Tag: Freebies

Second Life Steals, Deals and Freebies: Sn@tch

One of the best-kept secrets of Second Life freebie shoppers is Sn@tch. The store offers a bunch of fashionable freebies, just head into the main store’s right entrance and turn right…

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There are even more freebies at the Sn@tch Outlet store, located to the left of the main store:

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And every two weeks, Sn@tch offers a new set of outfits, accessories, shoes and hair at their 7 Seas fishing location right in front of the store. All you need is a 7 Seas fishing road and some patience to pick up some great freebies!

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Today Vanity Fair is wearing:

Top: black BPD crop top by Sn@tch (7 Seas fishing freebie)

Miniskirt: black BPD ruffled mini by Sn@tch (7 Seas fishing freebie)

Thong: freebie lingerie panty (group gift from Addams)

Choker: BPD Choker by Sn@tch (7 Seas fishing freebie)

Earrings: Crime and Punishment earrings by Silver Wheel (old Twisted Hunt gift; this store is no longer in Second Life)

Bracelet: Atlantean skull bracelet (7 Seas fishing freebie from the Twisted Hunt Headquarters; I’m not sure whether this is still available or not)

Boots: Sn@tchers combat boots (7 Seas fishing freebie from Sn@tch)

Vanity Fair is also wearing:

  • the Kimberly Catwa Bento mesh head
  • the Maitreya Lara mesh body
  • Daria skin by The Skinnery
  • Astra hair by Truth (a Valentine’s Day group gift)
  • …and my favourite forest green Darcey eyes by Suicidal Unborn

So get to Sn@tch and snatch up some goodies for your avatar!

Second Life Steals, Deals and Freebies: We Love Role-Play Freebies

Today Vanity Fair paid a visit to the current round of We Love Role-Play, a regular shopping event focused on the myriad forms of historical and fantasy roleplay in Second Life.

Most booths have a free gift which you can pick up if you join the We Love Roleplay group (which can be rather difficult to search for under Search in your SL client, because it uses that stupid <3 symbol instead of the word “love”, so just use this URI to find the group).

Vanity Fair is wearing two freebies from We Love Roleplay in these two photos, taken at the Romanum role-play sim (please click each picture to see it in a larger size):

 

The flowering wreath headdress is a gift from the F&M booth, and the Roman dress tunic is a gift from the Infinity booth. Both are free.

And the following complete outfit (top, skirt, and matching large gold leaf necklace) is a gift from the Les Encantades booth. Isn’t it gorgeous? Les Encantades makes stunningly beautiful historical and fantasy role-play costumes.

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Unfortunately, I can’t give you direct SLURLs to the individual booths, but they are all arranged in a large circle so you shouldn’t have too much trouble finding these glorious freebies!

Second Life Steals, Deals and Freebies: Queen of Hearts Gown by Whymsical Marketplace

This absolutely gorgeous red, white and black silk Queen of Hearts gown, with a high starched gold-trimmed collar and gold and red embroidery, is a free gift from Whymsical Marketplace in the Alice in Wonderland hunt which is currently going on in Second Life. It’s a must-get item if you do historical roleplay in SL. Or perhaps, you simply want to go around screaming “Off with their heads!” at everybody. (Hey, it’s Second Life! You do what you want 😉 )

You are searching for a key with a White Rabbit’s head on it. The hunt hint is: “The Fairy holds the key to your gift”. (It’s very easy to find!)

Here’s what the gown looks like. Click on each picture to see it in a larger size:

My avatar is wearing:

Mesh Head: Lulu Bento mesh head by Akeruka (Over the past year, Akeruka has had four different dollarbie Bento mesh heads—two female, and two male—as group gifts for members of the [AK] Heads, News & Support group; the group join fee was L$150, so that works out to 38.5 Linden dollars per head, an amazing deal! So you might want to join this group, in case they decide to offer other dollarbie deals on Bento mesh heads.)

Mesh Body: eBody Classic avatar body (L$1 at the freebie store at Ajuda SL Brasil or directly from the eBody store; note that the dollarbie version of this mesh body has only “thick” alpha sections on the HUD, not the finer alpha sections on the full-price version)

Eyes: free hazel Look Into My eyes by Exodi (store is no longer in SL)

Gown: Queen of Hearts gown by Whymsical Marketplace (free hunt gift in the Alice in Wonderland Hunt)

Shoes (not seen): freebie flats in black from Garbaggio (free from the SL Marketplace for Slink feet; the eBody Classic mesh body has Slink-compatible feet)

Hair: free Pulled Back Bun (brown) from the Library / Accessories / Hair Design Options / Pulled Back Bun folder in your SL inventory

Crown: an old hunt gift from a store that is no longer in SL

Jewelry: the Secret of Jade ruby bracelet, earrings and necklace by J&W Jewelers (freebie at the Regency Ballroom; there is also a lovely free gown by Shoenique to pick up here as well):

TOTAL COST FOR THIS ENTIRE AVATAR: L$152 (L$150 group join fee for Akeruka, L$1 for the Akeruka Lulu mesh head, L$1 for the eBody Classic mesh body)

“Off with her head!“

Second Life Steals, Deals and Freebies: The Four Best Freebie Stores in SL

UPDATE: Because of the interest in this blogpost, I have done an updated version of just how many freebies you can scoop up in as few stops as possible: Get full-body mesh avatars plus 823 high-quality clothing, shoes and accessories for only L$51! 

Here is a list of what I consider to be the best freebie stores in Second Life. In these four locations, you’re pretty much guaranteed to find high-quality free clothing, jewelry, footwear, skins and eyes, hairstyles, and even AOs for your avatar. Yes, you can be a truly fashionable avatar without breaking open your piggy bank!

Note that in addition to these four freebie stores, I can also recommend you pay a visit to UniHispana Crea, which has a small but growing collection of freebies for both men and women (more details here).

The Free Dove

First up is the venerable freebie store The Free Dove, operated by Palomma Casanova for over a decade now. Everything here is free. This is definitely a place you want to visit at least once, and probably on a regular basis, as Palomma does solicit and receive new items from designers regularly, and she does weed and update the vendor panels fairly often. Most of the clothing available here is modern and mesh. Note that there is also a men’s freebie section, but there’s not a lot compared to the row after row after row of women’s fashion. You must join the Free Dove group in order to get the freebies here, but the group is free to join.

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The Free Dove has what I consider to be the single best collection of free avatar hairstyles on the entire grid, located on a wall at the rear of the cavernous store:

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Ajuda SL Brasil

The other freebie store that you should visit at least once is the excellent freebie store at the Ajuda SL Brasil. Don’t let the fact that everything is in Portuguese throw you off; freebies are freebies in any language! 😉 The freebie store is located just a short walk to your left as you arrive at the entry point for this sim. Like the Free Dove, the collection of freebies is updated frequently, so you might want to become a regular visitor to see what’s new. (Note that while everything here is free, not all of it is mesh; some of the clothing available here is the older system layers and flexiprim clothing for classic SL avatars.)

This is where you can pick up a FREE Valentina Altamura female mesh head and body avatar package, just click the large red sign and select “Deliver” from the pop-up menu which appears on-screen:

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This freebie store also has vendors for the dollarbie versions of the eBody Classic and the new eBody Curvy mesh avatar bodies for female avatars (the only non-free items in the entire Ajuda SL Brasil store):

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The men’s freebie section was recently moved from the first floor to the third floor:

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You can take the elevator in the far corner of the store to get there, or just click the large blue Altamura sign at the spawn point to teleport to the men’s freebie section directly:

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Free*Style Store

The Free*Style store by Cherelle Capra has quite a few nice freebies available, almost all for female avatars, but BE CAREFUL! She has mixed for-sale items (that you must pay for) among the freebie vendor panels. If you’re not paying attention, you could land up buying something that you had not intended to buy! It’s almost not worth the trouble clicking on all the vendor panels to find the freebies.

Among the freebies available at Free*Style are a basic capsule wardrobe of clothing and three sets of footwear by Baby Monkey, which you won’t find anywhere else. All four sets have a texture-change HUD that allows you to choose grey, blue, or green, and colour coordinate your outfit to your shoes or boots:

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Sexy Shoppers Freebie Market

Finally we have a freebie store that I had never heard of before yesterday, when someone in the Second Life Friends group on Facebook gave me a tip. The Sexy Shoppers Freebie Market on the Grouse sim has a small but serviceable selection of freebies, mostly for female avatars. You have to join the Sexy Shoppers group for L$1 in order to get the freebies here.

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And there you have it! Four stops, tons of quality freebies! What more could you ask for?