Saturday, December 17, 2022

Holiday Shop and Hop

 Hiya everyone! Tonight it's time to head to the Holiday Shop & Hop, the annual extravaganza which this year has 16 regions filled with 320 top designers offering a wide range of specials, discounts, and of course gifts :) Tis the season, after all! As usual I find the easiest way to handle such a large event is to keep things separated by region and share them one at a time, so tonight we are taking a look at several gifts found on the Golden region. They are all decorated beautifully too, with wintry scenes in the center and at each edge. 


My first look is the duo of sweaters from MONOMANIA called Alaska Dangerous. Both versions fit Freya, Isis, Venus, Maitreya, Hourglass, and Physique bodies, with a very cozy style and texture that makes me long for cocoa and gingerbread cookies :) I think your favorite jeans or leggings will look perfect with this gift, and probably sneakers if you're feeling casual.


Jazabelle is offering us a sexy gift called Christmas Showtime Dress, and before I added the 'modesty heart' to the front (in Photoshop) it was putting on quite a show indeed! That center panel is very transparent as you can see, and the solid satin covers the essentials up top but clearly not below. I think for public wear, I'd add a lace panty or some sort of playful pasties, it all just depends on your personal tastes. The dress is designed to fit the Maitreya mesh body.


Next I shimmied into the [ LsR ] - Sexy Santa Christmas Gift, feeling and looking festive. The dress and boots are each provided in Freya, Isis, Legacy, Maitreya, and Petite mesh body sizes, and the dress is more of a long corset with garters and a tiny frilled skirt to cover the rear. No wonder Santa looks so happy in the fabric print! I am a big fan of having long boots to balance out a short skirt, in general, even if the boots are below the knee instead of these appealing thigh highs. 


SENTINUS has two varieties of outfits included in their Ketty gift, a top/skirt and a top/bottom which is shorts cut high enough to almost be panties ;) Each outfit is linked to wear as one piece, in Maitreya, Hourglass, and Physique sizing. We also receive a 10 color HUD with lots of rich dramatic shades that look terrific on either outfit, with a hint of sheen that really caught my eye. The skirt pairing has a built in belt, very flattering, as is the top on both with deep V neckline. 


My final look tonight is the Blackstone gift from Shop & Hop, their Ugly Sweater - Fatpack. Truthfully there is nothing ugly about it though, from the wide boat neck that accentuates our lovely neck, to the 5 fun textures found on the included HUD. The sweater fits Kupra, Legacy, and Maitreya mesh bodies. I think calling Christmas sweaters 'ugly' has become either force of habit or an affectionate term? Well as you can see, I have paired it with one of my favorite jeans, the Delizio fatpack which is a marketplace freebie. This is the black pair but there are several colors included in system/BOM layers and appliers for Maitreya and Omega. 

Well, it was a decent Friday here with good and bad...we had a few power outages last night and today that seem to have messed up the wifi in my room here, as my android tablet won't stay connected to it but worked fine from a phone hotspot and at my parents' house. Obviously I have regular internet since I'm here posting ;) I just play a few random games on the tablet, nothing crucial, but it is annoying to wonder what went wrong. Dinner with my parents was nice, and we discussed next week/holiday plans but a possible blizzard could throw a wrench in things. I am patiently waiting to see what happens, as the weather can change drastically by then several times. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend ahead, many magical magpie hugs to everyone!!

Credits:
All Gifts from Shop & Hop - Golden Region:

Photo 1:
Sweaters: MONOMANIA - Alaska Dangerous $0L Shop & Hop Gift

Photo 2:
Dress: Jazabelle - Christmas Showtime Dress $0L Shop & Hop Gift

Photo 3:
Outfit: [ LsR ] - Sexy Santa Christmas Gift $0L Shop & Hop Gift

Photo 4:
Outfits: SENTINUS - Ketty Outfit $0L Shop & Hop Gift

Photo 5:
Top: Blackstone - Ugly Sweater - Fatpack $0L Shop & Hop Gift
Pants: Delizio - Jeans + Applier for Maitreya + Omega (shown in Black) $0L Marketplace

Mesh Nails: N.Kolour+KOSMETIK: Omega Coffin Nails - Medium // Maitreya
Head: LeLUTKA Fleur Head 3.1
Hair: TRUTH Serenity - Redhead
Skin: 7 Deadly s[K]ins - NOISE cotton candy (BOM)
Ring: (BENTO)~~Ysoral~~ .:Luxe Ring Lyanna 4:. (Marketplace)
Body/Hands/Feet: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara
All Poses: Verocity  (Various Sets)

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