Good morning from the picturesque City of Portofino! Have you heard the exciting news? Hair Fair is open! 🎉
This annual event showcases a stunning array of hair and hair accessories, all for a noble cause. Proceeds from Hair Fair support the Wigs for Kids charity, a wonderful organization where your contributions truly make a difference. Explore all the details and the shopping guide on the Hair Fair blog.
Currently, I am rocking the chic Nyx hairstyle from Exile. The headband I have on is the charming Lilyfield Ruffled Headband, both of which are featured at this year’s Hair Fair. I adore headbands and hair accessories, and this year’s fair is a treasure trove of them! I can’t wait to unveil the rest of these fabulous finds in my upcoming blog posts.
To my cherished JuicyBomb blog readers: If you comment with your in-world name, the first 5 people will receive a special surprise gift from me!
This is completed, thanks everyone for commenting! Hope you enjoyed the surprise.
What is a Bloom Doll, you ask? They’re fun, they’re cute, and SL residents looooove them. These Bloom Dolls are inspired by RL Blythe dolls, which I collected before discovering SL. Similar to Blythe, the SL version also has a large head, small waif-like body, color-changing eyes and so much more!! I actually like my SL Bloom doll more, cos she can “share” Gogo’s massive inventory.
The eyes are scripted to open/close, change eyes colors, and show/hide eyelids, and show/hide eyelashes.
Bloom Petit Shape | Bloom Girl Shape | My shape
A lot of SL residents wear the entire package, but you can wear your Bloom Doll (head) with any shape as long as it looks good 🙂
There are several different basic Bloom Dolls to choose from, they have different skin tones and makeups, but they’re all pretty similar. I purchased the Boo Bloom package (worn in this post).
Truth Hair recently celebrated its 19th anniversary in Second Life, which is kind of surreal to say out loud. Truth has been making hair for as long as I’ve been playing SL, and at this point the brand isn’t just well known. It’s one of the longest standing and most successful hair brands on the grid.
In a world where stores come and go constantly, that kind of longevity is rare. And that’s why what happened recently feels like a genuinely historic Second Life moment. A few days ago, I noticed a new Truth release called Cupid hair, and the credit immediately caught my attention. The hair was made by Truth’s real life daughter, known in SL as Litterbug.
I already knew she had joined Second Life about a year ago and had been creating hair accessories. But I didn’t realize she had moved into creating full hairstyles too, so of course I messaged Truth right away. I needed confirmation, because my brain immediately went: this is a first in Second Life!
When I asked if she created Cupid hair or just the clips, he replied that she made the entire thing, and added, “with a lot of questions.” She didn’t just casually log in and magically become a hair creator overnight. People forget that everyone starts somewhere, and even the biggest brands in Second Life were once new and releasing their very first item. And she’s lucky in the best way, because she has an amazing mentor in her father. Cupid hair is a beautiful first hairstyle, and if I didn’t know it was her first, I wouldn’t have guessed.
Once I processed it, I told Truth what I was thinking. This is kind of historic. Because with this release, Truth is now officially a two-generation brand in Second Life. That is not something we see often. Second Life has been around long enough now that we are literally watching a creator’s child grow up, develop the skills, and start creating for the same brand inside the same virtual world. If that doesn’t count as SL history, I don’t know what does. Truth’s reaction made me smile. He said, “Yeah I guess you’re right. That is crazy.”
Litterbug is Gen Z, and that detail matters more than people realize. Truth joked that she has a better idea of what fashion trends are because he’s “too old” now. It’s funny, but it’s also true.
Truth told me she’s been learning Blender for a couple of years and has done product visualizations, but she decided to try creating in SL because, as he put it, she thought, “why not make some money.”
Truth also told me she proudly calls herself a nepo baby, which is hilarious. In SL terms though, she really was rezzed into royalty, in the sense that she’s had access to knowledge, experience, and guidance that most creators never get when they’re starting out. And yes, having a parent with a huge brand is obviously an advantage. But it doesn’t take away from what matters here: very few brands last long enough to thrive for two decades and then have the creator’s child step in and start releasing, too.
Truth also said something that stuck with me. Watching her join SL made him realize again how hard it is for a new resident. Most of us forget, because we’ve been here forever. We forget how confusing the platform can be when you’re starting from scratch, even if you’re already skilled and tech-savvy.
That’s why this moment feels bigger than just a cute fun fact. She’s part of the age group Second Life constantly struggles to attract, and she’s here creating. If SL wants to be around for another 20 years, it should be paying attention to creators like her, and what it takes for someone her age to even want to log in, learn, and stay.
Truth Hair becoming a two-generation brand is one of those things that seems small at first, until you realize what it says about Second Life. A 19-year brand. A new generation stepping in. A real legacy. In a virtual world.
Second Life should be paying attention.
Now, onto what I’m wearing today.
My friend Sparkle sent me another sweet kitty from SeMotion Libellune as a gift, which means I now have my 100th cat in Second Life. I have so many at this point that I’m glad I don’t have to feed them to keep them alive, because that would bankrupt me.
I’m also assembling my Valentine’s Day outfit for the Hug a Linden event next weekend, and I think this look might actually work? The shoes are called Softly Struck from HANII, from the January round of Anthology. If only I could turn off the arrow on these shoes, because they’re so cute and I would wear them year round.
It’s officially Christmas in Second Life! The LeLutka 12 Days of Christmas event is the most exciting annual event in Second Life. This event always offers two free LeLutka mesh heads—Camila and Camden, one for female and one for male. A total of 90 brands are participating in this gift-giving event this year. You have from now until December 26th to teleport to all participating brands to collect your gifts.
As I usually do, I put on the Camila head and began editing my face. I created a new face shape that I liked, but then I noticed a tweet suggesting that Avalon and Camila looked similar. This gave me an idea. I had updated my Avalon shape a few months ago, so I decided to put it on, and with minimal edits, I was looking like Gogo again.
Avalon is the first LeLutka EvoX mesh head, and now we are on the third C head. These heads are named from A to Z, and I believe the alphabet has completed twice, so we are now on the third C.
I don’t have the stamina to teleport to all 90 stores, so I’m glad that FabFree has a list of all the stores & gifts posted! November and December in Second Life are full of gifts, and I love these two months the most.
My outfit is from Vagrant! I used the L$300 credits at Shop & Hop to purchase it. That is another event you should not miss right now, as it is full of gifts as well.
Some time back in early August, I said I wouldn’t blog any skins for an entire month, so I could dedicate some of my blog posts to all the other wonderful things in SL — like shoes? clothes? aos? things I don’t normally cover enough of! Obviously couldn’t resist the lure of new skins so I have covered skins numerous of times this month.
Let’s just say I love skins. Every new skin is like unwrapping a surprise gift and trying it on and like magic, a lovely new face emerges.
These new Laqroki Tess 2 skins have thicker Dark Brown brows, but I am wearing a Blonde brows (tattoo) over it for my review. I think the lighter brows adds to the youthful look of this face, it’s so pretty.
Laqroki – Tess | Original Brows | with Blonde brows tattoo
These makeups are so pretty I wish I had them on all my other skins!
I've been waiting for a looooooooong time for Lelutka's Eclat skins!!! It's coming…. TODAY!
There are 8 makeups per skin tone (base skin counts as a makeup), 2 different brow options, freckles option, 3 additional breast option on layers, and a vag. option (shaved & with hair).
Will fans of London like the new Eclat? I think so! I like it because the skin has a shinier look & definitely more boobs.
These are the 8 makeups that will be released today but I heard that more will be released in the future.
If you don't see your favorite ones right now, send in requests to Minnu!!!! I would love darker red lips on this skin tone, but there is another red lipstick on the Pale tone that is fantastic. Lelutka skins have a different set of makeups for each tone, which is why I wear several different shades, depending on the mood.
( only 2 brows this time ) I miss the other thinner brows soo much!! But this will do for now, hopefully in future releases there will be a thinner & lighter brow option.
( breast options! 1. on skin (default) 2. layer A 3. layer b 4. layer C )
( body )
This is all for my review of Eclat. Everyone should TP to LeLutka and demo these for yourself. There are several skin tones to choose from and even if you don't like how these skins look on me, you might love it on your own shape 🙂
Whenever I see a Second Life skin advertisement, I always think, “But does it really look like that?” I stumbled upon Pepe Skins recently and after trying on a dozen or so faces, I selected one that I thought looked very sweet and definitely something I could wear.
I’m wearing the Mocha skin from Pepe Skins here, along with the body skin. The skin is created for LeLutka EvoX, and includes Brows or No brows available in just one color. This skin brand doesn’t offer much with the skin, unlike other brands where you can get at least a few brow colors and some makeup. I found the neck shading too heavy/reddish tone and overall the body skin is just grainy but I chose to wear it here cos I couldn’t make it work with my usual body skin and neck fade layers. But overall, the faces on Pepe Skins are all very pretty. They also participate in weekend sales so you can get a cheap skin to try out!
Illyra Wycliffe, and I love your posts.
Sent! I hope you enjoy it.
Gidge Uriza and I’m so excited about HAIR FAIR !!
Sent! Hope you enjoy the surprise 🙂
Selkie Flatley. I ❤️ Hair Fair!
Sent! Hope this brightens your day!
Sarah Simons – Looking forward to go to the Hair Fair
Sent! Have a great day!
Kaelyn Elara – Can’t wait to see all your hair fair favs this year! ❤️
Sent! Hope you enjoy it!