My Shopping Bag

I’m so happy that summer is almost here! Not only will summer bring warmer weather (hopefully!!), but I will also be able to blog more often! Yay! There is a new discount shop on the grid; I know there have been so many pop up the past few months, but honestly… can we really complain? Who doesn’t want awesome products for rock bottom prices? I’m all about saving money in real life as well as in Second Life.

One of the designers featured at My Shopping Bag is Essences skin. I honestly love trying skins from different designers; there is so much variety in Second Life that there is absolutely no excuse for your ava to have the same old look every day! Especially with these discount prices! Essences' contribution to the collection includes a very pretty skin titled Sarah. This skin features a lighter tone with a brownish/organish eye shadow and to die for pink lips! I really, really, really love the lips on Sarah; they are so luscious and juicy! The highlighting and shading is very pretty and appropriately placed throughout the body. For only, L$70, can you really pass this up? I think not! Hurry though… I’m not sure how long this collection will last at My Shopping Bag!

-- Note -- The top photo contains lighting adjustments made in photo editing software while the bottom photo has only been cropped with an added border to allow you to see a true representation of how the skin looks in Second Life.

Credits

Clothing: Chalk Dress in Scarlet by Tee*fy

Hair: Theory in Brown 08 by [elikatira]

Skin: *Sarah by Essences @ My Shopping Bag

Pose: [1] Model 140 by Gliteratti

Background by indigodeep

* Denotes item provided by designer for review.

No More Mondays, Please

Why are Mondays always so long? I often wonder if Tuesday would be as bad as Monday if I had Mondays off. Probably so… It’s so hard to get motivated to get up and moving after the weekend. I really need a job that allows me to sleep in every day. I know… Keep dreaming, Alice. Lol

Just because the weekend is over doesn’t mean that all the great deals are gone. The new collection at Chic Boutique is being placed out, and Siss Boom has an adorable mini available for only L$50. With all these great discounts, I’m starting to wonder if I will ever pay full price for anything again. Of course Siss Boom has daily specials where NEW designs are placed out at L$100, which is typically about 75% off regular prices.

Credits:
Clothing: *Siagon by Siss Boom @ Chic Boutique
Shoes: Province Riding Boots in Vintage Red by Mon Tissu
Hair: *Rylan 2 in Mocha by TRUTH
Skin: *Swedish Essential Stygian Makeup V2 by Siss Boom
Pose: *Model 427 by EverGlow
Background by JoesSistah

* Denotes item provided by designer for review.

Chic Boutique

Another discount store has popped up, and I must say, I’m really enjoying all the discounts designers have been putting out. With a horrible real life economy, it is really a help in keeping my ava fashionable in my second life.

One of the designers featured at Chic Boutique is Siss Boom. If you think Lestat Reuven’s L$100 specials are amazing, you are going to be completely ecstatic when you hear that the special offered at Chic Boutique is only L$65! Collage is an adorable jean and shirt combo which features an off the shoulder top with cute rips in the fabric and a washed out texture for the boot cut pants. The cuffs of the pants feature an under layer which shows in the back underneath an adorable little bow.

It is inevitable that you will discover new stores when you visit discount shops, but that is half the point, right? My favorite new find from Chic Boutique would definitely have to be Filthy Skins. I know… interesting name. I am completely impressed with the quality of skins offered by this designer. The highlighting and shading is beautiful, the eyelid color is to die for and the lips are so scrumptious! For only L$90, you get three tones of the Nala BubbleGum skin (pale, tan and dark). I took the liberty of going to check out their main store location for you, and found that single makeups are valued at L$900 each which would place the value of the pack offered at Chic Boutique at L$2700. This is an absolute no brainer… you get L$2700 worth of skin for only L$90. Yes, please!

The poses I am using are from one of the new sets available at !bang. I told you I would be using them this week. ;-) The Second the Motion pack is so versatile and can be used with so many different fashion designs. If you are looking for a random pose pack, !bang has set out a six pose pack consisting of one pose from each of the last six packs released for Lazy Sunday! You can pick up this pack for only L$75 until tomorrow!


Credits:
Clothing: *Collage by Siss Boom @ Chic Boutique
Shoes: Wo Boots Gomi by Zero Number
Hair: Ramona in Mocha by TRUTH
Skin: Nala BubbleGum (Pale) by Filthy Skins @ Chic Boutique
Poses: [1] *Second the Motion 9 and [2] *Second the Motion 2 by !bang
Background by Stock Cmoura

* Denotes item provided by designer for review.