits:

Dress @ coldLogic - ness in poppy
Shoes @ Duh! - Spring Flats Dramaz in black
Necklace & earrings by Glow @ Collabor88 - gold
Hair @ Magika - Plenty
Make up @ Huit - Parrot Makeup
Eyeliner @ Tuty - Audrey & Khol 1
Skin @ The Skinnery - sasha in champagne

It's beginning to look a lot like.....

Christmas!!!!

And boy can you feel the chill in the air!!

This stylish ensemble probably wasn't a great idea for this weather, especially considering my little cottage is snowed in!

Dress @ e! (group gift)
Hair @ Magika (250L)
Tights @ Jane
Jewellery by [glow] @ The Dressing Room Fusion
Shoes by Slink @ The Dressing Room Fusion

So I decided to warm up a bit in my new sweater (tulip) and scarf (pesca) from the arcade

I have to say, I love this skin I got from the Arcade it's the skinnery and it's called winter and I love the pink nose and cheeks, I wore it with MONS sunny smoke eyeshadow (from the new dressing room fusion)

Saff/B xx

Poses by label motion @ TDR Fusion

A Fallen Angel

This post has been bugging me for ages, I suppose it'll be a work in progress because I'm not sure if I'm happy with it

Saff/B xx

Credits:

Dress @ beetlebones
Hair @ Exile
Skin @ *YS & YS*
Wings @ *BOOM*
Earrings @ [glow]
Make up @ Miamai
Top 2 poses @ Magnifique
Bottom 2 poses by marukin @ Collabor88

Old, New, Borrowed, Blue - Blogger Challenge!

So.. I don't know how many people will do this but I thought I'd do a blogger challenge.

Hunt in your inventory and find something old, older than 6 months would be best

Then find something new/buy something new.

Borrow something from a friend, be it an item of clothing, a pose, anything.

And find something blue!

Throw it together and blog it and if you have flickr, post it here

Old - Epoque hair

New - The most beautiful ear cuff by [glow] @ TDR Blue

Borrowed - I borrowed my favourite Julliebear's skysphere as a setting!

Blue - This gorgeous nautical top by Baisatice @ TDR Blue

Saff/B xx

A new day

There is nothing I love more than good customer service, so when I ran top speed to the new round of The Dressing Room my heels skidded at R.icielli's shorts. I bought them hurried home and threw them on.

Unfortunately the creator had included a playsuit and an alpha that covered most of the arms. I'm not complaining about the creator because I then politely sent a notecard explaining it and within minutes I got a response of the actual shorts for sale and a response thanking me. I was just happy to catch the creator before many more bought the item and then Ricielli would have many more customers to contact!!

The shorts are absolutely gorgeous and if you buy them you'll agree as the layering is exquisitely flattering.

Another huge compliment going out to [glow] as they've produced not one but two items for The Dressing Room.
The bracelet is one and the earrings (shown below) are another. I *HAD* to buy the bracelet as it matches perfectly with a past item they released which I blogged here

The sandals are [CheerNo] for TDR, they contain a resize script which could easily make them unisex, the HUD for the skin colour change has a few presets which thankfully were perfect for me though I'm not sure how easy they would be for everyone.

Saff/B xx

Other Items:

Hair @ Exile
Top @ Cupcakes (past freebie)

Red, White and Blue me away!

This extended weekend has seen the whole of the UK and I'd say th majority of the commonwealth celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth the Second. The celebrations are ongoing for the next two days and it's amazing to see so many communities come together.

I threw a garden party at my house on Friday (see more pictures here) and wore this and had an awesome time! It's lovely to feel less isolated from the SL community when you just sail along never realising how alone you can be in such a huuuuge world!

Saff/B

Credits:

Outfit @ coldLogic (gassel trousers, phaeton top & gish belt, part of a dress)
Hair @ elikatira
Necklace @ [glow]

Dancing with butterflies

Butterflies, to my mum, are the symbolism of new life. She loves to use them as a metaphor which attracted me to this dress, it's stunning with the fascinator and different sizes of butterflies to attatch

Valentina E Couture made this dress for the dressing room blue (70L I think) It's gorgeous but I highly reccommend you get the demo before hand, in dresses I'm usually a S and in this I'm wearing XXS, vanity sizing! (joke) but you can see it is hanging off my back.

Apart from my problem with the sizing this dress is visually stunning and the shades of green are lovely and subtle throughout without being so heavy that it clashes with my colouring.

Saff/B xx

Hair @ Exile (past TDR item)
Necklace @ [glow] (past TDR item)

Quiet Contemplation in shades of Peach

I'm letting the pictures do the talking for my second blog post today

Saff/B xx

Credits:

Bed @ Funky Junk (199L 17 prims!)
Hair @ elikatira (250L)
Dress by MONS @ The Dressing Room Blue (70L)
Necklace by [glow] @ The Dressing Room Blue (70L)
Rigged MESH Feet @ Gaeline Creations (380L)
Eye liner by MONS @ Summer Beauty Festival
Skin and Freckles @ YS & YS (past TDR)

Jeweller's treasure

Been busy playing with shadows again after yesterday's RL drama (someone tried to break in, the poloce are going to be sick of me soon!)

I asked on plurk what do people rarely/never buy in SL and I said jewellery... until I, minutes later, saw this beautiful necklace!

Saff/B xx

Credits:
Skirt by 22769 @ Fashionably Late
necklace by [glow] @ The Dressing room (70L)
hair @ Exile (past new release)
Top @ Fri.day (freebie)
Skin @ Atomic (past TDR)

The Shoes!

In life, it all starts with a pair of shoes...

And surprisingly I didn't even show the shoes that well

Hair @ D!va (group gift 15k group members)
Flowers @ The Dressing Room by [glow] (59L)
Shoes @ Maitreya (group gift)
Blouse @ *League* (past 50L Fridays, now 115L)
Skirt @ Awram-Vie (1L)
Skin @ Tuli

Saff/B x