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*Review* Sysy's Dresses
Sysy Chapman has two new dresses out in her store, Sysy Designs. These two new dresses are a great examples of her wide range of talent. First is the Yip dress. Its a cocktail dress with soft rouching details that lead into the base of the crinkled skirt. The dress comes in three colors: Chocolate, Blue and Roze. Next is the Flakesinthesnow for Black Swan Winter Magic. Now this is a gown/dress that I truly enjoyed trying on and experimenting with the layers. I showed, what I think are the three main looks. The different options are endless.
Sysy’s Mainstore
Sysy Design’s (new location on SHAPLES Island, to be opened soon)
Products Used: PXL, Fussy, Exile, Dark Mouse, DaneMarkZ, DeLa
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~News~ Shopping Sim To Open
Hey DListers – I just moved my blog headquarters over to a new sim, SHAPLES Island. Its to open on January 17th. I’m hoping designers and store owners will join me on the sim. Brad Parker, the owner of the sim and store, has created this beautiful modern looking sim with a live music venue. For the opening night’s entertainment he booked Pilgrim75 Swashbuckler, Harper Messmer and Maximillion Kleene. I really can’t wait to for the opening night concerts and to see who all will be renting with me. Come on over to see my space and of course the rest of the sim 
**Rental Info**
SHAPLES ISLAND COMMERCIAL STORE RENTALS
For More Info Contact: Brad Parker
SHAPLES Island has a total of 36 store rentals consisting of 5 different store sizes:
128 M2 Store – 30 Prim Limit – L$90 / week – 6 units available
256 M2 Store – 50 Prim Limit – L$150 / week – 2 units available
512 M2 Store – 100 Prim Limit – L$300 / week – 9 units available
1024 M2 Store – 250 Prim Limit – L$750 / week – 16 units available
2304 M2 Store – 500 Prim Limit – L$1500 / week – 2 units available
**Rent your store before 12/31/08, get one month rent free!**
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*Review* ~GypsySoul~
~GypsySoul~ has truly captured my attention. There are a ton of other designs that are being released that aren’t shown here. What I wanted to show is how the designs can be combined. Let’s go from left to right and I will show what I mean. First is “Peaches”, its a fully stocked cropped sweater outfit. The stockings can be full legged or knee highs. The shirt works with or with the sweater. The middle outfit is called “Wine”. This is a slight detour from the greens and browns but still in that same jewel tone. Check out the tights – So cute! Now the last one, its the mix n match. The new release is the sweater and long sleeve shirt. I paired it with the pants from Trio. This is why ~GypsySoul~ has me has a fan. The designer, Solitude Hermit, carries the colors thorough-out each of the designs. As you collect her items, they have the possibility of being interchanged. What a great deal for the already low pricing. Great quality and mixing … fantastic!
Products: Maitreya, ShinyThings, DutchTouch, 69, Truth, PE, MMS.
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*Review* ::Soda:: Persona Skins
I am really enjoying what is coming out from the skin designing community. The “Persona” skins from ::Soda:: are without a doubt one of those skins that should be owned. They portray an aurora of drama and mystic.
This pack has been sitting in my inventory for the last few days. It was one of the first times that I didn’t instantly toss on right away. I did it for a reason. I wanted to capture my first initial reactions to the line and walk you all through my thoughts as I look over the skins. This will give the bad and good through my eyes. Its an effort to give a more realistic approach to skin buying. Of course, we all buy skins for different reasons and those reasons will vary depending on different needs or wants.
The first skin I happen to pick is from the The Model line and from what I would think from the name, is the base skin. Compared to the other makeups, it is a base line. Its a pale lip with heavy smokey eyes (hence “sultry” and my fav). From here, I would think that the next ”level”, if you will, is the introduction of color to the makeups.
I went right to a high dramatic eye. Pleasantly surprised as I was thinking it would be a dark or even black lip with grey toned eyes. Newp. Its a heavy colored eye with flecks of shimmer and neutrals shades. The lip really honestly caught my eye. Its a dark smudged color that is just alluring. What a great beginning to a wonderfully colorful line. Just like each of the collections, (The Girl Next Door, The PinUp and The Model), each skin has its own personality that is surprising and attractive.
With the makeup (the fun side to skins) is covered. Let’s check out the body and its shading. The lines from the face to skull to ears … and really all the seams… blend well. This time around for this post, I paid particularly close attention to the collar bone and areolae. Yup, I was scoping out the nips. Before you all think I have issues (which I do but that’s for another post), its the idea that some of us get naked and need to have better defined privates. These areolae are on the fuzzy side. Is it a deal breaker for buying the skin? No. With this skin tone, the nips in this state work very well with the overall skin. For the collarbone, its not a predominant feature. Which I like. Again, the skin tone is on the paler side so for a heavily shaded collar bone or really anything or any one area, the skin would like unrealistic.
Another few things I noticed in the shading is in the cleavage and on top of the touche. The cleavage is not blatant but gives the look of a full cup size. With the whiter chest fading into a warm dark tone for shading, the chest looks natural. Now the backside. Again, I was looking for interesting features. The spine down to the touche is very well crafted. The cleavage for the touche is defined giving it a lifted look. Kinda nice for that region.
My overall impressions with ::Soda:: is that its a great fun and exciting designer who isn’t afraid of branching out into colors. Tons of great personality for each skin. I will be watching as more tones are released.
Skins Used: ::Soda:: Persona Skins – The Model - Sand - Sultry – Nude, ::Soda:: Persona Skins – The Model - Sand – Vamp – Vamp. ::Soda:: Persona Skins – The Model - Sand - Intense – Aurora. ::Soda:: Persona Skins – The Pinup – Grey – Gloss. ::Soda:: Persona Skins – The Pinup – Peacock – Pomegranate
**The only line not pictured is “The Girl Next Door”. It was just too many skins to be in one pic. I had a hard time deciding what makeups to show off. Sorry. Good thing tho – it has soft freckles!**
Other Products Used: Maitreya, KMADD, W&Y, Shai.
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*Review* []::Tuli::[] Kalista
I’m kinda a skin snob when shopping or doing blogs about skins. I try to not get overly excited for designers that I really honestly like and wear on a daily basis. Tuli Asturias’s skins (or sometimes under the name Sumi Sorbet) are beginning to filter into my usual lineup of skin selections. I can remember way back in the small store when the skins were around the corner on the left. I had no clue what tone to buy and then actually pick a skin or two that I liked … I like them all! Still do. The []::Tuli::[] brand has come a very long way. To this day, I still drool over the colors and still indecisive on tones. The tones aren’t too far dramatic from each other making the line easy to wear any of them without really changing your own character.
With the dawn of her new sim and beautiful store, the collection has expanded and grows constantly. To help introduce you to []::Tuli::[], I would recommend joining the group. Sure its $250L, but well worth it for the gifts and skins. This group is a sure fire way to learn more about the brand and help decide on tones … oh yeah, and own skins that you may not choose yourself - all for a super low membership fee.
With all that said, Kalista is a new/old fav. Wha? Yup. Its S5 classic, revamped. Tuli set charge her membership group with the task/challenge. The membership, those who wanted the challenge, were to submit one pic showing off the skins that were given. The cool part, if you didn’t do the challenge, you have new skins. Its a tote win-win. Ok, so the first place winner gets L$ and to name the skin line. The winner was Elysium Rayna. Congrats Elysium … and you picked a beautiful name!
The skin line may be revamped… but it still has all those great qualities that we have come to know []::Tuli::[] for … that is that lacey makeup. Yup, I was pleasantly surprised to see it back in the mix. Its shown in the pic below too. I love the eyemake in this line. Its a hard cat-eyed eyeliner with a smudged smokey eyelid. Its probably my favorite feature to this line. Also, the smooth cheek tones are so milky and muted, it truly accents the facial features.
Here’s the business side. Tuli with the skins sent a notecard. I want to share some of the verbage here:
I’ve developed 3 skin tones, with 21 makeups each, ranging from casual to wild to emo.
The “lace” makeup was a huge favorite in my old skin line and because of many requests from customers I copied it to the new line. “Tears” makeup was also requested a lot so I made 3 variations of it.
Each makeup pack comes with 1 skin, optional colorable pubic layers and 4 suggested eyebrow shapes (bald bases).
I don’t advertise it much but it is possible to order custom eyemakeup/lip combinations. For example, if you like the eyes on skin 04, and the lips on skin 07, you can order it with no extra charge. Pay me directly, and paste the transaction info in a notecard with your order. (not forgetting your choice of tone of course!)
With all that said, if you aren’t already a fan or don’t know much about her line, I honestly encourage you to check out the store (and sim), form your own opinions and maybe join the group (TULI update group). Also, the other “perk” is that I think Tuli tries to make her own self visible and welcoming to the group and her customers. Its a rare “feature” in some of the larger brands, like Tuli’s … this is what sets her apart, in my mind.
Skins Used: []::Tuli::[] Kalista medium 15, []::Tuli::[] Kalista light 09, []::Tuli::[] Kalista tan 03
Other Products Used: Exile, KMADD, Indrya Originals, MMS
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*Review* BlackLace
Blacklace, the sister store to AlphaMale, is truly breaking through the fashion scene. I was introduced to Blacklace several months ago. I was completely amazed by the store and its offering. It is really the dawn of what is to come from lingerie and formal gowns. Mariska Simons gave me the opportunity to share with you all some of the newest products.
It took me awhile to work up the courage to do the pics justice. Yeah, I know, silly, right? Well with some insomnia and a quiet night, I spent some time debating on the review. I wasn’t sure how to really tackle this. While fussing with the poses, I decided to do a quick set … and played around with photoshop lighting. Viola! Really is to showcase the lingerie. In my usual fashion, I did the obligatory front and back of the other items. As I tossed on each outfit, I really didn’t see any glaring misaligned textures or seams or flaws in the what Mariska sent. Blacklace did appeal to me with the mini bow attachments and the multiple option of babydoll lace overlays. Head on over to see the other offerings and clothing line – for men and women.
Lingerie Sets: Dark Desires: Red Leather & Lace Baby Doll Set, Minstrals Kiss: White Satin & Black Velvet Corset, Playful Innocence: Pink Satin & Lace Camasole Set, Sweetness: Scarlet Floral Satin Set (2 Options).
Products Used: ETD, Cupcakes, Glitter, Stiletto Moody, Coquette Noir, MilkMotion, KMADD, Bonita’s Jewelry.
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*Review* AOHARU Jackets
Just in time for the winter weather, AOHARU released several new jackets. I’ve been holding onto these nuggets for some time … and have more to show off, for now its just the jackets. Perhaps in upcoming posts, the other stuff will be blogged. I really just couldn’t fit all the details into just one post. AOHARU is one of our favorites here at On The D List. I was grateful when machang Pichot, AOHARU‘s owner, shared with me all these great items. I was instantly impressed with the quality and the amount of prims. Its rare to find such solid quality in jackets and then have the prim match. Recently, I was chatting with another designer (ok gripping) about how prims don’t match or the layers aren’t as crisp as they should be. Surely, not the case here. I will let the pics speak for themselves. To show off the craftsmanship, I paired the jackets with basics, jeans and a long sleeve tee. The possiblities are endless for the combos and casual or more refined looks. AOHARU is packed with cool finds for women and men.
Products shown: AOHARU_BT_LeatherBlouson_Black, AOHARU_BT_FurLeatherJacket_Red, AOHARU_BT_ModsCoat_Khaki
Other Products Used: FishyStrawberry, Abyss, MAI, Moderno
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*Review* Truth
With a new brand name and concept, Truth Hawks is back to turning out great new products for his store, Truth. As always, this guy is just cranking out unique ideas with top quality. The boots and jacket are surely welcomed additions to his growing collections. I paired the items with my arsenal of Truth jeans and hair … I love the look of dark denim with this new boot and jacket. Both items come in a managerie of colors. I can’t wait to see both these items on the grid paired with other Truth product.
Products: Truth (Hair and Jeans), Cupcakes
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*Review* :: DUTCH TOUCH :: Dresses!!
Iki passed along of her new releases. They are so me – black, well textured and tons of layers and two prim skirt choices. From left to right, its “bra dress” in black and then “ze-bra dress” in pink. Both dresses come with the two skirt types that are shown, flexi with a lacey under layer and then a sculpty skirt. Also, both come with the undies layer making it into a beautiful one piece lingerie. For an added punch, I added in Iki’s other new release, a sheer shirt. This shirt is just like the other releases she had earlier in the month. Of course, in :: DUTCH TOUCH :: fashion, the shirt comes in all the shirt layers.
Products Used: :: DUTCH TOUCH :: (skins-Indie and Amy), Shinythings, Kyoot Army, ETD, Canimal, KL
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