After seeing the new look given Beach Party Nikki by another blogger, I planned to try my hand at using paint to close in one of my doll's toothy grins.
Sheilla B Silver (Jorge's doll) began as Beach Party Nikki.
With Jorge's expertise at styling and what he describes as his technique that "cut the teeth and pasted the lips," he was able to successfully close in Sheilla B's toothy smile. Sheilla B (as shown above) is now absolutely gorgeous!
I used Swappin' Styles Barbie as the doll subject for my painting-only technique of closing in a toothy grin.
Without any acetone on hand, I used fingernail polish remover to remove the lip color.
During the repaint process, I decided to repaint her eyes, but was too afraid to remove the original eye color. In the above image, the teeth have been filled in with paint that matches the doll's complexion and the eye repainting initiated.
Allowing time (but due to my impatience, never enough) for each layer of paint to dry, I continued to layer it in the middle of the mouth to fill in the teeth area and give the illusion of a closed mouth. I completed the eye enhancement, thickened her eyebrows, and gave her a beauty mark above the lip. Fingernail polish was used for the final lip color.
Although she's not as glamorous, I like the new luscious smile inspired by Jorge's Sheilla B Silver.
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| Beach Party Nikki (stock photo) |
Sheilla B Silver (Jorge's doll) began as Beach Party Nikki.
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| The lovely Sheilla B Silver (photo courtesy of Jorge Ramiro of Clicking Dolls) |
With Jorge's expertise at styling and what he describes as his technique that "cut the teeth and pasted the lips," he was able to successfully close in Sheilla B's toothy smile. Sheilla B (as shown above) is now absolutely gorgeous!
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| Swappin' Styles Barbie before the repaint |
Without any acetone on hand, I used fingernail polish remover to remove the lip color.
During the repaint process, I decided to repaint her eyes, but was too afraid to remove the original eye color. In the above image, the teeth have been filled in with paint that matches the doll's complexion and the eye repainting initiated.
Allowing time (but due to my impatience, never enough) for each layer of paint to dry, I continued to layer it in the middle of the mouth to fill in the teeth area and give the illusion of a closed mouth. I completed the eye enhancement, thickened her eyebrows, and gave her a beauty mark above the lip. Fingernail polish was used for the final lip color.
Swappin' Styles Barbie, Repaint After Photos
Although she's not as glamorous, I like the new luscious smile inspired by Jorge's Sheilla B Silver.
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