Swimming with the Sushi Fish

There are new rules in Holland as things are beginning to get worse again, meaning there have to be stricter rules... I have such strong feeling that I want to get myself away from here and run somewhere that's totally free of this pandemic... I've decided to let myself drift into a fantasy world, one that's affected by my stomach and a strong desire for dinner... 
Sushi perhaps?! 

My dreams led me to the Mystical Isle, where I decided to try and swim to find some new mermaid friends... I guess that would be where my hunger kicked in, and where I decided that I was craving sushi. I ended up a little delicious and in my dreamlike state, I found myself feeling like a sushi - and I can really be a sushi by wearing the Ananas from the I am Sushi Set!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Olive - the Swim Hair in Split RARE
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mask: Astralia - Scuba Mask in Blue (Past Subscriber Gift)
Bubbles: Moon Amore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in Bubbles
Outfit & Hat: Ananas - I am Sushi in Nigiri (Available until December 10th at Kustom9)
Bodysuit: Vinyl - Heckapoo Bodysuit in Black
Flippers: lunaBeam - The Little Mermaid Gacha Set in Aquata Pack Flippers
Pose: HopScotch - Rocket Woman, Pose Fly Behind 

Backyard Snorkeling!

It's getting to be way too hot here in Holland... I think someone left the door open on the oven again and it's not feeling all that nice - kinda sticky, kinda gross... In case you'd forgotten or didn't know I HATE when it's hot... I got home from my job in the city, and all I wanted was to cool down, but it's just as hot at home and I don't have a pool... Really wish I had one of those little kiddy pools, I'd be sitting in that bitch ALL DAY! 

Rudh on the other hand has a kiddy pool and knows very well how to use it... Not sure it was meant to keep under water critters in - such as these adorable MishMish Starfish or Baby Octopus, and the Atomic Ocean Plushies - but you know Rudh, she's always been a little different! 

She's so busy, playing in her pool, wearing her face mask and snorkel so she can watch her little friends up close - thanks to this amazeballs pose from SamPoses called "Snorkling" that I spotted on Facebook and HAD to have! - she didn't even notice her little Boston Terrier was stealing bangers from the barbie!! 

What is she wearing; 

Hair: Wasabi - Elektra Mesh Hair in Reds 

Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory 

Floaties: Lewd - Arm Floaties 

Outfit (Including Hair Accessory): Katat0nik - Missy Gacha Items 

Flippers: lunabeam - The Mermaid Set in Adella (No Longer Available!) 

Pose & Pool Prop: SamPoses - Snorkling 

Octopus: MishMish - Baby Octopus Gacha Item in The Pirate RARE 

Starfish: MishMish - Starfish in Orange Pack 

Fish: .Atomic - Ocean Plushies Gacha Items in Puffer Fish (No Longer Available!) 

BBQ & Dog: Jian - Boston Terrier in Hot Dog Thief 

Backdrop: MINIMAL - Block Party Backdrop 

Just Keep Swimming

Following my epic dive bomb into the swimming pool yesterday, I'm truly enjoying being a mermaid that walks on land... Days like today when I get the chance to swim feel epic... Cool, clean - albeit chlorinated - water, and the chance to feel the softness of it brushing over my skin... It's like a healing process to a mermaid that walks on land! 

Now before I start talking about my outfit I have another confession to make about the pose I'm using... It's another pose, made with a prop and when used properly it's like someone diving off a diving board, but when posed underwater like this it is just perfect as a swimming pose. The pose I'm using is actually a new release from NANTRA called Flying Squirrel!
Now for her make-shift bikini! It's actually made up of two different things... The shorts from the Cynful Juliet's Lingerie set and the awesome MuggleBorn MyMermaid top! 
I love to swim... It makes me feel better, when I'm down where it's wetter, even if I'm not under the sea!!!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Tableau Vivant - Hairplay in Front Blow Redheads 
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 
Mask: Astralia - Scuba Mask in Blue (Past Gift) 
Tattoo: Letis Tattoo - Yalitza 
Top: MuggleBorn - MyMermaid Top (Available until July 26th at Mermaid Cove) 
Shorts: Cynful - Juliet's Lingerie in Pack 2 
Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Items in Bubbles 
Flippers: lunabeam - Aquata Set (No Longer Available!)
Pose: {NANTRA} - Flying Squirrel, Pose 2 (Available until July 25th at La Vie En Pose) 
Ring: Caboodle - Jellytube http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Solara/60/66/26
Backdrop: KraftWork - Inside Out Pool (Available for use at Backdrop City) 

The Mermaid Epiphany

Today is all about an Epiphany... Not just any epiphany... THE Epiphany... 
If you haven't heard, there is a new type of gacha event in town, and although it is as addictive as the various other events, this one has a bit of a twist... This time, you're able to trade in any unwanted items to earn points for special exclusives... I LOVED this idea, when I went to the event there were a few sets I HAD to have, so that meant I had plenty of things I could trade in... I was so excited, and OK I spent a fortune but the goodies were so worth it, and I have no need to worry about how to get rid of the things I don't want too YAY!!! 
One of the stores that has items available at the event is a fairly new-ish store called lunaBeam... The items from this store had me re-living childhood dreams... This time I was actually able to do something about them hehe... 

When I was little, and usually on a holiday with my parents, I had a dream of being a mermaid... Not just any mermaid, THE Mermaid, the one that Disney made famous lol... I wanted to be Ariel so much that sometimes when we were on holiday my sister and I would have fights about who was going to play Ariel LOL - the things you fight about when you're 7 or 8 LOL - but now, thanks to lunaBeam, I can re-live that childhood dream and play at being Ariel on the beach here in SL hehe... 
These sets are brilliant, at The Epiphany, you can win bikinis, hair accessories and flippers to match the colours of ALL of Ariel's sisters, with the rare items being those to match Ariel herself. Of course, I wasn't going to take being any of the other mermaids, I HAD to be Ariel, but I needed a companion... In the gacha you can also win rubber rings that are coloured to look like Sebastian and Flounder - BUT I chose this opportunity to go and grab myself another one of the awesome models from Characteristics!!! 
Anyway, as well as the awesome mermaid based items, at The Epiphany there is a special area in which designers have placed items that you can trade unwanted goods in for something awesome... So that you're aware, it's 25 points needed to trade in and you get one point per item or three points if the item is a rare! 
The trade-in item from lunaBeam is brilliant... Similar in style to the mermaid items but if you choose to trade-in for this set you get an URSULA themed set. Bikini - with sea witch tentacles - hair accessory coral and shell necklace, you too can be the wicked witch of the sea... Of course as Ariel was up playing on the beach I had to let Ursula play too, and she's been accessorising with fish bones today hehe... One in her !Ohmai hair - a donation of 30% of the sale of this style goes to help raise money for Wigs for Kids - and one in her special Skellyfish Balloon - from Half-Deer that can be yours for free if you hunt at Origami! 

Question for you now is, which of the Little Mermaid's sisters will you be? 

What is she wearing;
Ariel:
Hair: ARGRACE - Akane in Reds 
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item) 
Face Wounds: Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup 
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing 
Outfit (Including Bikini, Flippers, Necklace & Hair Accessory): LunaBeam - Ariella Gacha Items (Available Now at The Epiphany) 
Ursula:
Hair with Fish Bones: !Ohmai Salon - Omakase in DrkReds (Available Now for Hair Fair 2015) 
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item) 
Face Wounds: Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup 
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing 
Outfit (Including Bikini, Flippers, Necklace & Hair Accessory): LunaBeam - Ursula Pack (Available Now as The Epiphany Gacha Trade-In Item) 
Balloon: Half-Deer - Skellyfish Balloon (Available Now at Origami) 
Ariel Pose: Signature Pose - Scott 1
Ursula Pose: Signature Pose - Iwone 4
Doll: :) Characteristics (: - Sebastian