We were going to close the skin fair yesterday, but received so many requests from exhibitors and buyers alike, that we have decided to extend the skin fair until next Wednesday, August 26th! Because we have a couple of large shows coming up shortly after, we absolutely cannot extend it any longer than that, so get over to UVogue today and see all of the great skin designers we lined up for you!

Don't forget that many of them are offering skins only found at Discover Your Skin!

Honey

SECOND LIFE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

UVogue Fashion Agency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2009

** UVogue Fashion Agency Announces DISCOVER YOUR SKIN: The UVogue Skin Fair**

SL Event: DISCOVER YOUR SKIN: The UVogue Skin Fair
Event Dates: August 12 - 19, 2009

Luxury Boulevard - July 31, 2009 - UVogue Fashion Agency announced today, "Discover Your Skin: The UVogue Skin Fair" will be taking place on the UVogue Sim, August 12 - 19, 2009. More than 19 skin designers will be showcasing some of SL's best skins. Many plan to release new skins available exclusively at Discover Your Skin.

"I'm loking forward to Discover your Skin. It will be a great chance for people to come see, and try, many skins and perhaps, to try some brand new skins available nowhere else," hinted Nikita Fride, owner of Nikita Fride Design.

Discover your Skin creates a single location for resident's to browse through dozens of SL's finest skins allowing them to quickly, easily and conveniently compare many offerings and purchase the skin that is just right for them.

Discover your Skin kicks off August 11 at 1:00 PM SLT with a VIP and press reception. Many of the skin designers will be in attendance giving members of the SL press an opportunity to speak directly with the designers and to preview some of the new skins being introduced at Discover your Skin.

"Mimi Coral and I were incredibly excited to be given the opportunity to participate in the Discover your Skin fair. We'd never been asked to be in one before, and it really does give us a great opportunity for exposure, as well as to meet other designers, bloggers, and those who do and are interested in the same things we are," said one-half of the Cupcakes design team, Rosemary Galbraith.

At 12:01 AM SLT, August 12, Discover your Skin will open to the public and remain open the entire week (landmark below).

"This is a great opportunity for people to shop and to compare skins in a single location, grab a demo and go to the next shop and try another. Shop and compare quickly and easily, and discover your skin at the UVogue Skin Fair," said HoneyBear Lilliehook, UVogue Fashion Agency, Chief Operating Officer.

There will prizes and special gifts for all attendees.

Participating skin designers include:
[42], Aimesi Design, Bebae, Chaisuki, Cupcakes, DeeTaleZ, dhR, Essence Skins, Exodi Design, Free Speerit, Imagen, KA Designs, LionSkins, Nikita Fride, Staged Skins & Fashion, Symphony Skins, UK Couture, Uzuri, Xtreme Reality Skins, *YourSkin & YourShape*

About UVogue Fashion Agency:
UVogue (formerly InStyle Fashion Agency) is one of the most respected fashion agencies in Second Life. Its professional services include: premiere model management, modeling academy, avatar image & body consultation, and all aspects of in-world fashion marketing & event planning. UVogue also proudly showcases many of SL’s best designers for haute couture and leading edge fashion in its European-inspired shopping boulevard.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/UVogue/145/191/22

And that's occasionally dangerous *smiles*.

When I started Second Life a bit over two years ago, I came in not really knowing what to expect. I had watched something on TV that made me want to try it, but I had a pretty crappy computer at the time and SL wouldn't run on it. A couple of years went by, and I finally got a computer that would handle it, and a friend brought me in (and shortly thereafter left SL).

I got the obligatory pole dancing job which lasted until they told me I'd actually have to take my clothes off and try to talk the guys out of their money. "WHAT?! I quit!"

Went to club hosting, then to club ownership, and when I finally got tired of the money pit (I actually paid my employees, and live entertainment...if you're thinking about doing it - don't!), I decided to go to modeling school. Now, I'm the second in command at UVogue Fashion Agency.

What this what I thought would happen when I joined Second Life? Can't really say it is. I'm glad it has, I love what I do. But if anyone had told me this was the road I'd be following, I'd have laughed....hard....in disbelief.

So, I'm curious, has your Second Life turned out the way you thought? Better? Worse? Let's not discuss the actual pros and cons of the platform since I've been fighting it hard all weekend, including inventory loss...but tell me if you're happy with the direction your life has gone.

Honey

I'm sure that if you know me, or have been reading this blog, my love for the nicer things found in Second Life is well known. One of the items I absolutely love in SL are my prim nails. I've shopped at Candy Nail and Risa's, and love both of them (and will continue to shop there, I'm sure), but today, I discovered Studio Nails.

Really, I wasn't looking...just shopping at a sale (you know how I love sales!), and a girl walked by with a tag that said "CEO Studio Nails", and of course, I zeroed in on her. I spoke with her briefly and got her landmark, and went to visit.

Having "HUD" on the brain, after spending so long developing my shoe hud (see below), I immediately zoomed in on the nail HUD shown below.

I marveled at the concept - a nail HUD that you could load with the nails for sale nearby. I checked the price of the HUD (1,000L - yes, I know), and then the price of the nails that could be loaded into it (1L to 30L), and was able to rapidly justify the cost of the HUD, since I pay 150L-300L at Candy Nail or Risa's. After four pair, the cost would become less than I pay now. SOLD!

As I looked around, I saw that there are also prim nails to be bought without the HUD, for around 250L per pair, with some great designs - looking just like RL nail art (sorry, I'm a bit burned out on all the skulls I'm seeing around...so not my style!).

Of course, being me, I simply had to contact the owner, Anastacia Magic, and tell her how fabulous I thought this was. During the course of our conversation, she told me that she had spent three months doing research and development, and getting the copyright on her HUD. Yes, she copyrighted her HUD - so don't try to steal it, or she will prosecute and I may come gunning for you myself! Anastacia told me that she released the nail HUD in April. I'm totally surprised that she managed to stay below my radar, but of course, it has been a busy few months for me.

When I went back to the store to sign into her Subscribe-o-Matic, I noticed a rather large display wall that I had missed when I was first there. On it were limited edition nails which, at 550L-600L are a wee bit pricey, but ooooh, they are so pretty, and I'm hoping that they don't sell out before I can justify the cost on top of what I spent today.

So, if you love your prim nails as I do, run by Studio Nails and check them out....I'm pretty sure you'll like what you see ;)

Honey

Novice, shown below, is the newest offering from Sascha's Design. I cannot tell you how much I absolutely love this gown!

Sascha is the queen of textures and she certainly didn't fail me on this gown. The depth of the textures in the skirt are so realistic that you are sure you're looking at hand-stitched beadwork.

As is typical with Sascha's gowns, when you buy one, you're buying many. It comes with the "battleship" skirt, for those who love that Southern Belle look, a "sleek" skirt, a mini-skirt, gloves, and a detachable train. Shown here is the sleek skirt option.

Novice is available in Lavender (shown), Cognac, Magnificent Red, Gold, Magenta, Royal Blue, and Seagreen.

At only 500L, this gown is a steal, and I encourage you to get over and get it before Sascha realizes she underpriced it ;)

Next, we have Jillian, part of Jador's new fall line. One of the most charming aspects of this gown is in the details. Jillian has layers and layers of soft frilly lace in the battleship skirt. The gown can be worn with the lace straps, or strapless. In the back, you'll find a beautifully detailed "shoelace" tie.

While this picture doesn't show it clearly, there is a beaded "nude" underlayer with sparkly lights built into it.

I could not be more excited!! What you're looking at is the first offering in my newest shoe line at HoneyBear's - "Bear Feet". This style is called Savvy. It features a delicate gold ankle chain, but the very most amazing thing about Bear Feet is the HUD.

You'll find Redgrave, Belleza, Laqroki and Lionskins-Cana skin colors built in, along with ten preset high gloss nail polishes. If your skin isn't one of the built in skins, you'll also find a manual RGB input, and four user-defined skin/nail presets to store your favorites, which you can plainly see on the HUD - no more guessing or trying to remember what skin tone was stored where!

This is the easiest to color, easiest to use shoe HUD in Second Life! I've used many different coloring mechanisms and found most of them lacking in some way or another, so when I designed mine, I gave it the features I wanted!

Because I sell shoes at prices all women can afford, you'll find these shoes at the amazing low price of only 299L! There will be three more styles following soon, along with a great array of colors.

Ready to buy? Head to HoneyBear's today!