Shangri La Style

Gorgeous Mesh Hair from Elikatira

Vernice — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:56:18 +0000

I’m really excited about mesh and this hair is one of the many reasons why I wish more people would update their viewers and embrace mesh. For a long time I’ve always really been irritated about how our side braids or even longer hairstyles were forever going through our shoulders. NO MORE!

Here’s just a quick rundown of the styling credits:

New skin for me and my new daily is from Filthy.
The eyes are my normal from Poetic Colors and the lashes are really the best I’ve found and can be found at FTL.
The gorgeous jewelry is from Amorous, if you haven’t been to this store you will not be disappointed.
This sweater dress can be found at Addict and really is a must have for the coming spring.

52 Weeks of Color – Coral

Vernice — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:31:00 +0000

When Luna announced the color of coral I didn’t find anything coral in my inventory so I was left browsing the tons and tons of items on market. I pleasantly came across this skirt which I purchased. I hadn’t realized how long it was and when I put it on I knew the Coral pumps from Hucci that I had weren’t going to work so I went to find a shirt instead. I ended up coming across this cute top from The Sea Hole but with the shape of the neckline and style of shirt with the skirt it wasn’t working… paired with this white crop jacket though, it’s perfect. Then was the dilemma of shoes… at this point I’d already purchased the skirt and top so I was hoping to find boots in my inventory and I tried on a few pairs before it clicked. “I KNOW WHAT BOOTS!” I blurted out to my mom and co-blogger.

Details after the cut.

BODY

Hair: TRUTH – Gabriel – walnut
Eyes: Poetic Colors – Poison Ivy
Lashes: FTL – C01 – Natural
Skin: Dutch Touch – Yri – Olive
Shape: Made by Katelynn Ashland

CLOTHING

Jacket – Aoharu – No Collar Leather Jacket – White
Shirt – The Sea Hole – Annis Lace Top – Coral
Skirt – hanamachi – Coral India Skirt
Shoes – Mon Tissu – Provence Riding Boots – Caramel
Earrings – Hucci – Tres Circle Earrings – Group Gift

PHOTO CREDITS

Pose: Pose is part of my AO, Basically Girl by Oracul (Freebie).
Photographer: Vernice Burks

This photo is a straight SL shot minus using the Auto Color and Contrast features in Photoshop and taking out a few pokes on my avatars body.

Accessories Make the Look – LOTD 1/7/2012

Mariah Urriah — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:00:59 +0000

Today’s look is all about the accessories. I started with a very basic outfit, using mesh pieces from Maitreya and celoe. The fun starts with the accessories! Brand new mesh shoes and clutch from Hucci forms the color palette of the outfit. Necklaces from Zaara, earrings from Amorous, and a very funky hairstyle from new hair store Likeli completes this look.
Get This Look:

Body:
Skin:[Ill] Illusory Skin – Paige_Cocoa – Cat Eye (Dark Brow)
Hairbase:-Likeli- GuiSy hair base 3 noir-
Hair:-Likeli- GuiSy v4 noir-

Outfit:
Top:[celoe.gea.top.cod]
Pants: Maitreya Leather Legging * M Oil
Shoes: ::HH:: Hucci D’Ann Pump Exotics – Jungle Love

Accessories:
Necklace:ZC : Balini Necklace *amethyst amber* (chest)
Clutch: ::HH:: Hucci D’Ann Clutch NP – Crown Royale
Earrings: : Amorous : Sieben

Pose:
GLITTERATI – Purse 8

review copies notated in BOLD

Audjyan

Mariah Urriah — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:22:50 +0000

Inaya is a skin store that I’ve admired from afar but never took the plunge in getting a skin from there. Today changes that fact; I have a lovely ethnic skin to show off named Audjyan.

Audjyan comes in three tones for only 1000L: pale, tan and dark with bare faced versions and a teeth option. I didn’t find any visible seams and the skintones are just lovely. I do have one concern about it, the lips are drawn way outside the lip template, making the lips very full. I also wish that there were a non-pushup size option for the breast. Anyhow, this is still a very lovely skin and I invite all of you dark skin lovers like myself to go down to Inaya and try a demo for Audjyan.

It Girl – Part 2

Vernice — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:11:13 +0000

Yesterday I blogged this gorgeous new hair and today I wanted to go ahead and give you the full dose. I had paired the Blacklace corset with a pair of jeans and these sexy black boots. If you look closely at the corset it in this photo it looks a bit different and that’s because I’ve detached the sculpt attachment and let just the detailing of the system layer corset show. As I mentioned yesterday this corset is only available for another week, that is until 1-13-2012 and after that will be discontinued permanently.

Hair: Milana
Skin: Dutch Touch
Corset: Blacklace
Jeans: Cynful
Necklace: Addict
Boots: N-Core
Pose: fri.day
The background is a Photoble from MudHoney.

It Girl – LOTD

Vernice — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:29:39 +0000

I’ve been kinda in a odd place with my av. I like her appearance don’t get me wrong but 2+ years wearing the same skin gets boring. Thing is, there is no skin I love more than the Jolie skin from Dutch Touch on my avatar. When I put a different skin on her, she doesn’t doesn’t feel like “me” anymore so I’m sticking with it for awhile longer. I did go for a bit of a hair color change though and I’m totally loving this “new” me.

Please don’t overlook this absolutely gorgeous corset I am wearing either that’s only available 50% off until 1/13/2012 at Blacklace before it is permanently discontinued. Don’t miss out on your chance to pick it up before it’s gone or you’ll be missing out for good.

Hair: Milana
Skin: Dutch Touch
Corset: Blacklace
Necklace: Addict

PS. A huge thank you to Gogo for helping me get rid of those stupid lines on my images and the awful jaggy shadows.

52 Weeks of Color – Champagne

Vernice — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:35:23 +0000

As many of you know, Luna Jubilee, started a 52 week of color challenge last year and each week bloggers were given a new color. I think I got about 8 of the weeks and kept meaning to catch up and eventually decided there was no way I could pull it off. Needless to say I was a happy girl when I saw that she was giving slackers like me another year to redeem themselves so without further holdup lets get this rolling.

Week One: Champagne

Dress: Celoe – Group Gift
Hair: Elikatira – Collabor88
Skin: Dutch Touch
Jewelry: Amorous
Shoes: Lelutka

PS. I know this was probably my laziest blog post to date but I took this photo weeks ago and just now got to editing it up. (Conveniently just in time for the new cycle of color challenges.) Also, fair warning… my next post is going to be pretty lazy as well because that photo is from the same day I took this one so same situation. <3

With Love 2 Hunt Preview

Mariah Urriah — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:27 +0000

The With Love Hunt 2, brought to you by CHIC Management, starts on December 9th until January 6th. Each hunt Item will be for sale at 10L with a value at or around 400L. There are lots of cute prizes to be had and I was lucky enough to be invited to sneak preview some of the items, so here’s a little view.Get These Looks:

BOLD indicates WL2 item

Look #1:
Skin: [Ill] Illusory Skin – Paige_Cocoa – Cat Eye (Dark Brow)
Hair: **Dura** Valentine’s Day Group gift
Dress: (Kunglers) FLW..Hunt dress
Shoes:{mon tissu} Provence Riding Boots ~ Black
Earrings: : Amorous : Gyroscope Earring
Pose: [ImpEle] Vogue – 11

Look #2:
Skin: [Ill] Illusory Skin – Paige_Cocoa – Cat Eye (Dark Brow)
Hair: *Dura-Boys&Girls*27(Black)
Dress: DCNY_Simply Knit Dress_Crimson
Shoes:{mon tissu} Provence Riding Boots ~ Black
Earrings: : Amorous : Gyroscope Earring
Pose: [ImpEle] Style – 01

Maybe Turkey Day? – LOTD 11/24/11

Mariah Urriah — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:05:17 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone that celebrates it. It may not be entirely obvious, but Thanksgiving inspired my look today. This is a very typical me look, take a cute dress, throw on a jacket and heels and instant pulled together look. I know you’re wondering by now, how did Thanksgiving inspire this look?If you have been following this blog and my post, you probably know by now that I’m Southern. So all of last night and most of today was spent in the kitchen. My RL outfit will consist of sweats and tees. Since SL doesn’t require staying up all night to make a feast, I can play the part of the glamorous hosts here. Hucci has been cranking out the releases lately, so I chose the Noni dress as the foundation of my outfit. For a little contrast, I chose the funky grey jacket from justB (they are closing really soon so hurry!). Orange jewelry from Caroline’s Jewelry to add a pop and black heels from N Core completes this look!

Get This Look!

Body:
Skin: [CheerNo Femme] Skins_Zuri 2_Mahagony_Eb01_bald_base
Hair: booN WMO003 hair brown
Lashes:[ glow ] studio – Eyelashes. Touched – Sorted
Eyes:.ID. Classic Eyes v2 – Brown

Outfit:
Jacket: justB/faux suede short jacket STONE
Dress: ::HH:: Hucci Noni Dress – Black
Shoes:N-core ESSENCE “Graphite”

Accessories:
Necklace/Earrings: (Caroline’s Jewelry) Donata in Orange

Poses:
*EverGlow* – Model430
*EverGlow* – Model424

Wendy is Unique

Mariah Urriah — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:13:45 +0000

I’m still trying to get back into the swing of things with blogging, and what better way to get back into the groove with doing a skin review. Unique Megastore recently released Wendy to its line up, and just for today I’m going pale to show you her.

Wendy has the familiar Unique Megastore features: sexy breast option, hairbase option, plus freckles and pubes tattoos. She also comes in twelve makeups, two of which features the open mouth/teeth that Unique does so well.

The skin has a very pretty face but I do have some concerns. Some details were very light and needed more shading and highlights, like the philtrum. I think this may be a new trend among skin makers, as there are several skins out currently that features that. Also, there is a seam on the back of neck and very visible skin difference. Aside from those issues, you should defiantly stop by Unique Megastore to pick up demos.

Other Items Used:
Hairbase/Hair: Amacci Hair Knot – Brown Sugar
Lashes: [ glow ] studio – Eyelashes. Touched – Sorted
Eyes: .ID. Classic Eyes v2 – Brown
Lingerie: Kyoot – Soft Words Lingerie (Black)
Pose: GLITTERATI – Headshot – 5