Aesthetics Making Faye Mine :: DZ Little Snow

I wasn't sure which tag to use, since I did a lot with Faye, my Dollzone Little Snow in purple, to make her mine.

Her arrival was rather disappointing as not only did she arrive on the wrong body (Dollzone B27-005 instead of the standard B27-004), but she is terribly faded and definitely not in a "like new" condition. New-Clover-Singing sold her to me as new and for new pricing directly from DZ, but then after I received the doll in a shoe box instead of a regular shipping box, I could clearly tell that this was not a new doll.


The body is clearly a boy body (I wanted a girl), and the head is completely a different color from the body. Plus the fading on the arms and legs are obviously from sun exposure. Turned out the doll was a 2 year old display model, which explained the uneven yellowing and fading.

After a bit of back and forth with NCS, I was given a partial refund and I could start making her mine, since there was no way to get the actual doll I wanted.


First thing first, was to remove the boy bits with a small rotary tool. Once the bulk was removed, I used some high grit sandpaper to smooth the mod out. You can tell her purple is brighter where I removed the peen.
Yes I know, no one would be able to tell when I put her in a dress, but I would know it's wrong and for my own collection that is a no go.

Next step was taping some magnets to her back, as I wanted her for sure to have wings. Luckily I had a pair of Luts HDF-MDF sized wings at home I'd gotten secondhand.

There isn't enough room in the chest piece to glue a magnet inside, nor to mod a spot into the back to put a magnet into. So I used masking tape! Easy to remove, and is hidden under clothes

The next steps were giving her a faceup. The first faceup I put on her I wasn't happy with, because I hadn't picked a wig for her yet. But some months after wigging her, I got fed up with the mismatch of the black eyebrows to the dark blonde hair, so I wiped her and started over.


Here to commemorate the first faceup I gave her.

And onto repainting her!


With the faceup, I had to first color match the faded purple to the slightly more saturated purple of her body. Once the color was even, I added blushing and some pale gold sparkly spots similar to freckles.



Once the blushing was solid, I painted in her eyebrows, eyeliner, and a bit of eye makeup. I also gave her a pretty and shimmery filigree pattern painted on with Coliro Pearlcolors (color Fenrir).



I didn't take really many wip shots of this faceup, but here it's finished! The filigree work shimmers between a pale gold and lavender, which I absolutely love. I am a bit sad that her delicate gold freckling disappeared from it, but it's okay, not all my dolls need freckles...


Here she is all put together as she's styled currently. I really need to take some DSLR photos of her, my phone just isn't the best...

Thank you for looking!

 

@ArtsyCreature - thank you so much! I’m glad I could make her my own after all

@sunhellion - thank you so much!

@Cubism - thanks! I was really disappointed upon the box, but now she’s a beloved part of my collection! I also loved putting gems and drawing different designs on my face when I was a teen and young adult! So now I do it on my dolls instead. I may one day order a Gem of Doll Lotte in purple with wings to get a little purple fairy, but Faye is a cute little fae with wings on her own too!

@RabbidBunnies - thankee!