Showcase - Chest Hair {James}

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Store Relocation

Our outpost store at the very popular SLeek Beach Club has been relocated after the complete redesign of the Mall. You can visit it now at the following address:

BODY HAiR SHOP, SLeek Beach Club, SLeek (82, 57, 22)

Showcase - Leg Hair {Jeff}

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Tattoo Layer in SL Viewer 2 - An Update

A while ago we announced that after the introduction of the new "tattoo" layer in Second Life Viewer 2, we were testing on implementing this layer on our current and future BODY HAiR SHOP products. We are still working on that, however the release of the "tattoo" layer might take a while, and there are two main reasons for this delay, none of them directly related with the BODY HAiR SHOP.

First, there are still very few Second Life residents that use exclusively the new SLv2. The vast majority of the residents are still using the SLv1 and/or Third Party SL Viewers. Considering that, according to Linden Lab, there are no plans to implement the tattoo layer in SLv1 and that most Third Party Viewers have not yet implemented the tattoo layer, wearing a tattoo layer at this time will result in a completely different viewing experience to the majority of the residents, leading to inconsistent results.

Second, and most important, the "tattoo" layer in SLv2 does not have the option of coloring/tinting like all the previous clothing layers have. This is a big omission, given that most textures need to be fine tuned for color after uploading to the SL servers. According to some sources, this will be fixed on the later versions of SLv2 but until then unfortunately we have to delay the release of the tattoo layer of our products in order to provide consistent results for everyone.

Showcase - Arm Hair {Frank}

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New Store

A new outpost store of the BODY HAiR SHOP has been opened. You can visit it at the following address:

BODY HAiR SHOP, Leather & Co, Austria (142, 71, 508)

The new Second Life Viewer 2

As many of the Second Life residents know already, Linden Lab (LL) has recently announced the release of their brand new Second Life Viewer 2 (SLv2), which according to LL will offer "an improved new resident experience". However for the old residents, the SLv2 is a vast depart from the Second Live viewer v1.xx, with many pros and cons which are already debated in various blogs and fora. It offers a completely redesigned UI, many changes to familiar features and completely new features not available in SLv1.

Regarding the BODY HAiR SHOP products, one new feature of SLv2, is the highly welcome and particularly important for the body hair items. The long overdue implementation of the "tattoo" layer. In SLv2 is now possible to add a texture layer (tattoo, body hair, makeup etc) on top of the avatar skin. The main advantage of this is that there is no longer a need to use the clothing layers for body art which makes things easier and more versatile for the designers and the residents. Another big advantage is that we can keep the valuable clothing layers available for what they were meant to be used for, clothes!

We are really excited about this new and long awaited feature and currently we are testing it in order to implement it in the most appropriate way to the current and future BODY HAiR SHOP products. Watch out this space or become a member of the vdbv.designs in-world, to get updates on new and upcoming products implementing the tattoo layer.