My doll nr 40

Small blog anniversary again - my 40th doll!

I have someone very special and dear to me for today.
So happy to have her, so glad I have this little big hobby and that i am a collector in a closet no more;-)

She is one of the last from my Stockholm lot / loot. At that time I was still like ..= meeeh 'I have doll with this mold', 'meeeh glittery mermaid - who cares'...but at the back of my mind someone was chanting 'super long purple hair!' and 'you can always rebody her! People do it all the time';-)

I'm so happy I saw beyong these candy pink lips, sparkly rubber and peeling marmaid tail (quite natural looking tho and nicely articulated) and a chewed hand! She is more like 'mixed race' than black but I am not picky you know (purple hair!).

After blue-haired Teresa she is my best restoration so far... just look at this poor thing (wicker basket again, sorry):

 'you can still see the climped bits' - looking at these old pics I must say I am an optimist and an addict...

 

here she is in her element, sort of and with wet hair waiting to dry naturally...

the next day - trimming the 'splitted ends'...and with a minimal hair loss (ball pictured) - tadaaaa:

  

not bad at all - here in comparison with Hairtastic Barbie which I got new in a box. 

I couldn't resist as you can guess:

here a little study of glittery part (easy to ignore on this one tho)

so dreamy and... ooppsieee

so happy these vintage dresses lived long enough to do this;-)

TBC

lasty - here she is in a box and with hair not less colourful friends (Lea, I know...):

TBC

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My doll nr 39

The third of my monster and second of pastel team: Rochelle Goyle.
A Gargoyle girl from the Granit City  - she is made of stone-like gray plastic with black, graphite bits. She has lovely a dragonesque ears too and tiny little hands with claws - characteristic to earlier character wavs...
The pink gray combo is very pleasing, cotton candy hair are fun (even if heavely glued*) and thoe big huge eyes - Shrek's cat if it was a dragon girl or sth...

I am lucky enough to have this rocky gray bathroom foor as well as stony backyard - perfect! The book she is reading is about granite Tatra mountains...
She is wearing a powder pink satin bow only - he doesn't need much more (and I don't feel like i have time in my hand to deal with other bodytypes...)

 lovely feet

 lovely ears

 a tiny pebble...

at last - here she is in her box, origina outfit + dragon pet and as a cartoon character:

 love the ittle socks also hay wait - mine has hair cut short looking so convincing, hmmm

lastly - some inspirations and inspiring frauds - 

beautiful repaints I will keep in back of my mind after I'l find time to remove the origina make-up at al...

 OMG!

*note to self to try the talc method

p.s. book close-ups:

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My doll nr 38.

I have sentiment for colorful hair in life and in the doll department obviously as well... 

so when I have found this one on pile of dolls I had no doubts (despite of her price being the same as fashionista's with gown and shoes :-S)

She has a very intriquing icy hair colour, natural eye design and deep fuchsia/plum lips... this is only my second Teresa doll and i'm a good child of the 90s;-)

 oh I am an optimist...

poor dolly still has her hairstyle from the box with a old rubber - never brushed even once in her life!

...and this childish, vintage looking dress

 She was obviously quite easy to identify 'Teresa Brabie doll with blue hair' or someting... and thats when i found out that at last i have something by Mattel that changes colour LOL - Salon Surprise 2001
and again - really happy i don't have to deal witth the original outfit;-)

 and now the photo spam begins - she is my first really challenging and successful doll restoration...

 soaking, boiling hot water, sampooing, conditioner, frenetic brushing... et vola!

and from the back:-)

and up close... amazing dynamic between blues and purples going on here...

and now for something completely different - Teresa's hair is changing colour indeed into lovely hazel dark blonde...despite her young age trick works only for rather short time. I don't need to use ant freezing gadget - she gets blue in room temperature, which is a bit of a pitty as her pyurple lips look so good with blond hair:

 <3

TBC

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Sindy-ies revisited

I had few encounters with vintage Sindies (in a mean/real time)...and as my box (yes; still no proper doll cabinet) filled with more tanned brunettes my poor 90s MonteCarlo and Paradise Sindy got really trapped..

I decided to give them some decent clothes in contrast to rather poor nighties and sleeping gowns i stored them in..

Very happy Spring/Summer cocktail floral colours of peaches and forget-me-nots:-) They are blossoming.. I ove them some nice outdoor session...they are my first brunette sisters after all...<3

 they are so tiny compared to t'n't body...

dresses are my vintage handmade ones from 90s hence poor finish:)

can't remember why I had to use my old camera, but its not grainy on purpose, so to speak...

...do you want one more about the Mattel Glue??

Yes...I came to the point when my adventures in rebodying had to start...
choices choices, spare heads, skin tones and stuff...
boiling water, heads on sticks...
and inFamous GLUE!

I have seen it coming out with Bratz hair when i was cleaning her sculp for 'reroot'...but what this innocent looking brunette presented me with is soooo grose...

 like ugghhhhh...and there are some sticky bits rambling in her head...

TBC

My doll nr 37

pastels, pastels AND gitter!

it can go very wrong but can be used very well especially when put in outworldy, frosty, Aurora Borealis context... (Yes, in the middle of holidays is the date to talk about this doll;-)

I really got inspired by all those ethereal repaints and makeovers...and this one is very special - once you open your mind and forget about other aesthetics...

My new blue friend is truely remarcable - shiMmer on her pale blue skin is amazing...usage of pink, purple an dblue in her hair is harmonius and really make syou think about northern lights, the upper part of her hair is icy white with unconventional foil/fibers with spooky moonlight glow to it...

...but most importantly I adore her mean, woolf grin and wild yet handsome and sweet chin...

meet Abbey Bominable: 

(these Monsters ar echildren of XXI century - they love filters...such a pleasure to work with her)

 and more filters and spam:-)

and traditional promo pic for reference