Meme: Some confession sharing?

Thank you for telling me! I honestly had no idea!

 

The white skin ones stain like crazy, and they yellowish too D:, semi white skin (like my Mariko) are quite troublesome too, and the "safer" are the normal skin, but all of them stain, because of the composition of the vinyl.

A body suit helps a lot of course, but if you touch dark clothes and the dye is not properly sealed, when you touch the doll, she will get stained from the dye in your fingers, I know a guy whose Miku has a lot of stains that came "out of nowhere", they came from the black dye of her maid outfit U_U My Mariko has a few behind her ears, that I honestly have no idea where they came from D:

 

Oxy zit cream is your best friend for getting stains, even old ones off vinyl dolls. They don't sell it here in NZ so I hoard it.


......And just so I'm not disrupting the confession thread with conversation here is my confession.
When my hubby pisses me off I buy dolls. It's not that I hide it from him or anything, I actually tell him most of the time that I'm buying a doll but he's just so friggin bad at gift selection, really bad, in almost 12 years he has never given me one good gift that I actually liked, or could use, so I consider it partly like I'm just buying my own birthday presents etc. since he's so bloody terrible at it.

 

Thank you both so much for letting me know! This is really helpful information and I really appreciate it. Now I know to be extra careful with any vinyl dolls I come across or own in the future!

 

Aaaaaah I am such a weird (???) collector, I have so many confessions that aren't going to see light of day, but here's one: I think I might be the only person alive to absolutely adore the pants off of Ringdoll Mona!

 

Confession... I hate the purple yarn wig I made for my doll. The wig cap fit perfect until I put wefts on. Now it's too small/ doesn't sit right and looks gunky. :/

 

Confession...sometimes I decide I don't like a sculpt just because it's too popular. I do that in other parts of my life too. I have no idea if I would enjoy Twilight, or Hunger Games, or what not, it's too popular so I can't get into it.

I also have a terrible problem with wanting dolls just because they're rare and/or old. I'll go on the MP and find dolls that make me think "omg, this is a one-off, how can I pass it up?" or "this was a limited, what a good deal!" I'll watch the threads and then go back through them with fresh eyes and realize that I don't even LIKE that one-off sculpt from 200-whenever, I just wanted it because it was rare. My mother, father, and sister all do the same thing. Antique stores are bad for all of us.

 

Confession! I am getting sick and tired of dolls in weird sex scenes/positions. Not necessarily "naked" even, just doing weird awkward stuff thats a major *eye roll* for me. Personally, dolls are an art medium, just like a painter's canvas or a photographer's camera, my dolls are my models and artistic muse. To see and know that some people portray them in that way taints the doll hobby's reputation for me and for many others. You'd be surprised at how often I come across it and how many of them there are. It's just so disgusting to me I try my best to block and avoid it but you can't possibly do that 100%.
There is something called "artistic nudity" but theres nothing artistic about sex or porn. Please keep that in your dolly bedroom away from my eyes.

 

Here's a weird one:

I use the same two variations on one color scheme in most of my faceups. Even when I deviate, they manage to slip in somehow.

 

My confession is...I can't seem to stay away from the marketplace! I have spent hours looking at clothes for my Resinsoul Mei, since she's slim, and I end up see clothes that would work for a doll I dont have yet and begin to plan to buy more clothes! I really need to focus on completing Lorelei(my mei) before I start planning my others. I know I have a boy coming up soon so looking for him isn't as bad, but a doll I haven't even shelled yet?

 

My confession is... The doll I currently have I haven't even given a name to yet!

 

My Confession: (probably has been said here already)
I really really hate seeing dolls without face ups. In unboxing pics or something like that it still makes me a little uncomfortable but it's not a huge deal. The ones that bother me are dolls that are dressed, styled, have wigs and eyes and such but no face up. It's just annoying to me. I hold nothing against anyone who chooses not to get a face up on their doll but I just don't like looking at them. Maybe deep down they creep me out when they're blank or something and I just don't realize?

 

My confession.. none of my male dolls have any shoes. My female dolls, shoes galore. But one guy does have socks.

 

my bad confession is that i eat at the same time as i play with my dolls

 

Confession 1: I think my faceups have just gotten worse since my first try. The first one I did on Cassie looked cute and perfect and I should never have wiped it. I'm a complete klutz with paint

Confession 2: I'm sure someone else has said something like this, but I was planning what doll I was going to buy next before I even had my current doll dressed...

 

I second that. I have no idea on the percentage of benzoyl peroxide that works the best, the advice I had was to get the oxy 10 at 10% bp. In the uk you can only get up to 2.5% so I ordered the 10% from eBay. I had a Disney Pocahontas with a blue nose. A few overnight 'soaks' in the cream (with plastic wrap over it so it doesn't get dry) and her nose is perfect. It didn't even lighten her tan face either (though I guess it may do if you left it on for a very long time).



Anyway.... My confession is I lack patience. My first bjd has only been with me for 3 weeks and I'm irritated I haven't already made her everything I want to and she hasn't got a proper wig yet or shoes.

 

A few years ago when I was researching BJDs (before I got my first one) I came across a lot of boy dolls dressed "girly" and was completely confused by it. All I could think was "why don't they just get a girl doll to put frilly dresses on?"

 

Oh, and another confession. I don't really have enough room for my dolls. There's no shelf they can sit on to be on show, and my current doll sits with me or on the table, and in her box at night. And I'm not bothered either.

And I say I'm not going over 3 until I move to a bigger place, but I'll probably ignore that and be surrounded by dolls on all surfaces...

 

I don't know why but it annoys me when I see people offering faceup commissions who clearly are terrible at faceups..... I mean why would you even do that, it seems to me it is just asking for trouble and disappointed customers. Do some people honestly not manage to tell the difference between a good and a terrible faceup?? I don't get it.

I understand a need to practice to get better, but I don't think one should practice on other people's expensive dolls and try and get paid for it.

 

I am randomly creating new stories, plot lines, and characters to justify getting dolls.

 

Clover, in the story, is actually a lot sweeter then she is portrayed in photostories.
Her character has the biggest divide from doll to story, and it's gone on for years.
Now she's mimicking Donald Trump for the race to shelf Presidency.

 

My only confession, I'm starting not to hoard eyes. I made one saffrin order, and oh my god, suddenly the house is flooded.

 

One confession of mine is that I adore this hobby so much, but sometimes obsess over it so much that I burn myself out and have to step away from my dolls for a while, sometimes even a month.. My dolls just sit there on the shelf, untouched, for weeks, sometimes a month, because I've driven myself ill obsessing over them. :/ And then I return at some point and do it all over again.

 

I cannot see past bad looking joints.

 

I wish more companies would sand seam lines on their dolls they ship out, it's really unattractive and unprofessional looking to me...

 

My first and only Doll, Sock, took a fall onto pavement. Luckily he was perfectly fine, but I feel like a horrible doll parent.

 

My very first doll is currently up in the marketplace looking for a new home. She was well loved, but my tastes have changed to the point where I felt as thought she had/has to go on and find new adventures.
I don't feel guilty about selling her. Not at all.
But I sure do feel guilty over not feeling guilty (???!?!??)

 

When my roommate and I are watching TV I like to hold Souji and just... run my fingers all over the contours of his back ><; (and smooth his hair and whatever, but that's a little less weird). At one point she asked me if I was checking for tumors and when I said no she just gave me this look like "uh-huh, okay, then what's your excuse for this weirdness". Occasionally I threaten that soon I'll have too many dolls and they'll have to live in our living room too, and she just rolls her eyes.

I worry that I'm losing perspective about how I present to the ~real world~ with regards to this hobby, since it all feels increasingly normal to me.

 

I almost quit the hobby several times. Sometimes the dolls start to feel more like work than like fun. I'm trying to hold on to it but real life makes it hard sometimes.

 

I think I might care about my dolls more than I do most people...

 

I...nearly maxed out a credit card in order to purchase a limited doll. 8(

IN MY DEFENSE yes I could have afforded it otherwise, and no finances are in danger! I'm (usually) extremely fiscally responsible, I just figured it might be a little easier than a company sponsored layaway or the feeling of terror seeing my main account fall that much, so fast. Plus, I'll get my doll faster and build credit in the process. ^_^

Still, in my years of legal adulthood I've never had a balance carry over on a card. But $30~ in interest for my grail doll and I get her many months sooner...well. I just feel absolutely awful for it. xD;

 

I started to get interested on bjd just because I saw some real looking ones and thought I could do my own faceups so that they looked like some guys on a certain band... *cough* bmth *cough*

 

I completely neglect my dolls. I don't even look at them for months at a time and my second oldest doll is over a year old and never had a faceup, but still I can't stop buying clothes <.<;;;

 

I want to take Zenith to see the fireworks with me on the 4th this year, but I'm afraid of people giving me weird looks for carrying around a doll. Chances are he will end up staying cooped up in his box on the 4th because I can't get over my social fears. :/

 

My first doll has broken fingers, and while I glued them back on, they've come off a couple more times, and have been glued back on, causing the glue to build up and look ugly. But I'm too lazy to go out and buy her new hands...

 

I make latex wig caps directly on my dolls, I don't use cling wrap or plastic or anything. I'm not afraid of leaving the latex on them for up to a week. I also use pure acetone when I have to wipe off a faceup. I make sure I wash it well with detergent but I'm not afraid of using it. I also mod my dolls with an exacto blade if I have to. I'm not afraid of experimenting on brand new dolls. Sometimes I would rather experiment with them than to see them finished. I guess that's my way of bonding.

 

I confess that my living room his currently a mess for over a week now , I've been playing dress up for the dolls here and i can't seem to put them away mainly cause I know I'll want to play again lol

 

I like to hold the hand of my Souldoll Vito who I named Seth. His hands are shaped perfectly for my finger. I feel like my dolls are my children, so I don't think it's weird, but everyone else who sees me must! I don't feel bad at all though.

 

I feel like 95% of the reason I got into dolls and this hobby is because of Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess.

 

i ordered the wrong skin colored head to match my white skin doll zone body and then had to blush both the pink head and white body to match each other //////^^/////
also sometimes i feel really really bad about how much i spend on the hobby and how much time i spend on the internet looking at dolls. and i wonder if i should take a break or at the very least put a more stringent cap on my spending then i already have

 

Let's see, I've given Lue kisses, on the top of his head, his hands, and even, gasp!.....his forehead! I always do it very lightly, and only when my lips are perfectly dry.


I've also fallen asleep with Lue cuddled on my chest, and woke up to find us both in exactly the same position as when 'we' fell asleep. Lol, good thing I sleep like a dead person, and don't move, especially when I'm sleeping with something...... animate or inanimate.


I'm sure I've spent a not so small fortune on dolls and doll related things like clothes, shoes, props, furniture, etc.. I'm actually glad I've never kept track, nor have I any desire to even try to figure it all up..... I'd probably have a heart attack if I did.

I suspect I could have had that Lamborghini, if I hadn't spent it on dolls, or possibly even my own private jet, lol!


I'm totally obsessed with Volks' old F-14 MSD head sculpt, also known as the Kohaku/Hisui sculpt, to the point where I currently own over 20 F-14 MSDs, many of which I've switched over to SDC boy bodies.

I've bought full SDC boy dolls in order to obtain SDC bodies for my F-14s.

Also, even now, if I see an F-14 for sale in the Marketplace, on Mandarake, or even on eBay, whether it's a full doll or just the head, I'll buy it immediately if I have the money!

I'd be looking for them on Yahoo Japan too, if I could just make heads or tails out of it.

I'm seriously F-14 nuts!

 

Confession: My tight-fisted budget habits have extended from faceups into wigs and small fantasy parts. At this rate I'll be making eyes next.

 

I recently swapped a doll i had on order for something else because i didnt wanna keep waiting for a doll i wasnt sure id like, i dont regret it; i have something wonderful waiting for me when i go home!

 

That photo about being scared people will sell their dolls for the amount they've told them they paid for them...yep that.

 

i think i just messed up my dolls resin idk how to spray the testor's dull coat so it ended up saggy looking and i tried to remove it with magic eraser and water and also some clear foaming soap but it looks scratched

 

I use 91% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol to clean any paint off my resins. I don't know if that's what I "should" use, but I haven't noticed any damage from it yet.

As for another confession - it still bugs me a bit when people put the website address instead of the company name in their sales threads ("dollsoom" or "eluts" for example) or misspell the sculpt name. It used to be more of a problem, because those results wouldn't show up when you searched for the company name, but I still find myself wondering how you can spend so much on something so special and not be bothered to get it right.

 

I love soom bjd design soo much, but hate the company and the bjd quality.
I said it before and I keep saying it again - helps my frustration

 

I have to confess that none of my dolls are OCs or anything special like that. All of them were chosen purely because I liked the sculpt and developed a loose character around them to come up with a name. I don't have extensive back stories or anything. I don't know if that makes me less of a good doll owner or not.

 

When I finally got Joren (a Fairyland Littlefee) after FIVE MONTHS of waiting, I was absolutely underwhelmed by the quality of her manufacture. Her resin was plasticky, and she had atrocious seamlines. I have 2 more LTF now, and these are much better made, but that initial impression kind of damaged my trust in FL as a company.

And yet I still want more Fairyland dolls.

 

I have a thing for eyes..... so I recently checked if there was a resin version of Argus/Argos (= Greek mythological creature with a hundred eyes. When he got slayed the eyes ended up on the tale of a bird that was just passing by: a peacock). Just in case it got completely out of hand and on display is prettier than stored

 

Sometimes I think about selling my first doll and all her wigs and clothing and using the money to buy a new doll and then I feel bad. I don't think I could ever get rid of her and I feel guilty thinking about it but sometimes she just can't match up to some of the other dolls I see.

 

I always forget the name of the sculpt on one of my favorite dolls....sorry Adair!

Also, I might be getting a good chunk of money soon, and all I can think about it spending it on more dolls, instead of saving any of it for future emergencies.

 

I spend way too much on dolls and not enough on clothes, shoes, eyes, etc. I have so many incomplete dolls, yet I just keep wanting to bring more and more home! Ugh it's such a problem, I really need to cut down my collection and spend some money on stuff for the dolls I have, rather than more and more dolls.

Although I'm a bit crazy for constantly spending on dolls rather than doll clothes and such, this hobby has really taught me a lot about budgeting! I never thought I'd be able to afford all the beautiful dolls that I have brought home, but with hard work and careful saving, I have learned that I can actually save quite a lot of money if I try hard enough.

 

I start a project and end up putting it off for months at a time, leaving the doll in pieces and/or naked and headless until I finally get around to finishing it. Also a lot of my dolls still have "temporary" outfits after years because I'm too lazy to make something more suitable.

 

My dolls are all representations of my alters (I have Dissociative Identity Disorder)

I enjoy erotic BJD photography

 

the trend of dolls having hyper-cartoon bodies is so strange. Like itty-bitty torso/chest and ginormous hips. I don't like them at all...

Also, I'm not a fan of the "realistic" BJD movement. So many people disliked realistic-looking dolls in 2006 (things like small eyes, angular facial bone structure, facial/body hair), and now they're incredibly popular. It's strange what changes in a hobby over 10 years.

 

You could try 100% acetone but don't leave it on the face. Just rub it with a cotton ball and immediatly dry it. Hope this helps :v

 

I'm in the same position. But I hope I come up with an OC I can relate to and maybe it would make me more attached to it.

 

I have to confess I hate Ipelhouse's new check out system. I needed help with a question, 3 times I emailed them but never heard back.... I canceled my order!

 

Forgive me for asking, but did you post to their Q&A? I've never heard of anyone being ignored there. I'm not sure the "webmaster" address is anything more than automated responses, since the one they usually contact people with when there's an issue is "service", and the "maro" one is their paypal account.