Hidden gems

I've been having a really good browse in the Plaza catalogue lately and I've been finding some real hidden gems, especially from the Voile section - when you search you find a whole lot more pieces than you can see just by visiting the store and there are some amazing bargains to be had, as well as some awesome pieces. Today I wanted to style one item I bought over the weekend - the Floral Applique Sheer Skirt. This came out way back in the spring of 2012 and I really hadn't noticed it before, and if I did back then I've forgotten (it's been 4 years, I think it can be forgiven =P)

I really like sheer clothing, I don't want it to be too revealing though, so this skirt is great for that as the sheer aspects are balanced by other panels covering what you'd need covered. And it's decorated with jewels and glitter, which is pretty great^

What else can you still get from the collection? *You can click on the image to get these 5 of my favourites directly to your Plaza dressing room*

We've all been waiting for it! | SEPHORA RELEASE

*This post comes from my blog The Stardoll Beauty Spot*

So it's heeeeereeee! I think Sephora has been the most talked about brand that users want brought back to the site, and well today is our lucky day! Stardoll has made a "Best of" store of some of the Sephora makeup that was available back in the day - now yesterday talking about it with friends, we were expecting great products however not at a very friendly price, so lets so how the store does! 

I think I may have spent 5 minutes drooling and staring at it before actually doing anything, to me it all just looks so beautiful and pretttttty! Haha =) Anyway, there's a great selection of all beauty products that we could need really, eyeshadows, eyeliner, eye pencils, eyebrow pencils, blush, lipsticks, mascara etc etc etc - I'm just a little sad there's only one lip liner and it's a bright shade, if it was a paler pink I would be using that all the time! There's also a good variety of colours and shades of everything, a particular favourite are those lip colours, I've spent a while just there trying them all on and falling in love with each more than the next, the colours are perfect and I absolutely love them on my doll!
So, on to prices - they range from 5 to 15 SD's, which I have to say is what I think I could have hoped, but didn't expect to get! However, I added everything that I didn't already have (I was around for the original Sephora so I already had a couple of these products) to my basket and I think I had a mini MI, I don't really want to pay over 400 SD's for all of that! So despite the above images saying I have 45 items in my basket, I didn't buy them all - I analysed each product that I thought I wanted and then made some tough decisions to cut that total down to 201 SD buying 17 items - which were all of the lipsticks (yes, pretty much every single one!) and the 3 blushes, which were something I had always wished I'd bought first time around! Ended up leaving all the eye products for now - I spent a lot of time comparing the colours to the ones I already have (which is too many!) and found that a lot were very similar, as the store is here for a month, I'm planning to spend that time looking at them more and comparing products to see if the colour difference would make a difference in makeup looks etc. plus if I want to part with those SD's!
Finally, just a few of the fabulous lips colours that I'm loving, that Kat Von D Dusty Rose is just amazing, don't you think? =D

So what did you guys think? Good release? If you bought any products and have worn them, let me know in comments and show me what you've done with your new products! 

LE - Review!

So yesterday at the pre-given time of 1pm (for me anyways) we got our latest dose of LE, and I have to say I think it was a mad rush, kinda like those ridiculous 7am Boxing day sales that I absolutely refuse to go to! I was online waiting, ok, I was in a study room at uni, shouldn't have been on Stardoll but had it open and sized it down small so no one would see (there were only 2 other people in the room though) and I like to have a good look through everything before making my mind up, and even then some things I was clicking were about down to half their numbers and the items had only been out 10 minutes, so I turned into a bit of a frantic clicker of the mouse and I'm sure the other people thought I was crazy (I kinda am though, lets face it =P)!!! But anyways, here's what all this fuss was about:

So we had 4 floors packed to the brim with designer-inspired LE clothing, including an outfit for the guys out there! I think there was a great mix of resort styled clothes with skirts and dresses galore, I do feel like there could have been a few amazing pairs of trousers there though! I really love pastels, but I'm not so sure about the abundance of black dotted in there, I think a little more cohesiveness between items could have worked out well. There was also a really good selection of shoes and accessories, sometimes they get forgotten about I think, but definitely not this time, although I only picked up a few, there were definitely accessories for everyone! 

Now onto prices, I believe them to be a lot more expensive than the collections have been in the past, with quite a few dresses breaching the 200 SD mark. Prices range from 30 for a necklace right up to 260 for a dress. I do think in the rush and madness that is LE people don't really consider the prices, if I had more time to clearly think through pieces and prices I do think things would be different and I wouldn't have spent over 1.5K on items! But I am happy with everything I bought and I do look forward to styling them when I have time =D That seems to be my new motto "...when I have time" =)

Here are some of the pieces that I chose to purchase from the collection, I would show you them all but my computer is being ridiculously slow and it's taking forever! I've not styled anything yet, but I will when I have the time ... in a month!

And finally for a whole lot of LE looks that I've spotted around the site:

B-S1997

Jennakorpas

LadyTiffannie

MandaMichalka

MilaDivaStar

Miloshki

SS-Diamond

Miss Sixty, Fashion On Repeat

In recent days the popular real brand Miss Sixty released yet another Stardoll collection. There's no denying it's a nice enough collection with numerous stand out pieces, but haven't we seen it all before? Time after time Miss Sixty seems to be releasing very similar stuff. I say it's time to get some other real brands into the mix to balance out the continual clothing that Miss Sixty is forking out. Saying this, I have seen some beautiful pieces in the collection, some of which I surprisingly have not seen before. If you wish to view the collection just click here and it will redirect you to the starplaza (in another tab). 

On a side note, award for the most amount of floors ever goes to... Miss Sixty!

Maybe ought to clean the starplaza up Stardoll. 

TOO LATE STARDOLL?

Okay, actually the title is just to introduce an item I love and have been waiting for since... few months!

I'm talking about the Shark Tooth Necklace released at starplaza sooner today. We all know the Givenchy one, right? If not, just look at this picture, you might recognize it.

Oh, who's the model? Erin Wasson!

She rocks at the Givenchy fashion show!

So, yes the stardoll version is this one:

Great, no? I personally love it, and this time stardoll made it well. And I love this kind of necklace. It's new, and the fact that is a necklace also shows a paradox. It's classic, eccentric, but it's just a necklace, so people won't really mind.

But looking at my agenda of trends by a french girl, me, I remember about this Vogue Paris issue;

If you wonder, "Avril" means April. So don't you think it's too late as trend? Of course that there are 2 collections every year, not 4... But if it's in fashion in Spring, then why did Stardoll released it in Summer?

Anyway, that's the Stardoll logic and I can't say anything, because I'm still really happy to finally have it. Don't we say : "Better late than never"?... But still, I hope they won't make a Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Acne, Alexander McQueen.... Tribute store when we'll all be dead, because that would be too late!

Find it at the Bonjour Bizou store for 7sd.

P.S. Here is how I wear it:

Comments? Like the necklace?

-AL

LE Decor

Okay, so I may be a little behind on the times with this one, but there has been a new batch of Limited Edition!!! furniture released into the starplaza. Some things are nice, some things aren't, but the one thing that caught my eye was the painting of Michael Jackson - and not in a good way. I can't help but feel that, even though I'm not a fan in any shape or form, that it is in poor taste and is just a way to capitalise on a dead man, long after he actually passed. Maybe that's just me though.

This particular LE decor collection seems to be all over the place, too. What exactly does a hi-tech elevator (which I will admit is pretty damn cool. Imagine if it actually functioned as a way to get from room to room. I hope it does, but I won't know because I'm not -ahem- investing…) and sleeping deer in a basket have in common? The animals may be cute - I always miss the bloody owls - but you'd think they'd be more folksy then futuristic. I just wish the designers would get on a theme and stick to it, because as it stands, all I'm getting is 85% ~futuristic!~ and 15% what the actual heck is that? Speaking of which…

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What in fresh paperdoll hell is this?!

If anyone wants to translate the gibberish on this monstrosity, I'd be most happy to hear why anyone would purchase a chalk board covered in such intellectual ramblings as "Tik Tok" and "Ohana" and "Ring" and the Stardoll logo and the LE logo and… oh, I give up.

Edit: Ah! I almost missed out on the chance to complain about ridiculous prices. 200sd for a circular bed? I kid you not, folks. Dear Stardoll: unless I can redeem this bed for diamonds in real life, you can forget it. Thank you. :)

New Young Hollywood

There seems to be a new batch of Young Hollywood coming our way, something I picked up on purely by chance when searching for the latest hot buys cardigan. Upon further investigation, it's all but confirmed.



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A few decent items, but not as nice as some of the last ones in my opinion.}
The most intriguing thing about these items is that they come without the usual amount bar (the one that indicates the amount of items left to buy). Perhaps this is because a very poor selection of what I think Stardoll were expecting to be a sell out collection still lingers - a bag here, an orange mesh skirt there, not to mention a top that looks like it was woven from reject Nicki Minaj/Lady Gaga wigs. Unfortunately, one thing the new items still come with are the usual extortionate prices. Oh well. Can't win them all...

What did you think about the first collection of Young Hollywood?
Are you looking forward to the new collection?

123,456,789 is a Magic Number

Well, at least for Stardoll it is. As somebody who's been playing stardoll for a long while now, I would never have imagined that it would get this big. And big it is. So to celebrate, Stardoll has released a few FREE items. Huzzah! Rejoice! Never thought I'd see this day again…



Surprisingly, they're not that ugly. Not great, of course, but not ugly. I must say I'm fond of the 'woven tights', the clutch is pretty cute and I love the lace collar. Of course, since it's Stardoll, you have to take the good with the bad. In this case, that would be a very basic pair of brown boots and a poorly made sequin dress. It's clear that not a huge amount of effort went into these items, but, free is free and nothing to be sniffed at.

In other news, there is a new collection of ridiculously priced nail polishes based on Mortal Kiss: Fool's Silver. To be honest, they look more at home with Monster High, but a few of them are cute; like the red and black bat print ('Batt Attack') and simple black-to-red gradient known as 'Oozing Blood'. As pleasant as that name is, it's nothing compared to…


Lovely!

'Brainiac', 'Ka-pow', 'Stitched Up' and 'Slither'.

Yes, that's brains, gunshot wounds, poorly-stitched skin and holes. With worms! Aren't they just perfectly repulsive? I personally hate them - they're disgusting, but I can see them being very popular with the neon scene/emo crowd. Only on Stardoll would you be expected to pay 17 stardollars to have your nails crawling with worms. Yuck.*

"For just 17sd, you too could look like you have chewing gum stuck to your finger with the all new Braniac nail polish!"

Yeah… no.

Hey Stardoll… haven't you heard of not biting the 123,456,789 hands that feed you? Just a thought…

What do you think of the amount of members/the new items?

(*No offense meant to those that like these items, it's only personal opinion :P)

I'm just a silver fool...

Hello again, folks. Lana, back again, with another interesting starplaza find.



At first, I was just looking at the interior, when the brand of the item finally dawned on me. Yes, that's right. Mortal Kiss.

For those of you who don't know or simply didn't pay attention (which I seriously doubt you could) Mortal Kiss was an interactive reading experience from which many things were spawned, most notable of which, of course, was the Mortal Kiss shop. It was the predecessor to, and the very thing that laid the foundations for, the more recent Sea of Stars 'graphic novel'.

Upon researching the new Mortal Kiss item, I found that not only had there already been news posted about it in the star blog, two chapters had already been released, along with a club and a page. Except this time, there was a difference. Instead of the interactive reading experience we had before, where we could explore the locations around the story's town of Winter Mill, these chapters were posted in the star blog.

Talk about disappointment.

I, for one, very much enjoyed Mortal Kiss, particularly it's set up - the locations were awesome, and in places, rather creepy. It really set the mood for the story, and without it, I doubt I would have paid much attention. I probably wouldn't even have bothered reading. So, my question is - why, exactly, is there no interactivity now? Yes, there's a page, which features a calendar releasing an item per day, but it's just not the same. It all feels very lacklustre.

While I'm all for the encouragement of reading, I can't help but feel the lack of 'experience' in Fool's Silver (yikes! what a name…) will cause many people to skip the story altogether and head straight for the shops. And beauty products now, apparently. How exciting.

I will be reading the sequel, only because I hate leaving a story unfinished. But I'll say it once, and I'll say it again: disappointment.

Links:
Mortal Kiss: Fool's Silver index page • the Club

Armadillos on Stardoll?

 Hey everyone! 

It's great to be back on TTT. Finally everybody got their banners and I have to say; They're fabulous! Great job Lana! I especially love mine (That's funny, isn't it?).

Anyway I want to segue from our great banners into the main topic of this post; Stardoll finally made some Alexander McQueen Armadillos! Yes you heard right. After (I think) 1 year of waiting, we finally can wear these wonderful shoes. Although I would prefer it if they looked a little bit more like McQ's.

 

You can find them in the Sea of Stars store. They worth 50 - 60 starcoins. So they're not overpriced, what a surprise!

And here is a picture of the real versions:

What do you think?

Chace