I bought Michi second hand for €50 and she came in a box filled with mould-smelling plastic and fabric bags.
Her face had not only a mysterious pink stain but also a coat of mysterious paint. Yikes.
YIKES
NO MORE
Bathed
Rinsed
Dried
The paint did not come off. Still, to this day, I don't understand what the heck why the heck wtf
Before submitting to painting, I made her a wig.
Then I submitted to painting and found out that gouache doesn't realllllyyyyy dryyyyy
the first try looked so bad and also came off.
Then I bought ACRYLIC PAINT which I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT in the first place
Lo and behold my poor person's airbrush method (makeup sponge) it DID DRY and I could continue
Hiding the worst mistakes under paint and little hearts because I am NOT doing this again. This has been a stressful faceup.
Rumour has it that months later she also got upper eyelashes
You can find the whole DoA project journal here, TL;DR, she also ended up getting clothes and a hat and the whole jazz.
Here's her profile!