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Caerolle Llewellyn

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  1. 😁 I just bought my 'spendy' skin from Pink Fuel a couple of nights ago after a lot of cross shopping. Ivory, very pretty!
  2. I went there tonight. Didn't buy anything but definitely LM'd it. Tonight I loaded up at a make-up place, could spend hours playing with the stuff I got! If you have any make-up vendor suggestions, I would love to hear those, too!
  3. Thank you! For some reason I could not find it in Search or MP.
  4. Congrats on the new house! And awesome photo as always!
  5. Well, since I spent several hours and stayed up wayyyy past my bedtime cross shopping and demoing expensive skins specifically around the brand of my head, and finally got a set that cost L1400, you would think I would be all in on this one, lol. However, I am like the people upthread who identify with their avis, and feel their look has to represent who they are, and I am just not sure this is me, or at least who I want to project. I think part of the problem is I am not sure what that is now. SL has changed so much for me, as has my motivation for being here. With this head change, I have kinda let go of the past and of my expectations of SL to a large degree. Instead of socializing and going to clubs, I am focusing on shopping and playing Barbie with my avi. The irony is that if I don't really interact with others, it doesn't matter what my avi looks like, lol. But I am doing it because it is fun and entertaining, not to look good for others, so I suppose it all works out in the end. edit: Oh, and the eye shadow was way too dark for this pic, it should have been something more subtle. However, I suck at SL photography, and the ones that came with this skin were all the same except for the color. I forgot I have a couple in the head HUD, of course, lol. And I don't have any other make-up yet. I collected several demos last night, but wound up focusing on the skin and have not tried then yet. Something to keep me up late tonight, lol.
  6. I can't find Skinnery, what am I doing wrong? Le Forme seems to not have an InWorld store?
  7. Loving this thread, have been using it as a shopping guide, thanks so much! I just moved to a mesh head, so updating my skin and make-up. Doing a lot of shopping, but am horrid at noticing details, so am very confused about the difference in skins. I know these are really stupid questions, but 1) what is the difference between different skins from the same vendor, in the same skin tones? I am having a hard time figuring that out. And 2) what does a L1000 skin get you over an L200 skin? Details? Make-up options? Thanks for any help you can give me!
  8. I do the same thing with the basic shape! If nothing else I like to switch back and forth for comparison after I make changes. I keep slider values in a spreadsheet. Nothing paper is secure with me. If someone has incriminating documents they needed to get rid of, they could give them to me and they would never be found again, lol.
  9. I actually keep a spreadsheet of my starting values, I am such a dork, lol. However, what I usually do is just keep saving new shape versions, with somewhat descriptive titles, so I don't have to write down every change (Athena rounder jaw and so forth). I don't ever overwrite my more-or-less acceptable shape.
  10. Yes, absolutely. My head came with 2 or 3 alphas, and it is easy to hide the system eyes. It just bugs me that I can't detach something I don't seem to need. As per Skell, I do need them, though.
  11. Thanks for the explanation! Those are the things I knew I couldn't get rid of, but I didn't know why. I am pretty ignorant of most of the technical workings of SL.
  12. Yes, I agree there are some highly-styled, impressive, beyond perfect ones! I don't have the talent to do that, but I am ok with that. That is not me anyway.
  13. Yes, those dollar signs ring up quickly, lol! And please, hush that stuff about finally having a presentable avi!!!! From what I can tell from your forum pic, you are massively cute already! Honestly, when you are done, people will probably have to look away to not melt into a puddle of amazement!
  14. Wow, what a make-over! I am excited to see your new look when you are finished! Good luck with everything. I know it is a lot of work, but I hope you are enjoying the process!
  15. Yes, I have the alpha on, so my new eyes are showing fine. It just bugs me that I cannot detach eyes I am not even using!!! Thanks for the tip!
  16. Thanks, I will check them out! I am always looking for new vendors!!!
  17. I got a mesh body probably a couple of years ago, at least. I have resisted the head for several reasons, and finally perfectionism and feeling like I was missing out got the best of me, lol. Thanks for the kind words, you are too sweet! The only reason I was sort of successful was that I finally found a head that was close to something I liked, and I just tweaked a few things a bit. It actually took me a long time to realize you have to start with the shape that comes with the head, too. For a good bit I was using the head on my old shape, and that was hideous from the start, lol. So finally I used the shape that came with the head, and adjusted the body part of it to match my old shape. I do need to make some other adjustments to the body part, but it worked better for me than starting from scratch with the new shape. Yes, I have plenty of options for the hair base! I am just an idiot, lol. That is the kind of thing I completely miss, and am glad for people pointing out to me. Good luck with your search for a head and getting it to look like you want! Pics of course!!!
  18. I probably will keep experimenting, even though I am pretty happy with what I have. I am not completely satisfied, and that is what will drive me, even though I know I am not likely to do better. The 'skirt/dress tail in the panties' thing is what worries me, and that is a big reason I welcome feedback. I also feel that all of us are better than any of us, and other people may have some great ideas or suggestions of vendors that I don't know about. Really, I would be nowhere with the head stuff if a friend of mine had not taken hours away from her precious time in SL to help me. Wrt the hair base, doh!!! I removed my hair and hair base so I could see my face better for adjustments, and when I put my hair back on, I didn't even think of the hair base. It was pretty late, lol. I do have plenty of options for that. I think the head HUD has that, the hair came with it, and I think there is one other option I am forgetting. I do want to change some facial things other than the shape, though. For example, my old skin had versions for red brows. I need to get some more brows for my new head/skin. Also of course more make-up. I am still confused/confounded by one thing. Perhaps I just shouldn't worry about it, but I cannot detach my old eyes (my new eyes don't replace them somehow) or get rid of my old skin. It seems like since I have a shape under the mesh body and head, it requires a skin. There are a couple of other vestiges of the old system avi like that. Drives me a bit crazy, lol. One last change I will probably make is my skin. The one I am using is an inexpensive one that I like ok, but probably a more expensive one would be better. The more expensive one I am considering (from Pink Fuel) certainly has more options. I don't feel certain enough of the skin tone I want at this point or whether perhaps some better option exists to purchase it yet, though. Thanks so much for the input!
  19. You'd look quite cute in this! Love those colors!
  20. Thanks, Scylla, you are too kind! I only had the limited brows, lipstick, and eye shadow that came in the HUD, and may be missing something there, too, lol. I have learned a lot the last few days, but still a lot to learn. The face is not what I want, really, but after working with a dozen heads for a long time, and putting different hairs on them, this was what I liked best. I am not very good at detail, and don't have much of an 'eye,' so I tend to come up with ok but not great looks, so I am always very open to suggestions about face shape tweaks or make up. Caer
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