Don’t Freak Out is an awesome name for a store!  These poses are from the Full of Secrets series, and I like how they are a bit freer with the arms.  I sometimes grow weary of either the legs or the arms being the focus of a specific pose, but hardly ever both, and these work well with my avatar which is also a huge bonus.  The switching between poses was smooth too, a requirement for poses I use.

Visit Don’t Freak Out at the Pose Fair

Also Worn:

Hair – Truth Elysium in Chestnut \ Skin – Laqroki Elena 04 in Fair \ Dress – Nyte’N'Day Prost in Black \ Shoes – Maitreya Shanti in Black \ Jewelry – Sigma Lumina in Silver.

Everglow has tons of poses tailored for modeling, and these are but just a few.  I’d never heard of this store before the fair, but I’m looking forward to seeing what else comes out of that store.  I like the placement of the legs a lot, kinda cute and awkward and splayed.

Visit Everglow at the Pose Fair

Also Worn:

Hair – Truth Bailey in Chestnut (I think) \ Skin – Laqroki Elena 02 in Fair \ Dress/Leggings – Elymode Bandwagon in Red \ Shoes – Maitreya Esprit in Black \ Jewelry – Sigma Opus set in Charcoal.

Grazia Horwitz is premiering her second (that I know of) pose store in the fair, called Geez.  I used to buy some of her poses when she had Grapevine at Rue d’Antibes, but then it sort of disappeared.  Luckily, you can buy all of those old Grapevine poses at the fair for L$350, over 50 of them, and check out her new poses while you’re at it.  She has several mini-sets of poses available, mostly for the girls but one for the boys too.  These are my favourites, but from the various sets on offer.  I always like a good ass shot!

Visit Geez at the Pose Fair

Also Worn:

Hair – Truth Audrey in Almond \ Skin – Belleza Alyson in Pale \ Dress – Decoy Hot Addiction \ Shoes – Maitreya IXkin in Champagne \ Bracelets – Zaara

MAD Designs mostly has stuff for boys, but for the pose fair they’ve come out with a modeling set for the girls too.  They’re fairly basic but just fine for blogging, with poses that work to show off your clothes to their best advantage.

Visit MAD Designs at the Pose Fair

Also Worn:

Hair – Fri.day Joanna 2 in Passionate Red \ Skin – Tuli Eva in Tone 3 \ Dress – Kyoot Celebrity Harness Dress \ Shoes – Maitreya Esprit in Nude \ Jewelry – U&R Dogs Rigoletto bracelet, Isolde ring.

P.S.  Makenzie, I totally stole your photo labeling idea.  Thank you.

When I received the latest notice from G-Field, I opened it expecting to not like it, since the colour/style was listed as “shamrock”, but I generally like stuff from G-Field, so I decided to try it on.  OMG was I wrong!  I absolutely love this dress, and even though it’s specially made for St. Patrick’s Day (my favourite holiday since I cling to any bit of Irish like a drowning leprechaun) and covered in shamrocks, it’s hardly your typical tacky attire.

You can get this at G-Field in their group Subscribe-o-Matic notices.

Make sure to take a look at the rest of the store too because besides beautiful dresses, they make gorgeous shoes!

Also worn: Hair – Maitreya Green II in Caramel \ Skin – Laqroki Pearl 10 in Fair \ Necklace – Zaara Parnini necklace in Clear.

Okay, that’s not true.  But I wanted to explain away the delay in getting out these posts, which was supposed to be daily.

Anyhow, lingerie.  The clothing that a lot of “fashionistas” won’t buy, because they won’t ever wear it or have anyone see it.  But there’s some really gorgeous lingerie and undies out there, and I buy it and parade around my skybox in it.  I don’t care that no one besides me sees it ever.  So these are my picks for my most favourite top five.

Fishy Strawberry came out with several different styles fairly recently, and they’re all pretty different and really sexy.  The Ignition set is my personal favourite, though all of them are very cute.  It comes in tons of colours and it can be worn in several different ways, which I definitely look for when buying lingerie.  This can be worn as just a bra and panties without the garters and corset, which also looks super sexy.

Also worn -  Skin: LAQ Ania 01 in Fair \ Hair: Fri.day Deena in Timid Brown \ Jewelry: Muse Margaux Draped Pearl Necklace in Black, Muse Celine Pearl Necklace & Earrings in Black, Muse Claris Pearl Bracelet in Black.

For some reason, I only just discovered these new lingerie sets by Blowpop, then of course I went a bit crazy and bought a ton of it!  This is the Yvette set, which is simple but gorgeous.  Though it is just a bra and panties, it makes your avatar look heaven-bound, emphasizing your curves perfectly.  I had to show you the ass shot because your ass looks so great in this!

Also worn – Skin: LeLutka Jade (can’t remember the makeup number) in Dark \ Hair: Truth Lillian in Night \ Jewelry: Zaara Karmuka Necklace in Wood.

Insolence has been one of my favourite lingerie stores forever now, though I heard camilla was AFK for a very long time (though it was during my absence, so it worked out just fine for me ).  This is one of the first sets I ever bought, but I still love it every bit as much as I did that first day, though there are lots of other, newer, probably more technically excellent lingerie sets.  Alice is available in several different colours, this being brown.  The bra shows off your cleavage just spectacularly too!

Also worn – Skin: Belleza Jesse group gift \ Hair: Truth Candice in Chestnut \ Jewelry: Earthstones.

I adore Casa del Shai, especially their lingerie which there is just not enough of.  It’s always got some little detail that makes it a bit more special to me; this Adriana set has a black system skirt which makes it okay for a sexy naughty secretary type outfit, not to mention the cool key on the corset binder.

Also worn – Skin: Eclat (Ara’s Makeup – not sold) \ Hair: Truth Grace in Treacle \ Jewelry: Paper Couture

And finally, we have Zaara‘s newest release, the Kanti set.  There are tons of little details in this set that I adore: the mesh panel on the back of the panties, the fact that the stockings don’t have lace at the top, which I do also like but I have too much of, and the fabulous decollatage of the bra.  She promises this to be the first in a series, and I look forward to seeing what else she comes out with.

Also worn – Skin: L.Fauna Lapine in Pale \ Hair: Maitreya Zoe in Chocolate \ Jewelry: Paper Couture.

It was incredibly hard to pick out five, but then I remembered:  I’m not picking out the five “best” of anything – I’m picking out my personal top five favourites.  They may not be the best in any category, but they look good on me and I like them, so there you go.  Your mileage may vary.  If I was willing to bend my own rules though, I’m sure there’d be five more skins in this blogpost.  But instead, honourable mentions will go to: Aden’s Gen5, which tbh I have no idea if it has a real name but it’s really pretty, Tuli’s Bella skin, Cake‘s Bella skin, L.Fauna‘s new skin line Lapine, Rockberry‘s Uma and Farrah (and maybe Jules, which I haven’t tried yet) and Belleza’s Jesse.

First is Laqroki (aka LAQ)’s Ania skin.  This is one of her more recent releases in the Glow series.  I love the face and I find it very soft and pretty. Talk about cheap, too!  The entire fatpack of like 10 makeups was less than 2K, and it’s my understanding that it’s because really only the face is new, though I could be wrong about that.  Really, all that meant was I could get the entire Ania collection, in all three skintones (fair, peach and nougat, worn here).  That’s my deep, dark secret, until now.  No one knew I bought all three tones.

Hair: Fri.day – Kate \ Lingerie: Zaara – Kanti.

LeLutka‘s been on a roll lately, releasing one great skin line after the other, while launching a fabulous new experimental fashion collection inbetween.  I really liked Eclat (aka Oksana), but the thicker eyebrows were not for the faint of heart.  The thinner eyebrows on Estelle, released not all that long after Oksana, were a bigger hit and I haven’t seen many avatars who don’t look pretty in this skin.

Hair: Maitreya – Alex \ Lingerie: Insolence.

Dutch Touch‘s Jolie is a goddess-like skin.  I was late in getting Cleo, which I loved.  I was late in getting River, which I loved more.  But then Jolie came out and I was like “Cleo, River, what, who?”  Jolie is amazingly beautiful, with tons and tons of makeups and lots of skintones (including a dark one, yay!), but is apparently going to be outdone hopefully soon by Gwen, which I’ll happily whore myself out to get a sneak peek of.

Hair: Maitreya – Zoe \ Lingerie: Fishy Strawberry – Ignition \ Ring – Paper Couture.

Alyson is a pre-release group gift from Belleza, and it’s not out in the store yet.  But Alyson is like Belleza’s own gorgeous Jesse’s younger, fresher, wide-eyed innocent little sister.  I’m really looking forward to seeing the entire lineup and I hope that’s in the very near future.  I was in the update group, which you have to pay L$250 to be in, and one night just before the holidays I went a little crazy in my group list and left nearly every group I could, Belleza being one of them.  Then the very next day I heard there was a skin gift in there, and I could’ve kicked myself for leaving early!  It’s a permanant fixture now, though.

Hair: Lamb – Baby’s Got Back \ Lingerie: Elymode – Halter Tank & Shorties (this colour was limited, but there’s other pretty colours).

And finally, we have yet another group gift pre-release, this time Tuli‘s lovely Eva.  I’ve been gushing over this one for a while now because it’s all I can do to just wait semi-patiently until it’s in the store.  I wear this most often lately, and the fresh clean makeup look is perfect for everything I wear.  I feel like going to Tuli’s sim and just standing there, waiting at the doors going “open open open” like that old commercial for some store in the US that I can’t ever remember the name of.

Hair: Truth – Lillian \ Lingerie – Blowpop – Yvette.

Last year, I did a weekly series, with posts dedicated to showcasing one particular item of a genre.   This year, I’m not going to be that ambitious, just because I don’t spend as much time in SL as I did last year.

So today, it’s all about my top five favourite hairstyles.  Now, there is obviously a ton of haird I love and wear constantly, but these are the ones I seem to pull out all the time when I have like one minute to put together an outfit that doesn’t look like I spent only one minute putting together the outfit (and now I seem to have blown my cover so I’ll have to figure out some new stand-bys )

Now, Edie is a brand-new hairstyle, but no less an absolute staple in my inventory.  Truth is my superhero when it comes to hair.  This is hands-down my favourite ponytail in SL.  I hope next is a version with bangs, and without the braid, and with bangs with the braid….

Worn in this photo is L.Fauna‘s Lapine Berry in Pale and LeLutka‘s Turtleneck Sweater in Grey.

I think Maitreya does the best messy updo’s in all of SL.  Green is one of my favourites, though it was a close call with Zoe, again by Maitreya.  I couldn’t decide.  I want to have Onyx’s bedheaded prim babies.

Speaking of prim babies, one of my friends recently told me that her ironically purchased and only-kept-to-freak-out-her-friends prim baby was named after her favourite skin creator, Gala Phoenix.  So Gala, if you’re listening, you have a huge fan. If you IM me, I’ll tell you her name!

Otherwise worn in this photo is Laq‘s Ania 02 in Peach, and Elate‘s Tuli sweater dress in Burnt Orange.

I’m in love with this short hairstyle, again by Truth.  Don’t worry, he doesn’t appear again on my love letter to the hairstylists of the grid.  This is Grazia, named after his partner (though I think he made it before they were partnered), the divine Ms. Horwitz.  It comes in two flavours, and while I love both of them, this one is just a wee bit better.

Also worn is the Alyson group gift in Pale, by Belleza (a skin I’m eagerly anticipating) and Gettin’ Horizontal in Cherry by Mischief.

There are so many long hairstyles in SL that it’s practically impossible to choose just one for this list.  But I gave it a try.  Lamb Bellic makes some of the best dos and textures around, and Poppyseed is one of the best really long styles I’ve seen in a while.  The little braid is so cute too.

LeLutka‘s Estelle is my skin of choice in this photo, in Makeup 2D in the Light tone, and the Fri.day Basic Cami in Navy Dot.

And last, but not least, is Fri.day’s Tatum hair, which is probably my most favourite updo right now.  The bangs are awesome, as are all the bangs that Fri.day does, and it strongly reminds me of Elika’s work.  I miss Elika.  Where’s Elika?  Sadface.

Sorry, got lost in a tangent there for a moment.  Tatum also comes in two flavours, for those who like the straight bangs, and then those who don’t can wear the Tatum II style with the bangs pinned to the side.

Worn in this photo is the amazingly tantalizing Eva skin in Tone 3, a current group gift (unless it’s dropped out of the notices by now, which is distinctly possible) by Tuli, the Chandy earrings by Paper Couture and the black turtleneck by Coco, another group gift of days gone by, though this one is still on the wall in her store, as far as I know.

So that’s it, my top five hairstyles currently on the grid.  Did I miss any?  Did I make a huge mistake with one of these styles?

Poses by Long Awkward Pose and Reel Expression.

Other items worn include: Laqroki Ania in Peach01, Fri.day Classic Beater in white, Fri.day Henley Hoodie in Grey.