Happy belated 4th of July!

 Here's a $5 Barbie in a festive red, white, and blue Sparkle Girlz fashion.  It's from the latest assortment, I grabbed it off a fresh display just a few days ago.

I like Sparkle Girlz fashions.  The company delivers a lot for just $2 an outfit.  This one came with jeans sized for the 1998 belly button body.

Barbie Fashonistas #60 Patchwork Denim

I knew I had to own this one, for the lovely hair color alone.

Once I got her out of the box, I realized the eyebrows had been smudged into the hair, and the left eye badly pulled off as well.  I'll try to touch it up with paint, I don't know if I'll find a better one.

I also got a Sparkle Girlz fashion that seemed made just for her.  Despite being a bit crudely made, SG have some relatively on-trend fashions.

I altered the original fashion.  Before:

After:

The darts are placed symmetrically, but look a bit off because of the print.

I bought the new #64 Fashionista "Leopard Lovin"

I picked the best looking one on the shelf, got it home, and realized one of the eyes is scratched.  Oh well.  I guess I'll just sit on it NRFB and wait and see if I can find a better one.

I appreciate that the top is black cotton jersey with a real screen print.  It's a nice touch.

Saw Made to Move tan Lea and the redhead

I'll wait until these get marked down before buying them for rebodies.  I already have the near identical Fashionistas redhead doll, and just don't care for the Lea in person.  She looks gorgeous in photos.

Saw Fashionistas #33 Full Fringe

I saw her at a particularly well-lit store, so my photos are better than usual.  It's an OK doll, just not for me.  The mold has sculpted places for the eyes, but the eyes on this one weren't painted where they were sculpted to be... so it just looked a little off.  Maybe I'll change my mind if I see others with different screening.  I like her shirt and shoes.