Fashionistas 123, 125 and Travel Teen Nikki Redressed

Fashionistas 123, 125 and Travel Teen Nikki, deboxed

The two Fashionistas (123 and 125) and Travel Teen Nikki (identified in a previous post initially as You Can Be Anything Artist Barbie) have returned deboxed, as shown above.  They are seen redressed later in this post along with one additional doll. 

Fashionista 123
Let's take a look at her hair before the redress.

Her honey-blonde microbraids are closely rooted throughout her entire head.

She's lying flat on her face with her braids spread out just to illustrate the density.

Since none of my Fresh dolls with braids have been deboxed, #123 took this closeup against Froggy Fresh's box.  Their braids are quite similar in thickness and appear to be the same texture.

123's Redress

With a pair of red high-heels on, she tried on this paisley-print tunic, which can be worn optionally as a dress.  Her ears were pierced and a pair of drop earrings inserted.

123 preferred wearing the tunic with her red wet-look skirt, which creates a nicely pulled-off look.

Fashionista 125

Immediately freed from the box, #125 took a close-up photo of her lovely face.  I love the soft texture of her hair, which feels almost like mohair.

She tried on this yellow one-shouldered dress and loved it!

The yellow dress accentuates her curves, enhances her lovely ebony complexion, and complements her purple hair.

Her hair extends just above her bottom in a modestly layered cut.

She accessorized the yellow dress with yellow stud earrings (which are really quilting needles), a lavender shoulder bag, and lavender Sparkle Girlz strappy high-heel shoes.  Psst!  The mauve (it's not really pink) lip color doesn't look too awful now, but I still decided to repaint her lips.

The first paint I used to change her lip color is supposed to be maroon.

So the first lip color choice of maroon acrylic paint turned out to be more red than maroon; it clashes with her other current colors (purple, lavender, and yellow).  Because I do not want her to be all lips when you look at her (and I definitely do not want her to appear to be in blackface) she needed a more subtle, neutral lip color to match her complexion, hair color, and anything she decides to wear.

More neutral lip color

On the second attempt at painting her lips, I used a mixture of brown, caramel, and raw sienna to tone the lip color down.

These side-by-side headshots illustrate the original mauve lip color, the so-called maroon color, and the final toned down neutral color, which isn't perfect but it is much better than the first two.

Travel Teen Nikki and CeeCee (Cheerful Check)

Travel Teen Nikki is shown in a close-up photo after she was released from her box.

I love Travel Teen Nikki's Afro puffs.  Recall that she was purchased to wear the blue plaid school uniform seen here.  Initially, I was going to dress Fashionista #93 (Nia) in the red plaid uniform, but I had a change of heart.  I like what Nia is wearing now and decided, since CeeCee (Cheerful Check/Fashionista 80) has Afro puffs, too, she'd pair well with Travel Teen Nikki if she wore the red plaid uniform.

So here they are together.

Travel Teen Nikki and CeeCee are ready for school in their uniforms and matching headbands.

The length of the uniforms is a little too long for my liking, but I'll leave the length as is as the results of my hemming a pleated dress would be disastrous.  I made composition tablets for the girls.  Nikki wears a pair of petite flat Mary-Jane-style Barbie shoes while CeeCee wears a slightly-too-wide-for-her-narrow-feet pair of Blythe kitten heels.  Like Fashionista 125, both girls had their ears pierced with quilting pins and wear these as blue and white stud earrings, respectively.  I added a blue ribbon necktie to Nikki's shirt.

Nia joins Nikki and CeeCee.

Since Nia was mentioned and because her Sparkle Girlz fashion looks like a school uniform, she wanted to take a picture with Nikki and CeeCee.  Yes, these girls are ready to continue their studies.

In the final photo, the three newest girls pose together after being redressed.

Final photo of redressed Fashionistas 123, 125, and Travel Teen Nikki

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