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Restoring Barbie Fashionistas #69

Bought her dirt cheap on the used market. She's a playline doll with the Neysa face sculpt. Link to her wiki.

She was in pretty bad condition. It's not very visible in the photo, but her face was covered in smudges:

I managed to clean it by letting her soak in a soapy bath for a few hours.

Her body was melted:

Luckily, I don't care much about her original body. It doesn't have many joints, and I don't like Mattel bodies in general. Especially their quality - the joints are awful even on their pricey dolls. So I decided to swap her body for one from AliExpress called MengF.

The matching skin tone is White. If you're not into dolls, you may think that's obvious, but there are actually many shades of white doll bodies, such as Pink White, Beige, etc. ๐Ÿ™‚

Her original clothes are still wet, but I was planning to change them anyway. I really like to restyle my dolls from time to time.

Also, a small note: since she's a playline doll, her facial features are a bit bigger than those of other dolls. Here she is with Anna for comparison:

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