Cha's Flash Fash Cash Comp - #3

Yes it's that time again for another round of Cha's Flash Fash Cash Comp where if you spot yourself in these pictures and are the first one to comment with your SL name, you win $1000L.  Don't forget it's the first correct name that will win so tell your friends if you think you spot them.

The competition finishes when I start another round.  Can you see you??????

Good luck darlings.

Cha's Flash Fash Cash Comp - #2

Lordy wordy yes darlings...it's time to play Cha's Flash Fash Cash Comp.  Its fun to go a hunting for lovely residents to snap.  Remember my candid camera can spot you anywhere, anytime.

Just be the first person to type your SL name in the comments section of this post to win $1000L.  You can have yourself a fun little shopping spree on meh.

The competition closes when the next Cash Comp is posted and starts all over again so don't be tardy my little fashionista's.

Can you see you?

Rodvik Linden And Me(me)

Well I decided Berry's Meme idea was such fun I had to get in on the act, albeit late.

Of course I had to wear my 'Fuck Me I'm Famous' jumper from Razor given the importance of my guest.  I invited him home and within minutes he was jumping on my bed.  I showed him a few cheer leader moves and talked him in to taking me shopping.  We arrived at Gos but guess what?  He didn't have any money.  His excuse?  He didn't have any pockets to keep his wallet. 

What a disappointing date.   

Hair and pig tails: Tram
Skin: Betty in Pale tone (make up #1) by Belleza
Eyes: Deep Sky Mesh Eyes in Twilight Sea by Mayfly
Jumper and Socks: By Razor
Shoes: Black and White Ankle Boots by Kunglers
Rings: Aruro and Gloria rings by Donna Flora
Necklace and Earrings: Triandre by Pure Poison
Location: GOS

Cha's Flash Fash Cash Comp - #1

Trying to move away from becoming an irredeemable selfie, I have decided that Chalice In Wonderland is going to start a fortnightly competition with a cash prize of $1000L.  I love to scour the grid looking at what people are wearing and I thought it would be fun to run a competition that incorporates other people on my blog.

The rules?  Simple as can be.  If you spot yourself in the pics below, be the first one to comment on this blog under your SL name and the cash is yours.  Have yourself a nice little shopping trip on me.  It literally is first in, best dressed.  And yes...I did take note of your name so you can't trick me.  Haha.

Good luck everyone.  Once we have a winner, I will pay you your reward for being fashion first in-world.

Three Cheers For SL Designers And Builders.

Hello fellow bloggers, non-bloggers and designers.  I've been thinking a lot about my blog and the fact that many of the designers I feature may not have the time to peruse the feeds or Flickr and in all probability, don't know that I've used their products.  I know if I was a designer and put in all the work it must take to stock and operate a store, I'd like to see my blood, sweat and perhaps tears receive some form of attention.

I have decided that each time I style for Chalice In Wonderland, I'm going to send each designer a note card in-world with a link so that they can see their products I used to make up my outfits.  Other bloggers possibly already do this but duh, the thought just came to me.

Why am I announcing it on here?  Well I wanted to make it clear to any designer who receives a note card that I am not doing it with an agenda to obtain any free stuff.  I merely want to let you know that I love your item, because I used it, and I'm grateful of your existence in SL making beauty for us to wear.

I would also like to stress that if any designer does not wish to receive a note card, I will add them to my list and not bother you...no problems at all.

Its perhaps that I'm not a designer of anything nor claim to have any special artistic talents that I particularly appreciate the work of others so much.   They have to do it for love because when you translate what they earn into real dollars, they'd have to sell a LOT to make a reasonable profit.  And I haven't even mentioned the builders of SL.  OMG.  I'm in awe of you guys.

So remember designers, this is about YOU, not me fishing for ANYTHING.

 

It's Meme Berry Christmas - My Name

Berry's done another Meme and I'm in.

I had a sly ciggie while I was thinking of my answers.  A terrible habit I know but it's my second last vice other than enjoying a fine glass of  red.

1. What’s your SL name? Chalice Carling
2. What made you choose this name? God it's so far back for the old memory bank but I think I chose the sir name Carling first and then tried to think of another name starting with C.  I thought Chalice sounded nice plus I was probably drinking a glass of wine at the time which reminded me that wine was traditionally drunk from a chalice in the Biblical sense.  Chalice is also the name Jamaicans use for a bong, and is also an ancient symbol for a woman.  It is also the antiquated metaphor for the female urino-genital tract but please don't hold that against me.
3. What’s your SL nickname, or what do most people call you? (if applicable) Either Cha or Cha Cha.  I always love the way Frolic Mills pronounces my name...like Chal-eee-ce.  Very cute.
4. What’s your SL display name? Why do you choose to have one? (if applicable) I did just put Cha Cha as my display name.  Not sure why though.
5. Do you like your SL name? Yes I do actually.  I really wouldn't mind if Chalice was my RL name.  My RL first name is very, very unusual and I've spent a life time correcting people with the pronunciation and spelling it, sometimes two or three times because people get lost half way through.  Turns out my name is a common name for a male in Jamaica.
6. If you could change your SL name, what would it be? Blooming Wonderful.
7. What’s the craziest/funniest SL name you’ve ever seen? Ayefarted On Yeu.  Eww I'd have to fart back.
8. What’s the coolest (your favorite) SL name you’ve ever seen? I think it would have to be Crap Mariner.  I remember when I first knew of him and I just loved that name.  Actually now I wish I could be Crap Carling.

Now I better credit my stuff:

Hair: Sweet Iris by Boudoir
Skin: Zoe in Pearl tone by Tuli
Lips: Deviant Vamp by Tuli
Eyes: IKON
Hands and Feet: By SLINK
Dress: Drape Dress in White by Tram
Earrings, bangles and necklace: By Mandala
Flowers: By Lapointe & BastChild
Smoke: By NikotiN

Sorry I cannot give you SLURLS today but SL is broken and wouldn't bring up profiles at the time of publishing this post.  Bad SL.

7 Deadly Skins - It's Worth Dying For.

Who doesn't love a great skin?  I know I'm always thrilled when I find a skin maker who captures the real life nuances of the body and face.  Here I'm showing the wonderful work of Izara Zuta's label, 7 Deadly Skins.

Lucky for us, she has created 12 different body types for each skin as shown below and they come in 4 different skin tones.  I'm showing 7 different skins; however, you can purchase different make up's for variety.  I'm so pleased to have been linked with Miss Zuta's label and I'll be wearing these in many future posts.  7 Deadly Skins has lots of ways in which to purchase the skins and extra's so do drop by and check it out.

Delerium Skin

Lust Skin

Morea Skin

Sloth 1 Skin

Sloth 2 Skin

Vanity Skin

Vero Modero Exclusive Skin

Now to get full advantage of 7 Deadly Skins news, goodies and extra treats, join the in-wold group.  Skins are also available on Marketplace here - https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/127080

Cute butt eh??????

You Cast A Spell On Me

Just a quickie from the front line of fashion fabulousness, here's a sophisticated look by the wonderful label, Loovus Dzavavor.  I have no idea how to pronounce the second name but with fashion as wonderful as this, LD will do me.  WOW.  Miss Vikeeeah Xevion has a stunning collection and I'm so excited and eager to buy more.  I purchased the shoes there also which match the dress and felt that slick locks and minimal accessories would do this bold print justice.

 
So for fashionista's who like to look sophisticated and polished from head to toe, this label has it all.

SYLE FILE:

Hair and bun attachment: Parted Hair Updo with attachment bun and hair band by Paper Couture
Skin: Zoe in Pearl tone by Tuli
Eyes: Eternal Eyes in Glass by IKON
Dress: Boheme dress by Loovus Dzavavor
Bag: Garbo Clutch by Little Petite Details
Shoes: Spring Time Printed Pumps by Loovus Dzavavor
Earrings: Noodle earrings by Mandala

I Will Love You Until You Learn To Love Yourself

O.M.G.  Why didn't anyone tell me that DeLa was selling hair?  That was very mean of you.  I've always been a big DeLa fan and when I TP'd in and saw HAIR, well I was elated and I think I hyperventilated a bit.  Here I'm wearing "Popo 11" and I adore it. 

Now I want to introduce you to a designer that I stumbled upon yesterday.  It's always a thrill to come across a shop that you didn't know about and even better when you like their stuff.  The store is "Alice Blue" and the Flopsy Blue Cardigan and Pink Orchid Tank are purchased together and come in other colors and designs on the tank.  My god I love it and I think the designer Aaliyah Imari is very talented indeed...do go check out her shop.  She sells clothes, jewelery and lots of other things.

Looks like I might be going into hospital tomorrow so if I go awol, I'll be back.

Credit goes to:

Hair: Popo 11 in Blond #1 tone by DeLa
Skin: Zoe in Pearl tone by Tuli
Eyes: Eternal Eyes in Glass by IKON
Tank and Cardigan: Flopsy in Blue by Alice Blue
Skirt: Jane Denim Micro Mini by DeLa
Socks: Maxine Blush socks by Mimikri
Shoes: Stella in Tea Rose color by DeLa
Bag: Frivolity Bag by Paper Couture - not in shop but you could ask.

Thank You For The Music

Hello darlings.  I hope your day is going well and since you asked, mine has turned to s%$t.  Woke up this morning and went to the mail box.  What greeted me?  A whopping AUS$7,600 account from my solicitor for services rendered thus far in respect to the financial disbursement of assets with my ex-husband.  I mean we haven't even agreed on anything yet because 'the bum' won't turn up to any conciliation meetings.  Boo hoo for me.  Why are people so cruel?  The person you invest your love in can just turn against you and want to see you fall.  I'm not one of those people and that's why I can't understand that kind of mentality.  Anyway, life is a journey and unfortunately mine has taken me to places I don't care to visit but they tell me it will pass.  I sure do hope so. 

Now onto the fashion.  I found this fab coat at Vero Modero the other day.  I love the simplicity of it.  I remembered the smart black and white hand bag from Meiling in my inventory and voila, a smart combo is born.  I couldn't love Mandala jewelery any more if I tried and I nabbed these gorgeous earrings called Omochi in Silver.  I wish I owned everything in the store.

Actually, Chalice looks like I feel.  Brow beaten and battle weary lol. 

I am wondering if anyone else has a problem with their shoes when you turn your preferences to the maximum?  In some heels, my foot sticks out of the shoes despite having all the relevant pieces attached to my avatar.  Very annoying when you pick that perfect pair of shoes and you can't wear them.  I have renderingvolumelod and renderingavatarlod set to 5 or 6 and Anisotropic Filtering set to 8x but it doesn't make a difference.  It's only when I turn down my slider to mild that it disappears.  Any thoughts????

Style:

Hair: From W&Y Hair
Skin: Claudia 2 by LAQ
Eyes: Utopia Eyes in Trojan Blue by IKON
Coat: Ipek Coat by Vero Modero
Bag: Meiling Signature Canvass Tote by Meiling
Shoes: XiuLan Embellished Platform Heels by Liv-Glam
Earrings: Omochi in Silver by Mandala
Nails: Nail Glove by DownDownDown

My SL Pet Peeves Meme - Chalice

Doesn't Strawberry Singh come up with the best ideas to open up the blogger community that allows us to get to know each other better?  I swear that I had been tossing around a blog post about my favorite and least favorite things in SL...I must be psychic.

Anyway I thought I would join in her Pet Peeves Meme and hope I don't upset anyone in the process.  I purposefully haven't read anyone elses meme yet so that my responses are off the top of my head and aren't influenced by the peeves of others.  My peeve level isn't that high so please don't be offended if I mention something YOU do because in the scheme of things, its not very important and you have every right to do it, unless its illegal or hurtful to others of course.

Number 1
Bloggers who end up with gigantic pictures on the feeds.   

Number 2
Those really weird and anatomically impossible hips and thighs.  The avi's with a Grand Canyon gap between their legs so that their undies look like dental floss.  Its funny how my eye is immediately drawn to their genitals.

Number 3
People you don't know who walk up to you in SL and stand an inch from your face.  Although Chalice is so tall it's usually the navel.  Sometimes they just push you and sometimes they ask for money.  I'm so stunned by the number of times I'm at a sim taking pics for the blog and in a static pose when people walk straight up and push my avi around.

Number 4
When you buy an outfit and it's nothing like the vendor poster when you put it on.  Fortunately it doesn't happen to me very often but every now and then I buy something that no amount of body tweaking will make it look passable, let alone good.

Number 5
People emoting baby stuff in a crowd and also that giggling noise you often hear.  This is probably my least favorite thing about SL  Like most things in life though, because you have an aversion to something you tend to notice it more.

Thanks for the great idea Berry.  
    

I'm Addicted And I Just Can't Get Enough

Holy father of fashion, I LOVE this red and black leather dress from Mina. Try and tear it off me...I'll be wearing this for a few days for sure!  I also purchased the red and black leather boots that match so well.  Mina sell a lot of hair which I'm wearing but when I spotted this dress, I was mightily impressed.

 

Hair: Ainslinn by Mina
Skin: Mya by Belleza
Eyes: By IKON
Dress: Red/Black Leather Dress from Mina
Leggings: Broken Leggings by Emery
Boots: High Boots in Red and Black by Mina
Bag: By Emery
Hair band: Tulip Headband by Miel
Bangles: Red Suede Bracelets by Je Suis
Earrings: Antonia Black Earrings by DeLa 
Location: The Legion Project

Starships Were Mean't To Fly

Hey up.  Gizza just released this great number called the 'Fragrant Henna' dress which they describe as a mix of  'hippie chic and London boho'.  Available in six different colors, it is ethnic fashion to me which I love.  I imagine myself at an exclusive resort having lunch by the pool in this dress.

I actually ran around Gizza looking for accessories and found the hair piece, bag and necklace.

This look is what I wore when I went on my big world trip a couple of years ago.  I stayed at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi and remember wearing something like this for dinner one night.  Great work Gizza.

THE SHOPPING:

Hair: Blake hair in Marilyn tone by LeLutka
Skin: Mya in Pale tone by Belleza
Eyes: Liquid Light eyes in True Grey by Mayfly
Dress: Fragrant Hanna dress in Soil by Gizza
Bag: Mesh Clutch in Black by Gizza
Shoes: Nikki by Redgrave
Necklace: Stone Age by Gizza
Hair Piece: Peony Widow by LaGyo sold at Gizza