Hair Fair Open 2 Extra Days

Because the opening weekend of Hair Fair saw regions (in particular the Southwest region) going up and down like a sugar fed 9 year old on a pogo stick the closing date of Hair Fair will be July 6th.

A few designers were able to set up their booths a day early. When I do my booth, I do it complete which means not only the decorations but gift placement, vendors, etc. I'm kinda anal that way in that I like to know precisely where everything is going. So I find my spot, delete my place holder, plunk down my booth and then have a look around.Above is a picture of my booth at Hair Fair. I flew down the street to the right and when I saw the Mad booth, I immediately wanted my booth back and an extra week to work on it.Nothing like being one of the first few to put down your booth and then see that. It's more than a little intimidating.
As you can see by the above two shots there are some pretty imaginative booths all of which do absolutely nothing to help you if you're on a diet. I visit Hair Fair and start salivating like Pavlov's dog.

The last little tidbit I want to throw in here is my Hair Fair skin.
This is what I wore to Hair Fair. I'm not wearing any clothes...it's all skin and I just love it. Someone had mentioned that Fantasy Fair was going on at the same time so I did a search and found it and came across the above little gem. The skin is Galaxia Cyborg Skin Darkstar Masked and is made by ND/MD.

Various Things in the Works

I have no idea what happened the last five days. Embolism, aneurysm, some new form of psychosis, I'm not sure but something's snapped. Plus life has once again left me laughing in amazement at the irony it can throw at you.
Once things settle down a bit at Hair Fair and I'm finally able to get in there and poke around I'll post some snaps. I shelved the one guy's hair I was going to do. It was just going to require more time than I had and I wanted to get it right. All in all, I had made 8 hair styles - the five that are out at Hair Fair, two became HF gifts and the third was another one that was shelved which I may or may not revisit. At this point I'm thinking 'not'.
I've already started building new hair - I've got 6 new ones on the go - and they probably won't be released until all 6 are finished. These ones are completely different from what I have been doing hair-wise (even my out-of-the-ordinary styles are pretty tame compared to some of these). I don't know what's prompted me to go this direction but I'm excited about the building process.
Skins are something else I've been playing with and I've discovered that nails and feet are a complete b**ch. I'm also having boob issues. For the life of me I just can't get the shading right to make it look like cleavage rather than two spheres plastered to the chest. Once I get the base skins done I can start tweaking them out to be the unusual things I want to create.
Now I just need to clone myself to get all this done. But since this is Second Life it's not cloning but copybot so I'll have to give up on that idea. (goes back to buying lottery tickets)

Hair Fair Auction

Yay! Hair Fair is almost here. Now that the SL asset server seems to be cooperating designers can put the finishing touches on things so they can sit back and have a well deserved moment of peace.
The auction for Hair Fair last year was a group effort - designers were divided to groups where all would contribute to make one-of-a-kind styles. This year, designers are contributing either one-of-a-kind styles or a style in an exclusive texture. Mine is the latter.

The style is Dania and is textured in an unreleased color I've called "Static". It's a type of updo with a side pony. The picture doesn't display it well but sculpted barbed wire "clips" are dispersed through the hair holding it in place.
The auction starts tomorrow, June 20th and completes on July 4th. All the proceeds from the auction go to a worthy cause, Locks of Love, which provides hair pieces to disadvantages kids suffering from hair loss due to illness. So get out there, find your favorite designer/hair and bid on it! You'll not only be helping kids in need but grabbing a unique style for yourself! :)

Can I pass out now?

This is the question that I'm sure every hair designer is asking right now. I'm pretty amazed I'm actually a bit ahead of the game. Although bandanas are kinda vexing me right now. I'm completely brain dead and very tired. Therefore, this post is going to echo my bandanas - uninspired.
Buuuuut....on to the sneak peek.
The demos are up in the store and they're on Xstreet. The demos are free and remember, they're not out for sale yet. They'll be up for sale only at Hair Fair from June 20th til July 4th. They'll be in the store after that.
Incidentally, that is NOT my avatar with a new look. The model is Seven Paragon. I think she'll be the one gracing the promo shots from now on.

Hair Fair 2009 Flickr Contest

For all of you that don't already know, Hair Fair is holding a photo contest. The contest runs from June 1st to midnight (SL time) June 15th.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/hairfair2009/

You can read the full rules at the above link but to give you a quick run down, the contest is looking for the following:

The pictures have to focus on you and the hair. You can edit the photo however you like but there's to be no store logos, signs, plugs for any particular store. This is just to showcase your creativity and the hair you love. The photos are to be 512 x 512 and must be tagged Hair Fair 2009. You can only enter a photo once and you must have full rights to the photo but you can submit up to 10 entries. In the description of each photo add the following information:
* Your Second Life avatar name
* Model
* Photographer
* Hair Style Name and Store
And finally...keep it decent. No nudity or inappropriate photos.

Again, see the flickr group for all the details/rules. Good luck and have fun!!!!