Gorgeous skins and much more!

*Wolf whistles*

OMG! You guys look smoke'n hot in these skins. These are the latest group gift from Belleza. left to right: Thomas V2 Pale - Thomas V2 Med

Thomas v2 Sk - Thomas v2 Tan - Thomas v2 Deep Tan

Hair: MADesigns - Slide DBIII free - available in the hair section.

Eyes: The Plastik - VaeColl. Ageis green (previous group gift).

Shape: Le.LOOK! le homme christmas gift.

Underwear: Vitamen - Athletic sheer boxers brown/blue (past lucky board prize).

Belleza Christmas group gift is still available in notices. Thomas V2 in 3 skin tones.

Underwear: Zarra white boxers from the Le.LOOK! le homme chrissy gift

Nikita Fride - Men's tattoo'd skin and shape, lucky chair only. Must be wearing group tag before you sit.

Gritty Kitty have a wall of freebies set up just inside the entrance to the right. There's shirts, tees and a few hair styles available, all for $0L.

Hair pictured: Zombie (left) & Ministry.

And the tees: Dangerdoom, Catnip, Play kitten & Pussy liquor.

Para Designs have this 'Cyber Scales' tattoo in a Midnight Mania (MM) board at their second store at CStar Mall. It comes in a couple of shades and also in a coloured version.

**UPDATE: MM board prize has actually changed since I started this post. Prize is now 'Carnival sleeves' unisex tatt, coloured only, all layers, 90 hits. Para Designs main store have another MM board for 'Noxious' tatt as well as a lucky chair for more tatts.

Rotten Defiance are having a rotten hunt. 10 skulls to be found. Skulls numbered 6 - 10 are male prizes and they're easy to find! There is a MM board here too.

#8 Grunge Jacket (had trouble making collar fit, no modify)

#9 Grunge shirt (collar & cuffs)

#7 Men's design tee

Spiked wrist bands: Little Britain Designs past camping prize.

#6 Brown cords

#10 Stitched jeans

On the right are Snake skin pants from Poison MM board. ***Don't rush over there, the store seems to have vanished :(

Rotten Defiance are also involved in a few hunts:

DBHH Death mask hunt gift #9 Jeans and shirt. Includes sculpted collar and cuffs.

Hint to find death mask: need to make a phone call?

40 Below hunt gift #14 - Men's Ice skater outfit, also comes with a bloody top version and an ice skate to embed in your chest. Hint to find snowman: OMGAH! I've been kidnapped by a Bunneh!

Little Britain Designs still have their converse ice skates available for free. You can get them in red and black. Just look for the frozen pond to find them.

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Extra credits:

Hair: FNKY/Cake - Jealous $300

Skin: Dragonfly - Joshua

Boots: Little Britain Designs - New Rock Black flame $400 (pic 9 10)

Piercings: Reaction (location currently unavailable)

Gloves: SiniStyle - Finger tape and black nails

Pants: SD Wears (pic 6)

Tank top: FNKY/Cake grey tank (pic 6)

All poses: Kuso DZCP SL005 P40 pose HUD $150

Connors dollarbies

Head over to Connors and pick-up these cool dollarbies!

ALOHA! Tombo shirt (sculpted collar and sleeve cuffs)

Rolled up jeans - Khaki

Other goodies pictured:

Hair: KMADD Christmas group gift - MADesigns Jude in Irish coffee

Skin: Belleza group gift - Thomas v2 SK Joining fee $250L definitely worth it!

Shape: LE.LOOK! l'homme amazing Christmas gift (now costs $250L)

Eyes: Umedama Holic - Frozen eyes gift07

Pose/Animation: Animate This - MaleStand3

SiniStyle: Taped fingers & black nails (not free)

A little Naughty, A little Nice, A lot Free

The Shopatorium group of vendors at Gallinas is having another mini hunt called the Turkey Trot. It began yesterday and runs through December 6th. You're not going to find a lot of clothes (ladies, there is a giftie for you in the 2dye4 store last time I looked) but you will find some interesting and fun gifts from most of the vendors there. Accessories, housewares, poses, hair, artwork and a fairly complete avatar except for skin and eyes from MEAT.

You are looking for whole Turkeys or Drumsticks in the shops. Some shops have one gift others two. The area is not huge, so poke in all the shops. Pictured (click for larger) is Meat's Bad Boy Santa Gift Pack complete with shape, clothing, boots, glove, hair, and a shotgun and shells at your back to chase off those pesky reindeer (sorry guys, for show only). You get a knit cap and hair from Fiction, a set of jingle bell nipple rings from Sable Rose, and that last smoke before you quit from Oddment. It's a little naughty, a little silly, but a fun double take on your traditional Santa get up.

Oddment offers a single prim poinsettia field to spice up your seasonal landscaping and it's copy so you can do a lot of spicing. Carla's Workshop has a clever breakable vase that resets itself.. which is just plain fun and I wish I could show it you in action. Comes with instructions. Pet's Shoppe and Erasing Drawings are both offering up very different original artwork for your in world home. Pet's got a traditional Winter landscape to evoke Peace on Earth and Erasing Drawings offers a little more introspective but nicely done mirror trick called "Vanity". Also pictured here is a pumkin charm necklace from Pookah Designs.

.:coLLisions:. has two tattoos, one for males and one for females. Lancer is a tribal style for upper back and arms.

Other offerings not pictured are leather wrist wraps from Sable Rose, two garden poses form ~Poetic Poses~, hair from Ali & Alli and offerings from Celtic Cache, Magpie Eclectic Designs, Wide Eyed, and Carla Collazo's Candles. Central TP point to the area here.

And another quickie: A good many vendors are holding Advent Gift giveaway's, with a new gift each day. Some will allow the previous gifts to remain until the end of the advent season (traditionally Christmas Eve) but others will only leave their gifts out for 24 hours. I picked up this little friend at Never Ever as part of the Advent Calendar being shared between N. E. and Robbish. It's animated, very friendly, and I'd suggest you get it today in case his buddies run away and there are no more pet rats to be found.

Jackrabbiting for bargains

Post-hunt one of the things I like to do is visit the stores of things I liked, or in this case the sims to see what else might be around. It's kind of a haphazard approach to looking for stuff but every now and again, you get lucky. What I' found this morning is a mix between new stuff, free, dollarbies, or minimal costs (like under $25L)

Before I even started today, DSN had dropped a gift from Dark Closet: a Shades kilt in distressed silver-grey leater, complete with chain mail pants and a top. I mixed it up with previous hunt gifts, including the Shaggy hair from Bryce and the boots in the last gift from Sensual Mistery from MHOH2, Krazy Kanji Tat from HUZ from the JFTG hunt and the Pup collar from Urban Assault from the Steampunk Hunt.










I started at KOSH, which is a good bet any day of the week and they added a bunch of new stuff to their perpetual dollarbie piles, along with the weekly offerings: this time the lockless bracelet (charms style with skelton keys) and a triple wrap checker belt. Necklace is Coexist from Sable Rose in the Lucky Board.

Philotic Energy (PE) is another good bet where I picked up this Boyd Hair with knit cap fatpack on the discount display. Right across the way from PE is Moonshine with this gift of a hoodie and jeans for men in the middle of the display. (Other hoodies in the discount area for $10L)

Harajukubox was my next stop for these dollarbie Dirt Clod Boots at Slanted Fox -- they've been running a Going out of Business sale for a bit, so don't miss it, or the other dollarbies in the store.

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Skin: Den Dou - Ichiro -Bronz- /02 Stubble (with Body Hair) (not free)

Quick Links:

Accessories:
KOSH, Sable Rose, HUZ Tats, Urban Assault

Hair:
Philotic Energy, Bryce

Clothes:
Moonshine, Dark Closet

Boots:
Slanted Fox, Sensual Mistery

Great Giveaways

The Belleza group isn't free, but the entry fee ($250L) pays for itself the first time a new gift is released. In this case, it's the popular and really well done Ewan Skin, v.2, in multiple tones, both bald and with scalp hair. Belleza does beautiful work anyway, but tone definition andetail make this well worth the entry price. It's one of the few groups I hold on to regardless of what other group slots I need.

I've got the Belleza Ewan v2 tan skin on here, and set it against a couple of other pickups: the hair is .::MADesigns HAIR::. ~ NATE ~ Ferra CotSh #6. The Sweats are from Wilson's Designs - from the No Hunt. (comes with a shirt too but then you couldn't see the skin.)

Den-Dou sn@tches stringer's vanilla twizzler...

...whilst parajen is dreamin'g of Alice in a joke factory!

I know...your thinking wtf is with that title. Well I wanted a title contain all seven designers that are mentioned in this post.

This is the Den-Dou lucky board skin - Scarface (A) great detail on this skin. The lucky board is located upstairs. The jeans are by Vanilla C. Design - Ripped faded black they are a Sn@tch City, Nightmare Eden prize. Head to Dreamin'g Alice and grab some free vampire bite marks. I am wearing both types, neck and breast (chest). The sexy mohawk is from The Stringer Mausoleum (TSM) Twizzler hunt #8 which is Summon Winter - Halloween orange $1L.

This skin is the Den-Dou group gift called Zombie skin. I must say, that it is a pretty hot lookin zombie. The divine blood filled, Vampire cuddle tub in the background, is the latest freebie put out in the hidden room at Parajen Homes and the hair is TSM twizzler prize #16 In the rain - tripurple1 $1L (Hint: look for something floating on water)

This is the second skin you could win on the Den-Dou lucky board, Scarface (B). Hair is a TSM twizzler prize #9 Summon Winter - Halloween purple $1L. All these shots were taken inside the Parajen Homes skybed Gothic skybox, that is still available for free in the hidden room.

For those who haven't been able to locate the hidden room, heres a hint: Look above the falling water and the bathing bird will direct you. Halloween fridge and decorations are free from the Joke Factory.

----Your taxi's await----

Den-Dou

The Stringer Mausoleum

Parajen Homes

Vanilla C.Design

Dreamin'g Alice

Joke Factory

Sn@tch City

MHOH2 - More Good Stuff

#1 MADesigns: Cruz Espresso Hair.

#159 Artful Cravings: Dragon Brown Jeans & Dragon VButton Shirt. Nicely worn brown jeans and comfortably creased shirt.

.:Condensed Chaos:. Jack Bracelet (#62 on the Vampire Hunt)

#149 ::Wicked Tattoos:: Torn Apart - Jacket, Shirt & Undershirt layer, great detail front and back in brown and white ink.

#140 :Robbish: MHO 2nd Edition Jeans. Worn waist, great pocket work.

MHOH2 - Seriously Happy

This hunt is making me seriously happy.

#1 - MADesigns: 4hair styles - 4 colors, three sets of eyes
Hair: Alex ~ Corvette, Cruz ~ Espresso, Jude - Silk, Jin ~ CB II
Autumn Eyes: Gold-Cold, Twilight-Dawn, Night-Spider

# 1 MADesigns: CRUZ ~ Espresso

# 4 RFyre: BanSidhe Unisex Black: Cameo Belt

# 5 Zaara: Nalin summer shirt yellow & white tank (I want to marry this shirt set)

#149 ::Wicked Tattoos:: Torn Apart

#148 *FIR*: MHO Jeans 1

#151 7071: Engineer Demi Boots

Make Him Over Hunt Redux

It's off and running. Lots of participants and little time so I'm offering looks and links mostly -- and As usual, I tend to start in the middle and avoid the mad rush. (Plus give you something to look forward to as you work your way through the hunt.)

#127 (2 gifts at this location) .:Fiction:. Tirade (black) Hair & .:Condensed Chaos:. DiabloScarf (2 versions, also 2 versions of a knit neko hat). (There's also gifts at this location for the Vampire hunt

#133 *Mire* Voodoo Black Suit
Full outfit, coat, vest, tattered pants, top hat, voodoo dolls, sock garters. Very fun.

#138 Mutt Armories Air Assault Trooper - Full unform including boots, weapons and Hud

#158 Loco Lobo Cycles Tuxedo chopper -- nice lines, easy controls

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Non-hunt Items:
Skin: Redgrave Emil Deep Tan Full Beard
Boots: Redgrave Biker Boots Black

Find Ash group gift

Reopa Laval designer of Find Ash, one of my favourite hair stylist, has opened the new store and has a new gift out: "FA"Cover Fringe.
The hairstyle is supposed to be mostly worn by a woman but with little work it fits on a not extra sized male shape.
Textures are realistic and shiny as always and it comes in two tints, light brown (showed) and honey blond.
Available in store (dollarbie) and in group notices.

Fancy to Footloose

This may have been blogged before but I didn't have this suit so, you know... new to me.

This isn't part of the Steampunk Hunt, although the BlakOpal Burgundy Cutaway Suit could be. It looks to be a permanent freebie from [BlakOpal Designs]. Solid period look to it (although without the tails, it works pretty well as a contemporary suit), prim cuffs and collars and nice detail work.

I pulled out my new Brass Frame Glasses from [The Brass Needle] and then ducked into [Philotic Energy] to pick up this PE Colby Clinker tousled hair for a either nothing or a $1L (I grabbed several new hair styles from PE... some were. some had a token cost.)

Over the weekend, FFFM member and reader Juliet Broono was like a freebie radar, tossing tons of good finds onto the list. I got some good stuff but I think I may have found a new favorite casual designer... [e.style].

Juliet's tip was for the black polo shirt and jacket you see pictured (there's a black version of the jack as well), but among the limited offerings I also found some jeans I really liked and at the minimal cost of $5L from the vendor, it seemed worth it to at least try a pair. I think I ended up buying everything but the shorts...

Nice textures and interesting details make these feel a little more....I dunno, finished, than your regular denims. The polo shirt is also really nice. I did have to widen the collar a touch but I like the look and fit of this shirt. The same went with the jacket... graphic is a logo but it's not overly glaring and the jacket comes with a bulker in case you want it too look more like a coat than a windbreaker.

Free stuff is on the second floor, but there are also lucky boards for furniture and a nice sky island on the first floor.

I grabbed the jeans, the polo, and both jackets. I'm also wearing [MADesigns] Jonas - BMT II hair, which is part of the [MADesigns] VIP September gift.

Again, thanks, Juliet! for the tips and finds!


Final note: keep an eye on the blog -- there's some new stuff coming to the sidebar under the heading of "Resources". Cameron is going to blow you guys away. And hopefully a little Designer Spotlight for designers who consistently offer quality freebies, even though the spotlighted items won't necessarily be free.

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[BlakOpal Designs]: BlakOpal Burgundy Cutaway Suit
[The Brass Needle]: Brass Frame Glasses (Steampunk Hunt)
[e.style]: Shirt25 (Black Polo) free, 005-pants (jeans with belt) $5L, wing skull jacket white free (also comes in black)
[MADesigns]: ~ JONAS ~ BMT II (VIP gift September)
[Philotic Energy]: PE Colby Clinker

Also worn:

Skin: Librarian II ~ Inflict
Eyes: Teal II ~ Sin Skins
Beard: Leon - Chocolate ~ Discord Designs

Skin, skin...

...and more skin!

Here's a line up of some pretty cool free and almost free skins that are currently available. Being a chic, I unfortunately don't have my own pixelated penis so I added a little fairy dust to stop me from looking too much like a ken doll. Here's where you'll find these hot skins.

Left to right:

Men's skin02 -Freebie wall @ Heaven's skins & shapes

Special edition skin - Lucky chair @ Little Britain designs

Aimer - Lucky board @ Mr. Poet

Mens003 lf0y - Freebie wall @ Heaven's skins & shapes

Carwashed skin $1L from A:S:S @ Car wash back to school sale

Randal - Lucky board @ Mr. Poet also here & here

Closer norm smiley - Group gift from &Bean

----Hair Credits----

Men's hair from Tonic (past storybook hunt gift)

Free hair - Black - from Black Maria

Free hair - White- from Black Maria

Pace - Mochachino from Philotic Energy

Summon Winter - Nickel from the Stringer Mausoleum

Rae - Mochachino from Philotic Energy

Double Duster - Black tipped from the Stringer Mausoleum

----Pose Credits---

Pose 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 are [LAP] gift poses from poop hunt 09

Pose 6 Men's stand animation from Sit on this Animation

Pose 3 - I'm bad, my inventory is out of control, I can't remember (will fill in when I find it!)

Quick Skin and Shirt: Zanzo and Kosh

Just a fast one while I try to finish the Steampunk Hunt (which has been extended to the 30th apparently. HOORAY!)

We posted a couple of weeks ago that Zanzo was making their group pay to play -- but they urged people to join it before it went over. Well it has, but the group fee is only $100L, and if you didn't join before, you might want to rethink that. Why? Because the group gifts are already proving to be pretty cool.

The group gift this past week is the skin Narcissus ~ Adonis, and it's an amazing skin.

Granted, the youthful, even bishy, look to this isn't for everyone, but it is an incredibly *good* skin, with great detail and coloring and an indication of the caliber of the work being offered.

It's in the notices so you might want to hurry. There's a tattoo in there too, but they won't be forever.

I'm also going to urge you to pop over to [KOSH] and grab their dollarbies. One dollarbie is an amazing undersea skybox that I will try to get pictures of but I 'm not sure I can do it justice. It's beautiful. The interior murals and worn wood decking alone are worth way more than the $1L they are asking and at 14 prims, you can't go wrong. It will not, however, fit on a standard 512 plot unless it's oddly wide.

They also have this very fun Clipper ship t-shirt "Cradle of the Deep" to go with the nautical theme and if you duck through the portal, you can pick up a dollarbie table and chairs from [Concrete Flowers] to furnish your sky box with -- or, you know, you could use all the cool furniture you're gettng from the Steampunk Hunt -- it fits the skybox theme pretty damn well.

Also wearing:
Hair: Philotic Energy Pace Mochachino (from the $50L gift box a couple weeks back)
Necklace: Sable Rose - Men's Coexist Necklace (Not free and not available *yet*. Look for it at Jewelry Faire)

Happy Birthday...

...Aemilia Case!

In celebration of Aemilia's (owner of Philotic Energy) b'day, there is a $50L goodie box at PE containing 8 mochachino coloured hairdos, 4 girls, 4 guys. A couple of the girls hair also looks good on men...bonus! There is a unisex collar and a couple of bags also in the goodie box.

(pictured from left to right)

PE hair: Pace, Rae, Edna & Harrison.

House of Ruin eyes: (Free) Felid carnival, Android, Spectrum Tropicana & Shadow Circus.

Aussie Ink tatts: (Lucky Chair) Koi, Skull, I am god & Bad Kitty.

Atomic Skin: Past gift in VIP hunt.

Reaction: Razor Shorts (not free).

Looking for some new peepers? Maybe something a little more unusual? The amazing Ruina Kessel of the House of Ruin has loads of freebie eyes set up in her mainstore. These are unique and gorgeous. On each of the eye vendor boards is a freebie eye, located up the top, on the right. Just buy it for $0L. There is also a 50% sale on the Cylon v.2 eyes.

If you can't afford the goodie box at Philotic Energy, there are some $1L hairs also available.

(left to right)

Boyd Shabang $1L cheapie wall (includes 96 colours).

Colby $1L tester (18 in each colour pack).

Faris $1L cheapie wall (includes 96 colours).

Eyes: Poetic Colors - golden forest (past freebie)

Tee: Reaction - Ace dark. (not free)

SummerChoice!2009

SummerChoice!2009 is still up (will end on 31 August) with several unisex prizes.
All you have to do is buy a product containing the stamp card from the list of stores involved (some of them offer only limited products marked with the card logo, some others offer them in every product they sell) and mark them at the printing device located in all the 20 shops.
More info on the official site.



If you are managing to do the print rally all at once, probably you need many free slots where attach the cards in order to print them. I personally use the HUD slots, saving one for the AO but you can also wear them in every free slot of the avatar like many actually do.

Here are the unisex prizes available that I picked up:


Picnic camping car [SummerChoice!2009]
"anuenue. Hickory pants Choice2009
Uw.St Rouvel-Hair (CSR)

)) HANAUTA (( - Picnic Set "SummerChoice!2009"
Feather =F=LunchBox(SummerChoice!2009)

**DP**yumyum shy sheep/2009 choice
(iTuTu) Sunflower Cart // SummerChoice!2009

D-LAB GREEN TREE HOUSE-box
Vooner <>Hamster Box
*Edelweiss* School Blazer Cure - Choice!

S.I.C_5_Jacket_Set_Choice! version_BOX
*LPP* Choice!2009 Gift / *LPP house PKG

*COCO*_SummerChoice2009_GIFT
=DeLa*= Boots "Tucson" Summer Choice09

Hot Hawks!

Hair: Anemone (Black tipped blue) - The Stringer Mausoleum - Gift in the Sci-Fi & Fantasie hunt.

Kilt: Beast master Kilt - EMO-tions - L$10 on xStreet.

Shape: Liam - free shape from R.N.K. (need to confirm if it is still available)

Not free:

Accessories: Armbands, Wrist band & Bracer - past camp items from Little Britain Designs (are available for purchase from Ivica Atlanta one of LBD owners)

Skin: Joshua - Dragonfly Designs

Boots: New Rock black flame boots - Little Britain Designs
All tattoos displayed are from the lucky chairs at Aussie Ink. The fantastic Katerina Gothly and Declyn Usbourne of Aussie Ink, have even set up a lucky chair with tattoos just for the guys.

I am often seen sporting a wicked hairdo and I absolutely loooove my Mohawks. If you like hawks too, then you should know about the big sale going on over at The Stringer Mausoleum. Helena Stringer is going to update the textures next month, so all current hair is on sale (around L$50 a hair pack). These pics are of a few of my favorite Stringer hawks.

Left to right:

Hair: Anemone (Blk tipped purple) - Tatt: Buddist Mantra

Hair: In The Rain (Black) - Tatt: Koi

Hair: Summon Winter (Blk tipped blue) - Tatt: Two Faced
Left to right:

Hawk: Sunoran (Blk tipped blue) - Tatt: Japanese Snake

Hawk: Double Duster (Blk tipped) - Tatt: Ghostly Sleeves

Hawk: Allegory (Forest tipped) - Tatt: Smoking Aces (front)

Hawk: Ex'd (Blk tipped blue) - Tatt: Smoking Aces (back view)

Biker Shades - L$20 - xStreet

A huge thanks to Stryda Radek for being such a fantastic and good looking model...I swear I wasn't perving!

Sadistic Edgar

The new group gift from Sadistic Hacker, Edgar(mauve).
Join the group and check the notices, generally it's available for several days.

Silent Sparrow @ The Gnubie Store

Testing out this blog malarky, I thought I would start off safe with a simple piece illustrating an item I grabbed at The Gnubie Store. One of the freebie gems on the grid The Gnubie Store is a treasure trove of designer give-aways.

Albion snapped up this gothic item from one of SL's best gothic stores Silent Sparrow, who donate several cool items to the store. Grab as many as you can, join the group and head to the Silent Sparrow store to buy some reallty cool, really original styles and designs.

What impresses me with the Silent Sparrow range of free items is the high quality of the designs, the freebies are often sale item just dropped into the freebie store. They are not cheaper version thrown in to publicize the main designs or logo T-Shirts to advertise the store. Both generous and stylish, these gothic Victorian inspired designs stand up against anything you'll have in your inventory. I like them a lot, so should you; be adventurous take off the ripped jeans you bought for 5L; discard the T-Shirt declaring your loyalty for the Bare Boobies Bar; be daring, be gothic, be cool be free. Thank you and goodnight.

Albion is wearing FREE shades from CheerNo [group gift], and the hair was FREE from Gurl6, I'm unsure as to whether its still available; the shoes are from Redgrave [NOT FREE].

For the noob in dire need of a new look or the oldster looking for a free gothic masterpiece jump in that taxi and check it out.

The Gnubie Store
Gurlywood
CheerNo at *AC Stores
Silent Sparrow