Paint it BaLaC

So I was standing around this lucky board with some of my fellow Lucky Chair Stalkers and one of the gals starts talking about this coat she was wearing and of course we all went "OOOO",  because that is what we say, so I went there and got it and bought some more stuff from this really nice new store, BalaC.  Then I got really excited because I saw that there is also a free men's version.  Also the men's version comes in 2 sizes.  I thought it would look great as part of a classic Ivy League girl look so I paired it with Baiastice's classic sweater/skirt set at The Dressing Room Blue.  The hair from Exile is also a steal the TDRB.  The skin is from the lucky board (group only) at Yuki.  There are 4 boards and a steady crowd so you can win fast.  I added some color to the lips with a tat layer lipstick from Cheap Makeup (dern, I'm loving these makeup layers!)

Credits:
Coat: BaLaC: Military Mods Coat: Opening Gift
Skirt/Sweater: Baiastice: Mary Fall: cheap @ The Dressing Room Blue
Skin: (*OO*) Yuki: Qua2: Lucky Board prize (join the group - free)
Hair: Exile: Suzy: cheap @ The Dressing Room Blue
Socks: Pig: Argyle Sock M. Suspender - Charlie S.: not free but cheap
Lipstick: Cheap Makeup: Miss Priss Lipstick 9: not free but cheap

Finally! Pididdle!

The adorable Brutus Martinek from Pididdle has been planning on opening a new main store on the Existence sim and it opened today!  To celebrate she has made some season themed versions of some of her new releases.  They are hidden in 5 easy to find pumpkins and will cost you nada.

The Beirut Jeans in "That Creepy Feeling" version as well as the Obsessions Top in "Pumpkin Patch Party" as well as the Boo necklace are 3 of the items you can find in the little hunt.  I added the non-free Beirut Vest in black because it's such a madly versatile piece, plus I think its really sexy.

Check out the amazing texturing on the Obsessions Top.  I love Brutus's attention to detail.  All her new releases come in about a billion colors, which makes it about impossible for me to buy only one.  Thanks, Brutus, for all the fantastic gifts!

Credits:
All Clothing and accessories: Pididdle: Opening Hunt Gifts, except the vest, also from Pididdle but not part of the hunt.
Hair: [elikatira]: Horizon: not free
Skin: LAQ: Tess2: not free

I will not make dirty references to the word SLOW

I was running over to DUunltd19 on the last day and I really liked the building it was housed in so I started to peak outside and discovered a whole bunch of my kind of happiness.  This is the first time in I can't tell you how long that I simply wandered around by myself and explored (shopped) with no particular mission in mind.  I wasn't blogging, I wasn't doing research for a post, I wasn't hunting or going to a lucky chair.  And I found great stuff, which I almost didn't blog, but it's too pretty and too sweet and the whole place is too tasteful to not share.  I am not showing you all the goodies I found so look around if you have the time.

Before I get too far into my tales of the SLOW sim, I wanted to gloat over the to-die-for jewelry that my awesome pal, Hempy Weezles from RIPE, is making for the upcoming jewelry fair.  The little bird skull pin is going to be a dollarbie and the hats (in other colors too) are going to be like insanely cheap unless she listens to me (which she probably won't do) and increases her price.  One of the reasons it's taken me three days to finish this post is I refused to take off this stuff.

The leggings are a dollarbie or cheapie at oyakin.  What I did was stretch the prims at the bottom to give them a slight flair.  They come in 3 different colors.  The babydoll top is not a freebie but at 90 L it's a good deal for adorable.

Before I forget, I completely forgot to shoot the adorable pink stripe flats that are the sim opening gift at oyakin so this is what I suggest.  When you get inside the store, stop at the table in the front room and get the darling shoes.  Then head to the back of the store and turn right down the hallway.  In the back of the next room there is a shelf with a bunch of freebies and dollarbies.  The leggings above and the dress and stockings in the photo below are items on the shelf.

The cute jewelry set is a new freebie at Beatnik and the old boots (in sky blue and grey) are are only 28 L at Clemantis. Every three days the color boot will change and on 10/1 they will be pink and green.  The boots don't seem to be mod or size change and they are size 0 so fair warning.

This fabulous, most excellent dress is a new group gift at Couverture, to celebrate the opening of SLOW.   There are so many ways to wear this sweet, flowy dress but I went casual and paired it with free leopard leggings from Beatnik as well a the darling feathers bag from RibboN.  Then to further delay me (<3), Sileny asked me my opinion on her skin for Humpday tomorrow and it's so cute!  Then Sabina Gully from Magika sent out an amazing subscriber gift of a fatpack of her new hair in the Delora style.

Sileny's new Twiggy skin has awesome painted on lashes which makes me very happy as I recently did some changes to my shape, not thinking that all my lashes would now have to be refitted.  While you are looking at my face, I wanted to tell you about this amazing little tat layer available for only 10 L at PXL. It is called a Skin smoother/lightener and it smoothes out all the unevenness of many skin tones.  If you are one of those people who have difficulty matching your skin tone to prim footed shoes you will find this especially helpful.  It can be used by either gender and is available thru this week.  Look for the box under the tree.  Magika's new hair is complete with all new textures and each color pack now contains 8 tones.  Color changes are now done thru a hud, reducing your inventory size.  The Delora style has 2 tones so what I did in the brown haired picture was use the blond hud for the secondary color to show how you can get additional effects if you have more than one color pack per style.

I'm usually quick and dirty so I hope you can forgive my yacking. Here are slurls and prices for all this stuff:
Oyakin:
   Black blouse: 90 L
   Gift dress: 0 L
   Leggings: 1 L
   Knit stockings: 0 L
Couverture:
   cle: green: group gift
Beatnik:
   Leopard pants: white: 0 L
   Sacred Wood Parure: 0 L
Skin: Mango Mango: twiggy: 69 L: available on Weds for Humpday Happiness
Skin Toner: PXL: 10 L this week only
Hair:
   Atomic: Im a Lady: not free
   Magika: Delora: subscriber gift
Nails: Miasnow: Dark Red glossy: 0 L at Starlust location
RIPE: preview of Jewelry Fair stuff: oh yes!
RibboN: Feathers Bag: 20 L
Shoes:
   Ordinary: Caraca: not free
   Clemanitis: old boots: 28 L (3 days)
   Kookie: Lazies: not free

Eden Loves Eve

I found out about this cute store, Kat, thru the group Lucky Chair Stalkers and I instantly knew I must have the dress, Eve.  This dress can be yours with only 160 slaps and when I looked last there were still a few spots left today.  It is lusciously sexy and easy to accessorize.  I went full-steam ahead on the accessories, disregarding the "one great accessory" rule I usually follow.   The dress pairs perfectly with the Lola Boots in exotic textures that you can win in the lucky chair at Baby Monkey in the main room (the 10 L sale on discontinued Ultimates is still going on in the other lucky chair room for some real bargains).  While you are at Baby Monkey, make sure you pick up the four sets of free prim nails.  They are scripted for color change and the gloves are tint-able to match your skin.  Thanks to Jelly Supply, also from Lucky Chair Stalkers, for turning me onto these great sunglasses from arrya that you can pick up for free as an  Eels opening gift.  Right next to it are also a free stump chair and some great bangles for both men and women.

Credits:
Dress: Kat: Eve - Blue: Midnight Mania Prize
Boots: Baby Monkey: Lola Boots - Exotics: Lucky Chair Prize
Glasses: aarya: Eels Gift: Free
Necklaces: .HoD.: Mercenary Set: not free but my favorite store for rosaries :)
Bangles: Jasha: Tahta Bracelets II: closed now, hope you picked them up when Tesh and Silver blogged it.
Ring: AddiCt: Keyboard Ring: was a Project Themeory item so it might not be available
Hair: Pacadi Jasha: Roberta - Swedish Blond: again, the store is closed now
Skin: Cupcakes: Allure: Cameo - Sanguine (not free)

Cynfully Gory

For a morbid soul like me, Halloween is a god send. It answers so many questions in one awesome little word. "Why are you covered in blood Ash?" "Halloween" "Why are you impaled on an AFK spear Ash?" "Halloween" "How come your eyeball just fell out Ash?" "Duh cos it's hawt :P"



Are you a member of the Cynful subscribo? You should be, cos apart from regular gifts that are the smex, you get to be first to hear about new releases and such. Some of you may have this already, but it was re-sent this morning, and seeing as my inv has been playing up, I was stoked to have this outfit again. They also had a yummy Halloween dollarbie out last time I went, it may still be there if you get a move on.



Sugarcube has opened a store in LeLook and this dress is free for a limited time. You get every layer combo which I love, especially cos I'm usually all tattooed up. The amazing photo sets I used aren't free, but if you have some spare cash to splash, these and others at Lost Angel Poses would be my pick. Shown here is "Last Call" and "Loved You". Now I'm off to start making mini Ash's costume for her school Halloween party........surprise surprise she wants to be a zombie :P Ash out.

Other Stuff
Hair (not free)
Fri.day
Boots (not free)
Heart & Sole
Skin (not free)
Idiosyncrasy (unreleased)

Pretty Church Fuses Melons and Cupcakes

Definitely a crazy name for a post but how else do I recognize all the great finds I have to show you?  Aemilia Case, of Philotic Energy fame, has opened a new sim and has started a new brand called Fusemelon, selling a wide range of products including hair, clothing, accessories and builds.  The PE store has moved there but with reduced stock. There are great wearable color demos for both men and women in the hair section.  I'm wearing the women's demo, Taken All.  It's so fab!  There is also a gift bag in the shop (you can't miss it - it's everywhere).  Walk around the sim and find the exclusive freebies from Sugar Mill and there were some cheapies at Philotic Energy that were new to me. Omaire Abattoir from O-Magine Homeworks and Ravyn Hynes from Mudhoney did a fantastic job on the builds.

There are some great sales going on now that I have really enjoyed.  Church of Luxe has almost everything on sale for 50 L right now and fatpacks are a steal.  Pretties by JB is rebranding to ala mood Boutique and all shoes are currently 25 L with supercheap fatpacks.  Cupcakes now has 15 gift bags out at 250 L each which includes an exclusive skin in all tones, an outfit and eyes.  You don't need to be a group member to purchase these and it's a great way to try out their skins for very little cost.  The collar I'm wearing is part of an amazing Roman collar/cuff set currently in the Midnight Mania board at Inca Temple.  The board only needs 100 slaps to get the item and when I checked a little while ago it was about halfway there.  It has intricate engraving and is fully scripted.

Details:
Hair:  Fusemelon: Taken Away: Wearable color demo: Free
Dress: Church of Luxe: Colleen: 50 L
Shoes: : ala mood :Khea Summer Heels: 25 L
Skin: Cupcakes: Gift 10: Seduction in Cameo: 250 L for the set plus a lingerie set
Collar: Inca Temple: Roman Collar: Midnight Mania Prize: Free

Doubloons and such

What does one do when an amazing group of talented designers gets together, create a rocking pirate themed space, then invite some other talented designers to be part of said space? Well join them duh!! The Black Market features the following stores:
Vive9, Mudhoney, BOOM, Beetle Bones, SMP, Miel, Waffle Hair, =hoot=, Etoile, MayoNaise, Modd.G, Ohmai!, Madsy, Twosome,This is a Fawn, &bean, Thimbles, Milk Motion, Snooky Poses, Periquita Shoes, Sugarcube, My Ugly Dorothy, Doppleganger, Fabulous,Idiosyncrasy, GiGi Couture, Minettes, Hat Mechanic, Leafy, LaGyo, Tiny Bird, Duboo, Toastface, Miseria, Skream, Balaclava, DARE, Fishy Strawberry (shamlessly pinched that list from Ms Modd's blog :P)



As if having all these stores on one sim wasnt enough......there's gifts, special offers, exclusive releases....oh and rum! This dress from Sugarcube, and tights from Twosome a couple of the freebs you'll find in the little boats near the landing point.



Isnt this top from MayoNaise the awesome. Guess who's store MayoNaise is? Our Tomyo's. Yes, she's ours now *evil laugh*



This gorgeous top is from Etoile, and the shorts are from our very own Anya. The shorts aint free, but I defy anyone to not want them instantly. Even after the gifts have gone, there will always be exclusives that you wont be able to get anywhere else, and they get changed out every 2-3 weeks, so always keep checking back. Now get yer scurvy butts to the Black Market .....aarrggh and such. Ash Out.

Credits
Pic 1
Dress
Sugarcube @ The Black Market
Leggings
Twosome @ The Black Market

Pic 2
Top
MayoNaise @ The Black Market
Scarf
Balaclava @ The Black Market
Pants (not free)
BlakOpal

Pic 3
Top
Etoile @ The Black Market
Shorts (not free)
!Ohmai @ The Black Market

Hair and skin worn throughout (not free)
Tiny Bird-Kissy Kissy
Idiosyncrasy-Lucy

An Atomic Dare

Not many words today I'm afraid (that could be a plus though :P)



Dare Munro is my go to guy for smexy clothes. When I need to feel empowered, I usually turn to his latex. This is Flux, a multi layered, full outfit with boots included.



There will be special lucky chair colours, that are unavailable to buy, till their time in the chair is up. The opening of Atomic (as covered here by Cas) has relieved both Sas and me of many many lindens. Oh the piercings and tatts, yes......... I'm swooning. The hair is pretty rockin too, I've shown my favie here. None of the Atomic stuff is free, but as what I've shown are fast becoming my staples, you haz no choice but to see em :P Ash Out.

Credits
Outfit
Dare Designs
Hair (not free)
Atomic
Tatts (not free)
Atomic
Piercing (not free)
Atomic
Skin (not free)
Idiosyncrasy Riley Makeup 1
Posing Stool (old gift, may still be avail?)
Diesel Works

Hola!

Wow it's been awhile!! SL and RL have gotten so busy in the last couple of weeks, and I was doing my best to keep up.......then I just said fuck it, and started hanging out having fun instead. Most of yesterday was spent waiting for Nishant Zobovic to put out the hair we had been waiting very impatiently for :P While waiting, Sas and I tried to sort inv, then she got dizzy from throwing stuff away, and I thought it best we stop!



Most of you would have this amazing preview from the Tuli group, but if you don't, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY grab it now! "Hope" is stunning. You have a choice of tones and brow colours, which is awesome.



Pididdle has opened up at Fashion Mode, and looky, special dollarbie make up for yooooos. The makeup is so cute, and again you get a choice of tones.



For a couple of weeks now, girls have been asking in fashion emergency, and other groups I'm in, "What's happened to Lazolli?" Buggered if I knew, but I did love that store with a deep and burning passion. The skin shown here has been in my inv for a bit. I didn't know who sent it (thanks to capping and crashing on logging in). I went to the store to have a look round last week, then got distracted by IMs and forgot why I was there ;P Fast forward to this morn and this post, and I was like oooh I have that skin, then the penny dropped! Thanks for solving the mystery Narita!! Sooo, the point of that ramble is, Lazolli has rebranded to L'oring, this skin is free for a limited time, go grab it! It's the Jorden skin, the one Narita posted is Takako, both still avail at the time of posting for free.



Here's a new release from Dare Designs, this colour is the lucky chair exclusive. The Enthralled set is beautiful, I love the options that come with all of Dare's clothes.



This set Dare was kind enough to gift to me. "Beauty Is Pain" is a terribly apt name for the last two weeks of my sl. Thank you Dare, you rock! The hair!!! While it's not free, it's the biggest damn hair I've seen in ages and I fecking loves it!! Grab your blast from the past at Mirai Style. And remember, the higher the hair, the closer to god :P Ash Out.

Skins
Tuli group gift
Pididdle
L'oring
Dutch Touch (not free)

Hair (not free)
Paper Couture
Mirai Style

Clothes
Dare Designs luck chair
Dare Designs new release

Super Quick Quickie!

The lovely Ms Eames of Vinyl Cafe fame has moved to a brand new sim!! As a thank you to all of you readers for your support, she has released this fanfuckingtastic pack. I'm at work, so she kindly gave me permission to post her ad for the set, so feast your eyes :P If you see her, say a massive thank you and give her loads of hearts!



Taken from the card she sent me: The Vinyl Cafe and Shops have relocated to a brand new sim and to celebrate we have put together a GORGEOUS present for all of our friends at FREESTYLE. Strut and sleep in style with this amazing FREE GIFT that includes:A fabulous pair of gold and turquoise suede ankle boots with super SEXY stiletto heels...
AND A very CHIC bedroom suite in turquoise, tan, black and white with: -a modern bed with a full sex and cuddle menu
-two side chairs with animated sits
-PLUS a coordinating chest, lamps and multipicture frame where you can display your own photos! Make sure to grab this amazing FREEBIE while you can...
Sweet Dreams from your friends at The Vinyl Cafe and Shops!

Grab the awesomeness here. Ash Out.

Huuuge, Massive Post!

I'm so happy happy this morning!! I have the house to myself again as I had given my roomie notice, and he's gooooone!! I know it's mean to celebrate so much, but some people you can live with and some....well lets just say you can't :P The concurrent theme for this post is lucky chair exclusives. Those precious outfits you can only win from the chair.





This first set is from Dare Designs. A new to me store, but it's a one stop for just about everything you could want! There's 4 lucky chairs for girls, a midnight mania board, clothes galore, boots *pauses for breath* and if that's not enough, you also get a gift when you join the subscribo! Phew. Thank you so much to Dare Munro for letting me know about his yummy store, I'll be sending Q in with some cash later today ;) The outfit is called STFU, and will be in the chair for about a week, so pack the place out ppl! You get all these options and more in the one box, a ton of ways to wear it.



These bits of hawtness are from +DV8+ and match the boots I posted a couple of weeks ago. There's also an exclusive colour in the riotvend with matching boots, so get crowding!! Thanks Vasha. The skin shown here is a pick reward from Little Bird. The AYC skin is just luminous and innocent looking, I looove. You know the drill with pick rewards, add the store, wait a bit touch the thingo and away you go!



The next dresses are from the Glitterati Goodie Table. Shown are 2 dresses from T2T and DCNY. There's also gifts from CNS, Arsnova, Rock Me Amadeus and probably much more that I missed due to copious blue screens.





These skins! More lushness from Lazolli, 7 new skins to be precise. I always feel terribly grown up when I wear these skins, I know, I'm completely odd! And looky! I haz Gummi Bears on my neck, thanks to Sanu :P You can get the Gummy Love Rainbow set from the lucky chair. You get a choker and 4 monocles, they're so real looking, if I could work out a way to lick my own neck I would!! Ash out.

Stuff That's Not Free, But You Know You Want
Hair
Aden
ETD
Lelutka
Discord Designs

Skin In Pics 1&2
Obscene

Silver Collar
Sanu