Have you ever visited a shop again and again and completely overlooked an entire category of designs every single time? As a self proclaimed “shopoholic”, I like to think I’m pretty thorough when it comes to turning a store upside down while snatching up goodies, but I have to admit in one particular instance…I completely missed the boat.
Last February, I began using my neko alt account, Krismorel, to get away from the stresses of SL fashion and try my hand at roleplaying. If you are a neko, have a kitty-kitty alt, or are close to someone who is often in neko form… you know that there are three shops in SL that should be on “speed teleport”: Atomic Kitty, Catnip, and Deviant Kitties. This blog post will focus on the first, or rather the designer behind Atomic Kitty: Ivy Graves aka Crushed Clarity.
I’d been to Atomic Kitty hundreds of times to buy the uber fantastic neko ears and tails, or to drag neko friends there for kitty-kitty appendages of their very own. Somehow, crazy as it may sound being the skin whore that I am, I always missed the fact that Atomic Kitty offered a skin line.
Until a couple of weeks ago.
I was helping a friend fix up a new neko alt and, of course, dragged her to Atomic Kitty. She wandered into the skin room and started trying on demos. I’d already outfitted her with my Bitsy Silhouette shape that was based on my own neko alt, and I swear when she slipped into the Hope skin demo I gasped…take a look yourself….

This is a photo of took of my friend in the old Hope skin line from Atomic Kitty. I was JEALOUS of the GORGEOUSNESS!
I say old skin line, because when I was talking with Crushed Clarity (the alt of Ivy Graves, mastermind designer behind Atomic Kitty) she informed me that the current “Hope” skins at Atomic Kitty were on clearance sale to be discontinued pending an upcoming release of skins she’d been hard at work on. During the conversation, I learned that Atomic Kitty was splitting off with a new branding of ATOMIC that will encompass everything except the tails and ears she is currently selling under Ivy Graves.
I made “gimme hands” and was rewarded with a preview of the new skin line…

Available in 5 skin tones, you can see the above shades of Dark, Tan, Light, and Pale of the Stardust preview line.
Following are all the makeup options in the Sunkissed tone (which is the middle of the spectrum between Tan and Light)

Each makeup line is based on the same yummy Lip. I mean…look at them…I am declaring these the absolute nummiest lips in all SL, and confidently stand behind that statement. There are nine options for each makeup set: 3 Different eyeliner options, with 3 eyeshadow color variants. As a bonus, every skin purchase includes a very natural looking set of prim lashes (shown in the photos above).
The face is sweet and sexy all wrapped together, with innovative makeups. The body can best be described as hand painted realistic, with a very pretty matte texture. I should note that the lightest tone (Pale) isn’t very light, so those looking for a creamy “afraid of the sun” shade may be disappointed.
NSFW Body Photo
I wanted to mention a few details about the body…specifically the “OMG PERFECT NIPPLES!!” They are subtle and on the smaller side and, quite honestly, are my dream nipples in SL (maybe TMI, but very close to my own RL nips). The bum is shaded with that Y effect that I go gaga for, and the rest of the body is just ….well…faboo. Ears? Beautiful. Stomach? Gorgeous. Legs? Toned…but hey take another look at those JUICY JUICY LIPS!
The Stardust skin is available exclusively at the Atomic shop on Crush Row until the grand re-opening of the Atomic Main store. Join the subscrib-o-matic group when you visit the Crush Row location to stay informed about the opening and release of the full skin line.
Other Need to Knows:
- Price: $L1000 for individual makeups or $L2500 for any 3 pack combination of either all liners or shadows. $L7000 for all 9 options in a makeup line. Remember every skin includes prim lashes.
- Location: Crushed Clarity has been busy setting up her store on Crush Row so the skins are available at the time of this blog release. TP to Atomic @ Crush Row. Turn left at the TP point, her shop is the first one (to the left of Aitui). Don’t forget to hit the subscribo-matic group to get notified about the mainstore opening and full skin line release!
- Credits: Both hairs used in this post are from the Radiance Line @ Laqroki
- the shape is one I made exclusively for the Atomic skin (named Star) and will be available at my Crush Row Silhouette Shapes shop as a dollarbie for a limited time until Feb. 15th. Look for the Pink Heart on the table inside Silhouette Shapes.