Swimming Away

I recieved a notice from the SWIM subscriber group that designer, Ianni Lane, is closing her store.  We've blogged SWIM several times over the year and a half the store has been around because Ianni does exceptional work and she is uber generous with monthly dollarbies, Midnight Manias, Lucky Chairs, Xstreet specials and hunt gifts.   SWIM is closing on September 12 and until then nothing is over 20 L.   Couples sets are 20 L (or 10L each).  There are several bundle packs for 5 - 10 L.  For current subscribers there are also member gift boxes stuffed full of unreleased swimsuits for both genders.  The catch is that it is for current members (at least 7 days) so you might be able to get them before the store closes but I make NO promises about that.  I can't even begin to imagine the texture upload costs on all that work, so I made sure to thank Ianni for her kindness and bought more swimsuits than my av will ever need.  This is not a sale that the guys should miss. Here is a sampling that I have paired with some of goodies from Hair Fair (LMs will be for correct sim).

SWIM: from the Golden Tiger Bikini Bundle: 5 L

Hair: Dernier Cri: Camelia: 0 or 1 L for all colors

Skin in all posts: LAQ: Tess2: Fair: not free

Swim: Polka Dot Bikini and Hip Shorts: 10 L

Rezlpsa Loc: Eliza in Dawn Pink: 0 or 1 L - this is a special version of one of her new releases and is so cute!

SWIM: Closing Group Gift: Turquoise/White Bikini - one of a billion options/colors: Subscriber gift (read above for details)

Hair: Curio: Babycake in Muted Pink: 0 or 1 L

SWIM: Black Seduction Monokini: 10 L

The most awesome bathing cap in the world: The U-Neek: Black - also comes with dreads version: 150 L

Shirohato Gift

Dress - Shirohato free
Big thanks to Nil Giha for passing me the info❤

Non free items
Hair - Hair Shop Nodoka L$30
Skin - fd L$1600
Flats - Wot? L$100

Group Giftys

Posting on FS 2 days in a row? YUS!!! I have some lovely group gifts to show, so there's a good excuse for being diligent in my blogging duties.



First up is this amazing Monokini from Leezu, not to be confused with a Mankini, which of course should never be seen in public.............EVER :P



Head to the main store to get your hands on this, then strut round the grid being so fashion it hurts!



Then, grab this super sweet set of undies from the Pididdle group. The "I is going to college" tank and "Going to Georgia" panties are my kind of yum.



I was actually mid shoot, when Tomyo tp'd me to set up a satellite store........more on that very soon, and she had problems believing I was taking pics of my knickers.....see Toooooooooomyo, told ya :P Ash Out.

Credits
pics 1&2
Monokini
Leezu
Hair (not free)
Boon
Skin (not free)
Idiosyncrasy-Lucy
Shoes (not free)
Maitreya Gold-Shanti in Black

Pics 3&4
Undies
Pididdle group gift
Hair (not free)
Boon
Skin (not free)
Idiosyncrasy-Lucy
Shoes (not free)
Maitreya Gold-Shanti in Natural

Summer Hols

While it's cold, and raining here in Sydney........I will be sunning myself in the back yard in sunny old England. Mmmhhmm, Mini Ash's passport is finally here and I'm booking flights baby! I wanna leave by the weekend, totes not gonna happen, but we will be gone within the next 2 weeks.



My backyard dun quite look like this, but I'm allowed some creative license in SL :P 2 of my all time favie stores are offering swimwear freebs, this one is an opening gift from Lo*momo. The main store has moved to Petit Pas, has a new build and all sorts of goodies for you, including older group gifts and a sale section.



Oh hai! Another pic of me from a slightly different angle, in a different colour bikini :p Also from Lo*momo.



This little number is so cute, and totally what I wear to the beach in RL. No doing a Pammy down at Bondi for me, especially when trying to keep up with Mini Ash. And the last thing I wanna worry about is a bikini wedgie, so fecking uncomfortable! Grab yours from Jill.



Oh and looky, you get 2 different colours, aren't you a lucky bunch!



And to finish, the Through The Looking Glass hunt gift from Bubblefish. A super cute football shirt with miniscule panties to go underneath.....yum. And a not so silent ode to Scriptina, I love you oh swirly, twirly font. If I wasn't already betrothed to CS4, I'd do you in a New York minute :P Ash Out.

Credits nd shit
Skins (not free)
Curio
Hair(not free)
Tiny Bird
ETD
Refuge
Clothes
Lo*momo
Jill
Bubblefish
Shoes
Hoorenbeek (old gift)

Patriotic Much?

Not I said the fly! Forgive the eleventybillion pics, I've been distracting myself from a whore of a day. I've spent the day at immigration. A special place. And herein lies the problem. My Permanent visa subclass is 836- A carer visa, meaning I have an Australian citizen (minor) in my care. And while I jumped through all the hoops and crossed all the "I's", enough to gain my residency, apparently that is not enough to get Mini Ash an Australian passport. The problem is, I was not a resident at the time of her birth, although my whole immigration case was based on the fact that she is a citizen, and indeed was granted on that basis. Ever tried to get a passport officer to look up a visa subclass? Dun bother, they are incapable :P



Anyhoo, enough rantings and onto the good stuffs. Shown above are the latest group gifts from Concrete Flowers and KOSH. That's right!! Subscribo gifts this week. Gorgy girl boxers, 3 pairs of jeans, eyes, shapes and all sorts of other yummies.





Remember Wigwambam? I do, and Jojo has been MIA for what seems like an age! Buuuut, she's back, and how. The swimsuit shown is a dollarbie, the dresses are the latest (not free) releases. I look forward to more from this talented designer, indeed one of my faves on the grid to date.



These 3 skins are from Drlife. They used to be in the lucky chair, but have been made available to the group at the main store. Be sure to wear your tag to get yours. The lush hair I got from the Sn@tch show, courtesy of Adi's bestie Aems from Philotic Energy. I'm sure it's not free now, but it's a wicked style for guys and girls, and totes worth the L's.



The "Character" skin is the latest group gift from Rockberry, as blogged so magnificently by Ms Sileny here. You get to see it twice cos it deserves some exposure :p Also, I was lucky enough to get my hands on the latest releases from The Black Canary, that just cried out to be shown.



While you won't get these outfits for free, you will find some amazing poses in the lucky board, made with the same attention to detail that Morrigan shows in his incredible designs. The skin shown with the second outfit is also free, from a new to me store called Digital Dollhouse. You'll find all manner of goodies, including skins, shapes, prim nails and more. Thank you for bearing with me, I'm sure there will be much more emo leading up to my departure, and guess what? Y'all get to suffer with me :P Ash Out.

Creditos

Hair (not free)
Pics 1-3
ETD
Pic 4
Philotic Energy
Pic 5
ETD
Pic 6
Maitreya

Skins
Pics 1-3
Cupcakes group gift
Pic 4
DrLife group gifts
Pic 5
Rockberry group gift
Pic 6
Digital Dollhouse

Outfits
Pic 1
Concrete Flowers and KOSH group gifts
Pics 2-3
Wigwambam
Pics 5-6 (not free)
The Black Canary

5AM

Mhm, it's 5am, and I'm awake.......WTF? Late nights talking to my friends in the States are totally buggering up my time clock. Wouldn't change it for a second, although I would like to sleep longer :P



First up is an outfit that isn't free, but all the proceeds go to RFL. This super cute offering from Lemania is my kinda gorgeous. Look stunning for a good cause, can't get better than that!! Have you noticed my rather fetching monocle? For that we have Azia Lunasea to thank. She let me know that it was sitting in Tekeli-Li's mainstore, waiting to jump in my inv for a linden! Yup a linden. Everything about the monocle is customisable, you pick your metal, gems, lens colour and glow. It's a limited edition type dealio, once it's gone, it's gone forever so grab yours now.





Seeing as the weather is getting warmer for you guys, I thought it was time to show off some swimwear! You'll find these beauties in the lucky chair at Swim. Shown here with the super extravagant hair from the Clawtooth By Clawtooth group, as blogged by the yummy Eden.



You can get this set for a linden at Swim, it's the April dollarbie. There's also a midnight mania board, so it's well worth joining the group to keep up with the happenings! Many thanks to Ianni Lane for letting me know! And with that I shall drag myself back to bed to grab an hours sleep before mini Ash wakes up! Ash Out.

Pic 1
Outfit
Lemania RFL
Monocle
Tekeli-Li
Hair (not free)
The Stringer Mausoleum
Skin
Cupcakes Eater hunt
Hoofies (not free)
Lazy places

Pics 2,3,& 4
Swimmers
Swim
Skins (not free)
Curio
Hair
Clawtooth By Clawtooth group gift

Seduction

Oh what a beautiful morning, the sun is shining in Sydney (and in sl, cos it's always sunny in Ash's world :P) Mini Ash is at pre school, I don't have to start work till a bit later, housework=done, washing=done, inv sorting kinda done?! Not bad for a Monday morning.



Even better than all the above, look at the amazing things I logged into today. First is today retiring dollarbie from Lemania. Tapika sent me an IM saying this is a must have, I 100% agree with her. Eggplant Elegance is the kinda dress you'd wear while dancing the night away with a significant other (without a hint of hooing!!) I needed a skin to go with it, to do the dress justice, and despite going through my 70895709785723563854057 collections of skins I was coming up empty. Till a group gift from the Cupcakes group landed in my inv! This is the new line "Seduction" and if you adore Lovespell, this skin is for you. It is just stunning. Rosemary and Mimi just get better and better with each release and this is my favorite so far. The lips are absolutely amazing, and this makeup features a gorgeous irridescent eyeshadow and liner. At this stage, there are 8 tones available, 10 makeups per tone, so get to demoing!



The super cute bikini shown here is part of the April gift from Voodoo Baby. There is a men's gift available too, as well as unisex flip flops (thongs to us Aussies!) Aren't these boots scrummy!!! They are free for a limited time from Wik's Wardrobe. I love the Burberry pattern, and the red soles are to die for, I have been cammed on my feet for ages, yes I'm strange I know!! The hair shown is not free, but there is a massive sale going on atm at Aden, so all hair is 50L. I think it's a closing sale. I sincerely hope not, because I love Aden's hair and skins and we really don't need to loose another awesome content creator. Ash Out.

Pic 1
Dress
Lemania
Skin
Sedution By Cupcakes (group gift)
Hair (not free)
Armidi
Necklace (not free)
Balderdash

Pic 2
Bikini
Voodoo Baby
Boots
Wik's Wardrobe
Hair (not free)
Aden
Skin (not free)
Bebae

yer mom...

...you know when you've had too much wine on a Sunday and you can't think of a title? If I look like yer mom in this post then yer mom is cute and foxy.

You need to see this new skin store ti'ko, there is a beautiful 1L skin, only available at this price until tomorrow so hurry on down and get it quick.



Check out this cute little Christmas outfit from Luxurious World, it comes in red and green with cosy legwarmers and shrug






Eloise McCullough knows me so well, she contacted me today about Lemania Indigo's Tartan outfit under the tree...cos Creamy loves tartan. Thanks Eloise! (There's load more lovely gifts under the tree here)



I made the Asia shape I am wearing in this post today and I'll put it at the Hotel Dare Free Shizzle Forest location for 1L (or whatever you think it's worth)



Other items worn
The skins worn throughout this post are by ti'ko, but only the first one shown is 1L, the rest are full priced.
Poetic Color eyes are by Lano Lang (1L)
Bikini worn is in the POE globe at Digit Darkes (free)
The colour changeable stilletto's from Unique Needs (free)
Hair by Diversity (not free) but remember if you are under 30 days old you can choose any hair you like in the store, and there are also gorgeous free female skins for new players

I'M 25 ANS..

...well, I do feel like I am 25 when I play Second Life.

25 ans is a really cute Japanese fashion magazine and they have a location in Second Life. You can find lots of great free gifts, some which you have to join the group before you can receive them. The group joiner is in the store next to the freebie.

So what have we got?

There are 4 gifts in each corner of the store where near the landing point.

Absolutely beautiful dress from Aoharu


A pretty Daydream Jewellery set


Stylish coat by InStyle


There is also a hairstyle which I am wearing in the wedding dress photograph.

I found the following outfits at the Cafe area, the teleporter is at the landing point and they are inside the building. Easy to see once it has rezzed.

A free wedding dress, hey there's also a church there if you are crazy enough to get married in SL. Personally I prefer to just flounce around in a wedding dress without the marriage bit.


This bikini comes in 3 colours and has blingy bits you can attach, if you fancy blingtarding it up. Lately I've been rockin the bling again, don't knock it till you've tried it.


This cute dress comes with the little pearl necklace (hoy Olivia, I know what you are thinking you filthy hoar) :D



You may find more free gifts around, I only looked in a few places.

TP to 25 ans

Other items worn
118 free skin neutral (shaved) [42] (0L for all tones)

Kalia Hair: Philotic Energy (not free)
Shoes by Periquita (not free)
Logo Aviators: Paper Couture (not free)

BOOM CRASH BANG WALLOP

Who made me so hot?? Iki from Dutch Touch and Aranel Ah from BOOM, that's who!!

I was so excited when I logged on as Creamy today, I only popped on to give Eisa (my guy alt)some money so he can kick Express' ass for the throwdown he has challenged me to on Mens Second Style.

Anyhoooo....this is why I was excited...Iki has released a new Dutch Touch group gift skin, touch the subscribo sign at her store, touch it again and choose History, Option 1 and you should receive this beautiful skin too.



I just love it when I hear about a mall I've never been to, and I wasn't disappointed when I visited this one today after receiving a notice about a free gift at BOOM. Crush Row has got tons of great shops, really well designed too, I didn't even get lost once. That's good for me, I've got no sense of direction whatsoever.

BOOM has this supah sexeh swimsuit for 1L (or free?) in store, it makes me want to sing....
♫ Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand ♫ (hey don't knock Duran Duran, that song won 'best video of all time' on VH1 or something this year)



This windswept 'Yokonagare' hair is a lucky board gift from C&H, big thankies to Dot Lane for TP'ing me over when a 'C' came up. The Dragonfly tattoo was a group gift from Skin Within (subscribomatic) and the colour changeable necklace is from Juicy.



Flippin 'eck, I nearly forgot, I made the shape worn above especially for this Dutch Touch skin. She's called Yashni and you will find her just at the entrance of Free*Style Mainstore. You can pay whatever you like for her, 1L or a million L's, it's up to you.

Ohhh that'll do for now, I need another glass of wine....it's Saturday night after all!

A whole lotta somethin'....

Thanks to SL I keep missing group messages, so I was checking back today through the notice archives and saw a notice from Omnia of Beauty Avatar about a new free skin in store. Hoping it was still there I rushed over and woooooot! There it was!

This skin is totally stunning, I love it on my alt Mini's shape. Possibly only available for a limited time so hurry on down there.



The Beauty Avatar skin also comes with all these beautifully elaborate tattoo's, I'm pretty fussy when it comes to tattoo's in SL but I will definitely wear these, they are all in undershirt layer which is great too. Apologies, they came out in a bit blurry in my snapshots but they are really great.







Stool and poses, AnimaH (not free - but you can try them out for free at Free*Style)

Now for tons of lucky board stuff. Shinsaibasi has a new(ish) mall with loads of great stores, on one of the streets is a whole area dedicated to lucky boards. I won loads, including the bikini above, jewellery, this beautiful dress below





I really love this mall, there's lots of really great stores here, a couple of which I had never seen before and I found some other great free items, including these gifts at Honey and the eyes worn throughout this post.


*This is the truest colour of the skin, I was having awful problems with my lighting*


Pic 1
Beauty Avatar SELKIS - Black Skin Preview Skin & Tattoos (1L or free)
Eyes: Je Vuex Black Eye: Shinsaibasi (free)
Sn@tch Kickass Hat (Rattler)
Hair: Shop Seu (not free)

Pic 2, 3, 4
Tattoos: Beauty Avatar (as before)
Paisley Glamour Bikini: Shinsaibasi Lucky Board
Pic 5, 6
Encemble Dress : Shinsaibasi Lucky Board
Hair: Shop Seu (not free)

Pic 7, 8
Outfits: Honey (free)
Matsurika Clover Jewellery: Shinsaibasi Lucky Board

Continuing my spammage of the Fashion Feed...

Men stop reading now, this doesn't concern you, off you go and build a shed or somethin :p ......

You know when a girl has 'the painters in' aka 'red flag week' etc etc... She goes a bit loopy, there are certain signs that this is happening and one of them is wearing crazy outfits, clashing colours and major mismatchingness. Well I thought I would go with the flow (literally) and make Helle the latest alt girl, suffer for my hormonal issues.

ALB Dream Fashion has this superbright 'Colo' jacket free in store today, I would so wear this in RL. I'm a big hoody fan. These cute long socks are free/1L from Twosome and the jeans are part of last weeks free outfit from Oops (I edited them to make them shorter).


Wedge Shoes: free by Fuel in the Free*Style Hunt (shhh they are still there)

Also in ALB Dream Fashion are many other free items, including some great looking boots, I haven't picked them up yet though as I couldn't find them.


Butterfly Doll Hair by 69 in the Hotel Swan Feather Hunt

Ki2 has this bright flouncy green skirt as their mystery dollarbie (whoops not so mystery now), and check out these adorable free roses shoes fromVacono and Stine: Lamore Shoes. Aren't they just the shizzle?



I slipped into this ooouchily high cut swimsuit to show you a close up of this beautiful Ma Peau Dare's geishas skin by Mijn Boa, you will find this free at the amazing Hotel Dare sim for a limited time. Mijn is an fab artist (check out her gallery) and I have really fallen in love with the skins she has been creating lately. The sexeh Thimbles Pig, Sheila swimsuit is a group gift for The Starlust Group. Camel toes ahoooooy!!!




Hair: Rayna II - Alice Project Hair Fair Freebie

Spammage for the day...over and out!