Cue the Pokemon Theme!

    I've finally gotten pictures of a free mesh pokemon belt (that comes with a handheld pokeball, too!) that a friend had pointed me to for a pokemon shoot we planned to do. And we shall do it, too! I've even got the perfect outfit for it now and it's all anime-type-cartoon-thing! Yea...I should be asleep, but I had to get these pictures done. Basically everything that I have linked is free except for the eyeshadow, which is part of a makeup pack I've linked someplace before, and the hair. But the hair is a dollarbie so it's close. The pose comes in a pack that has three and it is available at ploom's Hair Fair booth, so that's only going to be there a limited time unless they make it available at their store as a gift or however. The hair, also, is at a Hair Fair booth, so best to go grab it quick. Both stores, though have some nice styles, so you might want to consider buying some of their hairs if you have the lindens. Or you could go buy from some other creator there. In any case, if you buy something from there, some of the purchase will go to Wigs for Kids. Each booth has a little sign that says how much (minimum 15%) they are donating, though some styles and such vary. And, yes, this is all very way after the opening and so close to the closing...but, well, it happens. You should still go look since the sims are probably not as crowded now.

I attached the pokeball to my left hand, but it normally goes on the right.

I'm going to find at least one; I have a lot of balls to fill.
I could barely typed that with a straight face....

Adorable pigtails + pink cheeks= stereotypical anime girl?

    I really do love this hair, though. The bows are actually optional, but I had to wear them. Probably you could put different things where the bows are if you want to change the 'look' of the hair as it were, which is actually pretty nice since enough hairs won't let you take off the accessories they come with. So, anime, cyberpunk, or just random; whatever you're going for, it should work nicely.

Eyeshadow: **NOYA** 9 Make Up Options (green asian used)
Blush: :*BABY*: Free Starry Night Blush -Berry- tattoo layer (extreme version used)
Hair: eep . hair 012 . green (SLurl to Hair Fair booth)
Belt/Ball: FREE Loki Mesh - Pokemon Trainer Belt
Pose: .ploom. Bones 3 (SLurl to Hair Fair booth)

Positively Yellow, but Far From Scary

    I just now am remembering that yellow is generally the color that represents fear, so I suppose it is actually fitting that the two freebies for today are yellow since I just did the fear meme earlier. Funny how things work out, isn't it? Well, thankfully the items aren't all that scary and lean more to the pretty aspect. As there is no need to fear, let's get on with the first freebie, shall we?

The dress part isn't edited, so what you see is how it looks.

    I actually found this dress from clicking something that looked pretty (that I can't afford, obviously) and following the link to the store. This dress from Envious Creations is mesh, so it has an alpha and come sin multiple sizes: I used the XS, so my guess is that it follows standard sizing even though it doesn't exactly say that. What I love about it is the subtle block pattern. Personally I don't usually like dresses with cubes for the pattern (or yellow as a color for that matter), but this one is done well and the small white band is a nice addition that keeps the dress from being too singular in color. I think this is a nice retro-ish style freebie that just fits for summer. As well, form what I've seen, the rest of the designs from this creator are worth a look.

    This makeup I've had in my inventory since I found the skin from last week and I thought it just worked with the dress because of the yellow in it. This is from the same creator who made last week's skin, Natural Beauty. Now, this eye shadow is in a pack with eyelashes as well...but I'm not one to really use lashes as well they are rather primy. So I'm just sticking to the eye shadow for now.I think it's nicely done and, if you have something with yellow as the main color, it can give your look a little extra something. A bit more eccentric/fantasy type of eye shadow, yes, but nice none the less. Besides, Second Life is generally eccentric or fantasy based, so who would much judge? I also have to say i like the little white dots that ray out from the eye. I don't know why, but they're only a single line whereas the green and yellow have more; it offers  a nice balance.
    And here are the links to this weeks freebies:
Dress: ::Envious:: Sunshine Dress
Eye Shadow: Natural Beauty GIFT-Eyeshadows and 6 sculpted lashes set

Freebie Friday

    Yes, I know it's technically Saturday...but I haven't gone to sleep yet, so I count it. :P But, in any case, I'm starting something I'm dubbing 'Freebie Friday'. It'll be a weekly thing where I peer around market place for some nice freebies and then post them. I know how difficult finding nice freebies is and how long it can take, too, as I tend to do that myself; so I'm hoping to help simplify it a bit.
    Today I typed into the search 'doll' because I had found this lipstick set (free too, but will put that another time) and wanted to find something to go with it, but instead I found a pretty skin and shape. Then of course I had to find a nice bikini or something to show it off better and, since the fourth of July was this week, I decided to get one themed as such. Then I made a beach box out of random stuff in my inventory...but the towel I have no idea where or when I got it and the umbrella is part of the Raindrops prop from Something New. The box itself I made from the textures in my inventory's library and, of course, I used my spotlight that I adore for pictures.
    And, on a side note, it's times like these I really wish I had a skybox for taking pictures. Simply because the place I go to for that when I just want to use my 'photo box' had rezzing/changing problems like I know some people had a while ago. And then when I teleported to the rp-sim where I spend most of my time and there's actually a house that my character lives in, I hadn't changed before I got there. Then I had to keep relogging and relogging until the damned thing worked and I was in the entire medieval attire and not holding a sparkler. And then I had to redo my whole built-in AO.*sighs* But, well, I'm broke, so I sadly can't afforded a nice little skybox so I can groan at and threaten SL in, but I digress, here are the nice, free items I found.
    First the skin and shape:

    This is a shape, skin, and eyebrows set that I think has this wonderfully innocent look. I think I've fallen in love with it, though will probably stick to my own shape as, well, it's my own one I made. Though I am sorely tempted to change over since I just love this look. But the skin did look good with my own shape as well, so hopefully it will with your's if you cling to it like I tend to mine. The sad thing, though, is that I have to reorder it because of silly SL, but that's besides the point. I didn't get a chance to look at the exact height, but it's a normal, not freakishly tall height; that much I know for certain. I'll check later when SL isn't being so moody.
    And now the bikini, which even has a sparkler! :

    So, yes, this stars and stripes bikini, which I think is adorable even if you aren't American. To be honest, I barely have anything starry and stripey myself, usually can't stand the stuff, but I think this one is cute. Especially for a freebie. And, yes, as I said, that sparkler comes with the bikini. It doesn't have a pose with it, it just attaches to your right hand, but it's still pretty neat.
    There's the freebies for this Friday (Saturday for those who have slept, I know, but don't be judgey :P) and the links are below. Hope you liked some of what I have shown today and have a wonderful weekend.

Skin, shape, eyebrows: Natural Beauty-Sissy skin&shape
Bikini with sparkler: Cupids 4th of July Bikini 2009 Free Gift

Magic of Makeup

    I've been on a hunt since a long while now to fix up my look for my main RP character, Armalla, since the skin is this freebie skin that just looks awkward in the face because of the eye shadow and lipstick on it. I can't take either off and, by the point I thought to try something, it would've been weird to get a whole new skin for someone rather established. So, I dug through my inventory one day and found a free eye shadow and lip gloss. I tried them and was really happy with what it did to the eyes, the lip not so much, but it did help dull the color and give the lips a better shape that the skin's lipstick hindered. So I've been happy with that, though i have been trying things (all free of course) for the lips, but to no avail and I' kept going back to the original one.
    But, yesterday, as I was perusing the marketplace for whatever reason I stumbled upon this makeup pack with a lip gloss that looked like it would work. Seeing as I did have a few lindens that were for getting things for my Malla-character, I got it. I figure I can use the eye shadows and lip glosses for something else, but that one lip gloss seemed like it might fix my issue. Well...I had to say I'm very pleased with the results. My freebie skin from way back when i started SL actually looks much better and she looks more like how I think she should look.

Left: Without any makeup whatsoever. Right: eye shadow and lip gloss.

    Most people tend to buy skins for different looks, which sometimes can be the only way if you want to look totally different, but just for little tweaks? Make up definitely works, so long as you find the right kind. What I love about what it did for Malla's look especially is that it makes her eyes not seem as round and, well, buggy, but more...normal? And her lips, too, I love that she has more of a natural shape to her lips that moving the slider around a thousand times would never fix. Not to mention the coloring of both. Alright, i love all that it did. Strange enough, in RL, I barely wear make up and, when i do, it's only light eyeliner or light mascara and a sweep of light colored eye shadow. But I can still tell there's a difference. I think it's just something that more should realize (though I know enough do): make up in SL works just like in RL, it can change your look entirely if done right.

And because I really do love the make up and what it did:
Lips: **NOYA** 9 Make Up Options (used the lip gloss #2 from this, but the other options for lips and eyes are neat, too, and I hope to find a reason for them)
Eyes: beauty by alaskametro <3 - Creme duo eyeshadow *eye shadow is a freebie and the store has a handful of other nice makeup for free, too*

Water Fae

    Okay, okay, I couldn't resist. The outfit is just too wonderful and I love it and want to wear it all the time, but I can't sadly....so I'm making do with blogging it and wearing it as I laze about OOC-wise. This is a new release form Wishbox that I just had to grab and I'm glad I did and now I have to share how wonderful it is.

It comes with everything: wings, ribbons, dress. 

The dress is mesh and I'm using the XS.

The leg wraps are mesh, too, and I had to use the XXS. So the dress size doesn't exactly transfer to the ribbon size.

    What I like about is that you only have to provide hair and other basics (maybe some more accessories if you want) and you've got yourself a fae. It also can work without the wings, which is something else I adore since I do plan to use it for my roleplay character should certain situations arise. All I had to do, really, was move the hip bows so that they were on the side lacing. Something else that was handy: the ribbons help hide the small gap between my legs and mesh feet that came form the way the pose was angled. The color is beautiful and I love the ombre effect; it also comes in several other colors, most ombre, some not.

Dress/Wings/Ribbons: [Wishbox] Whimsy (Ocean)
Mesh Feet: **NOYA** -Barefeet-Mesh-
Hair: [Anara Hair] -Talia (Dark Indigo) *Violet and Indigo pack (what I used and where the link goes) is a freebie!*