Psyche Starling

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.

I have a bad habit of breaking my texture organizer this way. I'll be good for months on end, then accidentally tp with it on and ☠️😣💩

If you've got two linked meshes, put the script that changes one of the face 0's in the mesh it's part of, and put the script that changes the other face 0 in the other mesh. You'll have to name the meshes different things to make it work.

I don't mind stores that sell single colors; I only mind what people were talking about above: for example, the ad shows a cute dress with a contrasting belt, because it looks way better with a contrasting belt, but when you demo, you can't tell if the belt is changeable on the single version. So you buy the single version and it looks worse than the ad because it's all the same color. I'm willing to buy the fatpack to change that belt if I like the item enough, but just actually tell me! Some stores have fine print on the ad that tells you what changes on the single; some include the single hud in the demo. Both are fine.

Belle Epoque is releasing some new stuff in Reborn now. Just have to check the ads/demos because older stuff is not. They've got a hunt on right now too for 10L each item.

Yes, their new head skins have a neck fade. I had thought my Glam Affair Fair head skin just matched my Velour Icy body skin really well by coincidence, until one time I was trying on a more tan body skin and saw the Fair neck fade still all over my neck and decolletage. No wonder I didn't have a neck line!

And if you join the group (it's not free, but I think it's only like 100), you'll get the group chat when we're all trying to win midnight madness! It doesn't lock every day, but some days we all get organized and cheer each other on to slap the board lol.

Truth has a cute bob called the Ingenue that I've used both for 20s and 60s looks. Also a fan of Nylon Outfitters and Wings. Maraschino has some too.

Good point! I really only have a human male alt to model things I'm making for men. He actually started as a satyr, which would be an NPC of sorts for an event that didn't pan out, and doubled as a convenient way to wander around Fantasy Faire anonymously, but I worked him up as a human later for fashion purposes.

I have one of the Ruths on an alt, and it fits enough Maitreya stuff that I'm not sure creators really need to design for it specifically. (There's also the argument that if someone is looking for completely free, they're mostly looking for freebie clothes too instead of buying, which--considering this is an alt I rarely use--is fair in my case.)

This is a very good point. 2000L is kind of the upper edge of my "eh, I'm willing to piss that away" range. It's about $10 RL USD and I'm usually willing to shell that out if I really like something and haven't been overspending lately. 5000 is more in the range of "sit and think about it for a month or more" and often decide against it. The only things I've spent that much on are my head and horses.