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5StarDoll- 0$ for Tan

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Atelier Momoni- 10eur, Toffee, Cocoa, Java

Doll Family A- 40$-30$ for Light Tan

Do Dolls Dream- 0$ Caramel Forest

Doll Family H- 40$ for YOSD, Imported Tan

Dreaming Doll- 0$ for Tan

Impldoll- 10$ (YOSD), 20$ (MSD) Tan and Brown Skin Anti-UV

LittleRebel- 0$ for Tan and Umber 

LUTS- 26.82$-40$ for Real skin brown

MerryDollRound- 0$ Chocolate Milk, Cookie, Chocolate 

Maskcat Doll- 20$ Tanned (only a few selected dolls)

Myoudoll- 0$ for Coffee, 25$ for Tanned for all sizes

Resinsoul- 16$ for Light Tan, 30$ for Dark Tan

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Dolls Be With You- 20$ Tan 

(this was the best image i could find :’))

YouplaDolls- 0$ for Tan 

First, a picture!

(I’ll put the link here for the upper left niuniu, i believe it’s lost in bookmark hell;;; bottom right pumpkin photo belongs to smoochyscoop on amino apps and is only here for reference purposes!!!) 

So, when I first did this I leaned for DZ Pumpkin-  her button nose and cute lips were very charming! Niuniu was a very close second, but I went with Pumpkin and put her on my wishlist for a few years- I was waiting for DZ to open tan resin orders again. She wasn’t supposed to be a high priority until that time, but... Welll.... 😅 *stares at the DZ discontinuation event, which has come and gone* That happened, so Tan option was out.

So this forced me to think about her all over again. I could dye her, yes! but (naturally....) I started reconsidering if she was the Right One or not after all. I wasn’t entirely happy with my digital facepass for her anymore since it was a few years old and I couldn’t seem to recreate it to my liking. I kept coming back to this facepass, even though I made my choice ages ago- which, ofc, isn’t a good sign, SO... 

I decided to do some updated passes and realized what was holding me back. I subconsciously wanted to update her design. She’s a few years old now (2015), and a lot of her design I put together on a whim since she was meant to be a one-shot character. I even held a contest to decide her colors! While I still love that version of her, I felt like if I really wanted to make her a doll I should be more like... invested about it. So, updated digital passes and doodles (as seen above) happened.

(from left to right: Dollzone Niuniu company pic, Dream Valley Rach company pic, and Dollzone Pumpkin (same pic, also (c) to smoochyscoop) 

I realized that while I love Pumpkin a lot, she’d become too young-looking for how I imagined Mana now. DV’s Rach was a very cute option that could come in tan (God and I do want a DV tan yosd *agonizes over DV’s discontinuation event too*) Her face is darling, but both me and my boo agreed that it wasn’t quite as animated and bright-eyed as Niuniu. Really, my heart is (and perhaps has always been) with Niuniu. Her smiling open mouthed face is just SO charming and different and suits her character really well. I would also LOVE to see her sculpt in tan, so.. as scary as dyeing sounds, that’s what I’m gonna try my best to do.

ALSOOO ON THAT NOTE I had found a 2nd hand Niuniu and put her on 3 month layaway - and i’ve paid it off early for my BIRTHDAYYYY (eeeee;;; ) AND SHE SHIPPED!!!! 😭😭😭 AUGHHH!!! Let’s see how long it takes me to get up the nerve to dye her after she’s here, hahaha. Time to drown myself in research (for the fifth time, because I can never be too sure lol) 

ANYWAYS