He stares up at the sign and knows he’s in the right place. He straightens his tie and heads in the door. He knows this presentation will either make of break his career…
VIP ‘Stuff
After all the hunting and advents and such, I decided to take a stroll through the ‘Stuff Sim and look at all the new items they had for the various groups. It wasn’t long before I found the Male Business Suit, provided to the lounge by Vips Creations. The suit comes with many parts. This outfit includes the suit jacket, trousers, shirt front with tie, a fedora, and glasses and shoes (not shown). Also included are a couple of pieces of holly (not shown) for a Christmasy feel. All the gifts at the Menstuff Lounge are FREE to members but the group does have a 50L join fee.
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Carson is wearing…
Mesh Body: ADAM -Mesh Body v2
Mesh Head: Catwa – Daniel v3.0
Head Applier: Labyrinth – Tylar
Beard Applier: Nivaro – Jawline
Hair: no.match – No Cloud
Eyes: IKON Triumph Eyes – Evening
Outfit: Vips Creations – Male Busness Suit @ The Menstuff Lounge (Free / 0L / 50L to join)
Shoes: hoorenbeek – Allen 2.0
Accessory: sf design – Briefcase
Not many people know that I am a lawyer. Luckily, even fewer people know I am NOT a lawyer! That’s how I got chosen for my own layout in “Hot Lawyers Monthly”! Okay, so maybe I feel a little bad about letting them think I am an attorney, but let’s face it: if they were real lawyers, they would be able to tell that I wasn’t one. So, I am taking my modeling fee all the way to the bank… or McDonald’s if there is a line at the bank. I hate lines.
On the First of June, one of the best male hunts of the year began. The Menstuff Hunt features a one-hundred-store lineup and is on all month long. If you are new to doing store hunts, now is the perfect time to give them a try. I can think of a hundred reasons why you should. The hunt is not free. It is technically a 1L hunt, but the organizers allowed stores the option of not charging for their prizes and more than 2/3 of them are FREE! You are looking for an object shaped like a blue T-Shirt, inside of which your prizes await.
For my hot magazine layout, I wore the Menstuff Hunt Prize from SF Design, the Finsbury Outfit. This one-piece Mesh outfit features the shirt, dress pants and suspenders all together in one garment. It really makes looking good very easy when all the pieces are integrated into one item. It makes dressing a snap! You would think that with those items all put together in one prize, the designer might make compromises along the way, but not SF Design. The shirt is well textured and has realistic buttons. The suspenders seem to be in front of the shirt not painted on it. Last but not least, the pants have a classy pinstripe texture. Quality and convenience, it’s all there. Oh, and one last thing… it’s FREE!
I wanted a little something extra to help sell the “I know about law stuff” look I was going for and the Menstuff hunt prize from X-Sight was just what I needed. The X-Sight Geek Glasses in Charcoal lend an air of studiousness that normally can only be acquired by, well… studying. Trust me, finding a hunt object in a store is a lot easier than actually studying. They make a fine accessory to complete a variety of outfits and are also generously offered to us for FREE.
One of my favorite stores on the grid is Illi. When I heard they were participating in the Menstuff Hunt, I knew that was going to be one of the highlights of the hunt. They did not disappoint me. Their Menstuff Hunt 2015 outfit makes for fantastic beachwear. The Mesh tank top is a style I have never seen before. It hangs loosely and has front pockets like some hoodies I own. It makes for a very interesting variation of a tank top that looks great! The shorts are nicely shaped and highly detailed, right down to the plaid cuffs which are actually held up by a strap and a button. I don’t know how often that kind of detail appears in board shorts, but I can tell you it surprised me when I noticed it. The final part of the outfit are the sandals. The ones I am wearing are the classic ones and fit regular avy feet. If you are lucky enough to have Slink feet, The Mesh Project or Aesthetic bodies though, Illi has included versions of them for you in this hunt prize, too! It is an excellent gift and another wonderful FREE gift on the Menstuff hunt.
Male avies always have a problem finding inexpensive hair, and I was very pleased to see that Jaryth’s Barber Shop has a very cool hair on the Menstuff hunt. It is the David Mesh Hair and comes with a hud which gives you a choice of five shades of brown. The sides of the head are cut very short and handled with a hairbase. The top is grown out longer and looks just spiky enough to give it a cool, rebellious look. Cool men’s hair is a tough find and this one is FREE so it’s definitely worth grabbing.
My tattoo is also from the Menstuff hunt. It is the bio mech tattoo from B*FLY Tattoos. It comes in normal and faded ink variations and also has an applier in the gift (if you happen to have a body from The Mesh Project). The design is reminiscent of the kind of artwork H.R. Giger became world renowned for: featuring patterns of what could be bone, muscle and tendons in a beautiful, surrealistic way. I love this style of art and this FREE tat definitely has found a home in my inventory.
The final item on this my first post covering the Menstuff hunt 2015 is the Moonwake necklace from Rebellion. This silver chain is very well detailed, giving it a highly realistic look. The design is definitely masculine, and would look especially great with a street thug kind of look. It is not free, but for only 1L, I absolutely recommend picking it up. Well, that’s it everyone, I am gonna settle in for a nice nap on the beach and dream about all the other items I will find on the Menstuff hunt this year. Until next time, see you on the grid! —–WHC Riler
WHC is wearing…
Hot Lawyers Monthly Outfit – SF Design The Finsbury Outfit (FREE/Menstuff Hunt Prize) Glasses – X-Sight Geek Glasses in Charcoal (FREE/Menstuff Hunt Prize)
You heard it here first, fellas. Tucked away between all those super gifts for women from the FabFree designers at Headquarters are some great things for guys. This is just a quick post to show you two of the men’s gifts you can pick up there, plus a great free group gift skin.
The skin I’m wearing in both pictures is Elijah (Tone 5//Beardy). It’s one of eight skintones in a a free group gift for men from Aeva/Heartsick . Included in the pack are the tones shown below, some of which come in both bearded and clean-shaven, plus the option to show the teeth as both a tatoo layer overlay or an alpha layer on the lips. All of the skintones are bald so that you don’t have to worry about a hairbase peeking out from under your regular hair.
First off at FabFree Headquarters is a mesh jacket and tee from GoodVibeZ. There’s great pocket detailing on this jacket which gives you room for your car keys, cell phone, or any of the other stuff you need to carry around with you. The gift box gives you the choice of a plain tee or the patterned one shown here. The hat and hair in the picture are from sf design do not come with the gift. The baseball cap is not free, but the “hat hair” in several different hair colors is free at sf designs and is what you need for wearing hats when your regular hair just won’t fit inside.
Geoffrey is wearing:
Jacket with tee: GooDVibeZ – free at FabFree Headquarters [Main store SLURL] – free at FabFree Headquarters
This next men’s Headquarters gift from is from FABOO. This pair of Hawaiian print board shorts arrives just in time for the long warm weather beach season in Second Life. You could wear then surfing, but frankly they work just as well for lying in a hammock.
FINALLY – a day off! I’m actually supposed to be taking Serena out for her Rez Day, but I thought I’d spend a little time relaxing at the beach first. Before heading out, I picked up these cargo shorts and tank top, the Men Only Hunt 3 gift from 22769. This hunt runs until May 31st, and all items are free. And you know how hard it is to find good free stuff for men!
Speaking of free, I’m wearing the new group gift eyes from IKON that Love showed you earlier today. Yes, guys can wear them too! All of my jewelry was also free; my earring and rings are gifts from GABRIEL (free to join), and my bracelet is a group gift from Chop Zuey (350L to join). My flip flops were not free, but are on sale for 30% off until May 5th at Slink. In fact, everything except hands and feet are on sale, so if you’ve been waiting to pick up a new pair of shoes, now’s the time!
Oh, one more thing: Katey Coppola of Glitterati Poses celebrated her birthday on May 1st, and is giving a gift to all of us! For a limited time, you can join the FREE Glitterati VIP group (not to be confused with the not-free, 500L, VIP group), click the gift board, and get 150L in store credit. If you happen to be a member of the 500L VIP group, or feel like joining, you can hit the other gift board and get 500L in store credit. So take your pick! But hurry – Katey said the gifts would only be out for “a few days,” whatever that means. And who doesn’t need a new pose or two? 😀
With all the new ladies here at FabFree, I thought maybe we could use an infusion of testosterone. So I made an “executive decision” and declared Friday to be GuyDay. It’s still Friday where I am, so I can just squeak this one in under the wire. 🙂
My outfit today is made up of a variety of freebies, group gifts, and one very good deal. First, the good deal, which is this mesh sweater and t-shirt by Kauna that Serena picked up for me at this month’s Collabor88. For 288L, you get 5 different colored cardigans, with 5 different colors of t-shirts. You can mix and match the sweaters and t-shirts, or even wear the t-shirts without the cardigan, if you choose. So that’s… what… about 29L per item? Not free, but not a bad deal, either. All items come in standard mesh sizing. You can’t have too many t-shirts and sweaters, can you?
Now, the freebies: these mesh jeans are the current group gift from [meshTheory]. The group is 150L to join, but there are quite a few gifts for both men and women out, and a new gift is available each month. My hat/hair is this month’s group gift from SF Design (100L to join). Both the hat and the hair are color change (and resizeable), so there’s sure to be something for everyone. These awesome mesh sneakers are a group gift from BalkaniK 2.0 (free to join), and come in 7 different colors/designs. Finally, my leather bracelet is a group gift from RONSEM (free to join).
Serena decided that this would be a good day for me to go outside and clean up the yard, so here I am… stalling. For starters, the snow is starting to melt, and the ground is a sludgy mess. Plus, it looks like the dogs have left some “presents” around for me to clean up. So basically, it’s a mess out here. Thank goodness I have my new Wellies… at least, they were new when I put them on. Anyway, these awesome, mesh boots are the latest group gift from SF Design (100L to join), and come in clean as well as dirty versions. My clothes – pants, jacket, and hat – are the current group gift from Ydea (free to join). They come with a pair of shoes, but I didn’t want to get them all muddy out here.
Can you believe I got this skin for 1L? That’s right – I picked up Mikael Warface Milk from P E A U on the Marketplace for 1L. And my eyes are a free, wearable demo of Insufferable Dastard mesh eyes; buy the box on the counter for 0L.
I guess I’ve stalled for long enough now. Off do do battle with the great outdoors!
The Halloween skin madness has begun with several top skin designers releasing special edition skins for this time of year! These won’t last long though and many of them are group gifts so snag them while you can. Now is the perfect time to get a great deal on a fantasy or vampire skin!
A: Tableau Vivant has the Marilyn skin as a gift for their group members. It comes in 5 different tones and is a beautiful skin anytime of the year. The group costs 50L to join and new group gifts are released every month!
B: Akeruka has released the Godric skin and has a special edition available for their group members for 1L. The skin features bloody gashes in the torso with bloody hands and lips. The Akeruka group is free to join!
C: Reila Skins has the Alex Halloween Special skin as a gift for their group members. It’s a darker skin and includes the red eyes. The group costs 200L to join, but they promise new group gifts every month.
D: La Vie has a few 10L specials for their VIP group members. One of them is the Vampire skin which includes glowing eyes and vampire fangs. The VIP group costs 300L to join, but the group has great special offers and group gifts.
E: SF Design has a set of 3 Halloween skins in a green, blue, and purple hue for their group members. All 3 skins also include hairbase versions. The group costs 100L to join, but has new group gifts every month.
F: Filthy has a Halloween Special Zombie Skin for sale for just 100L to anyone. It comes with a bald, dark hair, and dyed hair version. It also includes a shape.
My pose and the bloody heart in my hand dripping are new from HISpose and you can get it for yourself for just 50L! The colorful underwear I am wearing are the jock straps in the fat pack with socks from <Lash-Ware> and it’s another great deal at just 50L.
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New from Egoisme are the mesh Glamour Shirts located inside the Pret-a-Porter building. I love the style of these and they come in a variety of colors and prints! Above I wearing the Golden Zebra, which sells for 250L. What’s that?
“This is Fabfree, where is the free stuff?” WELL…Egoisme is being very generous and offering a free, exclusive Glamour Shirt to their group members!
LEFT: Members of the Egoisme Fashion Group which is free to join can get the Glamour Shirt in Red Stripes.
RIGHT: Members of the Egoisme Prestige group which has a fee of 300L can get the Glamour Shirt in Purple Rainbow! The Prestige group is totally worth it because you get exclusive gifts and 25% off most Egoisme products so it eventually pays for itself!
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= Credits =
*Egoisme- Mesh Glamour Shirts
Red Stripes (0L Group Gift for Egoisme Fashion) (Free to Join)
Purple Rainbow (0L Group Gift for Egoisme Prestige (300L to Join) Golden Zebra (not free, 250L) http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dominus/101/133/22
The NEW Panty Raid Hunt has begun! Originally the Panty Raid Hunt was organized with 50+ stores and I was so looking forward to it, however it was cancelled. Fortunately Saucey Sinister saved the day and re-organized this hunt! It is on a much smaller scale now with just 15 stores, but they are some really fantastic designers and are offering up some great gifts! In this post I will be showing you all 15 prizes, but they are not in order… If you’d like to see a complete list in order, you can visit the Official Blog here -> http://dollypop.blog.com/2012/09/18/panty-raid-hunt/.
9. ::WetCat:: Panty Raid Couples Pose – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Etherea/42/214/24 – The photo above displays the Panty Raid Couples Pose that you can find by locating the panty icon at Wet Cat. It includes the bat and the panties. Thank you Kyle for posing with me, and putting such effort into your outfit – cracked me up! (Kyles credits are at the bottom of this post).
Another thing I wanted to mention is that Elikatira is having a HUGE 70% off sale until October 1st, 2012. I own several Elikatira hair styles and pairs of shoes/boots, however that didn’t stop me from going back for more! In this post, I’m wearing all kinds of Elikatira hairstyles (some mesh, some non-mesh), and also a free gift Hair called Say available in the entire colour line. (shown in the photo below). TP NOW TO ELIKATIRA!
2. Sparrowtree Studios Poses Fenetre D’Affichage – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sanctuary%20Point/190/133/2000 – The Sparrowtree Studio Poses store has a great pose box with three poses as their PRH gift. I have used it in the next three poses, to show all three of them.
Thanks everyone for helping with the midnight mania boards at Travellers! They finally locked down and I headed out to a jazz club in Downtown NYC to show off these two flashy suits. I think they both look stunning on the dance floor. Both suits come with the matching fedora and elegant shoes. Each one is on a midnight mania board and requires 50 slaps to lock down. You have to be in the Travellers group to slap them, but it’s free to join.
My Ronnie Sunglasses are the new group gift at SF Design and features a menu where you can change the color of the frames and lenses. This group has a 100L fee to join, but there are new group gifts every month. My Etoile Noir earrings are a group gift from Chop Zuey and I love how the diamonds shimmer and sparkle. This group has a 350L fee to join, but there are 2 gifts available at a time and new ones are added more than once a month. In fact, if you want these earrings you better hurry before they are swapped out for a new gift!
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