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Rhonlynn · Member

Zoe-eyelashes?

Tina W. · Guru

i rooted very sparse light eyelashes with mohair on my Zoe. My opened eyed babies I don't eyelash (mostly because I can never get them to where I'm happy ) but they too fine as well. Rooting eyelashes is not hard at all. Where are several free tutorial video on the web (and I think Secrist has one on thier site as well) to show you how.

Rhonlynn · Member

I have a I think it might be a 42 gauge needle felting needle. I don't have eyelashes, and I wish the kit came with them.

Buffington · Guru

You have to buy the eyelashes separately when you buy the kit. For Zoe you would get the smaller preemie lashes. Part of the reason they don't come with the kit is because how do they know what color hair you're going to use? You wouldn't want black lashes if it's going to be a blonde baby lol

Rhonlynn · Member

Thankyou...I got my eyelashes and hair today,and some felting needles. I believe I can do the eyelashes with mohair, infact, it might be easier. I'll ask this, but the answer is probably on the tutorial. How do you get the e6000 in the tiny neck hole? Do you make a larger cut in the neck? Also, do you coat the inside of the head with purple?

-- Edited by Rhonlynn on Monday 28th of June 2010 10:48:17 PM

sage brush nursery · Guru

alot of us open the limb ends up with an exacto knife and yes we generaly do an internal wash , its kinda purple/blue......periwinkle sage aww

Rhonlynn · Member

Well,I rooted the eyelashes with mohair. It does look better, but my blonde is a bit too light,but it looks good. I don't have the purple, yet, to wash the inside of the head. Can you heat set them, with the eyebrows and hair already in? If not,I can practice on this one,and get another Zoe head.

Buffington · Guru

You rooted before you did the internal wash? Is the outside painted? Rooting is the last thing we do to our babies, internal colorwash is first.
When I forgot to do the internal wash on one of my babies (I was just starting out), I thought, ok, I can still do this. I had already rooted the head. So I did the internal wash and low and behold, all of a sudden, purple started coming out of each and every hole I had rooted the hair in! OMG! It was aweful! She had little purple dots allllll over her scalp and inside each hair hole! I had to quick wash and scrub the inside of the head with thinner and the outside with grease busting dish soap!

Sounds like you could definately benefit from watching one of our painting/beginner dvd's hun!

Oh, and as far as internal colorwash... only recommended on the Secrist kits as they are translucent like a babies real skin. Other kits, not so much... they are not really translucent (except for some of the kits from DD).

Rhonlynn · Member

Internal wash isn't in the DVD for the 2nd step dvd, nor is the paint for it. This is just a practice, and, her head came off, lol....glad I ordered more ties.

Rhonlynn · Member

I wish the DVD had been more detailed. This is the dvd you get from Hobby Lobby. The next dvd I'm getting is correct. It's the entire 99.00 kit from bountiful baby.

sage brush nursery · Guru

if you forgot to do the internal wash and wish to add later, you can as long as you haven't glued your hair or used aleenes paper glaze. but as pat said it can come out the hair roots.so with the fan brush apply only to the inside face area instead of the whole head.i believe secrist makes a premixed internal paint that's great for this. when you bake haveing already rooted(no glue) you just wet a cloth and cover the hair then bake. hope i didn't confuse you more. sage aww

Buffington · Guru

Right! You actually don't have to put the internal wash in the area of the rooted hair since you've already rooted it. Sorry, I should have thought of that