Sasha's Makeover

Lulu1971 · #1 20-01-2023, 12:16 PM

Giving Sasha a makeover was something I put on my New Year's Resolution list, and I thought I would share it, firstly so you can see I've done it, and secondly because I thought it might be helpful to newbies.

Sasha as he was before I started.

Carefully removing his eyelashes with tweezers. I tease the lash off the TPE with one pair of tweezers holding the lash and another pair holding the skin so it doesn't tear. Obviously I can't demonstrate that in the photo, not enough hands!

I removed his eyes so I wouldn't get glue on them or anything else, then removed all of his makeup with a combination of baby wipes with baby oil on, and cotton buds dipped in oil to get the smaller areas.

A clean pallet.

After leaving for half an hour for the baby oil to soak in, I applied cornflour with a large soft brush. I use baby powder on the bodies, but Adam gave me the tip that cornflour makes the face feel soft and silky so I switched, and this has a much nicer finish.

Eyelashes - the upper ones, longish and bushy (Primark special), and the lower sparse ones which I find are brilliant, particularly for guys (obtained from the Doll House), plus Loctite Superglue gel for application.

One of the lower ones on. I applied the glue a tiny bit at a time on the end of a cocktail stick, held the lash with tweezers, and gently pressed on.

Upper lash in place.

All lashes applied.

I'll continue this later. I was doing this in my lunch break from work and need much longer than an hour! Plus, there will more photos than I can get in one post, so watch this space for the rest of the makeover

Karrot · #2 20-01-2023, 01:35 PM

watching

K

algaeholics · #3 20-01-2023, 01:38 PM

Waiting...

Karrot · #4 20-01-2023, 02:01 PM

....anticipating....

Say it aint so
I will not go
Turn the lights off
Carry me Home

Na-Na Na-Na Na-Na Na-Na Na Na.....

K

(Rachel gets it)

Willendorph · #5 20-01-2023, 02:23 PM

Late night, come home
Work sucks, I know
Making over Sasha's head
With no eyes he looks kinda dead....

Lulu1971 · #6 20-01-2023, 02:31 PM

You guys. PMSL! I'll be done with work by 5.30-ish, then I'll make Sasha look almost human again

Karrot · #7 20-01-2023, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willendorph

Late night, come home
Work sucks, I know
Making over Sasha's head
With no eyes he looks kinda dead....

Powder him slow
Make his skin glow
Put his wig on
Make him feel whole

K

Willendorph · #8 20-01-2023, 03:02 PM

Time for a full rendition of that new hit song?

"All the doll things"?

Just need to write a few more lyrics and record it at this point

Damn - if only I had a recording studio

Lulu1971 · #9 20-01-2023, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karrot

Powder him slow
Make his skin glow
Put his wig on
Make him feel whole

K

I think you need to sing this on the next iDome, Mr K!

Lulu1971 · #10 20-01-2023, 04:57 PM

Here's Part 2.

First, I put his eyes back in so he can see what I'm doing and choose the colours he wants

This is the makeup I have for my dolls. A large pallet and a smaller one of powder eyeshadows and a powder blusher set.

Sasha likes makeup. Think 90s glam rock - Motley Crue and the like. First, eyeliner. This is applied with a fine brush dipped in baby oil, using black eyeshadow powder for the colour.

Eyeshadow next. We're going for purple with a bit of a sparkle. Again, eyeshadow powder applied with an oily brush - a thicker brush to cover the eyelids. Remember, if you smudge it or decide you don't like it and want to start again, it comes off easily with a cotton bud dipped in oil.

Both eyes done.

Lips next. I'm mixing a pink blush and a beige one, again with the thicker brush dipped in oil. I have to work carefully around his lip ring because it's a real piercing and you can get colour leaching around the hole if you're not careful.

Done!

Last job is his eyebrows. The really fine brush again, a dip in the oil, and a medium brown eyeshadow powder. Then draw them on so they look hairy. It takes some practise, but I did both Sihtric's and Rachel's brows over Christmas and am pretty pleased with them all.

I even managed to get both brows quite even, without a stencil! My trick, work on the right hand one first (or the left if you're left-handed). Then turn the head upside down and work on the other from the opposite direction. It works for me. I just have the doll's head resting on a towel on my lap.

Wig back on, and he's ready for a photoshoot I plan to do over the weekend, which will be his last one before he gets his new body in a couple of months