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Shannon.

Russia Rocks..?

As I log onto Stardoll, my insides jumbled up, and the rest of me physically and mentally exhausted, I check the normal stuff. As I make my way to the Shop's, I notice something new. A new Russia Rocks line? As I go through the pages of the clothes, I get pickier, and pickier. Gah. Seriously, this stuff makes me want to stick my head in the sand. Who came up with this idea?! The only decent things I can find are the items of clothing on my medoll. But gosh, that blue velvet dress made me gag, for real. And the "faux" fur jacket makes me sick. The hats are just outrageous. Unless your medoll is about to venture the frigid lands of Russia, I wouldn't suggest wasting your money on these clothes. Maybe the jacket, but the rest..well, you get the idea.

Shannon.

happy new year!

Hey, guys. I know I haven't been posting in awhile, and to tell you the truth, there's nothing very interesting to post about, lately. But I just wanted to let you guys know, Stardoll has reached out a generous hand and in the Starplaza, you can buy a beautiful DKNY gold and black Lurex Tank Dress!

And the best part is...IT'S FREE! So go and buy it before the world ages yet another year. 2009, baby!

Shannon.

January Hotbuys

Winter sucks, okay? Just thought I'd get that out there. Even though there's the holidays, I just cannot stand snow. SNOW SUCKS. It's okay at times, like on Christmas day, or if you want to go skiing... but if it hasn't stopped snowing for 3 days [coughCANADAcough] then it is not so great. Anyway, here's one thing that doesn't suck about Winter - okay, well, they kinda suck. A little. But I'm going to review them anyways - JANUARY HOTBUYS.

10. Pink Shirt - Ew ew ew ew ew. That thing is FUGLY. I bet you could probably make is a cute outfit, but that would require some amazing clothing. For now, when it's by itself, there is no way I'm buying it.







9. Earrings - I'm sorry, I just DON'T LIKE BIG EARRINGS. I mean, they can be okay if they're just hoops or maybe pretty chandeliers, but those earrings are just too much for me.







8. Earmuffs - I don't get the point of earmuffs on Stardoll, I really don't. Like, it just looks weird if you put earmuffs on with, for example, the the glam HotBuys dress from this month. The only way for them to look, well, not-stupid, is if you're wearing big, bulky boots and a winter coat... but I don't see myself doing that anytime soon.







7. Puffy Coat - I'm 99 percent positive this is Juicy Couture. While I'm not a big Juicy fan, this coat is pretty cute in real life - but on Stardoll, it just looks odd. Not buying.







6. Shoes - DAMMIT. Those shoes will look hella cute on a white medoll, but on my medoll's skintone, it almost always ends up looking weird. Boo. But since I am aaaaalways thinking of others, I let these shoes be number 6.







5. Tux Jacket - Eeeeh. This could look cute. It's a little too 'loud' for my style, but someone could pull this off, I'm sure of it.







4. Leggings - These have serious potential. I think they look a little too matchy-matchy under that dress, they could look very, very cute under something else. Just a random thing, though:



What's up with the question marks, and why is there no release date? I checked, and they're not in store yet...

3. Dress - Aaaah. This is GLAMOROUS! Very, very good job on this one, Callie. I can't wait to toughen it up with a blazer and boots.







2. Bag - I am a forever fan of Coach. I just swoon over the designs, and.... jeebus, I just really really love this purse.







1. Skirt -AHMAGAWD THIS IS ADORABLE! I love the shape, I love the print, I love the ribbon, EEEEEEE! I just cannot get over this skirt!

Oookay, so overall... these HotBuys were really not that hot. Like, there's only 3 items that I really do like. But enough about me - what do YOU think about January's HotBuys?

Happy Holidays, Elle

PS : If I don't write again before the holidays... merry, merry, merry Christmas, happy Hanakkuh, joyful Kwanzaa, and anything else that you are celebrating! I LOOOOVE YOU ALL!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?!?

Stardoll changed the closets. Again.
AND I AM FRICKING PISSSSSED. I hate it. It takes FOREVER to get to the back of your closet.
@#^&! Ugh.

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

HOLY WOW.

Okay. New banner, and it's here to stay, man. Courtesy of Elle! And her genius banner-making skills! Now, onto some less exciting topics..*yawn* there's a new shop in Starplaza..

I mean, the clothes are average, some looking better than others. But the part that really makes me want to fall asleep is yet again, Stardoll made the store all superstar. I don't see why for once, Stardoll can't make one little bitty store non-superstar. Then I wouldn't be fast asleep on top of my keyboard, snoring away. Whatever.

Now, onto something a little more interesting. StarDesign has gotten into the Christmas spirit, I guess! You now have a choice of four tops that are only one stardollar! Which is pretty amazing, to be frank. But, I'm going to make the best out of this opportunity-dare I say shopportunity-and not complain. For now. Well, that's all I have to say for now. Oh, and by the way, if I were you, I'd leave some comments on here just for Elle congratulating her on such a crazy amaing banner! Just saying.

Shannon.

Julian.Stardoll = my new hero.

So, I press on this expecting to go to the Stardoll Cinema, and hopefully getting some [ugly] free stuff out of it.
Not so much.
http://www.stardoll.com/en/magazine/post/27835/
Basically, one of the reasons I love Stardoll. :)

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

ELLE!

And no, I'm not talking about my co-worker. Yes, Elle is on Stardoll.

And I must admit, the clothes are gorgeoussssssssss. Even though I'm utterly depressed, I'm going to try and get my mind off it, while blogging. I personally, would love the clothes even more if they were non-superstar, but...it's not going to happen. The only thing I don't like is Malina Joeseph's doll..does anyone else find it slightly creepy..?

Eh, whatever. That's all for now.

Shannon.

Make it work.

BAM! There's really not much to say, because you've all read about this, erm, five billion times on others blogs. But this idea is geeeenius, even though it's frigging obvious and I have no clue how nobody had thought of this before. So, go enter. Actually, don't. Because then I won't be able to be a model like I wanted.

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

Limited Edition...

IS OUT!!!!!!!!

I'd say 'Go get it now, before it runs out' except for the fact it is FRICKING expensive. The lowest price is 25 stardollars. Highest? 225!!!!! 225 frigging stardollars! Of course, this really does make sense. It's actually a really good idea on Stardoll's part. And I'd like to complain about the prices... but it's understandable, as these pieces will be collectors soon.

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

yay or nay?

As you can see, I just put up a new banner. Is it good enough to keep? Or should I take it down, and work on a new one? Comments on this post would sure help me make up my mind.

Shannon.

oops.

You know that old saying 'you put your foot in your mouth'? I just had to remove that very same foot out of my mouth. Seems I made a wee little mistake on the whole 'stardoll-is-selling-bra's-as-shirts-post'. Turns out, these babies really are bra's! So Stardoll really isn't selling these undergarments as clothing. Heck, thats one less thing I have to worry about.

Shannon.

a jam-packed post..

Full of rather random things. Since I can't find anything that I can blog about, I'm just going to throw in some random tidbits for your amusment. First off, I'm going to start on kind of an important note. Has anyone noticed that you just cannot seem to save accessories?! Seriously, I'm starting to get pissed. I look like an alien without my eyelashes!Hmmph, whatever. Hopefully they'll get this sorted out sooner or later. On a better note, while I was searching the net, looking at some fellow blogger's sites, I noticed this picture;

You might be thinking 'yeah, yeah, I've already heard about this coming soon part of the Design tab'. But as I read into the post, it told me to look closer. THERE'S A WIG IN THE BACKGROUND! Now, look a bit closer, and you see a vanity mirror, and something to the right of the wig. Could Stardoll possibly be having a hair studio?! Gosh, I hope so. Even though I like some of the hairstyles we can choose, c'mon. [Information taken from Sense of Stardoll, a blog].

Now, onto something rather funny. As Elle noted, there seems to be maybe a new underwear collection? But now that I think about it, knowing Stardoll, this is probably some kind of shirt. Just what we need, more skin exposing clothing to set an example for nine year olds all over the world! Just one more thing that I won't be buying.

Shannon.

Spoilers times five hundred.

I'm not bothering with an introduction. This doesn't need one. I'm just too excited.

a) Miss Stardoll?!?! I'm going to assume this is the first Miss Stardoll, as I think I would have heard about this before. What is this contest? Wait, is it even a contest? I'm a little confused. Knowing Stardoll, this award will probably go to some girl with a suite that contains the new Bolt dogs that I'm no bothering to blog about, and with a closet consisting of ugly, badly made clothes - but somehow this banner interests me.

b) Okay, there's not too much to say about that. Obviously, it's like a built in bra. This isn't exactly scandalous or remotely interesting, but we can buy new underwear. Yay.

c) I savged the best for last. Just look at that. LOOK AT THAT! It's beautiful. Among many other beautiful things, there were these amazing dresses [and shirt]. They're frigging gorgeous. That shirt is just aaaah-dorable. The dress beside it? Perfect. Top left corner, Miu Miu prom dress. I've had that dress on Polyvore for ever, and it's one of my favourite dresses ever. Beside it, I'm pretty sure that's Marc Jacobs. It is just so cute. And I think Miley Cyrus wore it in yellow on the cover of Seventeen magazine... anyway, then we come to... ohmygod... I can't put it in words. This is probably the item Stardoll has put the most effort into, ever. Except for maybe the Rami Kashou/Ben Amun. But that thing is BEAUTIFUL. Gawdamn beautiful.

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

Urghh. Am I the only one that doesn't really like the new layout? The writing's too small. ...Wow, I sounded like an old person there. On another note - look at my tiny little stardollars section! Only... three... stardollars... agh. That would be because STARDOLL IS A BITCH AND WON'T SEND ME MY GAWDAMN VERFICATION EMAIL. Ahem.

Here's another thing that got redone - actually, added... so called 'Design Street'. I think it's a cute idea. There's nothing wrong with it, of course. Here's another lil' exciting tidbit - check out the 'coming soon' sign in the corner! Ooh la la. I don't know what they can add now [design your makeup?!], but let's hope it doesn't suck ass. *CoughStarDesignTextleAndIt'sCrappyGraphicsCough*

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

I'm not the one for advertising..

But this post is completely nescessary. Now people, deep down, I know you all want to know about glitches galore, and I've found the club that supplies the craving. Free.Stuff is a club that fills you in about the 'monthly glitch' and a lot of other free, exciting things Stardoll goofs up on. Yes, yes, I know it sounds too good to be true. I was very skeptical at first also. But, they work! Just look at the dresses I scored;

That's just two of the four that I could get. If you're dying to find out how I got them, first join the club, then go to the highly useful top spot topic; Free Gift dress 4 all! =). For this one, you have to be patient. Now, there is a downside to this club. First of all, some of the non-top spot topics can be lies. The best thing you can do is look in the top spot topics, because the owner is truthful. Also, some of the old glitches don't work. So, I suggest joining the club ASAP, and you'll get informed about the lastest goof-ups from Stardoll, that you always gain from.

Thanks,

Shannon.

December HotBuys ;

Okay, just to start this off - WHAT THE HELL DIED ON THE MODEL'S FACE??!?!?! Her makeup is just ugly.

Okay, moving on. These HotBuys were no suprise, as they were on the HotBuys doll, but that doesn't make them any less fabulous. These HotBuys are amazing, duh. But let's get a move on, and start the critiquing! Worst to best. Number 10 to number 1. Let's go go go.

10. Butterfly Pins : Erm. Am I the only one on Stardoll who doesn't actually like these pins that much? I mean, they're pretty good. Just... something's off. Urgh. Since they're superstar, I might not have the chance to buy them, but I probably wouldn't buy them anyways.

9. Pants : Forgive me fashion gods... but I actually kind of like these. Well, they're pretty good. I can just see our faithful readers [just pretend that we have some readers] sighing, thinking 'What the hell happened to Elle's fashion sense?!??!' but I think that someone could pull these off. I might buy them.

8. White Dress : Okay, everyone must think I'm crazy. I'm not, well, at least not crazy about this dress. I don't really adore it. It's nice, but not me - I might buy it. Key word there is might.

7. Skirt : Aw. This is cute. I'm almost definitely going to buy this.

6. Fur Jacket : Wasn't this jacket in one of the first DKNY collections?!?!??! I might just be crazy, but I swear that I've seen this in on other medolls... and they had the DKNY tag on them. Anyway, this jacket is hella cute. I'm 99% sure I'm buying this.

5. Necklace : Ooh la la. This necklace is yummy. I have no clue what I'm going to pair with it, but this necklace is hoooot. Definitely buying.

4. Shirt : I just love sparkles in dark colours. It's so... sophisticated but fun.... and I have the perfect outfit idea for this shirt, too. Most definitely buying!

3. Earrings : I NEED THESE IN REAL LIFE. Peacock feathers = love. Obviously buying!

2. Clutch : Awmygod. This clutch is gorgeous. The shape, the contrast, the jewels, the texture that I'm imagining this clutch would have in real life - all beautiful. I need this fricking clutch.

1. Shoes : AHHHHHH! These are simply beautiful. The colours are perfect. Yeeee! From my description, you may not be able to tell how much I luuuurve these... but I lurve these. Trust me. It's hard to put my love into words.

So, basically, these HotBuys rock. Buy them. Duh.

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

PS - This is my joke that's not funny about the gorgeous shoes. My medoll's feet are starting to hurt from all the heels. ....Okay, I'm sorry, that joke was uncalled for. Shutting up now.

oh snap.

You just got Starplazaed. 2 new stores, in the same day. The amazing Philosophy di Alberta Ferreti, then the not-so-amazing Evil Panda. So, I'm going to save the best for last : aka, starting with the 'Evil Panda'.
Okay, this panda isn't really that evil. Nah, it's more like that ugly guy in your bio class who's pretty much harmless, but seems to think that he's truly evil. Uh...yeah. Basically, the only cute things in that shop are moved from Folk over to Evil Panda, or HotBuys. And we all know that HotBuys can no longer do any wrong. The only cute, new thing in there is the feather boa. That thing is sexy. And then.... there's the scariest thing I've ever seen - THE FRICKING PANDA JUMPSUIT. That thing is frightening as hell. If I saw that in real life... well, I'd be having nightmares for weeks.
Moving onto Philosophy! This stuff is gorgeous, almost topping the first season of DKNY. But, similar to DKNY's first collection, this shit is hella expensive. 28 stardollars for one dress?! You've gotta be kidding me. Even the beautiful shoes are 12 stardollars... sob, sob. Those are my favourite things in the store. If I go superstar anytime soon, though, I really doubt I'll buy anything from here, other than [maybe] a pair of shoes. 'Cause those are to-die-for.

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

PS - I forgot to broadcast this to TTAS's audience. Taylor Swift's new CD is amazing. I begged my mum to pick it up for me on Tuesday while I was at home, and she did. And guess what? Aparentally, the Walmart person had to take it out of the shipping box to give it to me. SOOOO, I'm the first person in my town to have it! YAYAYAYA. So go buy it. Now. You won't regret it. :)

what's that? oh, it's just...

my guilt kicking in. Most bloggers are probably jumping in joy right now, but honestly, I'm a little bored. The BBB scandal was awesome, but I've already done a post on that. Eternity's new magazine was amazing, but Shannon's been there, done that. And then there's the whole Mary-Ellie thing... but I've never felt right blogging about that kind of gossip. Even though it's entertaining to read, I don't feel right posting on that. So go check out some other blog for that. ;)

Kisses and Hugs, Elle

HHOOOLLYYYCCCRRAAAPP.

NEW ETERNITY MAGAZINE. RELEASED TODAY.

As you all may know, Mary took a short leave away from Stardoll, and is back once again with a heart-pounding new issue! I'm going to start out with the cover;

When I first got the alert that a new issue was out, I wasn't expecting this! And I mean that in a good way. I absolutly love the two covergirls; Britney Thompson and Noelle Page. The contrast from a dark haired beauty, and glowing blonde is stunning. And the outfits that they're sporting, fabulous as usual. To the catchy 'We Kissed A Girl, Her Name Is Fashion' phrase, to the warm color palette, this issue is a new and improved Eternity.

This time around, the graphics are even better than ever. I loved the article 'Fashion Worlds'. These writers were right on the spot about the fashion trends on Stardoll. Everything goes perfectly together. Until my eyes ran across the 'Milan' part. Not their best outfit. The leopard print tights, with the flowered skirt? I'm not the one to critize too much, but these clothes have seen better days. Moving on...

Ooh, what really interested me was the interview with Noelle and Britney, though. Did anyone pick up on Britney's bragging a little bit? I mostly noticed it when Lorie asked her about her friends she's made on Stardoll. Interesting. I also noticed that Britney wanted some sort of shop to sell original DKNY. Me, I'm not on board for that idea. It makes people think that money buys happiness. And that's definetely not true. I did like how Britney included celebrity quotes, and inspiration. And for Noelle, her answers were so well thought out I don't have anything mean to say!

Okay, nearly done here. The last thing I want to bring up is the article 'The Big "Wannabe" Controversy'. I really loved how this was written, and how it brings up this topic that not a lot of people want to talk about. People on Stardoll who pose, and act like someone different, don't usually suceed in real life. If they're this desperate to pretend to be someone other than themselves online, then they aren't worth your time.

Well, there's my little summary for you. If you actually took the time to read this, I thank you. If you want more of this issue, go to http://eternitymag.wordpress.com/ to check it out yourself!

-Shannon.