I am working on my first Indian baby and want to get the skin tone right plus I need ideas for the hair. Do Indian babies wear a bindi? Not sure it that’s the correct word. The dot on their forehead?
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Indians come in all skin tones ranging from light to very dark. I added a bindi to this one for fun, but in all the time I spent over there, I never actually saw a real baby with one. 
This was only my second baby, so please excuse the lack of shading and detail.
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I have done several and yes I gave them all bindi. This one was rooted with black alpaca, if I remember right.
This one has just shadow of black painted hair, which I was going to root over, but the doll was confiscated by my granddaughter, and I think being baldie is better for that purpose. She has gone bit shiny after few years of loving, but I have gone over her with the airdry matte varnish since the photo was taken
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Awwww She’s beautiful. I also love her clothes.
I thought a red bindi signified a married woman. No?
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From what I read online, it really varies what exactly it means and who wears it. Though most pictures I can find are all adult women. Their babies have either no bindi or a black one.
She is beautiful!