After leaving a thrift store empty handed without a suitable articulated body there in sight, I returned home where I intermittently scanned the doll room for several days. I needed a body for a Dollar Tree fashion/styling head like one of these. Finally, I spotted Alexis in the corner, still dressed for winter, waving one hand frantically in the air with a pleading facial expression, "Pick me! Pick Me!"
Alexis immediately latched on to the new head long before I placed it on her body. Eager for me to complete the swap, I felt her extreme gratitude after the styling head replaced her original, oversized cranium.
Here she is, looking relieved, in her original, Makin' Waves fashion, with the weight of her former big head off her shoulders. At a cost of only $1, the fashion styling head has a pretty face. The hair is not well rooted, so I left it styled in the original two side ponytails.
There is a minor difference in the complexion with the new head being a shade darker than Makin' Waves Alexis's body, but "Alex" -- the transformed doll, does not mind.
I did not realize the extent of LIV dolls' cephalomegaly until completing this head swap. Those heads are enormous! What was Spin Master thinking or why were they not?
The last photo of Alex (looking quite youthful) was taken outside after a final redress in the tunic from a Liv'n Fab fashion (formerly worn by BB Model 8, aka Jean Shanté, before she underwent a recent fashion and wig change). Alex's earrings and shoes are also by LIV.
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(Most) LIV dolls and fashions are on sale this week at Target. I picked up the following two Liv for Hair fashions for $6.98 yesterday. The Liv in Color dolls were on sale for $7.98, not a bad price to pay for their colorful fashions, but I left them there.
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| LIV Alexis volunteering as a body donor |
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| Alexis, hugging her new head, is pleased to be the chosen body donor. |
Here she is, looking relieved, in her original, Makin' Waves fashion, with the weight of her former big head off her shoulders. At a cost of only $1, the fashion styling head has a pretty face. The hair is not well rooted, so I left it styled in the original two side ponytails.
There is a minor difference in the complexion with the new head being a shade darker than Makin' Waves Alexis's body, but "Alex" -- the transformed doll, does not mind.
I did not realize the extent of LIV dolls' cephalomegaly until completing this head swap. Those heads are enormous! What was Spin Master thinking or why were they not?
The last photo of Alex (looking quite youthful) was taken outside after a final redress in the tunic from a Liv'n Fab fashion (formerly worn by BB Model 8, aka Jean Shanté, before she underwent a recent fashion and wig change). Alex's earrings and shoes are also by LIV.
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(Most) LIV dolls and fashions are on sale this week at Target. I picked up the following two Liv for Hair fashions for $6.98 yesterday. The Liv in Color dolls were on sale for $7.98, not a bad price to pay for their colorful fashions, but I left them there.
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| Liv for Hair fashions on sale at Target this week (06/24/12 through 06/30/12) |
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