In a few days Glam Affair will be releasing a new skin by the name of Linn. Linn will come in 5 skintones (Light, Natural, Tan, MedTan and Dark) I am wearing tan. Each tone will come with dark and light brows as well as a hairbase option. I love the luscious lips on this skin. Each makeup looked phenomenal with these lips, but my heart went out to these gorgeous red lips. Keep an eye on the Glam Affair flickr to know when its released. You can check out a raw shot of myself wearing this skin that I shared in a plurk earlier today to get an idea of how the skin really looks without all my photoshopping.

I’ve been meaning to mention my new favorite eyes in a post for a while now. Before I left for vacation I had asked plurk about some eyes I had seen and desperately wanted. Surprisingly the talented gentleman that created those eyes is also on plurk. Fashism eyes by Ikon Innovia have become my new favorite eyes now and I have been wearing them over a month. I did a few pics in them already that can be found on my flickr. There are so many gorgeous colors to choose from but I especially love these deep warm sunrise that I’m also wearing here.

So if you are a hermit like me and have never been to Fashism, definitely check them out. You will not be disappointed!

The dress I picked up from the je suis Christmas Market. You’ll find an adorable little area full of small stalls from various stores (Julia was also sweet enough to save a space for me and my gift cards). I also picked up an adorable snowman from the market along with other little accessories and some gorgeous hair.
Following is a list of all the stores participating:
* je suis… – Julia Merosi
* BAX COEN Designs – Bax Coen (BAX Boots) , Julia Merosi (BAX Accessories)
* {what next} – Winter Thorn
* CIA – Ayla Stradling
* Jada Humby Couture – Jada Humby
* Angel Dessous – Nando Korobase, Gina Beaumont
* Baiastice – Sissy Pessoa
* peqe – Inex Hax
* ND/MD Skins & Shapes – Alea Lamont, Moonlay Laval
* Lucifer’s Heart – Cara Ametza
* The Secret Store – Maylee Oh
* malt – Khea Karas
* Style by Kira – Kira Paderborn
* CYNFUL – Cynthia Ultsch
* mágoa – Keira Seerose
* Moxie Polanos Haute Styles – Moxie Polano
* Mina – Mina Nakamura
* Chantkare – Applonia Criss
* Strawberry Singh Photography
* !bang – Trieste Minuet
* artilleri – Antonia Marat
* Sweet Baby – Stephanie Leclerc
* Alexohol – AlexandraM Guisse
* Cracked Mirror – Vanity Mirror
* Sassafras – Abby McDonnagh

The Christmas market runs from December 1st till December 23rd, take the slurl and check it out.

One thing I wanted to point out before I end this post. I made a big photographers mistake and did not right-click on the prim earrings to make them fully rez before snapping all these pics. The earrings you see me wearing in this post are not exactly what they look like. The originals also have some gorgeous pearls dangling from them. You can see a proper pic of them here.

Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair- Linn Tan – D HB 02 by Aida Ewing (to be released soon)
*Eyes: FASHISM ‘Sunrise’ Eyes – Deep Warm Silver (M) by Ikon Innovia
*Hair: >TRUTH< Ricci Streaked - espresso by Truth Hawks
Dress: Baiastice_krajky-wine by Sissy Pessoa
*Nails & Jewels: je suis by Julia Merosi
*Shoes: NX-Nardcotix Esther Vintage Pump L SLV.2 Red by Nardya Rousselot
*Poses: Captivity Co. by Shannoncharlize Gossipgirl
Location: Kook
*Promotional copies

Belleza has done it again with a new skin named Chloe. I am wearing the makeup that was sent to the Belleza group two days ago. This makeup is in all tones and with cleavage options. Rumor has it that the full release of Chloe will be very very soon and she will come with a lot of makeup options as well as lighter brows. If you’d like to see a raw shot of this skin, check out this link.

The outfit I am wearing is from Osakki. I really want to take a moment and rave about Osakki. I absolutely love designer Kaysha Piers’ creativity. Her designs are so stylish, so sexy and so chic. The rich colors she chooses to use along with the impeccable textures and outstanding quality really puts Osakki on the top of my fav stores list. This outfit is not only purple (my fav color) but is available for Modavia Fashion Week.

“Woman is at once apple and serpent.”
Heinrich Heine

And finally two quick reminders:

1. Linden Lab’s Fashion Event has started and you can see the fashion experts already participating and contributing. Check out the Community Fashion Forum and join the conversation!
2. The About.me Times Square Contest ends on the 20th so you really only have a day or so more to vote for me. Please take a moment if you can, thank you! <3

Credits:
Skin: Belleza Chloe Mocha Group Gift by Tricky Boucher
*Eyes: Aphotic Gloom Berry Wine by Rico Plisskin
*Hair: Wasabi Pills by MissAllSunday Lemon
*Outfit + Face Paint + Jewels: Osakki by Kaysha Piers (Available for Modavia Fashion Week)
*Pose: TD Posing Studio by Typhaon Nishi
Location: Uchida
*Promotional Copies

The skin I’m wearing today is probably one of my most favs that I’ve ever tried on. I love the way the face looks on my shape. It’s got a very youthful and sultry look. The skin is from Addict and it’s called Raia. Raia comes in 4 tones: cream, sunkissed, cocoa and mocha. I am wearing mocha and cream. Each skin has a light and dark brow option as well as a teeth addon. Take the slurl to Addict now and try on a demo.

The second round of Collabor88 started yesterday and there are lots of goodies instore for great prices. Check out the Collabor88 blog for all the details.

I also wanted to add that I got the credits below by using the “copy outfit list to clipboard” method in viewer 3. A big thank you to Torley Linden for mentioning my blog in his video tutorial for this neat new feature. Check out the video at this link!

Credits:
First pic:
*Skin: -[AddiCt]-RAIA/Mocha-Lyn by Kianna Noel
*Eyes: Exodi Soulful eyes Holly by Ryker Beck
*Hair: !lamb. Girlfriend In A Coma – Ink by Lamb Bellic (Available at Collabor88)
*Earrings: (Kunglers Extra) Camelia earrings – golden by Avagardner Kungler

Second pic:
*Skin: -[AddiCt]-RAIA/Cream-Smoked by Kianna Noel
*Eyes: Exodi Soulful eyes Holly by Ryker Beck
*Hair: Clawtooth: Magic by Bubbles Clawtooth (Available at Collabor88)
*Necklace: /artilleri/ Wenche necklace *brown* by Antonia Marat (Available at Collabor88)

*Promotional copies

Mens 24 is an event just for the fashion conscious men of Second Life (or the ladies with male alts :P). It started on August 19th and will run through the 27th. 24 established menswear designers have created limited edition items for this unique event. The outfit I am wearing above is a limited edition from GizzA which will only be available at this event to 100 lucky shoppers.

The skin I am wearing is the latest from Belleza. Jacob was released ten days ago and comes in 5 skin tones: Pale, Medium, Sunkissed, Tan and Deep Tan.

There is also an exclusive edition of Jacob that is currently available at the Mens 24 event. I am not wearing that limited edition but you can view it here on the Belleza blog. Only 100 copies of this special edition will be available.

There will be many fashion shows and parties as well. Check out the SecondNights website for all the details, then take the slurl and join the fun!

What I’m wearing:
First Picture:
*Skin: Belleza Jacob Deep Tan 4 by Tricky Boucher
*Hair: Discord Designs Lilith Cool Brown by Kallisti Burns
Outfit: GizzA Oriantal Male Outfit by Giz Seorn (Available at Mens 24)
*Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel
Location: Africa

Second Picture:
*Skin: Belleza Jacob Deep Tan 4 by Tricky Boucher
*Hair: Discord Designs Lilith Cool Brown by Kallisti Burns
Shirt: *VERVE* Basic Tee Short Sleeve (Pebble) by Atomicsparkle Skytower (Available at Mens 24)
Necklace: A:S:S deLuxe – Le Papillion Noir (male) by Photos Nikolaidis (Available at Mens 24)
*Poses: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel

*Promotional copies

I’ve been following the conversations on Twitter and reading different blog posts about Second Life’s new social network that they are implementing into the web profiles and I have to admit, I’m kind of excited about it.

I’ve been experimenting with the beta version here and getting myself familiar with it. According to this tweet, it looks like the social profiles are going live tomorrow. So make sure to go to your web profile tomorrow and check it out.

It’s similar to Facebook where people can write on your profile and you can interact with them by “loving” their posts and/or replying. There will also be several other features such as sending friend requests, having the ability to post to Twitter and having the option to link to more of our favorite social networks (such as plurk).

I’m looking forward to seeing how often this will be used. I am a social media addict and always looking for new sites to play around on. I recently blogged about getting on Google+. I was enjoying it immensely until suddenly my account was disabled because I was not using my “real name” and I’m not alone in this, several other SLers have had their accounts disabled. Some have left in protest against Google’s policies regarding people using pseudonyms. I did get my account back, but I had to give them my phone number in order for them to restore my email so I can have access to it. It was quite the mess, but I am back on there (for the time being).

Adriel Hampton, chief organizer for NationBuilder, shared his thoughts about all this which sparked a huge, but interesting, discussion about online identity. Read both of his posts on his blog:
Google+, Identity and The Corporation: The Second Life Purge
Identity+: When Corporations and the Social Mob Determine Who You Can Be

The SL community has also been quite vocal about this. Botgirl Questi and Tateru Nino have written some informative and humorous posts as well.

I know that I will probably not use Google+ unless I am able to use my Avatar name. That is what I am known as and that’s been my online identity for over 4 years now. If you google both my RL and SL names in quotes, my SL name brings up 57,300 results all directing to my blog or my social networks or wherever else I can be found online. My RL name brings up 47,900 results which are mainly about a princess that has the same name as me. :P

There’s a few other sites I’ve recently joined, like Diaspora, therefore I’ve gone ahead and updated my Social Media Page so y’all can stalk me on different networks if you please.

But for now, lets all check out SL’s new social network which is being launched tomorrow!
My SL Profile – https://my.secondlife.com/strawberry.singh

Credits:
Skin: Chain And Vine by Lyric Demina (Currently free in the inworld group, group is free to join).
*Hair: Truth by Truth Hawks
*Eyes: Exodi by Ryker Beck
*Promotional copies