Hello Coral!

 

OUTFIT – BEN’S BEAUTY – CORAL TOP AND SKIRT SET

Available at the Ben’s Beauty Main Store at

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spiritual%20Reboot/83/200/1737

It’s on sale!   99L

Here are the HUD options:

Outfit also features –  Cazimi. Not Found, LeLutka, Ikon, Kunglers, Maitreya, Stealthic

 

POSE - R.icielli - FASHION POSES 02 / pose 06

LIGHTING - Places Astryls Wild

MODEL, STYLIST, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND EDITING  – Yhishara Cerise

 

Taken on Location at Hillvale

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cold%20Breeze/119/113/22 

It's a Gift

This beautiful gown is a special version of the Blanche gown and is a group gift. 

Available at the PM Main Store:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stellar/127/53/23

This gown is also available in 8 other colours as a regular purchase for 249L each (megapack - 799L).

OUTFIT FEATURES - Izzie's, Cazimi, Not Found, LeLutka, Cae, Ikon, Maitreya, Opale, Koffin Nails

Lighting - Nam's Optimal Skin and Prim

Model Stylist, and Photographer - Yhishara Cerise

Set Features - Some of the items from 8f8's "Make Beleive" set. 

You can find it here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Black%20Kite/92/74/21 

 

 

A Night on the Town

I have a weakness for bright colours and chinoiserie designs.  It's such a luxurious, exotic look that I find myself immediately drawn to it.   With the new Logan set from PM it has taken it up a notch in a sexy bustier,  mini skirt - and for a fun touch - a fluffy coat.  This lux set is available at the Black Fair until July 23, 2023.   

To add even more incentive to get a set for yourself - here is the HUD for the Fatpack :) All of the colours for 799L .  Each colour is also sold separately for 199L.   But who can ever pick just one? :) 

OUTFIT – PM – LOGAN

Set consists of Jacket, Bustier and Skirt

 

Available at Black Fair until JULY 23   (TOMORROW!! )

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pentagram/127/124/22

Available at the PM Mainstore after the Event –

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stellar/124/39/22

 

Outfit also features: Izzie’s, Top1Salon, LeLutka, Bauhaus, Cazimi, Ikon, Maitreya, Stealthic, Amara Beauty

 

 

Pose - *PosESioN* Elegance Walk Default 2     

Lighting – Fairy blue (Paulina)

Model, Photographer, Stylist – Yhishara Cerise

 

Taken on Location at Bao's Nightclub- The Gem of Chinatown

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/158/138/1931

 

Lost in Paradise

In real life I am terrified of water.  But I have to admit - there are times, when I can see the absolute beauty of it such as when the light hits it and all you see are sparkles.  That's what these separates from I.M. Collection remind me of.   The white colour also reminds me of the white tips of the waves when they reach the shore and the sleeves the swelling of the waves.   I like it very much  it's both sexy and romantic - which reminds me of those romantic honeymoon spots you find in bridal magazines.  Now I just need to find Mr.  Right to go with or perhaps just a Mr. Right Now...   

- OUTFIT FEATURES -

I.M Collection   GIA TOP  (HUD Options) 

I.M. Collection  GIA  LONG SKIRT (HUD Options)

Both Part of the WOW Weekend Sales for July 21 and are available at the I.M. Collection Main Store and available at the great price of 90L each.  

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/McKindred%20Couturier/211/50/25

Outfit Also Features – Shiny Stuffs, Not Found, LeLutka, Ikon, Maitreya, Promagic, Truth,

 

 Lighting - Places Beach Cay Surreal        

Stylist, Photographer and Model – Yhishara Cerise

Pose - ProPose Runway 5 – 10 (Left Hand Modified Slighty from original pose)  

 

 Taken on Location at LOST OCEAN

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ela/85/25/21       

 

Precious

 Everyone knows these times are tough.  Everything costs more than they really should and so when we do spend money we have to be careful to make sure we get our money's worth.  Even in SL, where we can have anything we want has started to cost a more substantial amount and we don't seem to get the same amount of Lindens we used to.   What I love about Ben's Beauty is that so many of the new releases are put on sale for 99L, have extensive customization HUDS and come as separates, so you can wear each piece independently.   One such set is Heidi.   

It comes with three HUDS and help to customize the finish on the garments:  HUD 1 is Matte finishes,  HUD 2 is Shiny finishes and HUD 3 is Latex finishes.   Each one has 20 colours for the Top, Skirt, Belt and Stones.   The HUDS also work with each other so you can mix and match finishes.   You can see the HUDS here: 

This makes the styling options truly limited.   Such flexibility makes it a truly precious set to own.   

It is available for 299L at the Ben's Beauty Main Store: 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spiritual%20Reboot/83/200/1737 

Outfit Features – Velour, Shiny Stuffs, Cazimi, Amara Beauty, LeLutka, PM, Ikon, Maitreya, Promagic, Stealthic

 

 Taken on Location at Zindra Ocean Palolem Marina http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Crayfish/95/6/21

Pose - *PosESioN* Elena 1

Lighting - Phototools- Breakwave Building Light

Time for Tassles

 A long time ago, PM released the Coraline dress, a one shoulder satin gown with a long assymetrical hemline, a flirty back view to show off an avatars assets, an exotic feathery shoulder piece and a fascinator style hat.   I love the gown but could never find just the right accessories for it.  Until now.

Introducing the new Cora earrings from PM.  They are a mix of precious metals, bright gemstone colours and completed with a shoulder dusting tassle. 

OUTFIT FEATURES –

EARRINGS - PM – CORA 

AVAILABLE AT COSMOPOLITAN EVENT

JULY 10 -22, 2023

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/No%20Comment/189/79/35

Here is the fatpack colour HUD:

 

SHOULDER PIECE AND HAT – PM – CORALINE IN TEAL

Available at the PM Main Store –

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stellar/140/34/23

 

Outfit features – Cazimi, Amara Beauty, LeLutka, Kuni, Maitreya

 

 

 

Lighting – Annan Adored Realistic Ambient

Pose - *PosESioN* Geometric 3

Stylist, Photographer, Model – Yhishara Cerise

In Touch with Nature

 

For as long as I can remember, I have loved nature.  Thankfully, I live in Alberta where we have a ton of natural beauty with trees, mountains, forests, fields, meadows and the badlands (which sound awful but have a beauty all their own).   So it's no surprise that in my Second Life I seek out places to explore that are nature themed.   I have travelled to  many such places since I have started blogging but for this picture,  I needed to look no further than my own (SL) backyard.  It struck me as the perfect setting to show off one of the floral patterns of the Isla Dress by I.M. Collection. 

The HUD offers 6 floral patterns and 6 solid colours to choose from for both the dress and the sleeves and is available at the I.M. Collection Main Store.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/McKindred%20Couturier/206/71/25

Best of all, it's on special now as part of the WOW event and is on sale for 90L.   A sale this good means people can watch their lindens at the same time they watch the birds :) 

Happy Shopping! 

OUTFIT – I.M. Collection  - ISLA DRESS (INCLUDES SLEEVES)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/McKindred%20Couturier/206/71/25

 

 

OUTFIT FEATURES – Cazimi,  Not Found,  LeLutka, Kunglers, Maitreya, Wings,

 

Pose - **Manifeste** - Model_162

Lighting – + Skye Sandy Beach Sky Setting

Model, Stylist and Photographer, Photo Editor – Yhishara Cerise

Art Meets Fashion

There are some times when you see a pair of shoes that are just so cool that they transcend normal footwear and become wearable art.   These ones called Corey from PM are such shoes.  The styling combined with a mix and match HUD for the main, straps, insole and platform gives them a "wear with everything" style I will be reaching for all summer long.

 

BLOG – https://splbyyc.blogspot.com/

 

FOOTWEAR - PM – COREY SHOES

AVAILABLE AT THE WIP EVENT July 2 - 22, 2023

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/WIP/114/76/1501

 

OUTFIT FEATURES – Valentina E., Cazimi

 

LIGHTING - [TOR] MIDDAY - Anime Ciel

POSE - DePERLA - S13x03a

 

TAKEN ON LOCATION AT THE PM MAINSTORE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stellar/111/15/22

As the Phoenix Rises

 

There is something extremely inspirational about the phoenix legend.  Sometimes in life, we experience things that take the life from us.  Sometimes it's a loss of a loved one, sometimes it's a drastic life change among many other things.  Regardless, there is one certainty: we are forever changed.  In a real way it is like a part of ourselves have died, and in order to go forward, we need to rise to the challenge of recovering or risk losing ourselves completely.  

Second Life is much the same.  In the past 20 years we have seen so many changes and some were so profound and far reaching that none of us experience SL the same way as we used to.  Things like mesh had that kind of effect.  But on a more personal level, we have all met people that had an effect on our lives and then lost them in some way.  If we were close to them, like the phoenix, we need to rise out of the ashes of their loss.  

Sometimes, however, the loss is temporary and we get some measure of that old life back.  There is also a chance that our lives take a turn we did not expect and that going through that experience makes us stronger than we ever thought we could be.    

OUTFIT – PM – FIONA

EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AT ENJOY SL EVENT FROM JULY 7 TO AUGUST 1, 2023

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bonayre/139/76/1996

 

COLLAR – PM – TEUTA

AVAILABLE AT PM MAIN STORE –

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stellar/146/95/23

 

Outfit Features – Izzie’s, Not Found, BaObA, PM, LeLutka, Baiastice, Cazimi, Ikon, Kunglers, Maitreya, Opale,

 

LIGHTING – Places Between the Worlds

STYLIST, PHOTOGRAPHY, MODEL – Yhishara Cerise

TAKEN ON LOCATION AT OLYMPUS BY SPARK PROJECT

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spark/175/184/111

The Spotlight

 Like many people in Second Life,  I find styling outfits fun.  When you create a really good one,  you just want to show it off and go places where people can see you.   Though I find my style has changed a great deal in Second Life, when I first started I loved formalwear and after blogging so many casual outfits recently I found myself yearning for  a really good formal outfit.  And POOF!  Like a virtual fairy godmother,  Iseult Mcpherson of I.M. Collection came through with this lovely set called Evelyn.

I am so ready for my closeup!

  

OUTFIT – I.M. COLLECTION – EVELYN GOWN & JACKET

Part of the Glorious Event and on special for 95L

Available at the I.M. Collection  Mainstore

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/McKindred%20Couturier/206/70/25

 

Here is the Evelyn HUD:

Outfit Features – Izzie’s, Not Found, Bliss Couture, LeLutka, Baiastice, Exile, Ikon, Maitreya, Orsini, Cazimi

 

POSE - *ED* Catrina 10

LIGHTING – Annan Adored Light Explosion

MODEL, PHOTOGRAPHER AND STYLIST  – Yhishara Cerise

Taken on Location at the BOSL Innovation Pavilion (Soundgarden area)

Ice Cream Stop In Hillvale

  A few months ago, I did an interview with Lauren Bentham  and discovered the Hillvale sim.  When I wanted to take a picture of the new Danny set from Ben's Beauty, I know at once that I wanted to revisit that sim to take a picture of the outfit there. Of course, part of the exploring lead me to this wonderful ice cream stand.    This is just one of the wonderful photographic spots on this sim so I have included the landmark below as well as the landmark for Ben's Beauty so that people can find the perfect summer outfit (such as the one above!).  

Happy Exploring!

OUTFIT – BEN’S BEAUTY – DANNY SET (TOP, SLEEVES, PANTY AND SKIRT)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spiritual%20Reboot/83/200/1737

Here is the huge assortment of colours available on the HUD to show options for the Top, Sleeves, Panty, Denim Skirt, Chain Colour,  Chain Metal, and Skirt Button to truly customize it.  

 

OUTFIT FEATURES – Not Found, LeLutka, Bondi, Exile, Kunglers, Maitreya

 

 

Taken on Location at Hillvale:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cold%20Breeze/246/128/24

 

LIGHTING - * Mimikri_Daylight

POSE - *PosESioN* Asia 2,1

MODEL, STYLIST, PHOTOGRAPHER – Yhishara Cerise

 

Everyone's Celebrating

 

And why wouldn't we?  It's been an eventful 20 years and here's to 20 more that are even better than the last.     Happy Birthday Second Life!

OUTFIT – PM – ALEXIS (TOP AND SKIRT) 

This is the PM gift celebrating the SL20B Event.  Available with the rub of a lamp! 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Poppy/73/226/53

You can tell it's her shop by all the pink sand...

 

Outfit features – Avi-glam, Encore, Emo-tions, Ghee, Izzie’s, Not Found, LeLutka, Maitreya

 

Lighting - Nam's Beach Scene

Pose - AMITIE_Pose Bea 02

Model, Photographer, Stylist – Yhishara Cerise

 

Addicted to Light

When I first discovered Windlight settings in Second Life I was fascinated at how it would alter the look of the world around me.  With a click of a button, I could add fog, make it completely dark, make everything green or blue or red.   Then there is the affect it has on the look of the avatar - it can make clothing vibrant,  wash everything out, or make everything psychedelic.  The other thing it does, now that Materials has been introduced, is add effects to the outfits we wear.   Though all these things have been out for some time now, it is only now that I have started blogging regularly that I have come to a new appreciation of them.  It's useful when showing off outfits such as the Evalin set from Ben's Beauty. 

They still fascinate me and I can spend hours just clicking through them.    I wonder if there is a support group for that?  :) 

OUTFIT – BEN’S BEAUTY – EVALIN (SET CONSISTS OF TOP AND SKIRT)

Available at the DOLLHOLIC Event   June 18 – July 11, 2023

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Daydream/37/158/27

 Here are the HUD options which is quite extensive to allow an endless amount of mix and match possibilities).  

Outfit features – Izzie’s, Cazimi, Amara Beauty, Yummy, LeLutka, Truth, AviGlam, Madame Noir, Mandala, Maitreya

 

Taken on Location at:

City of Neon Dreams

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/HILTED/101/48/24

 

 Lighting – Fine Day

Pose - *Eternal Dream* Tatiana 04

Model, Photographer and Stylist – Yhishara Cerise

The Roadtrip

As the long running science fiction series X-files  once stated:  "The truth is out there."  Sometimes, though the journey we take to find it takes us on hidden roads within our own minds rather than on the granite roads of the physical world.   Some routes we take often, the truths once gained lost along the way to other places - causing us to go back to revisit places we have already been.  Those routes can be visited and revisited so often that we know every landmark, every intersection, every blade of grass along the way.  At some point though,  we do learn the truth enough to see similar landmarks to know where certain roads lead and know to avoid them.  We already have the souvenir t-shirt and don't need another.  

Of course, if the t-shirt is as cute as this one from Ben's Beauty "Eika" set then it might be worth forgetting a few times (as you can see from the extensive HUD options show below).

OUTFIT – BEN’S BEAUTY – EIKA SET (TOP, PANTS, BELT)

Outfit Features – PM, Izzie’s, Cazimi, Not Found, LelLutka, Truth, Ikon, Maitreya,

 

 

Taken on Location at Kanjenia Desert Ruins

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Desert%20Ruins/201/175/75

 

Lighting – Incongruent Truths

Pose – Customized

Model, Stylist, Photographer – Yhishara Cerise