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    Thumbelina

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    Thumbelina

    Sparkle Skye’s latest jewelry set, the Devon Autumn Earrings & Tiara set, immediately reminded me of Thumbelina, one of those childhood movies that I absolutely loved. The tiara is meant to be worn as a diadem across your forehead, but you can also flip it around and wear it over your head like I have here. I love jewelry that gives you options, and something about this particular set made me want to go full tiny fairy princess.

    So I sat down on the rocky coast in the Second Life rain and suddenly felt very small and very Thumbelina. Even though AI editing is all the rage right now, I still love taking a good raw Second Life snapshot, and everything you see here is raw, even the rain. Second Life weather has come such a long way! I don’t actually know which rain effect Sparkle used to decorate this spot, but it might be the best rain I’ve ever seen in Second Life. It completely made the atmosphere of this photo.

    You can get Sparkle Skye’s Devon Tiara and Earrings at The Fifty!

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    New Face

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    New Face

    I’ll admit that I meant to clean my inventory over the Christmas holiday, but I didn’t do anything. My inventory is still a mess. I’ve also been quietly boycotting the weekend sales for months leading up to the end of the year, because I just couldn’t handle the frustration anymore. I’d see an outfit I loved, only to realize it was an “old item” that the brand never updated for LaraX, even though this body has been out for over two years. On top of that, I get overwhelmed when weekend event galleries turn into endless scrolling through hundreds of items. For my own sanity, I decided to just skip all of it.

    That said, I did cave this past weekend when I spotted a skin at a weekend event for L$99 for the fatpack. Some temptations are just too hard to ignore. I’m wearing the Nika skin from Not Found. Normally, I don’t think much of Not Found skins, even though I’ve bought several over time. I usually pass them by because there’s often something that doesn’t work for me: too much shading, blurry shading, heavy pores, things like that. But when I tried on Nika, I saw real potential. I knew that if I layered enough tattoo fixes from Izzie’s, I could make it feel like mine. So here it is, with plenty of tattoo fixes doing their magic.

    New Face

    One thing I really wish skin creators would stop doing forever is baking eyelashes directly onto skins. If they absolutely must include them, they should at least provide a no-lash version, the way some brands already do. I do have a couple of eye layers that can fix it, but honestly, I’d rather just start with a clean skin.

    It’s only a few days into 2026, and I already know I want to continue ignoring weekend sales for the rest of the year. I don’t want to overwhelm myself with piles of old, cheap stuff anymore. What are your New Year’s resolutions for Second Life?

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