After rough and hectic RL weeks I’m kinda back to blogging to show you latest godies (better late than never righ ? ).

Today something for Beauty Avatar fans. On February 20. *BA* brought us two new faces – Alexia and Thabita.

Everyone who knows products of *BA and likes a bit of glamour spirit won’t be dissapointed this time either. Skins has very light glow and illusion of a bit oil – good idea for upcoming spirng and summer weather. Also skintones bring on mind summer days – Alexia is avaible in Light and Thabita in Natural.Something what I really like on those skins is very natural shading and perfect collar bone. The only minus in my opinion are knees, foots and hands wich I would make a bit more natural and light, also with a bit darker nails. Although in whole body looks its not very big thing.

But the whole thing is about face, right? On the pic two choosen Thabita makeups and one Alexia (from left to right).Thabita is avaible in 10 makeups and Alexia in 11. Prfect glossy lips (especially in plum or cherry colour) with glam eyemakeups. Both faces has very nice rounded nose and chin. Two bascis differences are mouth and brows. I definetly prefer Thabita’s mouth, more full and sensual. Alexia has very characteristic lips with big upper lip. Corners are moved a bit down so whole look is a bit pouty and sad, very interesting proposition. Brows – on Thabita shape is perfect but a bit too light in my taste (especially when it’s a bit tanned skintone), Alexia has darker tone and quiet good shape wich added to lips creat great sad and dramatic combo.

I’m pretty amazed with every new release from *BA* – they do great work in photorealistic sector.
And again check demos yourself @ BeautyAvatar Mainstore !

<3 F.

unless you’re some sort of sl-ascetic cave dweller you all are well aware of the gloriousness of miss kookie lemon’s shoemakery magic… equally breathtaking, and deserving of as much attention and affection, are her skins.

kookie’s latest work is nika, which comes in one mediumish tone. it’s all softness, from the ripe peach of a mouth down to the gentle curve of the booty:

there are 12 total face options. 6 are everyday eyemakeups; shown above is blue eyeshadow. 6 are tearstained faces; below is my personal favorite of all the nika line, smokey tears:

if you’ve never tried any of kookie’s skins, now is the perfect time. nika and her predecessor, champagne, are currently available half price (nika for 475L, and champagne for 250L), and the champagne line will be retired when the sale ends. champagne comes in two shimmery skintones, medium and light, and the makeups are some of the most creative you’ll ever see. shown here is 2-tone in champagne light:

useful information!
- slurl to kookie’s main store
- hair: lamb
- lingerie: armidi, lovelace
- eyes: poetic color eyes

Vintage spirit of beauty – PXL Creations Grace.

It’s been quiet hectic time for me that past few weeks and it seems next week won’t be better. But I’m using that Abra is away on vacay so you don’t have other choic to read mine (booring) skin reviews . I decided to focus on some newess so PXL, BeautyAvatar and Curio to come.

[PXL] Creations is back literally and Hart Larsson is spoilling us with new and new releases all the time. Somehow I never was paying enough attention to Hart’s skins, but mostly because I’m pale addicted and always his skintones was seem to be too dark for me. Oh, how wrong I was! After some tempting previews I decided to try newest release from [PXL] – beauty and a bit vintage spirit Grace.

Presenting by me Grace is in Natural skin tone but there are also releasing more skin tones.

Grace is classic beauty with a bit vintage spirit. Photorealistic and highly detailed body perfectly combined with characteristic and wonderfull face.

The body is prefect for me. Very natural collar bones, cleavage and tummym, light and nautarl schimerish, and really beautiful hands. On the picture. Skin comes in two options freckled and not (right-left on the pic).
Grace has 28 (!) makeups, they are mixes of 7 lips colours (Nude, Pale/glossy, rose, coffe, red, wine and Flamenco) and 4 eye makeups (Nude, cat, dark, smoke). All ‘faces’ comes in 3 borws options: blonde, brown (wich also works great for redheads) and black. Unfortunately SL was acting weird when I was snapping pics and I couldn’t photograph them all (belive me I wanted becaus I like them all) I bring you my 4 favourites:

From the left: CatEyes+CoffeeLips, CE+Rosa, DarkE+RedLips, Nude(best<3)

Skins comes in specific packs – all eyemakeups for 1 lip colour and all lip colours for one eyemakeup.
Grace will deffinetly stay one of my fav classicall beauty skins. Check out yourself at [PXL] MainStore .

<3 F.

Sh*t nom nom

Hannah in Fair “Blue Freckles”

Sh*t Happens just reopened on Horst with more new releases (cute clothes!) and some gorgie new skins that I’m totally smitten over. The skins are named Hannah and are hand-drawn and softly feminine with soft, sheeny, pouty lips that I am loving! The makeup options range from more naturally bare options to some brighter and more eye catching looks. Four tones are available as well as freckle and non-freckle options.

Now I’m not usually a freckle girl, since they can be horrid if done wrong, but I really love Hannah’s freckles. They are a hearty sprinkling across the nose and cheeks in the perfect shade of dark. So you look like you have been sitting out in the summer sun for days, which is a fantastic thought in the dead of winter, ey? haha.

I’m showcasing two looks in my review: Night, which has a nice black round-eye eyeliner and siren red lips and Blue, which has electric purply-blue eyeliner on the top lid and soft peachy lips. It was hard to choose just two, they are that good, and I urge you to go and check out the rest.

 

Hannah in Fair “Night”

Hannah in Black “Blue Freckles”

Hannah in Tan “Night”

Hannah in Fair “Blue”

Hannah’s body is as nummy as her face. I love skins with distinct, yet soft, body shading and Hannah’s is done right. Beautiful softly toned tummy, rounded ‘real girl’ breasts, and a defined yet delicate clavicle make Hannah a delight to wear.

Hannah’s body complexion is on the matte side of the spectrum, but has enough highlighting to avoid the ‘flat’ look some skins carry. This is a detail some girls will cherish, as I know many girls who prefer a pretty matte skin over the oiled kind. I think by now you also know I like a good bum on my skin and Hannah has a cute set of cheeks.

 

Hannah in Tan “Night Freckles”

Hannah in Fair “Blue” 

Hannah in Black “Blue”

 

If you like pretty, cute dolly girl faces, in the vein of Imagen and Eloh, you will love Hannah. I am excited for this release as Noelle Hathaway is a wonderful skin designer and I know this is just the beginning for her. I am looking forward to more releases and will be watching the Sh*t grow. hahaha!! Check out Hannah for yourself @ Sh*t Happens!

xo, Abra

What happen when you love too many skins – welcome Abra! *claps*

MiaSnow Lolli in Bloody Pleasure 3

MiaSnow’s Lolli in Clown 2

Hello, I’m Abra Exonar and I’m so happy to be writing for Skin Love. I’ve been a big fan and faithful reader of Flutter & the girl’s writing since day one so I am thrilled to have to opportunity to write here. I also write for Better Imagined and Free*Style , in case you wondered.

For my first review, I was dying to write about MiaSnow ’s new release Lolli. Lolli comes in 3 versions: Clown, Green & Bloody Pleasure. As with all of MiaSnow’s work, the skins are impeccably done, with a highly detailed face, interesting and beautiful makeup options and soft, feminine body. This line is gorgeous and a bit out there as well. It definitely extends past the norm of what one would consider beautiful and yet I think you will agree that they are. Each version comes with a more subdued makeup, so if you love the face and would like to wear it as a more everyday makeup, you do have that option.

Pictured above is the Clown version, in makeups 1-9. As the numbers get higher, you see the makeup get more and more interesting. I am especially excited about #9’s makeup since it matches Four Yip’s painting and I was badly wanting a skin with this design.

What strikes me most about the Clown version is that I do not like clowns at all! In fact, they scare me badly. But I suppose I have made an exception, because I really love these skins! Earlier in the week I made a look out of one of the Clown makeups and mentioned my fear of them in the post. MiaSnow responded that she also is afraid of clowns and after many requests, decided to make some makeups that were beautiful and didn’t creep her out. Haha. I think she has succeeded, since this is the first time in years that I haven’t been scared of them! I think this alone should interest many girls in trying the demo, to take a peek outside the box and experiment with their style.

MiaSnow’s Lolli in Bloody Pleasure 4

MiaSnow’s Lolli in Green 12

Here are the Bloody Pleasure (1-6) & Green (7-9) versions of Lolli. Again, you see the makeup progress from more ‘natural’ to extreme.

The Bloody Pleasure version of Lolli is soft and pretty starting at #1 and more interesting and even shocking as the makeups progress. I adore the carved <3 design of #3 & #4 as I think we’ve all been there, heartbroken or ‘torn’ over love and this visually depicts it. I think my favorite ‘natural’ makeup out of the whole Lolli line is Bloody Pleasure #1. Oh those lips! They are glossy red and so ‘real’ I feel I could smudge their liner if I took a fingertip to the screen. Those softly flushed cheeks and light pink eye shadow! Dotted with freckles and bestowed with a lightly natural texture, they quietly shine. And the perfectly natural, perfectly cat-swooped eyeliner! I am a huge fan of cat-liner and I love the way it flatters a face. MiaSnow has mastered the look. It’s completely and totally wearable and lovable.

Lolli’s Green version is very cheeky and funny. When I think of green skin I think of aliens, mermaids and sea sickness, so I was unsure before I tried it on. I actually have a lot of fun when wearing this skin. Never would I have thought I’d have a need for green skin, nor would I think it’d be easy to wear, but after slipping it on I surprised myself. The makeup is so interesting and the body is so softly gorgeous that it makes one feel comfortable wearing it. I think that this skin has appeal for the fantasy crowd but even more so, the girl who has an interest in fashion and is confident enough to express herself uniquely.

MiaSnow’s Lolli in Clown 1

MiaSnow’s Lolli from the back.

Lolli’s body details really impress me. The skin does not look at all oiled or sheeny nor is it completely matte, instead it is softly radiant with seamless highlighting and shading in all the right spots. The clavicle is delicately defined, the arms, legs and back have soft, rounded definition, the hip bones are sculpted without being boney, as is the ribcage and the belly button is cute as it should be. My favorite features on the Lolli body are the breasts which are soft and real, completely lacking the silicone boob cleavage look (thank you MiaSnow!) and the bum which is set low and so soft and pretty and round and girly. The bum that sold 1,000 skins. It really is that good.

Each fat pack of Lolli contains 4 modifiable shapes, 5 brows of various expressions and 7 nail colors which fit perfectly on Lolli’s hands. The skins are no copy/transferable, a unique permission for skins which allows photographers to lend their skins to models and one is able to share them with their friends.

I’m really excited to see MiaSnow’s line progress as I have been a fan since the day I came across her store. I think her work is essential as there aren’t enough shops which offer ‘alternative beauty’ makeups that are so beautiful, unique and real. Take a peek @ MiaSnow and become a fangirl for youself!

xo, Abra

Imagen Valentine Gift Skins

Hiii, remember me…it’s Creamy!  I’ve been so swamped with my other blog I’ve been neglecting my duties over here- woops!

So, I’m going to spam this blog now with all the gorgeous free/1L skins available at the moment.

Today I’m showing the limited edition valentine skin available at the Imagen store for 1L each tone

The Lia Valetine skin comes in 4 tones (I forgot to photograph one of them..DOH!).  You get the idea how beautiful they are…I am absolutely in LOVE with them.  The brows are tintable which is why mine are a stunning shade of pink to match my hair

Lia Valentine Skin in 4 tones (1L each) : Imagen

Love affair with … Adam n Eve.

Sachi Vixen from Adam n Eve is spoilling us by one to one new skin in Skin Revolution series.
So far in SR line we can find 6 new faces each in mutliple skintone and makeup options.
Those lovely hybrid skins were blogged queit few times so I won’t bore you by long and detailling review again.
My today’s choice is Cherie. Wide nose, perfect eyebrows and well balanced shape of lips won my heart. Here Cherie in t2:

Cherie comes in 4 skintones and 8 makeup options in each. Buying single pack we get 2 skins (pubic hair option), two manicure and prim lashes.
Try demos of Cherie and other lovely faces from Skin Revolution line here.

Quick & cute.

<3 F.

Spotted! Imagen by Rack Brautigan

I disover Imagen accidentaly via flikckr. The other day I noticed little sneak peek on Rack Brautigan’s photostream of her new upcoming skin and I fall in love.
Hand drawn two beauties Iris and Lia is latest release from Imagen.Both skins comes in 12 make-ups option, 2 skintones in Iris ( este & norte) and 4 in Lia (este norte oeste and natural), with tintable brows. I’m showing them both in este tone. Let’s take a bit closer look on them.

Bodyshading is very light and natural, details are not screaming. Skin seems to be mix of very light schimmerish and creamish. Iris is having well done freckless not only on face but also on some body parts. Lia is having clear skin with some occasionally beautymarks on face.

As I meantioned before in 12 makeup options there is plenty of options. Nice balance of natural and a bit extraordinary styles and everyone in nicely done and fashionable taste.
As always I choosed few my favs and this time tried a bit different way of presenting.
Iris due to cute freckles catched my eye in more natural makeups (natural brillo and pasion) and with a bit stronger accent on lips (rouge):

Lia is a bit different. When I’m finding Iris in very natural and gentle look Lia remind me a bit of more ‘plastic’ and cool look (in good meaning of course). Here I rather prefer colourful and funny looks (aguamarina, fiesta, vamp):

Both skins are very reasonable priced or even a bit modest as for their quality. Avaible single and in 4 themes packs. At Imagen Mainstore you will find also previous skin Eve, some eyes, clothes and poses.
Definetly my fav for cute and casual looks.

Try demos yourself!

<3 F.

Little announcement again *grins*

I’ve been told the other day that I am not supporting smaller designers. Maybe it’s somehow true but it’s rather lack of time and really big skin market than my ignorance but it made to consider it.
After queit long absence (January was really hectic, school and suddenly HoL action) I am back with full of godies.
To make blog a bit more interesting and not just ordinary reviews place I decided to start 2 new kinds of posts:

1. Spotted! posts about new and promising designers/stores wich have never been featured on feeds or in my opinion didn’t get enought attention so in that series you will find not only brand new stores.
2. Love affair with.. There is plenty of stores wich I already blogged or really would want to but time is not letting me. In that series you will find short, mostly based on pics posts about one choosen skin/makeup.

Starting today firt first Spotted! post. Stay tuned.

<3 F.

Ps. Some new girl will join !Skin Love! team, but now shush!

“Kalista mean beautiful one”

I’m late, exams time, HoL , forgive me…

In late Januar 2008 Tuli released S5 skin series -that’s how I discovered Tuli. She put generously  into her group one makeup in all skin tones as gift and then I fall into her skins and “concept” of SL skins. Creamy skintones, slightly different face and makeups than in skins I previously tried. I’ve been in love!
Now, almost a year after that release Tuli revamped her s5 skins line and released it in 3 skintones with 21 makeups in each. She had running the contest for the skin name – Elysium Rayna who won the contest named the line Kallista, meaning beautiful one.
Almost everything on the skin was imrpoved and changed but whole face (with lips and eyebrows wich were characteristic for s5) stayed the same.Take a look on new body and details:

In 21 new makeups you will find so famous and fav “lace” makeup and also “tears” makeup in 3 options (emo and high drama <3!).  Even if some of the details were improved too whole face still reminds me of s5 wich I loved so much:

Kallista can be found @ Journey. Go check it yourself! You will fall in love with Tuli again…