Bah!

So I’m feeling thoroughly sick, I have eaten waaaaaaaay to much choccy today. But Mini Ash is totally stoked at her scoreage (she woke up at 5am to hunt her eggs!)

I had logged into a message the other day from Dakota, asking if I wanted to blog the dollarbies at the new Dakota’s Skins And Shapes. After much squeeing, I answered a terribly sedate “yes please”!! Shown above is the “Prettyboy” shape, a total score and a very welcome change from the huge muscle mary type of shape that makes me roll my eyes. Shown with a shirt from Mayden Couture, Kmad jeans, and some ossum sauce 5L Skull VanZ from Amplify. The skin is an old promo gift from Damiani, which could still be available? “Joshua Deco” is all beaten up and teary, perfect in my books!

I was so excited about my next find, I read about these sneakers here (thanks Gabi!) Get thee to Hoorenbeek to grab em! There’s girls and boys sizes in the gift, you’re looking for a HUGE easter basket. Hit up the subscribo while you’re there, and you’ll be rewarded with this nifty shirt. The skin shown from Laqroki isnt free, but I wanted to show that the shape worked well on diff boy’s skins. All the boy’s hair was a group gift from Kmad, might not be available now, but definitely worth checking the subscribo and inworld group.

LeeZu Baxter sent out this beautiful dress through the subscribo the other day. A million and 27.5 layers and looks to play with! The skin shown is another dollarbie from Dakota. It’s a beautiful Sezmra mod, very delicate and pretty.

And bringing up the rear is an added gift in the Dare Designs Easter hunt. Fanfuckingtastic wings or what! Get thee to hunting :p Ash Out.

Pic 1
Shape
Dakota
Top
Mayden Couture
Jeans
Kmad
Shoes
Amplify
Skin (old promo freebie)
Damiani
Hair (old group gift)
Kmad

Pic 2
Shape
Dakota
Top & Shoes
Hoorenbeek
Hair (old group gift)
Kmad
Skin (not free)
Laqroki

Pic 3
Skin
Dakota
Hair (old freebie)
Maitreya
Dress
Leezu Baxter Subscribo gift

Pic 4
Wings
Dare Designs hunt
Skin (old Halloween freeb)
KA Designs
Hair (not free)
HOM

Moar hunts and such

With Mini Ash being on the mend (read running round like a lunatic trying to kill hug the cat) I had some time yesterday to do stuff.

My favie store Axel is having a hooooooooge sale. Everything is 50-75% off. There’s also 2 dollarbies to be had, the gold dress shown here is one of them. Your old LM’s won’t work so please use the slurl at the bottom of this post.

Then I found out about a hunt at Miasofia. Cue bloodcurdling scream for the lack of group notices (ps LL sort that out soon pls kthnx) You’re looking for fried eggs, theyre not hidden at all, the idea being for you to explore the new build. I also won twice on the lucky chairs while I was there, this dress from Lurvebite is one of my winnings!! Also made me realise I have some kind of bug going on when taking pictures of items with glow in them. Anyone else having glow issues or is it something *special* reserved just for me?! I also won a gorgeous “Romance Room” from the Miasnow lucky chair, which I left on Sasy’s beach, bah!

This gorgy chocolate dress is one of the Lurvebite gifts. It comes with a choice of 3 skirts and all sorts of layers, yay!!

OMG. Is this not the cutest skin in the whole of fucking SL? This is prize number one from Miasnow. It’s different from the original Hunny skins, especially around the mouth and nose, I love the changes! I’m hoping for a new line of these *bats eyelashes* 😛 On another note, for this post I used the VR Foundry pose HUD and library (after getting yelled at by Sasybum for not having an updated product!!) I’m not good with technical shit, but Sas has an awesome video of the front page of her blog, outlining how to use the pose stand, HUD and HUD library. I was moaning about not being good at location pics, and also the rezing of poseballs and such is an issue. Not anymore! Once you get the hang of using it, it’ll revolutionize your photo taking, srsly. Ash Out.

Pic 1
Outfits
Axel (dress is a linden, other outfit 75L)
Shoes (not free)
Maitreya
Hair (not free)
Maitreya
Skin
Cupcakes group gift

Pics 2 &3
Dresses
Lurvebite (lucky chair & hunt)
Skin (not free)
Miasnow
Hair
HOM hunt gift

Pic 4
Skin & Hair
Miasnow hunt gift

Bunny Fever And Sparkly, Magical Unicorns

I think I must have had a glitter overdose, cos if I haven’t been running round the grid dressed as a magical unicorn, I’ve been hopping round decked out like a bunneh!! Just like Ach, my daughter thoroughly approved of my attire today, although she did ask at one point for moar pink.. ahem.

The other day, I got a notice from Prism Haute Couture and off I went to check out the new releases. I was also lucky enough to get this dollarbie while I was there, shoes included. It’s the perfect spring outfit, can be mixed with anything else you may have in your inv already!

This is the not free new release, but it’s so gorgeous and fun I had to show it. Journey McLaglen told me that she had a great time putting this together, and personally I think it shows. I didn’t even have to fiddle with the prims, can’t get better than that seeing as prims and I = fail!!

This cutey is from Apple May Designs and is 10l till the end of the weekend. Shown with amazing boots from Bax Cohen, not free but look how gorgeous they are! Plus you have a million ways to customize them to make the look your own, a nifty ankle fixer and all sorts of other things that make em worthy of the L’s.

Yes there is a war being waged, but because we are an equal opportunities blog, I thought it only fair to show both sides 😛 Above is the Anti-corn, with a yummy blood covered skin from Imagen, grab yours at the Harold playground, along with loads of other great dollarbies. The shorts are part of a Twisted Hunt gift from Loulou & Co.

Could I be any moar glittery??! With my unicorn parts, Starlight hoofies from Lazy Places, rainbow skin from Imagen and the yummy outfit from Deviance (blogged beautifully by Sai), I’m all ready to spread magic and love across the grid 😛 Grab you pro unicorn stuff here! Ash Out.

Not Free But Completely Ossum
Hair
The Stringer Mausoleum

Skins not mentioned in the post
Bebae

Gold Shoes
Maitreya

RFL Part One

Every year, the grid pulls together and shows it sense of community spirit in the form of RFL. This years is the biggest yet with 9, yes 9 sims. I won’t lecture, we all have our own personal reasons for this event being so close to our collective hearts. Suffice it to say, the residents of Second Life shine at this time of year and do themselves proud.

I thought I’d start with the practical advice as called upon by our Ach! My 1arc point look (dun ask me where the 1 comes from :P) was based on the Foxygirl skin from Miasnow, as was alot of people’s, Loli, Autumn and I were triplets XD. Beater from Last Call, and shorts from Loulou&co as part of the Twisted Hunt. I have to say, for the most part on my travels, people were de primmed and very low ARC. I just won’t mention the “Master” who had an ARC up in the 1000’s, or the lady who was fully decked out in the biggest, floofiest dress I have seen, with stuff attached to every single possible attachment point…..ahem. My purple shirt is a gift from SD Wears, sobering message.
“Around 2000 people will see this top.
675 of them will get cancer.
Change the statistics,
Support RFL“

This first amazing dress is the RFL gift from Kouse’s Sanctum. Please note, although I am including slurls to the main stores of the designers featured, all of the dollarbies or gifts can only be found at the RFL sims. Click here to get to Sim 1.

This pink gorgeousness is the gift from Sysys with an amazing dollarbie skin from Tea Lane.

And following the pirate theme this year, this beautiful mermaid dollarbie from LVS & Co. You can pick from several different colours, I thought pink was the most appropriate. Go low prim, go cashed up, and if none of the limited edition designs take your fancy, you can donate at one of the many RFL kiosks spread accross the sims. A very frazzled Ash Out.

Non Freebs
Skins
Curio
Obscene

Hair
ETD
69
Maitreya
LeLutka

Ssshhh, spot the green!!

As I’ve mentioned before on the blog, if you’re a hard core RP type, finding “your look” can be terribly hard on a budget. Recently there have been some incredible packs floating round the grid, covering all sorts of looks/avatars. So today it’s the turn of the vampire. Fitting as one of the terribly good looking undead has joined our ranks 😛

Lunas Boutique is a store I’ve blogged a few times, discovered through Fashcon around the New year. Do a search for the LL group, there are some super cool gifts in the archives. Including a pose hud stuffed full of poses, total must have. But these outfits are what I’m stoked about, a gift from Candy Shop (in the Lunas Boutique group archives). They are complete vampire avs, including skins (not shown) shapes, teeth, emote hud and all the clothes shown. So many options and stunning pieces, to say I’m blown away is an understatement! Skins! The skins worn with the red outfit are from the Imagen hunt. You’re looking for 20 teeny shamrocks, and you’ll get 19 skins and some eyes. If anyone needs a hand, drop me a line inworld and I’ll be happy to help. None are hidden in walls or anything like that, lets just say that sometimes the most obvious hiding places are the hardest to find 😛 The skin worn with the black outfit is a gorgeous dollarbie from Domestic V. There’s a huge sale going on also, and loads of freebs on the ground floor (you’ll find the skin shown upstairs).

I had to sneak a wee bit of green in here!! This beauty is a group gift from Fairytails. You’ll need your group tag activated, then snag this for an L. The skin I’m wearing here, and for the rest of the post are part of the Rockberry gift for the most random hunt ever. I love love love them!

I saw a small post about this store on the Freebie Telegraph, and had to go have a nose for myself. Nah! is a new to me store, and all these outfits are free from there, unbelievable! The brown dress also comes with super cute cowboy boots, not sure if you can see them too well. I can’t wait till the store is fully stocked so I can go spend, as at the moment, everything is free. Now I’m off to try and give mini Ash a bath, hard at the best of times, but the little princess is sick, so I anticipate much sadness! Ash Out.

Non Free Awesomeness
Hair
Gritty Kitty
ETD (still closed?)
Dejavu (some avail to buy, 2 are old group gifts)

Hoofies
Lazy Places

Ballet Boots
DXD

Elv’an Dreams

I had some time on my hands this morning for a change, so after grabbing today’s gift from Cutie Land, more info can be found here, I went for a wander. I found the most adorable store, all green and dark inside and choc full of Elvan gear.

The unbelievable thing about Elv’an Majika is the price of the clothes, hair, eyes and everything else in there. For free you will find full av packs (skin, shape, ears) both in light and dark elf. I couldn’t get them to work for me so I haven’t shown them. Hair, the choker I’m wearing and a fat pack of boots.

The clothes I’m wearing? 5L for each item. Skirts, tops, eyes, all 5L each *faints*

It’s a beautiful store, full of beautiful things that made me smile. There’s a tip jar out, please do as I did and fill it up!! You’ll get some gorgeous quality, fantasy clothes for not alot of L, soo worth tipping doncha think? Ash out.

Not Free Schtuff
Hair
Kin

Ears
Illusions

Skin
Ashia Designs

Boots
DXD

Fantasy Couture Of The Valentines Kind

So I’m trying to get used to a new room mate, after my previous fabulous roomie is now back in Canada (Oxford Street can breathe a sigh of relief;). New roomie is persnickety, sensitive and man…….so much more girlie than me (he’s a boy though). Minime and myself are die hard tomboys, with me having to be mum and dad, I find my role in her life a lot more boisterous than the other mums I know. So when roomie gets all sensitive, I can’t help but snicker. For crying out loud, how hard is it to change a fricking light bulb? Anyhoo!

These gorgeous lingerie sets landed in my inv when I was hiding inworld trying to tune out my room mate emoing about something or other. If you’re not part of the Pixel Dolls subscribo by now, you should be hung, drawn and quartered! Not only are Pixel Dolls range of clothes practical and affordable, but scarlett is also terribly generous to us groupies!

Inara’s fantasy Couture is a store I’ve covered a few times previously. Inara makes gorgeous silks, including a wall of dollarbie silks. But where she really shines for me are her gowns and fantasy outfits. Having a clear understanding of the RP sims in SL makes Inara’s the perfect stop
for your fantasy needs.

Even the item camps are imaginative. Instead of just sitting, you sew! I;m sure I’ve mentioned it previously, but I *love* that idea. The dresses shown here are the Valentines item camps.

The dark blue “Heartbreaker” gown is my fave. Yes that’s a heart with a knife through it, could anything be more perfect?! I nearly forgot, the stunning necklace I’m wearing is from Sable Rose, a valentines gift. I’ll be wearing it *alot* so next time I’ll get some much better close ups of it, thanks Rosie! Ash out.

Hair (not free)
Kin
Tricolore

Skin (cos Cream’s and Gogo said I should say what skins I’m wearing!)
Ashia Designs Subscribe Gift (there is no history button, so if you weren’t in the group, you miss out this time round :P)

A Touch Of Decadence

At first glance this post is a mishmash! Stick with it though, the running theme is lushness. Be it lushness of texture, prim work or out and out over the top awesomeness. After taking a well deserved break last night, to get drunk, gross my friends out by eating over voice, and get kicked in the ass for not telling Sasy about a new store I had found (ya she totes bruised me too!) I thought it was time to get back to it.

Have you ever seen anything as amazing as this dress? I’m stuck on my old laptop at the moment, so I’m sure my pictures don’t do it enough justice. You can get it until the 1st of Jan at The English Rose, a new to me store. You will find amazing Baroque period pieces here, complete down to animated fans. The dress can be won via an apple bobbing game, grabs your girlfriends and make it a party, with this as a prize you cannae go wrong. The amazing skin is unavailable I’m afraid, Sasy made it for herself a while back, and I pleaded in a rather unladylike manner to get my hands on it! But it goes so perfectly with this kind of dress, and there are similar skins available to buy around the grid, or hit up Illusions for some beautiful prim masks (not free)

I am fairy queen!! This stunner is a subscribo gift from my Shannon of Coquette. It’s called Ice Queen, the wings alone are 10 kinds of awesome! It comes with everything, skin, shape, shoes. We are so very spoilt, you rock Shannon!

And onto another place in time altogether. The Black Canary has a new main store, and this amazing coat is now in the lucky chair. I bought it cos at the moment I have the patience of a flea and the attention span of a um……dunno, but I’m totes impatient!! Morrigan is ever so generous and lovely to talk to as well, taking time to chat with us ladies last night, although I’m sure I made no sense whatsoever!! On a side note, grats to Adi for finishing her finals, and huge massive grats to Q’s gorgeous hubby, who took the last of his exams this afternoon, both of you are made of win. Ash out.

Shizzle That Ain’t Free
Hair
Paper Couture
Boon

Massimo Attack

I little cheeky reference to one of my favie ever bands Massive Attack there.

Massimo have this amazing outfit in their group notices which you need

I’m rockin’ it like futuristic barbie doll gone wrong – in a good way!

Oh and you need to check out the 4 lucky boards and lucky chair in the Massimo store too. I’ve been stalking for weeks and only won the cushions so far (which rocks by the way) but there’s a few outfits there for men and women which you will love …. I need!

Fighting Queen outfit: Massimo (group gift)
Eartha Boots: Sole Sisters: 1L
AD-Virgo-Sunkissed-Drama-Infected Yellow (LS): Diversity (not free, previous hunt gift)
48 Hair W&Y (100L)

Exxessive Xmas

Hey people! I’m getting all Christmassy on yo’ ass, hope you don’t mind.

It’s just I received the most gorgeous Chrismas outfit yesterday from Exxess, I have never been to this store before but WOW, I don’t usually dress in a fantasy style, but this store is going to change all that. I was drooling over the sexy outfits, I think I want to be Egyptian girl.

This outfit is the Chrismas free gift and really the photo’s don’t do it justice, it has to be seen in virtual reality to see the way it moves, it is stunning. The boots and earmuffs also come with the outfit.

The hair worn below is not free but it is AWESOME so I had to have it, I have never seen anything like it, it comes with this spider like crown. There’s loads more beautifully designed unique hairstyles at Exxess if you like something a little bit out of the ordinary.

Free boots, check out the heel.
I personally wouldn’t like to be kicked in the sphincter in these, but I’m sure there are many who would, going by the freak show Zuzu, Gattina, Valentine and I took part in at the bukake place yesterday (on Elizabeth Hallstrom’s recommendation XD)

This beautiful hair and toy are also free in the Exxess store. You will find the free items in the hair section.

ARgghhhhh, SL is being a tool at the moment *sighs* I see a few people are having trubs logging on. I did manage to log on but only as my account which has payment info on file, not sure if this is the reason I could log on.