Recent Root Jobs...
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:47 pmBad pics, I know but I was just not up to hauling out the light box today and besides which I now have to wash the curtains on it because this sassy little she feline we have around here decided to use my light box for a cat hammock sans permission while I was out the other day! Black fur, not so very easy to remove in Photoshop, sigh...
I just wanted to show you all what I've been working on the last week or so. I'm not a pro at rooting, far from it. But I am getting a bit better I think. The first few I did I wouldn't even show you, lol.
Barbie Basics Steffie 1.0-2
I have two of these lovelies. I just loved this doll and had I not stumbled across another one for $5 on clearance at TJ Maxx I'd have never touched a hair on her pretty head. But I do have two and since no 2 dolls in my collection can look exactly alike I decided to have some fun with #2.
FYI she was a BITCH to get right. The cut went okay but not so much the streaks. I really hate using glue on Barbie hairbut this style simply could not be done without it. No amount of gel would make those streaks stay put. I ended up using some clear gel craft glue. I've never liked it when they do it but now finally understand why the people at Mattel tend to glop some on when making up certain styles. Her hair has punk streaks of pink, green and purple. Purple is kind of hard to see, but it's in there...
This is Basics Steffie 1.0 for comparison here. No alternations here I think she's totally perfect this doll though I really like the 1.5 Steffie and the Target Steffie too.
Fashion Fever Drew
This is one of my favorite dolls ever. Her hair is a bit coarse for a Barbie. This is an ethnic bulk hair pack, an early synthetic one. It's made for bulky braids and is not one of the new silky types but still all those colors in the red I can't help but just love. I like a little texture in my doll hair sometimes and besides which many people with red hair don't have perfectly straight smooth hair so I think it works okay. This was my first attempt at an asymmetrical hairline besides. It was not near as easy to do as I thought it would be. I removed her face spots digitally. Drew has two on her forehead that I've never been able to remove. Thought about giving her bangs but the location of the spots I'd have had to cover her eyebrows to do it and I just like that face too much to do that. She's got a crown of little braids gathered into one. Sort of a salute to her original hair which had a couple of side braids.
Basics 1.0 Kayla-2
Again I have two of these. This is the one with the normal paint job that most of these seemed to have. I'm keeping the variant I found as she is for now. Rooted her partially asymmetrically with deep blue hair, put her hair back up in a poof bun with a little pony tail as a tip of the hat to her original style. I was originally going to do this doll in red streaks but then I got the FA Stardoll so I decided to try blue instead. I like how she came out a lot actually. She always looks like quite a bitch to me. This softens her look a fair bit and makes her far more approachable.
Mystical Mermaid Kayla
This girl is rather hard to come by and she's one of my favorite Kayla dolls. When I first got her she reminded me a bit of Secret Spells Kayla who I also have and love. I've been thinking of adding some low lights to her hair for a long time to give it some depth and I really like how it came out. I think it worked well. It makes her look more red headed than orange which is nice. FYI, she's in the WQ Liv outfit. Looks good on her I think.
I just wanted to show you all what I've been working on the last week or so. I'm not a pro at rooting, far from it. But I am getting a bit better I think. The first few I did I wouldn't even show you, lol.
Barbie Basics Steffie 1.0-2
I have two of these lovelies. I just loved this doll and had I not stumbled across another one for $5 on clearance at TJ Maxx I'd have never touched a hair on her pretty head. But I do have two and since no 2 dolls in my collection can look exactly alike I decided to have some fun with #2.
FYI she was a BITCH to get right. The cut went okay but not so much the streaks. I really hate using glue on Barbie hairbut this style simply could not be done without it. No amount of gel would make those streaks stay put. I ended up using some clear gel craft glue. I've never liked it when they do it but now finally understand why the people at Mattel tend to glop some on when making up certain styles. Her hair has punk streaks of pink, green and purple. Purple is kind of hard to see, but it's in there...
This is Basics Steffie 1.0 for comparison here. No alternations here I think she's totally perfect this doll though I really like the 1.5 Steffie and the Target Steffie too.
Fashion Fever Drew
This is one of my favorite dolls ever. Her hair is a bit coarse for a Barbie. This is an ethnic bulk hair pack, an early synthetic one. It's made for bulky braids and is not one of the new silky types but still all those colors in the red I can't help but just love. I like a little texture in my doll hair sometimes and besides which many people with red hair don't have perfectly straight smooth hair so I think it works okay. This was my first attempt at an asymmetrical hairline besides. It was not near as easy to do as I thought it would be. I removed her face spots digitally. Drew has two on her forehead that I've never been able to remove. Thought about giving her bangs but the location of the spots I'd have had to cover her eyebrows to do it and I just like that face too much to do that. She's got a crown of little braids gathered into one. Sort of a salute to her original hair which had a couple of side braids.
Basics 1.0 Kayla-2
Again I have two of these. This is the one with the normal paint job that most of these seemed to have. I'm keeping the variant I found as she is for now. Rooted her partially asymmetrically with deep blue hair, put her hair back up in a poof bun with a little pony tail as a tip of the hat to her original style. I was originally going to do this doll in red streaks but then I got the FA Stardoll so I decided to try blue instead. I like how she came out a lot actually. She always looks like quite a bitch to me. This softens her look a fair bit and makes her far more approachable.
Mystical Mermaid Kayla
This girl is rather hard to come by and she's one of my favorite Kayla dolls. When I first got her she reminded me a bit of Secret Spells Kayla who I also have and love. I've been thinking of adding some low lights to her hair for a long time to give it some depth and I really like how it came out. I think it worked well. It makes her look more red headed than orange which is nice. FYI, she's in the WQ Liv outfit. Looks good on her I think.
