Ella in her own gown

I decided I needed more photos of Ella after her makeover, so I put her in her original gown for the first time since she came back home. For comparison, here is how she originally looked, right out of the box:



The picture quality is not great, but I was using my old camera, poor lighting, and a terrible background choice. Anyway, I took her hair down and attempted to straighten it with hot water, which did not work. So here she is after I tried to recreate her original hairstyle:



Which also did not work.  It was clear that she needed a reroot, so I sent her to Karin of Cloud 9, who was nice enough to switch her head to a new body at the same time. From there Ella traveled to Laurie Lenz, who repainted her eyes from blue to green. All in all, I think it was a vast improvement:



She seems much more alive to me now.



A close-up shot of her sweet face:



I really do love this gown.

More pics of Ella's makeover - just because

I just can't get over the awesome job that Karin and Laurie Lenz did on my Seventeen doll, Ella. Here she is last year at Halloween:



You can see how badly she needed a reroot, although her frizzy hair worked rather well for her costume as a ghost bride:



But after a reroot (by Karin), body swap, and eye enhancement (by Laurie Lenz), you can see how much more alive she looks!





I love this girl! :D

A dolly makeover!

Ella (Seventeen) was only the second big Tonner gal that I ever bought. I sent her out recently to have some work done, and well, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Before:


After:
 

Karin of Cloud 9 did the reroot and body swap for me, and Laurie Lenz did the eye enhancement. Oh! I also have Tex Bex to thank for selling me the new Teen body! One of my favorite dolls now has new life thanks to these three lovely ladies. :)

More pics!

Before:


This is about as tame as I could ever get her hair to be. And it was so thin that I could see through to the scalp in the back. Poor Ella. :(

After:


Now her hair is so long and straight and smooth... I love it!

Before:


I loved her sweet expression and neutral makeup, and I wanted her to retain her youthful look.

After:


I asked Laurie to give her green eyes instead of blue, and this is the result! It was exactly as I had imagined, and she looks so much more alive now! 

Before:

It was very difficult to get her to pose naturally.

After:

So much better!






I've been making her do a bunch of poses she couldn't do before - but I don't hear any complaints!  In fact, I think she looks more like she's smiling, now. Could be just my imagination... what do you think?