Halloween Make-Up 2008

I promise this is the LAST Halloween post I'm going to do this year. In case any of you still have not thought of what you want to be , I thought I'd give you one last idea- just go with the crazy make-up. People would be so busy admiring your eyes that they won't have time to care about the rest of your outfit!
Besides Galliano, my two other favourite crazy make-up looks are from Dior (left) and the Lacroix haute couture (right) show. Both redefines the upper and lower part of the eyes making their eyes look HUGE. They are in essence however, the opposite of each other. While Dior uses a sharp white base, Lacroix uses a smokey black base. Either way, I'm loving both of them. Go for the Dior look if you want to look feline and the Lacroix look for something a bit darker. A bit more subtly, we have the smokey eyes of the Chanel haute couture (left) and the Balenciaga (right) show. Just go heavy with the eye liner and the smudging. If you do have a costume, these would be more subtle looks for you. You don't want to take away too much from the outfit now do you?

And as for some simple DIY ideas: You can be forks/knives/spoon with alumninium, a piece of steak and ketchup/mustard to go with that. You can be Tetris pieces. Pacman and the ghost. Or a Twister board- just wear white and stick colored dots on yourself and carry the spinning thing!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Image Source: Style.com

Halloween- The Galliano Way

On the topic of Halloween, we must not forget our favourite showman of all, John Galliano. When it comes to putting on a great statement, there is no one quite like him. Going through his FW08 runway, I've pegged the drama down to two elements: crazy hatwear/hair and crazy make-up.
So maybe there is no rationale behind most of these, but hey, it's time to be creative!
This could be the dead sea captain perhaps?
The show girl. And check out the amazing, vibrant make-up! Talk about drama. Not sure about the lump on her head (looks a bit like a tumor), but am loving the gold spikes!

Image Source: Style.com

Halloween 2008 - Part 5 *nearly the end*

*******October 31 Happy Halloween!*******

Paradisis is having a hunt where you'll find a dress option with many different t-shirts. You'll be searching for orange and black boxes with the words pick me up on them. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/PARADISIS%20Creations/110/91/252

Visit ALB DREAM FASHION where you can pick up the lovely new November gift in the central lobby then take the teleport down to the desert and hunt for pumpkins where you can hunt for 19 pumpkins and win an outfit for either guys or girls. Here's information from the ALB note card "If you have the time to look around over my sims (!except the big Palast!) you will find a lot of little pumpkins. The most are empty. BUT 18 pumpkins have different parts of the ALB PUMPKIN witch or ALB PUMPKIN sorcerer in it. Two I hided a little difficult. For that you have to find the grotto on my sims. If you find all pumpkins 1-9 for the women or 10-18 for the men than you have the ALB PUMPKIN men or women included skins as a freebie. For to come down to the sims take the ORANGE TELEPORT BALL left outside form the entrance. Hope you can get all and have a lot of fun to discover this wonderful A´ksha Dunes.... Have fun by your hunt ....ah before I forget it: if it is possible close your mystitool please, the lag is horror at the moment..." $0/19 pumpkins & gift for girls in lounge - http://slurl.com/secondlife/A%27ksha%20Dunes/189/71/350

NekoDreams is having a pumpkin hunt. Pumpkins are very easy to spot and stuff for both girls & boys! $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/NekoDreams/149/134/27

Tekeli-li! has a special Starry Magicians Hat available for $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hollow%20Earth/70/210/2

At Ingenue you'll find a polka love dress in special themed colors. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Born/97/24/34

* Weirdiculous * has put out not one, not two, but three presents for all. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pheosia/156/216/23

AFC has a Candy Girl who will gift you with 3 shirts. So stop by and touch the girl. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kissena%20Park/186/215/22

LA Street Scene Shopping is having a pumpkin hunt. Pumpkins are tiny and $1 each - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hector/231/88/548

BabyDoll's Store is having a hunt for 5 stone heads throughout the island & there will be treasure next to each. Your prize is the Witchy Poo outfit, boots, & skin. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BabyDoll/57/158/23

"Bodhisattva" has free mushroom chairs & skybox both themed. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shinsaibashi/32/81/26

And finally the one you guys have been asking a lot about THE GRIDWIDE PUMPKIN HUNT (Thanks Cilia Shepherd for forwarding the following information to share!):

"***The Grid Wide Chain Style Hunt!***

*When*:
31st of October at 9:00 am SLT to 2nd of November 2008.

*Where to land and start the hunt*:
Cilian'gel is one of the stores where you can land. (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Valefar/42/198/292)


*What to look for*:
1 to 5 hidden pumpkins within each store containing beautiful prizes and the landmark to the next hunt location.

*How to hunt*:
Buy the pumpkin *FREE!!!* or 0$L to claim your prize!


*Can't find a pumpkin?*
Dont worry....at the landing you will find a board about the event and a 'I give up sign'. You will miss out on the LOVELY PRIZES but can move on to the next store to keep on hunting!

A fantastic gigantic hunt no one will want to miss!!! Come on! On your mark! Get ready!! Staaaaart!

Happy Halloween and enjoy the treats!"

ETA: Ty Kim ... ~Tree House Treasures~ is #1 for the ***The Grid Wide Chain Style Hunt!***

Nekorific mall is having a skull hunt. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Leykis/196/193/22




Halloween 2008 (the beginning of the list)
Halloween 2008 - Intermission 1 (picture post)
Halloween 2008 - week 2 list
Halloween 2008 - Intermission 2
Halloween 2008 - week 3 list
Halloween 2008 - Intermission 3
Halloween 2008 - week 4 list
Halloween 2008 - Intermission 4


Previous day(s) list behind the cut.....



*******October 30*******

Happy Halloween Eve!

Bewitched Hair & House of Heart Designs are both having a pumpkin patch hunt. Many of the designers from both islands are participating too! You can find additional information about the hunts & a special sale on the Bewitched Hair blog. $0/for most pumpkins some participants $1/pumpkin - Bewitched - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lemon%20Island/128/175/28 HOH- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tropical%20Escape/128/68/24

Surf Shop Southern Coast has a lucky board with Halloween themed jeans as a prize. Lucky Board - 3 minute change to next letter - http://slurl.com/secondlife/CHIKURA/38/97/27


Head back to AyYaiYai ..::A.Y.Y::.. Main Store where you'll find 20 pumpkins. $1/pumpkin - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Felipo/118/101/143

*Little fish asian fashion store has set out their free dress. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mountain%20Retreat/81/118/21

*******October 29*******

The BareRose hunt is now open to the public. There's a killer outfit for the guys and girls. So if you'd like to do the mission filled hunt check it out. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/White%20Wolf/145/100/30

At BJ's Home and Garden Shop you'll find a ghost hunt going on. Find home & garden items here. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kingston%20Island/27/129/592

Absentia sim is having a hunt for 17 pumpkins. I only found a couple of the pumpkins, but what I did find was cool gift from Absentia @ the slurl refrenced which contained a couple of (f) skins (zombie & broken doll), eyes, & other goodies. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Absentia/110/237/21

FallnAngel Creations is having a hunt that takes place over 5 sims and contains 91 pumpkins! This hunt is one that provides a lot of variety in prizes since Azriel makes such a wide variety of great things. You may also find a pumpkin bucket to hold while doing the hunt in the cathedral (landing point) of the main store. Following is a list of the 5 sims pumpkins are $0, but scroll before you buy as there are also pumpkins for sale as Halloween decorations are also sold here:
1) FallnAngel Creations Main Store - http://slurl.com/secondlife/FallnAngel%20Creations/133/123/124
2) FallnAngel Creations Furniture - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Falln%20Amusements/128/128/24
3) FallnAngel Creations - Skins and Hair - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Falln%20Sanitarium/128/128/2
4) Falln Sanctuary - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Falln%20Sanctuary/128/125/23
5) Tol Narwa Vire - Elven Lands - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tol%20Narwa%20Vire/103/133/24

If you haven't visited the iTuTu merchants and would like to pick up their Halloween offerings then visit their sales area. $1/items (skins, clothing, Halloween assessories) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Tranquility/74/169/751

At Sexy Angel guys & girls can each pick up a zombie skin. $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/HERBALIFE%20VIP/165/132/21

If you'd like to be a rubix cube then head over to Wyndy Paine's shop where you can pick up the puzzle cube outfit and a free dress & stroll around the Sunset Plaza Mall & shopping center to participate in their pumpkin hunt. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Delicious%20Cove/199/153/21

Immortal Beloved Malls 1 & 2 for the spooky tree hunt. 26 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gwen/51/253/22 & http://slurl.com/secondlife/Circus/247/80/67

At Burt's Laundy pick up a knit orange skull adorned shirt. $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Omotesando/130/201/31

.: WEiRD.DESiGNS :. is offering a special skin for the ladies for Halloween $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Palm%20Beach%20Island/217/165/413

At "YUMEJI" you can try your luck on the chair - special halloween themed kimono will only be available until Halloween. Lucky Chair - kimono - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Orihime/125/185/36

Visit Bay City to take part in their ghost hunt. "Treasure Hunt in Bay City: Over 31 prizes to be given out by shops and venues all over Bay City! " There are also additional 'special' one time finds. You'll find additional information at the landing point including a list of ghosts and locations. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bay%20City%20%2D%20Moloch/131/159/24

*******October 28*******

The great pumpkin - The gridwide pumpkin hunt starts October 31 I've gotten a couple of notecards & ims about this one, so just keep an eye on Rhaorth Antonelli's blog. She's the organizer and should have updates about it there. ^.^ Seriously, are you guys ready for another one of these? lol

Check out =Nenashigusa Nest= and you can buy their Halloween outfit that consist of tshirt, shorts, & stockings for $1. http://slurl.com/secondlife/CHERRY/233/60/21

Scour the Haven Designs and Sanctum Hair sim for treat filled pumpkins. $1/10 pumpkins - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sanctum/128/132/22

Head to [42] mainstore to pick up your lovely lady skins & nose ring. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cursed/32/153/23

Another green skin is available for the girls. Head over to the Labyrinthe Myth Zone and pick up the green star adorned skin with pink lipstick. $1 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Myth%20Zone/24/119/295

If you have a few lindens to spend then head over to skin city and search for the skin that is $10 @ IC-Skin. You can also pick up a mask from IC-Skin & other merchants on the sim for $1 and then wear the mask to receive a discount on that skin. $10 - skins - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Skin%20City/128/229/563

Miscief isle is having a spider hunt. Find the 13 spiders and get some nice pjs. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mischief%20Isle/71/60/24

Check out the Archipelago WIld Sim where several of the merchants have placed out pumpkins filled with goodies. These are rather large and either outside the store or just inside the stores. (dress , jewelry, shirt, whistle, & stopwatch - 5 pumpkins) $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Archipelago%20Wild/56/180/23

Head to Alchemy's main store where you'll find a giant pumpkin filled with Halloween goodies from Kermit Rutkowski. The bat you can ride is awesomfantastic. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Emilia/28/116/76

Zoom over to Curious Kitties where you can pick up several different colored witches hat for free. These hats are mixed in with regular priced items on the Halloween wall (not the usual freebie wall). There are also a couple of cheaper themed items close to the free hats. ($10-20) $0 - green, purple, orange & black hats - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Curious%20Kitties/196/190/20

Kunglers offer of the week is a themed dress. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Electra/97/81/79

Ready for another hunt? Then head to Sexy in Pink & find the 10 lucky pumpkins in the pumpkin patch under the clubhouse tree and touch them. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/SIP/48/73/21

Ok, so you feel like you're losing your head. Well then head over to LittleHeaven (check out the dumpster, lucky chairs, & new camp items) head straight in to the new haunted build --> open the door & head up the stairs where you'll find an animation to lose your head. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/LITTLE%20HEAVEN/115/135/32

I haven't gone through notecards yet, so I may add some stuff after breakfast.

Halloween on the Streets 2008

Runway inspiration is all good and well, but besides the Prada lace-y vamp look, the rest are not exactly easily achievable. So I did a more generic brainstorm and came up with this:

Has anyone seen that movie recently, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People"? In it, Kirstin Dunst goes to a costume party and dresses up as a 20s flapper girl (though I think she had a specific flapper girl in mind since the theme was "Favourite Dead People"), looking awesome in a black bob, long cigarette, red lipsticks and slinky black dress. That was when it clicked! I want to be a flapper girl this Halloween! It won't even be that hard. All I need to get is a black bob wig, a long cigarette holder and a black slinky dress and then put on pale foundation, smokey eyes and hot red lipsticks- viola, flapper girl!

I even know exactly which dress I'd buy too. This FCUK fringe dress is perfect. I can even wear it again for a night out (even though it is not exactly my usual style...)! But still, I love the idea that I won't be wasting too much money on a cheap looking costume I'd only get to wear once. I actually went into a real costume store my first time today and I must say, I was not impressed. The costume outfits for women typically look cheap and skanky. And I'm not about to fork out $50USD to look cheap and skanky.

I also looked at the fangs. I thought, worse case scenario, I can just dress in all black, wear pale foundation and red lipsticks and with the fangs, I can be a vampire. A nice easy Halloween costume. But then I looked at the packaging and got slightly weirded out. "Molding" plastic stuff into my mouth and in between my teeth- that is NOT prescribed by my orthodontist- just goes against my natural instincts. What if it screws up all the good work my orth spent many years achieving? I thought fangs were just stuck on... I guess not.

So in the end, I walked out with a black bob wig and a reaper rake. The bob because I've always wanted one and it'll go with the flapper look (though this one is not exactly my ideal one cause it has random silver streaks in it...but whatever) and grim reaper's rake, just because it's fun to wave around a reaper rake at people. I know, completely random. I'm not exactly sure what I am going to do with them....but I guess I'll figure it out in the next three days!

Image Source: Flapper Costumes and ASOS

Halloween 2008 - Intermission 4

This week was crazy busy with hunts! And this is the post that ate my life. Well, it took a complete day to edit all the photos, so you'll get this & the start of week 5 afterward. A lot of the items are from week 4 in this post, but you'll also see some new stores featured here. So don't forget to browse.... Thanks to Maui for sending in all 12 of his freebie items. Including a super awesome Jack Skeleton Avatar!



You can find this avatar at X'ed Designs. I'll be posting more about the non-Halloween items after the madness of Halloween ends and before Pepero/Poky Day stars. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cedarbrae/197/240/83

More pictures after the cut.......


The next look consist of this weeks free dress which included shoes from NessnMo, skin from the *OC* ORAGE Creations ($1) hunt, and yay! for the rotten apples game at Sn@tch because I snagged the garnet of the Edie style of hair (and hey, the entire store is 1/2 off right now so go show Ivey some slub!).



And look at those lovely eyes. They're from the sweetie pie Kekona of ::EbiShop:: totally free!
The dress from NessnMo is seriously hot and entirely made of prims. This is a small, but cute store that is also having an amazing sale.

Next up the killer Carmen Macumba number with a ton of options from Comme il Faut ($13) black candle hunt. The skin I'm wearing is from the ~TeaLane~ ghost from the Vain Inc. gridwide Ghost Hunt.



Next up a bevy of goodness from the Vain Inc. hunt: Hair from Audacity, Hat from Nova, Skin from Loser Designs, Boa from Callie Cline, Skirt from Amplify, & Shirt from Vette's Boutique.



Items not from hunt: Shoes from Crush Row vendor Whimsy & eyes from ::EbiShop::.

Three adorable dresses from stops on the Vain Inc. tour: Fluky, Katatonik (shoes shown with all from this gift), & at the MiaSofia store you can pick up the hair from Mia in her ghost and a gift right next to it from Sofia of [LurveBite]. You'll also find the skin from MM Skins on the ghost tour.



The ladybug inspired dress is from SD Wears, Skin from Sole Asylum, Eyes from Retox, Neckace from I-Gems, Hair by Je*Republic, & shoes from Designs of Darkness. For the orange and black mini skirt with tank head to Rave Nation, Zombie necklace from the Junk Drawer, Skin from Symphony, Boots from Lazy Places, Eyes from Retox, & hair from Truth. For the green lace and orange dress head to Adam n' Eve, Skin & eyes from Less Than Three, shoes form Greenwood Designs at Gorjus ensemble, & hair from Truth.



One last set of looks from the Vain Inc hunt.... (from right to left) Where'd I get that killer blouse? Head over to Baiastice, pants & belt from WoE, Skin from Body Politik, hair from Irollic (shown with all), Eyes from Kunstkammer (shown with all), & shoes from Katatonik (shown with all). This outfit is topped off with a hat from Elegance Hats boutique, Skin from JM:Mai Skin, & dress from Freda's Fine Fashions. Swirls and sculpt adorned dress from B&T Atelier & skin from Piddle.



More than a couple words about the Vain Inc. hunt: I've shown you a variety of outfits here (just picked willy knilly), but I must stress if you just hop around and pick up the items shown you'll miss out on a whole lot of awesomeness. There were items that I picked up that moved straight out of the Vain Inc. hunt folder in my freebie folder section and right into their proper homes in my clothing folder. So start with the #1 ghost at Vain Inc. and work your way all the way through from 1 until you hit 114 (107 is missing, but the #1 folder you pick up @ Vain Inc. will have both the landmark for the #2 place you must find and the #108 landmark)! This is one of the best hunts to have hit the grid and the cooridinators and designers are owed a big founooking hurrah! And if you're wondering I took all the pictures for the Vain Inc. hunt prizes in hell - Yes, hell. Go and visit Jigoku the Budhist Hell park!

Next picture is a mix up of things from a number of places:



Dress & Nails from the PHLow candy dish hunt, the shoes are from Chic Boutique one of the merchants at Crush Row (either $0 or $1), Hair from SoWhatDesigns ($0 or $1), Wings from Isabelle Esoterica Fashions, skin from DLicious Skins, hat from Elegance Hat & eyes from ::EbiShop::.


Hair from MiaSofia's lucky chair, Skin from **OC** ORAGE Creations, Shoes from Kakaue Shoes & Boots Creations cauldron hunt, dresses & jewelry shown from the Alyssa Bijoux & plaza pumpkin hunt (23 of the 25 are out).



All the clothes & shoes from the following picture are available at Kayliwulf Kingdom. The Bunny outfit was available at the Tease! location. The hair is from Audacity - Vain Inc. hunt & the skin is from the Flawless sim opening pumpkin hunt that has ended.



Lastly Outfits from the Maruko event land chocolate bar hunt, shown with Audacity hair from the Vain Inc. hunt, Skin from the Osaka pumpkin hunt (chipp'd) & the wolf sculpty shoes are from ::EbiShop::.



On to week 5!

Halloween on the Runway 2008

It's that time of the year again where we get to dress up in whatever crazy outfit we desire. And what better place than the runway to look for fun, creative, refreshing and fashionable ideas?

On the Marc by Marc Jacobs runway (left) there is punk rock, with retro pink plaids and pleated minis. This would be an especially fun outfit if you are usually not punker chic. And if you are, then maybe the cyber look for the Balenciaga runway (right) would be interesting. After all, Halloween is our chance to try out different looks and have fun!
Another look I am loving is the royal military look found on the MacQueen (left) and the Lacroix haute couture runway (right). The structured uniform jackets and all the details are just so pretty!
Even more regally, there is the royalty look also found on the MacQueen runway. There is just something so regal and colonial about it. I'm not sure how one would achieve this look for Halloween, but an idea is a start right?
And lastly, there is the classic vamp look. There is the elaborate version from the Lacroix haute couture show (left), or for something simpler and easier, the black lace version from the Prada runway (right). In fact, with all the "lace" around, you can very easily achieve this look. All you need are fangs!

Image Source: Style.com

Ctrl BG: A Shortcut to Financial News 10/24

Is it just me, or is it not even news anymore that there was a huge drop/rally in the market on a given day? Now that we've broken all the records in the last century, it's hard to be fazed by big swings in the market. I think my next threshold is if (or is it when?) the Dow hits the 7000s.

But anyway, the global market went on another roller coaster ride this week, ending with a big drop on Friday. Asia in particular took a big hit. On the Hong Kong stock exchange, HSBC, the darling of all stocks there, fell by 10% to $88, a 4 year low. I personally could not remember HSBC being below $100.... ever. People are shocked and heartbroken. I don't blame them. The HSBC stock to HK investors is like how Louis Vuittons is to Japanese women- everyone owns at least one or aspires to own one. To see the value of such an entrenched brand go down must be a very traumatizing experience indeed. Who knew that Morgan Stanley slashing the price by 25%, would have such a profound effect?

Back to the rest of the world, developed and emerging markets alike are hit due to slumping currencies and higher financing cost. ING is is latest "big gun" to be bailed out with a $13.5 billion Dutch government injection. And countries such as Iceland, Pakistan and Turkey are in talks with the IMF for help.

In the US, experts have placed the blame on hedge fund of funds. Since investors can pull money out of hedge fund of funds anytime they want i.e. now, this has in turn put pressure on hedge funds to pull out of the market and thus the crazy selling and shorting to cover losses. The mounting layoffs *yikes!* (Goldman announced they were cutting back 10% of their workforce-less than I expected!), speculations about whether we're in a recession or not (do we really need anymore proof?), Greenspan admitting to be "partially wrong" and bad company earnings report coming out didn't help. Oh and PNC just announced that they were taking over National City for $5.2 billion (backed by tax payers). This is the next big bank takeover since Wachovia two weeks ago. Investors are now waiting to see if the Fed will further lower interest rates next Wednesday and whether the US economy is indeed in a recession with the GDP data coming out next Thursday.

It's not a completely gloomy outlook though. Asian countries, following Europe, are starting to form their own $80 billion emergency fund- better safe than sorry. The US are working on another stimulating package and a plan to bailout individual home owners, so then they can get better termed loans. Call me a selfish hypocrite, but while I'm all for bailing out banks because it affects me, I'm not sure how I feel about bailing out individuals. Makes me think, "if I knew the government was going to bail them out, maybe I should've gone and bought a house I clearly cannot afford too!" Logically though, I know helping them would help the economy as a whole, since foreclosure is one of the biggest issues. Guess I'll get around to the idea.

On a side note, did you know that the $250 billion capital injection into banks last week is not part of the $700 billion package? I wasn't sure myself until this week. How come they need approval for $700 billion and not $250 billion? $250 billion is still a LOT of money.

Halloween 2008 - Part 4

***** 26 October ****

At Cutie Honey you'll find a pumpkin headband in the lucky chair upstairs. When touched the headband emits spooky sounds and bats. Lucky Chair - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Busan%20Korea/192/32/2

Kakaue Shoes and Boots Kreation mentioned in week 1 for their Halloween style slip on tennis shoes is having a cauldron hunt. Find 15 sculpty (so you must be close to see them) cauldrons scattered around the store. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bug%20City/142/31/24

The Alyssa Bijoux (Jewelry Store) & Plaza is holding a pumpkin hunt. You'll be looking for 25 pumpkins and all are easy to spot and numbered. Prizes are from Alyssa Bijoux and the tenants in the mall. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kirkstone/53/230/37

Soraya Shan Collection has a free pair of eyes. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vidaca/139/143/148

Today is the last day to pick up two spectacular outfits with a gothic flare from LEYDA STYLE. If you know a guy who loves gothic style clothes remember to drag him along! $1 - m/f - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wexler%20University/103/45/22

You'll find a Ghostly magic hat at Unique Needs. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kali%20Isle/195/239/37

AuroraSkye Creations is offering a pumpkin dress for $1 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wollaston/193/87/95

At Ephemeral Creations you'll find a set of orange and black whiskers. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Noul/142/153/651

Comme il Faut is having a black candle hunt until 2 November. $1/13 candles - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shubelik/69/167/701

Lastly I'd like to mention a couple of places with an Adult theme:

Freedonia is having a hunt that has information about the items found in their hunt at the landing point. 10 pumpkins and surprise to be had, but please be aware of the ADULT content. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Freedonia/124/118/1181

Kayliwulf Kingdom is so generous with their latex creations! If you'd like to try out some latex goodies you need to stop by this place. Not only will you find a more than ample supply of free items to try and see if you like, but you'll also find many sample items offered at $10. You'll have to take a look around their two store's Kayliwulf Kingdom's Tease! & Kayliwulf Kingdom's Fetish Paradise. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kayliwulf%20West/178/132/21


Halloween 2008
Halloween 2008 Intermission
Halloween 2008 Week 2
Halloween 2008 Intermission 2
Halloween 2008 Week 3
Halloween 2008 Intermission 3

Previous day(s) under the cut......


***** 25 October ****

Deviant Kitties is having a pumpkin hunt. You're searching for 9 pumpkins and there is an example at the landing point. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Deviant%20Kitties/174/99/40

Audacity has a fat pack - Angelique a witchy style. Also take a look at the lucky chair for a chance to win another style which includes a nice seasonal color. $1 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fatimas%20Far%20Horizon/61/101/28

[TOCO Designs] has four different costumes available for $1 each (black cat, frankenstein, vampire, & werewolf). These were previously priced at $100 each. $1/4 costumes - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Marwood/243/142/45

Check out the Flawless sim opening which is having a pumpkin hunt to celebrate this weekend. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Flawless/163/160/25

Peppermint Blue has put out an October Collection for girls. This includes an entire avatar. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/SilkRoad/30/233/26

The merchants of Crush Row are having a Trick or Treat sidewalk sale where you'll find several $0 & $1 goodies. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Doll%20City/231/217/25

:AK:: Aki-Kimono has a bloodied geisha skin among their other $1 items - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wagaland/89/22/42

Ghoulishly green skin for both the girls & guys is available at DLicious Skins. $0 - F- http://slurl.com/secondlife/CDD/198/220/25 -M - http://slurl.com/secondlife/CDD/170/219/25

*PHLow* is having a candy dish hunt. Find 7 mini candy dishes. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dandelion%20Island/24/44/24

***W&M - The WRAITH & Lady Dragoness Designs*** is holding a pumpkin hunt. $0/20 pumpkins - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wraith%20Dragons%20Temple/213/62/63

Annuarisu Fashion Confectionery has one big Haunted Pumpkin Patch going on. You'll find tons of pumpkins (75, maybe more) for $1 each. $1/75 pumpkins - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kissena%20Park/104/181/367


***** 24 October ****

The Trick or Treat fair is open. You may purchase $5 items here with the proceeds going to unicef. $5 items - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Platinum/111/149/58

And the Vain Inc. Grid Wide hunt starts at noon today and last for a week. 100+ vendors are participating in this one. Start point - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Joomos/84/128/2

Thanks to Elettra for passing on the information about her hunt! At *OC* - ORAGE Creations you'll find 12 pumpkins hidden inside the store containing skins, hair, shoes, hats & more! $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Prim%20By%20Prim/193/91/24

At Needful Things you can find a couple of shoulder pets. (witch mouse & shoulder spider) $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Leonard/176/118/25

At Elegance Hats Boutique you can pick up a Spider Hallows freebie hat. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ivalde/200/123/25

Nyte N Day has an unlucky chair and apple bobbing game for girls who are feeling lucky or unlucky. Lucky Chair - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nyte%20N%20Day/118/39/28

At LYRIOPE you'll find a Halloween gift - $1 skin for girls with a bit of blood. $1 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bubzies%20Paradise/139/26/24

NessnMo has changed the free outfit offered ($0) & has added a pair of spider web adorned boots for $10. There's also a 50-75% off sale going on and pumpkins free to copy in store. $0 & $10 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montsegur/94/228/42

*ADD Poses* has a killer couples neck nibbler pose on sale for just $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Viligili%20Island/127/189/22

At the Vezina Haunted House you can find several goodies. At the landing point there is a box filled with several decorative items and as you wander around you gets bit of a tale and can buy other items (walking stick, halloween flag, steam hover board & moutning hat.). $1/12 pumpkins -http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wando/108/108/25

Marinoco Fashion is having a pumpkin hunt. Check it out and pick up two dresses. $0 - F -http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Island/128/67/21

***** 22 October ****

Don't forget to head down to Osaka and do the pumpkin hunt with gifts from: Alister Gontineac,
Chipp Fall, Eln Alter, Lux Debevec, MissAllSunday Lemon, nammy Wilkinson, Redd Columbia, Rouge Darcy. Also check out the stores in this area some have Halloween themed items in lucky chair or on sale. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osaka/40/80/37

You'll find several chokers available at Sanu Collars and Jewelry. (Orange, purple, and green gems) There's also a lucky chair with an orange choker in it. $1/choker - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pirates%20Treasure/71/121/22

At Hatpins you'll find a candy corn themed top hat for $5 near the new releases, a Pumpkiny 1901 Newsboy Cap for $1 on the gift certificate table, & a lucky chair. $1, $5 hats - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Haute%20Couture/199/59/24

Don't forget to check out Haute Couture next door where you might be lucky enough to win one of their newely released themed dresses in one of the lucky chairs. Lucky Chair - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Haute%20Couture/153/47/24

At Isabella Esoterica Designs you'll find 5 pumpkins filled with goodies! (dresses, wings, and a gift certificate!) $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Warung/114/157/22

+Brian+ has a dress with boots for $10. Next to the outfit is a wall on non-themed free items. $10 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BRAIN%20RESTRICTION/171/137/21

Whimsy has added 3 Female skins in different tones. $1/skin - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horizon/149/65/25

Woodland Winds is having a hunt the instructions are at the slurl. You'll have to solve the riddle in order to find the prize. $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Woodland%20Winds/89/171/24

Deviant Kitties has put out the 4 huggable cat dolls. All are themed for the season and I believe most are new for this year (just 1 from last year). $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Deviant%20Kitties/56/158/42

Alady Island has put out a pumpkin filled with skins and outfits for free. $0 -F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Alady%20Island/50/42/22

*Wedding* Celestinas Store has several decorative items available for free or $1 (pumpkin, cauldron, candles & art display) $0 & $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dreamsland%20IV/179/13/26

Eva has a pair of black boots with pumpkin print for free. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Dominion/241/230/30

There's a free pumpkin toss game up for free at Callie Cline. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/caLLiefornia/199/124/27

If you haven't been to ::EbiShop:: to pick up a set of her amazing eyes then there's no better time to go than now (there's a set of several colors of her non-prim variety available for free) & you can also pick up a pair of the cool sculpty werewolf paws (shoes) while there! $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scaramanga/106/162/997

If you're up for a 45 minute camp you can earn a zombie skin (chair for F & M) or a pumpkin head topped outfit at Bounce. Camp - 45 min - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brudan/30/59/22

AyYaiYai is having a pumpkin hunt. Pumpkins cost $1 each. 22 October - 31 October. $1/? pumpkin(s) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Felipo/122/110/143

You have until 3 November to find the 9 chocolate bars hidden at the Japan maruko event land. Search at the landing point and also in the Salon De Pigeon Blanc store & also in the graveyard. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Symmetry/137/52/65

ETA****

Just for Fun has a free female skin out, just for Halloween. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Crinkle/167/136/29

A couple of ghost from the upcoming Vain Inc. gridwide ghost busters hunt have started to appear. Details are on the Vain Inc. site and the official start date is 24 October. There is a list of participants on the Vain Inc. site.

Also please keep in mind that tomorrow is the opening of the Trick or Treat costume fair. There will be $5 items put out with all proceeds going to unicef.

ETA:

Check out the apple bobbing game, Lucky Fortune Teller, and Unlucky chair @ Sn@tch and try to win prizes from a great designer. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pulse/163/228/21

And also since Benedetta forced my head out of a prim I looked at the free*style blog and saw another hunt. Foglords Creation is having a candy hunt. 14 candies and full of neko friendly goodies. $1/14 pieces of candy corn - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Quirrola/33/160/34


And here is the rest of it.

The Leather Puffer

As you might have read, lately, I've been craving a leather jacket. They are the perfect item to edge up a girly outfit. But since I'm the more easily chilled kind, warmth against the bitter cold is always one of my primary concerns. And so following the puffer trench, I discovered the leather puffer. I wasn't even deliberately looking. I was just randomly browsing at the Intermix store and lo' and behold, I find the leather puffer below: I thought the concept was awesome, a cool, edgy and WARM leather jacket. The soft gray color also caught my eye. Probably because it has all the qualities of black but is not (although of course they have it in black). But then I tried it on- just for fun. It fits on very snugly (so if you're buying them online, go one size bigger!) but also very stiffly. I know it is probably because of the stuffing, but for a whooping $875, I expected a bit more. The ability to move to begin with. And secondly, better quality leather. I've come across my fair share of leather, and that was not good leather. It was stiff and felt (and looked now that I think about it) plasticky, making it look a bit cheap, which is ridiculous considering the price tag.

I walked out of the store disappointed. Maybe if they cut down the price tag by at least a 1/3. Then maybe it'll be worth considering. Image Source: Intermix Online

Tell me more, more, more

Generally, I never wear makeup because I have sensitive skin (and I'm a lazy bum!). But when I do manage to get around to putting it on, I use all of the above.

Yes, I sort of look like a walking advertisement for Bare Escentuals. I actually just started using the brand a couple of days ago and I'm hooked. Their powder foundation is incredible. It's light, feels and looks as if I've got nothing on, except, all of a sudden I have immaculate skin. Comparable to an airbrush - I swear, it covers everything. If you need more coverage, just press some extra powder on that particular area before you apply it to your entire face. Walah! Instant concealer!

One thing that I am very particular about is mascara. I have really long eye lashes, and I don't want bother with an eyelash curler, clumping, or something that's too heavy. Lancome's L'EXTREME mascara is just right for me because it makes my lashes even longer! It's clean, curls my lashes, doesn't flake, and goes on ever so smoothly.

I got my M.A.C pigment as a gift from a friend. "Naked" is a great colour as it has just the right shimmer, it looks great on the inner corners of the eyes and on the bottom lid along with some liner. For some more drama, you can brush a touch on top of your cheekbones for a night out.

While I pretty much only wear what I just told you, the amount of makeup that I own would make you think otherwise. I own a lot of makeup, most of which I use once every 2 years (I don't think you're even supposed to keep it for that long). Before, I kept it all in multiple makeup bags - very unorganized. Now I keep it one big pouch,thanks to my friend A who has started to make these adorable pouches that she sells on Etsy. Awesome prints, really great quality, and the perfect carrier for all my stuff.

That's what I've got in my bag, what are your essentials?

Image source: Alliebeans, Bare Escentuals, Lancome, M.A.C, The Body Shop, Sephora

Halloween 2008 - Intermission Part 3

Hopefully the cut works this time, because I've got a lot of 'highlights' to share. ^.^ Not all items are Halloween related. I've received a couple of items to review and they will be included in the round up. There are a couple of items that I bought and won that are used in almost all of the pictures so I'll mention those first. All shoes shown are from Truth and are available in the clothing department for $0. The hair -excluding where noted otherwise- is from the lucky chair at Here Comes Trouble. The style from HCT is Lavonne. You'll also find a wealth of styles available in both the male and female hair stores for $1 on up. (Truth - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Truth%20Island/224/44/751 & HCT - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Troubled%20City/228/235/25)



The above dress (from Ivalde) is from the Retrology hunt - The Retrology sim has a pumpkin hunt that begins today! $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Retrology/128/128/2
Skin from Chipp'd Merchandise has put out a pumpkin and novelty skin for free. $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osaka/118/70/21

Much more after the cut....

The following pictures are also items found in the Retrology sim hunt (including the hair from Hairapy):


(Dresses from: Persona, Punch Drunk, & Ingenue)

The skins (3 total) shown in the above collage may be won from the Sin & Secrets lucky chair. Leila was kind enough to send these for me to share. Thanks Leila! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nemnem/153/193/31
Eyes are from Kuri Style and are available for $1 - probably for a limited time. They are the K*S eye diamond BOX style. $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/KyuKaruizawa/190/64/2

Pictures really don't do the following ensemble justice. You'll find it at Battle Angel. The Battle AngelSky includes skin, eyes, hair, and cloud attachments. ($1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Atria/18/178/36)



Next up the dress is from the outfit offered from Awesome Designs, hair from the *RA Crystal* mall Halloween celebration, skin from [KA] Skin, Headband from Edelweiss.(Awesome Designs - $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awesome%20Isle/100/138/22; *RA Crystal - $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/SHINYAMISE/145/41/30; [KA] Skin - $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/KA%20DESIGNS%20Island2/226/57/22; Edelweiss - $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Christmas/207/96/52)



Behold the dress that took over 12 hours to win! Granted I sat on a roof watching other A's slowly win and listening to rants about chair ganking, but I was determined not to let this chair get the best of me! And thankfully I finally won the dress from Evie's Closet. It's so pwetty. Shown with the ebony skin from [KA Skins], eyes from Kuri Style, & HCT lucky chair hair. (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Madison%20Place/76/82/468)



I'm so glad I found the next dress because the store it came from however small is full of cute dresses. You'll want to grab the burlesque inspired outfit from NessnMo if you haven't already. Shown with yet another skin from [KA Skins]. ($0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montsegur/104/217/42)



A sampling of the Boutique Cilian'gel whopper sized bounty. The outfit(s) is versitile in that it is very unisex friendly. Shown with another skin available from [KA Skins] (4 total). If you like the nails you'll want to head to Candy Nail's and buy the cookies inside of the store. $2 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Valefar/34/186/307



A collage dedicated to the awesome prizes at the Tully sim pumpkin hunt (skin, hair, shoes, & outfits from Tully hunt.) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tully/118/120/25


This is not only a good hunt for guys & girls alike, but because of the ease of this one I'd recommend it for new residents!

I've saved some totally non-Halloween goodie for last! A special thanks to Lowee Bailey of *PHLow* for sending her lucky chair items to share with you guys and extending the offer to everyone to join her group and check out her latest group gift. Her group is *PHLow* Babe. That's pretty darn sweet! You'll also find several other free or $1 deals in store. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dandelion%20Island/38/34/24



And this is how I'll leave you guys. Sitting in the park in this awesome Grimalkin DeskJockey 3000 (Your Indispensable Wearable Office) given to me by Nikita to share with you guys. It's only $1 until November - then it will be $100. So you'll want to stop by Grimalkin Workshop scoop this one up. It's not only an afk tool, but a crazy racing machine. The notecard included is full of lulz & information so don't forget to read it and then vroom off for a poboy! http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse%20Algiers/103/114/31


(Photographed with the PHLow group gift dress.)

(The photos for Phlow & Grimalkin Workshop were shot in Algiers ya'll! So head down da bayou and check dis sim owt, beb!)

Ctrl BG: A Shortcut to Financial News 10/17

This week has been a relatively uneventful week for the economy. Not so much for the markets though- that was more of a roller coaster ride. Over the weekend, Britain and its EU counterparts announced a bailout plan to directly recapitalize banks in exchange for stakes. UBS has already done that with a 6 billion franc injection from the Swiss government in exchange for a 10% stake and the unloading of 60billion in toxic debts. The market responded positively and bounced back up.

On Tuesday the US government followed suit and announced that they were going to spend $250 billion to recapitalize banks, with $125 billion going into 9 major US banks (whether they want/need it or not..or so rumor has it). This directly pumps liquidity into the market and takes effect almost immediately to "unfreeze" the market, and indeed the market seems to be thawing. Banks are lending to each other again at least (also helps with the government acting temporarily as the insurer like the FDIC does for depositors). This will save many businesses who rely on borrowing to operate. So why didn't Paulson and Bernanke come up with this before? I'm sure they did. Probably because back then (has it only been 3 weeks?), with the public being so against the bailout of "Wall Street" such a plan would not have gone by Congress really well....... I suppose now it is ok since Britain and EU have announced it and it proved to be positively recieved. Just like in fashion, where the European runway leads, the New York runway follows.

Of course, this capital injection does not come freely. Not only do banks have to give the government preferred shares, but they will be more heavily regulated and they'll have to limit their bonuses and "golden parachute" compensations. Effectively, banks are becoming part nationalize (and to think Thatcher had to privatize sectors in her days to boost the economy- now we're going the other way and nationalizing everything). JP Morgan has already announced a 30-40% slash in bonuses this year (incidentally their quarterly report just came out and they had a 84% drop in profit- better less than none or negative!). Rumor also has it that GS is dividing their employees into four classes. The top percentile gets cash bonuses, the third percentile get stock compensation, the second percentile gets nothing and the last percentile gets fired! That's harsh! Sounds like it is no longer quite so lucrative to be a banker. While this plan temporary stops the bleeding, it doesn't address the heart of the issue though. The auction plan is still underway.

On Wednesday, the market plunged another 700 pts again on fears of a looming recession (aren't we already in one?). Job losses are up and it is not limited to the finance sector. And it's been predicted that holiday spending increased the least since many years ago this year. On Thursday, oil prices also dropped to $70, the lowest in a year! Hopefully this means more sales and lower commodity prices for us. The DOW finished off over 4% higher for the week though. Maybe more people are heeding Buffet's (who claims that for the first time he'll be buying American equities with his own account) words and snapping up "bargain" classic buys in the market. Smart shoppers.

Hey Beauty Queen, you're a Rockstar

Combine floral with steel, and chiffon with leather; people will tell you it's been done before and it will be done again. In my opinion, keep it going.



My own style doesn’t exactly incorporate the idea of “girly," however, I do develop the occasional crave to buy everything in powder pink. I love glitter and glam, but it's even better when you mix in some grunge, a little gaudyness (think Sonia Rykiel jewel studded bags), and a lot of black . Once you do that, you'll arrive at the whereabouts of what I'm drawn to.



I find that Balmain creates this fascinating balance between something macho but ever so complimenting to the female figure. Oh! Those studded heels!



And after seeing this magazine spread in Numéro, shot by Camilla Akrans, I want to dress like this everyday. So bring on the sparkles and the studs. I'd love to hear all about your style, so let me know!

Image source: Style.com, Numéro 97 - Night Fever

HG Takes a Break

So some of you may have noticed that I haven't blogged in the past two weeks. The truth is, we just graduated from University this July and the demands of the real world is taking its toll on us.

Moving forward, BG has decided to continue blogging while I have decided to take a break. Obviously I love I am Fashion (since I have blogged for almost 4 years,) but there comes a point where I feel that I should focus on other aspects of my life. Hence, I will be taking a break from the blog. It has been fun to share my thoughts on girly stuff with you all and hear what you've got to say about it as well. Hopefully I will be back soon!

In the mean time, BG will be blogging as usual and will be temporarily joint by E, who we've known since high school and is now based in San Francisco.

Enjoy!

Lots of Love,

HG

Halloween 2008 - Part 3

*********** 18-19 October ************

Find the orange eggs in & around the Sun Designs haunted house. 5 eggs $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silent%20Falls/173/74/22

If you need heels head over to *Baroque* where you can pick up a pair for free. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/fusion%20island/24/163/22

At .+*Atelier AM*+. you'll find a witch's (or wizard's) hat and wand. Each $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Tranquility/99/74/27

**DP**yumyum also has a cart with $1 items. Here you'll find a chiffon dress & also lighted branches. $1/- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Tranquility/93/162/26

If you're in need of a bow or sword to complete your Halloween look then try checking out Tala's Weapons & Toys. $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hospers/122/164/41

House of Heart has added a couple more styles to the Halloween samples board. Bring your guy friends, because one is for the gents! $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tropical%20Escape/126/67/24

Peppermint Blue has more new free outfits. One has an Indian flair to it and might even work as a Halloween costume. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/SilkRoad/30/233/26

At Candy Nails you can pick up a pumpkin necklace and earring set. Inside the store you'll also find nails, cookies, and knitted and sequinced pumpkin heads. $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Candynail/105/137/23

Designs of Darkness .D.o.D. has put out a cute caplet that is OZ themed at their Magic of Oz outpost. $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Magic%20of%20Oz/67/12/60

Lazy Places has a lucky chair dispensing 3 Halloween novelties (candy, choker, & windup key) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Growl%202/49/122/22

Only one day left of the Stellar Designs pumpkin hunt. $1/20 pumpkins -http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stellar%20Isle/86/127/24

At MNKSHOP you can find a cute wool cat rug. Search for the black box and purchase it. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Americamura/26/134/28

Urban Shopper is once again hosting a pumpkin hunt. You'll want to stop by and check this one out. As always you'll find a great variety of prizes. More info at Tp point. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dubya%20City/23/106/25

You'll find 4 lucky chairs at Here Comes Trouble (2 for the guys!) 1 of the chairs is loaded with costumes for girls! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Troubled%20City/228/235/25

(Intermission picture post 3 to follow.)


Previous day(s) list for this week below:

*********** 17 October ************

At Slink you'll find a lucky chair offering several female skins. Lucky Chair - F - 5 minutes - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Slink/130/129/21

The Retrology sim has a pumpkin hunt that begins today! $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Retrology/128/128/2

Blood splatters, hay bails, pumpkins, or gift bags anyone? Head over to Hot Rockstars main store and check it out. $1/item - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BNL%20BNP%20Paribas2/127/122/500

H.I. Appeal has put out a sculpty black cat cap. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bloom%20County/240/214/21

If you've got $10 then head to Pretty Magic where you can purchase a necklace made up entirely of pumpkins. $10 - necklace - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell/230/84/25

Limited to 500 each (300 were available of each at the time of writing) Greenies is offering free Halloween avatars and free admission to their sims. Visit the store to find the free avatars *if* still available. Remember these are limited so only take them *if* you're going to use them. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Greenies%20Home%20Rezzable/153/122/34

Girls will want to stop by [KA] Skins (part of [KA] Designs) and pick up the spooktacular skins from Kira in an array of skintones!!! $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/KA%20DESIGNS%20Island2/226/57/22

Albero & Cioccolata have joined forces & are having another hunt. This time you'll be searching for boxes (that are only pumpkins in my head). Like the last hunt you collect the number items and then tp to the main store find the box and say your password. More details at the landing point. 38 boxes (#8 & #35 are not out yet)- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cilix/12/79/28

TeaLane has oppened up and is celebrating with a candy corn hunt. I'm not aware of any way to get the details of this hunt at the sites so you'll have to visit here for the details. There are 60 pieces of candy corn each costing $1 ($60) and you'll have to visit several sites to collect them all. $1/candy corn $60 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Granymyr/233/189/41

BattleAngel has several unique items out. One is a complete avatar and others are costumes or accessories. All are very creative! $1/item - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Atria/18/178/36

Pick up your fancy garlic necklace to ward off those thirsty Bloodlines players! Store owners may also pick up a vendor for free. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Liquid%20South/227/30/27

Head to Harbour View to play the lucky coffin! $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brork/201/183/21

Dani's Fine Fashions has an unlucky chair filled with outfits for girls, but you'll also find freebies for guys right next to the unlucky chair! This is in addition to the other 4 lucky chairs (2 - F; 2 -M) around the store. Also keep an eye out for those falling lucky pumpkins which have a ghostly t-shirt in them. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sea%20Monk/31/19/57

S & M Designs fall festival started yesterday and runs until the 31 October. Find pumpkins & trick or treat bags filled with prizes. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lily/126/60/299

Tagus Island is decorated and ready for visitors. You'll find a variety of gifts on this island and a lucky chair. It's just full of fun & even has a haunted ride at the end. What you want to spy are skulls that contain gifts. All $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tagus/225/99/22

At Rha! Designs Main Store you may pick up a pumpkin jewelry set. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jeogori/124/126/98

I'll be adding a couple more below**

COYURA CREATION has two small purple boxes hidden around the shop. One is a spider web the other a pumpkin. You can see pictures of both inside the main store. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/HappyMood/220/104/21

*RA Crystal* has many items scattered in the yard priced between $50 - $0. You'll find (f) hair, shirts, jewelry. Take a look around since this event doesn't officially start until the 19th October. http://slurl.com/secondlife/SHINYAMISE/145/41/30


*********** 16 October ************

Elemiah Design & Lingerie has an orange and black dress for $1. Additional skirts are also available for $1. $1 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/George%205/45/211/21

At [[Alta Moda]] you'll find two lucky boards dispensing special Halloween editions of the delinquent celbrity outfit for girls. F- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stx%20Estate/98/30/23

*VictoriaV Fashion* has a pumpkin hidden inside their main store from which you can purchase a seasonal dress for $1. F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/VictoriaV%20Island/128/128/25

Solange has added a second prize to their lucky chair. Lucky chair - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wall/199/168/98

Punch Drunk has a big gift box full of clothing, but what will be of especial interest this time of year is the Cookies outfit that can be used as a girl scout outfit. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mischief/195/184/25

-= B! FASHION =- has a batty witch ensemble available. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oleg/141/202/23

If 18th century is your thing then check out Home of " White Rose Design" Versailles Company where you'll find two proper dresses to suit any lady. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tieut/178/197/69

Home of Voo Doo Dolls is having a hunt lasting from 15 October - 31 October. You'll be looking for little ghost. Explore to find them. They range in price from $0 - 1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dover%20Crossing/119/132/22

Analise has changed the silks in their lucky chair. F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Talana/146/150/56

Peeps island is hosting a pumpkin hunt in their graveyard. $1/20 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Peeps/112/78/21

Both Bewitched Hair and House of Heart Designs have put out samples of their releases and both are decidedly festive. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lemon%20Island/128/175/28 & http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tropical%20Escape/126/67/24

*********** 15 October ************

Apple Pop has added a couple of cute additions to the free Halloween table. You'll find a pumpkin lantern and pumpkin head in addition to the witches hat and lucky boards. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tohl777E/168/64/22

At Cilian'gel Valefar Boutique you can find a slew of Halloween themed clothing for $2. The package which you'll find upstairs contains 12 Halloween t-shirts, 4 low waist pants and 4 high waist pants in a ton of colors. The clothing would probably suit a guy too! $2 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Valefar/34/186/307

PINK OUTFITTERS is having a mini pumpkin hunt. Find 6 pumpkins to complete the sexy bunny outfit. HUNT ENDS 10/31/08 @ MIDNIGHT SL TIME. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kedai/166/54/22

The Tully sim is holding a (18) pumpkin hunt. You'll find gifts from the vendors housed on the sim. This one is fairly easy and not to be missed! Participating vendors are Bryce, Wicked Resistance, Dilly Dolls, Forbidden Thorn Wearables, & GL Designs. $0/18 pumpkins - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tully/118/120/25

* Madame Haute Couture * has a middrift baring tank adorned with skulls. $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Peacock%20Park/172/239/62

Kawaii Style has a pair of Halloween Tube Socks out. $1 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sage/161/132/56

Awesome Designs has an awesome dress in orange available from the pumpkin sitting on top of the halloween costume display near the landing point. Don't forget to check out the discount room at this store! $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awesome%20Isle/100/138/22

** [ RIDDLE ] ** has placed out a pair of sculpty legwarmers. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Valentines%20Island/236/19/22

Non-Halloween themed, but awful cool Pumpkin Tripsa is releasing each day a new statue, with baked textures, available at only 1 L$ for only a week, instead of 2K. (Thanks Lass) $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20River%20VII/169/144/22

:: Blood Royal :: has put out a free pumpkin home. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/ZweiteWelt%20Sunshine/53/230/23

{PLUNDER} is hosting a pumpkin hunt. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scout/178/182/251

Evie's Closet has a lucky chair out. F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Madison%20Place/76/82/468

*********** 14 October ************

::plod:: has added 2 more items (11 Oct) to the original pumpkin hunt. So if you're a fan you'll probably want to go back and pick up the two additional items (both squirrels). $0 - 11 items- http://slurl.com/secondlife/akashic/218/60/25

NEC has created a virtual space station where you can pick up a space suit in a rainbow of 5 different colors. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/NEC/95/57/22

Ignition has put out several Halloween decorations for $1 each - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hochkonig/9/34/87

Chipp'd Merchandise has put out a pumpkin and novelty skin for free. $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Osaka/118/70/21

Amplify has placed a skin out for $1 - Candy Heart Skin (f) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Haven%20Shire/232/213/22

If you're looking for a unique witch hat then check out the one offered at *JK* home which is a hair style topped with a pumpkin topped with a witches hat. $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/DigitalHollywood/107/66/42

You'll find a Halloween headband at +IROLLIC+ $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ryder%20Jungle/204/15/2502

FALLEN GODS INC. has a Jester available in the freebie section. $0 - M - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Selidor/147/134/23

..:: Genesis ::.. has placed out a candy dish filled with candy corn. $1 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Southern%20Paradise/132/14/23

G&N Quailty Design's new weekly gift is a themed pumpkin witch. - $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pepita/73/160/324

A sexy see through spiderweb dress is available at Blown Away Designs. - $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rigi/106/251/45

AnaMayaHouse [AMH] has put out 2 witch pets. Here & Here each location also has a smurf hat for free. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Linji/51/248/82 & http://slurl.com/secondlife/Summer/37/165/27

NessnMo has an orange and black burlesque ensemble up for grabs (also another non-themed dress for free in store). $0 - F - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montsegur/104/217/42

Dernier Cri has a freebie themed outfit & pumpkins available for free outside the store. You can also find some jewelry for free inside the store. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dernier%20Cri/108/136/28

Sunset Plaza Shopping area is having a pumpkin hunt. Includes a variety of goods from vendors. $0 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Delicious%20Cove/174/73/21

Edelweiss has a Halloween headdress available at the Christmas sim. $0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Christmas/207/96/52