Hairoin

Five Releases

2011-11-21T09:19:00.000-08:00

I've been diving into genealogy lately and the only desire I've come away with is to build a time machine so I can go back and put bar codes on all the ancestors. I swear the only names available were Robert, John, William and Margaret. If that isn't bad enough, they had the audacity to either go by a nickname or use their middle name. You can imagine how much fun that can be when trying to match census records with birth and marriage records. I had to haul in an extra table to sit beside my computer desk to house the scanner, albums, local history books and notes I've made. Despite that, my desk is still under a deluge of pads, pens, rulers and miscellaneous loose papers which is why I can't find the notepad I had been keeping track of the music I was listening to while I was creating these hairstyles so there's no 'playlist' notes for this post. I'm sure I'll come across my lost notepad at some point.

The first one is BB, named after the woman that had requested this simple yet elegant updo.

Style Notes:
Skin: Lacie 2 by Laqroki
Jewelry: Chandraki by EarthStones
Dress: Speakeasy by Cleo Couture

These next two are variations. The first one is the 'no frills' version called Electron which is a very tall spiraled hair. There's no tips colors for this style so the Dead Pack and Complete Pack have had their prices adjusted to reflect this.

Style Notes:
Skin: Sara (Pearl) by Tuli
Jewelry: Dark Charm by Damania
Dress: Queenie Ze Vamp by Bewitched
Model: Seven Paragon

This one is called Magnetic which is a more elaborate flexi version of the above.

Style Notes:
Skin: Maya by Dream Ink
Face Tattoo: Nuuna's face tattoos/makeups 2 by Nuuna's Skins
Dress: Necromancer by Chaospire
Mask: Teaser Face Mask by N1CO

The last two are male and female versions of the same hair which is called Hunter.

Style Notes:
Skin: Gabriel by Naughty Designs
Clothing: Rune Uprise by DE Designs
Model: Leighton Toxx

Style Notes:
Skin: Persephone by addiXion
Clothes: Zombi Hunter Lady by BareRose
Face Tattoo: Formula for a Nightmare by Little Pricks

While I was doing the photo sessions I couldn't resist taking some pictures for use as creative shots which I'm sure I'll get around to at some point in time and while I'm on this theme, Ruina Kessel, a wonderfully creative individual, has started a Hairoin Hair Flickr group (much to my delight and surprise) which can be found here http://www.flickr.com/groups/1766638@N25/. So if you're feeling an artistic spark and want to show it off be sure to stop by the Flickr group to post it.

New Releases

2011-09-12T08:54:00.000-07:00

I meant to get these out in August but I've been busy dodging bullets, so to speak.
I've got 4 new ones out in the store. I'll start with the style that has two variations first. This is Afreet which comes with an optional gothic head piece that attaches to the chin and, like the hair, is equipped with the resizing menu. You can see the head piece better in the last shot.

Skin - Maya by Dream Ink
Make up - Nuuna's Makeups V4 by Nuuna's Skins
Dress - Eve by Cleo Couture
Nose chain - Ganesh by LOULOU&CO
Playlist: "Got to Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye and "I Wish I Was The Moon" by Neko Case

Next is the Afreet Short version. As you can see, same idea except without the long, flowing locks. Again, the head piece is included and is equipped with the resizing menu.

Skin - Ataciara, Song, London Fog by The Plastik
Clothes - Necromancer by Designs by Isaura
Playlist: "Girls Can Be Cruel" and "Love and Imitation" by Infusion

This one is Bourgeois Bomb. More of a Victorian style with the hair piled up high.

Skin - Elena pale by Laq
Dress - At the Ascot by Cleo Couture
Earrings - Morpheus by LOULOU&CO
Playlist: "Nhu Suong Mai" by Phuong Vy and "Kamasutra" by Sitar

Finally, there's Trine. This one has the hair pulled back to form three ponytails down the back. Kinda like something I used to do as a teenager.

Skin - Olivia Milky by Laq
Clothes - Bonney Lass by PixelDolls
Playlist: "Howlin' For You" by The Black Keys and "Magnetizing" by Marsmobil

Post Hair Fair Releases

2011-07-09T07:01:00.000-07:00

This first one I started quite some time ago and never got around to finishing it for some reason. Out of curiosity I checked the prim dates to see exactly when I started it and when I saw August 31, 2010 to Sept 6th I think it was I thought, 'Ah yeah. That explains it.' That was about the time I got the biopsy results and found I had cancer for the 2nd time. But the chemo and radiation is all done now. I just have two surgeries to go so I'm of two minds about it - I'm not sure if I should be waving the happy flag of "Woohoo" or the white flag of 'Enough is Enough'.
I've called this one Sovereign and I had a lot of fun doing the shots for it. It's a kind of 'over the top' piece featuring enormous curls, pearls and bows. (A friend calls it 'rolla' hair.) And for those of you who are curious, below is the difference between Bone and Argent from the Dead Pack.

And just for a different take on things, Seven modelled the hair with a distinctly....uhhh ...Gothic(?) flair.

Style Notes:
Elke is wearing:
Dress - White queen by Barerose
Skin - Mai Goth Bare by Nuuna's Skins
Seven is wearing:
Dress - Tsarina by Avid
Shoes - Skull Fetish Boots by Unique Needs
Skin - Elle Pale by Belleza
Playlist - "The Cello Song" by Steven Sharp Nelson & "You've Been Spiked" by Chris Joss

Next up is Chapeau. Yeah I know, I lacked a little creativity on the naming. Yes, it's 'hat hair'. Literally.

This style doesn't have any tips colors so the Dead Pack and Complete Packs have been adjusted in price to reflect this.
Style Notes:
Clothes: Glam Goth II Willow Crimson by Rfyre
Skin: Sara Pearl (with red lips tattoo layer) by Tuli
Playlist - "Go Home - Mesmer's Eyes Remix" by Corporate Soldiers & "Bamboo Banga" by M.I.A.

Hair Fair 2011

2011-06-30T21:55:00.000-07:00

So it's that time of year again in Second Life. Hair Fair is here and with it comes a plethora of new styles, designers, bandanas and gifts to overwhelm the residents. I started building very late this year which resulted in some long hours, many pots of coffee and the occasional panic attack. I've got five styles out for the women - sorry guys but it just wasn't flowing for me. I'll go back and finish it once things have settled down. I actually have a few styles I started and abandoned because I was fighting with them. I'll get those done and out in the future as well. On to the goodies. (This is going to be a long post...)

First up is Meena. This one is a short, flippy do. I didn't intend it as a retro thing but when I started doing the promo shots for it, it just kinda came out that way.

Style Notes:
Clothing - Baby It's Cold Out There by Cleo Couture
Shoes - Soleil by N-Core
Necklace - Sinra by Mandala
Skin - Mima Pale by Laqroki
Eye Makeup - Nuuna's Face Tattoos/Makeups 2 by Nuuna's Skins
Playlist - "I Only Have Eyes for You" by The Flamingos
"Nightshift (Diskonnekted) by Ghost & Writer

Style 2, which has a funky twist, is Neoteric. This is an updo that has curls spilling forward from an open zipper running up the back of the hair.

Style Notes:
Red Dress - Flirt by Cleo Couture
Black Dress - Bo by LeeZu
Jewelry - Milky Way 2 by Mandala
Skin (First Pic) Alba by Mojo
(Second Pic) Afrodite by Unique Megastore
Playlist: "Chica Bomb" by Dan Bino
"Cry Baby" by Roisin Murphy
"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by Offspring

This one, which I called Leviathan, was done at the last minute. I had been rewatching old episodes of Farscape which is where the inspiration for this one came from. When I had told a certain someone that I wasn't doing anything wild for Hair Fair this year, I didn't lie as this one hadn't even entered my mind yet. This has five bound hair tubes terminating in a short tuft of hair in the front. Braids encircle the head with some flexi at the sides and back.

Style Notes:
Skin - Meg Pale by Akeruka
Makeup - Nuuna's Tattoo Layer Makeups v7 by Nuuna's Skins
Clothing - Athena by Barerose
Playlist: "Musika Atomica" by Syrian
"Plastik Fantastik" & "Like Something 4 Porno" by Felix da Housecat

The one below is Madison. This has got hair strands loosely pulled around into a side braid.

Style Notes:
Skin - Eva Tone 1 by Tuli
Shoes - Soleil by N-Core
Clothes - Red Black Mini by Sn@oks
Playlist: "Kidz" by Take That
"Satyam Shivam Sundaram" by Thievery Corporation

Finally is one I called 10 Hour Hair. It's a circle of hair twists with a small braid spanning the gap at the top.

Style Notes:

Skin - Audrey Tone 2 by Tuli

Clothing - Stripes by PixelDolls

Jewelry - Dusk Velvet Choker Set by Earthstones

Playlist: "Blow" by Ke$ha

"Electric" by Lisa Scott-Lee

Next is the gift I have out in the booth. I thought I would do something a bit different this year so rather than do hair, I did a hat.

And finally, the bandanas. I only did three this year because I didn't have time to do any more than that. I would have liked to do more but it just wasn't possible.

Remember, Bandana Day is July 15th and 100% of the sales go to Wigs For Kids

Golden Shapes

2011-06-15T15:16:00.000-07:00

Ugh. I've tried writing this post I don't know how many times now. I'm tired of having things I've worked hard on usurped so, even though this post won't amount to a hill of beans at least I'll have the satisfaction of taking credit for something I've spent a lot of time perfecting and putting it out first. It's free for group members for two weeks and will be for sale in the store...and won't cost an arm and a leg either.

This shape will look good with a wide variety of skins since the face has been created using the golden ratio. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's the mathematical formula for beauty (in a nutshell). If the eyebrow shape isn't to your liking, well, that's your own thing as it's adjustable in appearance mode under the "hair" tab (it's part of your bald base).

The shape is copy/modify/no transfer so you can tweak if you want to. I know some of you like wider hips, longer legs, etc, etc than what this shape has.

Meet Annie

2011-05-17T12:37:00.000-07:00

It's time for another release and it will probably be the last one before Hair Fair but who knows. It all depends on whether or not I find my building mojo which seems to be on hiatus at the moment.

Annie May is the title for this one which is an updo of sorts. The hubby was irking me with anime last week and the word stuck in my head, thus the name. (Just nod your head and move along.)

Yeah, pretty tame compared to some of the stuff I put out but I like variety. This one is pulled to the side into a kind of knot.
Something I keep forgetting about but was pointed out the other day, is my windlight settings. The Lighting Settings I use are as follows:
Sun/Moon Color:
R = 0.51
G = 0.52
B = 0.55
I = 0.55
Sun/Moon Position = 0.000
Ambient:
R = 0.35
G = 0.32
B = 0.32
I = 0.35
Sun Glow = 0.10
Size = 1.75
Scene Gamma = 2.03
East Angle = 0.50

I've recently made the switch to the Phoenix viewer so if you use that one the *Canimod and *Starley* Settings 2 presets will also work.

Style Notes:
Skin - "Cleo V2 cream by Dutch Touch
Dress - Hauteness! by Cleo Couture
Necklace & Earrings - BohemeMia by Leezu
Playlist: "Dreamscape", "Number Two", & "Speak to Angels" by 009 Sound System
"Moningstar in a Black Car", "Smile", "Cresendo" & "Smaller" by Ashbury Heights

The Insidious Byzantine

2011-04-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

It's about this time of year that all things SL begin to slow down. I'm sure it will probably be slower than usual inworld since it's been a pretty ugly winter all around and people are beginning to twitch for the chance to get outside. Personally, I have been utterly caged indoors for 3 weeks and I think the strain is beginning to show. The hubby has made it his personal mission to get the lunatic on a supervised outing ever since he saw said lunatic laughing hysterically over watching Yoda say, "Lost your f***ing mind, you have." Sadly, I can offer no reasonable explanation as to why this should elicit the response it did and still does. Now on to the title of the post.

Two new styles, the first is called Insidious.

This punk style has a bit of movement in it with stiff flexis giving the feel of hair that's been sprayed and gel'd so heavily into place you could snap it in half. The dual braids on either side are decorated with beads in various colors/textures and a couple of hair strands that slip down in front.
Style Notes: Skin - Jade tone 1 by Tuli
Clothes - Black Velvet by Delirium
Lip Piercing - Gemma Lip Pierce 2 by Rozoregalia
Playlist - "F117" by Funker Vogt; "Forced Bleeding" by Aslan Faction; "Bela Lugosi is Dead" & "International Bulletproof Talent" by Bauhaus

I've been on a bit of an Asian hair kick lately. I've been checking out the traditional hair and clothing styles and wow! The hair styles themselves are simple enough but the adornments are gorgeous and pretty elaborate. Byzantine is a simple Asian influenced hairstyle.

The head piece for this style is optional, copy only, and attaches to the chin. It's equipped with a menu system that allows for resizing, positioning, alpha/texture/color change, etc. You can make individual changes to prims or you can change groups of prims. The groups are chain, band, flower and gem. The next two pictures give you a bit of a feel for your options.

The next set of images give you a feel for the drapes and twists in the hair.

Style Notes:
Clothes - Duchess Lace Dress by PixelDolls
Skin - Jade tone 1 by Tuli
Playlist - The Very Best of Artie Shaw album

I almost forgot to mention that the Jeolla region has undergone a bit of a makeover. It's something I've been wanting to do for quite sometime but just never got around to it. There's a water section in the north west corner, a cabin by a stream in the north east corner with a marsh area right across from that. There's a creepy forest section with the rest of the area being filled with birds, flowers and trees. It's a place you can hang out, rp or just explore if you're bored. I hope you enjoy it!

Finally! A new release

2011-04-02T03:18:00.000-07:00

I've managed to recover enough from the chemo so that I can get a couple of styles out. Chemo. Not exactly the kind of drugs I was hoping for....

I've got two new styles out in the store - first up is Bounce.

This is got a bit of flex to with wispy strands added to the longer side of the hair. There's also a bit of bedhead with the tufts poking up from the crown.
Skin - Jade by Tuli
Shirt, Belt & Scarf - ToastMonstah by Delirium
Pants - Faded 3 Pants by Nein!
Ears - Yojo Elf Ears by NV

Don't worry about the feathers. You're not going to come out looking like the chicken lady (and it's probably only the Canadians out there that get the reference on that one. I miss the chicken lady.) Again with the hair pulled to one side but this time it creates poofy chaos and the feathers in the hair could either be 1) a reflection on the state of the hair i.e. rat's nest or 2) trophies from the ex you just plucked.
Okay...okay. I'm going to stop there because it's 3:13 am and I no longer have a clue what I'm talking about.

Clothes and boots - Trippin by Delirium
Skin - Lea III by T&T Design

And, of course, for you music lovers here's the Playlist:
"No Regrets", "Stripper" and "Bang Bang Bang Bang" by Sohodolls
"Stain" and "Witch Hunt" by Mz Ann Thropik
"Connection" by Elastica
"Black Balloon" and "Night Train" by The Kills

Time for another one

2011-01-11T20:48:00.000-08:00

There's four styles I've been picking away at for awhile. When one gets me frustrated I'd move on to another. When they all start to frustrate me, it's time to start building something completely different because there's just times you completely lose your building mojo. Below is one of the ones I was picking at.

This one is Atomic Kitten. This is a couple of static ponies with straight cut bangs and there's a bit of sculpty use for the pony ends.

I have an evil, evil friend that insists on taking me shopping to all these new places she's found. The skin is a result of one of those shopping trips.
Style Notes:
Clothing & boots - Dayum by Delerium
Lip piercing - Kali by loulou & Co
Skin - Morgana by Dream Ink

Playlist:
"Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" by Atomic Kitten
"Goodie Two Shoes" and "Strip" by Adam Ant
"What Died" & "Baby Now" by Alden
"Sexy Boy" by Moon Safari
"Black Velvet by Alannah Myles

Incognito

2010-12-30T07:43:00.000-08:00

*blink blink* It sucks when you can't sleep. After tossing and turning for an hour I finally gave up, got up, staggered into the kitchen like a zombie to make coffee and plunked down in front of the computer to work in Photoshop while the coffee brewed. I started at 5:50 am and after an hour and one HUGE cup of coffee I'm finally ready to upload.

I had fun doing these shots - for once I was actually into playing dress up. Not to mention a friend had dragged me out to various places and of course we just couldn't leave any store without picking up at least two outfits. I had this style (called Incognito by the way) already done so I had it firmly in mind when I was choosing things for the photo shoot.

As you can see it's a kind of spastic updo with a couple of asymmetrically placed hair spires. Please don't tell me you were expecting a more grandiose description at this time of the morning! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Style Notes:
Skin - Elena Pale by Laqroki
Jewelry - Chandraki by Earthstones
Black Dress - Megan by Bliss Couture
White Dress - Mumie Dress by Vindi Vindaloo

Play List:

"Incognito" & "Dancing With Mephisto" by Enigma
"Strict Machine", "Crystalline Green", "Slippage" & "Lovely 2 C U" by Goldfrapp
"The Seeress Prophecy" by Achillea

A couple of new ones

2010-11-30T22:34:00.000-08:00

I'm a binge buyer. I won't buy anything for months and then I get pent up consumer frustration and go on the prowl. On one of these binges I was out shopping with a friend and inevitably the store owner shows up. I had to laugh because I know full well she's checking me out to see exactly who it is that's running wild through her shop. My friend couldn't believe it but as a content creator myself, I know how this works and believe me, I make my fellow content creators nervous when I shop. A lot of the creations out there can be inspiring so below are a couple of what I've been working on.

This is called Warrior and the above picture is shown in Grave from the Zombie Pack. It's a mix of flexi, prim and sculpties. The face armor is included and attaches to the chin but I'll get to that.

The first image above shows the hair in Grimoire from the Wiccan Pack and displays one of the face armor options while the second is shown in Arcana (also from the Wiccan Pack) and as you can see the face armor is optional.

Now for the face armor. While the hair is copy, modify, no transfer and contains resizer script, the face armor is copy only. The script system it uses allows for placement (and you may have to pull this out from your face), resizing, alpha, color, glow, texture change, shiny and bright. You have some options there to customize it so play around to see what you come up with ....just remember to take a copy of it first!

Style Notes: Dress - Enchantress by Deviance
Dark Grey Skin - Cabal: Hollow in Steel by House of Ruin
Light Skin - Envy by Red Queen
Playlist: "The Creeps" - Camille Jones; "Bad Attraction" - Brad Sucks; "Pepper" and "They Came In" - Butthole Surfers

Next up.... Kenzie

This is the base hairstyle. I couldn't decide on bangs on this one so I made three bangs options to go with it. It's shown in Miste from the Voodoo Pack.

The images above and below are shown in Desire from the Seduction Pack. The above left image is Bangs #2 and the right is Bangs #1.

This is the Bangs #3 option and I like this style because it gives me mix and match options like the image below:

I had fun with this just playing around mixing bangs colors to the base hair color which gave me ease to mix my black and white hair :P

And on a side note - after four years I'm finally wearing an AO. Yes, don't faint. I came across some funky stands on one of my outings and just had to have them. My friend was laughing at some of the stupid ones I have but hey...it suits me. Of course once you have the stands you just have to continue on from there. :P

Style Notes: Skin - Elena Pale by Laqroki
Clothing - Love Game by Delirium
Nose Piercing - Minotaur by loulou & co (yes, this is one of my favorites

Playlist: "Never Get Out" - Brad Sucks; "B*tch, Please!" - Jeffree Star; "Chemicals Between Us" - Bush; "Blood Rave" - The Crystal Method

Three new releases

2010-10-12T20:51:00.000-07:00

So there you are...wondering how your niece got to be 10 already and you think, "Why can't I find that time warp to ride while I'm at work?" If somebody knows the answer to that one, please! Do share. :P
I'll try not to screw up this post too badly. While I'm writing it, I'm in world chatting while simultaneously chomping at the bit to do another style. So without further preamble, here they are:

Who says the 20's have to be dated? Below is the style called 1921

Add a few punk accessories and you get something with a twist. To tell the truth, I wasn't going to put this one out but I thought 'meh. Why not.' It's got an optional head band with 3 different attachment points - nose, mouth and chin. The one that's included with the demo attaches to the chin. The above color is Haunt from the Goth Pack.
Style notes: Skin - Jade by Tuli
   Clothing - Deco Doll by Haute! by Cleo
   Lip piercing - Nornir Lip Pierce 2 by Rozoregalia
   Necklace - Lace Choker by Fairy Tail
   Bracelets - Vinca by Rozoregalia
   Earrings - Relations by PERTURB/ation
   Tattoo - Yin Yang Dragon Tattoo by Indigo Ink
Playlist: Lebanese Blonde by Thievery Corporation

This one is Symbiosis. It's got three ponies and the hair is pulled back and held by insect legs. It's shown on the left Capricorn from the Zodiac Pack 2 and the right is Oracle from the Voodoo Pack.
Style notes: Skin - Jade by Tuli
   Clothing - Dusk by Vampart
   Necklace - Rock n Rolla by Nait Smith Design
   Nose piercing - Minotaur by loulou & Co.
   Lip piercing - Kali by loulou & Co.
   Earrings - Nornir by Rozoregalia
Playlist: Bad Attraction by Brad Sucks

Finally is Vecona. I love the bangs on this one. There's a slender pony in back and has a tendril of hair that snakes over the left shoulder. It's a bit more of a laid back style from what I usually do but then again...what really is my style? Doing the same thing over and over gets dull, not to mention the obvious which is repetitive and I know it's time to do something else when I start looking for the sharpest pencil to drive into my forehead. Vecona is shown on the left in Ghoul from the Zombie pack and on the right is Beast from the Wolf Pack. (Ha! small joke there. Okay...nevermind. I said it was a small joke.)
Style notes: Skin - Jade by Tuli

Clothing - Queenie by DE Designs

Necklace - Rock n Rolla by Nait Smith Design

Nose piercing - Minotaur by loulou & Co.

Lip piercing - Kali by loulou & Co.

Earrings - Nornir by Rozoregalia

Playlist: Samba Tranquille by the Thievery Corporation

Anyway, so there you have it for now. You'll be the first to know when I get more styles completed. :)

Voodoo

2010-09-19T00:16:00.000-07:00

I was in such a hurry last time I forgot to mention those cute little dresses - the peacock and the red one are from Haute! by Cleopatra Xigalia. The one in red is Velvet Touches and the other is Peacock Baby Noir. My hubby also brought up something interesting while I was creating the promo shots for my new style. Music is such an absolutely enormous influence on what I build that he figured I should do a play list for my hair. I thought that wasn't a bad idea. So to back track a bit, I remember I was listening to "Pretty Toy" by Velvet Acid Christ when I created Machine and "Caustic Disco" also by Velvet Acid Christ when I created (what else) Caustic. Darby was "Misery" by Maroon 5 and Onarra was "After Glow" by Phil Thornton. That's as much as I can remember; the rest is pretty much a blur. Some of it I wasn't listening to anything which probably accounts for the frustration level on those.

This is Voodoo Child and it's shown here in Grave from the Zombie pack. This one is poofy ponies...kinda. It's got flexi tendrils hanging along the sides and a skeletal hand as a hairpin. I had actually created this style for Hair Fair as an auction piece and as we know, there was no auction this year soooooo...... It was that skeletal hand that took me ages to find. I had pretty much given up and had resigned myself to a fight in zbrush when I was out poking around and came across it. I'll get this out in the store tomorrow. I'm still working on promo shots so I'm dong this whole process a little backwards this time.
The playlist for this style is "Voodoo Child" by Rogue Traders

New Hair

2010-09-14T22:12:00.000-07:00

So I switched from XP to Windows 7 and went from 2 gig of ram to 16 gig plus a 1 gig Nvidia graphics card. Surprisingly, it went very smoothly. I haven't had any problems. However I also went from CS 3 to CS 5. Problem. I couldn't get the marching ants to appear, did a little digging on the net, sorta found an answer, got frustrated and went and lay on the couch with a book. When the hubby finally got back, I showed him what was wrong, what I had found on the net and he (being a programmer) made the leap to the anti-alias under the advanced setting for the OpenGL. I knew I had an OpenGL problem but wasn't sure exactly what. So let that be a word of advice for anyone else. If you have disappearing marching ants and your drivers are up-to-date and your OpenGL is turned on...check the anti-alias. Which is why this post is late :P Anyway, on to the hair.

This is Auroral Lace. It's got a twisting roll in the front, a weave on the top, a short braid on either side, two ponies and the lacey weave in the back.

This is Auroral Lace V2. It's got two extra ponies and it's with out the lace weave in the back as you can see and works well with hats.

And of course Lady Antonella and Darby have both been completed into their texture packs and are now out as well. I had also intended on doing a longer post but I gotta dash and figure out a lighting set up for tomorrow.

Good things come to those who give up

2010-09-11T22:00:00.000-07:00

Wow! The universe truly has a warped sense of humor. With Hair Fair this year I took the Zen attitude of what will be, will be or I suppose you could say I took a defeatist attitude this year as I didn't bother doing any promoting at all. Depends on what side of the fence you view this from. I didn't send out any of the designs to bloggers. I had a look down the list and saw that most were interested in natural styles which is not something I really have a taste to do. I therefore concluded that rather than waste their time and mine I wouldn't bother. Instead, through a little bizarre twist, a couple of things fell into my lap which left me looking like the village idiot with my stunned reaction. Stunned in a good way. There is one other thing that popped up - this one NOT in a good way. I'll have a better idea tomorrow and I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed on that one. Until then I'm not going to spend my time worrying about it.
   On a side note, it did spark a project between myself and another to give a little fair play to the alternative designers. So among my current things on the go, I'm doing research to ferret out those hair designers who don't like to play in the mainstream. I must admit I got a little crusty when I had my list of designers to check out on a notecard when SL decided to have an embolism and refused to save it. I lost about an hour and a half of work. Sooooo...after that I decided I would save it as a document on my desktop and make notes from there. In the past couple of days I've heard complaints from other friends that are designers saying they have lost hours of work when they log back in to find SL has reverted what they spent the day doing.
   Anyway, I've got the Lady Antonella and Darby styles done in all the color packs. I've got another style called Auroral Lace done as well and am working on getting Version 2 done of that. I've also got styles called 1921, Voodoo Child and Vecona almost ready to go as well. Voodoo Child is going to take me a while longer than the others to get out as it's a little more texture intensive, plus I finally found the sculpt I was looking for. I could just give Danuc Landar (the creator) a big, wet smoochie for it!
   I'll get four of the styles out in the store and posted here in the next day or so. After that...I've got some styles I've just had a real burn to do. I'll get those out as soon as I can!

It's Hair Fair Day!

2010-09-04T13:19:00.000-07:00

I meant to get this post and a couple of others done a couple of days ago but things didn't quite work out that way. After I get this post done I can spend a little time on cleaning my desktop. What a mess!
Anyway, in alphabetical order, here is what's at the Hairoin booth:

This is Caustic which is a punk fauxhawk kinda thing. And just because I spent a lot of time on setting up these sets for photo shoots I'm going to post them here otherwise they'll probably never see the light of day. This is the only original shot I had done that's at the booth. Look below and you'll see what I mean.

I had a plan for the booth, got 4 out of 5 photo shoots done and then found out the theme for Hair Fair so I scrapped what I was orignally going to do and redesigned everything. As I said, the above was the only original shot I had done that made it into my booth.

This one is Dark Sun. (You can click the image for a larger view.) I wanted to do something a little on the grandiose side of things. The headdress is part of the hairstyle and as a side note, I have another style in mind I want to do that's "regal". It was one of the ones I had in mind for Hair Fair but this style was the one I decided to throw out there. Now for the shot I had in mind...

First, I would like to say that no men were harmed in the creation of this shot. It was, however, a bit of a challenge arranging 3 boys on poseballs like dolls to get this shot. Again, you can click on it for a larger view.

This is Machine. Larger image, yada yada. The accurate representation here is the image in grape. I shot that one on white background while the other two had to be tweaked because of green screen. What I was thinking when I did that I have no idea. This style is what you get when you listen to too much Velvet Acid Christ. :P The next two shots are what I had envisioned (but are not the final tweaked out shots):

And the one below is what I ended up with:

Ruina Kessel is the creator of those wonderful eyes and gorgeous skin. The shots really don't do justice to the skin which has almost a soft shimmer to it that the photos just don't pick up. Unfortunately, I hadn't found Ruina's skins before I had done the next shot because they would have worked beautifully for it.

Onarra. That's the name of this style which I wanted to fashion in a kind of scorpion tale. I'm not sure if you can see it very well in the pictures but there's a delicate metal twisty bit holding the hair strands back.

This was what I sorta had in mind for the shot for this. There was still tweaking to be done in photoshop but you get the idea. ;)

Finally is the men's style Tricksy. I vaguely recall I had Lord of the Rings on the brain for some reason when I named this one. This is the one style I didn't get around doing a photo shoot for because it was at that time I found out what the booths were going to be like.
So there you have it. Those are the styles that will only be found at Hair Fair for the next two weeks. The styles are all Modify and Copy and come equipped with resizer. (Demos are also equipped with resizer but are copy only.)
The Hairoin booth can be found here at Hair Fair
I hope you all have fun and find many styles that make you go 'ooooo'. ;)

Sneak Peek

2010-08-29T02:22:00.000-07:00

...at the Hair Fair gifts. This is going to be my final act for the day. Then I'm going to see if I can navigate the 20 feet to the bedroom and find the bed. At this point I'm 50/50 on if it's worth the trouble and could just end up sleeping on the floor curled up next to my fluffy orange boy. (My cat! My cat! Don't be getting any funny ideas. At least he doesn't snore.)

I've got two gifts - one for the men and one for the women - and since we can only put out one goodie box they're wrapped up together.

Behold! The gift box! I even created the textures for it which is no small feat when you feel the onset of blind panic.

I was going to be a complete cow and just show little snippet pictures but right now I'm too tired to even moo so I figured I'd just post the images. This one above is for the women. I thought I'd point that out in case anyone was confused on the issue which is entirely possible. This is SL we're talking about afterall. It's called Lady Antonella and you'll find the colors pictured above which is Abyss (black) and Cosmos (blond).

Meet Darby. That's the name of the men's gift. Freaky (blond) and Abyss (black) are the colors that will be found in the box and speaking of colors...things are starting to turn into shades of yellow periodically so either my eyes have developed jaundice in the past 5 minutes or it's time to head out. I'm going with the latter at the moment because it's less work and I'll worry about the former tomorrow. :P

What's coming up

2010-08-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

"Whaddya mean there's no coffee?"

This is how I'm feeling at the moment and you know it's a bad sign when you wander aimlessly around the house, not quite sure what you're looking for. I knew I was in trouble when I found myself in the bathroom to get a coffee cup.

A lot of things have popped up in the past 24 hours....it's amazing how many things can come at you all at once (all in a good way) but I'm beginning to feel a little overwhelmed. Okay...that's a lie. I'm feeling a LOT overwhelmed but I'll get over it. (That reminds me...I forgot to pick up more 'liquid sedative' when I was out yesterday - I'm taking Bubbles' advice to heart :P) A couple of opportunities have come up for me; one is immediate, the other is a long-haul kinda project but one that's just too intriguing to say 'no' too.

I'm currently working on getting the men's Hair Fair gift done. I've done the women's and I'll post a couple of pics when I get those all completed. I hope everyone likes it....personally I'm extremely happy with the way it turned out but then not everyone has the same tastes.

I also plan to post some teasers of the Hair Fair stuff but, again, time has a way of getting away from you so depending on how close it is to Hair Fair I may end up just posting the full images.

Once the Hair Fair stuff is done I'll have some new releases. I actually made something like 10 new hair (not sure about the actual number sitting in my inventory) for Hair Fair including one for auction in case that happened but it looks like it's not soooooo..... I'll get those out once the dust has settled on everything else which should be the beginning of September.

After that....we'll see what I can get at. I had certain projects I wanted to finish to get out but things have changed somewhat so now there's a reorganizing of priorities and some frantic building. But if we didn't get these surprising little irregularities pop up things would be pretty boring. Right? ;)

Hair Fair Bandana Day

2010-08-21T10:35:00.000-07:00

Ugh. I've started this post 6 times and have ended up hitting the backspace key to erase everything. Apparently I need more coffee....or sleep. Something. At least it's cooled off and I no longer feel like I'm sleeping on the inside of a clothes dryer. I feel there's a nap in my future.

The hair I'm working on is driving me nuts so I thought I'd take a detour to the blog to do a post on the bandanas I've created. I've done 6 - 4 women's, 2 men's but two of them could be unisex. So without further preamble, here they are:

Hairoin - Bad Dog

Hairoin - Elegant Goth Bandana

Hairoin - Grandma's Shawl

Hairoin - Red Feathered Bandana

Hairoin - Roses & Clover

Hairoin - Skull Bandana

Bandana Day takes place on September 19th but they'll be for sale throughout the duration of Hair Fair. Remember that all proceeds from the sale of these bandanas goes to Wigs for Kids so find your favorite designer or just bandanas you like and grab them. All the bandanas at Hair Fair (not just mine) are transfer, modify, NO copy.

And thus it begins...

2010-08-01T10:10:00.000-07:00

Today is the opening of the Hair Fair Flickr contest. Woohoo!! This is one of my favorite parts of Hair Fair. I love browsing through all the pictures and seeing all those wonderfully creative and beautiful shots people submit.

Many already know about the contest but for those who don't here's the skinny:
- The contest runs from August 1st - 22nd
- Anyone can enter and you can follow this link for the rules Click Here
- You'll need a Flickr account if you don't already have one

There's a lot of prizes to be had (a listing of the contributors is at the end of the rules) and you can submit up to 8 entries but make sure they are the entries you want to submit because you can't swap them out after they've been submitted or you'll be disqualified. Keep it clean and your only limitation is imagination. Have fun and good luck!! I look forward to viewing the entries. :)

New Packs

2010-07-13T18:08:00.000-07:00

I tried to get this posted last night but experienced some weirdness so I figured I would try it today instead.

I've been trying to get these new color packs out for a little while but kept getting distracted so I finally put on the headphones (and a thanks to Ruina for letting me perv her musical tastes - there's some really good stuff in there), flipped the busy flag and got all the packs updated. This is only for the actual Hairoin label - not the older Kiss styles.

So as you can see there's 5 new color packs with 6 colors each. The colors are more funky - my personal fav is the Voodoo Pack. I love the Venom color! The complete packs have also been updated and I've decided to leave the price on the complete packs as is - they're still $1750L but now with 114 colors. There's also color demos available which can be found on the right side of the entrance on the way to the big room with all the old Kiss styles.

Incidentally,some of the nuances of the Zombie Pack don't really become apparent until you see it in a longer style. For example, the blues and purples of the Revenant color or the blue and green of the Decay color show up nicely on the Demoria style.

I hope you enjoy them!

New Hair - Demoria

2010-06-18T11:18:00.001-07:00

I've got several days off so I'm finally getting around to doing things. Although I have to make this a pretty fast post since it's a nice day and the hubby is laying subtle hints he wants to get outside like sitting on the couch ready to go with camera equipment at hand. ....I wonder how strong duct tape really is. It might buy me a few minutes.

Anyway, this time I have two versions of the same hair. One is more elaborate and the other is the toned down version.

This one is called Demoria and the first two images are the simplified version.
This one is a little different for me in that it's one of those super long hair styles. The long hair in the back is flexi with long bangs in the front and the hair is draped at the sides. Jeweled bands pull the hair into a series of buns and terminates in piles of hair and more drapes at the back of the head. The simplified version is shown in Bone from the Dead Pack.

Below is actually the original version of Demoria with all the bells and whistles.
This version has a large, jeweled spider on the top of the head and a metal spider web fan a the back with flexi tendrils. The picture at the left is shown in Lupa from the Wolf Pack and the right is shown in Fiend from the Goth Pack.

As I said, I'm doing this post in a hurry so I apologize for any typos or murdering of the English language that's taken place.

Finally! A new release!

2010-05-30T18:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, believe it or not there's a new release out in the store. I know, I know...try not to faint. Between RL work, sleep deprivation and being vexed by texture creation things haven't been coming too fast in SL. Buuuuut...now that I figured out how to create alphas easily with my existing hair textures things flow much better, not to mention quicker.

This is Lenora. Short, sweet and to the point. A long style with bangs pulled back from the face (for the most part) with messy flexi tendrils trailing down the sides and back.
The image on the left is Spectral from the Dead Pack and the image on the right is Raziel from the Heraldry Pack.
The shot on the left is Aries from Zodiac Pack 1 and the right one is Anarchy from the Vamp Pack. And yes, I've finally embraced my inner goth. :)

It's Almost May...

2010-04-29T19:02:00.000-07:00

And with it comes the May issue of SL Goth Magazine.

Marsha Warwillow - owner and editor of SL Goth Magazine - is back in action after an extended absence due to computer malfunction. The May issue has a sun and moon theme and Marsha hit me with the idea of doing a bit of advertising along that line. Then she hit me with the idea of doing a freebie to go with the magazine. Below is the result....
In keeping with the sun and moon theme this is called Blade of the Sun. It's the head piece only and is copy, no mod, no transfer. It's equipped with resizer script so there's no worry about getting it to fit. This is an SL Goth exclusive freebie so pick up a copy when it comes out in a couple of days. There's an SL Goth magazine kiosk at Hairoin which is beside the subcribe-o-matic at the entrance.
I hope you enjoy reading the magazine and I hope you like the gift!

More Hair

2010-03-12T10:28:00.000-08:00

*wiggles toes* I took today off so I get to spend my day drinking coffee and getting some other things done. Hey, it's crappy outside so what else am I going to do? At least I'm getting some sort of light even if it is cloudy outside. At work I spend most of my time in a large, dark place where sound really doesn't travel. My husband frequently worries about me thinking that one of these days I'm going to be pinned under a large object and the one other person I work with won't know. That's why I tell him I'm careful because working where I do is a lot like working in space - No one can hear you scream. :P

Okay, okay. I know. I'm off track again but I think people expect that of me now. Anyway, I've got another new style out. This one is called Demona.Incidentally, I'm still trying to get that texture change script working on that one style I've got in my inventory. I almost had it...changed one little setting...and everything went to hell in a handbasket. At this rate I'm going to end up with permanent brain damage from banging my head on my desk. So, I took a break from that *#&$!%$ style and created Demona. This one has a bit of flex to it with the tendrils on either side of the face and a little bit at the back in the pony tail. The style it's self has resizer menu in it as well as the demo.
Top Picture - Left is shown in Gorgon from the Demon Pack and the right is Abyss from the Dead Pack.
Bottom Picture - Left is Argent from the Dead Pack and right is Sonnet from the Goth Pack.

As a side note, my "find" this time around is the jewelry is from PERTURB/ation (with the exception of the necklace in the bottom left shot - that's from Earthstones). She's got some gorgeous and different stuff at reasonable prices. You may have to do a bit of tweaking to get the earrings to sit correctly on your ear but it's definitely worth it!

New Hair

2010-02-28T16:21:00.000-08:00

I've finally got new hair out. I've actually got three more in my inventory but at the moment I'm fighting with the texture change script. Haven't quite got that one mastered yet.

This one is called Empire and I had a bit of a fight with it too. Finally, I had to call it a draw. On the advice of a friend I decided to try the hinged flexi prim method of building again. Through a series of trial and errors and a couple of "doh"s thrown in for good measure I finally got everything lined up. The quirk came in when I tried to apply the tips textures. When I zoomed out a line became visible between the flexi and the static prim. I don't know if it's just my graphic card settings or what but that's the reason this style is only being released in solid colors. Therefore, the Dead Pack has only 3 colors in it and is priced at $125L and the Complete Pack for this one is priced at $1300L.
The style is pulled up into a single "pony tail" which is supported by a row of double braids. In the above picture, the colors are Aries on the left (from the Zodiac Pack 1) and Abyss (Dead Pack) on the right.

In this picture the one on the left is in Desire from the Seduction Pack and the one on the right is Cancer again from the Zodiac Pack 1.

This is just have to mention because it took me awhile to find a toga I was happy with. The toga is from Toga! in the Portabello region and is called Goddess Toga. The shoes (which I just love) are called Gladiator and are made by SLink.

New Stuff

2010-01-19T22:45:00.000-08:00

Two weeks off for Christmas which I spent covered in stone dust, paint and clay and I loved every minute of it! Yep, I got back into some of my RL hobbies which I've been ignoring. There's just nothing like snorting stone dust at 1 in the morning and digging terra cotta clay out from under your nails for a week. :P Incidentally, doing stone carving at 1 a.m. is not recommended. You get tired, one false move with that nice sharp chisel and the next thing you know your hubby is standing at the bathroom door admonishing you to be more careful while you to try to stanch the flow of blood from your thumb. (Polysporin RULES!)

I've also been studying Zbrush for the past couple of weeks. I'll see if I've learned anything. Blender is next. Yep, I made Chapters a very happy place with online book orders
I've also managed to get a couple of new hairstyles done which are shown below:

First up...Emmaline.This one is a shaggy shoulder length big hair style with some flex in it. It's shown in Twilight from the Dead pack.

Next is August.
In this one the face is framed with long bangs and the hair is pulled around to one side into pony tail. This one is strictly prims...no flexi in it. It's shown in Sabbat from the Wiccan pack.

The last (and I love this one) is Urchin.This one is all flexi except for the bangs. The pink tips is Eros from the Deity pack and the above picture is Wither from the Goth pack.

Bored bored boredboredbored...

2009-11-26T16:07:00.000-08:00

I've run out of things to do and am now sitting here twiddling my thumbs so I figured I'd do a post about solutions I've come up with that might not have occurred to others.

Landmarks
I don't know about anyone else but landmarks drive me crazy. I've got a ton of them and over time you forget where you saw this thing or that thing or even what the store is all about. I've tried gizmos that organize your LM's but I've still found them a pain and limiting. What I've taken to doing is notecards. I have notecards for shoes, clothing, etc and I just drop the landmark in the notecard with a description of the store, what was there that I wanted to make note of for future reference, etc. I've even got a "Favs" notecard with duplicate landmarks. It's a low tech solution that works for me so I'm going with it.

Textures
Again with the low tech solution. When I'm doing a build I want to see all the textures in a set instantly and have access to them. Besides, they can take up a huge chunk of your inventory too. To combat this, I rez as many standard cubes as I need for a texture set and then apply a single texture in that set to each cube. I then link the boxes together, name the linkset the same as the texture set, take it into inventory and put it in the folder of that texture set name. I can then box up all my textures and when I'm doing a build I can just whip out the linkset to have all my textures right there and already rezzed. Just use the eyedropper when you want to apply them to your build. The linkset counts as 1 object in inventory so if you have a huge amount of textures you can clean things up that way.
(**ooops! hehe I should have said, box them up until you need them. Rez your texture boxes until you find what you want and then unbox the textures into inventory.)

Builders and spinning attachments
I think that because I've figured something out everyone else must know it too. Imagine my surprise when I found that wasn't the case. During the last Hair Fair the problem of having to re-align hair when you wear it for the first time came up. To avoid that for hair or any other creation here's the solution: Rez a cube but do NOT rotate it, give it a name (you can also drop in your toaster scripts or whatever you use, set permissions, etc) and take it into inventory. Now attach it to the body part you want. Color only the face of the cube that is forward and pull it out from the body but do NOT alter the cube's rotation. Take the cube into inventory. When it comes time to link everything up, rez your preset cube and rotate this one so the colored face is forward. Now wear the preset cube in your inventory. I go into wireframe mode to align the free floating cube to the one I'm wearing but I'm sure you can do it in normal view. When the two cubes are aligned, detach the one you're wearing and link your creation to the cube that's left. Take your creation into inventory, wear it and shove the root prim into the body. Voila! No more fighting with your new creation.

I hope someone has found this helpful and it helped me pass the time.

New Release for the Men

2009-11-15T20:16:00.000-08:00

I finally got around to finishing the men's style I had started a while ago. (slinks off to hide) I think I've developed a phobia for creating men's hair. Every time I start one I feel a kind of mental dead zone creep up on me so I leave it for quite a while. Stupid, I know but I've never felt comfortable doing men's hair tho I still take a stab at it now and again. So below is my latest "stab"...(omg I had to upload this one four times before I found a format that didn't come out looking fuzzy.) This one is called Raff and is the Gangrel male hair in the Vampire series. It's shown in Samael found in the Demon Pack. The style was made to fit my head but not to worry. The style and the demo are equipped with resizer script and since it's not a precision style there shouldn't require any tinkering although you'll probably have to hit the +10% a couple of times before it fits your head. :-)

Poses - Sylva's Animation Warehouse
Skin - David (Tan) by Cryogen Lab
Pants = Warrior Leather Pants by Lapointe & Bastchild
Shoes = Dress Shoes by Lapointe & Bastchild
Arms = Necroslasher Gauntlets by Spider Productions
Eyes = Hazel (unreleased) by me :)

New Release

2009-11-07T21:45:00.000-08:00

You shouldn't think and drink. As I sat here deep in thought on how to start this post I went to take a drink of my diet coke. I ended up missing my mouth and dribbling the sticky liquid on me instead. Thankfully I missed the keyboard. Just what you always wanted to know about me...the fact that I drink diet coke.
This release is called Diva.This one is meant to be a 'big hair' style in a mess. Both colors shown are from the Doctrine pack. The one on the left is Cardinal and the larger image on the right is Heretic. (The demo is in the Cardinal color.)
Dress = Falln - Cinner
Nose Ring = Flipside
Face Tattoo = Inflict
Shoes = B & G - Melody
Pose = 5ifth Order

Que Bella

2009-10-24T10:28:00.000-07:00

It's still too early for me to preamble....I have, afterall, only had two cups of coffee so far. And now I catch myself blankly staring at the blinking cursor and have to mentally remind myself why I'm staring at a blinking cursor yet legally I can operate a motor vehicle. Makes perfect sense to me.

Anyway, the new release is Que Bella shown below:
This one is an updo pulled into a line running down the center. It's shown in Sonnet from the Goth Pack on the left and Grimoire from the Wiccan Pack on the right. Again, the style is copy, modify, no transfer and has resizer scripts as well.
Clothing - VaMpArT - Dress is Dead Elegant and the jacket is from In Blood (I don't think she's been in business long as her store is small but she's got some beautiful creations and definitely worth keeping an eye on.)
Poses - Left = Naughty - Model Pose 36 Right = Striking Poses - Natalia Vodianova 1

Resonance

2009-10-21T18:36:00.000-07:00

Oops. I knew I was forgetting to do something.

I often think that the naming of a hair style is akin to a psych evaluation - you know, the word association test...just say the first thing that comes into your head. This is the reason I get a chuckle out of hairstyles named things like "Cupcake" or "Sugar". Guess what the creator was either thinking about or eating at the time. Make what you will out of the name "Resonance" (I'm not even sure where that one came from) as it's the name of the new release.Here the style is shown in Allure from the Seduction Pack. I guess you'd describe the hair as 'radial' and the pony tail is flexi and falls over the shoulder. Again, it's copy, modify, no transfer and contains resizer scripts. Other notables from the shot are:
Clothing - GothiCatz - Immortal
Boots - Adam n Eve - Skai (even tho you can't see them)
Poses - Striking Poses - Debra Paget 3 & Doutzen Kroes #2

I'll officially announce this release and another I've almost finished in the group in a couple of days. I'm working on sculpties now to finish off the style. And yes guys, I've got things in the works for you too unfortunately I can see 10 different ways to create these styles but only one way will actually work. I just hope I get it right before I hit the 10th attempt.

I also wanted to mention that the hunt item is still in the Hairoin store - it's just been moved to another location. ;)

Huggles!

Change of plans....

2009-10-16T23:01:00.000-07:00

lol Okay...So I won't be using a pumpkin (don't ask). Instead, below is a picture of what you'll be looking for:
It's up in the store now for sale for $0. It's for the Arrest complete pack and I'm gonna make you work for this one. It's not tiny, it's in plain sight but I'm going to make you work for it. ;) Can't make it too easy. Hope you have fun hunting! It'll be up in the store until October 31st and don't be surprised if the location changes from one day to the next. Hope you like it and happy hunting!!

Halloween Freebie Part Deux

2009-10-13T22:05:00.000-07:00

Okay...after thinking about it a bit I've decided NOT to put the Arrest style up for sale in the store. I'm just going to put the complete pack in the store as a freebie. The snag is...you're going to have to hunt for it.
This is what you'll be looking for. There's quite a few pumpkins around the store but this one has a green stem. The hunt will be restricted to the Hairoin store only - not the Kiss store which will help narrow the field of play.
I'll hide the pumpkin in the store late Friday night, October 16th and the hunt will go until October 31st. I'll make an announcement in the group on Friday night sometime.
Happy hunting! ;)

Halloween Freebie

2009-10-11T12:10:00.000-07:00

Permissions. They used to be simple and now ..... The style I had spent three days working on for the Halloween hunt I lost control of. Yep...all of a sudden I no longer had permissions to my own creation. Hubby to the rescue again for the second time this weekend. I'm not sure if it was the red glow in my corner of the computer room or if it was the rant that would have made a truck driver's ears bleed but while I was struggling to restrain myself the hubby moved in and after a 1/2 hour of dissecting things he managed to pull a rabbit out of my hat. Now I've only been set back a couple of hours rather than 3 evenings.
The style name is Arrest and is a messy mohawk with a bit of flex. The color displayed is Raphael from the Heraldry Pack. I'm not sure yet what color(s) I'll put in the freebies since I have shops at both Kansas City and the Siam Mall but the style won't be for sale in the store until November 1st. The Halloween hunt is from Oct 17th to October 31st. Below is a list of the hunt locations so far:

Bobo's Masquerade (clothes and masks)
The Golden Thorn,( jewelry shop) Rosewood Fusion Bay 202, 72, 21

Siam City mall Krung Thep 115, 91, 21

Pacifica
Zyngo Splash & OBX Resort, Pacifica 42, 187, 23

PatPong plaza
Silom 248, 92, 21

The Kansas Territory
Kansas Territory 59,215,21 (Kiss/Hairoin is here as well)

UR Trains
Koh Similan 124, 157, 31

plowwies jammies & slippers
Koh Similan 124, 157, 31

No Littlething's Indoor Yard Sale
Sukhumvit 143, 1, 21

Made by- houses & furniture
Titan Max 224, 111, 21

Club Chaplin`s
Koh Wiang 252,53,22

Lady`s garden
Koh Lanna 167, 32, 21

Rayzer's Rock Quarry Animations
Sukhumvit 161, 105, 21

Carla's Workshop, Hamnida
Hamnida 48, 114, 80

northern star photographer
Koh Lanna 105, 187, 306

Cafe Gamma
Koh Lan 201, 229, 23

Blister'Poofers
Koh Chang 188, 104, 22

MoonSlave
Koh Phuket 189, 199, 53

Chintia & Micki Wedding Center
Roosendaal 198, 178, 22

:*KD Designs*:.
Deznos Isle 184, 127, 503

BAIM (Building and Curios)
Madison Place 224, 18, 23

*Seasons*
Heart and Sole 131, 211, 21

::MADE IN THE UK:: & DiffuZion Mall
Argentum 153, 54, 21

Sweetwater Textures
Ulyanovsk Oblast 180, 162, 1

Impressions
Virtual Dream 0, 98, 21

[ToK]
Gwen 75, 237, 34

BELLIOS WILD WEST SHOP
Kansas Territory 100, 122, 21

M&M Deco
Funky Islands 2 47, 75, 21

Envi
Isle of Supremacy 12, 215, 24

BLOOD ROYAL
Zanzo 30, 27, 22

~Francinati0n~
Zanzo 28, 102, 22

Port Dervon/Tulip Isle
Tulip Isle 106, 143, 301

Julia Collection
Morestello 220, 178, 74

Kountry Junction
Tuscan Terrace 38, 119, 21

Kiss- Hair for Men & Women
Kansas Territory 134, 219, 2

MD-Maya's Design - Elegant Hats for Him & Her
Kansas Territory 90, 166, 21

::Gothic Passionate Dreams::
Cassiopeia Harbor 145, 133, 22

BLUESTAR Music Temple
Koh Chang 243, 148, 25

SiMo
Diesel 185, 226, 22

Fuk'n'Hawt
Diesel 206, 221, 22

Artemis ~Shopping Experience~
Marktplaats 110, 15, 21

UB Unique
leather and Lace 157, 88, 32

Art In Motion
Serendipity Isle 67, 237, 21

Psycotic Imagination
Serendipity Isle 106, 193, 31

Artemis Art
Serendipity Isle 64, 164, 21

GE Design
CDD 142, 142, 1001

Blood & Ashes
Teasured Vamps 66, 226, 21

The Weird And A Little Off Halloween Shop
Petunova 83, 239, 84

LaRosa the Cult SL Fashion MainStore
LaRosa 96, 150, 24

LaRosa the Cult SL Fashion OutletStore
Fashion 181, 163, 37

LaRosa the Cult SL Fashion @ Finest Mall
Finest 177, 103, 22

LaRosa the Cult SL Fashion @ BGPAK Club
Vergessen 45, 197, 301

LaRosa the Cult SL Fashion @ Golden Sands
Golden Sands 48, 27, 30

LaRosa the Cult SL Fashion @ The Mall
The Mall 122, 218, 34

LaRosa the Cult SL Fashion @ Prestige
Prestige 19, 222, 22

ToXX SL´s finest Fashion Label Main Store
X 202, 213, 37

! Poddy's Palace Creations
Werribee 151, 55, 501

LaRosa the Cult SL Fashion MainStore
LaRosa 96, 150, 24

CB Design
Serena Catalina 151, 95, 22

B-Dazzled Designs
B Dazzled Island 213, 114, 22

Bad Ampitude - Rock Band Clothing
Divine Oasis 217, 175, 21

Sexy Catz Fashions
Defenestrom 101, 141, 37

Leather and lace club and venue
Leather and Lace 146, 67, 32

Zadark Bay
Zadark Bay 205, 65, 21

New Zadark
New Zadark 194, 180, 24

Zadark Park Raceway
Zadark 144, 73, 21

So there you have it. If you're bored you can go out and do some hunting. Me...I'm outta here for a bit. I need to unwind and come up with a way to repay the hubby for pulling the bacon out of the fire. ;)