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ahhh there was a gas leak near my house and I went over to my brother's home but my head still kinda hurts

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DOLLSSSSS ?!!!!!

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i started doll collecting...

DO NOT REPOST/TRACE/REPRINT/COPY

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I....

#Normie Jean

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cable management? she doesn't care, she's got it under control.

another monster high robot girl custom. this time the recipe is one elle eedee + some transformer wings and gundam bits. she is from 2022, though i did some repainting before taking these photos because i just might have had 16 projects on my desk and 67 on my mind when i first made her & the paint job felt quite unfinished.

[there is never a time when i don't have 16 projects on my desk and 67 on my mind, but i do try to have the patience to see all of them through eventually.]

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it's only been a year and i can't find any of the creepover dolls in stores anymore. like i didn't even see them clearanced out or anything they were just gone one day.

idk if it's just me but it kinda feels like they are moving too fast with releases.

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Finally got my Rodger Rabbit plush cleaned up, so here he is with my custom Jessica. Thankfully his overalls are fully removable, so it was a lot easier to clean him without worrying about the color running.

Jessica is an older custom, and some of my mods are not as smooth as I could do now, but regardless, they're very cute together.

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Doll Hair Repair Tools

Updated Jan 05 2024 (because I got a new flat iron and I’m excited!!!!)

For a while, there, I was using this Conair flat iron (you can see when I bought it):

It’s here: https://amzn.to/3tL8Qtt

This one has 30 heat settings, though it doesn’t tell you what they are, exactly. They’re just labeled 1-30.

Kanekalon - 1

Nylon - 10 through about 15

Polypropylene - 10 through about 15

Foil and plastic tinsel - 1 to 10, choose whichever matches the hair fiber

Saran - 5 - 10

Brushed acrylic yarn - I know I have used this to flatten brushed acrylic but I don’t remember what setting it was on. You’d have to start at 1 and work your way up to figure it out, but it’s doable with this iron.

It was ok, but I found it difficult to get close to the scalp on a lot of dolls and ponies with my flea comb, which gives the smoothest flattening. The Conair also had a problem where the plates only really touched each other at the very tip, and that’s not very useful, honestly. It’s difficult to get a good flattening unless you’re committed to doing ¼th inch sections at a time.

I started seeing really narrow flat irons on Instagram, and went looking for one to try.

I found this one:

Now this one, which is here:  https://amzn.to/3S7jLqA

I am so impressed!!!!!

It tells you the actual temp (in Fahrenheit; important to know), but not only does it show you the temp you’ve set it to, it shows the temp it actually is! You can watch it count up as it heats up! That’s super handy and makes it easier to know if it’s malfunctioning.

it also beeps at you when it’s ready.

It’s lowest temp is 120F which is far too cool to even do anything to Kanekalon, meaning this flat iron works for many 80′s and 90′s Barbies that are otherwise difficult to smooth out without melting their hair. I haven’t tested, yet, whether it’ll work on Creata hair without melting it.

I found 200 is right around when I could feel the hair starting to stick to the plates, so for Kanekalon I recommend 190 and no higher than 200.

For nylon, 250 is where it started to feel a little sticky, so 240 to 250 is about as high as you’d want to go. Nylon is pretty hardy and may tolerate a slightly higher temp. Go higher at your own risk.

Polypropylene needs a temp right about where Nylon is but I didn’t test it to find out the exact right setting.

Regardless of which flat iron you’re using, remember to wash and condition the hair first, to get the best results.

Ironing damp hair works best, but you don’t want it dripping wet. Dripping wet hair can result in boiling hot drops in your lap, or water getting into the flat iron and causing an electrical short. Towel the hair off, first.

To get the smoothest hair with the flat iron, I use a handled, metal flea comb to lead the iron.

https://amzn.to/3S5ICv6

You do want metal tines. They aren’t going to snag on or tear the individual hair fibers the way plastic tines can. Though avoid any metal combs that are punched from a sheet rather than made of individual wires. Those will destroy everything with their sharp edges

This comb having a handle lets me keep my hands away from the heating elements on the flat iron without needing to wear heat-resistant gloves.

These dog combs are excellent for detangling prior to making your final passes with the flea comb.

https://amzn.to/41UpX8U

The wire tines are smooth and gentle with hair, but it is also unyeilding so you do have to be cautious that you’re not ripping or tearing through tangles.

If you have a lot of knots that are difficult to remove, try a cat slicker brush.

https://amzn.to/47mw4DT

Again, the wires are metal and won’t shred your hair fiber. Using a cat slicker over tangled hair will make an awful noise, but that noise isn’t the hair tearing like it would be with the metal combs above, it’s the sound of the wires being pulled back and then springing up again.

A slicker brush yields to the tangles a bit and doesn’t pull.

You do have to be careful with a slicker, though, because the wire bristles are very fine and will stab you.

I do work with older Barbies sometimes, and sometimes they have Kanekalon hair that’s supposed to be crimped. Kanekalon can’t take much heat and melts easily, so again, you need a variable temp tool.

This multi tool works:  https://amzn.to/3S5aT4W

I haven’t tried using it to flat iron because it’s rather wide, but I have successfully recrimped Kanekalon on the lowest heat setting, and nylon on the second or third setting.

You can see that this crimper combo tool is the same brand as the new flat iron mentioned above, but I think this one is in Celsius. I’m not 100% on that.

I do NOT gate-keep tools or supplies so if you have any questions, let me know.

#Ooh. #Oooooh.

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Paramore was right. Hard times

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Haunted – Student Spirits Kiyomi Haunterly Doll (2014)

#I should get another one 🤔

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shoutout to the slow artists. the artists with hardly any time for art. the artists who reach the end of the day with no energy for art. you got this i believe in you and you are no less valued than anyone else

#I thought at first this meant like artists that don't walk so fast 🤦‍♀️ #Mayhaps the slow artist......... tis I

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yeah i like cyberpunk

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My favourite type of dolls: Greyscale🖤🤍🖤🤍

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I'm definitely not tearing up at the idea of having a place to properly display the things I love and care about after almost a decade of having to either hide them or lug them around in a giant tupperware I am being very normal

I got like a thousand and change back from the irs this year so I'm finally going to buy a doll shelf, any suggestions?

I have about 30 monster high, rainbow high, and assorted 10/11/12 inch dolls give or take and a few NIB I want to display, plus a few frightfully tall ghouls

Obviously I'm not spending 1k usd on shelves, but budget isn't a issue

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I was playing around with my housemate's Sirena Von Boo since he didn't care for her, and I put her on a Haunted Spectra body. I was playing around with her tail cage and for a lark I flipped it around and turns out it fits perfectly if you boil it to lay against the body.

I ended up using her original top and wrap, but since she didn't have a lower half, I made her a new skirt and even found this fringe trim that matched perfectly to her wrist accessories.

I honestly hated Sirena's mermaid tail for having zero articulation and that it suffered from Mattel's weird obsession with pre-posed mermaid tails from the mid-2010s. It really made me overlook some really interesting aspects of Sirena including her saran hair, and ghostly aspects.

#Head empty sirena/spectra custom only