The First Twinge

Sure, it’s still summer.  I know that.  It’s hot out, the sun is shining like mad, and I can hear people splashing in the nearby pool outside my window.  But….there’s something there.  Something in the air that makes me kind of feel the first twinges of fall.  I may be crazy, but there’s *something* that changes every August.  Like the sound of a Blue Jay calling, or a few crazy trees that decide to start turning colour exceedingly early… and all that back to school talk in the stores.  The feeling is subtle, but it got me thinking about fall.  I’m not ready for it quite yet – really, I’m not, but I found a dress that may just get me in the mood…

Crisp and Starry

I went over to Ersch and found that they have this amazing dress out as a group gift.  It’s right up my alley in dark Lolita style, peppered with constellations.  I love it.  It also comes with sleeves you can wear for more dark moodiness!  I joined their group for 75L to pick this one up – though there are a few other gifts you can grab while there as well.  The dress is a Maitreya Lara exclusive fit, but you never know – give it a try, it may fit you!

I think I need to get back in a bikini though, before summer fleets away!

xox
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Aline is Wearing…

Clothes

Dress – Ersch Swan Dress (Free Group Gift/Group is 75L to Join)
Boots – Moon Amore Ocean Lover 

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier – Lelutka Cate
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier – Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Sintiklia Angela
Pose – Le Poppycock 4Sight
Sim– House of Soiree

You’re a Gem!

One of the best things about Second Life is the fact that there are so many awesome places for you to take selfies.  And if you can’t find an awesome place, you make an awesome place.  That’s what I managed to do today with a few free gifts and a bit of creativity!

The Outfit

Before I get to my glittering surroundings, let me tell you about this cute outfit I grabbed over at the Vanity Event for free!  Scandalize is always generous with their gifts, and now that they’re running the Vanity Event, they haven’t slowed down one bit.  If you join the free group there, you will find this lovely little top and bottom combo in a truly appealing mint hue.  You can wear the top, bottom and sleeves all separately and there are two different options in the folder:  glitter (which of course I chose) and plain.  I love it!

Sizes

• Freya
• Hourglass
• Isis
• Maitreya

The Gems

You can totally selfie it up with these giant gems from Melt!  I grabbed them for free over at The Gacha Life.  I joined their free group and clicked on all the little gift bags at the event, and lo and behold, one of them contained a whole bunch of pretty, colourful and glowing massive gems!  You can decorate your little world to your heart’s content.  Whee!

Shine on, my darlings!

xox
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Clothes

Dress – Scandalize Cynthia (Free Gift at Vanity/Group is Free to Join)
Shoes – Enchanté Grace Sandals

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Zibiska Serena (Previously Blogged HERE)
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier – Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Magika Plenty
Pose – Serendipity Cute Girl
Giant Gems – Melt Giant Jewels (Free Gift at The Gacha Life/Group is Free to Join)
Sim– Private

One in a Melon

Isn’t watermelon awesome?  It’s not just refreshing and delicious, nor is it just a nostalgic fruit of your childhood… it’s also pretty and oh so in this season!  You know, I never thought I’d get the chance to write the sentence “nostalgic fruit of your childhood”.  Some girls really do have all the luck!

Make a Splash

As I was hopping about the grid, I noticed that NyDesign has a new group gift out!  It’s this oh so cute bathing suit and cover up combo that comes with several different options on the HUD:  you’ve got five different fruity looks to choose from (lemons and strawberries, here you come!), and you can also decide whether you want the cover up to be fruity or the bathing suit….or both!  I can’t contain my excitement…it’s all too much awesome!  Best of all, the NyDesign group is completely free to join, making this great beach look completely FREE!

Sizes

• Freya
• Hourglass
• Isis
• Maitreya
• Physique
• Tonic Curvy
• Tonic Fine
• Venus

Electric Slide

While I was over at this month’s edition of The Liaison Collaborative, I found that Zibiska has a free gift out!  Just pay the vendor 0L and you’ll get a fantastic set of very pigmented eye shadows.  I can’t deal with the prettiness.  This gift comes with appliers for Lelutka, Catwa, Omega, LAQ and even tattoo layers!  Get this FREE awesomeness now!

Anyone want to spit some seeds with me? I said WITH ME, not AT ME!! Yeesh!

xox
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Clothes

Bathing Suit and Cover Up– NyDesign Sexy Fruits Beachwear (Free Group Gift/ Group is Free to Join)

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Zibiska Serena (Free Gift at The Liaison Collaborative)
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier – Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Olive The Ai Ling
Sim– Luane’s World

Fantasy Getaway

Well hey there Fab Free!  After a long toil on a very delayed plane, I’m back to reality!  It seems I can only take reality in small doses though, so I jumped on to SL to forget about the rain falling outside by finding my way to a sunny beach!

Shine On

The perfect dress for my fantasy tropical getaway was the July Group Gift over at Sass!  It’s a fun little strapless baby doll dress in a punchy hue to banish all thoughts of clouds and realities of any kind!  I grabbed it by joining the group for 50 Lindens (totally worth it as there are loads of other gifts to grab there too).  Pay the vendor 1L, and it will be returned to you.  Yay for happy dresses!

Sizes

• Freya
• Hourglass
• Maitreya

Well Heeled

My super cute summery heels are this month’s group gift at Mosquito’s Way.  The group is free to join – and the shoes are super high quality so it’s quite the treat!  Aren’t the little starfish beads cute?  I wish I had these shoes in RL!  The Anya heels are sized for Belleza, Maitreya and Slink.  Go grab ’em!

I’ll just sit here for a while and soak it all in… you go do your thing!

xox
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Clothes

Dress – Sass July Group Gift (Free Group Gift/Group is 50L to Join)
Shoes – Mosquito’s Way Anya (Free Group Gift/Group is Free to Join)
Glasses – Elise Camilla

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Lelutka Cate
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier – Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Truth Yuko (Previously Blogged by Pru HERE)
Pose – Foxcity Breather
Sim– Kanaloa Surf Beach

Practical Magic

Hey all!  My vacation is quickly coming to a close, so I thought I might try conjuring up some magic forces to see if I can extend it a bit.  I mean, I’m not being greedy or anything, but you can hardly blame me for wanting to stay away from reality for just a little bit longer…

Eschewing Reality

It’s time for another round of Syndicate Sunday!  If you’re not familiar with it, then the concept is simple:  a bunch of your favourite stores have put discounted items out – in fact, every store involved has an item out for only 69 Lindens!  Today, I’m showing off the Modern Witch dress from Witchcraft (it’s got loads of different texture options), as well as a cute septum piercing from Astara – that comes with a bindi and nose stud as well that have an HUD to change the colours of the stones.  All this fun for just 69 Lindens!  Hurry up though, it all disappears on Tuesday, so you’d better rush to get the deals!  Make sure you check out the Syndicate Sunday Website to see what else is on offer!

Dress Sizes

• Hourglass
• Maitreya
• Physique
• Isis
• Freya

Now, where’s that time travel spell gone?

xox
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Clothest’

Dress – Witchcraft Modern Witch Dress (69L for Syndicate Sunday)
Piercings – Astara Princess Septum (69L for Syndicate Sunday)

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Adored Sea Urchin (Previously Blogged HERE)
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier – Sn@tch Hollow Lipstick
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Damselfly Henny
Pose – Stonerella Necro 1
Sim– Storybook

Those Summer Nights

Summer evenings are quite literally the best, aren’t they?  I mean, summer days are full of fun and warmth and picnics and roller coasters – but summer evenings…. Ah, summer evenings!   During summer evenings you can sit down and reflect on all the beauty that summer contains, and think how deeply grateful you are for it.  I like that feeling… don’t you?

Back to The Garden!

The Gacha Garden is back for another round, and as per usual the creators are spoiling us with gifts!  I walked around and found all sorts of goodies, including:

• Super cute skort set by NYU that makes me think of picnics!  (Sized for Freya, Hourglass, Isis, Maitreya, and Physique)
• Gorgeous moon circlet by Michan (with an HUD to change to either silver or gold)
• Set of 4 poses by The Owl

And as always, all are FREE!  Just join the Gimme Gacha group at the landing point and have a blast, there are loads more goodies to be had!

xox
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Aline is Wearing…

Clothes

Skort Set – NYU Leather Strap Skort Dress (Free Gift at The Gacha Garden)
Circlet – Michan Celine Circlet (Free Gift at The Gacha Garden)

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Adored Sea Urchin (Previously Blogged HERE)
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier –  Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Pr!tty Letti
Pose – The Owl Static Poses #26 (Free Gift at The Gacha Garden)
Sim– Small Town Green

Queen of The Jungle

I’m feeling very Jungle queen today!  Like I could swing from a vine and drink from a coconut – or maybe even be an extra in a Duran Duran video.  I’m probably not wearing enough makeup for the latter, so let’s go with jungle queen!  Now where is that Tarzan hiding?

Tribal Sauce

After seeing all the cool finds that everyone else turned up on the Around the Grid in 80 Days Hunt, I took to hunting a bit myself, and came across this really great suit from Sasheba’s Closet.  I love the way it skims off my curves!  I’m betting you could even use it for some roleplaying if the mood strikes! It also comes with a fairly extensive HUD to change the colours to many different looks!  I searched out the hot air balloon in the store that contains this pretty number, and paid one little linden for it!

Sizes

• Freya
• Isis
• Venus
• Maitreya
• Hourglass
• Physique
• Tonic Curvy
• Tonic Fine

Good Luck!

xox
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Clothes

Bathing Suit – Sasheba’s Closet Tribal Sauce (1L on the Around the Grid in 80 Days Hunt)

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Adored Sea Urchin (Previously Blogged HERE)
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier –  Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Olive The Flower Hair
Sim– Dragon’s Cove

That Sweet Thing

Hey Fabberoos, I’ve been a bit busy in RL over the past few days, so please do excuse my silence – I’ve been taking advantage of all that summer vacation has to offer, and now I’m having a quiet eve on SL trying on some new looks.  I’ve got some cracking new stuff on, so read on for the deets!

Sweet Chica

This off the shoulder, two-piece dress is a great new Group Gift over at Rosary.  They put out some really pretty gifts consistently, so I do recommend you check them out!  This month’s offering can be put on in two parts and comes with a lovely texture change HUD that allows you to change the colour, as well as offering two very stylish prints:  bananas and palm fronds!  Oh so summerlicious!  The Rosary group is 200 Linden to join!

Sizes

• Freya
• Hourglass
• Isis
• Maitreya

Making Magik

Ah, Magika – my favourite place for hair on the grid!  I get unreasonably excited whenever they put out something new, and a new group gift was just announced recently.  If you bought some of their newer hair styles, then there is a special colour HUD called the colour melt palette that turns all your hair to a gorgeous rainbow of melted colours that I am totally in love with!  Grab your HUD by joining the Magika group for 150 Lindens (There are a bunch of other group gifts to be had there!).

Time for an evening stroll, methinks!

xox
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Clothes

Dress- Rosary Gabrielle (Free Group Gift/Group is 200L to Join)
Shoes – Pure Poison Farah Sandals

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Adored Sea Urchin (Previously Blogged HERE)
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier –  Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Magika Cream Soda
Hair Colour – Magika Colour Melt Palette (Free Group Gift/Group is 150L to Join)
Pose – Serendipity Pose 1
Backdrop– Foxcity Donut Galore

Mermaiden

I’ve made my decision, I’m becoming a mermaid.  You can’t change my mind, I’m sorry.  I’ve adjusted my scales, put on some fishy netting and pulled up my leggings.  The wind is blowing in my hair as I head to dive into the ocean!

Hunt On, Hunters!

As I mentioned the other day, I was sniffing high and low at Mermaid Cove for the little hunt prizes that are peppered about the place.  I found a 1L prize from Alaskametro – this netted tank top that gives a a very beachy cover-up look to any bathing suit – it’s sized for Maitreya, Physique, Hourglass and XS – M.  I also managed to find some really cool leggings and harnesses by 1313 Mockingbird Lane that cost me 1 Linden as well.  All it takes is a little hunting time, and they can be yours too!

Legging Sizes

• Classic Fitted with an Alpha Layer
• Maitreya
• Freya
• Hourglass
• Isis
• Physique

I suddenly have the urge for shrimp…or whatever it is that mermaids eat!

xox
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Clothes

Top– Alaskametro Netted Tank Top (1L on the Mermaid Cove Hunt)
Bathing Suit – The Little Bat Sirene Swimsuit
Leggings and Harnesses – 1313 Mockingbird Lane Ariel (1L on the Mermaid Cove Hunt)
Shoes – Pure Poison Farah Sandals

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Adored Sea Urchin (Previously Blogged HERE)
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier –  Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Tableau Vivant Demon Huntress
Pose – Icons of Style Amy
Sim – Private

Don’t Let Them Dull Your Sparkle

I suddenly feel like I’m either about to become a mermaid or head off to a rave.  It doesn’t quite look like I’ve decided which route to take yet, but either way I’m ready for the ride!  I can help you make a decision on your life’s path by setting you up with a few freebies!

You’re a Gem!

My face sparklies are yet another free group gift from Safira!  They’ve been churning them out like mad recently (Check out our previous coverage HERE and HERE) – and this next group gift is pretty fun, if you ask me!  These face gems can be worn all three parts separately and come with a little glowing aura, as well as an HUD to change the colours to all sorts of prettiness!  Grab your own by joining the Safira group for free and pick them up lickety split!

Crowning Glory

Pru mentioned the other day that Little Bones have some new lucky letter boards out full of free hair!  I nipped over there and found the midnight madness board had been freshly stocked as well, so I clicked away and kept my fingers crossed.  At midnight, this pretty number was delivered to me, filled with a myriad of dark fade hues (my fave)!  The cool thing about this hair is that it comes with a stylist HUD, but there are animations to go with it!  So say you feel like sweeping your hair behind your shoulders, it doesn’t just appear there, your hands move and push it behind your shoulders!  Waaaah the future is now!  Go grab your own over at Little Bones – no group join required!

Come to the Cove

Finally, I spent some time over at the Mermaid Cove event and found out that they have a little hunt going on.  A whole bunch of the creators have put out hunt prizes!  I found the one by Adored – this gorgeous eyeshadow that comes with appliers for Lelutka and Catwa.  It cost me a measly 1 Linden.  I’m not going to say that it’s the easiest hunt (the hunt objects are all different…), but there are some great prizes to be had – so head over to Mermaid Cove and see what  you can find!

Hmm, I feel the sea air calling to me!

xox
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Clothes

Top– Villena Buckle Up Bralette (Available at The Epiphany)
Face Gems – Safira Facial Gems (Free Group Gift/Group is Free to Join)

Body

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Lelutka Cate
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Cate
Eyebrows– Jumo Britani
Eyes– Euphoric Dolly Babe Eyes
Tattoo – Sn@tch Filligree Sternum Tattoo
Eyeshadow Applier –  Adored Sea Urchin (1L on the Mermaid Cove Hunt)
Nail Polish Applier –  Maitreya Lara
Lipstick Applier –  Lelutka Cate
Eyelash Applier – Pout! Divine Lashes
Hair – Little Bones Portia (Free Midnight Madness Prize)