Second Life™ - An Honest Fashion Review, Happy Halloween!

Location - Uri Jefferson's FREAKSHOW

Light - StrawberrySingh.com

Gotta Love !go

!gO!  Colombina is from the Shiny Shabby event. It's a gotcha. Played the machine 21 times and do you know by the end I didn't need a rare, I just needed a top. Yup, you read that right, 21 times at $75 a pop ($1575) and not one single top until I got the rare. I know the risks involved in playing the gacha but DANG!

Please keep in mind, makeup is not included.

The Good:

• OMG - Look at the pom-poms! From pom-poms on the hair to the buttons to the footwear. It's a pom-pom PARTY! I'm a happy girl.

• The hair looks like yarn/knitted socks tied into knots. It's original and adorable.

• It's the WHOLE package! This is one of the rare sets.

• Colors!!! The bold speaks to me.

• Just look at those quilted pants!

The Oops:

• The ruffled collar comes as unrigged. I would have liked to see a rigged one in the box too. Also, the collar is stiff and you wear it at an angle. But it does make a lovely frame for the face.

• The top is not suitable to be worn without the collar. My Maitreya alpha menu selection can't find a happy place that hides the collar clipping. Love the bold colors, just wonder how it would work with red pants or some other item in my wardrobe. 

• Textures - When I bend my arms the fabric becomes a bit distorted.

• Tummy clipping - It's not very visible but it IS there. You either live with the clipping or hide the area by using your superhero invisible tummy strip power. In all my photos here I've chosen to make it invisible.
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Score:

On a scale of 1 - 5, 5 being the best of the best

Style - 5, SO freakin' original!

Textures and/or Colors - 4, I took off a point for the way the blue strips distort when my arms move.

Fit - 3

Overall - 4!

Autumn Falls - Let's Sink This Boat!

I am not a sponsored Fashionista and most likely never will be, so let's sink this boat!

All photos were taken with the Places Astryls Wild environment setting.

Let me know what you think of the new layout (The good and the oops).

Truth Loves Us!

My hair is the free monthly gift at Truth. It is an expensive group to join, but worth it.

The Good:

FREE - I paid for this group long ago and have made back my money over and over again. This one is called Shadow.

The Oops:

thinking......thinking........thinking.......

I got nothing.

On a scale of 1 - 5, 5 being the best of the best

Style - 5

Textures and/or Colors - 5, Gorgeous

Fit - 5

Overall - 5!

The orange drink was a free gift at SaNaRae from Tardfish (Orange-ya-glad Drink)

My love/hate relationship with !go

The Good:

How can I NOT adore this little dress (free group gift from !go). The colors are perfect, the texture pops! The style is somewhere between Sunday School teacher and baby girl. I would have paid for it if it wasn't free.

The Oops:

The gaps. There are always gaps in !go clothes. I wear Maitreya and always.. always.. ALWAYS try on the demos. But I'll be danged if I don't love the style so much, I get it anyway.

On a scale of 1 - 5, 5 being the best of the best

Style - 4 

Textures and/or Colors - 5, so bold and pretty!

Fit.....😭

Overall - 3

Autumn Means Boots With Socks

La Baguette x La Marche put the Jeanne Boots out at the Anthem Event. They come with lots of color change options which are a necessity for budget-conscious Fashionistas. This is a "new to me" store. 

The Good:

The shoes themselves have lovely suede texture on top and the soles look like black rubber which is perfectly acceptable and often preferable.

The Oops:

I see an oops on my socks. The textures are nonexistent. They just look like tinted mesh. The shoes themselves have lovely suede texture on top and the soles look like black rubber which is perfectly acceptable.

On a scale of 1 - 5, 5 being the best of the best

Style - 4 (I like clunky boots)

Textures and/or Colors - 3

Fit.....5

Overall - 4

 The Bag

ON-LINE, YENA LOOK was found at the Kustom9 event. I did get it from a gacha machine. Be sure you grab the free gift at the booth.

The Good:

It's BEAUTIFUL! Clean mesh lines and gorgeous texture!

The Oops:

It's stuck to me. Not going to be able to shift this one around on your hip.

On a scale of 1 - 5, 5 being the best of the best

Style - 5 - so cute!

Textures and/or Colors - 5

Fit.....5

Overall - 5!

The Earrings

ILAYA, Polly Earrings

The Good: 

So pretty, not too delicate but not too chunky. Free

The Oops:

When I turn my head a certain angle, the bottom shape distorts 😱.

On a scale of 1 - 5, 5 being the best of the best

Style - 5

Textures and/or Colors - 😦

Fit.....5

Overall - 3.3

Eyes

From S0ng 

The Good: 

Very pretty and fit well

The Oops:

The white lights in them are a bit much for me. These are not my favorite from S0ng. I wish there were demo eyes but I don't think SL designers think eyes are demoable (if that's a word).

On a scale of 1 - 5, 5 being the best of the best

Style - 3

Textures and/or Colors - 3

Fit.....5

Overall - 3.6

A Scribbly Moment with 2 FREE Items in Second Life

Wearing

Another Gimma Gacha Outfit found at the Gacha Garden Event:

!gO! Keva dress

!gO! Keva hair band 1

Skin - Mudskin 112 tone

Vale Koer,  Comfort Heels

Glasses - etham - 8 Bit Glasses, found at Fameshed in a gift box. Free

Free:

!go! Gimme Gacha Gift (tote bag) found at the Gacha Garden Event:

As you enter the event, click on the group Gimme Gacha to join, it's free!

!go! Gacha Garden Keva Key - Check it out!

Free Sweater Today!

Wearing in Second Life™

Sweater / !gO! - Icelyn turtleneck - Maitreya Lara - FREE

I just had to post this sweet reindeer sweater over at !go!. It's FREE today at the advent event in the Shop. Head over and grab yours now.

Hair / another free item at Ayashi. Christmas hair Group gift (free to join) is available at the front of the store. The cute little hair bandcomes with it.

Tights - Izzie's - Applier Cozy Tights

Make-up / Mudskin

!go! Advent

Wearing in Second Life™

Hair / Ayashi - Yoko hair - Fatpack, group gift, group is free to join!

Make-Up / Mudskin

Shape / Mudskin  - YONI Catwa Shape

Sweater / !gO! Fiesta! Baja Hoodie - maitreya lara, Day 1, Free, group is %50L to join.

Shorts / Blueberry - Reignberry - Shorts, new

Boots / REIGN.-  TANA boot and socks, also found at Blueberry

Location in Second Life™

!gO! Mainstore

REIGN

The TANA boot and socks, are a collaboration between Reign and Blueberry. That means it comes with the Riegn color fatpack hud  AND the Blueberry colors are also included in a separate hud.

Loving the details at the backs of the knees!

Little Italy!

Wearing:

Hair / Doe - Gaz - Colors, gacha at the Arcade
Skin Appliers / Mudskin
Dress & Tunic / !gO! boho summer maxi dress & tunic #2 gacha at the Arcade Event
Pizza Slice / La Baguette - Slice of pizza found at the Blush Event
Sandals / fri. - Rae Sandals (Tomato) Rae Sandals (Cloud), found at last months Chapter Four

Backdrop:

I am at The Woodland Hills Community  Little Italy Pizza Shop

Free Group Gift at !Go!

Wearing:

Hair / Doe - Samira - Gingers gacha - at this months Arcade Event
Eyes / S0NG - Fiori~ Ocean Blue
Skin Applier / MUDSKIN - MEI # 4_102 gacha - at this months Arcade Event
Top / !gO! gypsy summer shirt - new group gift - Free!
Jeans / L&B - Swear Bella Denim Jeans - L&B (Lapointe Bastchild) - Swear Bella Denim Jeans found at the Uber Event

Backdrop:

-MaisonClose- [Samo]- GuestList Backdrop located at BackDrop City

Camp Boho

Wearing:

Hair / Navy+Copper - Lungo found at Collabor88
Eyes / S0NG - Desi~ Blue Eye
Skin Appliers / okkbye
Top / Zaara - Anika boho top, found at Collabor88
Shorts / Zaara - Ira shorts, found at Collabor88
Sandals / fri. - Rae Sandals (Cloud), found at Chapter Four
Necklace / Cae - Mantra Necklace, Fearless, found at the 4/21 Saturday Sale
Bracelet / Nomi - Loom Bracelet Set, found at Collabor88
Sandwich / !gO! - Picnic Sandwich, Picnic Gacha, found at Shiny Shabby
Knee Ribbons / HashTag - Knee Ribbons, found at the Chapter Four (free gift)

Collabor88 - May 2018
Shiny Shabby - open through May 15th
The Chapter Four - open May 4th and lasts for 10 days

Free Stuff in Second Life!

In my quest to remain on a budget till next weekend, I am open to new looks as long as it's already in my pocket or free.

Advent Goodies!

Sway's

!go!

Abranimations

Home Whimsey

The above Christmas Pudding Party Costume is by Abranimations   (free advent gift day 2). 

Next we have the advent day 3 goodies from Home Whimsy and Sway's: (free advent gift day 3)

Glitter Tree Cut out (day 3) by Simply Shelby Main Store which is a part of the Home Whimsy Advent Event - free

Sway's advent gift on day 3 is the above Wood Candleholder . Noel - free

The lovely sweater is from the !go! Advent Event (day 3).  free
It fits beautifully with my Blueberry jeans.

Not in the Advent but in My SL Closet:

Hair / Limerence // Nicole hair
Hair bow / Sorbet. Minako Ribbon - I shrunk it down and put it on the side of my hair.
Jeans / Blueberry
Socks in the first photo are Vale Koer Garter Socks
Shoes / Vale Koer ANKA leather boots - They are my current favorite ankle boots.
Tights / Izzie's // Applier Cozy Tights - Yes, I AM wearing tights in the last photo because I hate the tiny flesh gap between my skinny jeans and my shoes.

If you find a great free advent gifts out there, leave a comment!

!go! Advent Day 2

!go! Advent Gift Day 2:

!gO! Autumn - vest - What a pretty little Christmas vest! free

Also Wearing:

Hair / Moon Hair // Jumper

Top (worked very well under the vest) Tres Blah - Mock Neck Top

Skirt / Tres Blah - Pleated Skirt 

Tights / Izzie's // Izzie's - Applier Cozy Tights (worn on tattoo layer)

Shoes (not seen) / A N E Shoes - EVOL Ankle Boots

The items seen above were already in my SL closet.

The Arcade Free Gifts 2017

Have You Tried Getting Into the Arcade Yet ?

It seems my Second Life bag only has $108 Lindens now (sniffs). What better time to show off some quality holiday goodies. The photo above has 8 free items found under the Arcade Christmas tree (free).

• The luscious sweet strawberries are from Tentacio

• The little green and red Xmas ornament behind it is from ChicChica. I will add that to another photo this week since it seems to be hiding behind the strawberries.

• Astralia -  (2) Unicorns Christmas, one gold and the other silver.

• 22769 is gifting us with this yummy looking Christmas Cup.

• !gO! has outdobe herself with this Snowman under glass gift. Hard to see here but snow is swirling around the snowman

• nani is gifting the cutest neko holiday cookies!

• moss & mink Wall Deco in classic colors keeps everything merry and bright!

These are by no means the only gifts under the tree and I will soon be posting more.  So head on over to the Arcade and grab some of these great gifts. Thanks designers!

Second Life Advent Day 1 and 2

Time for Second Life Advent 2017

So far, four advents are on my "to do" list:

Sway's - Wear the hud found as you enter the Sim. Find each of the gift numbers then,  - YAY! Each day you put your hud back on and go get your gift. free

Home Whimsey - free

Trompe - at the Arcade 

!go! - free

Trompe is more of a gotcha advent and is $25 Lindens a pop at The Arcade. Since my Linden Balance is only $168 till this next Friday - Trompe will wait for next week. So let's BRING on the Free Stuff!

Photo 1:

I just had to show off this pretty dress from !go!'s first day of advent. Since it has black in it, it goes with pretty much any hair and shoes/boots.

Wearing:

Dress / !go! - Advent Day 1 Free

Hair / taketomiWEST - Gwen - already in my closet
Boots / fri. - River Boots
Make-Up / Mudskin

Mad Cat Companion / HEXtraordinary - Nope Cat - Companion Yule Tree Hat - RARE (from a past gotcha which is in the main shop)

Christmas Tree mouthie - Sway's [Christmas Treats] Cookie from yesterday's Fifty Linden Friday

Photo 2:

Home Whimsey Advent Day 1

Tyler,  PENGUIN SNACK - Free , day 2
 Dixie Dandelion,  Snowman Mailbox Blue W Letters Corgi Puppy - Free, Day 1

Photo 3:

The snowman candle and the Hot chocolate are from Sway's Advent. Day 1 and 2. Free

Photo 4:

Home Whimsey Advent Day Day 1 (we had 2 on day 1)

The Magic Touch, You get the fireplace along with all the items on it! Free

If you can think or any other quality free
Advent Hunts - comment below. I would love to try them out.

Oh Dear!

Second Life - Having a Little Halloween Fun at:

Dreamworld Falcon / Haunted House

Wearing:

Hair / !Oleander / Coley

Outfit !gO! / Mrs. horror - this outfit is NOT rigged but I wore it anyway for kicks and giggles!

Worn Boots / DRD - Dirty Combats 

Facial Cuts and Bruises (applier) / Cureless // Exorciser Wounds from Fifty Linden Friday

Skin / Mudskin

V-Tech / Bloody Hatchet // free hunt prize!

Kawaii Life

Wearing

Pants / !gO! lazy day pants @ the Shiny Shabby Event
Shirt / !gO! lazy day shirt  @ the Shiny Shabby Event
Hair / *barberyumyum*T01 (gotcha RARE)
Skin / Mudskin


Decor

Cup / !gO! lazy day cup @ the Shiny Shabby Event
Bed / BananaN / GIGI - princess bed RARE
Rug / +Half-Deer+ Grass Rug - Princess - Star
Ottoman / BananaN / Kawaii Face ottoman Pink-Y
String Lights / +Half-Deer+ Stringlight Clutter
Cat / +Half-Deer+  / Cozy Cat
Memo Center / {moss&mink} Memo center

Post Apocalyptic Travels

Hair / Wasabi Pills - Ellie
Dress / !gO! alfa.zulu dress @  Thereafter: A Post Apocalyptic Affair
Boots / !gO! alfa.zulu boots @ Thereafter: A Post Apocalyptic Affair
Make UP Applier / more more - milk tones of the hare applier
Skin Applier / more more - milk tone

Decor / Seven Emporium / 7 - Shipping Container @  Thereafter: A Post Apocalyptic Affair