Back to (hardcore) faceups

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.

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YIKES

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NO MORE

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Bathed

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Rinsed

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Dried

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The paint did not come off. Still, to this day, I don't understand what the heck why the heck wtf

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Before submitting to painting, I made her a wig.

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Then I submitted to painting and found out that gouache doesn't realllllyyyyy dryyyyy
the first try looked so bad and also came off.

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Then I bought ACRYLIC PAINT which I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT in the first place

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Lo and behold my poor person's airbrush method (makeup sponge) it DID DRY and I could continue

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Hiding the worst mistakes under paint and little hearts because I am NOT doing this again. This has been a stressful faceup.

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Rumour has it that months later she also got upper eyelashes

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You can find the whole DoA project journal here, TL;DR, she also ended up getting clothes and a hat and the whole jazz.

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Here's her profile!