Still Funky!

My first post for 2017! I know it's been awhile, but I was busy with other stuff. Right now I'm working on new products for both of my stores C-Stylez and Vaboosh, so I hope I can release some new products soon!

In the meantime here's my style of the day! (Click to enlarge image)

Body: Maitreya Lara
Head: Lelutka Simone Bento
Hair: Moon - Forge
Eyes: Ikon - Lucid Eyes Black
Jacket: Emery Amsterdam Jacket
Pants: C-Stylez Capri Jeans
Sexy Top Applier for Maitreya: Vaboosh by CanTell Deluxe
Shoes: Breathe - Alexa Heels
Hipster Bag: Remarkable Oblivion - Hipster Bag - Tarmac
Necklace: Mandala - Sagarmatha Rosary
Bracelet: MG - Bangles Copacetic Tallulah
Watch: Mandala - Billonaire
Fedora: Apollon by Sango Clip (sculpty non-mesh)
Poses: daiz Papp 192; Ever Glow Model 053

Style Like a Goddess

Gown: *{JB}* Helena [Ivory]
Bracelet: MG Bangle - Athena
Hair: Exile
Gazebo: [DDD] The Garden Pavilion
Chaise Lounge: [DDD] Garden Pavilion Chaise
Fountain: Lark - Atlantis Fountain (MARBLE)

It's Getting Hot!

Bikini-Top: Drift - Tini Kini Top
Leather Shorts: Razor - Vas Micro Shorts
Shoes: Dirty Princess - Naughty Couture Princess Heels (Add-On for Slink High Feet)
Bangles: MG - Bangles - Copacetic Tallulah
Necklace: Mandala - Taiga
Ring: FAUX - See ya! Bye! Ring
Mesh Hands: Slink - Casual
Mesh Feet: Slink - High

Glam Punk Style

Hair: booN
Eyeliner: Nuuna's face tattoo
Eyeshadow: L.Fauna
Lipstick: Damned
Neck Corset: FK! Designs
Top: F.A.D.
Skirt: HOC Industries
Elbow Warmers: [Hate This]
Socks: League
Chain Belt: CARGO
Fishnet Tights: Vextra Messing
Ankle Boots: [whatever]
Leather Cuff: Ha!
Gloves: F.A.D.

African Beauty

Here's another sneak peek of another new body shape that I will be releasing soon. So please stay tuned or subscribe to my blog! You can also join my group C-Stylez by CanTell Mizser.

Dress: Maitreya - Mignon Evening Cerulean
Jewelry: League - Wanderer
Shoes: Redgrave - Helena
Headwrap: L&H

A New Year - A New Noobie On A Budget!

First of all I want to wish you a happy and exciting new year! This year will be the year of the Dragon, which is a good sign, cuz I'm compatible with dragons. Hopefully this year will be good to me.

My first post for this year is another entry to the newbie challenge which actually already ended on December 31st, 2011. Anyways, since there were lots of free goodies during the holiday season, I took advantage of it and went shopping with my second noob. Here are two looks, the later with two hairstyles. I'm including the links to the stores this time.

Hair: Lelutka (free subscriber gift for Xmas, hurry up!) = 0L$
Skin: YS&YS (free group gift) = 0L$
Body Shape: My own (not for sale) = 0L$
Eyes: [Roly-Poly] (free on SLM) = 0L$
Dress: R.icielli (sale) = 30L$
Boots (Viewer 2 compatible): Vida (via SLM) = 29 L$
Lipstick: R.icielli (Promo via SLM) = 50L$
Eyeshadow: Mons (via The Dressing Room Blue) = 50L$
No Alpha Eyelashes: Skintimate (via SLM) = 10L$
Sunglasses (scripted): Koguma Kumaki (via SLM) = 0L$
Pearl Necklace (modified): Jetcity (via SLM) = 0L$
Earrings: Sn@tch (free gift) = 0L$
Animation Overrider: Tuty's (via SLM) = 0L$
Poses: Masoom (via Fabfree Headquarters @ The Wash) = 0L$
Location: Downtown District 8

Total amount spent: 169L$

Hair: Analog Dog (3 Hairstyles Xmas Gift) = 0L$
Skin (incl. tattoo lashes): YS&YS (via The Dressing Room) = 70L$
Body Shape: My own (not for sale) = 0L$
Eyeshadow: Mons (via The Dressing Room Blue) = 50L$
Eyes: Insufferable Dastard (Xmas gift via SLM) = 0L$
Top: fri.day = 45L$
Scarf: Mr. Poet = 0L$
Jeans: Nardcotix = 37L$
Boots: COCO Designs (group gift) = 0L$
Belt: COCO Designs = 50L$
Animation Overrider: Vista Animations (via SLM) = 1L$
Location: C-Music Lounge

Total amount spent: 253L$


I'm busy working on new releases for my store at the moment, and I've been working on three Complete Avatars at the same time. But I still can't finish them, cuz creating hair is such a pain in the ass and I haven't got much time.


Hopefully I can finish and release one new product this month, so stay tuned by subscribing to my blog.

CanTell's Version - Newbie Style Challenge II

When I read Juicy Bomb's Newbie challenge, I thought that this time, I'll join, cuz I missed the one last time. I already posted a few make-overs and noob stuff in the past, which you can read here and here and some other posts, but my budget was more.

So here's my newbie version. I might do some more versions later on. It's just too time consuming, if you're on a tight budget and I'm talkin' bout really tight, cuz it ain't suppose to go over 550 L$. I created a new avatar for this challenge on 11.11.11 and gave her an allowance of 550 L$. I also was able to get a last name yay! I found one site, where it's still possible. If you wanna know, just send me a message, cuz I know LL takes them down, if the link is posted.

I felt sad sometimes, when I even have to decide which lingerie worth only 10 L$ each, should I get, cuz I could only afford one. Same with other stuff.

An avatar make-over for 550,- L$ was very time consuming. I even spent some time at some lucky chairs to get the prizes, which I decided not to use in the end.

 

This is suppose to be an avatar make-over, as if you are really new and don't have a single thing, not even poses (you out there heard me?). I also purchased all poses I used for the shots, in which one set I paid a decent amount of L$ in relation to the allowance and regretted it, cuz I didn't try them out first before purchasing. Well what the hell.

The biggest challenge for me were hair and shoes. I purposely avoided The Dressing Room, cuz I know a lot of the participants will get their stuff there and it's just not fun to see the same stuff over and over again. As if we were clones. If I see some items being blogged to often, I won't purchase it anymore, no matter how awesome it is.

So I joined lots of groups and went to lucky chairs. Though the hair I got were cool, they just didn't fit my concept, so I had to purchase hair, that I really like. It's also where most of my budget went. It was a hard decision to spend 275 L$ for hair, but I had to do it. After that, I had to watch out, that the remaining items are free.

So spending that much for hair, I couldn't get me some decent pumps anymore. I didn't want to get shoes with prim feet, cuz tinting the skin to match, gives me the urge of killing cute little bunnies sometimes and they are kinda getting out of fashion now. Didn't you notice it? It's like back to the roots with pumps. For example, I so love my N-Core Coquette Fat Pack. I probably got around 20 or more pair of plain pumps from different designers, but the N-Core ones are my favorite.

My plan was to get the HOC All Colors Pumps, but I couldn't afford to spend 175 L$ anymore. So I first got the group gift from COCO Designs, which is cool too, but flat. I need heels. I discovered the ankle boots at the discount department, removed parts of it, like the belt, buckle and invisi prims, and got some free alpha layers from SLM. I also changed the attachment point to lower leg instead of foot, cuz the boots are fucked up, depending on the AO anims.

Sames goes with the no alpha lashes. I deleted the lower lashes completely, cuz it was difficult to fit them. I prefer no alpha lashes, especially when the hair has lots of alpha, like the one I'm wearing. Or else, you'll see the lashes floating on top of the hair, which would be very creepy.


Ok here's my list (sorry couldn't get the digits straight, don't know how):

• Skin - YS&YS group gift = 0
• Body Shape - self-made (not for sale) = 0
• Hair - Analog Dog = 275
• Eyes - ~*By Snow*~ via SLM = 15
• Eyelashes - Skintimate no alpha lashes via SLM = 10
• AO - Vista Animations via SLM = 1
• AO - Tutys = 0
• AO - Sylva Petrov = 0
• Necklace - Gabriel group gift = 0
• Lingerie - Etiquette Lingerie via SLM = 10
• Pants - COCO Designs = 50
• Belt - Gabriel group gift = 0
• Fur Bolero - COCO Designs discount shop = 50
• Bracelet - edge grafica via SLM = 0
• Boots - COCO Designs discount shop = 50
• Avatar Alpha Overlays - Imnotgoing Sideways via SLM = 0
• Nailpolish - J's = 0
• Poses - E.inK 18 Poses via SLM = 0
• Poses - ++Desire++ 5 Model Poses via SLM = 0
• Poses - (pda) 8 Poses via Collabor88 = 88

Total: 549

This means I still got 1 L$ left yay!

Bloom Dolls - My Stylez!

I so love Bloom Dolls! So cute! I had to get a couple of them (also for my alts) immediately, when I saw them on the feeds! There are so many variation of styles and great photos out there. So here are some of my own Bloom Doll styles.




Hair: MiraiStyle
Bikini-Top: Draw Machine
Pants: The Abyss
Boots: J's
Necklace: Cheinara Sachertorte
Nailpolish: I&K Glamour
Bangles: Apollon





Hair: Kletva (via The Dressing Room)
Jacket: Lelutka (via The Dressing Room)
Pants: C-Stylez by CanTell Mizser (not for sale)
Sandals: YS&YS

Got Style?

Jacket: Niniko
Hair with Fedora: Kletva (The Dressing Room Special)
Jeans: C-Stylez by CanTell Mizser (not for sale)
Shoes: Slink
Necklaces: Redgrave and FabulouS
Ring: Paper Couture
Bra: Fishy Strawberry
Belt: Coco Designs

Super Fly!

Tank Top: C-Stylez by CanTell Mizser (not for sale)
Bikini Top: The Abyss
Denim Shorts: mon tissu
Fedora Hat: theosophy
Bracelets: edge grafica
Leather Cuff: Ha!
Leather Belt: C-Stylez by CanTell Mizser (not for sale)
Pumps with Legwarmers: Pixelfashion
Necklace: Gabriel
Poses: EverGlow and Oracul
Location: C-Music Lounge (the finest in Neo Soul, Jazz and rare grooves)

My Style Is Kinda Funky!

Fedora Hat: Apollon
Bracelets: Apollon
Necklace: Gabriel
Belt: Maitreya
Pantyhose: Insolence
Jeans Shorts: Maitreya
Bikini Bra: Draw Machine
Halter Vest: friday
Hair: Aden Breyer+Minnu Palen (modified combined)
Boots: Neurolab
Poses: Oracul and Poseur
Location: C-Music Lounge (the finest in Neo Soul and Jazz tunes)

It's Cold!

I'm wearing the new jacket from grasp, which is again excellently textured. It's similar to the brown jacket which I already posted last year.

Jacket: grasp
Tank Top: Maitreya
Shorts: Redgrave
Boots: J's
Fedora: Apollon
Belt: Maitreya
Necklace: Gabriel
Pantyhose: Insolence
Poses: with love and squalor and Oracul
Locations: Monkey Urban City and C-Music Lounge

The Dark Side 2

Here are more shots of the Redgrave Goth skin, that impressed me so much. This is also to showcase this beautiful Barerose Tokyo dress. This is also the first time, that I am writing all credits for the shots, including poses and shoot location, which I usually prefer to keep to myself, to be more exclusive. Enjoy!! (Click on images to enlarge and see more details)







Here's to show you more of the skin, by taking the dress off. Since I didn't know the sim rules at the shoot location regarding nudity, I thought of wearing this League Duct Tape outfit, which came in handy.

I still did dare and took everything off later, to showcase the skin better. I also hardly did any fancy effects on the shots. All I did was brighten them up a bit, corrected some of the edge distortions (would distract in my opinion) and cropped the shots.

Skin: Redgrave
Body Shape: C-Stylez by CanTell Mizser - Destiny
Outfit: Barerose Tokyo
Duct Tape Outfit: League
Hair: Sixty Nine
Nails: J's (freebie)
Shoes: Maitreya
Poses: Poseur and Sylva Petrov
Eyes: Patmamu Sandalwood
Eyelashes: Miamai - Full Prim Lashes (no alpha)
Eye Make-Up: Nuuna (only for Viewer 2 and Emerald Beta)
Location: Lost World

The Dark Side

As you may have noticed, I never mention any of the skins I use. I only blog about the outfit and so on, cuz it's the only personal SL thing I wanted to keep for myself (also because they were all bought for personal use). But this particular Redgrave skin line inspired me to write this post.

This is actually the first Redgrave skin I ever bought, because I was never a Redgrave skin fan. One of the reasons why I wasn't feeling the Redgrave skins were, they tend to be more orange. Another reason is that every malformed bimbo with a passion for bling and Stiletto Moody shoes I encounter in world, mostly wear Redgrave. They mostly look the same too. Maybe they all live together in a bimbo camp or somethin' like that.

Anyway, I'm still not a fan of the "regular" Redgrave skins, but this one is different -- it's a Goth skin! It might be obvious already, that I have a weakness for Goths, Vampires, Demons and all those creepy stuff. That doesn't mean though, that I like all available Goth skins. For me to like a skin, these are what I look for:

- Excellent quality. Which means the shadings and make-up shouldn't be sloppy work e.g. nose and ass shading, shouldn't be too strong that it looks like it's dirty. Same goes with make-up. If it looks like someone punched your cheeks with blush that is even too dark for you, or eyeshadow like it was applied by someone who didn't have glasses on etc. And most important is -- no seams.

- Eyebrows. I'm very sensitive when it comes to eyebrows. I want them as realistic as possible and nicely shaped, but at the same time, not too thick. Please don't draw the eyebrows too close to each other. You wouldn't wanna do that in RL either or you'll look like you're angry all the time. Of course one can adjust the slider, to widen the upper nose bridge width, but not to the extreme, just to make it look right. Now if you do widen it extremely, do that with the eyes too, so you can achieve a fish-look-a-like face.

- Variety of skin colors, especially in the tan or sunkissed section

- Darker nipples. If your skin is brown or tan, light nipples just wouldn't look right.

- Hairbase. An outstandingly made one, which looks realistic is of course the non-plus ultra. The best ones in this field in my opinion are LAQ and Lelutka.

- Cleavage options. More varieties more plus points for you.

So if a skin meets most of the above requirements and the face doesn't look either like a 12 year old innocent kid, cutie pie boo boo boo sweety face or a thoroughly over-used slut, then I have to get it.

Now when it comes to Goth skins, breast cleavage and hairbase is of course an absolute plus, but the skin still needs to look gorgeous. Most Goth or Vampire skins are nothing but paper white crap, with various mascara tears running down the face crap etc. like it's everywhere you go (SL fashion is really getting more and more boring). Very little definition, cuz ok I understand it's more difficult to create more details on both very light and very dark skin.

Most also have faces like, ok they gotta be kinda scary, but you see the face and that's it. It's not tantalizing (what a vampire's aura is suppose to express) not attractive and just plain, how to say, well it's really best if they just bury themselves again and just stay there.

So it's actually very rare for me to go "wow!" when I see a really well made Gothic skin, and this time the praise goes to Redgrave. When I first saw this skin, I was blown away. Especially by the one without eyebrows and veins on the skin... it's such an amazing work! And the other one with the eyebrows, I just have to say, that they are perfect!

Here are some outfits I'm gonna show you, which compliments the Goth skin. I hope the shots I took can show the details I'm talking about. So here's for you to see. (Click on images to enlarge)

Just look how great this skin is. The detail is just amazing!

Skin: Redgrave - Trinity
Outfit: Barerose Tokyo
Eyelashes: Redgrave
Hair: Nikita Fride
Boots: Duck Nipple
Sword: Phantom Kaos - Daewalker
Eyes: Patmamu Sandalwood
Belt: Musashi
Tattoo: Strange Behavior






Outift: SLink
Hair: Exile and Nikita Fride
Necklace: Hevan Lament





Bodysuit: Graves
Cloak: Barerose
Hair: Tukinowaguma