Sweet, and almost free Tangerine Tango

RezIpsa Loc redesigned their store, and in celebration, there's a cute dollarbie gift! I have no idea how long it would be around, so go get it soon! This gift includes a t-shirt, tights, and nails all in the tangerine tango color. I am wearing the t-shirt and nails below.

Speaking of gifts, a new pose shop opened yesterday and it is called no wow! They have a free pose set available as a gift. I am using two of the poses below, but there are 4 poses in the gift! In the subscriber, there is also a pose set as well too. I also have no idea how long the gift will be out so be sure to check it out soon.

Others:
-Hair: Fab-U-Lous - Lala
-Skin: Avatar Generation(Nzuri line) - Nia Dark
-Eyes: IKON Utopia Eyes - Dark Brown
-Tattoo Lashes: Mock Cosmetics
-Jeans: Mon Tissu - Nora skinny jeans - dark (mesh)
-Feet: SLink - Women Natural Barefeet (Rigged Mesh) (mesh)

Maxi Gossamer group gift bangles

Today (March 23, 2012), Maxi Gossamer sent a group gift of pretty bangles to her update group, Gossamer Jewellery. Join Gossamer Jewellery group for free, and check notices to get your own pretty bangles!

Others:
-Hair: Pomme D'Amour - Ballet
-Skin: Ohna's skin - Glow
-Bikini: Whippet & Buck (previous group gift; no longer available)
-Pose: estetica: I could be sweet and I could be sweeter

Hey, It's the Little Things in Life

Today has turned out to be an interesting day.  I was having a full blown panic attack the likes of which I've not had for years; the kind where I think I am having a heart attack and will die at any moment. Since I wasn't dead on the floor I decided to clean and worked through the worse part.  When I logged on SL a friend IM'ed me right away (which I hate!) and invited me to chat with some other people.  My usual response is to politely decline, but I didn't, and I got exactly what I needed.  Then Marleen Vaughn, who I remember from way back in the day from her store, Marly's, which I adored for her funky retro styles, contacted me about her new store, Vaughn's.  She is having a little hunt at her store for 3 items, the pipe, the scissor's necklace and the lovely grey top.  She is sweet and I am so glad to see her back in action.

Cupcakes has been having a hunt all month at their sim with fantastic prizes: Skins, clothes, eyes.  Several of the sim stores also have hunt items and all are free.  They are easy to find and it's a lovely sim to visit. I don't know why but I particularly loved the cold grey eyes that came in a large set.  Nice size, which I'm very fussy about.  Another little thing that I found on a recent journey is this Maori-style chin tat as a subscriber gift at Miss Shippe's studio.

It is refreshing to find that SL does include lots of cool people, some who are friends that care, some who do their own thing and make interesting items.  No drama, no heartache.  Just people at their comps, probably in their jammies drinking coffee or whiskey.  Good times.

Credits:
Hair: Wasabi Pills: Kimmy Hair (new release - LOVE!)
Pipe: Vaughn's:V.Oppenheimer Pipe: Vaughn's Halloween Hunt
Necklace: Vaughn's: V.Hannah and her Scissors: Vaughn's Halloween Hunt
Shirt: Vaughn's: V.A Dreadful Top: Vaughn's Halloween hunt
Eyes: Cupcakes: Eyes 2011 - Grey: The Great Pumpkin Hunt - Cupcakes - 3 of 13
Tat: Miss Shippe's Studio: To Moko Wakini: Subscriber gift
Skin: Al Vulo: Easy* Merry Widow (previous group gift - new gift out 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

Some lucky chair stuff

I wanted to show you the items in the lucky chair at Duh! I love Duh for their inexpensive shoes and accessories, and recently, the lucky chairs have been updated with this bag in white and these shoes in white. You can find them on the second floor.

I decided to pair them with one of the not so new lucky chair prizes at elymode, these leggings in this color. Some notes about the shoes, they come with an alpha layer included, and this bag comes with sliver and gold chain options and also with and without pose as well.

(I usually use a white background but since white on white is blinding, I changed it to black. I can't always say that I'll do this style of posting by the way. I prefer doing features.)

Edit: Oops, I did not notice that I didn't put a slurl for elymode until this morning. Sorry.

Other stuff:
Hair: Fab-U-Lous
Skin: the body co.
Tattoo Lashes: Mock
Top: fri.day, 0L
Poses: estetica: saw her standing there, simplicity

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!