Ordering Loongsoul Company Faceup Question

So far for me, the 2 dolls I have were great. Not 100% match as promo pictures but that is with any companies. I think I heard/read on here that it was for customers who ordered in China/Chinese dealers that seem to get bad face-up. I can't confirm that since my God of Flower was ordered through a US dealer, and my Daughter of Dragon was got second hand in Japan (unknown where she was bought from). Here's a pictures of them both on my Instagram. There are unboxing pictures of God of Flowers there too if you want to see what she looked like when I got her in 2018.

I have another Loongsoul on the way but he haven't arrived yet. I'll follow up if he arrives soon. I hope that helps!

Edit: Sorry I totally forgot I had an unboxing thread on here.

 

Both my Loongsoul girls came with faceups that were, in my opinion, disappointing. While the company photos showed very delicate work, mine were apparently done by a very heavy handed artist. The eyebrows and eyelashes were much darker and rougher than I expected, and the eyelashes were crazy long. One of them had red markings that also didn't look as delicate and actually bled out as soon as I had a humid day, clearly they weren't sealed very well. I'm sure there are many people who have had good experiences with faceups from LS, and personally I still think the dolls themselves are very high quality, but in the future I'll be getting my dolls blank.

 

Here are box opening pictures of my LS Lan, her face up is gorgeous: Link!
It's a huge bummer that not all face ups turn out like in the pictures. : / My Lan was supposed to have red eye lashes, but she came with white, that's the only negative I can think of. She was a limited doll, don't know if that was a factor.

 

Here you go!
Saya and Natsumi box opening
Saya and Natsumi box opening

They might not look too bad if you're not comparing them to the company photos, but if I'd known they would look like that I would have gotten them blank. I definitely don't regret wiping them.

 

My LS Celia with company face-up: Celia.
I think they did a gorgeous job, but not a big fan of the cheap eyelashes. I can easily change them at some point but I've been too lazy.

 

Yeah, Saya's was definitely the biggest disappointment of the two, her faceup really drew me in on the company photos but sadly they didn't quite deliver. Natsumi's I might have been ok with on its own, it's not as good as the promo but it's not terrible, but being disappointed by both faceups at the same time was just too much so I wiped them both and it was definitely for the best!

 

Looking at that I would always say pay an artist! They are usually way way better than company faceups and you get to support an artist too! I now never get company ones done and prefer to do my own, cheaper and much more fun

 

I do my own! I had all the supplies back when it happened and was just waiting for a good opportunity so I started with those two. I've been getting my dolls blank too since

 

If you’re in the States there’s tons of great artists who do fab work. I’m U.K. based and we have some great artists here too thankfully. I like the idea that no one has a doll quite like mine

 

I have a full set of thunder kui loongsoul.
I think the face-up is a little fader than the company promo.
However, I think it is still good, he looks handsome.