My doll nr. 98

After finding Melrose at carboot sale I tottaly fell in love with Moxie Teenz scale, proportions and their haunting eyes... Melrose however has tanned skin but her blue eyes and pearly lips are screaming blonde... I dreamed about mixed-race or brunette doll...

I found Tristen on eBay, nude and not so over-priced as most of these discontinued dolls are...and for the first time I  bidded on my mobile phone while in different town;-)
(On that day, while visiting seaside i found a nice shop with lots of miniatures, wigs and figurines and managed to get some chocolate brown medium length hair pieces for my future projects).

oh the sheer excitement of a new delivery!

tadaaaa

Fair skin and lavender-brown eyes with lashes to die for...

and a first portrait...

I first started with playing with Liv's wigs - so many possibilities, so much fun!

Although she is assigned as a pale brunette I think I love her the most in wavy dark brown hair, hmmm

Few months later I was still stuck playing around with wigs (and better camera) - as I don't have many clothes in their scale and officially no time to sew...

sisters <3

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...her original outfit and packaging (no, thank you)

..and here she is with Bijou (maybe one day...) and in different owners styling...

 

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My dolls - No 97

I purchased this one on eBay with a mysterious 'Asian doll' description and rather bury picture. She sure had 'belly button body' so I could hope it won't be a clone and face seems to have some potential...

She arrived as a tiny yet articulated mummy packaging - wonder what my Brave postman thinks...

 oh the promise and excitement of a surprise dolly in a wrap<3

 What a miracle she is - fair skinned, thick-browed with a relatively short hair!

Fantastic minimal make-up far better than any of nowadays Miko/Lea tbh...

In this unusual face design she is difficult to recognise but, oh joy, she has Lara / Ana / Drew mold!
It is only my second doll with this sculpt - I'm not lucky somehow and they way too ofter are issued as collectible (the greater my desire).

I wanted to 'do something' with her so rebodied he onto Hollywood Nails fair body...she got 'benetton style' twist with these colourful nails:-)

..they couldn't be more different...

...and a sneak prev of what happen later (and will be published light years from now;-P)

<3 some blush and studs later <3

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An expert doll forum friend kindly identified her for me as part of Fashion Fever line 'Barbie Loves Benetton' (yet again!) and she represents Paris. I don't love her pink outfit, so no harm done..

 There are quite a few eye candies in the collection with at least 3 Lea's...

 and two more absolutely fab Laras...

My dolls, nr 96

One day when I was brainwashing myself with different 'ethnic' keywords people use to describe dolls on eBay I have stumbled upon (surprise, surprise) a great occasion with crappy picture and misleading description.

Listing mentioned 'rockers' doll but missed the part about  a broken neck and concentrated on the Heart Family Dad with chewed feet...
Ken was easy to resell, accessories are still somehow stuck with me... but I was so excited about this Kira with natural eye-shape and minimal make-up (despite of getting slowly sick of it in mid 2017...) and some bonus vintage clothes...

Here is their arrival documented...

 it is always soooo exciting...

 suddenly memories came back of a friend who had the Heart family actually!

 Heart details and chewed hand...

 sooooo 80s....

 and here ar e'lady bits' so to speak LOL

The broken neck was a bit of surprise but so was the fact that anchor is still in the head... or that pumps she is wearing are amazing vintage slim black stilettos...and that her hair are not cut, as I originally suspected, as the doll in fact turned to be 1997 DOTW Arctic Barbie in Rocker's t-shirt - bingo!

I got so excited that I gave her spa immediately (also to warm head up and save the anchor)...

 this is amazing headmold!

and it sinks so beautifully...

fresh from spa, obviously this tiny little bit more smiley than before...

TBC

Mattel produced three different Polar Native dolls:

1982 & 1990 Eskimo Barbie  

 (perfection!)

and 1996 Arctic Barbie

which is the nly one with straight hands, so mine's body seems to be swapped...