Manic Monday Goodies!

Wow the party at Harlow was a hoot yesterday. So many creative and fabulous costumes and the Scavenger Hunt was a blast too. Congrads to the winner of the best costume, Kyrian Lefavre, who took home the $3,000 and to eKitten Magic, who won the Scavenger Hunt and all the goodies that was in the prize pack. Tydeyz had the sim rocking out and Rhianna kept the fun going. Thanks to all who came by for the fun time we all had.

I'm still recovering from Zelly not being blonde! What a shocker that was!!! Even more shocking them me just dressed in bubbles!

Now on to the great finds I have hunted out for you on Harlow this week.

Pose - Working The Camera #10
Wearing - Hail Storm from XTC

Yummy yummy yummy! I just cannot get enough of XTC and leather! New this week is Hail Storm, a fabulous mix of black and white leather which makes up this sexy and fashionable outfit. The black corset and patch on the butt breaks up and highlights the sexy white leather and makes this an outfit you will love to live in.

Pose - Camera Candy #9
Wearing - Good/Bad Girl Tee for D3 and Distressed Leather Choker, Bangles and Cuffs from Zaris

I love T-Shirts, especially funny and clever ones. New from D3 comes a range of "Good Girl Gone Bad" shirts in a range of colours which go so well with your favourite jeans, leather pants, or even a sexy little skirt. I dressed them up with the new Distressed Leather range of jeweelry from Zaris. They are just perfect for a more goth or rock look.

Pose - Full Tilt #1
Wearing - Reaper Remixed Shirt from Insatiable Fashions

Perfect for this time of year comes a sexy low cut shirt from Insatiable Fashions. You can never have too many tees, so check out this store and keep adding to your collection!

Pose - Omg I completely forgot to write this down!
Wearing - Venice Anise from Silk and Satyr and Diamond Hearts in Gold from Zaris

From Silk and Satyr comes another gorgeous gown from their Venice collection. Like the Chianti, which I featured last week, it also comes in a full skirt with gold overlay, but I decided to show off the slimmer skirt with train. The gold touches around the neckline and hem are perfect for the Diamond Hearts set from Zaris. Featuring a solid diamond heart with a chain down to a dangling open diamond encrusted heart. Its just a beautiful set that will dress up any outfit or gown.

Pose - Hot Salsa #4
Wearing - Tamara Sundress from Catagory 5

I found this delightful sundress in a pack of three colour options free at Catagory 5 when I was exploring the sim and thought I would share it with you. Its a lovely dress for wearing shopping, hanging out or just wandering around exploring the grid.

Wearing - Abnormal Brain Hat from Fire Good

Another fun item from Fire Good is the abnormal brain hat. A large, colour changing brain sits up on your head, and poofs out brains and stars when you click on it. Its another one of those things that amuses me no end and makes SL more interesting and fun!

We have a few vacancies at the moment, so if you are looking for a fabulous new home for your store, come on by and check the sim out.

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Monday Mania!

And its another week full of more fabulous stuff from here at Harlow. We've been sending thoughts to our wonderful Zelly, who is unwell at the moment, and is very much missed. Hopefully she gets better soon and comes back to us.

Pose - Girls With Guns #8
Wearing - Teresa in Black from Catagory 5

From Catagory 5 comes a sexy outfit perfect for swinging through the thinck of battle and for winning any war. With sexy tight pants and a lovely corseted top, you will look amazing in any situation. Available in a choice of colours, you will definately find the one for you there in store.

Pose - Attitude #5
Wearing - Dorkenstein Bolts from Fire Good

Move over Incredible Hulk, its the Dorkenstein!!! Fire Good sent these adorable bolts out through their subscribo group recently. Just an example of why you need to hit up subscribos when you see them. Check out the store for more fun items for Halloween and any occasion.

Pose - Scream Queen #11
Wearing - Chianti from Silks and Satyr

I love gowns and dressing up, and from Silk and Satyr comes this gorgeous one that will add sparkle to any inventory. I just love the gold overlay for the skirt that can be worn or left off. There is also a slimmer skirt with train option if poofy skirts are right for your evening.

Pose - Camera Candy #3
Wearing - Deseo from Ali Couture

Sexy, seductive and just a little bit naughty, thats the designs you will find at Ali Couture. A supersexy form fitting, and exposing, dress is the Deseo. Complete with gloves, ring, armbands and even a patch for your eye, its a sexy number for a James Bond bad girl! Oh Mr Bond, where are you?

Pose - Framed in Beauty #8
Wearing - Purple Tulip from Calla

There are some lovely hairs at Calla, and one just perfect for wearing with a gorgeous gown for a special night out is Purple Tulip. Its drawn back in a low ponytail at the base of the neck and pearls are intricately threaded into the hair to give it a special touch that makes a simple style really glamorous.

Pose - Camera Candy #10
Wearing - Rae - Chic in Pink from RLF

New from RLF is a range of skins called Rae - Chic. They are so cute and with a variety of colour options, as well as skin tones of light, tanned and dark, you could find something there for you!

And yes, once again I couldn't help myself. The lovely corsets from the RLF, Calla and Fire Good pictures comes from my fav store, XTC. I'm such a fangirl!

I hope you are gearing up for the massive Scavenger Hunt we have coming up soon at Harlow. Rhianna has been working her hiney off to guarantee a great time!

Get well soon Zelly!!!!

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Midweek Goodness from Harlow!

Its Wednesday, Humpday, halfway through yet another week, and I'm back with some more amazing items from Harlow...including my most favourite dress from my most favourite new store. Beware - fangirl mode incoming!!! Be sure to pick up a copy of the October issue of Icon Magazine from the kiosk outside the Striking Poses store and check out the article featuring our wonderful Zelly and Ake and the ordeal they went through bringing Striking Poses into line with the new TOS guidelines, as well as many more fabulous articles.

Pose - Sassy 9
Wearing - AfterShock Leather Minidress from XTC

The problem with most leather clothing you find around the grid if that it doesn't really look like leather. Not only will you find the best designs for men and women in XTC, but they look so realistic that you can almost hear the leather as you move in it. From Jackets and pants, to corsets (yum!!!!) and minidresses, you will find something you love here. I am totally fangirl about this store and all my friends have been pretty much ordered to check it out. If you love quality clothing and leather, you NEED to run and check this store out asap!!!!

Pose - Hello Lover 1
Wearing - Funny Panties from Ema's Secret

You can never have enough panties in your inventory, and the funny panties from Ema's Secret are just adorable and look so comfy to wear, especially for dancing around in your bedroom! Available in a multi-pack of 4 colours, these panties are a must have for any inventory.

Pose - In The Mood 3
Wearing - Hermosa in Black from Awesome Designs

New from Awesome Designs is Hermosa. Complete with earrings, shoes and bangles, its the perfect outfit for shopping, hanging out with friends or just wearing around the grid. With a flaired skirt or straight tight skirt, its a very versatile and cute dress. The addition of the belt in a shade that compliments the floral design on the top is a gorgeous touch. Its also available in white and lavender, if black is not your shade.

Popcorn Food Fighter from Fire Good

We all enjoy grabbing our popcorn as we sit around watching the various dramas that pop up around the place. Now thanks to Fire Good, you can not only grab your popcorn, you can throw it at those drama queens as well! This is one of the new range of food fighters in store. Also available is the Corndog, Caramel Apple and Jello Bar launchers. You'll have tons of fun with these. I do!

Mixed Bouquet in Pumpkin from Jazzy's Home Furnishings

I have a wonderfully festive item from another one of our new stores for you. Perfect for this time of year is this adorable bouquet of flowers in a pumpkin. Jazzy's Home Furnishings have all those lovely little touches to make your house a home. From pictures for your walls to flowers and furniture, all at incredible prices too.

Black and Red Buckled Stiletto from MEB

Elegant and classy, two words to describe the new range of stiletto heels from MEB. Stilettos are another inventory must have, and this new range is something you will wear again and again. Perfect with jeans or a little black dress, they are not only very versatile, but look fabulous too.

We still have three stores available to rent at Harlow. Not only do you get a fabulous Sim to be a part of, but you have access to the Harlow Subscribo Group, the fabulous Harlow team of Ake, Rhiann and myself promoting you through this blog, notices and events, and a discount of 20% if you pay 4 weeks in advance.

Store 22 - 50 Prims $250/wk
Store 51 - 75 Prims $375/wk
Store 54 - 75 Prims $375/wk

Enjoy the rest of your week. I will catch you again on Saturday!

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Monday Yummies From Harlow!

Yikes its been a while since I have shared some of the fabulousness of our Harlow stores with you all, so I hit the stores, grabbed the camera and had some fun around the Sim.


Pose - Hello Lover #3
Wearing - Buzz Worthy from MPD

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is one of my new favourite stores. Not only is everything fun, flirty and well designed...its ALL only $1!!!! Yes that is not a misprint. Everything in store at MPD is only one linden. You can buy everything for yourself, an alt, even drag your friends in and still have enough cash left over to hit some more of our stores. I chose a costume, after all, tis the costume season, and what could be cuter than this bee outfit!

Pose - Sexilicious #10
Wearing - Store Gift Shirt from Second Moon

New to Harlow is Second Moon. As their opening gift, they have this cute shirt free in store. It looks fabulous with your favourite pair of jeans. I love the colours and how they have a hint of being transparent. There is a lovely selection of dancer/kajira/sexy clothing here, so check it out if you like looking amazingly sexy!

Pose - International Model 13 #5
Wearing - Elegance from !mpossible

Also new to Harlow is !mpossible. Their opening gift is this lovely outfit called Elegance, which has a warm black sweater and brown leather skirt, just perfect for Autumn. The necklace adds a great touch and is included. An outfit for men is also included in the gift, but it is no-trans, so you will need to bring your hunny or friends with you to pick it up. Also check out the store as it has many more incredible outfits at great prices on sale.

Pose - All That Glitters #2
Wearing - Subscribo Gift from Catagory 5

I love subscribos. They let me keep up with everything new and exciting that is happening with my favourite stores, don't take up group spaces and every so often, they give me nice surprise gifts, like this one from Catagory 5. With much more amazing designs for you to browse and buy, you will be hitting up the subscribo to keep up with the newness too!

Pose - Lap of Luxury #9
Wearing - October Dollarbie from Swim

Its so nice how it can be summer all year round here in Second Life. And in keeping with my belief that you can never have enough fabulous bikinis, I hit Swim for their new dollarbie and added it to my exploding collection of swimwear. With sexy tiger stripes on the top and solid black on the bottoms, its guaranteed to bring out the animal in any man. The is a male dollarbie also available in store.

Wearing - Nerdy Shoulder Spider from Fire Good

Whenever I want something odd, out there or just plain hilarious, I know Fire Good is the place to go to. Meet Charlotte, my newest shoulder pet. She doesn't just look sexy and classy though, she also has some secret features, such as poofing spiderwebs and a few others I will let you find out for yourselves. With Halloween coming up, you can count on this store to have loads more goodies coming soon!

We have had so many new stores join us lately and I cannot wait to get in there and share more with you. I'm super excited that one of my uber-fav stores is just about to open its doors on Harlow so look out for me fan-girling this one!!!

Be sure to pick up a copy of the October Icon magazine from the vendor outside the Striking Poses store. There's a great article featuring Zelly, Ake and the changes made at Striking Poses.

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Take Me To Your Leader!

Zelly's away on holiday, so the aliens have landed at Harlow and they are taking over!

Ok so its just me in my new toy...but OMG it sooo rocks!!!

From Fire Good, its the Bubble Floaty Spaceship! Omg this is just the BEST thing EVER! Simple to use, you just wear and turn off your ao then you can zoom around all over the grid invading and assimilating. It has cool spaceship sounds as you start walking or flying, flames and particles. Its just awesome! Available in 6 fabulous colours and only $250, you will love this as much as I do. Resistance is Futile!!!! I'm buying my best friend a bright pink one...as soon as he gets his butt back in here to go invading with me!!!!

Pose - Pink #2
Wearing - Day of the Dead from Ali Couture

Unleash the bad girl in you with this super smexy leather outfit from Ali Couture. Tight leather pants are topped off with a great prim belt with bullets, cos you never know when you will need those. The open jacket is just stunningly designed and looks great on, especially with nothing underneath! In this, no-one will mess with you when you are tearing up the grid on your ride! In my case, my big wheeler! I'm such a rebel!

Oh Ali Couture is having a photo comp at the moment. You could win $1000 and be in the next new release picture. Pop into the Harlow store, pick up some stunning designs and take a picture of you looking sexy and fabulous in them and then pick up the LM to the main store and pop the full perm texture (named so Ali knows who you are) into the mailbox. I've already sent mine in!!!!

Pose - Jane Fonda Dollarbie
Wearing - August Dollarbie from Swim

If you didn't hear the news that Swim is having a 50% off sale at their Harlow store, then you must be living under a rock!!! Everything in store is half price this week only. You still have a few days to save big on the fantastic swimwear in store. Its Second Life after all, there's always a beach to explore and the weather is always fantastic!!! You can never have enough sexy swimsuits or bikinis to show off either, so run in and save save save at Swim!

Pose - Taylor Swift #6
Wearing - Gold Fishes Bikini from Exodi and Bloom Belly Ring from Flirt

I picked up this bikini from Exodi, and I just love it. Its perfect to wear with the Jasper Bloom belly ring from Flirt. The gold and green flower looks fabulous against the skin and is just the perfect finishing touch for a stunning bikini at the beach!

The pot at the fishing tournament got up to $1000 and everyone had a lot of fun fishing here at Harlow. Keep your eyes open cos we're bound to have another one in the near future, along with more fabulous events. Until then, we have some of the best shopping on the grid, so pop on in and check out our stores and pick yourself up some fabulous stuff soon!

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Rushing in on Saturday!

I didn't get my designer interview done on time, yet again, this week, so I rushed around Harlow and picked up a few more things to show you.

First off I hit Penny Palisades and found myself a new friend. Meet Fred, my new pet Cootie! Everyone needs a pet cootie in their lives, and Fire Good has just the one for you! Its not only cute and bound to get everyone talking, but you can name them too!

Pose - Yamila Diaz Lucky Chair

I also found this stunning Choli top from Spyralle in Penny Palisades. Great with jeans of a pretty skirt, its going to make you look amazing. The combination of pattern and colour gives it an almost outerspace-like feel and just elevates it from a cute top to something special.

Pose - Fay Wray #10

Dance Creations is having a $10 hunt sale in their Harlow store this weekend. I bounced on in and found this gorgeous dress! In stunning purple, it has a gorgeous strapless bodice and assymetrical skirt which starts short in front and flares out behind you. It also comes with a neck scarf.

Pose - Playboy 0209 USA2

Here is another special bargain from Dance Creations. In gorgeous teal, this is just the outfit for a night out dancing. Don't forget to check the amazing furniture and the $5 wall.

I'm in kind of a rush tonight to hit the deadline before midnight, cos Sunday is Ake's day, so by the time I finished the pics and noticed how dark they were, well I was out of time to go redo them. I really need to remember to check everything before moving on to the next thing.

Hope you are having a wonderful and relaxing weekend. Mine's over in a couple of hours, but thats time zones for ya I guess!

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Welcome to the Weekend!!!!

Time for some more yumminess from the stores on Harlow. I'm going to jump straight into it today.

Pose - I forgot to write it down!
Wearing - Ambre ($290) from MEB

Omg you HAVE HAVE HAVE to check out this store. Gorgeous designs, fabulous textures and so many outfits you will fall in love with. MEB is one of my new favourite stores and after the hair fair, I will be stocking up on gorgeousness from their store! The Ambre dress I am wearing is a perfect examples of design and textures they use to make their clothing stand out of the crowd. The use of colour and pattern is simply yummy! Run on in and see if you are in love with the clothing as I am.

Pose - Snow Bunny #2
Wearing - White Lilac Hair ($300) from Calla

Calla has been a favourite hair store of mine...well pretty much since my early SL days. The colours and styles have always appealed to me, and to many others. The new textures and styles are proving to be every bit as popular as the old ones, and there is no slowing Calla down. This style is just gorgeous! I am a huge fan of the short and sassy styles. The white lilac hair I am wearing is especially adorable. If you haven't seen the new styles at Calla, come on in and look. They are delicious!

Pose - Playboy 0309 Germany
Wearing - Bloom Earrings ($450) from Flirt

Earring lovers, like me, will drool over the amazing designs of jewellry from Flirt. I love the delicacy of the flowers in the bloom range and the colours are incredible. There is the perfect accent for any outfit here. You will go gaga over the selection and have a really hard time choosing a favourite. I know I still can't.

Pose - Black Widow
Wearing - Revenge ($179) from Divalicious

Sexy, sassy and affordable, thats how I would describe Divalicious. The store is packed with really fabulous outfits at wonderful prices. There really is something in here for everyone's tastes too. Being the huge corset fan I am, I was instantly taken with the Revenge outfit and just had to have it. I love how it works with the skirt layer and without. Looks like my friend loves it too! I'm sure it will effect all your male friends the same way!

She's a Maniac ($175) from Sugar Mill

One of my all time favourite novelty pose stores without a doubt is Sugar Mill. From poses based on movies, like the one above from Flashdance, to hilarious figments from Anicia's imagination, this store has always inspired me and kept me laughing. Just the other day a friend remarked that she had always wanted to take a picture in the chair and shower from Flashdance and her jaw dropped when I said I already had the props for that! If you are looking for something a bit different for a picture, check out Sugar Mill for inspiration.

Cupcake Launcher ($100) from Fire Good

As soon as I logged in yesterday, my other half IMed me and said I HAD to go to Fire Good and pick up the Cupcake Launcher. Again we're back to the fact he calls me Cupcake and its the just the perfect accessory for me to have. So I bounced on in, picked it up and OMG I love it! You have a tray of delicious looking cupcakes that you hold in your hand, move into mouselook and you can fire them at people. Cupcakes and sprinkles fly everywhere!!!! Without a doubt, its my new favourite toy! There's plenty of other marvallous toys and things to look at in Fire Good. So if you have a warped sense of humour like I do, you need to check it out asap!

There's only a few stores left available to rent on the Harlow sim, so let me know if you want one of them and I'll sort you out with one of them. We also have a subscribomatic for the sim which all of our stores are able to use to let you know what they have for you and also to let you know of sim events, contests and goings on. Hit one of them if you would like to keep up to date with Harlow.

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