Bring on 2012

What a way to start the year!  Blog some fantastic newness!!!!!

Firstly - This outfit just screams "I Love my Linden Balance!" The skin only cost me $50L.  The hair I found after visiting an old favourite hair store I hadn't been to in a while.  I was helping out a friend and went TPing all across the globe, ended up at D!va and there is new group gifts.  HURRAH!  Best thing is it comes with an options to have no pony tail over the shoulder at the click of a button!  Last but not least - Fifty Linden Friday Boots!  

I can't decide if I want to pick up the ruffles of my dress and go skipping through the long grass, or sit in front of the mirror and ask in the beauty of this headpiece.  Why not both!  Even though I told her it wasn't going to work - seeing the end design on this dress floored me.  Job well done Sanura!

Sometimes less is more.  These have to be an all time favourite pair of pantyhose with built in panties for modesty.  But this jacket!  22769 you have outdone yourself on this one.  I didn't want anything else to overshadow the jacket so simply stockings it is!

Talk about adding a touch from everyone.  Each layer comes from someone completely different to the next but I love this look.  Very school teacher-ish, but with a touch of flair with the yummy mesh boots from Maitreya.


Skin:  .:Sking:. V11_Diva_Pale_Dark eyebrows_Natural
Hair: ""Diva"" Hair "Marie"
Eyes:  Aphotic Gloom - Aquilius - Tirablue
Lashes:  Miamai_NoAlpha_N01
Dress:  -siss boom-le creme
Shoes:  *FIR& MNA* The Orann Boots Brown (MESH, FLF Item)

Skin:  -siss boom-english rain dimples
Hair: Maitreya Green II
Eyes:  Aphotic Gloom - Aquilius - Tirablue
Lashes:  Miamai_NoAlpha_N01
Dress:  .: Somnia :. Christine Etheria Dress
Hair Attachment:  ::SPLIT PEA:: and with bees in her breath - hair flowers (FLF Item)

Skin:  -siss boom-swedish stygian
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Aria Mesh Hair
Eyes:  Aphotic Gloom - Aquilius - Tirablue
Lashes:  Miamai_NoAlpha_N01
Dress:  22769 ~ [femme] x-mas coat
Stockings:  *VEXTRA FASHION* Fishnet pantyhose

Skin:  -siss boom-wind chill
Hair: Tiny Bird - Love You More - Great Personality pack  (FLF Item)
Eyes:  Aphotic Gloom - Aquilius - Tirablue
Lashes:  Miamai_NoAlpha_N01
Jacket:  22769 ~ [femme] x-mas linnen shirt
Shirt:  Whippet & Buck - Kipparing tank  (FLF Item)
Pants:  Ingenue :: Katherine Trousers in Tweed :: Noir
Shoes:  Maitreya Mesh * Alexa Wedges *  FLF Edition

Snowball Hunt at Pulse / Snatch City

I love hunts and interactive games, especially when they are put on by Ivey and Rob.  So today was a super special day when I logged on to be greeted with "Have some balls!" I had to giggle.  Ivey sure is a laugh at times, her reasoning behind letting me see a sneak peek at the hunt items was because she knows all too well what I am like at hunts and finding things (may or may not have run through "The Flesh Game" like a bull at a gate with Ivey and Sanura running behind me yelling SLOW DOWN!!!!).  Through word of mouth that I was sneak peeking Ivey's Snowballs for the hunt I also received a few extra goodies from other stores participating.  Now if you want to do the hunt yourself - it is spread out over 2 sims and starts tomorrow \o/.  Take your ride to Sn@tch Main Store to start there.  I've included the poster for the hunt at the top of this post so you know what to look for outside the stores participating.  but enough waffling on  - here are a few select items from a couple of the stores participating.  I may end up doing the hunt anyway and blogging the rest of the stores finds in the next day or so.  Happy Snowball Hunting!

This cute little elf shape, stockings scarf and hat are from [Infamous]

Also from [Infamous] is the female elfie shape and female version of the scarf and hat.

If you are looking for a new adult female shape you can also find that at [Infamous] along with this awesome outfit from Sn@tch

These next few pics are all Sn@tch hunt items and ladies if you have never shopped at Sn@tch before - shame on you!!!!  but then again I don't blame many people for fear of walking in this store - I go broke everytime!

Sn@tch Hunt Outfit

Sn@tch Hunt Outfit

Sn@tch Hunt Outfit

Sn@tch Hunt Outfit

Sn@tch Hunt Outfit teamed with an item from .: Somnia :. 

Sn@tch Hunt Outfit teamed with an item from .: Somnia :. 

PIC #1
Skin: Belleza - Thomas V2
Shape:  Male Elfie Shape from [[Infamous]  *HUNT ITEM*
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Grave
Outfit:  CHRISTMAS SANTA'S ELF Boys
Hat:  [I] Holiday Hat  *HUNT ITEM*
Shoes:  [I] Elfie Shoes  *HUNT ITEM*
Scarf:  [I] Holiday Scarf  *HUNT ITEM*

PIC #2
Skin: [CheerNo] Feme Belina - Tan
Shape: Female Elfie Shape from [[Infamous]  *HUNT ITEM*
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Grave
Hair:  **Cute Bytes** Who Hair - Berry
Dress:  .:ZcZ:. Xmas Elf female (shirt and tights only worn)
Shoes:  [I] Elfie Shoes  *HUNT ITEM*
Scarf:  [I] Holiday Scarf  *HUNT ITEM*

PIC #3
Skin:  [CheerNo] Femme Belina - Tan
Shape: Winter Bliss from [[Infamous]  *HUNT ITEM*
Eyes:  ::[Mr Poet]:: Distinct eye Blue
Hair: ""D!va"" Hair "Chiharu"
Top:  :::Sn@tch Pasha Scarf Top (Wine):::  *HUNT ITEM*
Jeans: :::Sn@tch Lyric Blue Jeans (Wine):::  *HUNT ITEM*
Shoes:  Robbish Sneaker

PIC #4
Skin:  [PF] Elly - Gunmetal
Lipstick:  [PF] Elly - Clam Lipstick - (Cherry)
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Azur
Hair: [e] Away
Outfit:  :::Sn@tch Velvet Bodysuit:::  *HUNT ITEM*

PIC #5
Skin:  [PF] Elly - Gunmetal
Lipstick:  [PF] Elly - Clam Lipstick - (Cherry)
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Azur
Hair: [e] Away
Top:  :::Sn@tch Little Miss Christmas Tee:::   *HUNT ITEM*
Pants:  :::Sn@tch Hipster Panties:::   *HUNT ITEM*
Socks:  :::Sn@tch Toxic Socks:::   *HUNT ITEM*

PIC #6
Skin:  [PF] Elly - Gunmetal
Lipstick:  [PF] Elly - Clam Lipstick - (Cherry)
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Azur
Hair: [e] Away
Top:  :::Sn@tch Kitten Corset Top:::  *HUNT ITEM*
Pants:  :::Sn@tch Biker Leather Pants:::  *HUNT ITEM*
Bracelets:  :::Sn@tch Deschanel Bracelet:::  *HUNT ITEM*

PIC #7
Skin:  [PF] Elly - Gunmetal
Lipstick:  [PF] Elly - Clam Lipstick - (Cherry)
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Azur
Hair:  /Wasabi Pills/ Sebastianne Mesh Hair
Pants:  :::Sn@tch Danger Brocade Jeans:::  *HUNT ITEM*
Shoes:  Robbish Sneakers

PIC #8
Skin:  [PF] Elly - Gunmetal
Lipstick:  [PF] Elly - Clam Lipstick - (Cherry)
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Azur
Hair: [e] Away
Horns:  :::Sn@tch Sleek Horns::  *HUNT ITEM*
Top:  :::Sn@tch Plaid Study Vest:::   *HUNT ITEM*
Skirt:  :::Sn@tch Study Skirt:::   *HUNT ITEM*

PIC #9
Skin:  [PF] Elly - Gunmetal
Lipstick:  [PF] Elly - Clam Lipstick - (Cherry)
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Azur
Hair: [e] Away
Top:  :::Sn@tch Puffy Hoodie (Lime):::   *HUNT ITEM*
Pants:  .: Somnia :. Ragamuffin Jeans  *HUNT ITEM*
Shoes:  *Dilly Dolls* Argyle Wedges

PIC #10
Skin:  [PF] Elly - Gunmetal
Lipstick:  [PF] Elly - Clam Lipstick - (Cherry)
Eyes:  Negaposi Dreaming Eyes - Azur
Hair: [e] Away
Top:  :::Sn@tch Jane Top (Gold):::   *HUNT ITEM*
Pants:  .: Somnia :. Ragamuffin Jeans  *HUNT ITEM*

Shopping on a budget

Just a little blog with a heap of pictures for m little shopping trip today.  I was a tad bored and decided to do a 'shop on a budget' theme.  For this post I'll do one for the guys.  I'll just apologise now for the lack of continuity in the backgrounds in my pictures today.  My graphics card was being funky for some reason!

I managed to put this outfit together for $L602.  that was including buying a $L250 hair that I reused in the next outfit.  Hair always seems to be the most expensive so keep your eyes open for those sales.

All of these goodies, except the hair, were found at two rather neat little discount areas.  The first being SERAPHIM.  A room with a bunch of ' for sale'  boards that different stores put an item out...FOR FREE.  

Simply head on over to SERAPHIM (LM at the bottom) join the group at the group joiner then wander the room and touch the boards with items that you might like.  All completely free!

Next stop was the XYROOM Discount area.  Whilst I didn't check out the cost of EVERYTHING there, I believe it's all under $L100.  I picked up a heap of things but didn't include them all here.  I'll save them for another post.

So with my new outfits complete it was time to track down a hair.  I think I went to about 8 different mens hair stores and it seemed pretty average to pay between $L200 and $L270 for a standard pack of hair that included 4 - 5 shades.  I settled on this awesome little number with hat included from [Shag].  The hair comes in two versions, one with 'bangs' and one without (shown).

So all in all not a bad little shopping trip when the second outfit cost me $L434 (taking out the cost of the eyes and hair as I used them in both).  It's very easy to get things cheap, that are good quality.  You just need to know where to look.


~OUTFIT ONE~
Shape: My Own  $L0
Skin:  [: najl designs :] NAJL Gift from Seraphim $L0
Eyes:  .:Hermony:. -Eyes - Herbs $L5
Hair:  [Shag] - Boys Don't Cry  $L250
Necklace: **CALAVERA** - Collana Unisex necklace  $L99
Top:  {four} shirt for XYroom $L99
Pants:  .::CENSORED::. Cargo Shorts_XYROOM  $L50
Shoes:  | ALEIDA | Alaska boot (M) - nature $L99

~OUTFIT TWO~
Shape:  My Own  $L0
Skin:  {.essences.} Ramses skin *medium (comes with and without hair base)  $L99
Eyes:  .:Hermony:. -Eyes - Herbs $L5
Hair:  [Shag] - Boys Don't Cry  $L250
Top:  Wallflower: Wintery Male Sweater $L60
Pants:  .:Somnia:. Basic Jeans {Black}  $L200 (for a pack of 8 colours)
Shoes:  XYROOM - AZOURY -Boots Flore Rouge $L75

Find your shopping items here:
.:Somnia:.
[Shag]
XYRoom
SERAPHIM

Somnia Passion

Need a bit of passion in your SLife? Looking for a new place to call home? Why not combine the pair and get yourself the Passion Sky Box from Somnia.

This cute little two story sky box comes complete with furniture. Or you can rez out just the house and decorate with your own furniture. All up the house is 163 prims unfurnished or 303 prims furnished (with the Somnia basic furnishings). Mind you the furniture items included are all copy so you can rez out multiples of them where needed.

I chose to leave it minimal and just threw out some cushions in the sunken area of the lower floor. Nice relaxing chat with the fireplace in the background.

Or get comfy with the corner chairs! Somnia even includes little accessories like the cigarettes and ashtray for those smokers out there. The little touches in furnishings make a difference I feel.

Upstairs has room enough for a bedroom area AND a bathroom and comes complete with a room divider if you want to seperate the two areas, or make a change room.

Now I chose to add in my own furnishings for the bathroom area and completed my little look with some cute accessories I was passed in a Bloggers Review pack from ::NzuriHouse::, alongside Exposeur's Blood Lust Tub.

A quaint little sky box for those that want something more than a rectangle one room home. Also a big thank you to Jynxi - the only person alive at the same time as me on SL (well on my friends list at least) that was able to come be a body for the pics in my little Passion Sky Box.

.:Somnia:. Passion Sky Box - Furnished

Bathroom Accessories - ::NzuriHome:: Script Bathroom Set

Tub - {exposeur} Blood Lust Tub - Clean

PICS 2 & 3

Arora

Skin: Curio Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-Soot 2

Shape: My Own

Hair: [e] Shine

Top: *Cupcakes - The Bandeau - Black

Jeans: ::EmJay:: Low Rider Capris

Tattoo: AITUI TATTOO - Cherry Blossoms Red

Jynxi

Skin: Curio Petal go-go

Shape: Her Own

Hair: Truth - Billie Joe

Top & Shorts: Apple May - Kami

Tattoo: Para Design - Sacred Heart

PIC 5

Arora

Skin: Curio Acorn Frex [Light] Elf-Soot 2

Shape: My Own

Hair: !lamb. Oh Sugar

Lingerie: ~Blacklace~ Belle: Red Satin

Jynxi

Skin: Curio Peta go-go

Shape: Her Own

Hair: Truth - Billie Joe

Lingerie: ~Blacklace~ Dark Temptation: Black Leather

Newbie Style Challenge II

I participated in this last year and had a heap of fun so I had to take up the Newbie Style Challenge Part II again this year.

Now I could have made a brand new account and used some of the stores that have free gifts for accounts under 30 days old. I wanted to actually make sure I HAD to spend money to set up an account so I broke out some newb accounts that I made simply to secure my name when the 'First name only' Resident accounts were started. There were covered in dust and cobwebs from never being used though so it was a definitely a big challenge.

Now I decided to do both a male and a female avatar look since I do use a male alt from time to time when doing photography shots so I already had places in mind to start looking for my shopping. I had originally just planned on leaving these on flickr (hence he info written down the side of the picture) but then I got my blogging bug back again.

Credits in full will be at the very bottom.

Male Avatar - Total Cost L$542

Shape: Made by me - L$0

Skin: Group Gift from *Heartsick* - L$0 (although, this is now a paid group to join)

Hair: [Uw.7R] Aj - Hair Meteoric - L$210

Eyes: .:Hermony:. - Eyes - Herbs - L$5

Ears & Horns: [-B-] Becoming the Bull - L$1 (tail not shown, but included in pack)

Piercing: [-B-] Basic Piercings Pack, Septum II - L$1 (packs comes with over 40 piercings)

Shirt: .:Somnia:. Imported From Real Life {Black} - L$75 (comes in a pack of 3 shirts with different 'Imported from' locations)

Jeans: *COCO*Homme_Geometric_PrintPants_Black - L$50

Boots: *COCO*Homme_Lace-Up_WorkBoots - L$200

Female Avatar - Total Cost L$381

Shape: Made by me - L$0

Skin: Group Gift from *Heartsick* (shown wearing the alpha Teeth layer) - L$50 (one time joining fee)

Eyes: .:Hermony:. - Eyes - Jungle - L$5

Lashes: MIAMAI_NoAlpha Lashes N01 - L$150

Hair: [e] Soft - Black - L$88 (special from COLLABOR88)

Dress: Ingenue ::Brie Dress:: Plum (mesh) - L$88 (special from COLLABOR88)

Shoes: *Patulas House Black & White Ribbon Heels (tinted to match my outfit) - L$0 (purchased from Marketplace)