Barbie Basics #13 rerooted in eggplant purple

Here's a quickie. I finished up this reroot I had left unfinished for probably a year. There's a reason I can't cash in on my rerooting skills. The color is Katsilk nylon 825. Restore-Doll's photo color is accurate, mine is way too blue for some reason. The color has a lot of red in it, so much that it stained the inside of the neck hole while I was working with it.

825 is a nice color, it looks almost black under artificial lights.  In sunlight, it almost glows, despite being a dark color.  Direct sunlight isn't the place to display dolls, unfortunately.

Takara Jenny Friend Naomi

A year or two ago, I won a collection of Jenny friends on eBay, and never sorted out the extras that I didn't want.  It's hard for me to part with any Jenny friend, because almost all of them are hard to come by in the US.

This is a Naomi.  I couldn't find any info on her through Japanese sites, but I think the swimsuit is her original fashion.  She's probably a shop or event exclusive.  I'm not too fond of her face paint color combo.  I tossed her on eBay, and still feel kind of regretful.  One day I'll find my dream Naomi doll, with a more natural color scheme.

Three Eyes gets some wig implants

I added a few plugs of Katsilk nylon color 809 into the front of Three Eyed Ghoul's wig.  Saran would have worked better, the wig is saran, but I already owned the nylon.

I gave her a cute flip hairdo, but the saran slowly lost all its curl over a two day period.  Nylon is much better at fighting gravity.

AA Stardoll "Pretty n' Love Style 2"

I'm so glad to finally have this girl. I've been hunting for a good one since their release last December. There's a scratch in her right eyebrow, but I can tolerate it more than the other myriad types of defects I've seen.  Despite what Mattel seems to think, people really do care about messy face paint.  In my area, collectors quickly pick over new stock, and leave behind the messiest dolls.  Target had $7.50 Stardolls last week, but I passed, because the eyes were all horribly distorted.

I've got a Fashionista body saved for this girl, but I can't remember where I packed it away.

Three Eyed Ghoul add-on pack

I broke down and grabbed this girl a few days ago. The paint isn't perfect, but a better one may never show up near me. The wig kind of sucks, the wig cap isn't covered at the part.

She looks a lot less severe out of the packaging. I'm glad to finally put my blue torso to use.

LSU Cheerleader Barbie AA version

Rush of Rose Gold Barbie was my 2nd quarter BC purchase, and LSU Cheerleader Barbie was my 3rd quarter purchase.  I was going to hold out and buy this girl in person, but I won't visit LSU country until around Christmas, and I couldn't wait that long.  I only intend to keep the doll, the outfit will go, not because I'm that hard up for cash, but because I really don't care about team sports.

Mattel hasn't used the 1990 Nichelle head mold for a doll in ages.  This is the first and only doll I have with it, because I'm not too crazy about the 1990s face painting styles.  She looks as lovely and modern as any of the SIS girls.

The eyes on mine aren't quite centered properly on the face, but the eyes are both well done, so it's more forgivable.  Both eyes are about the same size, with the same amount of white on either side of the iris.  Compared to some of the messy Basics I've seen, LSU Barbie is very well off.

Rush of Rose Gold Barbie

I really hate buying dolls without seeing real pictures of them first. It's always a big gamble. In this case, I like everything about this doll, except the red line under her eyeball. It's really red, and it's all I can see when I look at her face. The dress is made of my least favorite fabric ever.  She would be beautiful to me otherwise.

I wasn't sure what to do with her, but sometime next month I have to get two back teeth and at least two wisdom teeth extracted, and the bills mean she's headed for eBay ASAP. She's not the only one, either.