Hate Me Handy Bastard

Oh, just sleepy ol' me, dozing off at the gallery.

Quick!  Grab the art and go before security sees us!

  I had a lot of fun taking these pictures.  I've been quite uninspired lately by the same old pastel pink tube dresses and ripped ass crack pants so when I find something as refreshing as the items in these pictures I have to put my spin on them.  So often I'll see somewhere in SL selling art and think "Hey, that would look nice in my tiny house!" only to realize it was stolen off of Deviant Art or something like that.  This painting by Ken Bastard not only looks nice in my tiny house, it is in SL with permission from the original artist.  Gasp! Yep!  You can see Ken Bastard's website HERE for more goodness.
  My table and the goodies on top of it are from a new-to-me store called Handverk.  I spotted them at Culture Shock when I was trying to find my booth to set up and was like say whaaaaat!?  It was really exciting to see their booth and to find something that was not only not shabby chic but also was mesh!  I look forward to seeing more from this brand.
  My dress is from Hate Me and Eat Me and if you read my blogs you should know by now how much I love this store.  She always makes something a bit different and very exciting.  She took a basic strapless dress and textured it in shimmering ombre that looks so good with or without windlight settings on.  It's mesh and comes in 3 sizes, small, medium and large, and I'm not entirely sure if they use the Standard Sizing numbers or not so be aware of that.
  Below is a close up on the skin and makeup I am wearing in the photo:

  My skin is from YourSkin & YourShape and my eye makeup is from Cheap Makeup, both at Culture Shock.  The left side shows the skin without any additional makeup added.  I wore it with the dark eyebrow and hair base option, though there are other color options as well.  You can also find cleavage options and more so make sure to try the demo to get a feel of all you get.  The right side shows the skin with the eye makeup added to it.  The makeup is available in a ton of colors and works with just about every skin tones, as Cheap makeup usually does.
  Have fun!
All This and More:
Sofia Skin: YS&YS @ Culture Shock
Makeup: Cheap Makeup @ Culture Shock
Furniture: HANDverk @ Culture Shock
Painting: Ken Bastard in SL
Dress: Hate Me and Eat Me
Hair w/Hat: Love Soul
Shoes: R2 Fashion
Shirt: Nylon Outfitters ( was from a past Collabor88, not sure if still available)
Texture Eyes: Glam Affair (was a past hunt gift, not sure if they are still available)
Prim Eye: By Snow @ Marketplace (1L!)
Nail Polish: RezIpsa Loc

Blue and Orange...

Generally colors I don't like together but today they felt good!  Gotta do what feels good! :D  Some of these items are from one of the Dressing Rooms that will be changing items in the next couple days so if you want them now is your chance to grab 'em up at these super low prices. 

 Speaking of super low prices I got these big, retro eyebrows from Cheap Makeup for only 30L.  Yeehaw!  I love me some interesting eyebrows for sure.

Sorry I'm not super chatty tonight.  Migraines for the lose! 
Worn:
Shirt: Emery @ The Dressing Room Blue
Skin: Glam Affair for The Dressing Room (but at their main store landing point.)
Shoes: YS&YS @ The Dressing Room
Eyebrow Tattoo Layer: Cheap Makeup @ Vintage Fair
Skirt: Ingenue (an older item but a total wardrobe staple of mine.)
Hair: Ploom @ Vintage Fair (comes with streaks or no streaks option.)

I Can't Help But Smile.

I have a secret.  Usually when I take photos I take them from the waist up.  Why?  Because I hate trying to find shoes to wear. You have to find the right style, then it has to be the right color, then it has to fit, then you might even have to match the skin color.  Ugh.  Too much work.  Every once in a while I will like a shoe enough to not only wear it but to actually take a photo of it and write words and stuff.   The latest shoe to make me smiley-happy-writey-bloggy?  Kalnins Lizette. 

 I am wearing the fat pack version here.  It comes with a hud that allows you to change the skin tone, nail colors, metal colors and options to change three separate areas of the shoe/strap colors.  There are about a kazillion color combinations you could make with the 12 color choices.  I've showed a few of my faves here.  The pair on the far right has the "shiny" option enabled, which gives the whole shoe a more "glossy" appearance.  If you don't need ALL the colors you can choose the classic pack which comes with red, gold and black, pretty much the necessary show colors for any woman.

I found the hud to be easy and the scripts didn't lag me even when I went to take shadow pics.   The classic pack is only 475L, which is a pretty dang good deal.  The fatpack is 1200L which is also a pretty great deal considering you get what amounts to a bazillion gazillion shoe options. xD  Oh, and the skin tinting was easy.  Really easy.  I wouldn't have blogged these shoes if it wasn't because if I can't get the feet tinted properly on any shoe within a MAXIMUM of 5 minutes they go in the trash. :P
Worn:
Shoes: Kalnins
Pants: Dilly Dolls
Skin: Cupcakes
Hair: Action
Lipstick: Cheap Makeup
Tattoo: Radicalism
Pose: Olive Juice