Halloween

The North American fascination with All Hallows Eve has always intrigued me. I spent my early childhood in England and Samhain was only really celebrated as a Harvest Festival. Anyway I digress, here's my little contribution to Halloween.

Until next time
Samantha

Three weeks in hospital and I still look stunning.

I'm not quite up to the mark yet, but improving. so please don't expect anything spectacular from me for a while. Decided to go to Maxim's for a quiet drink, I wanted to look elegant so headed for the closet and naturally selected a gown from my Glam Dreams collection. I'm wearing the Camille Cocktail Dress with hat and veil.

As I said, I'm not quite with it yet, and forgot to save the outfit. I haven't got the energy to spend the time going through my closet trying to recreate this, so if you recognise any of the accessories please feel free to mention them in the comments.

Until next time
Samantha

Needing Divine Inspiration

Definitely needing divine inspiration for this 'Black Collection', with my pocket book restrictions it becoming difficult to find something different, but I will persist.

Top...........................................GeMyles' Keep Calm - Be Original Tee!
Pants.........................................GeMyles' Ilana Dark Black Pants
Jewelry......................................BN Designs' Black Bangle
                                                 Dellybeams Gem Gallery's Celtic Black Pearl Necklace
                                                 Dellybeams Gem Gallery's Dome Ring
Hair...........................................Alli&Ali Designs Mina Hair Ombre Brown Copper
Makeup......................................Make Up Addiction's MakeUp Set Autumn - Full Set
Eyes..........................................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin...........................................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Body..........................................Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape

Hands and Feet............................Slink Enhanced hands and feet

Until Next Time

♥♥♥ Samantha.

Sam's Stylish Shopping Suit

I know I said I was going to be showing a series of my 'Black Collection', but forgive me, I saw this beautiful dress and just had to share it. Well it's base colour is black ☺ 

Sam's Stylish Shopping Suit

Dress............................................Finale Couture August Group Gift Chante Moi Dress
Hat...............................................SHIC's Meil Veil Hat - Black
Clutch............................................SHIC's Florence Handbag
Stockings.......................................Cannibelle's Black Seam Tights - Nude
Gloves...........................................Go*Diva's Rene Gloves
Necklace........................................Indy&Co's Heirloom Color Change necklace: Antique
Shoes............................................Slink Siren Leather Stilettos Black
Hair..............................................Alli&Ali Designs' Lexi Hair Fire
Makeup..........................................Brii Underground's Machig Make Up
Eyes..............................................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin..............................................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Body.............................................Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Sam's Boyish Black

This is the second outfit in the "Black Collection", it is one of those outfits accidentally snatched up on a lucky chair. It's a men's retro outfit and I'll be a little prudent here and not suggest when one would wear it.

Caught Mid Pose Change

Sam's Boyish Black

Hat.....................................Brii Underground Wear's Eddard Retro Cap
Glasses................................Brii Underground Wear's Eddard Sunglasses
Shirt and Pants......................Brii Underground Wear's Eddard Retro Suit
Shoes..................................Slink Siren Leather Stilettos Black
Jewelry................................Dellybeam Gem Gallery's Dome Ring
                                          Dellybeam Gem Gallery's Ruby Crystal Choker
Hair.....................................Virtual Diva's Divine Hair Blonde Group Gift
Eyes....................................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin.....................................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Lipstick................................Dulce's Secret Blooming Hope Lips
Body....................................Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Slink....................................Slink enhanced hands and feet

I've been quite ill this past week so please forgive the lack of inventiveness with this outfit, I just felt like doing something/anything to get my brain functioning again.

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Sam's Black Country Casual

A girlfriend told me she loved to wear black, but she never saw anything other than the compulsory LBD promoted by anyone. Inspired, I decided to put together a series of black (or near black) outfits for different occasions, this is the first, 'Sam's Black Country Casual'.

Sam's Black Country Casual

Hat......................COCO Design's Black Wool Felt Fedora

Top......................Brii Underground Wear's Bibiana Poncho

Jeans....................Lapointe & BastChild Designs' Swear "Flare" Denim Jeans

Hair......................Alli&Ali Designs'  Vanadis Hair

Makeup......... .......Makeup Addiction's MakeUp Set - 50's - Full Set

Jewelry.................Mayfly - Jangle Bangle Bracelet (Keshie Group Gift)

                           Dellybeams Gem Gallery's Fifth Avenue Earrings

also worn:

Ring.......................Dellybeam Gem Gallery's Dome Ring
Shoes.....................Slink Siren Leather Stilettos Black

Eyes.......................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin.......................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- cherry
Body......................Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Slink......................Slink enhanced hands and feet

You know you are getting old when the dictionary tells you, your spelling is archaic.
Until next time
♡♡♡ Samantha

Lucky Jacket

I accidentally picked up a man's complete outfit from a lucky chair or gift, instead of deleting it I decided to do something with the jacket. There's normally only one problem when fitting men's jackets to the female form, your hips, they will stick through any alpha's when you put your slacks on. There are two fixes you can do, either reduce your hip size or wear a larger size jacket. In this instance I opted for a larger coat.

Lucky Jacket

Jacket.....................Brii Underground Wear's Gregory Jacket

Hair........................LeLutka's CHILL hair - Auburn Haze

Sweater..................Gabriel's Highneck Sleeveless sweater

Slacks....................Amazing Creation's Women's Skinny Pants

Shoes.....................Slink Siren Leather Stilettos Red

Stockings................Cannibelle's Black Seam Tights - Nude

Choker....................Bellic Rockz - Horn of Plenty Choker

also wearing

Ring.......................Dellybeam Gem Gallery's Dome Ring

Eyes.......................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin.......................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- cherry
Body......................Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Slink......................Slink enhanced hands and feet

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Casual Autumn Outfit for those in the Northern Climes

As most of the Second Life population is in the northern hemisphere and fashion in our virtual world seems to follow that calendar, I thought I'd better conform.

So with that in mind, I put together Sam's Casual Autumn with Jacket. I'm not a jeans fanatic and don't wear them irl, but I must admit these Lapointe & Bastchild Designs' S'wear "Flare" Jeans with Belt are delightful. The accompanying HUD provides 14 jeans colour variations, 6 different pockets, 20 belt colours, 4 designs and 3 buckles. I'm not wearing the belt in these photo's as it slightly interferes with the jacket.

Sam's Casual Autumn with Jacket

Jeans...........Lapointe & Bastchild Designs' S'wear "Flare" Jeans with Belt

Jacket........ .Francis Jacket by Luciefee

Shoes..........Hanover (Brown) by Essenz

Scarf..........Tartan Scarf by edge grafica

also wearing:

Eyes.......Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin........Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Body.......Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Slink.......Slink enhanced hands and feet


Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Mobile Version of Samantha's Style Magazine

I did not realise that my magazine couldn't be read on mobile devices and I apologise to everyone for that oversight. Here's a version of the magazine that is mobile friendly, please enjoy.

Samantha's Style - September 2015

1950's Diva

Those that read the latest issue of my magazine already know this, I love the glam part of the fifties, I think it was elegance personified. Well this is the latest addition to my wardrobe, a glorious gown by Glam Dreams, Brigitte Brown Leopard ¹. It comes with the matching head scarf with three size choices. It is currently on special for L$175 to group members.

The adorable accessories I am wearing:

Hair........................Alli&Ali Designs Vanadis Hair
Glasses...................Sonatta Morales Diva sunglasses
Belt........................Quintessencia - Vaiola Belt Dark Beige
Shoes,,,...................Brii Underground's Fuyuki Heels 457
Pet.........................TuTys - Mesh Pet Carrier - Chiwawa
Jewelry...................N@N@ Aliana bracelet
                             Dellybeam Gem Gallery's Ruby Crystal Choker
                             Dellybeam Gem Gallery's Dome Ring
Eyes.......................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin.......................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Body......................Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Makeup..................Amaryllis Fashion's Red Lips

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

¹ This is an HDR shot, so the dress' colours are more vibrant thn you would probably see with a run of the mill graphics card in Second Life.

We Ran Through Dandelions

Some things catch your eye, well this number from Paris Metro Couture certainly did for me. We Ran Through Dandelions is a beautiful creation and what's more it's currently on special at L$300. They currently have a floor of gowns on sale, so perhaps a little shopping trip might be in order.

The original gown didn't come boxed with the glorious hat that featured on the advertisement for this outfit, but after sending a note to Paris Zsun she has now included the hat in the box. Unfortunately the hat didn't arrive in time to be included in the September Issue of Samantha's Style Magazine. The photograph below is the one I did put in the magazine, it has a different hat as you can see.

I'm also wearing:
Hair........Virtual D!va Couture's Divine Hair Ombre
Shoes......Inga Wind's Mina in Purple Shoes
Eyes.......Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin........Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Body.......Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Jewelry...Zuri's Spell Bound Magic Set
Makeup...Makeup Additcion's MakeUp Set - Sunshine - Full Set

Hat (in second photo)..Bubblez Design's 1950 Monarita Hat

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Samantha's Style September Issue

As it's spring in Australia the September issue of Samantha's Style Magazine has a peek at Spring Fashion and what I'm wearing in the early Spring when the mornings are still a bit fresh. So without further ado, here's the September issue:

Just Another Day at the Office

I was searching google for a photograph of an office for a background and all these public domain photo's of the Oval Office dominated, well I couldn't resist the temptation.

Steno pad in hand, wearing Glam Dreams' Precise Pink Sweater Dress feeling confident and ready for just another day in the Office.

I am also wearing with the Woolen Wonder:

Glasses...........WaS-K Mahogany Scholarly Glasses
Hair................D!va Hair Marie Type B Amber
Stockings.........Cannibelle's Black Seam Tights - Nude
Eyes................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Body...............Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Shoes..............Slink Siren Leather Stilettos Fuschia
Jewelry............Lazuri Touch of Stone Fuschia Stud Earrings
                       NRS Design Bracelet
                       Dellybeam's Gem Gallery's Dome Ring

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Shedding the Skins of Winter

September and Spring in Sydney is a lovely time of year, the mornings are still fresh with lovely sunny afternoons. Just enough warmth to shed the skins of winter and feel that lovely sun warm your core.

I'm still not feeling well, but can't stay idle.  If I make any glaring mistakes in the next few days, let me know please, the brain is a little foggy. The original photograph of the Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens was credited to Hamilton Lund.

Sunny Spring Surprise

Scarf..............Sonatta Morales Elegance Head Scarf in coral print
Glasses...........Sonatta Morales Awe sunglasses tortoise
Hair................Virtual Diva's Pink Hair Blondes Bleach
Top.................GeMyles Lillymae Mini Dress
Pants............,..GeMyles Nikki Chain Denim Jeans
Necklace......... Dellybeams Gallery's Celtic Black Pearl
Gloves.......... ..Go*Diva's Rene gloves
Eyes................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Body...............Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Also worn:
Shoes..............Slink Siren Leather Stilettos Red

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Sam's Winter Wonder

Our Australian winter is nearly over, it's been a record winter with snow falling in places it normally doesn't. Well the wardrobe had to be updated to include some warmer clothes, this is one of my winter outfits, Sam's Winter Wonder.

Sam's Winter Wonder

Scarf...............Sonatta Morales Avril Scarf
Hair................Alli&Ali Designs Vanadis Hair
Coat................Fierce Designs Mesh Spring jacket
Pants...............GizzA's Jockey Pants Black
Boots..............COCO Designs Grey Over-the-knee Boots
Makeup...........MUA's MakeUp Set - Autumn - Full Set
Eyes................Amacci's Ice Image Eyes
Skin................Redgrave's Pale Skin -Summer- natural
Body...............Dulce's Secret Kiarai Shape
Also worn:
Jumper............GB's High neck sweater
Jewelry...........Dellybeams Gallery Dome Ring

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Samantha Falls In ❤

Utopia!

I did a very silly thing today, I visited a boutique called Utopia and fell in love. This exotic palace is a grownup girl's Wonderland, a place of dreams. It is brimming with glorious gowns, costumes, couture, jewelry and shoes, all of a quintessential quality. Wet you appetite ladies, well be warned, you will need a pocket book that has a license to print money. The group joining fee reflects the quality of the merchandise, in this case it's $L500. Yes, it is an expensive place to shop and I didn't see any gimmicks like chairs or midnight madness, but it's outstanding feature is the Quality.

I had a quick look at the men's area, it also is superb quality, When venturing over to the men's section I discovered a secret area. Like the rest of this establishment it is a very tasteful place to take one's significant other to declare your devotion. It is fully enclosed by one-way glass, has slow dance balls and a devotional font.

Secret Area

The jacket and pants I'm wearing are from the KingOHearts outfit available in the Oxbridge University newbie area. The pants came with instructions to wear boots, but I think Slink's Siren heels do fit the bill.

I'm also wearing:

Celoe mademoiselle hat included in Lelutka long hair fatpack
D!va  Hair "Marie" (Type B)(Red amber)
Dome Ring from Dellybeams Gem Gallery
Rene gloves from Go*Diva
Alaskametro lipgloss liquidshine orchid
Alaskametro cleo eyeshadow peridot
Ice Image Eyes from Amacci
::DS:: Kiarai Shape from Dulce's Secrect
Teeth from Esode
Skin *RG*] 01  Pale Skin -Summer- // *natural from Redgraves

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

I'm Back

Contemplating my career direction 

Well I'm back in Sydney and its cold wet winter's day. As your can probably tell, I'm a little pensive, wondering how to proceed in my fashion career. Well I received some illuminating advice from a wonderful Super Model named Blue. It was this advice that made me question the direction that I was proceeding. When I finally work it out I will let you all know.

As you can see I have a new outfit. The absolutely glorious jacket is male, I saw it at Oxbridge University during a newbie indoctrination course. Its part of a full male outfit called Thorn, I loved the look of it on first sight, well I finally went back and got it and here it is with some slight adjustments.

The remainder of my outfit consists of:

Wicked January Leggings a gift from  Indyra Originals
Fallon Choker & Ascot from Indyra's complete Fallon outfit, featured on my first blog article.
Divine Hair Blonde Group Gift  from Virtual Diva
Dome Ring from Dellybeams Gem Gallery
Rene gloves from Go*Diva
Ice Image Eyes from Amacci
"Creme Red" lipstick - Fiery from alaskametro
::DS:: Kiarai Shape from Dulce's Secrect
Teeth from Esode
Skin *RG*] 01  Pale Skin -Summer- // *natural from Redgraves

Until next time
♥♥♥ Samantha

Samantha is in Paris

Samantha running to her next interview

She might be jet-lagged, but the Karley Strapless Jumpsuit from GeMyles Couture makes her appear strikingly sprightly. The Serena White Croc Slink Heels come with the outfit along with a gorgeous white mini dress. The whole outfit was on a special for $L99.

She's appropriately wearing her "Je suis Charlie" necklace and her black veil and hat to hide her drooping jet-lagged eyelids. Go*Diva's Rene Gloves were on special for $L25, for a pack of six gloves with appliers for Maitreya, Tmp and Slink.
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In her absence,
Anonymous  per procurationem Samantha

Tiny Tirade by Samantha

For the curious and the disbelievers I am only going to say this once and never mention it again, I am disabled and spend all my time  propped up in a chair in front of a screen, with a Tablet on my lap. This is why I no longer work and have so much time on my hands. To all the skeptics who have been downright rude, you can bite my bum!.

Well Samantha celebrated her one month birthday yesterday.Reminiscing on what I've done over the last 31 days, it looks a little overwhelming. One has to consider though I only sleep about four hours a day, so that's about 600 hours I've spent leaning about blogging, graphics software and a myriad of other things related to my life in Second Life.

In the photograph I am wearing a present I received from Inga Wind of Inga Wind Clothing. It's a lovely two tone purple dress with purple heels included. The outfit is called Mina In Purpule. The necklace is a "Je Suis Charlie" by Lapointe & BastChild Designs.

I am also wearing;
Hair.................D!va Hair "Marie" (Type B)(Topaz)
Eyes: ..............Amacci ~ Ice Image Eyes

Teeth: .............Esode Teeth Tattoo

Skin: ...............[*RG*] 08   Pale Skin -Summer- // *lilac *REDGRAVE*

Body:..............::DS:: Kiarai Shape created by Anne Maertens of Dulce Secrets

Until next time ♥♥♥ Samantha

Dellybeam is on the Hunt!

Dome Ring

If for no other reason, the gift from Dellybeam's Gem Gallery is the only reason you need to participate in the Fashion Play 2 Hunt.

This ravishing ring comes with a Hud that gives you access to six glorious gems, black diamond, white diamond, emerald, ruby, sapphire and rhodolite. You also have the choice of silver or gold rings. You have mod and copy permissions, so please remember to take a copy before resizing. Also

Silver Sapphire Dome Ring

with being able to copy, you can have a ring on both hands. Just rename the copy and attach it to the other hand. Nearly forgot, there are two rings in the box one with bling and one without.

Given all the choices that come with this gift, I don't know about you, but this ring will go with about every outfit I own.

The nail vanish I'm weaning is from the GeMyles Moving Group
Gift.

Until next time. ♥♥♥ Samatha.

Magazine - Well my attempt anyway.

This magazine was never going to be published, it was just a little project to see if I could do it. Well anyway, here's my attempt at desktop publishing. I really would like some FEEDBACK. I know it's not of a quality of the professional magazines coming out of Second Life, but hopefully both quality and quantity will improve with experience and your feedback.

And voilà

Oh, you should see the Boots!

Gizza Denim Jockey

Another fantastic outfit from New Resident Island, Gizza's Denim Jockey. The thing about this outfit is that all the items are excellent in their own right and will be fun to mix and match with other clothing in the wardrobe.

Gold Boots

I must admit the boots were a problem, no alpha. I spent considerable time trying to make them work out of the box but it just wasn't possible. I solved the problem by using an alpha layer from a gift of Coco's, her Over the Knee Boots and voilà, a perfectly gorgeous pair of boots.

The earrings are SnowGold Earrings from Dellybeam's Freedove Gift Pack.

The hair is Divine Hair Ombre Group Gift from Virtual Diva.

Until next time.
♡♡♡ Samantha

Stunning Gift from Tiffany Designs

TD Lavish Mesh Dress *Paris

This stunning gown from Tiffany Designs is its lastest SL F&O gift. A mesh strapless number that fits like a glove and I didn't detect any breaks in the mesh during different poses. Perhaps to well a fitting, I have 5% body fat and there's a detectable bump in my front ☺.

The magnificent necklace and earrings I'm wearing are from D.D.M. Design's Bohemian Rhapsody Collection.

My nails are a GeMyles Moving Group Gift, Combination Hands/Feet Laquer Hud. Sorry ladies that offer has expired. I would like to thank Gem Miklos-Harvy for personally directing me through the hoards in her store to the gift's location.

The hair is A&A's Mina Hair Ombre Brown Copper.

Those of you paying attention would have picked up that the freebie girl has finally spent some Linden. I invested in some Slink Elegant hands and they are absolutely glorious. More about those another time.

The rest of what I'm wearing has been mentioned in previous blogs, so if you want to have an avi like mine, the story is there.

Thank you to  Anne Maertens for use of her studio.

Until next time ♡♡♡ Samantha
Cogito ergo sum

New Resident Island - A Newbie Goldmine

A gorgeous girlfriend sent me an invitation to have a look at a place she had found, said she was sure I'd be interested.  And what a find it is! That got me to thinking how to show people why they should direct newbies here, so I decided to pick up five out of the box avatars and give them a little makeover with what's available on New Resident Island.

I didn't adjust any of the avatars' body settings, just changed clothing and accessories. Some prestigious named brands have placed items on the island. The items on the island are available to all avatars, with no age limit.

Well I've finished talking, below are the five avatars in before and after shots, you be the judge.

Before & After

Before & After

Before & After

Before & After

Before & After

Thank you to  Anne Maertens for use of her studio.

Until next time. ♡♡♡ Samantha

You've Seen The Hair, Now the Rest

Princess in the Tower

The hair you've seen, it came with this lovely gown belonging to D!va's 6th Anniversary & 50,000 member celebration gift. This mesh gown is called "Iris".

Sorry about the Copyright mark, but unfortunately it has become necessary.

Until next time. ♠♡♡ Samantha