Strange Pixels

Just a quick Look of the Day.

I apparently wasn’t quite through with the Valentine’s look yet, and I’m like a dog with a bone when I latch onto a theme.

Did I overdo it with the hearts?  Yeah, probably.

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Categories: Accessories, Eyes, Freebies, Goth, Hair, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Women's Clothing

I’ve been a bit out of the shopping habit lately, but I recently made up for it and then some at the PixelDolls sale.  Everything is L$ 50 or less!  But I’m not sure how long this sale will last, so get your butt over there if you haven’t already been.

The long skirts from PixelDolls are always some of my favorites.  The glitch-pants are well textured and mesh with the prims extremely well.  They’re flowy and slimline with no bulky prims.  They fit me almost directly out of the box.  And my favorite bit?  Neph never uses alpha textures on her long skirts, so there  is never any interference from shoe invisiprims.

During my recent shopping binge, I also stopped by the Skin Fair. I’m kind of a freebie snob, but I had to grab the dollarbies offered there from Imagen.

Imagen skins are lovely, and I adore all the imperfections like beauty marks and stray freckles.  I have to especially commend them for their excellent freebies.  As a matter of fact, the freebies and dollarbies I’ve picked up at Imagen have been some of my favorite skins from that shop.

The Skin Fair will continue until November 22, and is well worth visiting.

Also of note:  these amazing bracelets from Mandala.  I don’t usually go for no-mod accessories, but I couldn’t resist these gorgeous bronze lotuses.

I dropped by G Field to find a pretty necklace, and spotted these great ankle boots.  Even though they don’t really show in the pictures, I love to see a cool boot peeking out from under a long skirt when I walk.   I’ve tinted these to match the outfit better, and gods bless one of the few shops who still offer modifiable shoes. <3

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Categories: Accessories, Boots, Freebies, Hair, Jewelry, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Women's Clothing

There she is on the stage
Spinning as she sprawls
Thank God the curtains fall
Her spring is sprung
And dances done
Spinning as she sprawls
Thank God the curtains fall

In the morning, he twists the key quite hard
And ticking, she’s brought to boil
“Relevée, my sweet, on point, en garde!”
Her innards twang as they uncoil

“Gentlemen, this fallen angel is the illegitimate daughter of art and science. A modern marvel of engineering, clockworks elevated to the very natural process which even now is in your blood, racing, your eyes flashing at such irreproachable beauty. Here is Gaia, here is Eve, here is Lilith, and I stand before you as her father. Sprung fully-formed from my brow, dewy and sweet; she can be yours and yours again, for her flesh is the incorruptible pale to be excused from the wages of sin.”

-”Herr Drosselmeyer’s Doll,” Abney Park

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Categories: Accessories, Costumes, Fantasy Clothing, Goth, Hair, Hats, Jewelry, Mourna Biziou, Shoes, Skins, Women's Clothing

Be warned:  if I see you in something cool, I will nab it.  (And no anti-inspect device can stop me. ;))

Today’s boots are from Rebel Hope, and I nabbed them from Achariya.  (She’s looking fabulous in them over here.)  They’re just so soft and velvety looking; one of those things in SL I just wish I could reach out and touch.

The accessories I’m wearing are from LouLou&Co.   I visited this shop a while back, but their selection was pretty limited and I promptly forgot about them.  Then I saw the always-glamorous Munchflower wearing the necklace and belt, and I scurried over as fast as my little teleport could carry me.  They have really built up an impressive selection since I last went, and onto my regular-stop list they now go.

This set greatly appeals to me, with it perfect little beads, skulls, crosses, ribbons, and flowers.  The belt in particular deserves some close attention.  It’s very ornate, with lots of attached little baubles and links and well textured bits of leather.  It resizes easily, and fits like a dream.

I really love this shirt from Rotten Toe.  I have a weakness for stand-up collars, even if they are a pain to find hair and accessories for.  It comes with cool raggedy prim tails, but I couldn’t work them in with the belt.

I’m also wearing one of the new Enchanted skins from Cupcakes.  It’s always fascinating to me how much difference a skin can make on an avatar.  To me, Cupcakes skins have a very mature and… regal look to them.  Some of the complaints I had about previous Cupcakes skins (such as overly-severe body shading) have been addressed in this new line, while retaining all the thing I love about them.  They’re definitely worth checking out.  My only complaint with this new line is that the lightest skin tone is at least a few shades darker than their previous lightest.

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Categories: Accessories, Boots, Jewelry, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Women's Clothing

(In lieu of actually being able to think of a title for this post, I’ve just named it after what I’m currently listening to.)

Over at Nomine, Munchflower Zaius has recently released a whole slew of really cool new miniskirts.   These aren’t built off glitchpants, so you can wear your favorite pretty undies with them.   Bring on the upskirting!

There are a gajillion styles in just as many colors, but these are two of my favorites.

Handcuffs and pins notwithstanding, I thought this “locked black” style had a sweet little look, so I paired it with a new peekaboo shirt from Sn@tch.  Doesn’t it have just the most perfect neckline?

I can’t help but feeling a bit like I’m sick and wrong for matching the handcuffs on my belt to the handcuff on my necklace.   Not because they’re handcuffs, but because my first thought on seeing the skirt was: “Hey!  I totally have a necklace to match that!”.

The irregular and creative styling of this “cobweb voodoo” skirt led me to compile something a bit edgier for the second look.  I feel a bit like an extra from an 80’s music video, but that’s not a bad thing.

You may have noticed my unique critter accessories.  Wynx Whiplash has released a few wearable pets that no gawth should be without.   Ravens and bats, oh my!  Beautifully textured and sculpted, these critters spread their wings and caw/squeak (respectively) at you on touch.  They also fly around your head for 10 seconds on command and parrot anything you say on a certain channel.  The bats come in black, brown, and white.  The black is my favorite, but I’ve shown it in brown for contrast. Good stuff.

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Categories: Accessories, Critters, Goth, Hair, Mourna Biziou, Women's Clothing

PixelDolls might not be the first place one thinks of when looking for gothic-y clothing, but I’ve always thought that Neph’s aesthetic lent itself well to a darkly elegant, romantic look that I particularly identify with.

Helena Stringer definitely needs to make more non-mohawk styles.  Not to imply that her mohawks are not completely awesome, because they are.  But I just don’t have the head shape for them.

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Categories: Goth, Hair, Mourna Biziou, Occulta, Women's Clothing

All the bunnies and pastel I’m seeing around has really put me in a mood. ;)

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Categories: Accessories, Boots, Costumes, Fantasy Clothing, Goth, Mourna Biziou, Skins, Tattoos, Women's Clothing

This outfit mostly came into being because I was searching for “spider” -something in my inventory, and I realized I had lots of cool webby spidery stuff I’d never shown.

The clockwork spider necklace is worth seeing in person.  It has all kinds of cool little mechanical spinny bits.

A good shrug is something I always have my eye out for in SL, so I love love the new Shruggies from silentsparrow.

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Categories: Accessories, Goth, Mourna Biziou, Women's Clothing