Weekly Closet Update: Nautical Nightwear

The weekly updates seem to be getting better, which is good for Team Lava's sake.

With that said, there are some things which I don't like about this outfit. First off, the color of the cleansing mask is not one I would pick or wear with this outfit. The shoes where sadly gems, so buying them wasn't an option for me since I don't spend gems. I wish TL would make one pair of slippers for us non gem spenders, but I bout they ever will.

In my version of the new outfit, I am wearing the face cleanser and shorts, with one of my other shirts and nightwear that I have. I think the shorts are cute and the original shirt is to, but once again it costs gems. What do y'all think of this interesting outfit that TL gave us this week? ~ Sky's Limit

The Bat Cave: My Semi-successful Fashion Story Boutique

A few months ago I wrote a series of posts on how to start a Fashion Story boutique. During that time I started The Bat Cave on my mother's phone so I could show you how it works from start to finish. Today I wanted to show you how The Bat Cave's theme is coming along.

As you can see I have quite an amount of work to do still on the store decor, and I am having trouble keeping it stocked up since its on my mom's phone. I have also changed the theme outfit from idea to realty with a few tweaks. I am still saving up for some gem items to finish it off, but this is what it looks like now.

If you want read my posts or want to compare the differences between the before and after you can see the posts here:

Starting a Fashion Story Boutique: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

Thank you for reading and please leave a comment! ~ Sky's Limit and The Bat Cave

Closet Update: Runway Ready

This weeks update was called "Runway Ready" though that is not what I would have called it. The original outfit is cute notwithstanding the fact that is missing pants (again). Nevertheless, the top and scarf cost gems and since I am saving up for something else I don't own them.

 In the outfit above and on the left I added in my own clothing items to the very cute purse and shoes that where included in this weeks Closet Update. One other thing I have noticed is that the coin items are way to expensive for the newer players. I believe TeamLava could have done better, What do you think? ~ Sky's Limit

Starting a Fashion Story Boutique: Creating and Completing a Boutique Theme, Part 3

Now that you have a Boutique and a Boutique Name it is time to come up with (if you haven't already) and find decor/avatar clothes for, your Unique Boutique Theme. In the case of my new boutique, The Bat Cave, I was thinking of using the colors gray, blck and yellow. 

To come up with a theme, think of why you called your boutique the name you did. In some cases, people name their boutique something like 'Anna's Fashions' 'StayBeYouTiFul', which I think are names which you can do anything with decor and clothing wise. On the other hand, names like 'The Bat Cave' or 'Ocean Dreams' should look like they sound. 

When naming The Bat Cave I was thinking about what to name it and since I am a Justice League fan, this name seemed to fit. So, I considering this, I decided to use the colors gray, black and yellow (back and gray being Bat-man's colors and yellow being a bright color he sometimes wears). 

The first thing I did was design my new avatar's outfit to figure out how much coins and gems I need to save up to buy it. Here is what I came up with for The Bat Cave:

As you can see this outfit will cost me 48 gems and 73,000 coins. Considering this I am holding back on buying my avatar other outfit items, and other things as well. Since the decor I want to use, I have yet to unlock this is turning out to not be as hard for me as I thought it would be. I already have 27,000 coins as of this morning. 

as with most things, along the way you will make some changes to what your outfit will be and what decor you want. However, by choosing some of it now you save yourself a lot of trouble and time. Why? Because, if you just buy decor and outfits willy-nilly and then at level 30 decide to have a theme, you will have more trouble saving up, especially gems. 

Since I have yet to complete The Bat Cave's theme yet, here is what my main boutique's (Sky's Limit) decor and avatar outfit look like when I am not in a contest:

Now, in the case of Sky's Limit, I could have gone in many different directions with my theme. However, I love the beauty of the Beach and Ocean, so I chose to make that part of my boutique's theme. I have since then come up with a name for Sky's Limit theme, Blue and Green Beach Chic.

I hope these posts help you when you decide what your boutique name, theme and your avatar's main outfit will be. Please feel free to ask questions via comments, I would love to try to answer them. ~ Sky's Limit

Starting a Fashion Story Boutique, Part 1

Starting a Fashion Story Boutique, Part 2

Patience and Gems

One of things which those of us who don't buy gems with real money have trouble with on Fashion Story is when and what to buy with our gems? Decor, clothes, surprise boxes, doors, the list of options goes on. 

Doors(10gems): They can add to the amount of customers you get per second, but only if you have enough clothes for them to look at. If you have a smaller boutique, I say wait until you are big enough that having more customers would benefit you enough to balance out the cost.

Clothes(1-50gems): though they are beautiful they do not earn you any coins (unless you count winning contest prizes), so I say save up and spend your gems on your theme outfit (the outfit that matches your boutique theme). If you don't want to do that then the next option is for you.

Decor(1-200gems): Doesn't earn you money but can make your boutique more beautiful and if you buy stuff to match your boutique theme, then maybe it is worth it to you. However, I don't usually spend gems on decor over 2 gems.

Surprise Boxes/Chests(25-50gems): Though I don't know much about the Fashion Story boxes, TeamLava has posted what you can get in each box here. I got this link from a fellow Fashion Story Blogger, Love Pink. I personally don't suggest you buy the boxes/chests because it is random chance that you will get your gems worth. 

These are only some of the things you can buy with gems on Fashion Story, but I do have an overall rule for when I buy things with gems:

This can apply to other things as well, but for now think of it as My Gem Spending Advice. Please feel free to ask questions via comments. ~ Sky's Limit