Back to School – Part Deux

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HAIR |Second Life Marketplace.Alli&Ali.Tsarina Hair – cool dark brown w resize & style menu style (promotional gift/free) 
| HOODIE |Second Life Marketplace.COCO DESIGNS.Ultra cropped hoodie – grey for Maitreya/Slink/Belleza (free) 
| TOP |DM.Alana Set – top Maitreya/Slink/Belleza (free) 
| PANTS |DREAMS.Wenda Jeans – 35 color HUD Maitreya/Slink/Belleza/Classic (GG/free) 
| JEWELRY |Second Life Marketplace.RealEvil Industries.Lux Celeste Set – earrings w/appearance menu (free) 
| SHOES |Ajuda Brasil Voluntarios.Pacagaia Creations.Studded Wedges - 20 color HUD & resize (free)

No back-to-school list is complete without lots and lots of jeans. Thanks to the fantastic folks at DREAMS, you can get 35 pairs in one awesome free gift.

Simply join the DREAMS group (it’s free), and click the Wenda Jeans picture on the group gift wall. Best of all, jeans aren’t the only thing on the gift wall. The wall is loaded with lots of gifts including another style of jeans, and several sweatsuit outfits.

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Today’s hairstyle is a nice gift from Alli&Ali’s marketplace store. This is basically a wearable demo that allows for resizing and five style changes. Adventurous dressers can even enter edit mode on the hair and add a tint of their choosing.

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HAIR |Sintiklia.Cora – fatpack HUD + tint HUD w/bangs option (free)
| JEWELRY |Second Life Marketplace.OutRAGEous Fashion.Long Pearl Necklace – Pastels (free) 
| TOP |Rebel Hope.Havana Outfit – Top/skirt Maitreya/Belleza/Slink (GG/free)
| PANTS |The Free Dove.dmr. Dr Malux jeans – 10 color HUD Maitreya/Slink/Belleza/Tonic (GG/free)
| SHOES |The Free Dove.{SA}.Lita Lolita – ochre Belleza/Ebody/Maitreya/Slink/TMP/Tonic (GG/free)

If belted jeans are more your style, these lovelies from DMR will definitely ring your bell. They come in ten classic shades sized to fit Maitreya, Slink, Belleza, and Tonic bodies.

The jeans and shoes above are both gifts from The Free Dove. If it’s been awhile since you last visited, plan to spend a bit of time browsing the freshly stocked shelves.

Until next time, shop happy!

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Back to School – The Dream Revisited

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HAIR |Little Bones.Oleander – w/essential, style, & tint HUDs (luckyboard gift/free) 
| JEWELRY |Second Life Marketplace.OutRAGEous.long pearl necklace – 5 pastels (free) 
| TOP |Ajuda Brasil Voluntarios.Petite Mort.Embroidered Blouse – 1 color / Standard sizes + alpha (free) 
| PANTS |Cynful Clothing & Co..Casual Shorts – 30 color HUD Maitreya/Slink/Belleza/Legacy (GG/free) 
| BACKPACK |Ajuda Brasil Voluntarios.Backpack – 1 color / mesh copy/mod (free) 
| SOCKS |Second Life Marketplace.Punksters Destiny.Sweats Outfit – mesh socks (free) 
| SHOES |Ajuda Brasil Voluntarios.Brii Underground.Amate Outfit - sneakers Pink mesh unrigged (free)

Last September I had a dream.  Granted it was a very small dream, but it was filled with free jeans, tees, hoodies, sneakers, and the kind of flowing long hairstyles school girls love.   Of course, after days of frustrating freebie hunting my dream was unceremoniously dashed.  I simply couldn’t find the kind of freebies I like to fill that virtual back-to-school shopping list glimmering in my mind’s eye.

My friends, that story will not be repeated this year!  Casual clothing lovers and virtual students, this series of posts are for you.

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Our first outfit is sensibly fashionable, comfortable, and perfectly suited for those mad dashes across campus. The backpack is copy/mod which allows for easy resizing, and personalized color changes.

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HAIR |Olive Hair.Peach – fatpack HUD (midnight mania gift/free)
| TOP |Dreams.Yanela Pullover – 16 color HUD + alpha (GG/free)
| PANTS |Cynful Clothing & Co..Casual Shorts – 30 color HUD Maitreya/Slink/Belleza/Legacy (GG/free)
| SHOES |Itsy Bitsy Boutique.Keds Sneakers – mesh copy/mod (GG/free)

Cynful’s casual shorts gift comes with an awesome 30 color HUD.  The store group is free to join which makes grabbing these babies a snap.  Pair the shorts with Dreams’ Yanela pullover, and you’ve got a minimum of 16 different looks.

Keds fans will adore these wonderful little sneakers.  They’re copy/mod for easy resize/recoloring.  Plus, the faces are numerous, making recoloring a joyous task. 

Tune in tomorrow for Back to School – Part Deux!

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Gather Around the Christmas Tree

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HAIR |.EscalateD. .Advent Calendar Day 19 – Caddie hair w/HUDs (GG/free)
HORNS |Cosmopolitan .Yokai.Christmas Spirit Horns (GG/free)
OUTFIT |Cosmopolitan .Kenny Rolands.gift – jeans/sweater mesh bodies (GG/free)
| SHOES |SL Marketplace .VaVaVoom.Xmas Bell Boots – for all avatars (free)
PROP |Cosmopolitan .Sequel.gift – sleigh of presents (GG/free)
Cosmopolitan Events is hosting an advent calendar December 15 – 25th.  On my first visit I missed the calendar completely.  Of course, the calendar is in plain sight, it’s simply not traditionally looking.
Upon entering the Cosmopolitan Room, the beautiful Christmas tree between the entrance doors is actually the advent calendar.  The Christmas stockings hanging on the tree are the calendar gifts.  Join Cosmopolitan’s free group to collect the gifts.  It’s that easy.
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Today’s hair is another advent gift from EscalateD.  The Caddie hair comes with a style and color HUD.  This is an especially nice hair with lots of different style combinations.  Best of all, EscalateD’s advent calendar allows for collecting all past gifts so it is not to late to get in on these wonderful styles.
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To finish off today’s look, simply open up the marketplace and these festive boots for 0 Lindens.  Happy shopping!

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Candy Pumpkin

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HAIR |Olive.Twirl – Redheads streak & bewbies options (lucky board/free)
| DRESS |{Chaotic}.Pumpkin Dress – orange Maitreya/Slink/Belleza/eBody/classic (free)
| SHOES |Ajuda Brasil Voluntarios.Emerald Couture.Audrey Gown - pumps rigged/unrigged (free)

What happens when a candy pumpkin and a cocktail dress combine?  I believe something very close to this delectably sweet little number from {Chaotic}.  Simply follow the pumpkin path to {Chaotic}’s Halloween gift area.  The gifts are plentiful and free.  No group join required.

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If you’re partial to luxuriously long hairstyles, then pop over to Olive Hair Twirl Redheads is currently featured on Olive’s lucky board wall.  Olive’s lucky boards are free for all visitors to play, no group join required.

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These luminous heels are show stealers!

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Bad to the Bone

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Guys, we have not forgotten you!  The Men Only Hunt (MOH) is going strong and runs through August 18th.  There are some really nice gifts to be had, so we’re just going to dive into the details.
Let’s start with the wonderful bike prop from Animosity.  It’s simply great, has lots of easy to adjust poses, and is quite possibly Team All Spiffed Up’s favorite MOH gift.
Of course trying to pick a favorite item from such a strong field of talented creators is no easy task.  Case in point:  TommyTommy is Altamura’s full body mesh avatar gift for MOH.  Our model is wearing the Tommy body, shape, and head AO found in the gift boxTommy’s chiseled face, six-pack, and honeyed skin tone is definitely a head turner.
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Here’s a closer look at Tommy and the body HUD.  Altamura’s included alpha system is simply wonderful.  The Hair button allows the wearer to toggle between the hairbase pictured above and the bald head shown below.
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This form fitting grey tee is Justice’s hunt gift.  The cool shades are from Rebellion.  While hunting at Gild, we passed the group gift wall, and spied the hat and necklace.  Gild’s group is free to join so our model went home with several unexpected goodies.
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This fun set is from Bakaboo. It is sized for both mesh and classic avatars.
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Three more MOH gifts.
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Legal Insanity supplied this t-shirt for MOH.
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Etham’s MOH contribution is the black hoodie pictured above.  It is sized for mesh bodies and comes with a color change HUD for the jacket’s zipper.

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MOH gifts featured above are:  eyes from Zombie Suicide, earrings from TLB – The Little Bat, and slip-ons from Gild.
Tommy’s Style Card:
BENTO RIGGED MESH BODY
INCLUDES:
MESH HEAD
MESH FEET
MESH FEET
SKIN
HEAD & HAND AO’s – Altamura  – Tommy  (MOH hunt/0L)
EYES – Zombie Suicide Dropple eyes – green (MOH hunt/0L)
TOP1 – Justice Jonathan shirt – Mesh only (MOH hunt/0L)
EARRINGS – TLB – The Little Bat Tribal Earrings – w/color change HUD (MOH hunt/0L)
SUNGLASSES – Rebellion Viper Shades – Galaxy Edition (MOH hunt/0L)
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NECKLACE – Gild  – Horns hat & Stud Necklace  (group gifts 0L/0L to join)
SHOES – Gild Espadrilles – Dirty White w/resize menu (MOH hunt/0L)
PANTS – DREAMS Luca Jeans –  for mesh bodies w/24 texture HUD @ Ajuda Brasil Voluntarios (0L)
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PANTS2 – Bakaboo Dual shirt & Statement pants – for mesh & classic (MOH hunt/0L)
TOP3 – Native Urban MOH11 Tee – for signature bodies (MOH hunt/0L)
SUNGLASSES2 – Ohemo Bjorn – metal & lens color HUD (MOH hunt/0L)
HEADBAND  – PBM sweatband – unrigged for easy resizing (MOH hunt/0L)
TOP4 – Legal Insanity Rock t-shirt – for mesh bodies (MOH hunt/0L)
JACKET – Etham Andy hoodie – mesh bodies w/zipper color change HUD (MOH hunt/0L)
PROP – Animosity Pose Bike – black w/lots of poses/easy to adjust (MOH hunt/0L)

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