Milk - Base

I came across some completely new-to-me skins the other night from a shop called The oBscene. The skins are by Kuja Akina and I was definitely a fan of the make-ups pretty quickly. At the shop you’ll also find eyes, lashes, clothing, and shapes made by both Kuja and her partner Angel Cleghorn.

There are three available tones but all the skins I have here are in my preferred light tone - milk. Each tone has a huge amount of make-up options (over 30 I think!) - from subtle daytime looks to alternative and grunge looks. Singles will set you back $1000L (each comes with lashes and eyebrow shape) and there are themed packs available as well.

Milk - Ala

I had 4 favorite make-ups in the Milk tone, 2 of which are the Base make-up and a beautifully rich yellow eyeshadow in “Ala.” I think the lips are especially pretty and all the make-ups I am showing you use varying shades of the pale pink lips.

More make-ups and the body after the jump…
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Talking to Saeya the other night, I saw what she was going to release at Kyoot Army and my first thought was, this is exactly what real fashion brands do - always reinvent. And, what Saeya released today is only the beginning of what will amount to a complete re-branding. Lucky for us, we get to follow along on the journey…one that’s very modern, completely wearable and eminently mixable.

The first of the outfits above is “New Money,” which comes as you see it with the “Old Money” hat (my new favorite hat!). It makes use of the system skirt (hooray!) with a slick, skinny belt…a theme in this release in fact. More on that in a moment. I’ll also add this this collection is 100% hand drawn and makes perfect use of color.

The other major release is the “Electro Ballet” dress and bodysuit, which comes in 6 colors - and all are mixable. You get two tops (one without belt and one with), skirt base, bodysuit bottom and bandau top to go underneath. Of course, every usable layer is provided and I’d strongly encourage you to get yourself in on the skinny belt action as well, since they will work with the “New Money” dress as well.
So you can go from this –> that easily…

You can wear the tops with any shirt that works for you and of course, mix up all the skirts and tops - and then, mix with the 12 belt choices that are available in a GREAT fatpack. You can even wear with your own favorite trousers and then add a matching skinny belt.

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It was just a little over a year ago when sculpted prims made their way into SL designers’ “sewing kits” so to speak. I recall one of the first clothing designers to utilize sculpties in the most amazing ways was my friend Ginny Talamasca. Over the year, those applications have multiplied - moving from outfit accents and adornments to full skirts and even, complete outfits top to bottom (although wearing one of those to a lag-filled event doesn’t always work out the way you hope it will). It’s remarkable actually, the ways SL fashion (shoes, clothing and accessories) and beauty (hair) has evolved through the use of sculpts.

One of the designers to use sculpties in completely new ways was Maria Gherardi of MG Fashion. I recall last fall her Outono outfit utilized a completely sculpted skirt - which for the time, was quite outside the norm. It should be said though that sculpties are great but they’re not all that appealing to me unless they’re accompanied by fantastic textures. In the case with Maria’s new dresses, fortunately we have both in spades.

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Kaejo DaSilva, owner of Renegade, will be releasing new female skins shortly. This is the “Motivation” skin line, which will be available in 6 tones with 4 make-up options, including several pubic hair versions (I will never get used to saying things like this :p ).

I really like the skins, which feature faces that are a tad more realistic than I typically wear (but work very well I believe), and include some well done hand drawn details as well as excellent body shading. Overall, for me it’s a well done realistic skin.

As I said, the initial line features 6 tones (5 of which I have and will show you) and currently 4 make-ups: Gloss, Clean, Glamour, and Freckles. Kaejo says that later on he’ll add more creativity to them in his usual goth/emo/punk style, so look for those soon as well.

Here’s a look at several faces set to be available soon. As a reminder, I do not post process skin posts beyond consolidating, cropping and framing. WYSIWYG.

Light tone, Glamour

Tan tone, Freckles

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