Tress Up Summer Review! (EXTREMELY LATE)

I know I am so late on getting this post up. I had things going on every day this week, and I'm about to head over to a party right now. Nevertheless, let's get into the post:

Tress Up Summer was released in Starplaza!

Usually, with the Tress Up collections, I end up liking two or three hairstyles out of the collection. But in this summer collection, I like all but one!!....On the mannequins.
The are all pretty on the mannequins, but somehow, when you put them on your doll, they aren't fit right for the face. This is with most Tress Up collections, even this one.
The hair that I am in love with is the third one from the right because it's OMBRE! I love ombre hair! This is the only hair (for me) that actually fits right on my doll's face. I would actually consider buying it, but I love my stardesign hair, so I'll stick with that for now. (:

Overall, I give this collection 3 out of 5 hearts because the hairstyles were all pretty, but the fact that the majority of the wigs don't fit right on my doll's face makes me like the collection less.
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♥Angie

Your Favorite Summer Hotbuys: Re-Released!

A "new" collection/store in Starplaza has opened! It's called Hotbuys: Summer Retro!
They took the most popular summer hotbuys and re-released them! I'm so excited because I wasn't a superstar when these hotbuys were released, and was going to buy some of them for way higher prices in the bazaar! Now's your chance to get your favorite hotbuys for their original prices!

Don't miss your chance for these amazing and rare pieces!

♥Angie

Stardoll History ♥The Changes♥

Stardoll was not always the huge fashion community that it is today. Actually, it wasn't always Stardoll. I always visited the site in 2006 to dress up dolls, I joined in late 2006 as a user that I don't remember, then I joined again in 2010 as Covergirl223. Here are some of the differences between the old and new Stardoll.

♥Name, History, and Layout♥

Stardoll started out as Paperdoll Heaven in 2004. In 2004-2006 dress-up doll sites were EXTREMELY popular. Ads were everywhere for paperdoll dress-up sites, competing for the most popularity. There were no "members" on Paperdoll Heaven until 2006. Still, it was a small site where you could dress up and save dolls. Not your own, just celebrities. No superstar memberships, no currency. Yet. I was on Paperdoll Heaven frequently, dressing up my favorite dolls.

In March 2006, the name was changed from Paperdoll Heaven to Stardoll! I didn't become a member just yet, but I was still visiting the site.

Now for when I first joined in July 2006. Stardoll created it's famous logo and started the community. Like I said, I don't remember the username, but I played with that user up until 2009!

Instead of your user information at the top, it was on the left side of the screen. Just signed in users were on the right side of the screen. You could create your own medoll, but the website was still centered around dressing up celebrities.

The layout had minor changes throughout the years, but the user info was still on the left and tabs still on the top. Then came this layout, which is VERY similar to the one we have now. You could now pick a starter doll.

Here's the current layout. Similar to the last one, but more purple and it has rounded edges instead of sharp square edges.

♥ Beauty Parlor ♥

The old beauty parlor looked like this:

This was probably not the first beauty parlor, but this is the one I remember.

♥ Superstars & Currency ♥

If you were a superstar, your profile would look like this.

As you can see, it says "style medoll". That is like the beauty parlor to us.

It also only has stardollars. There were only stardollars on Stardoll until..wow..late 2010 or early 2011. When I joined as Covergirl223, there were only stardollars.

Since there were only stardollars, the way to tell if the item was for superstars or not, there was a star next to the price tag. Sadly, most items were for superstars. There was no way for regular members to buy items with a star on it. Except for one day.

A few days into your membership in 2010, there was this day called your "superstar day". You would become a superstar for one day. You recieved I think 20 stardollars to buy whatever you want. It doesn't seem like a lot, but items in starplaza were not very expensive, so 20 was a decent amount.

♥ Other Changes from 2010 ♥

There was only Stardesign Fashion in 2010.

Decorating and designing your album was SUPER popular.

There were no Royalty members until early 2012 I think.

No luxury suites such as Alpine Chalet and Beach Villa

I don't remember if starbazaar was there in 2010, but if it was I never used it haha (:

That's all for now! Sorry about the extremely long post! I needed to share this with everyone!

♥ Angie

New LE released! ♥Review♥

The new LE for summer 2013 released yesterday! Like I said in previous posts, I am not a superstar, so I can't buy LE or Antidote straight from the store, but I like to scope out the collection to see what I will look for in the starbazaar once the next collection releases.
I'm not very impressed with this collection, but here it is anyways:

♥FIRST FLOOR♥

This is my favorite floor, even though I only like three items. I LOVE the dress on the far left, and I like the two blue items on hangers in the middle. The rest is okay, but not really my style.

♥SECOND FLOOR♥

This is my second-favorite floor. I like two pieces, which are the orange items on hangers. Again, the rest is not my style.

♥THIRD FLOOR♥

My least favorite floor because I don't like anything. 

Sorry Stardoll, but you really need to step up your game on these collections. Unlike the newest Antidote collection, it does have somewhat of a theme, which is nice. I'm hoping the next collection will have prettier items and a variety of clothing that will fit everyone's style. I know it's LE, so some items can be weird, but they could at least be cuter!

I give this collection 3 out of 5 hearts because it has a theme, I like a few items, and the interiors are nice, but most of the clothes are not cute and are not my style.

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♥ Differences between the old and new stardoll

♥ How to create a unique suite and add dimension

♥Angie

New LE! Review Coming Soon!

It's a short post today:

The new LE released today for summer 2013! I have looked over the collection, but you won't see my review until I get the screenshots and some additional information. I'll probably have that post up tonight or tomorrow.

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♥ Differences between the old and new Stardoll
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50% OFF 44 STORES IN STARPLAZA!

GO NOW!

50% 44 different stores in Starplaza!! I bought so many things and I'm running out of stardollars! Oops.

I'm telling you this so you can join in on the amazing deals!!!

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♥ Differences between the old and new stardoll
♥ How to create dimension and make a unique suite

♥Angie

New in Museum Mile!

I'm a little late getting this post up, but I wanted to share with you my feelings toward the new Museum Mile collection!
Now, I have mixed feelings about Museum Mile, basically because the items there aren't my style. Museum Mile really isn't centered around clothes, it's more of a "costumes" or "cosplay" theme for the clothes at least. It's centered on decor, which is why you can find it under the decor tab in Starplaza. Here are the new items:

The new items are very floral and patterned. I'll do a brief overview of each floor.
♥ The first floor are just some Museum Mile accessories, mostly in starcoins. These are items that you would find in a "gift shop" or "souvenir shop" at actual museums, which I thought was kind of cool.
♥ The second floor is the first floor of clothes, which are okay, but they really don't look good on my doll.
♥ The third floor is kind of weird. Just like Antidote and LE, the paintings sell out and cannot be purchased after that. It's kind of weird because all of the rest of the items on that floor and in this collection don't sell out.
♥ The last floor has some kind of cute outfits, two of which were the "pick of the day" a few days ago.

Still, I'm not very impressed by Museum Mile, and I'm not sure what they could do different to impress me.

♥Angie

Stardoll Archive: June 2013

A new archive was released in the Stardoll store!!

Items Mentioned: Striped Masquerade Gown is the red dress on the second mannequin, Ribbon Shrunken Blazer is the  5th item on the bottom row, Taylor Dress is the second to last dress on top row

I am very, very impressed. I am so surprised that they put the Striped Masquerade Gown in archive because people are buying it from bazaars for hundreds of stardollars!
I usually refrain from buying clothing full priced in starplaza. I will buy accessories, but unless something is very cheap, I won't buy clothes. I like to wait until sales come around.
But archive is basically your last chance to get items before they're selling for hundreds of dollars in the bazaar. When it's archive, I go for it.

I did buy two pieces from this "new" collection, which I am so in love with! I purchased the Ribbon Shrunken Blazer and the Taylor Dress. The blazer I absolutely ADORE! It is gorgeous and very unique! The Taylor Dress I have been eyeing for a while now, but never grabbed it. But now it was "last-chance", so I had to go for it.

Do you like the new archive?

Angie

victorydolls.blogspot.com!

My good friend here on Stardoll, ms.smarty702, has created a blog! She made her first post back in March, and can't wait to expand her blog and gain followers and viewers! I also mentioned her club, F-M-A, in a previous post, but I wanted to call attention to her blog as well. I can't wait for her next post! Good luck blogging, Janet (:

victorydolls.blogspot.com

Angie