Pose : [La Baguette] (Not sure which... it's in my AO!)
Once again, Go&See has produced a stunning new skin. This one will be available today at Shiny Shabby and it's named "Heidi".
There are nine (9) tones available, and here's a preview! :
Between "witchy" and "tan" is the "pale" tone, and you can find a preview of that below with the facial options.
So we all know Pickle can be a bit of a derp sometimes, and today is no exception. I forgot to whack my graphics up for these pictures, so they've all been taken on medium graphics, on CAIWL windlight... but I'm sure you can agree, despite my massive oopsie the skin shows beautifully.
My whole little mental health journey is taking some interesting turns.
It's become apparent to me that there are far more negative energies in me that I was aware of. I mean, I know I'm not perfect - show me someone who is, but recently I have really begun to notice some disturbing patterns. It's not malicious, but sometimes I am hurting so much because of some ridiculous ideals I have in my head, I end up purposefully causing pain to someone else. Misery loves company, right?
Let me explain a little more.
I am not delusional enough to think that I am always right, but part of me is delusional enough to think that I am always right. That means there's a constant struggle in me, the knowing deep down that 1. I cannot control other people and their reactions to my actions and/or words, and 2. sometimes, I'm the toxic one.
Naturally, that fills me with absolute fear, because I don't WANT to be toxic, ever.
Ultimately, now I have recognized these disturbing bad habits, my goal is to change the way I approach those situations. I'm pretty old now, so undoing that amount of "oops no" is gonna be pretty tough, but it's baby steps! As with everything I am discovering about myself and the world around me, I am going to be taking three steps forwards.. before freewheeling two steps back and then starting again.
I'm grateful for those who see the good in me, regardless of my ew, and have been reminded regularly of the quote;
Say hi again to Apple! She's featured once already in this blog, under the name of Kat, but because she's a happy little weirdo, she's changed her name to Apple so that we can be juicy together! Who wouldn't want a thick juicy Pickle and Apple combination?!
I know I've recently had a bit of a weep about my inability to maintain friendships, but Apple has been someone pretty darn constant for a fair few months, and she deserves a bit of a shout out.
When she first messaged me, I was kinda scared of her - I mean, she's gorgeous, right? Not only is she pretty af, but she's also absolutely freakin' hilarious. Legit! There's rarely a comment she makes where I don't LOL or OMG at her.
I think it helps that we have very similar humours, the drier and wittier the better - and she's an expert at one liners.
So, although I'm terrible at friendships, I'm also incredibly grateful for the ones that push through and remain despite my constant weirdness, the ones who hold me up when I'm feeling absolutely at my lowest and who let me obsess and rant and vent and over-talk until I'm feeling like the OGPickle. I only hope that I give you back half of what you guys give me!
I'm so stinkin' excited to be a new member of the Enchantment blogger team!
Today marks the opening of the new round, and it's themed (can we make an educated guess?) The Frog Prince! You can find all the fabulous details of the designers, organizers and bloggers involved in this epic masterpiece on this website >Here<
I was trying to remind myself of the story, but on my search of wikipedia, I quickly discovered that there are several variations, and I'm not entirely sure which one I would equate to the 'original' that I heard. The general outline of the story remains the same, Princess finds frog, Frog eventually turns into Prince and they live happily ever after.
However, there seems to be a few details that are always changing. In some versions, the Princess is kind. In others, she is a bit of a spoiled brat. Personally, I would prefer to go with the kind version.
Still, whatever Frog Prince story you're familiar with, this event is sure to be an absolute gem. I fully encourage you to visit the immersive shopping experience, and also to try out the hunt that runs along side it, again, details can be found on the website.
I've been rocking my Genus head again for a few days, and while it's still technically in Beta and not released publicly again yet, it has been updated to omega, so I've been experimenting with hairbases, make-ups and other cool bits and pieces. I've worked out that most Logo appliers will work for the head, and that's due to the fact that Logo is omega based.
In other news, I've been really stinking lucky this week, and been invited to three new blogger teams. Now, I don't really know how or why this happened, but I was obviously over the moon when I was approached by the blogger managers for Culprit, Hextraordinary and The Enchantment event.
I don't like making a big song and dance over 'sponsorships' across social media, because I know how it feels to watch someone get a spot you were really hoping for, and while there's always going to be a "Yay congrats!" to them, my stomach does sometimes do a flip flop and make me wonder why I wasn't 'enough' to join that particular team.
The truth is, there are many reasons as to why you are or aren't selected for a team. I still feel like I'm not a 'real' blogger. I don't know if I'll ever be comfortable being all "Yeah, hi. I'm Pickle, and I'm a blogger." I have so much to learn, and there are so many different ways to present items... I just hope I do those who put their trust in me justice, and am terribly grateful to those who have supported my ramblings and pictures thus far.
I'm hoping this photo reminds you of a modern day fairytale. That was kind of what I was going for. Maybe a Snow White or Sleeping Beauty (pre-needle to her finger), wandering contentedly through the forest in relative innocence before any bad-things occur.
I've always struggled to take photo's with softer windlights, but I'm exceedingly happy with this one. The only thing I did differently was take my time, so I guess I need to stop being impatient!
I'm not going to do a giant Pickle rant today, so I'll just stop here long enough to wish you a very happy Wednesday! Love and light!
I'm pretty much the worst when it comes to doing things that I probably shouldn't.
The worst part is when you're actually doing things you shouldn't, and you know it's a terrible idea, and yet, you just can't hold yourself back.
This has been something I've struggled with for all my life, and I'm okay with that now. I know I'm potentially always going to be impulsive, so although the drive to do something absolutely ridiculous is there and will be forever, when I do something that is impulsive now I've probably over-thought it for at least three days before I give up on all the negative reasons for doing it and do it anyway with my eyes wide open.
I suppose if I can't stop the impulse itself, at least now I'm more prepared mentally for the fall out.
I'll probably be that 80 year old granny that goes skydiving.
I didn't quite make Man-Pickle Monday yesterday and I can only apologize, things got a little hectic and I just brain-farted and then decided to concentrate on today's post, because I promised you ALL THE THINGS on the last one!
So here's all the things!
Can I just OHMYSPARKLES at how cute this flippin' Go&See Hela skin is? Literally every tone looks amazing, and I love love love the new TROPIC tone, it's a much 'warmer' tan, and I adore it! so just in case you can't see the little text i tried to apply, from left to right - Albi, Goth, Pale, Summer, Tan, Dark Tan, Tropic. As usual, there's no effects or photoshopping involved in these pictures except for the obvious lines defining the skin differences... and they're taken in Firestorm, on CalWL, on Ultra settings.
I noticed there was an omega face applier in the pack for the Go&See skin, so being the curious Pickle I am, I threw on my Lelutka Chloe head and gave it a shot.
Now, at first, I was a bit "ARGH WHAT HAVE I DONE!?" about it. But now? I think I really like it, and have actually been rocking this skin on the Chloe head for the last day or so. The picture shown here was my initial shape, and I've tinkered about with it a little more, and although this isn't a bad interpretation, I think what I've come up with is actually even better than this. So, from my experimental experiments, i can definitely attest to the Hela skin looking mighty fine on the Lelutka Chloe head too. At some point, I'd like to try it on the LAQ heads I have, but tbh, that might not happen because I can be quite lazy *coughs*.
It's worth remembering that although Omega appliers may be offered in skin packs, every head has different shading points. Something I noticed with the Lelutka Chloe head was that i needed to adjust my nose a bunch and make the nose as wide as possible along the bridge so that the shading made sense. I understand that many people don't like changing their shape, but again, I'll just make it clear that the teeniest little tweak really can make all the difference between "Oh no bb, wat r u doin'?" and "Oooh. Hello Gorgeous!"
I also want to shout out to Lotus here, because I'm a derp... the eyes I'm wearing in this picture come in the Lelutka Chloe hud, but Lotus DOES in fact provide lelutka eye appliers and you can get the same DREAMY eyes shown on my catwa head for your Lelutka head, too!
Stepping away from the Go&See skin for a minute...
Here's an up-close looksie at the beautiful Lashes supplied by Saga currently out 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. The pack shown here is "Angy" and I'm sure you'll agree they're stunning.
They are only available for Catwa heads, so i'm rocking them on my Catya, and the eyes are of course the lovely "Dreamy" eyes from Lotus.
Boy am I glad to be back on the CandyDoll train! Expect an influx of their amazing content over the next few days/weeks, because they really are one of my favourite secondlife brands for clothing & shoes. Their textures are soo good and their fits are just perfect! Also, *most* of the time they make items for almost all the popular bodies - make sure you check the advertisements to be 100% certain, though.
I've been favoring my Belleza Freya body for a little while, and it's always lovely when a creator I love makes an item that is almost a perfect fit. Of course, there will always be little pieces you need to alpha out on the hud, but I really can't argue with that - I mean, what's the point of having an alpha hud if you never use it? :P
There's a mix and match of old & new in my post today, hopefully all the items are all available still, but if not I'm almost 100% certain there are more 'modern' alternatives. I have about 23423423563092 unicorn things in my inventory, so they can't be too difficult to find either on marketplace if they're gachas, or in other mainstores if they're no longer there. I'd like to think that my outfits are used as inspiration, rather than copied in completeness, but however you choose to use the looks I present to you, I'm grateful for your readership <3
