“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche
I love music and I wanted to have some music notes & favorite song lyrics turned into body tattoos. The ✿ cheLLe ✿ Songstress body tattoo set includes 3 fades (light, medium, dark) so it will look great over a range of skin tones. I am wearing the darkest color in the image above.
You can purchase these tattoos individually, or as a fatpack and receive a slight discount!
Purchase this pack online!
SL14B is here again! There are tons of sims open to celebrate Second Life’s 14th birthday. This year, I’ve put together a silly exhibit about Second Life if it took place in the Middle Ages.
As you can tell by this picture, I really tried for some of that sweet Monty Python humor. You can grab this art for free, plus other cool art, at the exhibit here.
LeLutka sent 5 gift makeups to group members. Join the LeLutka group in-world to get these! Oh yeah, they only work with the new Second Life 2.0 viewer, because these are makeups on the tattoo layer. I wore them with the Lelutka Ife Base skin, and they work terrifically!!
I wore the teal eyeshadow on Pink Fuel’s skin and it works pretty well here too. YAY!
These new Gala Phoenix Battle Royale skins are so interesting I have to show you them in larger than normal sizes. There are 6 makeups total, with 2 versions each and a light and dark skin tone option. These skins also have a version called Battle Royale Defeated, which features the same makeups on a more banged up and bloody body. Scroll down to see all the makeups available & pics of the body 🙂 I squealed a little when I tried on each one.. they get bloody!
Normally I steer clear of specialty skins like this, but I have a feeling that these will be very popular. It's still pretty, but dirty and totally bad ass!
Battle Royale Body & Battle Royale Defeated version (with more scrapes and bruises)
SugarCube sugar by sugar dress in Amethyst <3
Sexy new Chelsea Stiletto from SLink!
What I'm Wearing:
Truth – Mavi (espresso)
SugarCube – sugar by sugar dress (amethyst)
SLink – Chelsea Stiletto (White)
Gala Phoenix – Battle Royale (Petal)& Defeat
I’m getting married tomorrow! Time flies, right? How did I even get here? I’ll tell you. It’s a story of love, loss, and life-changing events.
Two summers ago, I lost one of the most supportive people in my life. I was devastated and became very bitter and withdrawn for a while. Around the same time, one of my SL friends introduced me to her ex, Berathin. She had moved on to dating someone else, but we all remained a good group of friends. One day, she informed me that Bera’s mother had passed away the year before. I was still lost in the grieving process and reached out to him for advice.
We talked a lot after that. And of course, we grew to really like each other! Nothing was serious at first, but that changed over time. Where I’m fiery and short-tempered, Berathin is calm and rational. Where he loves Ancient Rome and the arts, I’m the artist who paints his fem-alt sometimes. Our differences come together beautifully; where they don’t, we get through it just like any other couple.
When did I realize I was in love with him? It was when I wanted to take a picture of our avs one day. He got his fem-alt to pose with me; while situating ourselves, I thought of all the ways he had positively impacted my life. It became overwhelming and I began to cry.
We made plans to move the relationship into reality as soon as possible. When things were ideal for us both, he got a house and we proceeded to move in. It was hard for me to leave Detroit behind, but I had accomplished what I wanted to there anyway. It was just time to move on at that point.
What are our lives like now? We have an office together where we work side by side and play pranks on each other. Our lives have been filled with adventure ever since we moved in together, and I’m looking forward to what the future holds for both of us.
Tomorrow is the big day. I’m nervous but excited! We’re having a small courthouse ceremony followed by a a nice reception with our friends.
Have you ever had a serious relationship in SL? Have you ever taken it to RL? Lemme know in the comments!
What I’m Wearing:
Lelutka Simone Bento Head
Pink Fuel – Doll v2 Skin
Exile – Fall
ISON – Light Moon Gown
Wishbox – Rose Crown (White)
Wall pattern by Torley Linden
Furniture by Zerkalo
Flowers by BaZar
Le Look is giving out free items to complete a whole male and female avatar, starting today. All you have to do is join the Le Look group in-world, and teleport to the Le Look sim and touch the item to receive it. I’ve tried more than a couple of times today, it was incredibly laggy and really hard to get the items! Maybe my computer doesn’t have enough specs to handle the crowd — but yah, I never received all 4 of the items: 1 Belleza male skin, 1 male shape, 1 LeLutka female skin, 1 shape.
Thankfully Minnu is awesome and sent me the Estelle v2 skin so I can show you guys here!
I looove the new brows on Estelle 2, especially the light brows one — a totally new set of eyebrows and it’s gorgeous. I can’t wait to see more makeups for this Estelle v2 face!!
Good luck getting these from Le Lag.. er, Le Look!
Recently, some Second Life creators have started banning customers from their stores. Not for breaking any rules, not for stealing content or abusing permissions, but just for doing something completely normal: buying an item, wearing it, taking a photo, and sharing it.
I came across a post about a designer banning a blogger from their store after the blogger posted a photo of a product they bought and used AI to enhance it. This wasn’t about stealing or breaking any rules. It was simply a customer enjoying a product, sharing their creativity, and getting punished for it.
The reason? Some creators are worried that edited or AI-enhanced photos might somehow be used to train machine learning models that could steal their designs. But that just doesn’t hold up.
Generative AI doesn’t work like that. These models aren’t trained on a handful of pictures from someone’s Flickr or blog. They rely on massive datasets with millions of images pulled from all over the internet. No one is out there training an AI on your avatar’s jacket from a single snapshot. And even if that were possible, individual users can’t control how the internet works. You can’t blame someone who supported your brand for what tech companies might do with public images.
And here’s the irony: every brand pointing fingers at customers for supposedly “feeding” their images into AI models is likely doing the same thing without realizing it. If you’ve ever uploaded your ad to social media, that content could be used in large-scale AI datasets. If you’re using certain creative software, chances are those platforms reserve the right to use user content to improve their tools. Even platforms like X (Twitter) allow their AI to train on user data, including posts and interactions. The line between what’s safe and what’s vulnerable is much blurrier than some creators want to admit.
It’s also worth noting that the most successful brands in Second Life aren’t doing this. They’re not banning their customers for sharing their outfits. They’re not worried about AI filters or photo enhancements. In fact, most of them seem to understand that when people enjoy their products and post about them, it’s a good thing. It helps their brand grow, builds community, and keeps their work relevant. They’re thriving because they trust and respect their customers.
Then there’s the fairness aspect. A person spends their money on your product. They wear it, they like it, they post a photo. That’s free promotion. That’s literally what most creators want. To then ban them for it? It’s not just backwards, it’s insulting. It sends the message that your customers are only welcome as long as they do everything exactly your way.
And honestly, this doesn’t feel like it’s really about AI. It feels like it’s about control. Some creators want to decide who gets to wear their items, how they look in them, and what kind of aesthetic is acceptable. If someone edits a photo in a way you don’t like, or doesn’t fit your brand vibe, suddenly they’re out. That’s not protecting your work.
Second Life has always been about creativity and self-expression. People come here to explore identities and ideas they might not get to explore elsewhere. Fashion plays a huge part in that. It brings people together, helps them feel seen, and makes the world feel more alive.
But when creators start turning on the very people supporting them, it hurts everyone. In the end, it’s not just the creators or the customers who are affected, it’s the whole community.
So if you’ve been banned just for wearing something you bought and sharing a photo of it, you didn’t do anything wrong. You supported a creator, and they turned their back on you. That shouldn’t be okay.
Let’s support creators who genuinely appreciate their customers. The best creators understand that the relationship doesn’t end with a sale. They value the creativity of their customers, celebrate when people share their work, and recognize that customer engagement is part of the creative process. In a community like Second Life, respect and collaboration should go both ways. When we support creators who respect us, everyone benefits and grows together.
And if you’re a brand that doesn’t mind if your customers use AI tools to edit or enhance their photos, I’d really love to hear from you. Feel free to drop a comment and let people know. You deserve support too.
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These are really cute! Melody and Sixpence are my favorites. ♥ Thanks for sharing!
Yay! I’m glad you like it!
thank you for making a tat that doesn’t tell the world i am a whore, slut, or to f**k me, or any other degrading phrase. (kiss me is cute, certainly not overly dirty)
hi Anahata! This is based on the song of the same name by Sixpence None the Richer.
such a cute song too!