Marianne Little

The Senra avatar will give you a lot of hard work trying to find other content than the included ones. It is almost not exsisting. What is your budget? If it is low, yes, use Senra Jamie until Black Friday. It is just a month+ and I am sure the popular bodies, skins, hairs and heads will have a sale. You can manage with the Library stuff for Senra Jamie. If you are like me and prefer to read tutorials (I do not like videos) the male blogger Skell Dagger has some of the best ones. https://virtualbloke.com/tutorials I suggest you start with this, it is a long read. But it cover the questions you have. https://virtualbloke.com/archives/3711 Then read all the "Bakes On Mesh" tutorials. The terminology and glossary is the same. The tutorials are a bit old, so "What is Omega?" is not worth reading. When you have done your reading, pick up demos and follow Skells instructions. They work the same as the full priced heads and bodies. Skin/makeup stores that sell things "Omega" is outdated, unless there is BOM in the packs too. Look for BOM or Bakes on Mesh in the ads. The main head store that rules Second Life now is Lelutka. Look for head skin and makeup ads marked with with Lelutka EvoX or just EvoX. The female bodies is mainly Maitreya for the slimmer look and Reborn for curves. Legacy Female is also actual, but it has some issues, mainly that it has high complexity and a more difficult HUD. It is also more bodies, of course. We have been spoiled with free Lelutka heads for Christmas three years, or is it four? We can not expect this generosity to continue evey year. The free heads mean that all avatars who is at least 1 years old have a Lelutka head, so all the brands make content for Lelutka. Last Christnas we got not only the heads, but a lot of other stores participated to give away gifts, several skins, eyes, jewelry.... We can not take it for granted, we are lucky that the creators are generous.

I have changed my look. New skin, new eyes, blond hair and last, but very important, new eyebrows. The lower brows really make a difference. The brow shaper is the same. Before: After:

I feel that it is a never ending battle to keep under 100 000. And now I am over that number again, despite deleting over 1000 items yesterday. I come to SL to have fun and spend my leisure money. That means my inventory grows and grows. I have too much, but that is what LL want, is it not? You need us to shop. If we never buy new things, what then with the SL economy? It is such a tedious work. To delete unpacker scripts, I have to filter on scripts and go in every folder and drag the scripts to the trash in another inventory window. It goes faster if I type in the first letters like "unp", the folders open up. I still have to do it one by one. It is a risk that I drag too much over to trash. A typical folder can contain landmark, landmark to satelite store, unpacker script, thank-you notecard and a texture of the item. Of this, only the texture of the item is worth keeping. And all the "read me" notecards. Maybe one in 1000 contain useful information. And it can be more than one notecard. It can be one "thank-you", one "how to tint" and one "Copyright". It can be an additional texture with the store logo. It can be a "hold" animation. And numerous mesh body versions that I have to delete. I have NO idea how to make a new inventory system. I am not technically capable to say how it should be done. All I know is that I have to go in every single folder and get rid of junk, unless it builds up. Is it not possible to get a new inventory window that can show all the things I filter? So all can be deleted in one swap? When typing in names like "Unpack" "Thank you" "Kupra" "Slink" "GenX". All in one inventory window. It should be easier ways to store stuff I want to keep. As it is now, I have to box it up. Why not have several inventories if we want? So we do not have to load it all. It should be possible to open our inventory outside Second Life!

Hehe, not so strange. It's many sizes of hair, and the bangs is one. Imagine those hairs with three different boob sizes and 3 different head sizes. To see how much that is sold of one hair, we have to sum up all sizes. Wait and see, from the Weekend sales start and the following days, you can see new items trend. Especially hairs if that have been on sale. It is lots of older versions of the bodies listed. Some even use the old versions of Maitreya with separate hands.

I have been looking at the BonnieBots list over attachments. https://www.bonniebots.com/attachments They do not have any stats about trending, just what is avatars wearing right now.

Bare Rose is like a time capsule. Like I remember it. Their web page also list Wowmeh and Phatazz. The last entries is made today. So the page is active. https://barerose-slmame-com.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=no

I could not find these, the event has just ended and I do not think the Euphoric owner has had time to set them up in the Mainstore. But Tres Chic Event has other lashes from Euphoric, the Kity lashes. I am not a fan of the "stickers" with cats and hearts, urgh... and the demo is only this version. Will I spend 580 L on lashes, when I have only seen this one version? It is more versions without stickers, but no demo of them. I think I will only use the top left version, if I buy them. Something I am very reluctant to do.

Tres Chic Event has this Halloween food decor as a gift. Join the Tres Chic group, group is free to join. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tres Chic/116/154/74

I have been slim in SL, so some of the Maitreya issues like the butt, has not applied to me. I have experimented with sizing boobs and butt up, and I have not been too happy about the results. If Lara X allow for more curvy looks, I could try to test it out. I would have bought Reborn already if I really wanted curves, it's just a passing thought. Details in the body would matter more, if I did not cover up so much. I bought Legacy Perky for that reason, for bikini and lingerie photos. I just haven't done many such pictures. So when I am dressed up, the body details are hidden. I also use a body skin that is much less detailed than the common big brands. YS & YS has much less shading and shine. I am considering to move on to a more detailed skin, we shall see. Maybe Lara X will inspire a new and more sexy look. But can we get the body soon................. like now.......?! 🫣

I bought Legacy Perky in a sale some years ago. I think I was a bit brainwashed by all the "Maitreya-shoulder-haters", but when I really looked at the bodies on my sky platform, I was going hmmm... Is that so different? Then I saw somebody post about deformers, and I got one that bring the shoulders down a tiny bit on Maitreya. It looks natural. Oh well, I have wasted much more money on things I buy and don't use. I get carried away. The Gen X Belleza body was looking better than Maitreya. I was really tempted to buy it, it was more details I saw was different from Maitreya. But since the price was so high, I decided to wait and see how many creators that rig... and it was not many. The Lara X is supposed to come out before Black Friday... I had mixed up the months and thought it was Black Friday in the end of this month. Sigh, it is the next month. More waiting....

Bare Rose vendor images look bad. If I see BR outfits posted by others, it looks great. Going to Bare Rose? I can not make what I have seen match the vendor images. My brain can not compare and recognize them. Maybe it is because BR is using so strange skin and hair. Or I get overwhelmed by purple, pink, orange, green and blue when I go there. 😱 But now I have the outfits. 😃The only thing different is that the schoolgirl outfit has added stockings. I have lots of stockings, so no problem.

Thank you, I think the one on the left is correct. Now only the other - school girl outfit?

I have been through B@R marketplace store, I was inworld in their store, and I have tried the website (/me sobs) that website is confusing. http://barerose.slmame.com/ But I can not find these two outfits. Anyone who can help? I am 99% sure they are Bare@Rose.

The other Boleyn girl

I come to think of it, it is not only Maitreya that is dropped. I see a trend in new releases, drop all the free bodies, Belleza genX, but also M Petite, M Flat and even Legacy Perky. Maybe the creators has rigged for so many bodies in a hope to see more sales, but found out that they sell the same if they only rig for the popular at the moment?

It's about time creators get to work with the new body that is easier to rig for. I was in The Engine Room, and surprise surprise, some vendors did not have Maitreya size. It was only Ebody or Reborn (Is it the same body?) and female Legacy in demos I was interested in. I have seen clothes without the Maitreya size before, but I have not seen so many in the same event. I belive this would be common, if it was no upgrade for Lara. I hope the LaraX is going to keep Maitreya up as the number one body.

Take a look at Skell Daggers flickr. I saw it was linked to his blog before, but he has a ton of looks on flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/skelldagger/with/52805607459/ Skell Dagger uses a Maitreya body with the flat chest options sometimes. But he is mostly in Legacy male and Belleza Jake, after they fixed the neck issue. Male Legacy got an update with feet for high shoes. It has high complexity and cost 5500. I am sure it will be a Black Friday sale on the Legacy bodies. I bought mine for 2500 L, it was in a sale. I would not recommend the Catwa heads Skell is using, it is much more new content for Lelutka. If it feels difficult to make a body, you can search femboy, femboi or cboy on the Marketplace and filter for shapes.

Yes, we have not heard anything about what you/he are looking for. Caucasian, asian, dark skin? Curly hair? Big tattoos, bare chest and piercings, or sleek business man? Leather pants or jeans? Kinky wear? Corset? Harness? Suit? Let us hear it.

Oh wow. That was a good amount. I would say Belleza Jake body - 1500 You can not go wrong with this body. It is easy to shop for. Head from Lelutka - 3990 Also a safe buy, 99% of new skins are made for Lelutka EvoX. Skin for head and body - unless you want the male head skin from Not Found and only buy a body skin. 1-3 hairstyles - at Wings they cost ca 300 per color pack. Stealthic hair around 400, but let us say 1000 for hair. Eyes, it is tons of good cheap eyes. Join Avi-Glam and use group eyes. The price to join the group is so low, it will not set you back much. It is a many hairbases included with the Lelutka heads. If he want a special hairbase, with shaved cuts, it can be 100 - 400. Some hairs include hairbases, some not. Another beard than those that are included with the head? I recommend Hermony. This is last years FREE Lelutka head with the FREE Not Found skin and FREE group gift hair from Wings. I am not sure where the eyebrows and beard were bought. A weekend sale fron Stray Dog? I think the hairbase is included with the head. Eyes are Avi-Glam. For the shape, use the one that's included with the head skin, or buy one. And then you can decide if you will buy fatpacks of clothes that cost one K each, or shop in the weekend sales. I would say that few need expensive fatpacks. The biggest sales is The Saturday Sale and Happy Weekend. You can find male sneakers, pants, hoodies, jackets, tshirts, shorts, tattoos, hair, hairbases and beards every weekend. Of course it is not so much for the males as it is for females in these weekend sales, but it is always some. TMD weekend sale is only for men. Here is last weekends gallery page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=themensdept&set=a.655578799995600 If he totally hate the Belleza Jake body, both Signature and Legazy male is expensive. Then it is smart to wait until Black Friday. And as said, there can be a free head for Christmas. At least a sale.

I played a lot with projected lights so the details in the clothes should be visible. It is shades of black, dirty black and brown.

Aw, it is a mix'n match. The skirt parts is from 2011 and the dress is still for sale. The corset is not good seen with today's standard. The feathers are unrigged flexi. We're talking old stuff here. I found something to wear from waist and up that's new, rigged and match the feathers. Full list of stuff when you click the image (goes to Flickr) If you decide to try it, perhaps the Angel pack 3 "Chayot earth" and tinting it a bit browner is closest. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/20317 Since it is mod, it is easier to match it to a new mesh top with tinting the feathers.

I use a refresher script that plays a signal when the word I ask it to find comes up. That way you can read or work in another window, and have the refresher do the job for you. Set it to 2 minutes, it is a limit to how many times you can refresh. The refresher will be stopped if the page is refreshed too often.

This outdoor plank house can look good in your ranch backyard. It is a Lazy Sunday sale. The price will go up later. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Killers-Outdoor-Plank-House/14552454 I am a bit annoyed, because I could not find it in any of the store rezzers. So I bought it unseen, because the creator makes good things. I have seen them before. The door is on the short end of the wire part. It is a door in the plank part from the wired part. The build is gigantic. Enormous. Look at my avatar in the picture on snow. I had to edit it smaller, and it is in 2 parts. One of the parts would not budge at all. It is probably a tiny part in it that can't be smaller. So with a resizer script and some moving around, I got it down to a realistic size. The good thing is that it is 12 Li now. I thought the whole buying process was unecessary complicated. First I could not find a demo, and then the resizing is challenging for a person that is not used to working on different parts. But it looks great! Put in a few chickens and a haybale, and you have the backyard decor ready. Maybe some pumpkins, dry grass and a scarecrow for the season.

Full body veil from Rowne, Happy Weekend sale.

New look. I picked up a Glam Affair weekend offer. I got a lot of skin tones for 75 L, so I found out I should try a darker skin.