Posts filed under 'Philotic Energy'
Last Sunday, rather early in the morning, I saw a notice for new freebies from Alphamale. The first thought that crossed my mind was, “Finally, took Yelmer long enough … the girls had some freebie lingerie months ago!” I had been waiting a while for this and I was quite excited. Normally, when I get notices from large groups about an item, I tend to wait an hour because fighting for a spot on a full sim isn’t worth it — you can just wait a bit and there will be no one around landing on your head, etc. But after waiting about 30 seconds, I thought “Screw the others, I want that freebie” and teleported in. Luckily for me, not a lot of people are on Sunday mornings and the sim wasn’t too too crowded.
After chatting it up with Yelmer a bit (for the record, Yelmer and Mariska are very nice people — if you see them at the store y’all should say hello) I head home and tried on the new clothes. The wait was definitely worth it. (more…)
Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: No | Friends List: Some
Notes: On Express: "steel gray" eyes available from Freebie Eyes Package (House of Zen). "Flexigrip" boots by Leyla Firefly(KangarOOs).
Post Category: Accessories, Alphamale, Belleza, Casual, Eyewear, Freebies, Hair, Jackets, Jeans, Mokoptica, Philotic Energy, Shirts
June 21st, 2008 at 09:04amExpress Zenovka
The best part of being in contact with other freebie bloggers is that they remind you of items you’ve picked up and then totally forgotten. Half the stuff I’m wearing in this post have been available for a long time and been in my inventory for months, till I was reminded of them by seeing others wear them, mention them, or somehow remind me of them.
Gecko Gorilla, the new resident male freebie hunter at Free*Style, reminded me of my Amsterdam free shirt, the subscribomatic joining gift from Hoorenbeek. He wore the blue shirt so I decided I’d wear the brown shirt. I also seem to have a brown sports jacket from Hoorenbeek which I suspect came from either a sale or the subscribomatic, but I’m honestly not sure. If it was from the subscribomatic, I suspect its long been flushed from history. Either way, clicking on the sign still gets you two free shirts. Poking through the history will most definitely get you some notecards and perhaps a sports jacket. (more…)
Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: No | Friends List: No
Notes: On Express: "steel gray" eyes available from Freebie Eyes Package (House of Zen).
Post Category: Bags, Belleza, Canimal, Casual, Freebies, Hair, Hats, Hoorenbeek, KangarOOs, Pants, Philotic Energy, Rockers Wear, Shirts, Shoes
June 15th, 2008 at 07:23amExpress Zenovka
See its my rezzday on Monday and I had this great and (at least in my head) funny plan to make a post with this title and end up featuring pic of the default male and Ruth. I was then gonna go through all of male freebie outfits as if they were a normal review and then put together a few of them with other freebies to show they actually weren’t that bad.
But, it wasn’t meant to be. The picture that took 15 seconds in Photoshop to make (that is hidden after the cut) wasn’t so funny anymore. Why? Because the Linden Overlords decided to actually put some designer clothes in everyone’s inventory. (more…)
Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: No | Friends List: No
Post Category: Adam n Eve, Fairy’s Grove Creations, Freebies, Grendel's Children, Nylon Outfitters, Philotic Energy, Renegade
June 7th, 2008 at 09:40amExpress Zenovka
Remember me? For the few of you who do.. no I didn’t die. I’ve just been very busy with RL and then “relaxed” a bit with a week of summer vacation. My vacation isn’t quite over yet, but I felt that I had to cover some freebies that might disappear soon. My laptop’s onboard graphics aren’t good enough SL so I snuck onto a friend’s machine to install SL to snap a few pics for this post. Thus, this post is brought to you by my friend with no desktop password 
Anyway, a long time ago I said that I couldn’t buy fancy clothes cuz I’m poor. Well, now a good number of those rich stores have freebies all in one spot: KMADD Enterprise. KMADD had a lot of gifts out from their opening, which disappeared a lil while back, before I could cover them (I hadn’t started blogging when they disappeared). Its not all bad though, because they replaced them with different gifts from a handful of the KMADD stores, including Tonic, Tango NY, Endeavor, Indigo, Redgrave, Mechanism, Mhaijik Things, SF Design, and of course MADesigns. (more…)
Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: No | Friends List: No
Notes: On Express: "Andrew Chocolate" skin by Garbage Prototype (Random Industries) from GNUbie. "Vivant Chestnut Newbie" and "Vivant Bronze Newbie"skin by CJ Carnot (Fleur) from GNUbie. Eyes made using template by newbie_template Linden. Suede Topsiders by Virtual Revolution (Virtual Creations) from Free Dove.
Post Category: Accessories, Boots, Casual, Civvies, Desert Moon Clothiers, Electro Kitty, Freebies, GearShift, Hair, Indigo, Jackets, Jeans, KK Outfitters, MADesigns, Mechanism, Outfits, Philotic Energy, Redgrave, SF Design, Shirts, Shoes, TRUTH, Tami McCoy, Urban
June 6th, 2008 at 04:59pmExpress Zenovka
…and yet they all belong.
Sometimes a guy just wants a new shirt or two. It’s not that there’s nothing else to wear, or that the old ones suck now. It’s just that there’s nothing else quite like a cool new shirt. Tell me I’m wrong. For today’s SL style outing, I’ve pulled together a double handful of new and newish shirts that might just do it for you, along with some great new hairstyles by Aemilia Case.
For starters, check out these thermal shirts by Zabitan Assia. These have been out at FORM (and have been sitting in my inventory) for a little while now, but as usual I can’t get over the quality of the texture work and the subtlety of the imagery. The design at left is called “Divinity,” and it prominently features an elaborate cross done in dusty, muted colors. (more…)
Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: Yes | Friends List: Some
Notes: On Ryan: "ML020" skin by Yukimaru Koba (Z#road Men’s Shop). Loose Fit Cargos by Truth Hawks (TRUTH).
Post Category: BroGear, Casual, Defectiva, FORM, Hair, New Items, Philotic Energy, Shirts
May 30th, 2008 at 11:37pmRyan Darragh
In Second Life we have the opportunity to express ourselves, via our avatars, in ways that may not be easily accessible to us or even possible in real life. Designer clothing may be daily wear for us in SL, while in real life it’s a luxury that may or may not be possible for us. Changing our skins and hair, though, is a different story—neither quick nor easy in real life, but a matter of a few simple clicks in SL. This issue’s theme is “The Body,” and in this column I want to share with you designs by a few of my favorite skin and hair designers–some new, some old favorites, some you might not have heard of, but I think all are doing great work.
One of my favorite skins in every aspect is “Antonio,” by Funk Schnook. When checking out a skin, I find that I always look first at the face, and I love the way Antonio’s feature detailing (including all the facial hair choices, which are very well done) works on my avatar. Two levels of muscle definition are available, and I remember Funk being a little surprised that he felt the skin worked well on my slim shape, as he had designed it with more “built” shapes in mind. Here you see the less-defined in the Pale skin tone, with the Stubble with Soul Patch facial hair option. L$1850 for a single skin, or L$4500 for a four-pack; demos available in the store. Available in four tintable skin tones and a variety of facial hair and makeup options at FNKY! (FNKY Cake 136, 69, 24). (more…)
Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: Some | Friends List: Some
Notes: On Ryan: Vivid Natural Eyes by Miriel Enfield (Miriel). Jeans by Tsubasa Ferraris (Endeavor).
Post Category: Aitui, Diversity Hair, FNKY!, Flesh Peddlers, Hair, Happy Dispatch, Men's Corner, Nora, Philotic Energy, Skins, Steam Powered Industries, TRUTH, Tami McCoy, Tête a Pied, Z#road
January 9th, 2008 at 12:26pmRyan Darragh
Due to a massive power outage in my building I was unable to access the internet. After going through the five stages of grieving (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) I decided not to stare at my blank computer screen and went out to enjoy the Canada Day atmosphere and celebrations across the city. Canadians and Americans, please enjoy your festivities.
And now on to fashion. As always, if you have your ear to the ground and stumble across a really great designer please send me an IM. Please note that for the month of July I’m taking a break from this weekly column.
Casa Del Shai. A follow up to the suave elegance of last week’s Barong Tagalogs with a westernized twist in the Amorsolo and Luna suits. The traditional Filipino shirts have been paired with a suit jacket that has been embroidered/screen printed on the back panel and a crisp pair of matching slacks. The ensemble sells @ 600L and can be purchased in Deco (112, 150, 30).
Sale @ Indie. Don’t forget to check out Indie Rainbow’s stores in Louise and Sede di Marte before July 5th and take advantage of the liquidation sale on his hand drawn goodies for men and women. Once the sale is over his current collection will be retired.
VR Phlux. Another addition to the swing collection. “Harris” is a sharp tweed suit with shirt and tie, vest with pocket watch detail layer, jacket layer and belted “Hollywood” slacks. The suit sells for 300L at phlux (169, 163, 35).
[»] ACCESSORIES @ Aitui · Mhaijik Things · Muse · Philotic Energy · TRUTH
[»] CLOTHING @ Ambush · Desert Moon Clothiers · Revelation · Savvy?
[»] HAIR @ [Random]
[»] SKINS @ The Better Man · Million Dollar Skin Lab
[»] Check Out: DarkStar Designs · END and Tip Top Shapes · Happy Biouvac (more…)
Post Category: Accessories, Aitui Tattoo & Piercing, Ambush, Casa Del Shai, Casual, Desert Moon Clothiers, Dressy, Gift Items, Grunge, Hair, Indie Boys, Jackets, Jewelry, Mhaijik Things, Muse, New Items, Philotic Energy, Random Fashions, Revelation, Sales, Savvy?, Shirts, Sportswear, Suits, TRUTH, Tattoos, The Better Man, Urban
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:00pmCatero Revolution
For those who have been hiding under a rock SL turns 4 years old this week. During all of our careers there have been many ups and downs - n’est-ce pas? - as we all go through our own growing pains in this surreal virtual space.
Within this anniversary week so much is in development or has occurred in the realm of culture relating to the Men’s Second Style blog as well as resident lifestyle in general.
Face of Asia Model Competition. Anyone who can coax those sliders in appearance mode to create a beautiful or handsome Asian shape is encouraged to enter this cultural modeling contest brought to us by the Asian Designers Summit. Contest guidelines can be found at the Women’s Second Style blog or by visiting the Men’s Second Style office, Casa Del Shai, Earthtones Boutique, Muse or Nicky Ree’s Boutique in-world. Face of Asia is open to all residents. Round 1 submissions close June 27, 2007 at midnight SLT.
Nora Body Skins by Sezmra Svarog. Since she teased audiences in mid-April with a sneak peak of her new generation of male skins in development I have been eagerly awaiting the release of her skins. This week, Sezmra displayed a more detailed vision of her skins - each appealing to a different segment of skin consumers: the toned “Hunter” and the svelte “David”. Nora is also offering up some SL4B freebies @ her shop and promises a rehaul of her store and sim.
Second Love Magazine. Tya Fallingbridge and Daphne Molinari announce this week the launch of Second Love Magazine on July 1, 2007. Second Love will be monthly PG publication covering a variety of issues affecting straight and gay residents whether in single, coupled or friendship relationships. The magazine will be accessible in-world and online. The launch party is set for July, 1st @ 7 P.M. SLT game time at Schmooze, Pixel Dreams (12, 146, 21).
As a reminder, if you are aware of any new designers or products that you discover during the week and would like to see included in this segment please look me up and IM me in-world.
[�] ACCESSORIES @ bind · Kψoot Army · Mhaijik Things · Philotic Energy · SiniStyle Design
[�] CLOTHING @ Blaze* · Casa Del Shai · [Random]
[�] HAIR @ Aitui · Gritty Kitty · [Random]
[�] SKINS @ Human Anatomy Skin Designs (more…)
Post Category: Accessories, Aitui, Blaze Columbia, Boots, Casa Del Shai, Casual, Goth, Gritty Kitty, Grunge, Hair, Human Anatomy Skin Design, Jewelry, Kyoot Army, Mhaijik Things, New Items, Outfits, Pants, Philotic Energy, Random Fashions, Shirts, SiniStyle Design, Sportswear, Ties, Urban, Vests, bind
June 24th, 2007 at 10:50pmCatero Revolution
One of the benefits of writing for this blog is meeting various content creators doing interesting things. Unlike real life where you have a team that develops products that have been filtered by months of research and development, test marketing and Director or Vice President approval, in SL product releases tend to be the initiative of an individual who creates, markets and maintains their brand(s) via the power of one.
As someone who follows in-world retail trends I love to stumble across new designers putting their own spin on merchandising. It’s the thrill of coolhunting coupled with remotely sharing in the success of one’s favourite creators. (more…)
Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: Yes | Friends List: Yes
Notes: On Aemilia: Skin, Lustre Medium - Brunette - Mauve (Pixel Deep / Joannah Cramer); Hair, Jami in black-blonde (Kin / Kin Keiko); Shirt (jacket layer), Haver Skirt Upper Shirt (Savvy? / Dakota Buck); Shirt (shirt layer), Dingy White Longsleeve Girl Tee ([CIVVIES] Wearables / Posy Trudeau); Pants, Destroyed Super Low Cut Denim (Unknown, to be determined), Boots, Post Apoc Boots (GutterBlood / GutterBlood Spoonhammer); Neko Ears, Anisa's Neko Ears - Shiny Black (Outland Tech & Curious Relic / Anisa Naumova); Eyelashes, Deviant Style 2 (Celestial Studios / Starley Thereian); Piercing, Tri Lip Ring & Labret (DEEKS / Deekay Xavier); Tattoo, Henkei 04 (FORM / Zabitan Assia). On Catero: Skin, Antonio Tan - Stubble Soul (FNKY! / Funk Schnook); Hair, The Law in mocha III (Armidi / Liam Oliver); Shirt (jacket layer), Vintage Silhouette Tee - Pink (Elephant Outfitters / Lola Marquez), Shirt (shirt layer), Black tee (FORM / Zabitan Assia), Pants, Combat Pants - Brown (NIHILISMOST / Nihil Graves); Boots, Bad Boy Scout Boots, ([CIVVIES] Wearables / Posy Trudeau); Eyepatch, Kitty Pirate Eyepatch - X (Boneflower Designs / Zoe Llewelyn)
Post Category: Animations, Bags, Casual, Grunge, New Items, Philotic Energy, Urban
June 12th, 2007 at 05:00pmCatero Revolution
Due to the fact that my wireless network has been cutting in and out unexpectedly all week I’m keeping this week’s episode ultra concise. That, coupled with frequent crashes has made SL an absolutely charming experience as of late. Before the signal fades on me again or my laptop freezes up I’m pressing “Publish”.
Please note that you must be logged in to the SL main site or the SL forums using your account information to follow the links to the original merchanside posts.
[] ACCESSORIES @ EARTHTONES Boutique Mhaijik Things Philotic Energy SiniStyle Design
[] CLOTHING @ PixelDolls (Heizeus Khan) [Random] Renown SiniStyle
[] HAIR @ Gritty Kitty Random (more…)
Post Category: Accessories, Aitui, Boots, Casual, Coats, Earthtones Boutique, Gritty Kitty, Hair, Jackets, Jewelry, Mhaijik Things, New Items, Outfits, Philotic Energy, PixelMen @ PixelDolls, Random Fashions, SiniStyle Design, Sportswear, Urban
June 10th, 2007 at 11:30pmCatero Revolution
Last Sunday, rather early in the morning, I saw a notice for new freebies from Alphamale. The first thought that crossed my mind was, “Finally, took Yelmer long enough … the girls had some freebie lingerie months ago!” I had been waiting a while for this and I was quite excited. Normally, when I get notices from large groups about an item, I tend to wait an hour because fighting for a spot on a full sim isn’t worth it — you can just wait a bit and there will be no one around landing on your head, etc. But after waiting about 30 seconds, I thought “Screw the others, I want that freebie” and teleported in. Luckily for me, not a lot of people are on Sunday mornings and the sim wasn’t too too crowded.
