Ayashe Ninetails

All of this. The Seraphim-style mainstream shopping experience is one thing, but if you're looking for clothing/accessories outside of that (*raises hand furiously*), these events and sales will barely offer you very much. If a designer wants to charge more than the flood of typical 50L-75L event/weekend sales allow, they could enter the goth, punk, unisex/nonbinary, fantasy, cyberpunk, athleisure, vintage, boho, grunge, glam rock, techwear, formal/black tie, business wear, cosplay, 1920s, rockabilly, etc. etc. etc. fashion markets and make a killing. Primarily because of me - I need ALL of this in my life. Please, take my money. Thank you. 😂

For head - Lelutka Ford omgomg whew okay got that off my chest (seriously, demo that, wooo). There are other options, too, but...yeah...woooo. For hair, I am not in world at the moment so I can't check, but I could almost swear I saw something like the second link recently. Not Found or Mister Razor perhaps? Maybe this from Not Found? And here's Mister Razzor's MP - https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/196216 . Both stores are in-world, as well.

Yay! You're very welcome! Now make copies, lots n lots of copies, lol.

If you've not made any additional movements, you can try undoing it with Ctrl + Z. If that doesn't work, you could try unpacking a fresh copy of the head from the HUD it arrived in (add the hud again and see if you get the option to unpack yet again). Use that new copy and you should be good. If for some reason you don't still have your unpack hud, try getting a redelivery of your head from the store you purchased it from. It's a good idea to make some additional copies of your head before tweaking anything, too, just in case. I have had far too many oopses and tend to do that automatically these days. 😄

Oh THAT issue, okay I assumed you were still seeing the alpha after taking off the hair, too. I see the updated photo now. Yeah that problem with alphas surrounding your actual worn hair is difficult to fix. It just works like that sometimes. The only solution would be to try another hairstyle or if the hair is mod, you could try playing with the alpha mode (right-click, edit the hair, Texture tab).

I think I know what you're talking about - I ran into something like that setting up a new head on an avie recently. Check your worn eyebrow shape. It's going to look like a little wig icon. Right-click it and choose Edit. In the Style tab, try setting every slider way to the left, down to 0, and then click Save at the top - see if that helps a bit.

I don't ignore random IMs. I genuinely enjoy speaking with new people when I'm out and about. The question, however, is not how likely one would be to receive a response from me, but what type of response they're going to get. Whether an IM receives my usual bubbly personality in reply vs. snark you into the sun depends entirely on what's sent. Low-effort IMs (the "hi"s that trail off into nothingness) will make me eyeroll a bit, but I'd still be up for a friendly chat. *gigglesnort* Nah. I've known quite a few DJs and they were fairly chill, but that sugar daddy thing is insufferable. IMs from them aren't even fun to snark on anymore. And if you're a DJ and are not talking my ear off about turntables, controllers, and mixers, then shame on you. 😉 At heart, though, I'm a gamer geek. Want a guaranteed bubbly response that turns into an hour long convo? Show me your sizzling hot... Steam collection.

I'll echo what everyone else has said - Maitreya really is the easiest body that plays nicely with all kinds of mods. I'll toss in Whisk for addons and adorable BOM skins, depending on your furry choice. I believe prices are a slight bit cheaper in-world, and they've got a 1L kangaroo skin on the marketplace that you can use as a demo, since they don't offer them.

Mhm, exactly! In my examples, the alt being responded to inside SL is the one doing the harassment (who is also the SL/RL ex with the personal info). I'm pre-coffee so maybe my post wasn't that clear (very possible!) - what I meant was the men and women I know are hesitant to engage with new avatars and alts in SL due to being harassed by the alts of previous SL/RL exes. As in, the "new" people they've been meeting in-world aren't actually new - just an old flame stirring up trouble. So when socializing, it's just hard for them to tell who's really legit in general, and they prefer to deal with main accounts with a longer SL history. It's confusing. And I need my coffee, desperately. And Annie, I'm so sorry that happened to you. I wouldn't wish that on anybody. SL can be a real mess sometimes.

This is kind of getting into whole separate topic territory and I don't want to derail tooooo much, but you'd have to just know people who have been harassed to see why some are nervous about others secretly messing around with them on alts. Things aren't always risk-free. In some of the cases I'm familiar with, these were full SL to RL relationships - some that involved international travel and meet ups, so all kinds of personal info was shared/known and used against them later in-world when things ended. It's devious and horrible, and I can understand why some people would be extraordinarily cautious after that. Of course, I would say these situations are very rare, but they absolutely do occur - just thankfully not that often. I went a whole 15-16 years before having my own WHOOAA moment. Nowhere near that bad, but I still side-eye quite a bit. Ok ok getting back on topic - @LilNosferatu !! I meant to comment on this yesterday, but I forgot. This would make for a really interesting poll! I wonder how many people have experienced less interaction once they changed something major about their avatars. I remember the days where you could run around in a green skin with dragon scales and wings and fire coming out of your eyes and nose and still get hit on relentlessly, lol. I wonder if things changed (or if dragon demon firebreathers still get plenty of attention). LMAO that sounds amazing. I have never actually roleplayed with any of my avatars and I don't even know why.

Going by my own personal experience, and to keep things as suuuuuuperrrrr general as possible - I've seen and heard of alts abused for things like ex-harassment and stalking, general harassment, being ridiculously obnoxious, catfishing, starting fights, and hiding things that would possibly otherwise compromise a relationship (hiding adult employment or cheating or something to that effect). This hasn't all happened to me - just things I've observed over the years. Random example - I remember someone I spoke to ages ago said he had trust issues since his wife or girlfriend or whatever tried to bait him into a relationship on an alt and started a massive fight with him for even talking to it - annoying petty stuff like that, and worse. How common that is - I have no idea. I don't often have things like that happen to me, but I'm pretty social when I want to be and a decent listener, so I tend to hear all the wild tales from the love battlefield. I'm definitely not saying alts are bad or having them automatically disqualifies someone from anything in my eyes. It's just something my friends and I say as a warning to each other (oh, nice avie, no payment info - definitely an alt watch out girl might wanna make sure that's not beebeeboo falalalala or binglepop boopieboopdingledorp). If someone mentions having one/several during normal conversation it's fine. If it's something someone finds out ten weeks into a relationship, that usually doesn't end well (and then my ear gets talked off again 😂).

LOL, don't worry. If you've got nothing to hide, just show that by casually mentioning you're an alt and a main exists. It's not anyone's business what you do on your main or who it even is, of course (unless you're trying to start a relationship or something), but just knowing that you're up front about it might make some women feel a bit less skittish. If you can't even get to the casual chat about length of time in SL stage, try putting something harmless in your profile. Been around since X, wanted a fresh start, my old inventory sucks and crashed me so hard my flexi wig flew off... you know - stuff.

I wish! 😄

Couple things here. I used to go to dance clubs of all types (formal, jazz, blues, rock, industrial, techno, Latin, hip hop, etc.) very regularly. Usually alone - standing around or dancing. Often, I'd be up for a chat or dance. But eventually, it all became too tedious where a "care to dance?" would lead, within 5 minutes or less, to "we should go back to my place!" No thanks, I'm good. These days, I'm suspicious if anyone on the sidelines IMs me for dancing because it usually turns out that's not what they're looking for. Unless a guy is already out on the dance floor by himself busting grooves so hard he's throwing his back out when he IMs me - then I'll eagerly join in, because that's totally my jam. Second thing - the no payment info on file is a general flag my female friends use to signal "alt" - not an immediate issue for me since Aya is technically an alt-turned-main (but both accounts have payment info) and I don't care all that much, but many of them have had bad experiences with that and are hesitant around them. I don't know if it's the first thing they check, but given the shenanigans they've run into in the past (like exes using alts to stalk/troll them), they don't entirely ignore it, either. The hair thing is definitely not something I'd pay any attention to. My human avatars have the majority of their heads shaved and wear head tattoos. The day I start judging men on their hair is the day I'm going to have to start going back to traditional hairstyles (not happening). Oh, and to get back on topic for a second - how people react to my avies? They don't. I get the occasional "wow cool avie!" IM, mostly from women, but SL is pretty silent for me these days and I kinda don't mind it. I got more frequent IMs when I looked more...ermm...I hate to say normal but...regular? Plain? Average? Once I started rocking more alternative human avies and non-human avies, the random IMs vanished (yay).

Not taking a position either way here, but this looks like every other survey I've ever taken in my life. And I've taken a lot more than I care to admit (had some tough times!), though all of the ones I've taken were paid surveys conducted through actual universities or companies for consumer/market research and hosted on various gig/work websites, so there's that. That aside, these are really standard demographics questions they tend to ask participants, at least here in the US (race/ethnicity, income, age bracket, region of the country or world if international - some go as far as to ask for a zip code, marital status, education level/degree held, what field your degree's in, etc. etc. etc.). I've seen questions like that on simple "so what do you think of this cool new product idea!" surveys that seemingly don't need any of that info. Not saying it's right or wrong - it's just somewhat common, at least for our surveys here in the US. Now, why an SL survey needs all that - no idea. But this does follow the usual generic format. I'd just avoid the survey if you don't want to give out that type of info (I'm so used to it, it wouldn't faze me, but I realize how that would make others a bit concerned). Edit: LilNosferatu beat me to it, with links even! ❤️

Being way too lazy today.

Okay @Blaise Glendevon! I *might* have figured out a solution for you...maybe! So, after playing around with the shape a bit and realizing I have so few classic Evo skins (oops), I noticed the lip corners are working overtime on this head. It's making the few skins I do have AND my lipsticks look absolutely horrid on it. So after some tinkering around with demos, I believe I managed to solve this. Take a peek at this magic right herrrreeee. Here's the before and after with no lipstick on to show you how it's working. (Note, I took these shots with CALWL, because I forgot to change it to a better windlight. Zero editing, though). So now, wearing that as the bottom layer to minimize those dark lines, I demo'd some lipsticks from a few different stores. I eliminated most of my earlier suggestions for one main reason - some older lipstick looks so low res on this head, it's just not worth it. So below, here is what I managed to find that DOES work. Izzie's! By far the best fit and prettiest look that I tried, and you can maybe find more of a selection on the marketplace, if you didn't find much in store. Look for anything that says Lelutka and has BOM, even if it's using the older Lelutka origins logo. Demo them all - they look much nicer with the concealer. Below, wearing the concealer and Izzie's Holo Metallic in Bronze and Metallic in Plum - found here and here. And two more to test out - Booty's Beauty and Cazimi, shown below (Booty's - Hielo, found in the Omega/BOM section and Cazimi - Rendezvous, mixed in with the older nails and stuffs: I'd grab every demo in those stores that you can find and see if you get better results with the lip corners toned down a bit. Oh and yes! Nuve's gifts will look fine with this fix, as well. I did try the Bubblegum and...Ana? I forget the name now, but you should have it if you've collected everything from the VIP room. Hope this helps a little!

Oh no, that's a shame! For Cazimi, if you look in the back room on the left from the entrance, there should be a bunch of random makeups (nails, eyes, lips) that are probably older, but they do have a Lel Evo logo and a BOM version included - but it might be a universal generic BOM since they also designed those for Genus and Catwa. But hmm, what I can do is try out the head myself with some of the makeup in my inventory, and if I find anything that fits decently, I'll let you know! Omg LOL. I know exactly what you're talking about. I've tried some lipsticks that did that to me on HDPro! 😂 I'll let you know if I find anything that works on it.

I agree. If they could use the Evo HD appliers, that would be huge! I'm trying to think...I'm sure I have some Lel Evo classic BOM lipsticks but I'm still pre-coffee so my brain isn't working properly. Lemme hop in-world real quick to check... Okay, fair warning - I've not tested any of these on the new AK gift head yet, so demo thoroughly. Have a look at alaskametro (look for the section "Omega appliers w/3 fits" - most of those include BOM layers in 3 sizes - in the applier hud demo, check for a button at the bottom to deliver the bom demos), Zibska, Izzie's, Dotty's Secret, Nuve (if you're in the group, which isn't free at the moment, the group gifts have bom layers - I believe the paid products are HD appliers only), Booty's Beauty (has a teensy tiny AK section and BOM layers in the larger Omega section - maybe worth a demo), Trend (free group join with frequent store credit gifts & has some lipsticks that include BOM layers), MJN Cosmetics (Lel Evo-specific BOM), and Cazimi (there are some BOM layers included in their makeups in the back room to the left - might be worth a demo). I apologize in advance if any of those SLurls are wrong. Doing my uncaffeinated best, lol. Also, if your lips just aren't fitting any of those demos, maybe try a BOM concealer. I find myself using one a LOT for my Catwa HDPro. Izzie's sells one, and Cazimi's got a freebie in the Gifts section.

Awww, Lauren, thank you for the compliment! I'm so happy you've started trying new things out, and I agree - some time away can definitely help. I also agree with you guys 100% that there really needs to be a way to streamline the process. It's just kind of difficult to do that now that there are so many different unique heads and bodies on the market. When you're ready to go back to it, maybe watch some YouTube videos explaining how to set up your head and/or body etc. Some are fantastic at showing off the features and hud functions. And if you find yourself really stuck, my in-world IMs are always open, or you can start a thread in the Your Avatar section and we can help you out there. You guys are making me blush! Thank thank thank you ❤️

Marigold, don't EVER feel like you have to meet some random standard of avatar beauty to participate in SL. Running around as a goose sounds amazing! That's the beauty of SL right there - avatar diversity, which I absolutely love. There are so so so many creative ways to dress your avie - I still chuckle when I run across the little otters in Santa hats draped in Christmas lights. It's the cutest thing ever! Being human gets boring and frustrating at times - hence why, well, you know how I roll LOL. 100%!! I own quite a few gowns now thanks to advent and event freebies and I'll just wear one long enough to lock myself into a pose, take a photo, and yeet it back into my inventory. Gowns have absolutely not improved with mesh (flexi wasn't the best either, but it offered a few more options like...oh...being able to walk without looking *too* ridiculous). I've got a very active AO, too, so you can imagine how often my train flies up into the air, lmao. It's sad because one of my gowns is so insanely gorgeous (it's got a beautifully animated sparkle to simulate sequins!) but I can't really wear it out unless I want to just stand around motionless looking cute. It realllllly has! I swap looks quite often and can try and help you out in-world sometime if you find yourself still struggling. It's a lot to take in. I took a long break from SL myself when system avatars were still a thing and came back to full mesh. Took me about a week to get comfortable enough with appliers and Omega systems - and then everything switched to BOM and I had to relearn it all over again!! GAAAAH. I will say BOM is a lot easier to deal with, but things do get a bit confusing if you try to mix and match slightly (want a BOM head and body with applier eyes, which alpha to choose, where'd my body go, why is my head red, etc. etc.).

That's a very good point! I forgot about alts. Mine is dressed in group gifts, free heads, and gift card hauls for the most part, so I tend to forget the costs of maintaining one properly. For this account, I typically change my entire look (and/or species) every few days, but with all of the free heads that have been given out over the last few years, I've got 20-22ish heads to play with for that (not all human). I did purchase about 5 in my collection, but only one was in the 5k range. The cheapest was 50L on sale, marked down from 2k. One half-priced Lel and the rest under 350L. I might be a bit obsessed with finding discounts and grabbing every freebie I can get my hands on. 😂 This is true! 17 years for me in SL and I still have trouble figuring out how skins are configured when shopping for demos. Then I eventually give up and just toss on something purple because hey at least it's all one single layer.

Female skins for Catwa are still around. I still see gifts and sales for them on occasion. New releases for male skins - I'm not sure. There are stores that still carry them, but I'm not sure how often new skins come out. If you're looking for stores that still support Catwa, have a peek at this Flickr gallery put together by a Catwa CSR here. What I found most interesting about those survey results when they were first released was how many people bought 5+ heads over the last two years! That seems like a lot to me, but I mostly rock the freebies unless something really knocks my socks off (it happens, but definitely not that often). But I'm fairly faithful to Catwa myself. I don't think anything could get me to abandon it for daily use.

Ahhhh, fabulous! You look amazing! We should wear these all the time, lol. Thanks so much! Yup, the ears are super stretched with a bunch of piercings and tunnels mixed in. And funny enough, I'm just like you in real life! I barely even own makeup, let alone wear it. Oh, and I have absolutely no tolerance for pain whatsoever, so no tats or piercings, though I absolutely adore them and told myself for years to stop being a baby about it. My avies are basically what I'd end up looking like if I actually did have a pain tolerance and patience for doing makeup. 😂

Lmao, thank you! Do it!! It was so much fun. I need to find more brows like that. Oh oh, and I gotta try them on my male avie, too. Definitely post your finished look when you're all done!