hey look whose card reader arrived today
so. anyway.
This Mariposa Barbie head that @floccentric sent was cute, but there were a lot things about her that weren’t my style. But! a light brown Mackie sculpt! so it was worth figuring out
First I tried to deglitter the lipstick and ended up removing lip paint, so the lips had to go, as did the hair, because I was not fond of the fiber or color (I did consider curling it, but…enh.) Just look at how low the hairline was rooted.
I wiped all of the original paint and decided to, loosely, copy Licca paint style.
After that, brushed some yarn and glued it directly to the scalp with Tacky Glue. After that dried, I gelled it, then, when the gel was dry, I cut it, repeating the gelling-then-cutting cycle a few times.
I mainly intend this hair to be a placeholder until I’m in a mood to reroot–it’ll peel right off whenever that time arrives
She’s adorable!
