I Would Love to Make a Red-haired Doll.

[leene_chan]

But unfortunately, NDR is sold out of red saran ^o^....

The next doll on my chopping block is Julian, that brown-haired boy with the orange eyes I painted a while back. I don't know if I have it in me to paint him tonight, though. I had such a hard time with Shion that I feel like I'm out of the groove again--this always happens just when I start to think I'm comfortable with painting! Maybe I should read a book instead. I want to knit a sweater for Emilio but I don't have enough yarn. I might go out and get some tomorrow. I wonder what color would be good? I could plan and plan but when it boils down to it I'm just gonna choose what looks good in the store. ^o^

Meh. Looks like I'll be going to my grandmother's for Thanksgiving. That's fine and dandy because no one at home will have to make anything, but....she's a terrible cook. Her Easter spread this year was enough to make someone cry--dried-out pork, proscuitto with bad melon and this fresh kielbasa that was completely, utterly gray. She needs to stop making Polish food. Polish food is nasty.

Kristen and I did make something good last night, Chicken Provencal from one of those Cook's Illustrated magazines that haven't failed us yet. Yeah, and I made these brownies from a box mix at 10pm. Whenever anyone cuts one they leave the foil only half-covering the pan and that really pisses me off!

I want to repaint Miyako-chan badly. I used acetone to remove her face paint last time and was rinsing it off the whole time under running water. Is it okay for me to keep using it or do I need to find Volks Makeup Remover? I had heard something about acetone possibly damaging the resin over time, and I wanted to know if it's imperative that I use the Volks product to be safe. I can imagine that it's a powerful solvent in itself. What do the rest of you customizers use to remove your SD's paint when you want to give her a face-up?

Comments

Red saran hair

[twotone]

What shade of red were you looking for?

Restoredoll.com has some reddish shades of saran hair (titian and copper titian) plus the Color Magic Ruby Red, which IIRC needs to be treated with vinegar solution to keep the red from leaching into anything that it touches. :p

I also have some volks red-brown hair that I could send your way, if you'd like. LMK. :)

Re: Red saran hair

[leene-chan.livejournal.com]

Awwww.......thanks so much for the offer *^__^*! But I probably shouldn't go for any hair now, because I don't have any more doll bodies and I've been completely wiped out after buying SD Mimi. My eyes are bigger than my wallet, heh heh.

Thank you for the offer, though, it's much appreciated! ^_^

[tigerbalmer.livejournal.com]

But the red hair on NDR site still has the little drop down bar of quantity... are you sure it is sold out?

[leene-chan.livejournal.com]

Eh heh heh...you're right! It was sold out a few days ago, but it looks like they restocked. Thank you for letting me know! :D

[tigerbalmer.livejournal.com]

Heehee, just don't buy it all up and then it will sell out!

When you buy hair, how many per colour do you buy? I had a very hard time trying to limit myself to ordering 1 only of colours I wanted in the NDR order...

[leene-chan.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha...I won't!! I probably can't buy any right now, but I'm great for speculating ^^;...

I usually buy one package of each (due to money constraints if anything) but there are some I always grab extra of like black, blue, silver, dark brown and purple. As of lately, I've been using more hair than usual to root my dolls. If you want to make the hair as long as you like, two packages really is a good idea!

I'd love to make a mini doll with red hair, but it's hard to find clothes and patterns for clothes to fit them! Phooey. I think in my entire life I've only made two red haired dolls.