Thunderstorms are holding me indoors for now. It is great to get some rain around here. I want to root some roses, but I was afraid they would die if I cut them in this heat and dry spell. Now I can do it.
I recently decided I would like another repaint Barbie. To be exact I want a Made to Move Barbie customized to my own favorite features about Barbie. I like Barbies with the two-toned hair more than anything. Blonde just looks more realistic to me when it is more than one tone, especially on an adult. I wanted to put a Fashionista #28 on a Made to Move Barbie. I found some good information about the Fashionista Barbie skin tones on Google search engine. Fashionista #28 is skin tone number 4. I don't know if I have the right to repost the charts I found but the info is out there for anyone interested in customizing a Barbie Made to Move. Skin tone 4 is supposed to match the redheaded Made to Move Barbie in the Light Blue Top. I don't have one and they are expensive to get now. So I decided to try the Fashionista on the newer Soccer Barbie. I took pictures of them together to see if it would work. I didn't change any of the photos and took them outside in the natural lighting.
Pink top M2M Barbie is not just a tiny bit lighter than Soccer Barbie, she has a pinker tone to her. At least that is what I see when I look at them together. I don't think it would be a big deal to do either Barbie, since I will be painting her face over. I prefer the hair and expression on the Fashionista.
These dolls look like they could trade heads. I saw someone on youtube trade these exact doll's heads and it looked pretty nice to me. I really like the tall Barbies but the Fashionistas don't bend their knees and arms like the tall Black Label Barbie- City Chic I got also. I loved the one with the jungle outfit. I am not a big fan of animal skin outfits but the Barbie is totally it for me. She has bangs and really realistic sun glasses. I got a pack of tall and plump Barbie shoes for them too. Sure enough even if I can get tall Barbie's feet in the regular Barbie shoes they don't look right at all. So tall Barbies are all about to be robbed of their heads and clothes, so my favorites can have it all.
I had Barbies when I was a little kid and my mother used to make doll clothes for them, while she was babysitting me, my cousins and neighbors too. She would sell a shoebox full of Barbie things she made for like five dollars. I gave all the dolls away as I decided I was too old for the dolls. A few years ago I got a Barbie at a dollar store and made her a hat and scarf with some very fine yarn. I wanted it to be to scale with a Barbie. It looked nice but was very hard to do with threads that are sock weight or 1400 yards per pound or smaller. I still wasn't impressed enough to pursue Barbie because of the straight legs and arms. Then I ran across all these dolls with joints. I was like where has she been all my life. I wasn't too old for dolls at all. Barbie was too old for me.
Here's the two blondes together. I don't know if others can see the Barbie on the left looks pinker. The one on the right looks tan with even a bit of yellow tint to her.
Pink top Barbie looks quite a bit lighter to me.
This is the final shot. I am dead set on putting the Fashionista on the Soccer Barbie body. I will keep the clothes for the favorite tall Barbie. I haven't even opened the box yet I was so pleased I just want to look at her.
Here are the legs of the Barbies. I noticed some comparisons are done only using the Barbie legs. So these legs show the colors aren't that close at all. I am still convinced it will work for them. Now I just need time to get them done.
Now that I have learned more about Barbies than I ever even knew to ask, I need to start creating more and collecting less. I really don't know how I got so far off the path I intended to take. My favs do need some kitchen stuff though.
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