“Lick, Don’t Bite” is the tagline for Annyka Bekkers‘ brand of Blowpop skins. I’ve blogged her generations many times before and I love all of them, though “Tuesday” is now perhaps my favorite. I know the world blogged Tuesday long before (I’m slowwww these days), but I spent a good chunk in SL this weekend and focused on wearing these lovelies much of the time.

You know the drill - 6 tones, 4 collections, 3 make-ups per tone, freckles, black/brown brows and only 950L for singles! The collection I chose to build the looks around are the Tuesday “All Day” collection, featuring 3 distinct make-ups to take you from dawn ’til dusk.

“Tuesday Morning,” fresh faced and unspoiled

“Tuesday Afternoon” - shopping? Lunch with friends?

I’ll get to Tuesday After Dark in a moment, but my other favorite make-ups of the 4 collections released are the “Shir” collection make-ups, shown here in the Honey tone. They’re totally pretty, and are my 100% favorite Blowpop skins to-date.

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Tuli is releasing her new S6 skins tomorrow (?) and while I hate to rush the weekend, I’d like it to come sooner please. I’ve been closely following the beta teasers, and it won’t be long now!

The best part for me are the lips. The Lips! They’re awesome.

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Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend yesterday’s Spring Ball as I was busy getting sunburned at a horseshow, but I have seen snaps of the party and everyone looked fantastic. I am however, enjoying my new “Laura” skin from Fleur - one of numerous new skins released by Roslin and CJ as part of a larger collaboration with Nicky Ree, Calla hair and Alienbear.

Though I was tempted to don one of the absolutely stunning ball gowns released by Nicky, I went with the more svelte “Laura” gown to accompany its namesake make-up (it’s also something I can wear a bit more methinks). The dress color is raven and it’s uniquely beautiful, as all of Nicky’s gowns are. The prim skirt attachments are scripted but I turned them all off, as I prefer not to mess with sit scripts.

Part of the Vivant line, the Laura skin is available in all six tones, with dramatic lined eyes and wine lips. Above are the palest cream and almond tones (my personal favorite).

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I don’t know about you, but I’m finding it harder and harder to spend any real time in SL doing the things I love due to grid performance. It’s incredibly frustrating to have to log-in on off hours (like 3:00 a.m.?) just to be able to attach my hair, TP, have a store rez fully and receive purchases >.< Until now it’s never been a huge deal to me - but lately, it just makes me cranky.

However, I finally was able to mess around with two contrasting looks on Sunday. One casual and one a bit more smart. I suspect I’ll still be wearing this first one for a few days given that it’s what I logged out wearing…and who knows when SL will let me change it. Not that it matters since I’m fond of it.

Yep, Gillian in blonde hair. I used to wear blonde in SL all the time but since I have very dark hair in RL, I eventually switched to dark here too. However, I wanted to try the new MMS hair textures and blonde just looked better with this hair I thought.

It’s my turn for a late rave about the “Venus” sandals from HUB…they’re completely awesome and I love them. I’m also totally loving the new “Kamoana Shell” sets from Earthtones.

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