I have personally been with the magazine for nearly two years now, and I have immensely enjoyed the opportunity to be a part of such a great project. The people I’ve had the opportunity to work with, the excitement of seeing each issue go to “print”, I’ve learned so much, and have grown so much through this experience. To say this goodbye is anything but heartbreaking would be a lie. I know HeatherDawn feels the same, probably for her the sentiment is doubled, or tripled because she has been with the magazine since the very beginning, and really this is her baby.

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. The downturn in the Second Life economy has been difficult to combat, and our resources have become too low to maintain the magazine any longer. We’ve discussed numerous options, cutting back here or there…but it wouldn’t be fair to anyone – - our staff, our readers, or our advertisers.

We are endlessly grateful to everyone for having supported Second Style over the years, and are so proud of the integrity our magazine has maintained throughout. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing here some of our April 2011 issue, which has not, and will not be released in the “magazine format”. We hope you all enjoy seeing the stories and editorials.

Thank you again for the endless support, and an amazing 5 years.

There is so much that is awesome I’m about to show you today, that you might burst from joy. TRY to contain yourself PLEASE!

First off – the mix and match top and bottoms from PEQE let you make any color combo that suits your fancy! As you can see, I was quite tickled. I am wearing it with the KALEI release of jewelry from DONNA FLORA – who DOES have new stuff at Chic Limited, but just not THIS stuff.

I’m complicated like that.

So – 4pm, CHIC LIMITED APRIL CYCLE OPENS! YAAAAAAAAAAAY

Now……….Tuli has released Sara………….and someone get me a towel. I’m having a moment. Here, let me help you have one too. Just to be thorough – I decided to shoot all the lipstick shades. You know, for fun.

BUT WAIT THERE ARE MOAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, there are many things you need so you’re going to need to get those Lindens ready.

Happy Shopping, Girls!
Second Style 4.17.10

Shape – Savoir Faire – Gidge
Skin – TULI – Sarah – Peach Tone – Makeup 03, ALL Lipsticks Shown
Top – Peqe Blossom – for CHIC LIMITED
Bottom – Peqe Blossom – for CHIC LIMITED
Shoes – Republic – Charlotte Flats – Midnight Paisley
Eyelashes – Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo #6
Jewelry – Donna Flora – Kalei
Hair – EXILE – Tash – Ash
Eyes – Poetic Color – Lavender Field
Poses – STaTUS

The complete outfit includes shoes with prim feet that  even a Gidge could kinda match.

Plus, it’s a flippin steal on Marketplace right now for $L149.

I mean really, you’re gonna wear it once. It’s totally sweet.

Wait, you wear your clothes more than once? Ugh.

I’m wearing BELLEZA’S amazing Melissa in Sunkissed tone. I am still in love with her.

Where to Get It?
Shape – Savoir Faire – Gidge
Skin – Belleza – Melissa – SK tone Makeup 3 Lip makeup 3
Hair – Truth – Courtney – Champagne
Glasses – booN – SMP glasses – Black
Eyes – Poetic Color – Lavender Field
Lashes – Amacci – Tattoo Eyelashes #6
Dress and shoes – Mimo Couture – Naomi – Green Plaid
Nails – Sexy Mama’s Prim Nails

When I popped over to Disco Deals earlier today to go shopping, I knew I had to have the Kokeshi Dolls for my dining room. From Karizmatic they are a great doll or decoration for your home. You get a boy and a girl in the set and the set of two will only set you back $L79! Which, in my world is The Awesome.

Also at Disco Deals this month, Dark Mouse has out a set of six rings – 3 styles with one for each hand, and it’s only going to set you back $L99 Lindens! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

Dark Mouse makes such luxurious jewelry this is a treat not to miss.

You know you need more big old cocktail rings. YOU KNOWYOU DO. These are the famed STATEMENT rings – wear one and you are MAKING A STATEMENT! Statement rings are the digital age’s descendant from the cocktail ring. They’re big, over the top and they say HELLO I HAVE A BIG RING AND YOU DON’T.

You need these. It’s like a moral imperative.

Disco Deals Closes at Midnight on SUNDAY so you have time to get your bootie over there!

I’m also wearing some good stuff from MIAO – also from Disco Deals but I yacked all about it on IOF!

You can take this ride to get there directly! GO SHOPPING NOW!

Style Notes:
Featured
KARIZMATIC – KOKESHI Dolls – DISCO DEALS
DARK MOUSE – STATEMENT RINGS

also wearing…………………
Shape – Savoir Faire- Gidge
Skin – League – Taylor – Medium – Twilight – Frex w/Cleavage
Hair – Truth – Adele – Swedish – Streaked – Amethyst
Eyes – Exodi – Riven Eyes #17 with Veins
Top – Miao – Lola Rocks in Amethyst – DISCO DEALS SPECIAL
Pants – Somnia – Cords – Black
Nails – Ibizarre – Nail Polish – Dark Violet
Eyelashes – Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 4
Rings – Dark Mouse – Statement Ring – LEFT – Brilliance
Shoes – Lassitude & Ennue – Amori Slippers – Purple RFL Item

Note to self, delete this person from my friends list for being a doofus.

If you haven’t been to Adam & Eve lately the person missing out is YOU because Sachi and Damen continue to make current and awesome clothes, shoes, skins and anything else you can think of.

I have a tremendous weakness for evening gowns with a slit up the leg like this. That’s because I have legs that go all the way up.

I’m also wearing Taylor from Adam N Eve which is a fresh and young face. One of my favorite releases from Sachi in the skinning arena lately. This is a fairly recent release, if you like soft looks – go demo this one.

You won’t be disappointed.

Where to get it?
Shape – Savoir Faire – Gidge
Skin – Adam N Eve Skins – Taylor – Natural tone – Vert
Hair – Elikatira – Here – Blonde 01
Dress – Adam N Eve – Blossom Black
Shoes – Maitreya – Verve
Jewelry – Dark Mouse – Pearl Nouveau

The Passion SkyBox from Somnia is an terribly cute house for only 95L and comes full furnished!

It has a sunken living room feature which completely puts me in mind of when Woodstock redecorated his bird house, I want to serve drinks and wear a lounge suit, totally. It’s retro awesome.

The house comes with lots of furniture so you can play around and make it your own. I was completely tickled. I haven’t decorated in so long I forgot how much fun it can be.

If you are one of those people who has a mate who finds you sexually attractive, you’ll be pleased to know the bed is, ahem, functional.
/me clears throat. WHAT IS A SINGLE GIRL SUPPOSED TO DO?
Sit on it I guess.

One of my favorite pieces of furniture is this huge entertainment center. Sanura provides some bric-a-brac for decorating but I think I could fill it on my own with glee.

Today I’m also wearing clothes from Somnia, from the Pure Juice event, and the lovely Irina skin from Amacci.

Time to go shopping don’t you think?

You can get this skybox fully furnished on Marketplace for 95L. click HERE!

Your Shopping List Today Includes:
Shape – Savoir Faire – Gidge
Skin – Amacci – Irina – Fresh – 04 Sweet
Hair – Truth – Mandy – Platinum
Top – Somnia – Turtleneck – Olive
Vest – Somnia – Ragamuffin Vest – Pure Juice Event
Jeans – Somnia – Ragamuffin jeans – Pure Juice Event
Boots – Lassitude & Ennui – Miss Highlands – Brown
Eyes – Poetic Color – Moroccan Night

I was going to try to wear all of the elements and then I started having too much fun while getting dressed and forgot my master plan.

Luckily, I’m still TOTALLY cute.

Now as the RL has a sick baby who needs me I’m off.

Chic Limited opens March 12 at 4pm and I haven’t even scratched the surface of the awesome!

There has been a wonderful groundswell among creators to put together a fundraiser, donating 100% of the proceeds to the NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS to aid victims of last Tuesdays 6.3 magnitude earthquake.

Many of my favorite creators are there and it’s heartwarming to see so many people coming together to help. Jori Watler donated the space on Copley Square to the effort and you can find just TONS of easels set up, all the vendors donating money for items your pixel person will love.

The company I work for has offices in Christchurch itself, and we are blessed that our team members sustained only minor injuries to no injuries at all. Our facility was damaged as were our goods inside. We’ll replace the stuff. We could never replace the people.

We consider ourself one large global family, so I just went and did what you do when your family needs help –  I went and gave what I could. I can’t be there to deliver aid. But I can give the Red Cross some money to do it for me.

So, what’d I buy?

STUFF! Check out these awesome items for sale.

First of all, REPUBLIC has a FATPACK of the cutest flats EVAH for $L199 !!! OMG! Flower Power indeed. These aren’t all the colors, they are just the ones I bothered to rezz. LOVE!

Also offered, from MOOD – a Gorgeous set of bracelets made from New Zealand Paua Coral. (closeup inset)

I also got this gorgeous cocktail bustier top from Fab.Pony.

I also picked up the IN BLOOM eye makeups from cheLLe for some fun spring looks! YAAAY new makeups! Plus it’s only 60L – my broke self loves inexpensive!

There is SO MUCH MORE available, I have only scratched the surface! New hair from Elika! New clothes from Vanita’s Vesture! And more and more and more! GO! GO!

Now, your shopping list!

Shape – Savoir Faire – Gidge
Skin – Tuli – Zoe in FAIR 01 BARE with Cherry Lipstick Layer
Hair – EXILE – Azalea – Pearl
Top- Fab.Pony – Besty Cocktail Top for GARDEN CITY RELIEF FUNDRAISER
Pants – L’Abel Daija Black Pants
Earrings – Bliensen + Maitai – Art Deco Earrings – Mother of Pearl
Braceletes – MOOD – NZ Paua Coral Bracelet – GARDEN CITY RELIEF FUNDRAISER
Shoes – Republic – Flower Power Flats RED- GARDEN CITY RELIEF FUNDRAISER
Tattoo Layer Eyemakeups – cheLLe – GARDEN CITY RELIEF FUNDRAISER
Lashes – Amacci – Tattoo Layer Eyelashes – 2 and 6. Just because I could.
Nails – Nestle My Bosom – TMNT Nails

Sit Pose – Behavior Body

All other poses – GESTICULATE

Today I thought I would show you the goodies from SOMNIA which really, you COULD wear yours for your VALENTINE too if you so chose. Such cute and playful lingerie deserves someone to appreciate it.

I can’t fix my lashes because my nails are still drying. It’s hard work being fancy and prissy all the time.

This lingerie comes in myriad colors however, the grid was being the DEVIL this morning so I’m bringing you two of my faves instead of all. You’ll just have to go to Chic Limited to see the rest!

And if you have been under a rock, TOMORROW PXL CREATIONS RELEASES LINDA GEN 3 !!! WOOOHOOO!

The previous version of Linda always looked like she was all SRSS FASHUN to me. Like, she was a girl who is sitting at Valentino picking out the couture pieces she is picking up this year while smoking filterless cigarettes and she might kick your ass. She was beautiful…….but, more severe than me.

The new version of Linda is a beautiful face, mature but still fresh and young.

And I bet she doesn’t smoke at all.

PXL Creations LINDA Gen 3 - Natural Tone, Rose Lips, Various Eye Makeups

And here are just a few more for your viewing pleasure. You switch up eye makeups via tattoo layer and pick your lip color which is part of the base skin.

I’m wearing Natural tone and rose lips in all of these shots.

As always Hart has created a beautiful skin for beautiful girls.

And she comes out TOMORROW! So make your shopping list NOW!

Where to Get it?

• Lingerie – CHIC LIMITED EVENT – Somnia – Freaking Dotty
• Hair – Truth – Bea – Strawberry
• Skin – PXL Creations – LINDA Gen 3 – Natural Tone – Rose Lips – Various Eye Makeups
• Nails – PXL Creations – Mani and Pedi in Blue 1
• Lashes – EXILE – Lush Lash – First Vampire who makes fun of my lash fit gets a boot to the head

So don’t be afraid to let them show
your true colors are beautiful like a rainbow

My best friend Cajsa shot on location at the Barbee sim a few days ago and I was inspired to see what fun I could have playing with the absence of color – ranging from black to white.

It’d be cheating though, to just flip the shoot to black and white mode, so instead I chose from my inventory only things which were in the grey scale – and as far to the black or white end as I could find.

It was my own personal little color challenge.

I found the Tuli skin which was a group gift a year or two ago, Eva in the palest tone allowed me to go with a milky white complexion but remain girly, and not embrace a gothier look which wasn’t what I was feeling.

Gorgeous costume jewelry from Dark Mouse completes the look. I’m wearing two different sets, Obsidian Eye necklace with her Milkweed earrings. Oh – and a black plastic spider ring from Concrete Flowers. It’s BLACK! Leave me alone!

The only colors on the Barbee sim which aren’t black and white are the peacock feather leaves and some random items in the builds, which are both weird and fun to explore. I might take some friends there to shoot some more if I find some.

You’ll have to pardon my self indulgence today. I promise to get back to the nearly naked blogging next week.

Love,

Gidge

Where To Get It?

• Shape – Savoir Faire – Gidge
• Skin – Tuli – Group Gift – Eva – Tone 1
• Hair – Truth – Chantelle – Pearl
• Lashes – Amacci – LOVE THEIR NEW MAKEUPS AND LASHES!
• Eyes – Poetic Color – Lavender Fields
• Top – Sn@tch – Leather Corset – Black
• Pants/Boots – Baiastice – Winter Leggings – PVC – Black
• Necklace and Earrings – Dark Mouse – Obsidian Eye Necklace and Milkweed Earrings in Silver
• Nails – Sn@tch – Nail Candy – Black with White Tips
• Ring – Concrete Flowers – Plastic Spider Ring
• Poses – GESTICULATE
• Tail – Callie Cline – Extreme Tail