JUICYBOMB | Juicy Second Life Fashion

UBU Drunks (Urban Bomb Unit)

The new UBU Drunks by Urban Bomb Unit are incredible!! I'm a huge fan of UBU so I was so excited to see a new release and especially the new Customizer HUD which makes customizating SO much easier and more fun too! I'm truly amazed by the sheer number of options available, every part of this shoe that you see here is customizable with different colors and fabrics choices. Another perk is they are unisex! I've tried to make a variety of customs to show you that they really suit any mood - girly, army, gold (is that Burberry fabric I see?), and platinum!

In addition to the drop-down menu to change size, here is the new customization HUD. When you click a part of the shoe that you want to mod, it will turn red on the HUD. You can select several pieces at once to mod if they will have the same texture. This is genius.... I  LOVE IT.

The attention to detail is amazing and everytime I get my hands on a new pair of UBU, I keep thinking they'll be the last pair I'll ever need. But with great shoes, one pair is never enough. I have every pair of shoes from UBU and I still get excited when there's a new release.

Right now these are on sale for $595L, there are gifting options available.

Teleport to Urban Bomb Unit @ Kahmiya Cove

CUPCAKES 'Seduction' skins

CUPCAKES has just released the new Seduction skins! Each skin tone has 10 makeups and freckles version. I chose the Cameo skin tone because I like the light tan but also because the brows are brown. Depending on which skin tone you purchase, the brows will be either brown or black. Brow options would be something that I think a lot of people would want, even more so than freckles.

I really like all the makeup choices, but especially 'Natural' since I love it when skin creators do the 'fresh-faced' look well. The lips on these are gorgeous! Here's a close up photo:

What I'm Wearing:

artilleri - dallas *brown*
CUPCAKES - Spring Halter (Floral) Pink
CUPCAKES - Jeans Shorts (Tan)
HUB - Venus Sandals, White Pearl

Why I don't buy your hair, most of the time.

When I sorted through my inventory the other day, I noticed that I have dozens of hairstyles from one brand and only a handful or none at all from others. WHY? Sometimes it's because brand A has cuter styles that appeals to me more but let's just pretend that brand A and B both have cute styles at similar prices and I adore them both. Brand A fits 90% of the time straight from the vendor, whereas with brand B, the demo doesn't fit right and I can already tell that I will be remaking the hair pretty much, which I hate.

[ Example Brand A | Example Brand B | Example Brand C ]

For example, with hair A, most of the time it's a perfect fit and I don't have to move a single prim, but when I do need to modify, it's very slightly. Modding hair A would take me 10 seconds at most (edit, stretch a few decimals, done).

Hair B on the other hand, takes a bit of work. Maybe I can stretch it, but I also have to move some prims around too, since I don't actually want to stretch too much and have the bangs be floating too far away from my face. It all depends on the style.

Hair C, I'm actually going to avoid buying completely. I can already tell that I'll be spending most of the evening remaking this hair since too many prims are sunken into my avatar's head.

I can mod hair prims, and even with hair C, I did a pretty good job and kept the integrity of the hairstyle as the hair maker intended, but it wasn't fun! I don't mind modding hair, but I mind when I've purchased a fatpack and I have to do anything more than just simple stretching. I like all my hairs to be modded the same way, and it bugs me when modding a hair involves more than a dozen steps, ugh.

So yeah, hair makers of Second Life, if you care... that's the reason why I don't have more of your hair or none at all. They don't fit me! Your head/profile is too long, too flat, too short, too round, too narrow, too small, etc. When I buy a new hairstyle, I just want to wear it and not feel like I'm assembling hair from a DIY kit. I'm pretty happy when hair fits right out of the box, see below:

Some of my friends will avoid hair brands because "the hair doesn't fit". For me, where there's a fashion will (like I totally love your hair), I will find a way to make it fit. But for some others, maybe they're not good at modding prims and they just want to look cute right away? Your hair brand is now less appealing, and may even be avoided.

I'm just saying! I might be a minority opinion, I might not. If you want to be as popular as hair A, maybe its because hair A fits the majority of the customers that passes through, whereas hair C sends the newbies running cos they've written your brand off after trying on demos.

Katat0nik and candy stuff!

Katat0nik made this great Making Memories dress, a freebie at Starlust Motel lobby. I love this all the colors and cute unicorn print on the skirt. This dress is too good to be a freebie!!! But it is.. we're so spoiled rotten by Katat0nik's amazing gifts. Anyways, I'm getting my Easter outfit ready really early because my friend Gal sent me an Easter basket today and said, 'Happy Easter!'. I think it's actually 2 weeks away but whatever.. I love this outfit :)

To complete the dress, I'm wearing all candy accessories! The Candy BackPack is from Photon Pink's and Candy Bauble necklace and earrings form Ztique! Candy overload. <3

What I'm Wearing:

MMSLight-makeup3
Exile - Love Story (Harlow) hair
katat0nik - Making Memories Dress
Ztique - Candy Bauble Necklace+Earrings
Photon Pink's - Candy BackPack
Juicy - Classic Pumps (Grape)

Fishy Strawberry - Dancing Queen Dress

Fishy Strawberry has just released the 'Dancing Queen Dress' in many colors but I chose the Light Gold because it's glam and goes well with golden accessories! I love texture on this dress, I thought that pairing it with too much gold could be overwhelming, but it totally works here. I'm gold from head to toe, except for my shoes cos I really wanted White on my feet, since the other colors drew attention away from the dress.

What I'm Wearing:

LeLutka - LondonRevolutionLight-makeup5
MiraiStyle - Romi (Pearl) hair
SLink - Caged Platforms
Fishy Strawberry - Dancing Queen Dress (Light Gold)
ICoN - Heart necklace gold
Bare Rose - Clutch Bag Yellow

Hal*Hina hair

Hal*Hina has the cutest hair inside their Bunny Hop Grid Wide Hunt egg! I adore this Japanese hair shop because they have the cutest styles and all the hairs are cheap! But not cheap in quality, the quality is superb.

You know you want it! The Hal*Hina 'Priscilla' hair pack says its a limited color sooo maybe they made the colors exclusively just for the hunt. The colors are Corn Blonde and Almond and they're SO lovely. I'm so glad it's Blonde hair too! <3 <3

What I'm Wearing:

Gala Phoenix - Petal [Dark] Breeze-Liquid Sky 1
Miam Miam - Diamond Heart & Key Bracelet
Miam Miam - Diamond Heart & Key Necklace
artilleri - orchid hair flower *pink*
artilleri - Vicky top *white*
Truth - C. Edo Flats (nero)
Rock'n Rose - Bunny Hop jeans (free in the BHGW Hunt)

ETD hair reopens

After months of being closed, ETD has finally reopened! Two new hairstyles, and I think these are new textures! yay!

ETD - Chel (Platinum)

ETD - Torwen (Platinum)

What I'm Wearing:

MALT - After 5ive - Dahlia (Apple)
MALT - Alison Tunic (Blue Skies)
LeLutka - LondonRevolutionLight-makeup1

Dark Mouse jewelry

Mouse Mimistrobell of Dark Mouse jewelry has just released some adorable new jewelry sets for Spring! I'm wearing the Wild Animal bangles, earrings, and matching belt in Zebra print above. Animal print is so tough to wear since it can be very loud but when it's done right, I like it a lot.

This is the Flowers are Blooming set (necklace + earrings) in Silver. Dark Mouse has really great pendants, they're really marvelous prim work. These are my favorite types of jewelry from DM, since I love a large pendant necklace.

Tp to Dark Mouse!

What I'm Wearing:

BeBae - Belina *Cinna - Bare-1a skin
Dutch Touch - Bra Dress Black
Exile - Love Song (mink) hair
Dark Mouse - Flowers are Blooming set
Darm Mouse - Wild Animal set

Petit Ange

Petit Ange has just released the 'Shiny Satin Gown' in 14 different colors! This can be worn as a gown or as a sexy body suit with stockings and gloves.

I'm wearing the Petit Ange 'Squared Crystal' jewelry set in Gold and Exile 'Cassandra' hair, my new favorite hair because it's so blonde and lovely. I really like the 'Harlow' texture too much!

Bunny Hop Grid Wide Hunt

JUICY is participating in the Bunny Hop Grid Wide hunt, which officially starts tomorrow. But I have decided to release my gift a day early, so if you want to beat the lag, tp to my main store for the gift.

I made a mix pose pack of all my latest poses, they are inside a sculpted heart scripted with a drop-down menu on touch, to cycle through the poses.

Look for a pink sculpted egg! :)

Teleport to Juicy

minajunk skins

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[ 1. Sakura | 2. Ajisai | 3. Kiku | 4. Sumire | 5. Tsubaki ]

Minajunk has released new skins with 5 different makeups. These skins have the 'with hair' option for those that like the bald base with hair-color drawn on. Each skin is sold separately or inside a complete avatar package (skin, shape, hair, clothes, eyes, ao included).

I'm wearing the skin + outfit from the Ajisai avatar package. The hair is no mod, unfortunately, so I have not featured it here. I'm wearing SLink 'Lorelai' hair, which is no mod as well but is scripted to resize.

Teleport to minajunk at Japan sim

Shine

I've put 2 outfits together to show off the latest jewelry from Shine by Brandy Rasmuson. I'm wearing the 'Bermuda' dress from MALT fashions, which looks like a sexy boho inspired tube top & skirt, paired the 'Harvest' jewelry set from Shine.

Gala Phoenix - Classic (Pure) Skin
Maitreya - Piper II (Natural Blond)
MALT Fashions - BERMUDA (Spice Shaker)
Truth - Aurora Heel (mocha)
Shine - Harvest (jewelry set)
Vintage Traveler's Suitcase (by Noelle Eilde)

Here I'm wearing AOHARU's CheckLongShirt in red and a simple underwear set from Armidi. I like this 'I've just stumbled out of bed' look. I'm wearing the 'Juliet' jewelry set from Shine.

Gala Phoenix - Classic (Pure) Skin
Pacadi Jasha - Susan I (Coffee)
Armidi [Intimizzio] - Flirt Striped Set (White)
AOHARU - CheckLongShirt (Red)
Shine - Juliet (jewelry set)

Exile on the new Covet sim

Exile has moved to the new Covet sim!! There are 4 new hairstyles for ladies, some for men and totally new textures on all hairstyles. Here are 4 of the newest hairstyles:

1. Exile - Cassandra 2. Exile - Ursula 3. Exile - Love Story 4. Exile - Amanda

[ Exile - Ursula (Harlow) ]

Oh, while you're there, don't forget to pick up the Ursula hairstyle in 'Candy Melt' texture. It's a free gift to celebrate the Covet sim opening, don't forget to wear your Exile gear group tag! The group gifts are located on the wall near the entrance/door.

Tp to EXILE for new hair!

Clothing Fair 2009; Silks

Clothing Fair 2009 ends today, so if you haven't gone yet, take a quick fly around because there are some limited edition items and besides, it's for a good cause! Well, some of it anyways! I made a rule for myself that I would only purchase items inside RFL vendors so the proceeds would go to charity, but that was so hard this year! Unlike last year, I have even more stuff so I didn't want more of the same items.

[ Haven Designs - Dara Silks | *tal* RFL Limited Edition Marishka ]

I did purchase the fantastic *tal* RFL Limited Edition Marishka silk outfit which I love. It's silks, but not revealing at all, there are actual pants!! I saw these on Sai Pennell's blog entry and she I thought hmm... that's cute so I purchased one, and it looks even better in person!!

And I did break my own rule about purchasing from RFL vendors only when I stumbled into Haven Designs and spotted the yummy white Dara Silks outfit on the wall. I really dig these outfits because they're revealing but unlike other silks where it's literally just 1 piece of long flexi covering the crotch, these look like they could be the traditional costumes of some sexy tribal women.

Teleport to Clothing Fair 2009

What I'm Wearing:

LeLutka - LondonRevolutionSunKissed-makeup5
Pacadi Jasha - Susan I (Coffee) hair
*tal* RFL Limited Edition Marishka
Haven Designs - Dara Silks (White)
TRUTH - C. Edo Flats (gold)

Oh Baby! Zooby's Ultimate Baby Chris 1.0

Zooby's Babies has just released the Zooby Ultimate Baby Chris 1.0, their first Second Life baby and it is fantastic. Zooby's Babies claims to have the 'best SL babies' and I definitely agree with this statement, because while I have never owned a baby before, I immediately wanted to get a hold of this one, and see for myself whether or not the Zooby baby is worth the $5,000L price tag.

Zooby is known for having quality realistic pets, so this venture in to baby making was definitely a surprise but not unexpected. There is definitely a market for babies, evident by the amount of baby products on the grid. While I don't play Second Life family, I totally get the appeal. Having a baby would complete the 'family' for some couples, and this baby is as interactive as they get with just prims and textures.

[ This is the package the baby arrives in, a darling weave-basket ]

The Zooby Ultimate Baby Chris 1.0 package includes:

- 1 Zooby Ultimate Baby Chris 1.0 (copiable)
- Breastfeeding Bra
- Teddy Bear for Baby Chris
- Toy Piano for Baby Chris
- Zooby Partner Baby Chris (give to partner)

When you click on the baby, a drop-down menu allows you to choose clothing, accessories, gestures, AO, eyes color, name, sounds, etc.

I like the thoughtfulness of the gestures that Carrie Tatsu has built into this baby. The AO is gentle and includes versions for both Male and Female. You can Hold, hold with your baby bottle-feeding, and breastfeed (use with the breastfeeding bra). I also like the gentle 'kiss' that's built into the Female AO, so your baby and your avatar can interact a little bit.

The baby has two fun gestures to choose from: Peekaboo and Blow Kiss! Both are soo adorable and irresistable.

This baby is brilliant, it recognizes toys! :) When I rezzed the baby along with the teddy bear and the toy piano, it 'plays' with the toys in its crib. You can rez these items on anywhere, but the crib was a cute place. The crib has poses built into it to allow your baby to play, stand, sit, and sleep.

[ Zooby Ultimate Baby Chris 1.0 - Playing with toys ]

I like that the clothing options allows for the baby to be either a boy or a girl, and since these are copiable you can have a set of twins or triplets if you wanted that many babies at once.

When rezzed in-world, the baby can follow you or anybody you choose by crawling around, sitting, and playing.

This baby does a lot! Visit the Zooby's Babies shop to see for yourself; the babies are rezzed there in all different clothing options and ao positions. For this blog entry, I am also using the Zooby Baby Girl Entire Room1, which has decor and furnishings that can interact with your Zooby baby and the quality and textures are fantastic.

Even people who don't role play families and babies in Second Life can appreciate the skill and thoughtfulness that went into making the Zooby baby. I really think that we're bound to see even more impressive things from the Zooby's brand.

Teleport to Zooby's Babies!

Malt Sim Launch Party & new stuff!

The MALT sim opens tomorrow with new releases and a sim hunt with lots of gifts! One of the new releases is this Dahlia dress from the Malt 'After 5ive' line, which is more dressy than the casual stuff in store.

Exile hair will be releasing this cute retro blonde hairstyle called 'Old Hollywood' along with lots of fabulous hair for men and women soon! The hair is all sculpted curls, and has new textures, its really good!

Our SL designers have been busy bees! SLink will be releasing these Caged Platforms sometime this weekend, and they are fabulous! Have you seen anything like it in SL? Here's a teaser pic:

Malt Sim, click to teleport!

AOHARU Simple Long Shirt

AOHARU has just released the Simple Long Shirt in a bunch of adorable colors!! The sleeves and collar are sculpted and the lower half is flexi prims, so it has movement and so easy to wear with pants or dresses. I am wearing Truth's latest hairstyle, the Alicia in 'driftwood' color, and it is a cutie!

What I'm Wearing:

Gala Phoenix - Petal [Light] Sunny - Cloud 1 skin
Truth - Alicia hair
Laqroki - susp jeans (white)
Laqroki - boatneck tee (candy)
Canimal - love shorts (white)
Canimal - Cutsie Tanks (hearts)
Dark Mouse - Flights of Fancy Set (necklace + earrings)
HUB - Venus Sandals (White Pearl)
AOHARU - SimpleLongShirt (White)
AOHARU - SimpleLongShirt (Pink)

ISSIGONIS Sayla version 2

ISSIGONIS skins has just released version 2 of the Sayla skins and they have been updated with more 'shine' all over the body, a perfect look for bikinis and Summer outfits. I love the face on these, they're young and cute.

[ Sayla2 (fair) Breeze | Eclipse | Normal | Waterfall makeups ]

Sayla2 has four eyemakeups, different lipsticks varations in each skin tone, and two brow options.

This is the Sayla2 in Medium skin tone in pink and deep red lipstick. I think this tan color is really great, because it's not too dark and looks great with lighter hair (like Blonde!).

Tp to ISSIGONIS at Juicy Del Mar to try on Sayla and more!

Armoire Jewelry Showcase

Virtual diamonds are a girl's bestfriend too! Last night I was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek of the Armoire Jewelry Showcase that runs from March 18th (9am slt) - March 22nd (10pm slt) on the Platinum sim. Five fabulous jewelers - Candy Cerveau, Caliah Lyon, Violet Voltaire, Kesseret Steeplechase, and Saiyge Lotus are featured at this showcase, which I'm guessing is just a sneak peek of all the fabulous new stuff coming soon to their main store.

Here are a couple of new items from the showcase:

Balderdash - Whiskey on the Rocks (necklace & earrings set)

Isn't that fabulous? I looove the name! The gemstone really *sparkles*!

MUSE has new stuff! After what seems like forever without any new releases, Caliah Lyon is back!

1. Muse - Nougatine Mini Limited Edition Necklace [ hunt item (golden box) ]
2. Muse - Blanche Necklace in Gold
3. Muse - Melusine Necklace in Gold & Earrings in Gold
4. Muse - Nougatine Mini Limited Edition Bracelet [ hunt item (silver box) ]

KessKreations - Cassandra Locket

The Cassandra Locket from KessKreations is versatile and really lovely. It is scripted to change bow colors, metal, gemstone, and ribbon color. The locket also opens and close and you can put your pictre inside.

Violet Voltaire - Melancholy Silver-Pink (necklace & earrings set)

Sometimes it pays to be a blogger, you get invited to events before the public. Not only do you beat the lag but sometimes there are fabulous gifts, like the set above from Violet Voltaire. But it's not all fun and gifts, it's really hard work! :)

Some more random gifts from the Armore showcase and hunt items.

1. Balderdash - Silver Chest Gift - Starlight Starbright Barett [ hunt item (golden box) ]
2. KessKreations - Chocolate Pearl Michelle (necklace, earrings, ring set) [ hunt item (golden box ) ]
3. KessKreations - Armore Limited Edition Necklace [ hunt item (silver box) ]
4. Violet Voltaire - Lucky Stars Bracelets (Armoire Hunt)

Hope you've enjoyed that, instructions for the Journeyman's Quest hunt is located at the tp point.

Tp to the Armoire Jewelry Showcase

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Looking for something green to wear? Katat0nik has two adorable Shamrock Dresses for free in the Magic of Oz hunt! Here are the instructions from the hunt:

Only in Oz does it rain gold!  How does the Cuardach  work?  Easy as one, two, three!

Step 1.  Look around.  There are gold coins spawning randomly all over the sim.  When you see one, click it.  It will disappear and you will get a coin in your inventory.

Step 2.  Wear your golden coin.  It will appear in your hand and tell you which shop to visit to get your gift.  Find that shop in Oz.

Step 3.  There will be a leprechaun's pot of gold somewhere in the shop.  You need to be within 2 meters of the pot, then click your coin. REMEMBER TO CLICK THE COIN AND NOT THE POT =D  You will receive your gift!

Start your hunt at Magic of Oz and get this and other fabulous prizes.

Group members of the *katat0nik* group in-world was treated to this little surprise St. Patty's Day gift dress this morning! The group is invite-only but you can join by making a minimum purchase of $250L to get a free invite.

In order to be invited to this group (for free) you have to purchase at least $250L worth of katat0nik goodies. If you have recently spent $250 or more at Katat0nik's shop(s) in a 24 hour period, you will receive an invite to join this group and receive gifts.

The adorable hair I'm wearing in this entry is from EXILE hair, the Whitney style has been given a St. Patrick's Day makeover, and can be yours for FREE! Don't forget to join the Exile gear group, and activate your group tag before receiving this March gift.