New year, New post

Hey guys!

Thankfully the holidays are over and we're into a new year! Christmas was alright but sadly I didn't get to order any doll items. However I did find some cute accessories in the gift section at the local Walmart. In comparison to my old Wild Cherry Pepsi lip gloss, these bottles have updated labelling and now they have a set of the can versions. They were only $5 a package, not sure if they will have anymore since holidays are over and the stock seemed pretty low when I found them.

So after I removed Shiera's lip gloss, I decided that I need to fix her face colouring again since her head did not match her body. Let's take a walk down memory lane with poor Shiera's face ups:

(When Shiera first got home, a terrible rush job)

 (After she was dyed, very unflattering eyeliner)

(A little better, left heavily coloured lips and orange toned chalk pastel face colour)

(No more coloured lips, but face is more orange)

(Completely cleaned face and started again, more subtle look)

 (Added eyelashes and she is complete!)

Through the trial and error, this is the new Shiera. It look a lot of practice but now I am very happy with the end result. For her final face up, I added light chalk pastel to lips, painted lip lines, lip gloss and gloss to eye lids. I was subtle with the eye shadow, gave her some blush on the cheeks, nose and chin. Finally I gave her redder eyebrows which worked out nicely. 

For those worried about dying dolls and removing the face up, I removed hers at least 4 times and the dye wasn't effected.

After playing around with Shiera, I gave Reily some lip lines and blush as well. I think she looks nicer but I feel there's still something missing:

Lastly I finally go to hang out with TADDMUG (Toronto-Area Dollfie Dream Meetup Group) since I haven't been to a meet up in a like.. 2 months (work has been a jerk) but I had a great time seeing everyone, catching up and seeing all the beautiful dollies! Here's a few photos:

Who knows what will happen next time, but until then!

-K

Christmas List 2012

Hey guys!

For the past couple of days I have been looking for new dolls to add to my Christmas (well definitely not all for Christmas) list and I've got to say my heart was blown away when I saw these beauties.

First up is Sigui from Queen's Blade Rebellion by Azone International. Azone did a great job with her as she looks exactly like the character. I know other companies do character dolls but I feel that sometimes they don't look accurate but Sigui is spot on! The only concern I have is can you remove her boots? I emailed the website but they said they aren't sure yet so I have to wait until she's out. Either way, I'd love to find her under my Christmas tree!

Sigui- Queen's Blade Rebellion

Next on the Christmas list are these charming VMF50 beauties from Yamato Toys Risa and Yumi. Both girls come in a lovely tanned skin body with beautiful curves. I'd be happy to have any one them under my tree or having both of them would make it a very merry Christmas <3

VMF50 Original Concept Image Girl- Risa

VMF50 Original Concept Image Girl- Yumi

Lastly on my Christmas list is the new SQ-Labs KSG-L 31cm body. I would like my head choice to be Silvia but I'm not sure if the head will fit the body since the KSG 26cm bodies they have their own smaller versions of the heads. I was thinking that it might work since for Dollfie Dreams you can use the same head for all the body sizes but I guess I'll have to wait and see.

KSG-L 31cm body                                          Silvia head 

Well that's my Christmas list, most likely I'll choose one and hopefully I can get her in the new year. I'm trying to limit myself to one doll per year (which has not been working yet since I got all three of my girls this year).
In recent news at home, I decided to change Shiera's lipstick and hair style. I removed her lip colour with Windsor and Newton's brush cleaner and tried to blend in the empty area with chalk pastel but she needs more work. I'll work on her more during the holiday once I get some more supplies. Here's what happened and how she looks now:

Lip colour removed

Filled in with chalk pastel

I managed to straighten out her wig with our burning it! I think it looks better straightened and won't be missing the poof.

I'll end this post by adding a few pictures of Tai and Reily. Until next time!

-K

Doll Dying Update

Hey everybody!

As you know I recently dyed my Iplehouse Cocori (which I now renamed Shiera) cocoa brown. I gave her a face up which I thought was alright but a little dark. I wasn't sure if I could remove the face up without removing the dye so I let it be for a few days. Here's how she first looked:

(Shiera's first official face up)

As you can see it's pretty dark around the nose and eye area as I rubbed off a mistake and it made a light patch. I tried to cover it up but it turned out pretty noticeable. I also heavily applied black eye-shadow which looked okay but I'm not sure if it's right for her character.

After a few days of wondering, I recalled that rubbing alcohol could remove the face up supposedly without removing the dye. With a q-tip, I tried a bit inside her head and it worked! After some scrubbing with added force, this how she looked with a bit of  make up removed. As you can see the pastels were really layered on as her undertone is very light.

(Face up slightly removed)

I liked her lip colour so I scrubbed around it which worked fine. After scrubbing for a while there were some stubborn areas like around the nose and forehead so I used a small piece of magic eraser and a bit of windor and newton. It works really well if you scrub lightly but be careful not to scrub too much because it will start to remove the dye. Here's her face wiped:

 (Shiera back to square one)

After a quick rinse in water, I began to redo the face up. Everything went well this time except I'm terrible at applying eyelashes so I'll have to send her out to get them done. Here's picture of the finished face up:

(Finished face up)

(Back on her body)

One of the main reasons why I like gentle cocori is for her eyes and I felt the first (well technically the second) face up attempt did not do her lovely eyes any justice! I'm much happier with this one and now know that the face up can safely be removed.

Hope this helps, until next time!

-K