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And the lady she hails from Trinidad Island of the spices Salt for your meat and cinnamon sweet And the rum is for all your good vices Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind that our Forefathers harnessed before us Hear the bells ring as the tight rigging sings It's a son of a gun of a chorus Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends If I knew, I might toss out my anchor So I'll cruise along always searchin' for songs Not a lawyer, a thief or a banker But a son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor Son of a gun, load the last ton One step ahead of the jailer Jimmy Buffet, Son of a Son of Sailor   

So, when I received my Tonic body update with Bento hands and the ability to switch between foot height on the HUD, I was super stoked. And, now, with the update to the body that includes aureola/nipple appliers, I was over the moon! I had to log in from my SL leave to do a post on this..how could I not?  Like, seriuosly, how cool are these babies?? Note: The image above was NOT photoshopped. This was taken with Firestorm viewer using Strawberry Singh's portrait windlight on Ultra setting, and cropped for the purposes of my blog.  The image below was post-processed.. enjoy xo I know its different for people but I really think these are lovely and so natural looking, and they work with ANY skin you use, not just the pretty Lumae ones that the body comes pre-loaded with (which have also been updated by the way! Please do go check them out.) I am using a skin from PUMEC (which includes Omega body appliers in all their gacha skins, yes!) with my Catwa Alice non-Bento he...

Let's talk about mesh bodies, shall we? Specifically, Tonic Curvy.  There are many wonderful bloggers who have done various reviews on mesh bodies, and I wanted to put in my thoughts for this lovely body.   **Notethat I purchased this body and it was not given to me to blog. Please also note that the images have not been altered or photo-shopped. They have only been cropped to fit the blog. I shot the images on High using a non-shadow windlight, Nam's Optimal Skin and Prim** Now, aesthetics on bodies will differ for every person, and I do not expect everyone to agree or like this body as much as I do. But, that being said, I do believe it offers a good alternative if you want something outside of the Belleza, Slinks and Maitreya. (Mind you, I own all of those as well and each one has it pros and cons). As a photo artist and blogger in SL, I generally have a few requirements that I go by when I purchase mesh: 1. Universality 2. Ease of use 3. Aesthetically pleasing 4. L...