Second Life is a virtual world with an infamous reputation. If you've never played, you may only be familiar with the tales of kinky sex rooms and the YouTubers who troll the locals for a cheap laugh. But Second Life is so much more than that—a point driven home after I spent a whole evening reading a Second Life beauty blog.Unboxing videos have permeated nearly every area of consumer culture from makeup to action figures. If it comes in a box, people want to see you take it out of that box. But watching Second Life beauty blogger Strawberry Singh as she unboxes a new set of eyeliner makes the whole process surreal—here is a human being unboxing digital makeup for their digital avatar to wear as if it were real. Berry doesn't just make unboxing videos, however, she also runs one of the more popular beauty and fashion blogs in Second Life. Scrolling through its pages, it would be impossible to tell it from a real-life beauty blog if it weren't for the screenshots of her … [Read more...] about Second Life’s makeup unboxing videos are surreal and wonderful