Second Style Magazine

It’s been a while since I did any coverage on new hairstyles that have really caught my attention, so I thought I’d go ahead and collect some of my recent favorites.

I just love this hair. Loove it. Ginny Talamasca actually pointed it out to me, first — and you can see her wearing it in some of her ads. I am (was) a huge fan of the original Bonita hair style. (Although, I have to confess that I do miss the fabulous hair flowers from the original). The revision has the a similar look to it — it’s still a messy chignon. Elika’d probably be the first to admit her skills with alpha blending on texturing has really improved since the original Bonita– which is why it’s great to see Bonita II have some great side brushed bangs. Shop ETD Isle for Bonita II and the bushel of new hairstyles released a few weeks ago. (S: Yes, R: No, F: No)

When I saw this style flash across the FashCon group, I pretty much went “SQUEEEE!” right at my computer. No — it’s not a dignified thing, but usually I’m only being observed by my dog so it’s not as humiliating as you might think. Abby is the name of this super cute double-bun style. Aleri has spent a lot of time and effort over the past several months revamping her textures — including my often requested frosted and colored tips (thank you, Aleri! ) Abby comes with two super cute prim bows with some absolutely gorgeous satin texturing. Shop the Diversity Hair main store in Dacham. (S: Yes, R: Yes, F: No)

I’ve been teasing Six Kennedy for a while about making a “totally 80s helmet hair” with huge puffy bangs. Well, she went half way (still waiting on the John Hughes prom queen bangs!) with Ivana — which gives the helmet hair shape I was craving without the dated bangs look. I’ve been wearing this hair around quite a bit recently — especially with some of the retro 80s looks I’ve been trying on and it looks divine. You can find Ivana along with 4 million other hairs at the Gurl 6 hair warehouse on Gurlywood. (S: Yes, R: Yes, F: Yes)

Mystikal Faddoul created Angeleena as a long mostly straight but wavy hairstyle with a simple straightforward middle part. I like to wear Angeleena with cute casuals, just like its pictured in the ad. (I can’t spend /all/ of my time in SL dressed in gowns and formal updos!) This hair — like some of the other invisi-flexi hairs that are around — has a really excellent sway to it due to the physics on the flexiprim pieces and the revamped shiny sheeny texturing that Mystikal has applied. Find Mystikal Hair Designs on Bali Hai. (S: Yes, R: Yes, F: No)

It’s always easy to tell when Lost Thereian releases a new hairstyle that sweeps around the grid. On this occasion, it’s Winsome II. First, there’s the IMs from friends: “OMG, have you been to Naughty??” And then there’s the ads with the hair, and finally, there’s Swirly Cyclone, my SL fashion barometer; if Swirly likes it, there’s almost no question that I will too. (Awfully nervy of Ginny Talamasca to steal your look, dear!) It’s super fun to see this ultra-retro sex kitten style hair take the grid by storm. Shop Naughty at Naughty Island. (S: Yes, R: No, F: No)

Tami McCoy just released Babylove last night. I had to rush over to try on a demo because when Tami keeps a hair on for multiple days it must be pretty amazing. That was my conclusion as well. My favorite part about the design is the way the sides of this hair hang in front of the shoulders to give such a strong frame to your face — and the clips are really cute too. Babylove comes in Tami’s 10 standard textures, and caboodle packs too. You can check it out at Hair by Tami McCoy in the Dixie sim. (S: Yes, R: No, F: No)