I didn’t do any Advent calendars this year… at least not until today when a friend recommended I run to Le’La and grab all twenty four Advent gifts for FREE before they disappear. You don’t even need to join a group!
This is the first outfit I opened, and I’m so glad I listened and grabbed these!
The outfit consists of the top, panties, body/leg wraps (I love how these go right up to my waist!), and heels. The heels are sized for Lara, Slink, Legacy, Kupra, and Belleza. All the other pieces are sized for Lara, Freya, Hourglass, Physique, Kupra, and Kupra Bimbo.
The outfit features a thirty (!) color HUD, which lets you select colors for all pieces separately, with the addition of the belt on the top. This is a wonderful gift! Run and get yours!
Outfit: Mihika Outfit by Le’La (available in their Advent Calendar)
“If you’re an owner of the Maitreya Lara body, and you’ve been reading the news, what Maitreya are calling the “next generation” of the Lara body is now available: Lara X.
You can use the redelivery button in your Lara 5.3 HUD to have the body delivered to you for free. If you own the Petite add-on, you will have to get a redelivery by visiting Maitreya’s main store, also for free.
I’m not going to detail all the changes, you can read them on the Maitreya website if you’re interested.
My initial impression when I first tried on the body was that unless I do extensive shape editing, I won’t be rushing to incorporate it in an outfit soon.
Don’t get me wrong, Lara X has some really nice features, like vastly improved shoulder joints (at the expense of dropping my shoulders by at least 3cm in the name of a “smoother” look). And due to the wrists being slimmed (actually, the entire arm is slimmed), and the ankles also being slimmed (but my thighs and hips got way bigger?!), my SLink hands and feet no longer fit.”
I wrote the above at the end of November, just after Lara X came out, but I didn’t post it. I was having trouble finding the time to do the comparison photos I wanted to post with the comment. And Lara X being just slightly different in height offset from Lara made it difficult enough to get good photos without a lot of fiddling that it made me think it wasn’t worth it.
Since then, I’ve edited a modified shape for Lara X, mostly in an attempt to deal with the above mentioned “way bigger” observation. Looking through the freebies today, I saw the first outfit that made me want to run and make an outfit for the new body.
This dress is Mytra by Madame Noir, a FREE group gift for members, and the group is also FREE to join. There are sizes for Lara X, Legacy, and Reborn. The dress also comes with a three color HUD that also allows you to switch materials on or off.
SL days being one behind me, today is the 2nd of November, generally the second day of the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations. So today, we had a party in Eden with this as the theme. Researching this the other day, I came across an article that called El Catrina “the original dead sexy” which completely cracked me up. So of course I had to do that for the party! This was my outfit.
I’ve shown you this dress before and you can find details about it here. I really want to highlight the face makeup though – it’s fantastic. For L$5, you get this design in not one, but six color palettes! And this is not the only design the creator does, they have a number of them for both female and male avis. The makeup is only on system tattoo layers, so you’ll need a BoM capable head. Highly recommended!
This dress is a FREE group gift from WellMade. Their group is FREE to join, so rush over and pick up yours today!
The dress is sized to fit Lara, Lara Petite, Legacy, Legacy Perky, Kupra, and Reborn. It comes with a twenty two color HUD that lets you color the dress and ropes separately.
Here’s a FREE group gift top from Spotlight, whose group is FREE to join.
I like camo, and this top comes with twelve different color schemes via the included HUD.
There are sizes to fit Lara, Lara Petite, Reborn, Kupra, Kupra Kups, GenX, GenX Curvy, Freya, Legacy, and Legacy Perky. There is some minor clipping around the bottom hem in extreme poses, but there’s an alpha included if you’re using BoM. Also, as the sleeves are so long, you’ll want to use your body’s hands and not SLinks like I’m using here, or you’ll certainly see clipping.
This dress is a group gift from Salt & Pepper. It’s a little too reminiscent of the “camisk” style dress for my taste, but I can’t help showing it to you because of the fantastic texturing job.
There are fits for Lara, Lara Petite, Reborn, Reborn Juicy, Reborn Waifu, Gen X Classic, Classic Squishy, Dainty, and Dainty Squishy.
The HUD lets you chose from one of twelve colors, but where it gets exciting is the material picks, where you can chose from no shine, normal, or holo. The holo “shine” texture (the specular texture, to be technical), I’m guessing is the same texture as the pattern I’m wearing in the photos. As you move, various color reflections are highlighted, giving the dress a wonderful look.
Salt and Pepper is quite expensive to join at L$300, but they occasionally have free join weekends (which is how you’re truly got into the group) so it’s worth keeping an eye open. The store carries past group gifts, so if you do get into the group, this will be waiting for you!
I haven’t posted for a while, a lot of the free content I’m seeing recently I’m going “blah” at. But! This outfit deserves a post, can you guess what caught my eye?
The sandals of course, with their quirky heels and high laceups! I’m generally a fan of flat soles, I mean, walking in platforms is a pain, but at least in SL we don’t have to worry about losing our balance.
The sandals come with fits for Maitreya, Physique, and Hourglass and have an eleven color HUD that matches the dress colors.
The dress also fits Lara, Physique, and Hourglass. The colors are muted rather than bold, which gives me a chance to wear red.
The outfit is a group gift for members of the Paparazzi group, which is FREE to join.
This dress is a L$3 hunt prize on the Save the Sea Hunt 4. The hunt runs until the end of the month, so you have plenty of time!
The dress is sized to fit Lara, Lara Petite, Legacy, Freya, Altamura, Hourglass, and Erika. It comes with a ten texture HUD, with of course some sea themed patterns, a few florals, and a plain red.
Here’s a FREE group gift for members of Havoc. The Havoc group is FREE to join.
The bodysuit and thong are separates and both are sized to fit Lara, Legacy, Reborn, Kupra, Freya, and Hourglass.
The lace detailing is very pretty, but you’re a bit exposed unless you choose to wear a long hair such as I’m doing here, or add something else (just remember, it will need to be something without alpha).
I’ve been away for a while, recharging a bit after the hectic sprint to finish the big work project, so no posts for far too long. Let’s make up for it with FREE outfits from two events, via Chic at Phil’s Place.
I grabbed this top and panty outfit mostly for the fantastic tied bracelets. The top, panties, arm bands, and bracelets are all separate pieces, and each piece is rigged for Lara, Legacy, and Reborn. It should be available up until the 5th of August as a FREE group gift at the Cosmopolitan Event!
And the next outfit is FREE at the Sense Event. This event closed on the 28th of July, but if you’re really quick, the vendor for this outfit is still there and functioning (I picked this up no more than an hour prior to publishing this post).
Unlike the other outfit, this outfit is all one piece, so no mix and match 🙂 It’s sized to fit Lara, Freya, Isis, Hourglass, and Legacy.
