First, let me mention our new website! We're not just a blog anymore. Check us out at: www.callatropia.com We have all our styles there so you can look through the store when you can't be in world! We'll also be putting the new releases up on their own special page! We have lots of great information there, including the FAQ page which will answer all of your questions (okay, well most of your questions) without you having to track one of us down!
And now, on with the new releases!
Bramble - So I never said I could make anything but hair. Hats are not my forte, obviously. It was a big pain and isn't as perfect as I would have liked, but I managed to get that "redneck rolled bill" look that all the boys in my highschool had. The hat's color change, the pony's got some flexi.
Day Lily - How sweet is this? This one is Haedon's and has been raved over by everyone that tries it on. It has a scripted color change head band, of course. The curls were cussed over quite a bit...but don't tell Hae I told you that.
Gooseberry - I'm trying to get the flexi thing down. I know you ladies love it. So you'll see quite a bit of flexi in this group of releases. This one has a little clip on one side that is not color change. Can you believe that? But since it's copy/mod, if you really want to color change it, you can. I just liked the tortoise shell look best with it.
Houstonia - More flexi! Yay! The bangs are long, and hang out of the face so we can see the pretty skin you spent a fortune on.
Laurestine - You'll occasionally see that I love doing "period" styles. This one didn't turn out anything like what I saw in my head when I started, but it came out in the same time-frame so I was happy with that.
Marigold - Long, flexi, flippy. I'm not much of a long-hair fan for myself but I really like this one. It's fun and flirty and fantabulous.
Narcissus - This one is adorable, and way stylish. Of course, it's Haedon's. She's the edgy-stylish one. This one is my new favorite on her, too. Anyway, it's got flexi, and that asymmetrical cut that just screams "look at me!"
Philiphawk - Now that you're all sure that I've lost whatever little bit of sanity I had, let me explain. I was approached by a Linden many months ago and asked if I would make Philip Linden's hair. They wanted the same thing he had, but prims, so they could kind of update his avie. So I took on the job. This isn't what I actually ended up giving them (that they never paid for, or used) but it's close. They wanted his with no bangs, but I liked the bangs. And I threw in some flexi. Some punky-goth-anime person somewhere will see it and go "OMG I LOVE THIS!" For the rest of you...I'm really not crazy. I just couldn't let something as originial as Philip's spikes sit unseen in my inventory.
Pyxie - When I was making this one, I kept thinking it looks a lot like Mimosa. But when you put them side by side, it really doesn't. It does have the same razor-cut look, but they're pretty different. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I don't do short styles often, so this one was really a nice change for me.
Sundew - PIGGIES! This one is also Haedon's, and it's been my current favorite for two weeks. That's a record, btw. It's flexi, with color change bands, and seriously versitile. I can wear it with jeans, or a cute skirt. Or find one of those school-girl outfits... You get the idea. ;)
Yellow Carnation - This one was a challenge. I played with it forever trying to make the bangs not so flickery. (Have I ever mentioned I hate flicker?) It's not no flicker, but it's low flicker and that's the best I could do. I think it came out pretty cute overall.
Wisteria - I love this one, and would have never, ever come up with it. Haedon really is more on the stylish edgy side than I am. Look at the poof on the crown of the head! I love it. It's one of those sexy, you-can-look-but-you-can't-touch do's.
We also had some love for the men. I know, you guys had thought we were never going to make any more guy hair. We thought that too. But every once in a while I think "it can't really be all that hard, I'll try again." Let me assure you. It really is that hard.
Jaguar - This style I actually found a picture of. It was a really cute hockey player. The hair came out nice, but the picture was much more fun to look at. I didn't think about it when I was making it, mostly because I don't have boy skin with that peachfuzz hair on the skin. But if you have that skin, it's gonna show on the one side where the hair is brushed back. It's not a lot, but like where the sideburn goes...Sorry boys.
Ocelot - This one sat in my inventory for probably 3 weeks or more, because I just wasn't sure what I thought about it. I gave it to Sabrina who was working on putting together a male avie to give to noobs, and she liked it. Actually her comment was something like "real guy hair!" So I brushed off the dust and colored it.
We get a lot of people asking where to find hair accessories, clips and that kind of thing. So while Nex and Haedon were busy making the new store look amazing, I piddled around feeling pretty useless and made some hair clips. The pencils turned out awesome, and much thanks go out to Nex for the super "Calla No. 2" pencil texture.
These are cheap, and transferable so you can grab a set for your friends as a little gift. They attach to the chin, and you can adjust the position of them to go with just about any hair style. All the clips have a clip for the right and a clip for the left. (They're pre-positioned on either side.) And I threw in a color-change one in each pack just because I can.
And, Haedon has made this amazing pearl bracelet. It actually looks knotted - there's a little space between each pearl where you can see the string. The detail is perfect, and the colors are gorgeous. It's a really unique look, and she did a supurb job.
Of course, all that, and the island is open to the public! Come see the new build, and be sure to tell Nex what a fantastic job he did on the place.
