Blah and Drowsy

Much happiness abounds in Edenland upon learning that Bettiepage Voyager has reopened the Drowsy sim and there are gifties! I first read it here at YukaChoco Magic's adorable blog and I squeed at a few friends and TP'd right over.  Here is the skinny on the amazing goodies:  They aren't just sitting out for you to grab.  You are going to have to work for them but anyone I know that knows about BP agrees she is genius and the redesigned sim is a wonder to explore.  You are going to be looking for 8 old leather boxes.  The first one is near where you tp in so you can see what you are looking for.  Drowsy is no-fly so you get to hike around - I ended up under bridges and in caverns but Marleen Vaughn and I divided the search and that made it easier and a lot more fun.  (You can TP each other.)

I ran into Weronika while out and about yesterday and promised her she would be the first to blog the next thing but I also got a notice from Blah about new group gifts and lucky boards so I went to check it out, so I guess I'm a liar, too.  The VIP group is 100 L to join but within a matter of minutes I had scored some new group gift lingerie, a subscriber gift and 2 items from the group only lucky board.  There are also 2 boards for non-members with exclusive items as well as gifts for the non-pay group and subscribers, so I am quite impressed with hOShi Kimono's generosity with customers (and everything comes in tat layers for more bonus!).  All in all, not too bad of a day!  I'm sure with a new month of hunts and the upcoming holiday of luv (hurls), we will be seeing a lot of pink and red.  Bring it.

Credits: (slurl for BP is landing point)
Look 1:
Hair: BP: tanken helmet net/chin: in leather boxes/old2: free
Bag: BP: binocular telescope case: in lether boxes/old1: free
Dress: Blah: My Cyber Love Dress (red): VIP group only lucky board (join fee)
Makeup: Mock: Deep Sangre Eyeshadow: group gift (join fee): Psst.  any of you doing Luna Jubilee's round II of 52 weeks of color challenge will love Mock's latest gift to her group that includes the next several weeks of makeup inspired by the color challenge!
Jewelry: Chop Zuey: Venetian Wine Earrings and Ring: group gift (join fee - but omg the gifts are amazing!) note: sim is currently offline - I will update the slurl when I can
Skin: LAQ: Ebba: not free

Look 2:
Hair: BP: bunny hood/braid 2: in leather boxes/old8: free
Bear: BP: Drowsy wood bear: in leather boxes/old5: free
Lingerie: Blah: My Sweet Lingerie - Love Therapy: VIP Group gift (join fee)

With (mesh) Love

Eden did a great preview on some of the hunt items already for the With Love (again) Hunt, but I picked up some of the mesh stuff and I wanted to share because I'm so amazed. The hunt started today and ends January 6th, so you have some time to find these things.
First item I'm sharing is the dress from ISON. It comes with glitch layers, and uses standard sizing.
The other item are the wedges from Leverocci. Check out the close up below!
(Reminder: each hunt item is 10L each, and you can find direct slurls and hints here. Both of these items are very easy to find as well!)


Others:
-Hair: Truth Pandora
-Skin: Heartsick Devotion - Destiny
-Eyes: Fashism
-Tattoo Lashes: Mock Cosmetics
-Poses: Frooti (from mixed bag 2)

Ivalde's Advent Hunt

I have about a million reasons why I adore Nefaria Abel from Ivalde.  Not only is she an extremely skilled clothing maker, but she is tops on my list as one of the most generous on the grid.  I am thrilled to see some new interest in her work from the Vintage Fair; she has been in SL for as long as I can remember and her primary pursuit has always been period pieces.  I adored her work under the L'Abel brand but that is a highly saturated market.  Anyway, she has always consistently given a monthly gift to Ivalde group members, had lucky chairs and in-store hunts, participates in the occasional grid-wide hunt (she is in POE right now, which is organized by one of her trusted representatives, Sequoia Nightfire, designer in her own right with Aurora Borealis), and an advent tree every year.  I am overjoyed that this year, instead of killing herself making new pieces for an advent tree (and how many Christmas shirts do we need) she is handpicking an item from her collection to be free every day until Christmas.  Anyone can buy the gift; but only group members can pick up a daily hint which really cuts down on hunting time.  The items I'm showing above are some of the past daily items so they aren't free anymore.  And the item isn't always red or green.  Today's item is black.  I don't hit all the advent events on the grid these days but this is one I would hate to miss, mostly because it provides me with a chance to get excited about Ivalde all over again.

Credits:
dresses: Ivalde: Advent Hunt 2011 past gifts
shoes: Dilly Dolls: Cura Pumps - one of my favorite ever purchases from Vintage Fair and hopefully, now in store.
hairs: brown: ploom: Mimi: from Vintage fair and now in store
         blonde: LOQ: Redwine: from Vintage Fair and should be in store now
skin: Boho Beauty: Sloan Vintage: from Vintage Fair and should be in store now
necklaces: 1: Bliensen & MaiTai: Beware of Wolves: also available super cheap at the FTLO Black Market in a transferable version!
                 2: Caroline's: Pearls & Cameo Necklace: from Vintage Fair and should be in store now

Hair Fair Gift Tour: Chapter 2 + other Finds

There is no shortage of great finds across the grid.  Hair Fair '11 runs for a few more days.  This post will cover gifts I found on Sim 2 of the Fair.  There were so many gifts on this sim and it would take an entire page to show them so I decided to show you variety vs. quantity.  Most of the clothes and accessories I am showing are also awesome deals you can find whilst grid hopping.

Xplosion Hair has an uber generous gift in the fatpack of Lilli.  It includes two hair sizes.  The hair is adorned with cute barettes and other little decorations. The headband is texture change. There is no resizer in the hair but it is modifiable and all that was required for my fit was some slight stretching on the small size to find the right fit.  It was a great compliment to Sassy's Saucy Lass outfit from the Skull & Bones Hunt.  

I am totally digging Maria, the Alice Project gift for Hair Fair. It comes in 2 options, one with fun colors and another with "normal" colors.  Both hairs are scripted to change color as well as resize so you don't have a folder with a million hairs. The tank is part of a large gift at ChiChickie at Hair Fair.  I have to go on one of my squee rants for a minute to talk about DooDad's reopening on Oh My Stars.  I've long been a follower of Paisley Mizin, both at her old store, Sock Shop and at DooDads.  She has combined the store and there are a whole bunch of dollarbies and other great steals.  Paisley makes her own things, all original and bright as well as a bit strange.  Gotta haves for me!

Nikita Fride's Carnival hair is a bit of departure from my usual frumpy look (I've been called Bea Arthur and Florence Henderson!) but I lovvvve it.  The tat layer hairbase with it's creepy face and the hair is a partial mohawk with dreads and flips; this one will be a keeper for sure.  It looks great with Fishy Strawberry's exclusive items at the new Fashionably Late venue.

I collect hair to wear with kimonos and such so I loved loved EMO-tions' Moon hair, which is also a gift at Hair Fair.

Mina has a darling poofy ponytail style called Antje as it's gift at the Fair.  Not a fat pack or anything fancy but a lovely auburn color that I like.  It was a great compliment to the awesome July dollarbie at JustB who just moved to the new Chic sim.  Darling DooDads has yummy pink poodle for your mouth as another great dollarbie.

You can get slurls to all every booth at Hair Fair by visiting their blog.  Hair Fair's charity this year is Wigs for Kids, which provides hair replacement for children with medical conditions that cause hair loss.   All items contribute at least 15% of their proceeds to this worthy cause, though many stores are donating more than the minimum.  Don't miss it!

Credits
Hair: all are gifts on Sim 2 of Hair Fair 2011.  (There are so many more - this is a small sample)
Xplosion: Lilli
Alice Project: Maria
Nikita Fride: Carnival Hair
EMO-tions: Moon
Mina: Antje - Dazzle

Skin:
haut.monde: Amelie Naturele: Preview Skin, exclusively @ Fashionably Late.  I completely love Teresa Republic's new skins and this one is a steal.  Get it!
Mango Mango!: Sequins - Pale Pink: pay what you want at the Free*Style HQ. Thanks Sileny!!!

Clothing:
Sassy: Saucy Lass Outfit: Skull & Bones Hunt: one of several hunt items at the store. Ivy Burner rocks in the generosity department!
Tank top: Gift at ChiChickie on Sim 2 at Hair Fair
Fishy Strawberry: Gleam Top Gold / Sequins Gradiation skirt: not free - exclusively @ Fashionably Late
Sweetest Goodbye: Breeze (kimono): 50% off at closing sale: awesome sale if it's still going on
JustB: Sequin Dress - Fuschia/Blood: July Dollarbie

Accesories:
DooDads:
Pinkie Bot: dollarbie
Sparkle Bracelets: dollarbie
Genie Lamp Earrings: dollarbie
Poodle for Mouth: dollarbie
Acid&Mala: Rings & Pearls set:not free
Shoes: haut.monde: Blison Wedges: not free (moving soon!)

Hair Fair Gift Tour: Chapter 1

Greetings from Hair Fair!!! Hair Fair is all about new hair and new hair only!  This year is really special as all hair are donation items, which means that at least 15% of proceeds will benefit Wigs For Kids, though I saw many designers donating up to 50% of the purchase price to charity.  Wigs For Kids has been the charity cause for a few years now and it's purpose is to provide hair replacement for children who have lost their own hair due to chemotherapy, alopecia, burns and other medical conditions.  The official website for Hair Fair '11 is an invaluable resource as it has slurls for all designers and as well as an exhaustive list of suggestions to make the trip more enjoyable and a lot less laggy.   The sims were designed and built this year by the Hair Fair Committee, a dedicated group of folks who have been doing this for years, so they know what does and doesn't work.  It's a beach theme (think The Deck ;) and if you stay on the path you will eventually hit every booth at the fair.

My Free*Style posts are going to show some of my favorite gifts from Hair Fair '11. It isn't an exhaustive showing of everything there; I wasn't crazy about all the gifts and Hair Fair is not about gifts...it's about charity and new hair.  In spite of that there are at least 60 gifts at Hair Fair that are free or 1 L, which is a WOW that deserves a big thank you to the generosity of so many talented designers. Lots more on Sim 1 to find and worth grabbing!

I totally dug this hair gift from Gauze. Gauze has 2 fun, funky styles in their gift as well as this separate hair ornament. Toast Bard of fashionably dead gave this great purple leopard body suit as well as the necklace and earrings AND sunglasses of awesomeness.  I paired them with some denim gauchos from Mocha that are on sale this week. I've been eyeballing these for awhile and was amazed when they weren't already in my inventory and forgotten (but we won't talk about my inventory).

LeLutka had my top gift hairstyle this year.  It's called Pinned and is a wonderful fatpack that shows roots that are so popular this year. It reminds me some of a tamed down version of Rykiel, that is hard to remove from my head.  The barrette is not color change but if you have some texturing talent the hair is mod so you can make changes as needed to this accessory.  The skirt outfit is from pr!tty who also has some great hair feather headbands and accessories, which didn't work with this hair but are awesome!  The cuffs and collar are part of a very large gift from !DERP.

I love great looking retro hair and Pocket Mirrors has an awesome cut in Melinda.  It comes in two colors.  I usually am a blonde in SL but for some reason I seem to prefer dark colors when it comes to retro styles.  The lovely hair bow is a gift from Donna Flora.  It is impeccably textured and detailed with lovely filigree gold detail wrapping the pearls. It's truly a sensational little piece.

Details:  Look at the HF blog for slurls for the stores with HF gifts but you might want to wander as there are so many great ones.
p1: Hair/Hair Accessory: Gauze: Nephra - Blue - Accident: HF gift
Bodysuit/Jewelry/Glasses: fd: HF Swag Bag
Skin: MOCK: Kennedy: New Release: Not Free but works great with all those fab MOCK makeups
Pants: Mocha: Denim Gaucho: not free but on SALE!
p2:
Hair: LeLutka: Pinned - Popcorn: HF gift
Outfit: pr!tty: Indie Chic: HF Gift
Collar/Cuffs: !DERP: Part of a huge box of HF Gifts
p3:
Hair: Pocket Mirrors: Melinda: HF Gift
Hair Bow: Donna Flora: HF Gift
Eyes: KMADD: Nature - Ocean Deep: Part of HF Gift
Skin: Glam Affair: Layla Light - MSW01-steal of the day at the new My Second Wardrobe shop

Megan: YS&YS group gift

Your Skin & Your Shape has a new group gift and it has been worth the wait.  Megan is a lovely skin with a soft glow to the face.  The group is free to join which seems to be a rarer thing to find these days.  This adorable dress is from X*plosion and it is from the Depraved Summer Nights Hunt.  It comes in two versions (one without flowers) as well as a black bra layer (or you can go without the bra for a clean line).  This was my first visit to this store and I really liked it.  When you visit make sure to visit the discount area where there are boxes with tons of freebies from eyes to skins to clothing.  Thank you to both designers for their kind generosity.

Details:
Skin: YS&YS: Megan - Beauty: Group Gift
Hair: Elikatira: Again: Essentials: only 50 L today only for FLF. Go get!
Dress: E*plosion: Sweet Flower Dress: Depraved Summer Nights Hunt item: 0 L
Eyes: E*plosion Diamond Eyes - dark blue: Free in a box with a bunch of eyes.  Great for new players for lots of options.
Jewelry: Frippery / ET: Dancing in the Sun: not free

Modavia & The Secret Store

Modavia's inworld group has reached 5,000 members and The Secret Store was kind enough to give the FrouFrou dress in an exclusive color to the group to mark the occasion.  There are several links to great gifts in the group that is free to join!  Search Modavia Fashion Marketing.

I am loving Cupcake's Cecile skin which is still out in the Copper tone for 50 L in their Sunday Bake Sale area.  I paired it with the Lovely makeup set which is also only 50 L.  The darling hair is free at Rush, a cute blond bob.  I met the designer, Destiny Leimes, while I was there and she is a darling! It's a cute store and this is like the second freebie I've picked up from there recently, so she is generous, too! Thanks again!

Credits:
Dress: The Secret Store: FrouFrou - InBloom: Exclusive for Modavia Fashion Marketing Group @ the Modavia location
Necklace: Bang Bang: The Love Doves: new gacha necklace: only 35 L a pop
Hair: Rush: Bobby Bob: free
Skin: Cupcakes: Cecile - Copper: 50 L
Makeup: Cupcakes: Cecile Makeup - Lovely: 50 L

Cupcakes Spring Egg Hunt

You must hop over to the Cupcakes sim by Monday for the Spring Hunt.  Cupcakes has an all new look that is cute heaven.  Cupcakes has 18 eggs for you to find and several of the anchor stores have either eggs or opening gifts to celebrate!  A.D.D. Andel and Sanu have moved their mainstores to Cupcakes, which totally ups the cute factor (make sure you check out the yards in the back of the store while you hunt).  The eggs are scattered all over the sim and the ever generous Mimi Coral and Rosemary Galbraith of Cupcakes have included skins, dresses, lingeries and tanks in their eggs.  Eight of the cupcake eggs contain skins in different tones.  A quick note about the skins:  The skins do not have the old style brows but utilize tattoo layers. Those are not in the eggs but you can get free ones by the Enigma skins (get them from all three venders so you have the correct tones).

details:

Skin: Cupcakes: Meadow in Sienna: 0 L for hunt

Lingerie: Cupcakes: Fancy Lacy Stuff - Floral: 0 L for hunt

Bunneh: Sanu: Bunneh in an Easter Egg: 0 L for hunt

Balloons (above): Sanu: Opening gift: 0 L

Hair: fri.day: Tatum: not free

Eyes: Glam Affair: Stella eyes V2-14: not free

4 of Cupcakes eggs contain their new Sweets! Lolita Dress in exclusive Spring Colors.  I wore the Gardener version and magically found a mushroom at A.D.D. Andel!

details:

Dress: Cupcakes: Sweets! Lolita Dress - Gardener: 0 L for hunt

Mushroom: A.D.D. Andel: Holdable Mushroom - Easter: 0 L for hunt (3 more for your garden are also hidden)

Happy Hunting and thank you to all the shops at Cupcakes and especially Mimi and Rosemary for your sweet generosity! 

Nein!

The very lovely Bluelili Gothly TP'd me to the lucky board at Nein and I realized we have never featured this store on F*S.  Nein carries casual, sexy-urban clothes for both men and women as well as has a Midnight Mania and Lucky Board for both genders, which gets big kudos from me for both generosity and equal billing.  I know there are 4 outfits on the women's lucky board and when I went back for a second look there were several people there, as there was the first time I visited, it gets it's fair share of action.  This is just one example of the outfits in the LB and it includes the jewelry shown, too!

Outfit: Nein: Engage - Black: Lucky Board Prize
Boots: J's: not free
Hair: Elikatira: Comfort: group gift (join free but so worth it)
Skin: Dutch Touch: Megan Cream: Group Discount item
Lip Colour: M.O.C.K:Luxe Lip Color (fhqwhads): Group gift (join fee for one of the most generous creators I've ever met)