This is the official blog of Kavar Cleanslate, owner and designer of Exile, a store with clothing and hair for male and female avatars in Second Life.
Kavar continues to work his magic with his new hair textures. Today’s release at Exile is a definite head-turner. You wouldn’t expect anything less from a style named Miss Southern Belle. It’s big silky, shiny hair at its finest. Think beauty pageants and the red carpet at the Country Music Association awards show. Try a free demo, and I think you’ll immediately love the feeling of living life on a grander scale.
Kavar has come such a long way in the two years that Exile has been in SL, and he’s always pushing himself to try new things. That’s one of the many reasons why I fell in love with his styles from the beginning, and now he’s doing it again by completely redoing his hair textures. Yes, you read that correctly. Exile has brand new hair textures!
And of course with new textures, he needed to make some new styles for us. Juliette is a soft updo that you can really wear with anything. The hair is pulled to the side and rolled under in 4 sections with masses of curly tendrils in the back and hanging down in front of the shoulders. This style is beautiful on its own but also the perfect backdrop for your favorite hair flowers.
It’s probably easy to guess where Kavar got his inspiration for Single Lady, and it’s a puled back style with a lot of height at the crown. Single Lady is simple but sassy, and it will have you finding your inner diva in a heartbeat, so put your hands up and dance over to Exile for some shopping whether you’re single or not.
Kavar has decided to phase in the new textures a bit at a time, so for now, Juliette, Single Lady, and the following remixed styles are the only ones available in the new textures. You’ll recognize these styles, but they’ve been amped up, so definitely try the demos.
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate Exile’s 2nd birthday by participating in the Flickr contest! We had so many fantastic entries that we found it impossible to choose just 3 winners, so we have a tie for 3rd place along with a few honorable mentions. Please continue sharing all of your photos of Exile products in the Exile Flickr group.
First place goes to Kynne Llewellyn for her gorgeous shot of Li. The background colors are a perfect complement to the hair and flowers, and the depth of the photo with the hand reaching out made this one to remember.
Dango Jewell wins 2nd place with her use of Breeze in a sexy angelic photo.
Aranel Ah and Achariya Maktoum share 3rd place with their photos that capture different sides of Exile. Aranel spotlights the rocker in all of us while Achariya showcases an alternate take on beauty.
We also ended up with 5 honorable mentions that I’ll show after the cut. Congratulations to Mongomery Mornington, Flower Ducatillon, Jo Heartsdale, Three Fall, and Eluysve Jewell. Each of them will be able to pick any Exile hair fatpack as a prize, and I’ll contact them with the details of how to do that.
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