Marianne Little

Yes, Bonniebots are only allowed on the Mainland? So the rest of SL is not covered by them. I know it other statistics, I am too lazy to find them.

Kris head is it for this alt! It is not much variety in the male skin gifts, so here he has a a Stray Dog (Ono, tone 1) skin is a previous weekend sale. Hair No Match No_Stains, Mister Razzor No_Stains hairbase, Hermony beard/stache B. Simple Bloom brows Hunter up. The scar is in the pack of extras and I added a mature layer. The mature layers in Lelutka head packs is so subtle, they are taking the age max up to late 20s' Eyes are from the Avi-Glam gift pack, but he will not keep these. I prefer the eyes he already had from IKON. These eyes are great, it is just a personal preferance. The earrings is in this round of gifts, bravo for something we can wear all year round. RichB. Ferdy Earrings.

It is already 1000 avatars wearing Noel, according to Bonniebots. 2023: Noel and Kris 1068 / 397 2022: Raven and Quinn 1452 / 688 2021: Kaya and Logan 1639 / 940 2020: Lilly and Alain 1359 / 379 The top female head is still Avalon, with 3767 users. The numbers will change. It is not many who got the heads yet. But it is also some that try on the new heads, and then go back to another one. It is quite amazing that Lelutka can give out all these heads. Logan is the most worn male head, and it was a freebie. Some heads who show up of previous gifts, could have been bought later.

This is my sunny alt - she is usually a bit more tanned than me. I finally got the Carol eyes gift from Avi-Glam. After trying on gift skin after gift skin, I remember it is more group gifts in the shops, not only this years round. This is last year gift from Amara Beauty, it is called Raven. So if you missed it last year, go to the mainstore, not the new location. Amara Beauty has free body skins. amara beauty - body skin Legacy/Mait/eBODY/Kupra/Belleza/SLink. You can use "Area search" and type Body. The lips are group gifts DeeTaleZ MU *open glossy Lips - rose* for Lel EVOX/ MEDIUM. There are more group gifts. The eyeshadow are [theSkinnery] LongerNights Eyeshadow (LeLutkaEVOX) 5 And more group gifts... some are Genus though. The hair is Stealthic - Adore. The earrings is a previous Dark Mouse Jewelry gift. Not available anymore.

I think the arms pointing is Preferences-Firestorm-Avatar and then uncheck "Enable selection beam" and "Send selection data to chat"? I may be wrong, since I also forgot how I did it.

Lord, it is past midnight. I better stop teleporting around and picking up stuff. I have not only myself to teleport around, but also alts. Their number is not over ten, but more than five. And it is so much! I make sure to pick up other group gifts, and the girl inventories grow like crazy. I can't pick a favorite of all the female skins. Men does not get so much variety, it is mostly caucasian skins. Some include a fatpack though, and that is very generous. It's good that it is eleven more days. Phew.

This alt used to wear Lilly, now with Noel. I think I like this head a bit better, or is it the combination of parts? The gift skin Tracie from Nonnative in brownie, with one of the lipsticks Top1Salon Leon and Addons HD eyebrows. Hair, eyes, shape is not gifts. IKON Legend eyes in Armor and Stealthic Somber.

A true story: I logged in this gentleman, and on his first try, he teleported staight in. Pure luck. Here is he with the head, all layers is what he had before. ⬇️New version of Kris with beard+mustache from Volkstone, skin from Brabos "Kris" (Medium) and the Vango hair. All are gifts in this round. I am wearing Brabos "Gandy" in the first picture, but the gift skin is younger. The Izzie aging layer makes him a bit older. Simple Bloom eyebrows (Not gifts) I was going to test Avi-Glam eyes, but I think it is no point in going there before the weekend is over. Someone has to fix the gift vendor. The hair is a keeper. It is no hairbase, I am using one of the hairbases that comes with Lelutka heads. I wish the mustache and beard had an salt'n pepper option, but it is this dark grey or snow white. And tinting a white beard only gives a flat color.

Event Closing Date: December 21, 2023

I think I know why Avi-Glam and Amara Beauty is so hopeless full and laggy. The "click here to join group" does not work in both stores. So people are probably holding up, standing there clicking and clicking. I solved it by searching the groups, but it takes longer time.

I'm Basic, came in after maybe 5 minutes fast clicking. No teleport hammer, just my fingers. So it is not going to replace my Lake head, that was my first thought. But after I changed the chin, eyes and mouth just a little, I thought... Hmmm... maybe?

Andore cost 75L to join just minutes before noon, now it is free. I have 41 groups, so I must join and leave. I made sure to buy the 1L ears for group members. And many other stores have group gifts, like The Skinnery and Amara Beauty

What a beautiful list! I have started on it.

I hope Lelutka send out a notecard with a list of all the stores, as soon as everything is ready. Should be 15 minutes or so... And yep, I think I got in easy last year. I hope Maitreya update the rest of the clothes to X soon. I seem to remember some sexy shorts. And Erratic! I got a message that the store was updated. I read it only with one eye before I closed the message, teleported over and hoped the update was for some LaraX, but no.

I'm just curious to see what it is this year. I can start picking up things in the other stores. No need to try before morning European time for me.

Wheeeeeeeee! I took a round to stores I guess will participate. I saw no posters or such. You think they will close when they set up gift vendors?

Isn't LL based on San Francisco time? I think I heard that. So 1 hour 40 minutes to wait?

So is it the 9th now? I am in a totally different timezone. Or is is the 20th December it starts? I am so attached to my Lake head, no other head has replaced it for me, free or full price. I have tried on demos for every single head, and it has not swayed me... I got the Lilith head for 50% off in the Black Friday sale, because horns!! I find the Lilith head without the horns and a human skin nice... I like it more than previous Lelutka heads. But can it replace Lake? Maybe I take it out and wear it once in a while. All my alts wear free Lelutka heads. 🥰

Reborn is 2 years old. All fantasy outfits from before that time include Maitreya Lara (At least 99%). I can not remember that Hourglass was still popular. I think it was a size creators dropped, one by one. Freya sizes was still included for many creators. A few was Legacy only, but it was more who had Lara only. I like to buy old Gacha second hand for a more special look. I have to use Lara for it. Reborn clothes has the benefit that they are newly made. That does not necessary mean quality. Some use template mesh and retexture them sloppily. But if one will start over and buy everything new, Reborn can be the right one for them. If they love their shape with Reborn, it is enough clothes, nails, rings, body jewelry and shoes to select from. I think Reborn is going to stay popular. It is always going to be people who want curves. It is not my kind of style, LaraX is more than enough curves for me. I hope it will pick up speed. It is room for it as an in-between body for those who want a bit more than thin, but not the Reborn curves.

Wings, pick up their 2 free hair group gifts for women. One of them is a messy updo. Lovely long hairs. Can be in the weekend sales Stealthic hair can be in weekend sales. Truth has been in the weekend sales often. Lots of different styles. No Match too. No match has a room full of group gifts, but some of them is old. The group is only 50L to join, so it is worth it if you see a hairstyle you like. It is always some face skins in the weekend sales. You have to buy the body skin, but that is cheap, a few hundred L. Maitreya Lara comes with many Velour skins. Most creators who make face skins is matching them to the body skins from Velour or Not Found. The EVO X template for face skins is what sells now. It is very different from the old face template you are used to. You have to buy skin, makeup and hairbases again. It is better quality, so I don't mind. And with your big budget, you will collect makeup fast. Especially since makeup is in the weekend sales too. Weekend sales has made my inventory explode. I have bought much more than I need "because it is cheap". Now I try to look at it twice and think: "Do I not have lots of just that makeup style alredy". Look for 50L Friday, Wanderlust weekend, The Saturday sale and Happy Weekend. Wanderlust weekend has much more fantasy items than the other sales. It is so many weekend sales, I concentrate on these four. https://www.seraphimsl.com/

Take a look at Toksik: I adore that store. It wasn't a Black Friday sale, so I hope for a Christmas sale, then I can go crazy and buy the whole store. It has Reborn sizes in their newer items, but make sure you demo before you buy. This store also credit other things like hair in their images. You get hair inspiration there as well. Other stores: Random Matter, Aisling + Voluptas Virtualis, Just Because (Gowns!!! Often in a Weekend sale) Raven Bell, Lux Aeterna, Contraption (Steampunk!!!) @Scylla Rhiadra and @Ayashe Ninetailscan suggest more vintage and fantasy clothes?

It is a lot of fantasy historical outfits, Victorian, princess gowns, elf clothing, tavern wench, warrior princess style etc etc clothing made only for Maitreya Lara Classic version up to 5.3. Reborn is a good replacement for Slink Hourglass. Reborn is rising fast in popularity and has a lot of fantasy clothes in newer releases from creators. Reborn has plenty clothes in fantasy anime, goth, Lolita etc etc style. Some of the styles can work as historical looks too, like long sleeved frilly bouses. Some of these creators is only making for Reborn and maybe Reborn+Legacy. Reborn has addons like Waifu, Juicy rolls and more for push-up and squeezy garters. I do not use Reborn and I do not want to be so curvy. I can not say anything more about those add-ons. A week before Black Friday, Maitreya made a remake of Lara that is more smooth and has better shoulders, slimmer waist etc. This body is LaraX and clothing made for Lara Classic does not fit without using alpha cuts and alpha layers. You are used to alpha cuts, and the new LaraX has more alpha cuts than Lara Classic, so that should be okay. LaraX has very different shoulders and upper back, down to the shoulderblades. This makes straps over the shoulders, lace over the shoulders, around the neck and upper back hard to use. Solid fabric on the back is usually not a problem. Very little is made for LaraX so far, and we are not sure if it will take over for Lara Classic. People who prefer to be slim use Lara. But LaraX can give you a curvy look. Here is an example from another thread: Maitreya will sell only the new LaraX from now, but Lara Classic is included, you have to wear a HUD in the folder and click to get the old classic delivery. Then there is Legacy, that body is number 3 in popularity. Many who want curves use this. Pick up demos for these three bodies; Maitreya, Reborn and Legacy, see how you can shape them. And then look in events like We Love Roleplay: https://weloveroleplay.weebly.com/december-2023.html and also The Warehouse. It is not historical outfits, but you see some darker fantasy and also some Reborn/Legacy only: https://www.seraphimsl.com/2023/11/23/get-your-fill-at-the-warehouse/ You can find all events like Fameshed, in https://www.seraphimsl.com/

Ooooh, I did not buy those expensive Swallow ears in the Black Friday sale. It was only 20% off. Now I can get gauged ears for 1L! The stores in 2022 big event had set their groups to free, for as long as the event lasted.

I wished that they had an option for Lara Classic and LaraX, the board only had Maitreya. I was wearing LaraX and looked for that option, I had to vote "Maitreya" instead. It is smart of stores to do this. They should do this more often. Know your customers. Numbers of mesh bodies counted by bots is one thing, who you get in your store is another thing. Keep your customers. Of course it can be smart to test with other bodies, to see if you get some of those as customers too. The stores I don't like, sometimes release things I want, but then they have only Reborn, Waifu, Juicy rolls and all the other things that is 'in' now... But I can't expect creators to include Maitreya, just for the occasional Maitreya customer. Better use their time on the majority of customers. But I was sad when some steampunk clothes wasn't rigged for Maitreya. I have to look for another store then. It is, after all, plenty of stores in SL. The majority of LaraX clothes on the Marketplace does not interest me. I'm waiting and hoping for more. If my favorites is released as rigged for LaraX, I am buying it again.

I was in a store recently that had a big board in the store. Vote for the body you use. This was interesting since Maitreya had such a huge lead over Reborn. In mesh body statistics by bots, it is closer. So it depends where people shop. I do not use squishy and pushy stuff, like Waifu, Juicy and all that. Or bikinis that look like dental floss. That store who had 6000 votes for Maitreya and 2000 for Reborn, should absolutely make both 5.3 and LaraX sizes, to keep Maitreya diehards as customers. I do not think many Waifu and Juicy rolls lovers will use LaraX. But 5.3 users will gradually change to LaraX. No, when stores like Erratic, COCO and ISON rig for LaraX, it will be a great time to shop. (I bought the first pack of ISON sweaters)