Review Disclaimer

Dear Designers and Readers,

My first blog was made for a now dead account in about 2008. My first avatar was started in late 2006, and even the avatar I use now was born in 2011. So I've been here a long ass time.

When I started, I started looking up to bloggers like Its Only Fashion which started around 2008 and is still running if you can believe it. Much kudos to them. And also to Sasy Scarboroughs older blog which also started way back then. She's now @ Sasypants. The point is, in those days, sl fashion was just starting out. There was no mesh, no sculpt, just prims and textures. And I followed in the foot steps of those before me by giving an *honest* yet not *rude* review. I've never stopped.

I always give full credits for everything I'm wearing. No, I don't give a damn about someone copying me and truthfully unless you are using some kind of copybot gear, I don't believe it's possible. My shape is highly individualized just for me, the eyes and whatnot I wear, even if you buy the same exact ones are going to look different from me than they do on you. I still consider that asking where I got something is a compliment.

But I also point out things I dislike. That's what review means. It doesn't mean simply praising the item, it also means pointing out whatever small and they usually are very small things I don't like. Usually it's easily fixable.

And I give reasons why I don't like it. Recently I said I didn't like this naming convention some designers are using of merely giving numbers to your colors. If I'm buying a fatpack, I can see the colors on the hud. But if I'm only buying singles which I do frequently especially on jeans because I really don't need 15 pair of blue jeans in the same exact style, then I have no idea what color 8 looks like until I put it on, especially if there's no picture of the colors with an explanation thereof.

It's the same with skin tones. How can I know what skin tone 3 is if there's no picture in the pack showing what that color and all the colors for that matter look like. Generally I can remember what color honey or porcelain is, or at least make a guess based on the name. The same with jeans, I can guess what faded blue or deep blue is based on the name.

Another time I said I didn't like the way a top was made. It was a great top and I liked it. It was made with one shoulder down which is great. But something about the way it was rigged made it so that there was a hole in certain moves of my ao and nothing I did with the alphas for my body or with changing my shape made any difference.  I honestly don't see how this could be worn by anyone without having this same clipping and it was clear to me that the creator had not tested it in other poses rather than say a t pose or an arms down pose. Since I paid 250 for the top, I feel this is a serious issue and I feel potential readers and buyers should be made aware of it. And yes, I contacted the maker as well who should be glad I didn't report how rude she was to me over it.

In short, I will be honest about items I show in my blog. I will credit as fully as I can including what poses are used. My blog is not only a fashion blog but a blog about my experiences in sl and about my second life. But I do show pictures and I will credit what I'm wearing. Thanks for reading this.