your videos are very helpful. I did buy a reborn from ebay, took me almost 6 months to save for one as a way of therapy for my chronic pain. She had a horrible paint job and even worse hair. I also had to change her body because when I took her diaper off it was black!! To add to my disappointment, when I clipped off her neck, the glue to hold her hair in was wet and goopy. I have spent hours cleaning her out and have watched hours of micro rooting and your video has been very very helpful. Although this is my first time rooting, I am having to root heavy to cover up the mistakes of the artist. Do you have any advice for me on how much to root and how to do the swirl? Thank you so much, Christy
Carmen,maybe you van draw the eyebrow on paper. That way we will be able to see very clearly what you mean when you say little arrown and such. We could not see any specific stokes on the brow during the video. Thanks! Also could you go over the painting video with the mottling and creases as well as when you add any details, in other words an a to z on painting the Carmen Way!!! LoL!!! Thanks so much!
***** Thanks Carmen, you have been on my mind! I was wondering how things were going for you and your Husband and Son? I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving! I will be looking to see you on the RUclips soon!! Oh, and on the Forum in BB!! Debbie G.
Thanks for getting back to me .. Do you know of any good air dry paints.. Because I don't really want to set the paints in the oven ..at the moment I'm using special care nursery air dry paints but I'm finding that it rubs off
+charlotte white I've never tried air dry but I would love to one day. I hear that it rubs off for a lot of people and that it is really shiny. One woman actually uses folk art acrylic paints watered down.
+charlotte white The key to air dry paints is priming your kit, sealing them well and making sure they have plenty of time to cure. I use Miracle Blend, but I hear that SCN is quite good too. After sealing with my matte varnish, I let it cure for 48-72 hours before rooting. (I made the mistake of rooting right away on my first and the paint was rubbing off) Ideally, you should let your finished baby cure fore about 2 weeks before it will be handled a lot or have a lot of clothing changes.
Hi Carmen. Your voice is so soothing! I am struggling with eyebrows and am hoping you did a video on paper so we could see better. I think I have painted eyebrows and wiped them off at least 100 times. :O( So stressful! If you did a video of the eyebrow on paper and I missed it could you please link me to it. Thanks so much! Kelly
You don't even need the varnish. That is just a choice but if you do I like the the genisis and if you buy the pre mixed kit it usually comes with it but I use the genisis heat set matte varnish and I put it on last. It's ok to ask me. i don't mind!
I will try to say it all but I might forget something. Get a beginner set of pre-mixed Genesis heat set paints. Also an eyebrow pre mixed set..these are easist for a beginner. The sets come with all the paint you need. You need brushes and cosmetic sponges and a sea sponge. YOu need odorless thinner. A cheap kit to start with because you will make mistakes lol. Good mohair if you are going to root it and rooting needles. All of this is on bountiful baby. If your baby has open eyes you need eyes and lashes. You need tacky glue and e6000 to glue the hair and eyes in. You use the tacky glue for the eyelashes. To build the baby you need fine glass beads, cable ties, and poly-fil and poly pellets and nylons. You might want to go on Ebay and buy a beginner kit. It includes most of this. If I think of anything else I will let you know. Good luck and don't feel bad if you mess up the baby. I messed up 5 while I was learning!
One last question, if I order a kit from bountiful babies will I have to buy the body separately or will it already come with the kit?(sorry i'm just trying to make sure I'm prepared)
dear,Carmen I was wondering if you could check this out..... in your video you were talking about how you see orange eye brows .....and you got your paint from ebay...... well ive recently been on WWW.bountifulbaby.com and the brown paint is called brow brown. soBEFORE i buy the premixed paint it would be awesome if you could look at that for me thanks for the tutorial really help full
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I'm so glad! I have ,more tutorials coming this week!
Thank you for your help!
Sure! I'll make a really short video tomorrow drawing it out. Why didn't I think of that? lol. Thanks so much and thanks for commenting!
Thank you! Skin tone tutorials are this week!
I'm not sure if you are asking or telling me but thank you! I will try to show a better close up of my eyebrows! Thanks for posting!!!
I'd love to see more info for newbie reborners.... no pressure !!..Especially skin tones... :) x
awesome lesson! thank you for everything you help teach us
Thx! Btw, you're a great teacher. Thx for the tutorial.
Hi carmen ! have you done anny rooting eyebrows yet??
thanks for your help ,see you soon in your next video hugs!!
Omg! I love your spirit. I was wondering if you could redo it on paper, because it's hard to see the pattern.
your videos are very helpful. I did buy a reborn from ebay, took me almost 6 months to save for one as a way of therapy for my chronic pain. She had a horrible paint job and even worse hair. I also had to change her body because when I took her diaper off it was black!! To add to my disappointment, when I clipped off her neck, the glue to hold her hair in was wet and goopy. I have spent hours cleaning her out and have watched hours of micro rooting and your video has been very very helpful. Although this is my first time rooting, I am having to root heavy to cover up the mistakes of the artist. Do you have any advice for me on how much to root and how to do the swirl? Thank you so much, Christy
Thankyou! That helped me a lot!
sure..I have this one and hair rooting. What would you like me to do?
Hello, I am thinking of reborning a kit.I am a beginner.
Can you please tell me the list of things I will need to reborn a get?THNX:)
Carmen,maybe you van draw the eyebrow on paper. That way we will be able to see very clearly what you mean when you say little arrown and such. We could not see any specific stokes on the brow during the video. Thanks! Also could you go over the painting video with the mottling and creases as well as when you add any details, in other words an a to z on painting the Carmen Way!!! LoL!!! Thanks so much!
That's a great idea!
***** Thanks Carmen, you have been on my mind! I was wondering how things were going for you and your Husband and Son? I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving! I will be looking to see you on the RUclips soon!! Oh, and on the Forum in BB!! Debbie G.
Thank you! All of the scary stuff is coming up soon. I try to take it day by day so I don't freak out. You are so sweet
Thanks for getting back to me .. Do you know of any good air dry paints.. Because I don't really want to set the paints in the oven ..at the moment I'm using special care nursery air dry paints but I'm finding that it rubs off
+charlotte white I've never tried air dry but I would love to one day. I hear that it rubs off for a lot of people and that it is really shiny. One woman actually uses folk art acrylic paints watered down.
+charlotte white The key to air dry paints is priming your kit, sealing them well and making sure they have plenty of time to cure. I use Miracle Blend, but I hear that SCN is quite good too. After sealing with my matte varnish, I let it cure for 48-72 hours before rooting. (I made the mistake of rooting right away on my first and the paint was rubbing off) Ideally, you should let your finished baby cure fore about 2 weeks before it will be handled a lot or have a lot of clothing changes.
+dmnovak66 thanks for the advice I shall check out the paint that u , use thank u
Hi Carmen. Your voice is so soothing! I am struggling with eyebrows and am hoping you did a video on paper so we could see better. I think I have painted eyebrows and wiped them off at least 100 times. :O( So stressful! If you did a video of the eyebrow on paper and I missed it could you please link me to it. Thanks so much!
Kelly
Oh I didn't but I might be able to do that today!
That would be fantastic! You do such a nice job explaining. :O) Blessings!
I didn't have a chance today but It will be my next video! Hugs!
im starting to reborn can you make more tutorials xxxxx
I use acetone but some people say that is a bad idea. it works for me though.
Ok thanks for getting back to me ..
And one more question, is it ok if I just paint the reborns without a matte varnish or air dry varnish, or will that affect how my reborns turn out?
You don't even need the varnish. That is just a choice but if you do I like the the genisis and if you buy the pre mixed kit it usually comes with it but I use the genisis heat set matte varnish and I put it on last. It's ok to ask me. i don't mind!
The first few babies I sold had no varnish had the people love them!
yes I'm just a little behind!
I mean the list of things I will need to reborn a kit?
I will try to say it all but I might forget something. Get a beginner set of pre-mixed Genesis heat set paints. Also an eyebrow pre mixed set..these are easist for a beginner. The sets come with all the paint you need. You need brushes and cosmetic sponges and a sea sponge. YOu need odorless thinner. A cheap kit to start with because you will make mistakes lol. Good mohair if you are going to root it and rooting needles. All of this is on bountiful baby. If your baby has open eyes you need eyes and lashes. You need tacky glue and e6000 to glue the hair and eyes in. You use the tacky glue for the eyelashes. To build the baby you need fine glass beads, cable ties, and poly-fil and poly pellets and nylons. You might want to go on Ebay and buy a beginner kit. It includes most of this. If I think of anything else I will let you know. Good luck and don't feel bad if you mess up the baby. I messed up 5 while I was learning!
***** Thank you so much, you are a great help, once I finish her I will be sure to film the results of her on my RUclips channel:p
I would love to see her and if you need help just send me a message!
One last question, if I order a kit from bountiful babies will I have to buy the body separately or will it already come with the kit?(sorry i'm just trying to make sure I'm prepared)
Yes you need to buy the body. Hugs
awe thank you!!!
great tips thanks xx
What paint do u use
+charlotte white Genesis heat set paints. You can buy a beginners kit if you like on the bountifulbaby website
WOO HOO :D xx
you do a real good job?
dear,Carmen I was wondering if you could check this out..... in your video you were talking about how you see orange eye brows .....and you got your paint from ebay...... well ive recently been on WWW.bountifulbaby.com and the brown paint is called brow brown. soBEFORE i buy the premixed paint it would be awesome if you could look at that for me thanks for the tutorial really help full
I'm almost sure that would turn out orangey. What I did was buy a brow kit and it had 4 colors. I will mix the brow brown with a chocolate brown.
LOL!
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No I have never rooted them. Terrified I will ruin the baby lol!
How do u get all the paint off ur bby so u can repaint her stephanieferrell69@yahoo.com