I wish that hadn't been one I learned the hard way ;_; I always thought people were exaggerating when they said oils could damage dolls, but nope. Gooey strings of sticky resin pulling out with the eyes. It was so disgusting. The acrylic eyes were hopeless--they'd completely melted under the putty and are to this day the only pair of eyes I threw away! Of course, it also took a while to get to that point. Those eyes had been in with that putty for probably 3 years.

i know im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid lost my password. I love any assistance you can give me

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@Leon Austin i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm trying it out now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@Leon Austin it worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thank you so much, you saved my ass!

One of my sisters actually requested this one! She doesn't have a doll, but it did seem like a good idea XD

Ah, yeah, the lashes can affect that! I have that issue sometimes too, especially on Laele with her ridiculously long lashes. I usually do it by putting the eye putty "snake" a little farther forward on the eye so that it smooshes in between the front of the eye and the eye well just a little. It's not enough to make the eyes too far set back, but it adds the tiniest gap for the eyelashes so they don't get smashed!

@@LomisPlayground thank you! I'll try that out. :)

I think a lot of us keep a stash of eyes on hand so we can drop in different sizes and see what we like, but I remember how bewildered I was the first time a doll didn't come with eyes and the sales page didn't list a size for them!

Usually I measure the eye to the outside of the head because the eye well can be difficult to reach on the inside. I would expect a doll with eyes that size to need a 12 eye, or depending on how rounded the eye well is since the wells are usually larger than the eye opening itself. Measuring gets you close, but sometimes experimenting with fit changes things a lot. I have one difficult doll that has gaps with 12mm eyes but 14 is too big. Oval-shaped 12mm eyes ended up being the solution for him.

Not usually with good results. Most eyes have high-gloss coatings on them to make them shiny and smooth--in my experience, acrylics are usually made of two bonded layers of plastic and if you try to alter parts of them, the two layers will separate.

@@LomisPlayground Thank you for the reply! I’m so sad I got the wrong size. The eyes are so beautiful but they just won’t fit. 🥲

It will depend on the size of the eye wells... some dolls that small use teeny eyes and some use huge ones! What's the sculpt/company of the doll you're planning to get? Maybe we can find some info on eye sizing. :)

Most of my dolls now wear eyes I've made myself because I enjoy creating them, but when I'm buying eyes, my favorites are urethane eyes from MakoEyes or metallic acrylics from Ersa Flora. The metallic layer makes them really bright and reflective and a lot of my Ersa Flora eyes look just as good as urethane :)

It will depend on what you purchase :) If a doll is listed as "basic" it is available blank or with a faceup. Both options come already strung/assembled together. Choosing a faceup means it will come already painted, with eyes in, but it will not have a wig or clothes. If a doll is listed as a "full set with faceup" it will come with everything you need - painted face, eyes in, fully strung, with clothes and wig ready for you to dress it and put the wig on as soon as it arrives.

I want to say it came with one of my Iplehouse dolls.

If you are on Instagram try the #bjdsales or #bjdforsale tag. Or try BJD Addicts on Facebook. I get most of mine secondhand. Don't get them from eBay. They are bootleg copies and frowned upon in the hobby.

Amanda Zoe's recommendations are great :) You can get many secondhand dolls for great prices. Most of mine came directly from the makers. The one in this video is a Doll Family A Practice Head, which I purchased through the dealer Alice's Collections: www.acbjd.com -- My doll Rhyllyn is a LatiDoll Rei Cristopher head purchased second hand and his body is from MyouDoll, also from Alice's Collections. My dolls Firal, Lulu, and Lillibelle are from Fairyland and were purchased direct from www.dollfairyland.com and the dealer www.denverdoll.com/ -- and Rune, Vahn, Laele, and Arrios are all from www.iplehouse.com :D Hope that helps!!