Psyche Starling

Has anyone ever bought anything because of a sign in some random part of mainland anyway? That's just not how I or anyone I know find stores.

I do this too! It means some demoing until I get familiar with a store, because the color I like is (for example) in the Dark Blondes at Sintiklia but in Brunettes at Truth. And then Magika is great because you get all the colors.

It's a shopping event for men. And yes, creators come together every month and put stuff there for sale. Usually, events like that will have gifts during the event's anniversary month, so if it was first started in (for example) April 2022, then in April 2023 the designers will put out a free gift to celebrate. Sometimes for major holidays too, yes.

Nah. I like that in SL, I can go into an imaginary world and just be there, without having to be fast or coordinated or strategic. There are RPG resources out there for people who want to do more of that within SL.

Yeah, when I'm out socializing or RPing, I play an idealized version of myself with my real ethnic background. Sometimes to model things I'll break out other skins, etc. that I've picked up over the years. I don't want all my model pics to look like regular-me, so some of them are my own race but with different features and coloring, and some are not my own race.

I have this if a stone path will do: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/LORE-Stone-Path-Kit/13908571 Pretty affordable and you can change the texture on all of your pieces at once. I use them slightly sunk into the ground.

Well dang, missed it. That price for Lite (which is all I'd ever need anyway, because I never use appliers) was fantastic.

Lindy does some kitten heel styles.

Yep! And I think some of it is the "camera adds 20 pounds" effect, except that I want the 20 pounds--i.e., I like having a rounder face on my av, and a lot of times the shape will look rounded in the 2D pic because it's kind of being flattened, but then gaunt when I put it on.

I think the weird hands and feet are pretty standard for a shape demo! I'd be happy to be able to see what it would look like on my face and body--a lot of times shapes look so different in pics than they do on a person, even on the "right" head and body.

Yeah, I got this when FAGA hair switched to a subscription group. I was like "What did I do? I never even posted in the group chat!", but a look at their FB cleared it up.

One thing that sometimes happens is that if the V loads before your body, it won't fit to your body the way it's supposed to. This can happen if, say, you have more than one mesh body and you switch from an outfit using e.g. Legacy to one using Maitreya. The V loads, then the body does, and the V doesn't match or fit the body properly. It can be fixed by taking the V off and putting it back on. Booties do this too sometimes.

I think even a year or so ago, I used to see more stores doing like one color at 88L and then the rest at regular price, but I feel like I don't see that much anymore either.

I haven't even gone. I have too many skins already, and still wear the same two all the time lol.

I remember being a noob, not being able to get into Catwa or the MP for the Queen head, and ending up with the Genus Strong. Wonky eyes and all. Ah, memories. I used it for a few months before springing for a Lilly. I mostly liked the Strong but just couldn't get a snub nose out of it. And I ended up liking the Lelu HUD a lot better too.

Bonbon maybe?

Welp...I own it, I think. Lol!

Can't help with the AO, but your dress, omg. Is that Violent Seduction?

Akeruka has a couple of chubby heads. I bought this one when it came out--I can't find it on MP anymore, but it may still be inworld: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaoz/51201622494 And then more recently the Luisa: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/AK-ADVX-Luisa-Head/23669234

Yeah, that happened with one of my rented parcels. It came with some landscaping, some of which I liked and some of which was in the way, and I asked the landlord if I could move it. She said no, but I could return it to her. So I left some of it there and returned the rest to her.

Valentina E. just dropped one at Anthem too, called Nevermore.

Long slit skirts are hard! You end up having to alpha some weird combination of areas, and then when you move, it becomes obvious that you are missing big chunks of leg. 😄

Oooh! My MAlt is on TMP so I have thoughts. Amazing Creations still puts out lots of their stuff for TMP. I've acquired a decent amount of stuff just by joining the group and hoovering up the gifts and lucky boards. Fitch--I heard about this one from Ryan Schultz's blog (https://ryanschultz.com/2019/11/24/clip-and-save-ryans-all-in-one-guide-to-freebies-in-second-life/ with more info), there's some TMP stuff and some useful BOM stuff there. I've got lots of the stuff from Gabriel's freebie area, it's standard sizing but my guy looks fine in an M most of the time. Kauna--also found via Ryan Schultz's blog, some TMP and some standard sizes. Got a lot of standard size stuff at Ajuda SL Brazil too. Some of it looks its age, but it's free, so low risk lol--just grab it and sort it out later.

You Add the box too. We just call it wearing boxes because it's funnier.

I was using Strong and switched to Lilly because it could do the upturned nose I wanted and couldn't manage on Strong! So I will also recommend the Lilly. I used face shapes from 7DS for both, so they look maybe like sisters, if not quite like each other.