This is my twin brother, Matthew. Normally we are both blond, but we went red for St.Patty's Day. Matthew and I met in plurk and after weeks of saying exactly the same things at exactly the same times in plurks, we decided we should get to know each other and so we have. Matthew is a lot of fun and I am looking forward to all the great times we will have together! So today we decided to put our twin power together and go find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow- and of course we did find one. We are both wearing some items we got from Luck of the Irish Gacha Fair. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2015!

     Opening tomorrow is a brand new shoe store called FATEstep footwear by the ever talented designer Damien Fate. Matthew is showing you some new shoes that will be released in the opening tomorrow. FATEstep will have both male and female shoes. The male shoes will come with a slink  and regular avatar version and the female shoes will come with a slink and maitreya version. There will be 20 different styles of shoes in the opening launch tomorrow. Each shoe comes with an intuitive HUD that has an average of 60 textures, a color tinting wheel, and materials controls that give you almost limitless options and colors with each style. Damien is one of the three designers behind coldLogic, sole creator of the men's clothing store FATEwear, and fantasy clothing at FATEplay. Follow all the news on his blog. 

On Kirsten: 

     It was definitely time that I play with a few more of my Arcade goodies. We are about half way through March Arcade. I am showing you the complete (except Rare 2) erratic set and the rare Boogers tea party table and a few of the bears. I needed all of the bears and have the whole set but I just chose to show a few of them joining me in a tea party in this post. The Ingenue shoes at Arcade were the perfect compliment to this 20's nostalgic erratic outfit which I adore. It comes with a HUD and the dress changes colors too. 

    Look at this adorable bear tea party! I just adore this set. It is my favorite Booger bear set by far. I can't get over how cute they are with the little tea cups in their hands and hats on their heads. 

     Here is a closer view of the erratic tea set with a little bit of depth of field. I keep playing with DoF and am not sure if I am getting better or not. It looks pretty cool to me though. You can find the erratic and Boogers sets at Arcade until the end of March. 

Hat: 06.erratic / aea - sybil - cloche hat @ Arcade March 2015

There are a lot of events opening today, but don't forget where the hottest, sexiest, wild things are- Whore Couture 2015. My Eudora 3D shoes can be found there in 6 sexy animal prints and my Maai dress is available in three animal prints with appliers for Physique, Omega, and TMP. The Maai dress has rigged mesh skirt panels that move with you that are, as usual, very well done. I have really enjoyed my shopping experience at Whore Couture this year. They have wonderful maps in the teleport area that make finding the exact store you are looking for very easy. I love well laid out events with maps. 

Maitreya recently released these new tops that only come in a fitted Lara mesh version to fit perfectly to any shape you wear with your Lara Mesh body. They also updated a few previous releases like this leather skirt so all I had to do was go get them re-delivered and instant perfectly fitted items to my Lara. yay! I was super happy about all this, but I really hope she decides to update her Flare jeans because those are some of my favorites still to this day. *crosses my fingers* You can read more about what was updated on the Maitreya blog. 

fri.day kicked off its 50% off Semi-annual sale today. All the shoes are 137 Lindys each! I must say I went earlier today and got quite a few pairs- mostly of shoes I already owned but now I have more colors, lol. These Veronica Platforms are newer though and this Roses version is just so pretty! You have until March 21st to shop the sale. See it here in Darling Monday's plurk. 

My jewelry set, complete with a crown, is new by Cae at the current round of Fit for a Princess. 

     They also brought back a previous Maitreya V.I.P Group Special: Zipper Skinny Jeans in Dirty Wash. You do have to be in the V.I.P. group to get these jeans again with the Lara fit update included. They are discounted 50% and will only be available until March 31st. If you already bought them, I think you can just get them redelivered too just like your other Mait purchases. 

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     I squee'ed when I saw this new original mesh chiffon dress by Kaithleen's that is available at The Black Dot Project.  It is soft and feminine with an overlay shimmery chiffon layer. I love the ruffles on the top too. This is so chic and now for the Spring season. This pretty dress is available in six colors.

I have been going skin crazy this week because there are so many beautiful new ones! Today I am wearing Izzie's new skin that will be exclusive to Skin Fair, Romy. Romy is so cute! You get the base skin with 4 different brow colors, 8 lipsticks and their matte versions, 10 eyeshadows, 2 eyeliners, 2 cleavage options, freckle layers, and moles.  Skin Fair opened today- so RUN for all the great skins!

Skin: Izzie's - Romy Skin natural BLB *NEW* @ Skin Fair 2015 #12 Sim 1

Hair: Exile::Suggestive

Dress: Kaithleen's Romantic Schiffon Dress - Pink @ The Black Dot Project

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V2.1

Attachments: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet High and Casual Hands

Shoes: {Livalle} Modig -High Strapped Sandals- Pink (Slink)

Pose: Everglow Sugar 2

Adam N Eve by designer sachi Vixen is at skin fair with two new skins that will be exclusive to Skin Fair starting March 13th. I am showing you the new skin Chelsea. Chelsea is a gorgeous base skin with a bunch of included options: 6 brow colors (including no brow option), 3 cleavage options, and tintable moles, freckles, blush and glow on seperate tattoo layers. Makeup is sold seperately right next to the base skin packs. It is on seperate tattoo layers and it is a lot of fun to play with and mix n match. I made a collage with some of the seperate make up layers that are available for Chelsea below (around the larger picture of the base skin). 

     Chelsea is available in 6 skin tones. Slink Physique, Maitreya Lara, slink hands/ feet appliers, and slink visage head as well as quite a few other body parts are available seperately as well. I am showing you this skin applied to my Slink Physique in this post. Make sure you stop by the Adam N Eve booth on Sim 1 at skin fair and try the demos of this gorgeous new skin!

     Skin Fair 2015 opens on March 13th and I spent my Sunday trying on demo skins. I was absolutely thrilled to find a new-to-me skin that I fell in love with. My skin, kensi, is new from alter ego and will be exclusive to the skin fair. This is a wonderful base skin with natural and slightly pink lips (called blushed) that you can use to start your look and would take make up layers beautifully. 

Here are all six available skin tones: almond, honey, caramel, havana, brown sugar, and godiva. The skin comes with brown and dark eyebrows so in almond and honey I am wearing tintable brows (from alter ego) that I made light and dark blond and in godiva I tinted them black.

Features of the kensi alter ego skin:

    I like how you can go visit replicas of real life places in SL. I have been to New York, Greece, Disney World, and France inside SL and many other places over the years. I am looking at the St.Louis Arch today. I am standing on the highway that you drive over and see it looming over you high in the distance. I have driven by this arch in real life and so its always cool to me to see recreations of places I have been and also places I wish I could go in SL. 

I am wearing a new dress and shoes from Ducknipple. They come with the standard great color changing DN HUDs. The dress parts- base and ruffle- both change seperately. You can find them in the new release section of the main store. 

Maxi Gossamer has a new FREE group gift out today and the group is free to join. She also has eight items that are 50% off in a Sunday Special sale today only. My jewelry was 50% off today. 

     cheeky is at Whore Couture Fair with the Baby mini dress available in white, black, and red. You can buy the regular avatar clothing layers and a seperate appliers HUD that has Wowmeh, Slink Physique, Omega and a bunch of boob and bottom appliers. The dress is very short with lace on the bottom and panties peeking out from underneath. I paired it with a fitted mesh skirt from Blueberry and am using it as a top. The above poses are new from NanTra in a set called Look Book at the current round of The Instruments and the one below is new in a set called Kitten at Designer Showcase.  

     I have been unusually lucky at gachas lately. It is because I always say only good things about gachas and the gacha gods are always listening. Remember that the next time you think about complaining about them (lol). So I went to Chapter Four and I played the Foxes machine exactly two times, and I got BOTH of the RARE items I wanted- the bunneh headset and book bag. I have the proof in this plurk. Did I mention that I love Gachas? I think the rares go really well with the common Foxes Bunneh Snow outfit that is at Arcade. 

Look at my adorable Rare Book Bag! How cute is that!?

     I am loving this round of uber. I can't think of a better theme for the start of spring- bohemian. You can find my Eudora 3D wedges, Pixicat top, and Blueberry shorts at uber this month. My hair is brand new from ploom at the new round of We <3 Roleplay and I adore it. You need to go try a demo. My necklace is new by Cae at this month's faMESHed.

     As you can see, I am still having super fun with Arcade goodies. My Mish Mish Pug shoulder pal is so adorable and might be one of my very favorite things from this round of Arcade. I just love this little guy. I am playing on playground equipment by epia and I have to say that I have not played this machine yet. However, after playing on the items I really might have to rectify that. I have no idea where I will put a playground, but it is SL after all I still think I need one. I am visiting Frisland which has recently updated to Spring, yay! You should go hang out and see the pretty sim and play on the playground. 

The metallic texture on my dress is really well done and shiny. If you need a going out dress, this one would make a great one. My Sassy dress is new at Whore Couture Four, my Cae necklace is new at One Word, my Livalle shoes are new at faMESHed, and my Exile hair is new at Arcade.

I have a close up of my beautiful Wish necklace and Zipper heels coming up next. 

   I go a little nuts every three months for Arcade. I don't make a wishlist. I make an attack plan with not only what I want but how I plan on going about getting it. Will I pull until I get the entire set, pull only 10 and yardsale the rest, or do a few pulls and be happy with whatever I get. Every machine has its own plan that I meticulously organize days before Arcade opens. Then I follow my plan and sell my duplicates in my yard sale, Kirsten's Gacha Garden. 

      I almost have everything on my list and its only day two. I spent 13K and have made back a little over 7K in the first two days while getting pretty close (9 commons and 4 Rares shy) of 13 full sets and a plethora of a few wanted items from particular machines. I love Arcade and Gacha in general. I see it as nothing but totally fun. I don't understand people that hate it. I just don't get it at all. My experience with it is always so much fun! When I pull the rares I wanted- which I do pull most of them- or find the item sitting there in a yard sale that I have been LOOKING for or delight in people that can't get into Arcade finding the items on THEIR wishlists at MY yardsale; It is all just wonderful to me!

     Ok, so let's talk Arcade fashion. There are a lot of great fashion items this round as well as home and decor. I have a little bit of both in this post. I am wearing the entire silver set from Enfant Terrible including the two Rare items (crown and belt). I adore this set and the crown so much. Everything except the "dress" which is more like a bodysuit imo. It is lovely with beautiful textures, but I did not demo it first and I was unable to get it to work with either my Physique or my Lara mesh bodies. Frankly I have not seen my regular avatar body in almost a year and it scared me. The photo processing time involved is also not worth wearing it to me either and I still feel like my parts (elbows, wrists, shoulders) are gross after lots of meticulous work on them. They were so much worse before however. Mesh bodies have spoiled me and I really can't think of an outfit worth giving them up. So it might just be me and my shape, but I would definitely say demo this if you plan on trying to wear it with a mesh body. The jewelry in this set, however, is simply stunning in every way. Flawless!

I am visiting the Jodhpur Blue home on the Zaara sim. She has it all set up so you can go see it. It is really gorgeous. The colors are so vibrant and the ethnic flair is unmistakable. 

.Enfant Terrible. Magic Ride Carpet Blue