RUFFLES!

I think Friday is my new lucky day! I hopped onto SL this morning and my inbox was full of notices of all kinds of new group gifts and a 50 Linden Friday special that I knew I had to have! I was so excited to put this look together for you that I could hardly wait to post it!

New pants!

Pure Poison usually puts out shoes as their group gifts, but this time around they set out a free gorgeous pair of black ruffle front shorts! As always, the group is free to join. I fell in love with these at first sight and actually made the rest of my outfit around this signature piece! When you open your gift package, you’ll find that the Haley shorts come in the following sizes:

• Maitreya – Lara
• Slink – Hourglass & Physique
• Belleza – Freya, Isis, & Venus

Some browsing…

I did some browsing for the perfect shirt to go with my new shorts, and was in luck when I came across this beautiful Summer Color ruffled top by Toxic Bish. It is a free group gift and the group is free to join. I am showing it off in black in the picture above, but it comes with a texture hud that includes 11 colors and sizes to fit all the popular mesh body types.

Colors you get with this top:

• White
• Mauve
• Brown
• Hot Pink
• Salmon
• Red
• Yellow
• Orange
• Blue
• Mint
• Black (shown)

50 Linden Friday!

It’s Friday! Yay! The start of the weekend and special shopping deals! I stopped by Exile and picked up this beautiful hairstyle called “Run the World” in a pack of naturals (they also have out a separate pack of pastels for 50L too). It’s really pretty and I love the bangs! It’s a great and versatile hairstyle, perfect for many occasions.

Strike a pose!

I noticed oOo Studio Poses on my 50 Linden Friday list and decided to stop by there for a look. While I didn’t end up using the 50L pose for my picture today, I discovered that there were two free to all gifts sitting on the counter. You can buy the “My Life” pose used in this picture for just 0L, no group needed. It’s great for those of you into Second Life photography. The second pose out on the counter was a reclining pose, and was just as nice!

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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…

Body – Maitreya – Lara
Head – Catwa Head – Tumble
Head Applier – Glam Affair – Alba Applier
Eyes – IKON Hope Eyes – Wight
Hair – Exile – Run the World (50L for 50L Friday)
Jewelry – The Plastik – Everilda Jewelry
Top – Toxic Bish – Life in Color, Color Summer Top (Free Group Gift/Free to Join Group)
Shorts – Pure Poison – Haley Shorts (Free Group Gift/Free to Join Group)

Pose – oOo Studio Poses – My Life (Free to all Gift)

Sim Location – [ Elysion ] – *Note – Sim is group access only

Beeeeeeeee Happy!

Mmmmm… a slice of watermelon in the middle of summer is just the thing! Pair it up with a cute free dress, and a great pair of sunglasses and the day can’t be beat! I put my hair up out of the way to make sure it didn’t get sticky. Let me tell you all about my look today!

This great pose!

I went to check out the Honey I Shrunk the Cart Sale and Hunt and went around and picked up as many of the hidden 2L Honey Drops as I could find. I’m showing off several of my 2L finds to you in this post! One of my favorite 2L gifts was this Watermelon Patch pose prop! It comes in two sizes. One for adults (shown) and one for kids! You’re sure to enjoy taking pictures with this terrific hunt prize!

Too cool for summer!

I love this cute butter colored dress. This cute minidress is by Crazy Pastry Designs and comes in lots of sizes.

Sizes available:

• Fitmesh XS – XL
• TMP
• Ebody
• Maitreya – Lara
• Tonic – Curvy & Fine
• Slink – Hourglass & Physique
• Belleza – Freya, Isis, & Venus

I paired the dress with a great pair of blue “Zipper” sunglasses by Closet Full of Pancake. You can get a close-up of what these look like by clicking on the Flickr picture. One of the lenses has a “zipper” in it for a unique look!

Another Hair Fair visit.

I also couldn’t resist another visit to the Hair Fair. I knew I needed an updo to keep my hair out of the sticky yummy mess of my watermelon eating. Cheveux happily provided with their free gift! This hair gift is a mesh fatpack of colors and is cute as can be. I cam-shopped from the same spot I’ve been cam shopping from the last couple of times (I’m still finding lots of goodies there) and it was an easy to find booth. Remember to use this tip for selecting objects that are far away:

((Quick hint: to get maximum shopping benefit, if you are in firestorm viewer, go to preferences, firestorm tab [along the left side] then Build 2 [along the top tabs] and uncheck “limit select distance” and then click ok. This will allow you to select items from any distance as long as you can see it with your draw distance!))

Happy Hunting and Hair Fair shopping!

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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…

Body – Maitreya – Lara V4.1
Head – Catwa Head – Tumble
Skin & Head Applier – Lumae – Sabine, T4 fawn / Starlight
Eyes – IKON Hope Eyes – Wight
Hair – Cheveux – HairFair2017 Gift Fatpack M111 (0L @ The Hair Fair)
Sunglasses – Closet Full of Pancake – Zipper Glasses (2L @ The Honey I Shrunk the Cart Hunt)
Dress – Crazy Pastry Designs – Honeysuckle Mini Dress (2L @ The Honey I Shrunk the Cart Hunt)
Shoes – On a Lark – Gem Sandals w/ Hud

And Stuff…

Watermelon Garden Pose Prop – Something New – Watermelon Patch (2L @ The Honey I Shrunk the Cart Hunt)

Sim Location – The Cyprian Garden

Fine As A Fox

Hey there Fabulouses!  Thank goodness it’s the weekend.  It has indeed been a long week and I needed to blow off some steam!  He was out with the boys at some dive bar for burgers, beer and “birdwatching”, while I stayed in for a little quiet time to process the week’s events.  Usually all I need is to sit down with a little chocolate, a pen and a piece of paper to get my head on straight and catch myself up thinking about the events of last week, and the things I need to deal with for the upcoming week.  Sometimes I keep it, other times it needs to be torn up, but it always helps.  Not as much as a good squishy hug though – good thing he came home early!  One squishy hug and I was fine as a fox!  What about last week?  I forget!

Speaking of foxes…

I came across this foxy little top yesterday  in the Fab Chic marketplace store for 2L and thought I’d share the news with you!  This sexy cut cropped tank top shows off an ample enough amount of side boob, however the adorable smart fox on the front of it balances it out.   It comes in several mesh sizes and includes the alpha layer.

Like My Pose?

My pose is called Angel and is a brand new group gift at Entangled Poses.  This group is free to join, but you will have to pay one linden to pick up the gift and it will be refunded.  Perfect for bloggers or photographers!

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Love is wearing…

Mesh Body – Maitreya Lara
Mesh Head – Catwa Candy
Head Applier –  Glam Affair Renee 
Hair – Truth Jojo (200L @ Uber)
Shirt – Fab Chic Foxy Top (2L – marketplace)
Pants – Blueberry Tali Leather
Pose – Entangled Poses Angel (free group gift / pay 1L / 1L refunded / free to join)

A Girl and Her Bird

It’s Saturday! And that means 30L specials abound… but I also have a special freebie for you today and a 1L goodie as well to round out a roleplay look that you won’t want to miss out on.

I stopped by Torvis Weapons today and discovered this beautiful red silk called Vidina on special for 30L. It includes the fitmesh camisk which you also get in Maitreya, Belleza, and Slink fits plus the gold bracelets, gold belt and a gold collar (collar not shown). For 30L, if you are an avid roleplayer, this is a steal!

Every archer needs a bow, and I found a very nice realistic one on the Marketplace for only 1L. It has both a scripted and nonscripted version in the box so you can save on scripts if you roleplay in a “write only” area, or if you roleplay in an area where GM weapons are used, simply use the GM version of the weapon. This “Deathrays’ simple bow” makes a nice prop and is easy to use. It was only 1L on the Marketplace!

If you are a photographer in Second Life, you might also want to stop by Lorien today and pick up the 10 pack of “Naughty Girl” poses that are out. I am showing you one from the pack that you can get today for just 30L. These are very nicely done and for only 30L that’s just 3L per pose!

The last item I have to show you today is very special indeed. It’s nice to have a shoulder pet in rp, but realistic ones can be very expensive. Grizzly Creek currently has two on the marketplace that are FREE and fully functional with beautiful animations and movement.

I’m showing you the Cutthroat Finch but there is another beautiful bird you can pick up for FREE if you check out their store, as well as many other high quality pets for regular price. You might find yourself quite addicted to these gorgeous babies! This particular pet can be rezzed or worn, and is only 3 prim when rezzed! The shoulder pet itself is a low lag 6 scripts.

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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…

Body – Maitreya – Lara
Hands and Feet – Slink
Head – CATWA head Annie
Skin and Head Applier – Lumae – Eirtae – T7- Nutmeg // Bare with Freckles
Eyes – IKON Hope Eyes – Coffee
Hair – Truth – Leticia
Outfit – Torvis Weapons – Vidina Silks in Red (30L for 30L Saturday)
Bow and Quiver – Deathrays’ Dollar Store – Deathrays’ simple bow for GM meter (1L on the Marketplace)
Shoulder Pet (bird) – Grizzly Creek – FREE Cutthroat Finch (FREE/0L on the Marketplace)

Pose by Lorien (30L for 30L Saturday – 10 pack, 1 shown)

Sim Location – Crest of Vrek’mar Roleplay Sim

A Gypsy’s Tale

Hello FabFree! I’m back again today with a few more goodies! I wanted to show you a lucky letter prize I picked up at PoshTale. I really love PoshTale clothing. It’s wonderfully versatile… working well as either modern attire or as roleplay outfits. My top is a perfect example. This Kasai Fringe Top is a FREE lucky letter board prize at PoshTale right now and would work well for either genre. No group is required, just some luck!

This is an applier top and includes appliers for Maitreya, Belleza, Slink, TMP, and Omega. You also get two color huds for each. The plain and patterned hud each offer 8 color choices, for a total of 16 different tops with this one applier. If this top doesn’t suit you, there are 3 other lucky letter boards currently at PoshTale for you to try your luck at.

My hair is a FREE SLB13 gift from Hairology. We’ve been showing you lots of pretty hair gifts from Hairology… this one is called “Unity” by Damselfly, and like all the other SLB13 gifts won’t cost you a single Linden. It comes in two sizes (one is to fit larger busts) and is a full fatpack of colors.

A part of me has always been a bit of a Gypsy at heart… and perhaps that is why I love this gift from Cellar Door so much. I picked it up as part of the SLB13 celebrations at We ❤ RP and it is yours FREE once you go to the Cellar Door booth there and click the cake and get your slice for your FREE gift. The box includes the necklace I am showing you, which is the rose gold color, as well as the necklace in black, bronze, gold, and silver.

I also picked up the Kunglers SLB13 gift while I was at We ❤ RP. It is a really elaborate and beautiful pair of earrings called Eliza Leaf. They are shaped like leaves and are embedded with small opals and have rose quartz wired to the tops of the metal leaves. They are really beautiful. This is a FREE gift that you won’t want to miss.

If you are a photographer in Second life and you liked my poses for this post, consider stopping by the Cart Wash Sale where you can pick up several very nice poses. My poses are by Picture Perfect. The Cart has single poses, couple poses, and even a group pose… all for only 10L each!

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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…

Body – Maitreya – Lara
Hands and Feet – Slink
Head – LeLutka – Simone w/ base Glam Affair skin color Asia (included) used
Eyes – IKON Hope Eyes – Wight
Eyeshadow – alaskametro<3 – Creme Duo eyeshadow appliers – Emerald Isle worn (75L on the Marketplace)
Hair – Damselfly – Unity (FREE SLB13 Gift/0L/@ hairology)
Earrings – Kunglers – Eliza Leaf Earrings – Golden Rose (FREE SLB13 Gift @ We ❤ RP)
Necklace – Cellar Door – Gypsy Chain Gift (FREE SLB13 Gift @ We ❤ RP)
Shirt – .PoshTale. – Kasai Fringe Top (FREE Lucky Letter Board/0L/No Group Needed)
Skirt – Mute – Gisele Skirt – Black (10L on the Marketplace)

Poses by Picture Perfect (10L each @ The Cart Wash Sale / Direct TP)

Anchors Away

It’s anchors away —
With a quickie here!
You won’t want to delay —
Or you may shed a tear —
And miss out on this gift!
You must be swift —
And to Meva hurry over —
To get this gift of silver!
[poem by Astrid de Manyet]

Like many creators on the grid, Meva is generously hosting an advent calendar and giving daily gifts. All you have to do is join the group and wear your group tag. One of my favorite avatars to ‘wear’ in second life is a siren (you can glimpse the scales on my avatar in this picture), and so I loved today’s giftie — silver Anchor Earrings!

This advent gift is good for today only so hurry over to pick it up! It is FREE with your group tag so don’t forget to don the tag before clicking the advent calendar. The group is 100L to join but if you head over each day (counting today), there will be 13 total gifts for you to pick up for your small one time fee to join the group. Well worth it!

Speaking of advents, my cute pose is another advent. Be sure to check out Eternal Dream Poses. They too are hosting a fabulous advent giftie each day. The advents are a surprise so I can’t tell you which day.

You can get the gifts one of two ways: FREE with your group join (200L to join the group with a total of 24 gifts — the doors don’t close you can pick up the past gifts too!) or if you are low on group space you can pick up each gift individually for the tiny sum of just 10L!

The pose I used here included cute wearable snowflakes (not shown), but the pose was so fantastic I wanted to show it off, even without the prop!

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Astrid (Portia Swords) is wearing…

Body – Maitreya
Head – Logo – Chloe
Skin – Essences – Kendra *medium01*
Scales — :[Even~Tide}: Dragon Scales – Gold
Hair – ::Exile:: – City Princess
Eyes – Included with Logo Mesh Head
Earrings – Meva – Anchor Earrings (0L/FREE/Advent Gift/Today Only/100L Group Join)
Pose by Eternal Dream Poses – Snowflake Pose (Advent Surprise Gift/10L OR FREE with 0L/FREE with 200L Group Join)

Barefoot ballerina

Hey fabbies! It’s me again!
A friend of mine pointed me to this really adorable shop that just re-opened on an absolutely drop-dead-gorgeous sim, and to celebrate, they have a pack of 6 really lovely ballet poses set out as a new gift, as well as 2 other gifts which, from what I understand, were around before the move!

Imeka‘s ballet pose pack contains 6 poses that are certain to bring out your inner dancer!

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Skyler is also wearing…

Skin – Morphine – Fujin – Ivory – Manga fair exclusive
Hair – Ploom – Pepper – faMeshed item
Dress – Misera – Kiele dress – Lavender – TDRF item
Hands & feet by Slink

Poses – Imeka – Ballet – pose pack – $L0/Freebie!

BehaviorBody and a mustached unicorn, what more could you ask for?

Hello lovely readers! I am back with another time sensitive deal!

Every Sunday at BehaviorBody, as a thank you to all their loyal customers, one of their items gets marked down to L$0. That’s right, free, and it could be a pose set, a photo prop, or even an AO! Today’s offer, is the Modella set, and it is full of must-have basics for anyone who uses static poses.. The really cool thing about this set, is that there are 10 poses, plus the mirror of each pose, meaning you get 20 poses in total. My favourite part, it also comes with a super convenient HUD that is pre-loaded with all 20 poses. It’s as easy as a click of a button! My pictures are of all  the odd-numbered poses on the hud, with the even numbers being the mirrors of these. This is a one day only special though, so don’t wait if you want it. Look for the white sign with a blue arrow saying ‘Free Sunday Item’.

In case you are eyeing up my super cute suspendered skirt and t-shirt outfit, have no fear, this beauty is free too! It is the Hipster suspender skirt-“my lil’tash pony”, and is a past group gift from Sugar Buttons, which is free to join.  Pru has previously posted a few of their group gifts that are also still available, [HERE] and [HERE}, but not this one, so I had to show it to you all. I just love the mustache on the unicorn’s face…seriously. It is a 1 piece mesh outfit, comes in sizes XXS all the way up to L, and the texturing is just superb! What can I say, I am a sucker for great textures.

That’s it for me, for now. Have no fear, because I will be back, with some other fabulous thing to show you all! TTFN, tah tah for now! *waves*

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Poses –  BehaviorBody-Modella Set (free for today only)

 What is Calle wearing…

Outfit – ~SB~ Hipster suspender skirt-“my lil’tash pony” (free/Group Gift/free to join)

Shoes – Ingenue :: Pickford Heels :: Ebon

Skin – [PF] Harley <Vanilla>

Hair – Magika [Hair] Awake

Eyes –  IKON Promise Eyes – Storm (ML)

Brows – Soiree – Sloane Brows #Ebony

Hands and Feet – SLink

 

Breakfast at Tiffany’s…Sexy and I know it

Greetings fabulous ones!

 

Just a quickie post to show you a few FREE items available around the grid!

First up I have the sweet Charlene Dress…FREE from Prism as part of the Breakfast at Tiffanny’s Hunt.  I styled the outfit with another FREE item…the Carley mesh hair (previously featured by florarod HERE), from *~*Damselfly*~*, is available for FREE at the “Fashion Art” Event. The Aurora Black/White Pattern Platform Heels are from [L.Warwick] absolutely FREE for members of the SL Frees & Offers Group (FREE to join).  There is a sign to join the SL Frees & Offers Group next to the shoes at the [L.Warwick] Store.  My pose, for this photo, is FREE from Behaviorbody (no group required) as part of the Cherie Full Pack of poses.

My next outfit comes courtesy of Loordes of London…this Moulin Rouge Corset and undies is their FREE prize from the Sexy and I Know it Hunt.  I styled it with another pair of sexy FREE heels, previously featured by Pru HERE, from [L.Warwick] for the members of the SL Frees & Offers Group.  My hair is Grable Hair (Bangs) from Tableau Vivant…it is NOT free but can be found on sale at the latest round of COLLABOR88.  The Vintage Dressing Screen Pose prop, from {what next}, is NOT free.

Below I am showing a close up of the two pair of FREE shoes being offered from [L.Warwick] for the members of the SL Frees & Offers Group (FREE to join).

Happy shopping/hunting and stay Fabulously Free! ❤ ❤

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Spectral Eyes Black (photo 1)  Spectral Eyes Ghost (Photo 2)
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Hands & Feet by Slink
1st Photo Location –FabFree Headquarters

 

Glamorous ~ghee~ May VIP Group Gift!

Greetings!

Just a quickie post today to show you the latest FREE Group Gift from ~ghee~ (250L join fee)!  Ladies, I do hope you took my advice and joined the ~ghee~ VIP Group, during their open enrollment, where I showed you the previous fabulous ~ghee~ Group Gift and I do hope you stayed in the group…because the latest May 2014 VIP Group Gift is this incredible entire outfit!  Included in the outfit is the adorable mesh Candy Dot Abstraction shift dress in spring colors with a flirty ruffle finish to the hem, the fabulous matching head scarf and the chartreuse colored shoulder bag.

To finish off the ensemble, you also receive the chartreuse colored heels; for Slink High Feet!  What an amazing VIP Group Gift!

If you didn’t join during the open enrollment period, or you did and dropped out, you will need to pay the 250L group join fee…but it is more than worth the fee as the designer behind ~ghee~, Warm Clarity, is exceptionally generous with her group members.

Happy Shopping and stay Fabulously Free!

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Xiu is  also wearing…

Skin –  –Glam Affair– Aria Skin – Asia – (Gatcha item at the Arcade /current round closed)
Eyes – IKON Eternal Eyes Black
Lashes (#1) – *REDGRAVE* Eyelashes – 11 – Showgirl         ***I wear 2 sets of lashes at a time***
Lashes (#2) – ::BB:: Mesh lashes V.01 (SLEB black)
Hair – TuTy’s Creations  Limbo
Glasses – GOS – Intuition
Nail Applier –{MUA} – Slink Nails HUD – Minions
Poses by Manifeste the Art of Posing
Sim –DERAILED