Tiana's Makeover

Shrinking Tiana's Head

Recently I've found both Disney and Mattel versions of Tiana in Thrift stores and decided to purchase a few of them.  I’m glad I did purchase some because Mattel stopped making them and I'm not a big fan of the Hasbro version.  The Mattel and Disney versions have distinct differences.  Initially, it took me a while to warm up to the Princess because of her over sized head.  I decided to shrink the Mattel version.

The Tiana I chose to make over had a bad case of "glue head."  There was so much glue that over time it had begun to seep out through the holes into the hair which caused it to became extremely gummy.  I repainted and flocked her head after a full acetone shrink.  Here's 3 of my makeovers with natural hair styles.

Partial Makeover for Zipporah

Zipporah/Bumble-Bee Hybrid

This is Hasbro’s Zipporah from the Prince of Egypt doll line with her original body. The doll as limited articulation so I decided to do a head swap.

I painted her mouth closed using acrylic paint then used an inexpensive brand of eye shadow to tint the doll's existing makeup.

I sealed her face with Mr. Super Clear.  Her complexion is a perfect match with Mattel's Super Hero Girl Bumble-Bee.

She’s wearing a dress I made from a headband purchased at the Dollar Tree and Ever After High shoes.

Bumble Bee's Makeover

Bumble Bee's Makeover

Bumble-Bee is another one of my dolls that went through a series of transformations.  The first 2 head shrinks were done with diluted acetone.  She's pictured here with Disney's Tiana who is also receiving a head shrink.

Undiluted acetone was used in the final shrink but that stripped most of the factory paint.  I removed the rest of the paint and returned her to the original body.

This is the latest repaint.  I may still tweak the eyes a bit.

Bumble-Bee/Barbie Hybrid

I tried a normal sized Barbie head (Grace from the SIS collection) on the Bumble Bee body to see how it would look.  Her proportions are reminiscent of Nytiri’s from the motion picture Avatar. The other doll pictured with her is a Mattel’s Star Doll head on an Articulated Fashionista body; both purchased from Thrift Stores. 

Star Dolls were a nice concept, kind of like a 3 dimensional paper doll.   Doll play has progressed since the age of multi-media and most collectors like to take pictures of their dolls in real life settings with the dolls in a many different positions. I've seen a lot of these dolls that have been placed on articulated bodies.

Naomi's Makeover

A new look for Naomi by Olmec Toys

This doll is a gift to me from my sister.  Naomi, by Olmec Toys was produced in the 90’s.  She's the best friend of Imani who was the main character in this doll line.  This doll has somewhat of an overbite that, to me, makes her facial mold uniquely appealing.

 

She’s been the subject of many experimental repaints and as a result, has gone through a series of transformations since I received her in 2015.

With help from a few internet tutorials, doll play for me has also become repaints and makeovers.  I tried to save the original eyes and but ended up removing the entire face.  Since her hair was already braided,  I set the waves with hot water.

After purchasing a few more art supplies I was able to give her a more realistic look. I also used regular eye makeup to shadow and highlight her face.  I'm satisfied with this latest repaint.  

New Fashionistas and Made to Move Barbie

Just wanted to share some pics of a few of the new Fashionistas and the Made to Move Skateboard doll purchased from Barbie.com and TRU last week.  I'll start with No. 55.  She has the tall Fashionista body type, with a Tan complexion and very curly hair.  Her dress is one piece closed with Velcro in the back and she's wearing low top white chucks.

Looks like a new face mold.

She has a very unique profile for a Barbie.  She sort of  reminds me of Jackie O. 

Now meet Petite  Fashionista No. 56.  She's rockin one of those new Sparkle Girlz fashion pak outfits.  

Beautiful face mold and paint.

This MTM was found and purchased at TRU.

Again, another very lovely face paint and mold. 

 

I must say that I'm quite impressed with these latest released Play Line dolls from Barbie/Mattel.  Now if they would only stock more of  those Hip Hoodie Male Fashionistas!  I'm currently awaiting news on the status of my order.  

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16 Scale Bath Tub

Hi Dollie Folks!  Just wanted to share with you a good find if  you're looking for a 1/6 scale bathtub. I found this one containing these bath products at Big Lots.

Just to give you an idea of it's scale, here's my latest Made to Move Barbie trying it out for size. The tub and bath products cost $10.  Not a bad deal if  you collect 1/6 scale items..

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Peacekeepers & African American Christmas Decorations

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a Holiday as nice as mine. I got together with my 3 sisters from Michigan and we visited our daughters in Atlanta.  While there we went to a neighborhood Kroger and found the following items.

What the Haaaay,  Peacekeepers at Krogers?!?  And below, my sister has been trying to find AA Nutcrackers for a few years and was able to finally get one at Kroger.

Nice price for full sized and the Minis below were about half the price as the ones listed above.
 

And of course there's Santa!

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