Hair Fair '11: Last Call on Goodies!

Sadly, Hair Fair '11 ends today.  It is one of my favorite events and I rarely have enough time online durring the summer to spend as much time there as I want.  Luckily the new releases will all move to the main stores, but the gifties might not travel with them.  That means this might be your last chance to pick up some of these awesome styles.  I have covered the first 2 sims in previous posts and I am only showing a small sample here of the gifts on Sims 3 & 4.  Both sims are chocked full of gifts so get over there and I just looked on the map and they are not too full.  

You might see a lot of people today wearing bandanas instead of hair.  Today is Bandana Day and this is to show solidarity and support for the event's charity, Wigs for Kids.  Wigs for Kids provides real hair replacement for children who have lost their hair due to medical conditions.  There are some gorgeous bandanas this year from RP to silly to glam.  They are reasonably priced and only available at the fair.  I've purchased several and I hang on to them... they are particularly handy to have at high lag events to keep my own lag to a minimum.  If you want to see photos of them my suggestion is to visit Sasy Scarborough's blog, Sasypants.  She has provided amazing coverage of the event and was one of the key organizers.  The entire Hair Fair '11 team gets my admiration for their awesome build, hard work and dedication to a worthy cause!  Now hurry up and get over there!

Hair Fair Gift Tour: Chapter 2 + other Finds

There is no shortage of great finds across the grid.  Hair Fair '11 runs for a few more days.  This post will cover gifts I found on Sim 2 of the Fair.  There were so many gifts on this sim and it would take an entire page to show them so I decided to show you variety vs. quantity.  Most of the clothes and accessories I am showing are also awesome deals you can find whilst grid hopping.

Xplosion Hair has an uber generous gift in the fatpack of Lilli.  It includes two hair sizes.  The hair is adorned with cute barettes and other little decorations. The headband is texture change. There is no resizer in the hair but it is modifiable and all that was required for my fit was some slight stretching on the small size to find the right fit.  It was a great compliment to Sassy's Saucy Lass outfit from the Skull & Bones Hunt.  

I am totally digging Maria, the Alice Project gift for Hair Fair. It comes in 2 options, one with fun colors and another with "normal" colors.  Both hairs are scripted to change color as well as resize so you don't have a folder with a million hairs. The tank is part of a large gift at ChiChickie at Hair Fair.  I have to go on one of my squee rants for a minute to talk about DooDad's reopening on Oh My Stars.  I've long been a follower of Paisley Mizin, both at her old store, Sock Shop and at DooDads.  She has combined the store and there are a whole bunch of dollarbies and other great steals.  Paisley makes her own things, all original and bright as well as a bit strange.  Gotta haves for me!

Nikita Fride's Carnival hair is a bit of departure from my usual frumpy look (I've been called Bea Arthur and Florence Henderson!) but I lovvvve it.  The tat layer hairbase with it's creepy face and the hair is a partial mohawk with dreads and flips; this one will be a keeper for sure.  It looks great with Fishy Strawberry's exclusive items at the new Fashionably Late venue.

I collect hair to wear with kimonos and such so I loved loved EMO-tions' Moon hair, which is also a gift at Hair Fair.

Mina has a darling poofy ponytail style called Antje as it's gift at the Fair.  Not a fat pack or anything fancy but a lovely auburn color that I like.  It was a great compliment to the awesome July dollarbie at JustB who just moved to the new Chic sim.  Darling DooDads has yummy pink poodle for your mouth as another great dollarbie.

You can get slurls to all every booth at Hair Fair by visiting their blog.  Hair Fair's charity this year is Wigs for Kids, which provides hair replacement for children with medical conditions that cause hair loss.   All items contribute at least 15% of their proceeds to this worthy cause, though many stores are donating more than the minimum.  Don't miss it!

Credits
Hair: all are gifts on Sim 2 of Hair Fair 2011.  (There are so many more - this is a small sample)
Xplosion: Lilli
Alice Project: Maria
Nikita Fride: Carnival Hair
EMO-tions: Moon
Mina: Antje - Dazzle

Skin:
haut.monde: Amelie Naturele: Preview Skin, exclusively @ Fashionably Late.  I completely love Teresa Republic's new skins and this one is a steal.  Get it!
Mango Mango!: Sequins - Pale Pink: pay what you want at the Free*Style HQ. Thanks Sileny!!!

Clothing:
Sassy: Saucy Lass Outfit: Skull & Bones Hunt: one of several hunt items at the store. Ivy Burner rocks in the generosity department!
Tank top: Gift at ChiChickie on Sim 2 at Hair Fair
Fishy Strawberry: Gleam Top Gold / Sequins Gradiation skirt: not free - exclusively @ Fashionably Late
Sweetest Goodbye: Breeze (kimono): 50% off at closing sale: awesome sale if it's still going on
JustB: Sequin Dress - Fuschia/Blood: July Dollarbie

Accesories:
DooDads:
Pinkie Bot: dollarbie
Sparkle Bracelets: dollarbie
Genie Lamp Earrings: dollarbie
Poodle for Mouth: dollarbie
Acid&Mala: Rings & Pearls set:not free
Shoes: haut.monde: Blison Wedges: not free (moving soon!)

Woo I Made a Thing!

I put a couple skins out for pay as you want at the Free*Style stores. Thie first one has a more natural lip and is available HERE.

The second has a pinker coloring and is located HERE. The stores are a bit naked right now so if you are an owner of an awesome legit store and want to put an item out feel free to contact FreeStyle Adamski!

Both skins are pay as you want, which means you can choose to pay any amount, starting at 1L. The hair I am wearing here is not free but they are both new from Kik at Hair Fair 2011. Aren't they awesome!? All styles at Hair Fair donate a portion of the sales to charity.

Cutie Patootie

Some super girly goodies for you today! I love this floral dress from C'est La Vie because you can wear it simple (as I have) or with ribbon bits in the middle. The skin is so young and fresh and has the tiniest bit of teeth showing. And while my sweater isn't free, for today only you can get a pack of a bunch of colors for only 75L. :)

Worn:
Dress: C'est La Vie, group gift
Skin: Al Vulo, group gift
Ribbon/Pearl Brooch: Chocolate Atelier @ Twinkle Night Bazaar, free
Sweater: Sn@tch, 75L blue light special (part of a pack of colors for today only)
Hair: Illusory @ Hair Fair

Hair Fair Gift Tour: Chapter 1

Greetings from Hair Fair!!! Hair Fair is all about new hair and new hair only!  This year is really special as all hair are donation items, which means that at least 15% of proceeds will benefit Wigs For Kids, though I saw many designers donating up to 50% of the purchase price to charity.  Wigs For Kids has been the charity cause for a few years now and it's purpose is to provide hair replacement for children who have lost their own hair due to chemotherapy, alopecia, burns and other medical conditions.  The official website for Hair Fair '11 is an invaluable resource as it has slurls for all designers and as well as an exhaustive list of suggestions to make the trip more enjoyable and a lot less laggy.   The sims were designed and built this year by the Hair Fair Committee, a dedicated group of folks who have been doing this for years, so they know what does and doesn't work.  It's a beach theme (think The Deck ;) and if you stay on the path you will eventually hit every booth at the fair.

My Free*Style posts are going to show some of my favorite gifts from Hair Fair '11. It isn't an exhaustive showing of everything there; I wasn't crazy about all the gifts and Hair Fair is not about gifts...it's about charity and new hair.  In spite of that there are at least 60 gifts at Hair Fair that are free or 1 L, which is a WOW that deserves a big thank you to the generosity of so many talented designers. Lots more on Sim 1 to find and worth grabbing!

I totally dug this hair gift from Gauze. Gauze has 2 fun, funky styles in their gift as well as this separate hair ornament. Toast Bard of fashionably dead gave this great purple leopard body suit as well as the necklace and earrings AND sunglasses of awesomeness.  I paired them with some denim gauchos from Mocha that are on sale this week. I've been eyeballing these for awhile and was amazed when they weren't already in my inventory and forgotten (but we won't talk about my inventory).

LeLutka had my top gift hairstyle this year.  It's called Pinned and is a wonderful fatpack that shows roots that are so popular this year. It reminds me some of a tamed down version of Rykiel, that is hard to remove from my head.  The barrette is not color change but if you have some texturing talent the hair is mod so you can make changes as needed to this accessory.  The skirt outfit is from pr!tty who also has some great hair feather headbands and accessories, which didn't work with this hair but are awesome!  The cuffs and collar are part of a very large gift from !DERP.

I love great looking retro hair and Pocket Mirrors has an awesome cut in Melinda.  It comes in two colors.  I usually am a blonde in SL but for some reason I seem to prefer dark colors when it comes to retro styles.  The lovely hair bow is a gift from Donna Flora.  It is impeccably textured and detailed with lovely filigree gold detail wrapping the pearls. It's truly a sensational little piece.

Details:  Look at the HF blog for slurls for the stores with HF gifts but you might want to wander as there are so many great ones.
p1: Hair/Hair Accessory: Gauze: Nephra - Blue - Accident: HF gift
Bodysuit/Jewelry/Glasses: fd: HF Swag Bag
Skin: MOCK: Kennedy: New Release: Not Free but works great with all those fab MOCK makeups
Pants: Mocha: Denim Gaucho: not free but on SALE!
p2:
Hair: LeLutka: Pinned - Popcorn: HF gift
Outfit: pr!tty: Indie Chic: HF Gift
Collar/Cuffs: !DERP: Part of a huge box of HF Gifts
p3:
Hair: Pocket Mirrors: Melinda: HF Gift
Hair Bow: Donna Flora: HF Gift
Eyes: KMADD: Nature - Ocean Deep: Part of HF Gift
Skin: Glam Affair: Layla Light - MSW01-steal of the day at the new My Second Wardrobe shop

Demo Group Info.

Hair Fair is starting in four days!! This is probably the biggest SL fair of the year so I thought I should let you all know that there is a demo group open! Yes, I know, it isn't about freebies but I thought this is important enough to pass it on here anyway.

Join THIS group to get the demos sent in the notices from Hair Fair vendors so you can try the hair before you brave the horrible lag to purchase the ones you like. Have fun!