Enough love.

Pose : The Owl. Touch me

Background/Prop : Inside the Madame Vava Room's Van by Never Totally Dead @ RLD

Everyone wave at Durex again! I'm thoroughly enjoying him right now! I wanted to push myself a little today, so we're featuring a couple of skins from Go&See. I find it kind of cute when couples in SL match, but also sort of don't so I'm hoping I'm pulling that off with this photo.

One thing that means a lot to me in a picture is emotion, and another is telling a story.

The story or the emotion can differ entirely depending on perspective, but whenever I take a picture, those are the things that are important. Things like eye-contact, touch, body-language are big players in this to me, maybe because of my RL situation right now I'm kind of missing some of these things, but I like to at least attempt to portray these in SL.

It's kind of odd to me, because when you develop a relationship with someone in Secondlife, you're not really seeing any of these things from the offset. You have to express these things with your words... which I think is why I enjoy attempting to show relationships so much with the emotion we miss from our barbiedolls.

Still, they are just barbiedolls, and there's no doubt for me about the importance of connecting beyond the mind too.

Let's be good humans today, yeah? 

xoxo

All of the things, Durex :

Body, Hands & Feet : [SIGNATURE] Gianni - Mesh Body

Skin : Go&See * Summer * Theo (See below for more info!)

Head :  CATWA HEAD Skrell

Eyes : -SU!-Delora Eyes Fatpack /ULTRARARE/ (Gacha)

Piercings : -SU!- Piercing Set 06 

Ears : [MANDALA]STRETCHED_Ears_Season2 HUMAN

Nails in ear : [CX] Heavily Nailed (Group Gift)

Hairbase : Stealthic - Male Hairbase

Hair : { Speakeasy } Jamie Hair (Group Gift)

Tattoo : DAPPA - Sick Tattoo @ Men Only Monthly

Claws : [CX] Shredder Claws 

Pants : [ VERSOV ] STEFOV_JEANS

The  Go&See  Theo skin is available in the mainstore in Five tones. Shown here in CalWL on ultra, in firestorm viewer in the tone "Summer" which is around the mid-tone.

Along with the no beard, beard and beard & freckles version shown here with eyebrows, there is the option of no eyebrows, no eyebrows & beard too.

Theo has a catwa and omega applier for your mesh head, which means that omega capable head you own that isn't catwa will be able to support this skin. Just ensure you have the correct relay from the omega store to make it work wherever necessary.

The body is also omega - making it suitable for Signature, Adam, Belleza and any other body with omega support.

All of the things, Pickle : 

Body Hands & Feet: -Belleza- Freya

Skin : Go&See * Emily Gacha * @ Whimsical (More info below)

Head :  CATWA HEAD Magy

Eyes : CATWA Mesh Eyes 

Eye Applier : LOTUS : Intuition Eyes (Gacha) @ Chapter Four

Lashes : :: SAGA :: Freja Lashes/CATWA (More info below)

Ears : .:[PUMEC] :.  - / Mesh Ears\ Bohemian 

Hair : #Foxy - Lovesick. 

Bodysuit : _CandyDoll_ Kala - Bodysuit @ Blush

Shoes : [VALE KOER] HEY TRAINERS RETRO @ N21

I wanted to give you a little more information on the  Go&See * Emily Gacha * @ Whimsical . The skin is the rare and comes available in two packs.

Pack one contains Albi, Summer, Goth and Dark tones

Pack two contains Goth, Pale, Tan and Tropic tones.

You can find more details on the tones available in this blog post >HERE<

Although shown in the photo I'm still using  LOTUS : Intuition Eyes the Go&See gacha has 10 Catwa eye appliers and 8 lipsticks as commons to pull!

Also shown here are the :: SAGA :: Freja Lashes/CATWA available at the mainstore.

There are FOUR packs, with TWO different lashes offered in each, and they all come with black and white (to tint, or not to tint!) options. They are only available for Catwa heads.

Rest assured.

Pose & Coffee : FOXCITY. GSits VOL1-7 

Doing things a little different today, because I can! Take a look at the pretties I used to create this scene!

Scenery itemstuffs - 

Amsterdamned Couch by Never Totally Dead @ RLD 

Skye Studios Enchanted Woods v2

*alirium* PuffyGrass (two colours)

dust bunny . natural habitat 3 . fatpack @ Collabor88

Shown : dust bunny . elephant ear plant

dust bunny . giant palm plant

dust bunny . potted dragon tree

dust bunny . potted sago palm

hive // potted plants . full set @ Collabor88

Shown : hive // potted plants . gold dust dracaenas

hive // potted plants . swiss cheese plant

hive // potted plants . cordyline tree

*alirium* DownyGrass (two colours)

When you apply for any new "sponsor" as a blogger, it's always a bit of a hit or miss situation. Being that I'm the super over-thinking bunny I am, I have learned a few things along the way. Let's discuss a couple of them!

Be patient!

I see so many "start" a blog, do a couple of posts, and then give up 2 months later. There's no shame in this. I tried two previous times before blogging stuck for me (no, I won't share the links, they're awful - even more awful than the posts at the start of this one!) What I have not done is immediately apply for sponsorship. There is so much to learn in terms of website details and promotion (a lot of which I STILL don't understand, and many, many people are far superior to me when it comes to this), along with not knowing if you're actually going to enjoy the blogging process itself, it's almost too selfish to get that spot you want, only to throw it away a month later because you can't be bothered.

Also, if you think you're going to get into blogging and get a bunch of amazing "free" things, you're right - HOWEVER there is a pay-off. Very rarely am I able to enjoy the items I'm sent before I move on to the next post, and the next photograph, this does not mean I do not appreciate the quality of an item, or the level of experience that item took to create! Also, the amount of L's I spend adding details to get an outfit to work is often extra-ordinary! I am not complaining! I love doing what I do, and I am SO, SO grateful to the amazing sponsors I currently have, and have been blessed to work with in the past. Just know that blogging, like whatever you chose to do in life, should be a labor of love, and not JUST to get free things from that store you like a little bit.

Most stores when requesting bloggers ask for between 3 months and 1 year of blogging experience. Take your time creating a bucket list of stores you would love to blog for, and bear this in mind whenever you apply for a store you think is "well they're ok but i'm not passionate about their products" and don't give up on those "ok" stores if and when your blogging improves to the point that you're able to garner interest from the stores you adore, because those little shops put you where you are now.

Don't apply for everything.

There are SO many brands that I absolutely love in SL at the moment, and so many times I have looked to a store and gone "I'd love to blog their products." The truth is, I don't apply for every store, or every blog-call from the stores I love, and it's because I already have commitments to people who have supported me from the beginning and who I continue to adore blogging for. If I take on more projects, that means less time for those and more stress for me. At the time, it might seem like a wonderful idea to have 7 hair stores, 4 shoe stores, 13 clothing stores etc etc, but as your blog grows, and as their brand grows too, you're going to have an absolutely massive influx of items suddenly appearing in your inbox, and no way of honoring the commitment you made to everyone.

Another reason I don't always apply to brands I love is because although I love them, I may not have purchased an item from them in a long while, which  means not only have I not shown I am a customer of theirs, I am not displaying their products in my blog, therefore, the creator/blogger manager has no idea how I would blog them.

It's okay to be butthurt when you don't get selected...

but don't take to social media to slam the creator/blogger manager! The market is absolutely flooded with talented photographers and bloggers right now. It's insane! There is SUCH a high standard that it is near impossible for those creators and blogger managers to choose who should represent their brands. Add to that the fact that personal taste is so diverse, you could be the best photographer in SL, and STILL be rejected from your favourite store, purely because your style doesn't fit the branding of that store's products in their head.

I'm 100% certain that creators are grateful for your support in purchasing their items. If you're bad-mouthing a store purely on the basis that you didn't get selected, you're not doing them any damage, and there's the old adage that "Any publicity is good publicity". Also, on a more selfish note, you're going to rule yourself out of being selected in the future as a blogger for them, and run the risk of other brands witnessing your verbal tirade, and blackballing you too.

There's so much more to the whole blog process, and these are just a few bullet notes.

I'm not claiming to be some blogger guru, I'm just a chick who likes taking photo's and occasionally veers off on a tangent to rant before showing you the pretties.

Speaking of pretties... check below for all the outfit details!

xoxo

All of the things : 

Body, Hands & Feet : Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara

Head : CATWA Magy

Skin : Essences - Amber  @ Kustom9

Eyes : -SU!-Delora Eyes Fatpack /ULTRARARE/ (Gacha)

Ears : ^^Swallow^^ Pyramid Ears 

Hair :  Tableau Vivant \\ Lil [complete] (Gacha) @ The Arcade

Collar : Dahlia - Giselle - Collar  @ RLD 

Nipple Piercings : EarthStones Angelique Nipple Piercings @ RLD 

Shirt & Panties : [Aleutia] Maddy @ RLD 

A little look at the tones available of the  Essences - Amber Skin @ Kustom9

It's been a while since I've done this, so left to right - Pale 01, Pale 02, Medium 01, Medium 02, Dark 01, and Dark 02.

Once again, they're shown in Ultra graphics, on Firestorm with no shadows, on CalWL.

All of the tones come with the many eyebrow options, including Red, brown, blonde & none plus the black ones shown in my pictures today.