thank you everyone for your entries! i'm a little late posting this because it was so hard with so many great entries and i had to make some difficult decisions. i'm not pinging anyone because i'm not entirely sure subeta fixed their ping limit, but the prizes are currently being sent out to...

❤️ the winners ❤️

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❤️ baby blue and pink are my two colours of the summer, so this really tickles me in the right way! the colours are well-balanced and don't overpower each other, same with the polkadot vs stripes - you used them in a way that makes the avatar engaging and different. love the matching bow ring, a super cute detail in a super cute avatar!

❤️ i'm really drawn to Looks with avatars so i love the dreamy and petal-like quality the skirt has, especially since it mimics the flowers! the white hair works so well here, i feel most of the time it washes out an avatar but i really brings together the white details in the dress and stockings. the really pale skintone you used goes great with the outfit, this is one thing i feel is often overlooked that makes a huge difference between a Good avatar and a Great avatar~

❤️ the realistic quality of this avatar is it's selling point to me, i always feel it's never about matching too perfectly because rl fashion is never about that jazz. you do it so, so well every time! this has personality and i love it, i could go on about your wonderful accessorizing or great use of textures (the hat, the turnups on the shorts) but in the end the fact that she feels more like a Character than an avatar speaks volumes!

❤️ you pulled off the flowers and feathers theme nicely, angled hats are so hard to counterbalance but the feathers on the coat do it perfectly! and speaking of counterbalance, the hairstyle was a great choice, the height of it works well with the length of the coat. i also have a huge soft spot for the aster earrings, i'm so happy you used them! they're probably considered a little kitschy because of the swirls but i can't help but find them charming.

❤️ mmm undercuts and studded denim jackets are a great look anytime! i love when people combine opposites, in this case, tough and soft. the tough lines of the jacket and eyes with the softness of the hair? adorable. i'm a big fan of the XYX formula when making avatars as well - alternating between two elements (colour, texture, look etc.) - it's a simple but effective way to unite opposing forces and i love the way it's used here!

❤️ i really like the vertical lines in this avatar, the headdress leading to the hair, the parallel of the collar ribbon, the collar points with the blazer points. i love how they all lead to the brogues and the consistent stud theme is wonderful. the shades of grey and black you've used are great, the variations keep the monochrome from feeling stagnant. it's a really subtle combination of cute and chic!

❤️ what i find most appealing of all your avatars is probably the balance of simple and complicated features! i think it's one thing that gets put in the backseat when there's a lot of focus on colour coordination. this avatar is a classic example of it done both consciously and well! i love the simplicity of the hair, it's hard to work with a large flat area but your salon work is on point, it's not at all in the danger of feeling bland or overpowering. the way this matches the expanse of her legs and shoes is just a work of art, especially with the well-accessorized middle section. and the matching of the light blue shorts with the eyes is delicate and not as heavy-handed as some colour match makeups can be!

❤️ again i think what drew me to this was the repetition of the vertical lines, the yellow beading, the clothing drapes, the hair. my eyes are honestly having a great time looking at this, it feels like there's a lot to see even though you haven't used a lot of items. it's delightful, there's so much visual movement! the use of the garland is great, i love that you haven't tried to match the green in it either, it feels natural and i'm such a sucker of elements of realness in avatars!

❤️ this honestly caught my eye from the get-go, i think the standout part of it is how you've picked up on the more subtle warmer tones in the oxfords and chose the perfect hair to match! it might not be a 'perfect' in the colour-matching sense, but it's a great example of how a similar colour can be used to 'warm up' or nudge an item to skew towards a more desirable look. and i loved that you've warmed them up because while you have used a lot of darker greys, it doesn't look flat or uninteresting. it's hard with male avatars because there aren't a crazy amount of facial options, but the smirk and slightly furrowed eyebrows work for me, he feels like a Character!

❤️ i'm just going to come out and say it, i love a good black/brown/white tricolour in anything. they're my neutral staples but i adore them together especially how you've used them here! great colour distribution, especially with the tights that was a great choice, you've managed to make it so that the majority of the colours don't touch/meet up and there's something really satisfying about that. makeup is straight up gorgeous, the mocha lips suit the softer feeling of the hair while the darker eyeshadow is reminiscent of her outfit!

*special shoutout to for her entry the hat and vest combo is wonderful so you'll be getting a jacket coming your way too!

❤️ i love the vivid colours of this, the gradient theme works really well with the skirt, the way you worked her colours from orange to red is delightful! the details are great, the slightly out-of-view bracelet, the addition of a ruffles under the skirt, the open crop top with the collar revealing just that triangle of shirt, i'm a big fan of The Little Things on avatars! her expression is great, i made the skirts with a kind of cute-but-flirty-with-a-sprinkle-of-sassy in mind and you really nailed it~

thank you everyone who participated! i'm not really back for good or in any serious capacity, i'm kind of just here to give stuff away and tie up some lose ends, but thank you for the kind welcome-backs either way!

@ Vela Whaaaa I feel honored and I am SO happy!!! Thanks a million times for chosing my entry - ❤️

I'm totally glad you liked the theme and even took the time to write a little "review" about it hehe ^-^

Edit: totally forgot to congratulate all the other winners in all my excitement XD Yaaaaay well done everyone ❤️ !!

I thanked you via comments already but I feel like I need to say it again because I'm dying NWKEJDNSN THANK YOU once again, for the compliments, for choosing me and for the oxfords. I may treasure them 5ever. ❤️

YOOO BUDDIES ALSO WON congrats guys you rock. ❤️

and also congrats to all of the winners, 's entry for the jacket got me speechless. ;v;

As I said via comment, I am speechless because there were so many gorgeous entries for the jacket (well, for all your items indeed!) and I feel very honoured you chose mine. <3 Thank you for the review too!

And congrats to all the other winners! C:

aaaHHH congrats to everyone and thank you so much! when I saw how many entries there were I kind of gave up hope, so this was such a nice surprise to wake up to (': I love the little reviews you wrote too (I read them all ahahahaaa)

thank you again!

Thanks so much! I loved reading what you had to say about the outfit and it's funny you mention the skin-tone because the light base is what I use for everything, but I like your take on how the shade of the base can really transform an outfit so I may be experimenting with other bases for future outfits to kind of match the base to the theme. I actually did do that once and went with a darker base for an outfit because it just worked better.

And congratulations to all the other winners, your entries are so gorgeous I can't even.

And again, thank you so much for this opportunity! Initially I was only interested in the skirt but as I was working with the headpiece and the jacket I fell in love with them too. These are such beautiful pieces. This little contest revitalized my passion for HA making which I really needed because I had kind of gotten in a rut and started to wear HAs for a long period of time without making new ones. <3 <3 <3

oh my gosh OH MY GOSH thank you so much! ;u; I never thought I'd win since there were so many amazing entries for every single item, I'm speechless tbh! I really loved reading your comments on all the winner's HAs too, thankyou for taking the time to do that C=

CONGRATS PEEPS I loved your entries so much <3

Thanks for the contest! And congrats to the winners!

aaaaah thank you so much for doing this and for the gifts!! definitely didn't expect to see any more of these amazing items in circulation!

congrats to all the other winners!

and thank you ! ❤️ your winning entry goes hard on my realistic male HA aesthetic it's super badass!

Thank you SO much for hosting this! It was fun to get the creative juices flowing.

And congratulations to all the winners! All of these entries were fun to look through and it was awesome to see some friends get your awesome designs.

bb you ROCKED those oxfords oh my god. I felt like a little padawan going against the master. GET IT!

I drool over your looks on the regular so it was fab to see you win.

AHH GIRL! You're like a bolt of creative lightning, yaaaas~!

Drooling ok, you rocked it.

GOOD GOD THE GODDESS STRIKES AGAIN AND IN THOSE SHORTS OF ALL THINGS. You've made me reconsider shunning them in the future.

sobs my computer died forever yesterday and made me lose my HA 3 times so I gave up ahaha ;;

I'LL POST IT CUS IM TOO FRUSTRATED AT MY COMPUTER but dont mind me! Congrats to all the winners!

@ emcee AND HAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAAY! ❤️

I'm drooling over these omg your use of those lips. pls THANK YOU * v *!!

Thank youuuu!!! <3 And happy birthday again!

i'm kind of literally screaming? out of all the things i entered for, that one's my favorite, and it's one of those things that i never thought i'd have the slightest chance at owning. everything up here (the entries and the items) were incredibly cute, cool, and/or interesting in a really unique way that i don't see much, and i'm definitely seconding 's sentiment in that this got me to want to try to work with avatars more frequently after i've been kinda putting off a few of them (like the one i just saved, if it would update...). i really loved this, and even though it's repetitive at this point, thank you so much for holding this (and putting up with my multiple multitude of similar entries because indecisiveness). and i love that you gave commentary on these because i was kinda wondering if those stripes would bug you, i'm so glad you like them!! and baby blue + pink is the best summer combo. i really love those shades too. ^^ i'm really sorry you're not back to stay cause you seem super nice and it's really cool (to me anyway) to see a name i've heard a lot about around here again, but i'm glad i got the chance to meet you briefly and participate in this and i hope rl treats you wonderfully!

and can i just say WHOA to all the other winners because you guys definitely deserved this stuff. 's is flawlessly realistic and managed to rock a hair color that i wouldn't have touched with a ten foot pole and is apparently magic because i have never seen an avatar make that drape look good before. there's something really cool and unique in all of them and they're all gorgeous to look at!

- Oh gosh, you even did an HA review on me, that's so SWEET! I wish I could put it on for real, but the wardrobe's messing up. Thanks for hosting this! I wish you were staying around though. Hope life's not treating you too badly.

- SHUSH YOU! And happy birthday! XD Oh, and I'm cheating a bit on those shorts. It's actually two items: the Powder Blue High-Waisted Satin Shorts and the Lililace GoldenRags High-Waisted Studded Denim Shorts

And a shoutout to from me. After seeing your entry, I almost didn't bother to make an entry for those shoes. It's go so much personality!

@ vela thank you again!! i'm so amazed to have won, there were so many great entries! congrats to all the other winners as well!

omgyells i had a super long day at the kitchen yesterday due to CNY and baking and all stuffies but I woke up to this and your kind sweet beautiful words ;w; tysm!! and for hosting this giveaway too!

Congrats to all the winners omg, I loved reading your comments on the HAs! So spot on ;0 thank you again omg Im so shocked still!!

omg congrats to you friendlings toooo :D so happyy now Dances

Congrats winners Thanks Vela for a great contest