Lalinda Lovell

I have been making a lot of new avatars recently for my store AVATARS AVATARS in Hughes Rise sim. I love Marilyn Monroe so this avi was an obvious choice. Following the recent death of Michael Jackson I decided to create this tribute avatar of him in his heyday. I am really pleased with the results.
A customer requested this Mrs Lovett avatar to go with the Sweeney Todd avie that I already sell. I am glad to say she was very pleased with the end product as she is a huge fan of the film.
This last avatar was something I really wanted to make so I could wear it myself lol. I love the third Pirates of the Carribean film, especially the Calypso character. She also goes well with the Jack Sparrow avi that I already made. Making her hair was the biggest challenge as I have never made dreadlocks before but I love how she came out!

My friend and I went to Relay for life a few weeks ago to do the walk around the sims and to add boxes along the way. I was really glad that Lilwitch asked me to go because it was a truly fantastic experience. The sims were breathtaking on their own. Above is Stonehenge with us in the middle showing that it was true-to-life sized. The lighting was spectacular. Below is the sun, that sim has a model of the Milky way and you could fly through space. Words cannot truly describe the feeling of it. All the people we met on the way were in great spirits too, despite the harsh reality of why we were there, and there was a rollercoaster of emotions as we read the sponsored boxes around the tracks.
I wouldn't have missed the experience for anything. Thanks Lilwitch, love you <3.

Today and yesterday I got some very good hunt prizes and gifts. I went to the opening of Harlow sim today where Striking Poses was having a party, and I immediately won a gift of a pack of poses. I chose Brigitte Bardot poses and they are very smooth so good for AO's as well as posing. I am using the poses in the photos.
My skin is from the Red Diamond hunt at Piece of Candy in Jersey sim which I did yesterday, 20 diamonds each containing a skin.

This evening I did Agnes Finney's hunt. Her gowns are stunning so I was really glad that I found most of the prizes.
My hair is one of the prizes, made by House of Heart. As you can see the dresses are perfectly textured and compliment the figure very well, to say the least.
When I move in a well made flexi prim gown it makes all of my movements seem very elegant. I can highly recommend Agnes's hunt and her store as a whole!Thank you to all the kind creators who make Second Life worthwhile.

I have been dreading the changes, I have one small mature themed store on mainland so I knew I would have to move. All mature stores on mainland have to close down or move to the new continent Zindra.
Is it going to be a rat race of nasty, tacky stores flooding there, followed by nekkid n00bs who managed to work out how to verify their age?
Or a wasteland of deserted scenery dotted with a few desperate store owners begging people to buy their finely sculpted and textured prim attachments which will surely be offered for free on Xstreet at the same time.
Linden Lab desperately want creators to sell via Xstreet instead of in-world as they will make more money and have total control over what content is sold.
Users of IMVU know how well selling via the website alone works, and how much time and effort it takes to ensure mature items are made so that Mother Theresa's ghost would be happy to have them in her heavenly tea parlour. It never benefits the creator, and gives the virtual world owner a total monopoly over user's purchases.

I will have to try and get a parcel on Zindra however worrying it is, when I was there perusing I saw something mysteriously foreboding, a warning no less, of what I was getting myself into.....

Skins are so important to get right, they make or break your whole look. I am so glad that I discovered Miasnow because even her fantasy skins have realism, and her realistic skins are amazingly so.
I have now collected nearly all the skins she has made. The prices are reasonable and some are discounted. Also she does free skin demos, (boo to paying for demos). I took this photo in her store, my graphics quality is low at the moment, and the skin still looks very realistic.

"Anything different is good" - Bill Murray in Groundhog Day.
Second Life can be like Groundhog Day at times, this new hunt from Tamsin Barzane is something new and it's fun.
It begins here http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saminaka/92/62/30
Get a basket and some free clothes for the event, then hunt oranges for 20 prizes. There is a grand prize if you find them all.
It's a very realistic looking sim with native animals of Nigeria all around. The above pic shows me in the bushes with two hippos.
While hunting I met this beautiful lady called River Correia. She is a plus size model and she is wearing a dress by SMS - So many styles. She was kind enough to let me take her picture. She was radiant in the summer sunshine. Second Life really needs more plus sized models, especially ones as friendly as River.
Thanks for making the hunt Tamsin, it's a refreshing change from the average hunt.

I got this outfit today from GLD MM. That looks like a date in roman numerals, but it is of course Genie Lassard Designs midnight mania.
It came in a lot of colors, this is tangerine, very summery, very skimpy, and very well textured.
I am still wearing the hair and hair ornament from Inorite, but I tinted it orange today to match the outfit and it's given it a subtle effect.