BJD Ear-piercing~!

So... I don't know if you guys noticed, but Ethan? He's kind of a punk/goth-y character as far as his style goes. THUS, I decided to pierce his ears! 

Now, ear-piercing is not always the solution to your dolls' earring-needing needs... But, in this case, where I wanted to be able to change his earrings as often (or not often) as I wished, I decided that modding my doll was the best choice. This is a PERMANENT mod! So, BEWARE! Use caution, and do something that I didn't do on the first ear (Hey, it's a learning experience!): use something to make an indentation on the ear before you start drilling! (can you tell that I'm having fun with different font-thingies? XD) On the second ear, I used the tip of the drill bit to lightly, barely drill in, making an indentation, before I started pushing into the ear some to really drill it. Because I didn't make an indentation on the first ear, the pin vise slipped... and his piercing ended up off near the edge of his earlobe... Yeah... But, I learned quickly from my mistake, and pierced the second ear, in my opinion, perfectly~!

Now, down to business... ㅡㅅ ㅡ  (random 'serious kitty' face~!)

I recommend that you wear a mask (and do this outside, if possible), 'cause as you probably already know, resin is dangerous when inhaled...

Sadly, I didn't film it... 'cause I was just way too excited to do my first mod, and didn't even think of filming it. But, I will tell you guys how I did it, and show you the end product!

Step 1. Check out your doll's ears... I know, it sounds weird and creepy, but we (or at least I) do some weird stuff with, or stare creepily at, our dolls. Anyways~ If the earlobe is cast to the head, don't even bother looking any farther. You can only safely pierce you doll's ear(s) if their earlobe is not attached to their head. If it's attached, then you're probably going to drill into its head, which would make your doll very sad and make you sad.  

Step 2. Get a small manual hand drill (I used a Hobbico pin vise which was only $11 and came with, like, 5 or 6 drill bits (I got it at my local hobby store)) Do NOT get an electric drill, and do NOT try using yours, the heat from it will melt the plastic/resin, plus you'll have, like NO CONTROL.

Step 3. Mark with a pencil (just a normal one is fine, you're going to be drilling away that spot anyways...) where you want the piercings. Check, using your psychic powers, if it's too close to, in the back, where your doll's ear and head meet. If it is, simply erase it quickly and re-mark. (You also have to decide now what angle you're going to drill at)

Step 4. This is where I had the most trouble, so I'll tell you how I did it. Firstly, get the earring you're going to put in your doll's ear (small human ones work well for 1/3 scale dolls). Hold the post up to the drill bits and select whichever drill bit is closest to the size of the earring post. Put that one in your drill. 

Step 5. MAKE THE INDENTATION!

Step 6. Get your drill and position it so that you won't drill into the head if you get too drill-happy (also, for extra safety, put the eraser of the pencil you used earlier (assuming you used a mechanical pencil) behind the ear, in between the ear and the head). 

Step 7. Start drilling! Constantly check that the angle is right, and how close you are to breaking through!  When you're almost through, you should be able to see a grayish-blueish dot on the back of your doll's ear...

Step 8. Once done, don't pull your drill right out, turn it the opposite direction a little first, or the whole way, if necessary.

Step 9. Stick the earrings in~! And you're DONE!

GOOD LUCK~! <3

BJD updates~ (updates from November 22, 2013 to March 2, 2014)

1. I got Xander's head. 

2. I got Xander's identical twin brother's head as well (box opening below) (yay for birthdays!)

3. I ordered a Doll Family- A 2nd gen 1/3 body for them from jeeryama on ebay (I am currently waiting for it to be made) (again, yay for birthdays! (or birthday money, in this case))

4. Decided to make Inhyung someone else. Her name is Bai Jing-Jing Ning now (<- those first two names are beyond cute when written in Chinese). She's the other, new, Inhyung's little sister. (tho I still don't have the new Inhyung doll... lol, 인형 doll... i sorta made a pun-thingy...) XD

5. Decided on all my dolls', even the ones I don't have yet, names.

6. OH! Almost forgot! Also got Alex and Sasha's mother as a graduation present! <3 (box opening, again, is below)

7. Went to IKEA, got those duktig beds for Sasha and Alex... and sometimes their mother.

Little update as to how my dolls look now (and their full names):

I apologize for my (probably) horrible Chinese, as I don't speak or read Chinese and am using a mixture of babynames.com, google, wikipedia, and google translate ^^; So, if you happen to know Chinese names well, and I messed up, feel free to correct me!

 Here's my little man, Sasha Xiao-Chen (曉晨) Lucas~ >.<
I changed his wig to a white wool one, other than that, nothing has really changed... And he's sitting in his bed, holding the pillow I made him and being surrounded by fluffy white pillows I also made him~ ^3^

 This would be Alexandra 'Alex' Li-Xue (麗雪) Lucas, with her new long flowing, pink, curly locks~ Also in her bed, for which I made everything~

 This is Alex and Sasha's (as well as their little sister who I don't have yet, Lexi's) dad! Alexander 'Xander' Haydn Lucas! His character is not Chinese... obviously... so no Chinese here... or for his twin brother... And he's just a head right now, but he'll get to at least try on a body within the next month~

 This is Alex, Alexis, and Sasha's mother, Xiao-Hong (曉虹) 'Xiao (曉)' Qi (琦) Lucas. She be a fabulous Only-Doll Chiyao... ALSO! Her head is 7/8... I bought 8/9 since she's 1/3 scale... T^T But I was wrong.... beware the head size!!

And lastly, is another floating head I did, which will hopefully soon have a body... Ethan Sasha Lucas!

And here's Bai (formerly know as Inhyung)'s name written in Chinese ('cause her first and middle names are seriously adorable in my opinion (not to mention very easy to write!))And I'm aware that commonly, Bai would be the family name/surname/last name, but it's so cute~ >3< And there's no picture because she looks the exact same as she did when I 'took inventory' at the end of last year:

Bai (白) Jing-Jing (晶晶) Ning (寧)

PS: If you're wondering why my Chinese-named dolls have middle names, it's 'cause none of my characters, including Xiao and Bai, are Chinese, as in, from China... (tho, the dolls themselves are all made by Chinese companies (except Bai... she's Hujoo.. which is Korean), which helped me decide to at least give most of them Chinese middle names.) However, Bai's grandparents and Xiao's grandparents are both from China.)

BOX OPENINGS~!

Ethan's head/wig box opening, along with another birthday present~

My Only-Doll ChiYao, Xiao-Hong's, box opening <3

Circle Lens Review~ Max Misty Brown on light eyes

Haha~ Long overdue review is coming your way! I got these complimentary a while back, due to a mess up with my order, from ilovecirclelenses.com. If you check out my Candy Magic Violet review, you'll see me talk about the lenses shortly and go more in depth as to what the mess up was. Now, these are weird (good weird) lenses, lemme tell you why.

Design: This is where the weirdness starts. They have about two or three colors in them, the weirdness is the color choices. But this isn't really the color section, so I'll focus more on the design.
Which features a good-sized ring around the edge, and a nice blending of colors. 

Color: Onto the real weirdness~!! They are, I swear, yellow. Even the darker, supposedly brown, parts towards the outside are really rather golden. BUT, this works! Why? Because my eyes' innermost color is actually gold/yellow/ridiculously light brown. SO, it actually blends in rather well! 

Enlargement: Pretty nice... IDK if I'm just simply becoming desensitized to enlargement, but nothing seems to really make my eyes look huge anymore. I feel that I've lost my objectivity... ANYWAYS~ C: They are, I believe, only 14.5mm, which is small for a circle lens. 

Comfort: Very nice~ I like~

Suited for light eyes?

Hmm... I think so~! They blend in well with the one color that pretty much everyone has in their eyes: gold/yellow/ridiculously light brown! :)

PIC TIME~

Flash

Indoor light

Natural light

One in~ One out~ From far away~

Again, but close up!

Selca~ <3

Help my friend! C: (...if you actually want some things I'm selling, that is...)

YO! So, as the title says, one of my friends needs some help. Some financial help... NOW, I'm not begging for money or anything, in fact, if you dare try and give us a handout, I will put up a protest.

Point being: check out my storenvy store so my friend can pay for something important... As for anything that used to be hers, if it sells, the money will go to her. 

The stuff that used to be hers? Some CDs (of which the most expensive is $3, so... come on...)  and 2 Naruto Akatsuki cloaks (which she set the price at $35 each since she paid about $50 for each of them) Soooo... yeah, just letting y'all know that my friend needs some money, and if you want any of that stuff, and decide to buy it, the money will go to her instead of me... (So, for those that hate me or something, feel free to dangle money in front of my face, only to have it given away to a worthy cause (and those that like me, still, please buy it if you want it, 'cause that'd make me happy as well as sad... XD ))
UPDATE: my friend has managed to buy the most important thing that she needed to buy, but she still needs money, just not as urgently. 

Storenvy store link : http://kidforocks.storenvy.com/

Link to the Naruto Akatsuki cloaks: http://kidforocks.storenvy.com/products/5531050-gently-used-naruto-akatsuki-cosplay-cloak

And the CDs would be the only CDs, at the moment, that I'm selling...

Here's a list of the CDs:

All American Rejects - Move Along ($3) http://kidforocks.storenvy.com/products/5531479-the-all-american-rejects-move-along-cd-used

Green Day - American Idiot ($3) http://kidforocks.storenvy.com/products/5532163-green-day-american-idiot-used-parental-advisory

Avril Lavigne - the best damn thing _book is damaged/ not in original case_ ($1) http://kidforocks.storenvy.com/products/5531719-avril-lavigne-the-best-damn-thing-cd-used

Superstarz! (idk what this even is.. it's like kidz-bop, by girls, for girls?) _not in original case_($1) http://kidforocks.storenvy.com/products/5532058-superstarz-cd-used

Radio Disney - Move It! _not in original case_ ($1.50) http://kidforocks.storenvy.com/products/5531881-radio-disney-move-it-cd-used

Faceups...

I am going to level with y'all... I want to be able to do lots of faceups.. but so far, I can only do these natural-looking faceups. However, I have only tried to do a faceup on the Doll Family- A 1/3 practice head. Twice. Trying to, the second time, be unnatural. But no, he looks goth-y like I wanted, but... still so naturally goth-y... :/ Well, it's kinda a win/win 'cause I didn't really want an unnatural faceup for him, I just wanted a goth-y look... But I wanted to try! >.<
I tried, and, I think, failed. Lemme show ya.

This is what I started with: The Doll Family- A practice head

This was the first faceup I did, the one that was supposed to be natural, and was...

This was supposed to be 'unnatural'... yeah...

Another angle~

So, what do you think? Should I just give in and accept my natural faceup-ness fate? Or shall I rebel and try again?

Circle Lens Review~ Magic Eye Diacut Amethyst on light eyes

Bonjour~! Is everyone having a good day? ...Well, I'm not really.

Why?

Because my fancy fancy expensive circle lenses don't look amazing on my eyes!

Now, I can't really complain however, since they were complimentary because of some mess ups with my order. (I <3 ilovecirclelenses.com! They're so nice!) And thus, the review begins~

Design: Now, as the name says, it is a gemstone-esque design. In this case, due to the color, it is based off an amethyst. It literally looks rather like a purple diamond in a brilliant cut. It has a good sized ring... but has a large pupil hole and no colors to possibly blend into my eye. 

Color: They look like a light purple, rather lilac-y off, but look rather dark on. It's more obviously purple than the candy magic purples for some reason... It's interesting. :P

Enlargement: Hmm, well, it has a rather nice enlargement... But, well, it's just not big enough for me, personally. It doesn't seem to enlarge my eye a lot. Though, it does enlarge. 

Comfort: uhhh... I know that these are 'premium lenses' and whatever, but... I've yet to wear them without ANY irritation. However, they DO let my eyes breathe more, due to their nifty super-thinness. It may just be the batch.. I'll have to wait until I try the crystal... or was it diamond? Either way, the gray ones!

Suited for light eyes?

I don't really think so.. unless you want the stark difference between your eyes and your fake eyes. 

Flash

Natural light

One in~ One out~

Same thing, but far away~

Both in: SELCA~!

Circle Lens Review~ EOS Ice Gray/Grey on light eyes

Whoo~~! After years of searching, I think that it may have been found! 'What is it?' you may ask... well, anyone that has looked at this blog should know my quest, when it comes to circle lenses, which is: CIRCLE LENSES SUITED FOR LIGHT(blue) EYES!

Now, I believe that I may have found one... Let's see, shall we?

Design: It's really rather simple, not as simple as some other lenses I've had, but pretty simple (which is probably one of the reasons why it works). It's just a little, thin ring around the edge, with some lines going through to about halfway to the middle. And throughout, is a nice light gray. 

Color: They're gray (or grey, however you happen to spell it). And one thing that circle lenses has forced me to realize, is this: eyes have a lot of colors in them. (duh) My own eyes have about three colors, and depending upon how big the pupil hole is for the lenses, the color of lens that I need will change. This lens has a rather large pupil hole, so I went with gray ('cause that's the outermost color on my real eye). AND IT MATCHES, LIKE, PERFECTLY! <3 I seriously can't tell where my eyes begin to blend into the lens. 

Enlargement: Surprisingly, despite the light color, and despite the small ring, it ENLARGES. Like... LOOK DOWN BELOW... But, at the same time, it just blends in so well, and the ring isn't overwhelming, so it looks NATURAL! C: If I was having a lazy day, and didn't feel like putting on any eye makeup, I just might be able to get away with it XD

Comfort: Wonderful~~~! Need I say more? No? Well, I shall anyways~ 

1. They went in easy, despite the size. 

2. They didn't dry out fast or anything. 

3(sorta a continuation of 2). I can wear them for a long time... probably longer than I should ^^;

Suited for light eyes??

As I said earlier, I think these may be the ones... But, as far as how they'd work for other eyes? Well... If your eyes are like mine, buy them if you want them. If your eyes are green, well, I'm not sure then. However, gray eyes? This lens is a true gray, as in, it looks like the gray eye color, so y'all should have no problem.

PIC TIMES~

Flash

Natural Light

One in~ One out~ (from far away)

One in~ One out~ (up close)

Selca~~~!! ^^

As always, these were purchased from ilovecirclelenses.com! They're one of their newer pairs... So I had to give them a try.