My First Time Rooting

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I finally started rooting my Ethnic Jake. At first I was just trying to see how hard it was and as I noticed the hair getting in the vynil I just couldn’t stop myself.

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What I don’t like

  1. The hair colour against the baby’s skin tone. I think it makes him look like an adult.

  2. I didn’t think I would root so closely but I didn’t want hair too sparse as I wanted a similar effect to my two sons’ hair.

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    My sons as newborns and their hair.

  3. The skin tone had already started coming off but I didn’t feel like adding more colour as I used primary method and last time I had too much a red baby.

Please give me constructive criticism as I am still new to this art.

PS. My supplier sent me this hair for free.

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Looking good! I’ve seen photos of dark skinned babies with fairer hair. The main thing about baby hair is the length - a lot of people give reborns super long hair. This is fine, because people can create dolls however they like. But I work at a baby goods store and pretty much every baby under 14 months has short hair. All little Jake needs is a haircut!!

Kim from CustomDollBaby.com has links somewhere to the kind of curly black hair in the photos. Your sons are beautiful :slight_smile:

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Yes I forgot to mention he still needs a haircut :haircut_woman:. LOL! My husband saI’d this hair makes him look like a monk. :see_no_evil:

Thank you for your advice. Highly appreciated. And thank you about my boys.

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You say the color is coming off? I seal before rooting the hair. That way I feel more comfortable in actually holding the baby’s head. Your sons are beautiful. Thank you for sharing their pics! I am getting ready to root my first AA baby today. The hair should be in the mail. I may have to pop back and use your sons as inspiration.

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I would have sealed him. I watched sealing videos but not getting the idearth properly. He actually lost colour by just sitting on the bed.

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Here’s his colour before.

Thank you. You are most welcome to use them.

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Yay, they are the baby pics I’ve been looking for! They are so cute. Your rooted hair is fine, it will look better once you cut it. I am saving the little cuties to my computer. Thanks!

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Your sons are so beautiful.

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Thank you!