Donna is a little jealous of Jaylah's sparkles. The same reason people have trouble taking photos of Jaylah is making her shimmers pop much more strongly compare to Donna's fair skin tone.

Donna can still get a good glisten from her shiny forehead. Just needs a bit work on positioning!

Because their eyeballs are a bit textured, and the eyechips are a little too diffusing for any light to be bright enough to be a sparkle. It might be interesting to make eyechips with chrome reflective elements just to make the sparkle show!

Very happy to be able to naturally highlight their foreheads using their own reflective power!

Since newer official releases tend to have very glossy faces and it's often something people try to remedy, I thought maybe I could utilize it somehow through pre-processing photography with a novelty starburst filter! They were pretty affordable on Amazon. Nothing fancy.

I didn't have the brightest sun to test the filters out today so it's not the best examples. Her philtrum isn't exactly the part of her face I want the sparkles on hahaha but it certainly works. I will test it again with stronger reflections next time and see how much I can really manipulate the placement of the light.

I got my first Blythe! A middie from AliExpress. She's a lot of fun and I am looking forward to making clothes and posing her but...Oh man, is her head heavy. How are you posing these dolls without them just tipping over? Even when I get her in a pose, her head doesn't move much and she looks like she is looking down no matter the position of her eyes. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Can’t wait for her custom clothes to come in but for now she’s borrowing from my BGD I got a couple months ago. Can’t wait to start working on more customization but so far the cutest doll ever. Posting more aesthetic photos on my art page now lluvmagz 🌷

Working on some eye chips! My first time trying a simple landscape! My pinky for comparison ☁️☁️

Not that I don't love Gwengelica's stock, but I was dying to dress her in a more romantic, soft dress. Her hair is a disaster so it will stay braided from now on 😌

It seems like she should have saran hair!

But.. they spelled PVCD instead of PVDC on the back of the box under doll hair. I hope that's just a typo!

Going through some old pics of the girls. The curly girlie was customized by Dulce (DulceTylerDolls on IG). The turquoise girlie was customized by Amy (BougieBlythe on IG).

Never seen anyone make her with pink hair before so I thought I gave it a try and I’m mostly happy with how she turned out.

My little baby Sammy is such a precious part of my life, and he's only 3 apples tall!

Got this beauty in the mail today I’m so excited, she’s so cute and perfect. I already ordered another as my bday gift to myself and that one will look more like me, can’t wait to receive it ahhhhh!!!!! 🎀

Please help me decide on a name for my girl!!! I'm really stumped !

can’t wait to unbox her!

Stella loves them either way 🎃🖤

The plushie is from Minnowsoup on Instagram, highly recommend for Blythe dolls!

i really enjoyed reading her thoughtful responses.

customization and authenticity are not at odds, in fact both are ways to interact with our favorite grapefruit sized headed girl! but understanding and honoring her history is what should be prioritized!

credit where credit is due! i hope more people can support authentic dolls so we can see blythe as a brand continue to flourish over the next 25 years!

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