All Materials for Doll Customizing 

1. Water based pencils, tissues Q-tips. 2. Soft pastels. (Brush and sharp knife) 3. Pencil sharpener and erasers. 4. Mr Super Clear. (Face masks, Amazon) 5. Cotton gloves. 6. Acrylic paints. 7. pearlex powders. 8. Liquitex. 9. False lashes. 10. Apoxie Sculp 11. Thread scissors, pliers, pins, fabric-tac, rerooting tool, and fake hair.

when you realize that you're* too broke ;w; Jesus this was 3 years ago why are people still correcting this

"Mom? Can i get $464?" Edit: oh my god I had no idea this got so many likes! To anyone who misunderstood this I was trying to make a joke. I understand that doll customization costs a lot of money and I respect anyone who dedicates their time to it immensely. I just thought it was funny because my mom would be really confused lmaooo. Sorry for the misunderstanding :(((

To anyone reading the transcript, I have a few helpful edits for you: 1:11 - the watercolor pencils brand Is Faber Castell 2:13 - Using a regular eraser first, and a KNEADED ERASER second. I just wanted to help out for those who are hearing impaired

Lol this was so entertaining to watch for some reason! Thanks for the hair info, i needed it! Lmao

Agggghhhh!!!!!! I REALLY want to do this, I love art, crafts, painting, drawing faces and more, and just EVERYTHING about this sounds amazing and super fun! However, age has got me. I'm 12, and obviously can't get a job yet, so I'm stuck on the tiny allowance I have. It makes me really frustrated! I will have to be happy with just watching your videos- which, I might add, are fantastic! I love your videos, they make me smile every time. You have amazing creativity, and have a beautiful personality. Keep on making videos!!

oOf I am so broke, I am gonna have to skip a lot of these XD

"Mum? I need to go spend all my money on stuff to make a *doll* ."

Seal your doll in a cool dry place But Florida Is only Hot and humid lol Also I love your videos, your so creative

Dollightful you have created a monster! Over the course of the weekend, I have binge watched almost all of your videos and now have a hankering to create a custom doll of my own. (Which eventually brought me here) I'm not quite sure when I will start on this new project but thank you for inspiring me to try something new! 💝

me: OMG FLUTTERSHYYYY!!!! Dollightfull: * takes off doll wig * Me: OMG BALD FLUTTERSHYYYY!!!!

I’ve been wanting to start doll customizing since I was 12 because of your videos. I’m almost 18 now and now I want to customize more than ever! I’m really going to go through with it. I love the style of dolls you make, specifically the kawaii pinky ones and I’d love to make some! I’ve been doing art since I was little so I hope it turns out well! I know it will take some practice! You’ve really inspired me, Dollightful! 💗💗💗💗💗

Just did my very first attempt at painting a doll yesterday, for those in the UK (and if available elsewhere) who don't like using paintbrushes but want to use acrylics, try Posca pens. They're acrylic paint pens available as fineliners or chunky markers and were recommended to me at an art shop. I used the white fine one for my doll's eye whites and teeth and it seems to have worked really well, especially when putting multiple layers on the eyes.

As an alternative to pure acetone (which does have toxic vapors) or nail polish remover I use Windsor and Newton brush cleaner and restorer for dried acrylic and oil colors. It's about $10 Canadian a bottle, totally safe to use and removes the faces awesome. I've been using the same bottle for a very long time. Though I don't have a lot of completed dolls I've erased (what feels like) a billion faces. And I like to change my M2M skateboarder's eyes every few days or so. Not sure why. I'm pretty new to this myself so tons of trial and error, mostly error. Plus it restores my brushes. Yay. I've never tried polish remover so don't know how this compares but I love it. Also for a couple extra bucks I use the cosmetic cotton swabs instead of qtips, one end is flat and great for scrubbing out large areas of paint and the other comes to a fairly fine point, great for lip creases and other tiny painted areas. Plus they're much firmer than regular swabs. I use Testors since MSC is too costly to ship to Canada. I only have my bedroom to work in so I try to spray out the window then put the doll next to my air purifier and put a fan behind it to blow the toxic directly into the purifier and aim the purifier fan out the window. Works pretty good, never any smell even with fresh spray paint. Had to think outside the box since they don't have respirators for cats. I also have had problems getting the pencil to stick so for those with this issue here is my solution - Warning: if saliva makes you squirm stop new - I lightly dab the tip of the pencil on my tongue and voila sharp lines, rich color. I found trying to use water made them too wet and brushing with water after drawing just smeared or washed it away. Be advised you must apply sealant after each coat, if you try to go over it again, wet or dry, it will just remove the strokes already done. I've also had a little success using air dry clay from the dollar store to mold branches, vines, a unicorn horn and blend where I've glued on other doll parts. If you're just starting and wanna practice I recommend. I'm on a fixed income so I cut as many corners as I can. So far I only work with pencils, I have pastels and paint but I splurged on Derwent pencils, a 24 asst, 10 fleshtone and 12 metallic and I'm having way too much fun with the metallic. Highly, highly recommend. And thanks Dollightful, so happy to have found your channel. Your repaints are gorgeous.

Gosh, I remember you being the person who got me into faceups and BJD in general. In 2017, I started doing monster high customs, and this year I'm going to buy my first real ball jointed doll. Thank you so much for introducing me to this community!!!

The good thing about being German and living in Germany is that you can buy Farber Castell pencils in almost every shop that sells school supplies XD (I have so many of them and now I know a good use for them XD) I will definitly try to start doing custom dolls myself :D Another good thing about having Cosplay as other hobby is that I have lots of wig hair from cut wigs I can re-use for the dolls ( I usually save anything I cut off of the wigs) :D aaaaand I have way to many scrap fabrics XD

My life goal was inspired by you: Giving Doll Customs, blankets and hand made teddy bears To children in hospital

I've found all my supplies for only $53.49!!! I hope I can get them, I guess I'll have to work hard for some more money lol!!

I've been interested in doll customising for a while now, you and a few other creators really inspire me! I've gained a bit of the supplies over the years, so I have some stuff. this helped a lot, so thanks :D

I have everything to customize a doll Except a doll😂

Thank you, my 11 year old creative granddaughter shared your videos with me on her visit during Thanksgiving and was so excited about what you do and she wants to start.... so I have created her a tote of supplies for her Christmas gift this year. With so much garbage out there for her to watch and she loves yours... thank you for making it FUN. And for those concerned with the money... I am an avid estate sale shopper, I bought everything needed (except sealant) thru a handful of estate sales and for a starter kit spent only $88.

Just thought I'd let you know that that Alpaca and sheep wool will always have come from well looked after, kindly treated animals because the wool is terrible when the animal isn't cared for properly :) And they can't sell poor quality wool

I just wanna say thank you for all these videos. I've always loved art but lost my passion for making it growing up, but I recently discovered your videos and have become so entranced with doll customizing! Thanks to your vids I've found my passion for art again.

I'm unbelievably blessed when it comes to fabric and yarn, as Im 6th generation seamstress in our family and my grandmother has a house on her propperty for JUST fabric, yarn, lace, threads and sewing machines. 😳 Though I still try to buy my own yarn because the stuff she has is exspencive natural fiber based yarns an I can't bring my heart to tear up an 30$-80$ scane of yarn just for a doll. But I do say I'm happy to have stumbled across the doll customizeing hobby as it's brought great joy to my grandmother to see one of us interested in sewing and has brought us closer. All the stores an history has been amazing to exsperience.

I used clear nail polish to shine the eyes and I used mod pudge to seal it all because I wasn't about to spend big on this stuff 😂😂😂😂 and it actually turned out really nice and I'm happy with it lol

What I got so far and prices, I am so close to having everything I need just waiting on MSC ;u; Acetone nail polish remover: Family Dollar $2 Waterccolor pencils x48: Wish App $10 + $1 shipping (Has a long wait for shipping) =$11 Pencil sharpener: Dollar Tree $1 Kneaded eraser: Dollar Tree $1 Soft pastels: Dollar Tree $1 Brushes 10 variety pack: $4 at Walmart Mr.Super Clear UV Flat: Amazon $22 + shipping (still waiting to receive) False lashes: Dollar Tree 1$ UV light glue: Wish App 1$ + $1 Shipping (It has a long wait for shipping) = $2 Latex Gloves x100: Dollar Tree $1 Cotton Gloves x4: Dollar tree $1 Practice Doll of doom: Family Dollar $2 (Polly Doll) Vapor mask: Dollar store $1(might replace with different one) Toothpicks: Dollar store 1$ Varnish: Walmart $4 Total so far: 60$

SQUEEEEE! My Mum is buying me some dolls to try out repaints! Thanks for inspiring me Dollightful! :D

I followed Dollightful for a bit of time and I just realised I have most of these things at home already (I craft A LOT and my dad is a bit of a hoarder... ) so... LOL but I still have to get the other half... I have a feeling I'm gonna have a to get a job... OH WELL!

Thanks for making this video... I've been wanting to try this for 3 years and never knew where to start. So I bought some things for a basic faceup. I decided to go with the cheap route, and instead of Mr Super Clear I went with Testors Dullcote. Here's the thing about Testors. It doesn't go completely matte and after a few coats with have this glossy look on the vinyl head of the doll... but on the body it goes matte because it's plastic. It is also very hard to build the colored pencils on as well so it comes out looking patchy unless you wet the watercolor pencils a little. It's good if you want to practice before buying and investing the money in super expensive materials... but I don't think anything beats Mr Super Clear. If you guys find something let me know.

My dad is getting me the things i need to customise dolls but didn't know what to get so this video really helped him!

Me and my friend used to play with our monster high dolls when we were little and made a WHOLE world with them, we are now in our freshman year of high school and found an old Google doc with all their names, we both cringed like hell but we also wanted to "remake" It as a fun little project to bring them and I closer, as our school district is very odd and placed us both in different schools despite living in the same area. We have decided we are also going to use the dolls we once used as these characters and make our own customised dolls. So thank you so much for this video!! It showed them and myself what we are gonna need for this MONSTER of a project 🤣

2:12 that eraser looks like an elephant lmao

altogether everything costs $401.

Thank you! This video was so helpful! I had watched other videos about materials and how to start, and none of them mentioned how to use the pastels. I didn't know if you wet them or just rubbed them, but now I do! Thanks again for the helpful information!

I finally got my doll today so I can make my own Seesaw Suga and I'm bingewatching all of your videos to maoe sure I've got everything I need. I'm so excited and can't wait to get going

I’m a cosplayer and looking into doing doll customs with my scrap fabric! Thanks for the tips on creating faces

I absolutely ADORE this video! You've obviously done a ton of prep work for this video and it shows in the high quality of your content. I've never made a custom before but now I'm sooo tempted to get started doing it 😊

I've been doing customs for technically 3-4 years. (That is if you count when I first started just using nail polish as paint. NEVER do this, you will ruin your nose. I now typically have 5-6 nosebleeds per week because of this.) Lately I've been working with Sculpey clay, putting it on dolls by burning the clay with a lighter (also bad to inhale. And don't get me started on the high that you can get with just acetone. Wear a mask when using acetone and super glue.) So when I saw your video with the stuff you use, I was so relieved to find a safer, and better alternative. So thank you for ultimately saving me from myself lol. :)

I have no intention of doll customization art, but I love your voice. It's so uplifting to hear. It truly sounds like you're educating rather than showing off.

Omg I'm so glad I've found this. I've never done this before and wanted to do a very simple look-alike doll for my younger cousin to play with, this is probably the best series I've ever found for it!! Thank you!

My God, your video is the most generous and most informative one for anyone who decides to get into this hobby. Thank you very much! It was a delightful viewing and professionally done. More power to you!

IDK why but your intro "Annyeong" always make me smile like an idiot.

Thank you!!!! You're a lifesafer. I want to try doll customisation but I didn't knew what everything I would need and where to start.

I really appreciate your videos especially this one. So many artists do'nt want to share their tips and tricks and you have no issue with it!

I love animals too and I usually get Alpaca fiber for my wigs and it is important if you care for how the seller gets the fiber and if any animals were harmed during the process so do your research! But don't immediately think it's bad to use animal furs because it isn't as long as you know who you are buying from and how the animal was treated! ❤

can you show us how to make that raindeer character? love your work by the way. sarang he

I need you to know how much I appreciate you. I've been watching your content for years, and I used to do faceups while I was younger and had more free time, but I never had the proper supplies. I finally have a chance to get the supplies I need and do my first "for real" face up. I came back to this video to make sure I get all the basics, and I just appreciate you so much. You're informative but also sweet and reassuring, and still funny and entertaining on top of that. You feel like a teacher who's really passionate about what their teaching, and helping their students learn. It just makes me happy. Thank you so much :)

Thank you so much for posting this! I have always wondered how to doll artists do it and now I know. I didn't know this, but I can actually do this with my old barbies from when I was little and I have all the supplies in my sewing room! This is so cool!

I loveeeeee art supplies!!!

im so freaking broke...i wish i had like $300 to spend but im hella broke xD

I'm REALLY excited to customize my very first Doll!!! Gonna use your tutorials, so thank you so much for making them! WISH ME LUCK! 🙏🙏🙏

Actually Kanekalon comes in a variety of natural and unnatural colors as well as neon shades. I use to buy it often to make synthetic dreads. < also you can dread them by backcombing and with steam. Anyway this video was very informative. I can't draw to save my life, but i sure do love to color. I own faber castell markers, I'm defiantly gonna try out their pencils.

In Texas, it's always 100+ degrees with very humid days. ): I don't think MSC would work...

Thank you so much for this video! For the longest time I have always enjoyed watching doll repaint and customs videos, but I never tried it out for myself. I recently pulled all of my old childhood Barbie dolls, Bratz, and other dolls from storage. Since I no longer have a significant attachment to them, I am very interested in repainting and customising them! Your video here has helped me so much already! I was very lost on how to begin and what materials I need. (Now to spend the rest of my day watching more of your wonderful videos!)

Thank you for all the hard work you put in this video, I have literally watched this video 100 times!

Thank you sooo much for making this video, ive been wanting to try re-customising a doll for ages but never new what to buy. Im 100% Subscribing to you :) xx

I'm hoping to be trying customs soon, so this was very helpful! Thanks!

Thankyou, been buying over time, picked up my first set of Dolls today ... just waiting on a few things from ebay and by next week I should be making dolls... I am so excited. Thankyou x

Thank you sooooo Much!!!!! I really needed this i was so inspired by your dolls..I had an idea for a doll but i didnt know if i should start on the head....the clothes....or whatever! Thank you!

For the rerooting tool, you can use a "pin vise" too! I found that a drill chuck was actually more expensive to buy than a "pin vise".

For everyone in the UK, this tutorial would be harder to follow because we don't have the same shops. I live in England and here's how I've gotten my stuff: Search ebay for "preloved" "used" or "secondhand" dolls to get them cheaper by bidding or just buying in bundles. You could also buy them in shops, but if you're on a budget I recommend the first way :) (I just realized that Dollightful says this in a your first custom video....Oh wellll I will remind you all again then lol) I got Classics Pump It Up Nail Polish Remover from B&M, it wasnt expensive but I don't remember the price. Its only ingredients are acetone and water. You don't have to have that specific one, but that's the one I use :) I got eyebrow tweezers to remove hair and glue from the dolls head in Wilkos (50p), cotton gloves are also sold there. Clothes: I get fabric by buying cheap clothes in charity shops! You can buy clothes for only £1 to cut up and use. MSC: I bought MSC from a website called modeldisplayproducts. It's a UK based site and delivery is very fast. It cost me about £17 for shipping + UV cut MSC. It has the flat version available too which is slightly cheaper, shipping is still £7, but thats because its a toxic aerosol so royal mail can't post it. This was the cheapest way I could get it. Hair: I buy hair on Etsy. There's two UK based shops, Retrodollsuk and LittleKatherineDolls. LittleKatherineDolls is cheaper and sells wefted hair. I don't know much about Retrodollsuk because I've never ordered from them but their hair is longer, I don't know if its wefted or for rerooting. Sewing material: Any shop with a crafts part.. Acrylic paint is also sold almost anywhere, like cotton buds and cotton pads. I was lucky enough to have a mother who loves arts and crafts, and she already had watercolour pencils, acrylics, a kneadable eraser and soft pastels. She let me have them so I was extremely lucky. Sadly that means I can't tell you a good place to buy them :( But I recommend The Range, it has literally EVERYTHING craftslike! I am 100% sure they will all be sold there. I hope this is helpful and I haven't forgotten anything!

you are just so amazing!!!!! I love the way you explain everything and how many options you give! thank you for sharing!!!

Actually, although I think I have most things I am really pleased that you have made these so I can check that I do have everything while I am waiting for my dolls to arrive! I am going to watch you whole series tonight and if I need anything I've overlooked I can get it on Monday when I am in town. This is fantastic, you think of everything! Thanks xx

I may use the alternatives since my lungs...cant handle that ...at all! 46% lung function + Mr.super clear = ER. Thanks for taking the time to research and now I can see the other Safe alternatives! Also, can I use acrylic paint instead of watercolor pencils to repaint dolls?

Your Neo doll looks really cute with fake lashes on!!!

This is awesome! I've been collecting dolls with the intention of customizing them, but wasn't sure what all I needed. Thank you!

I appreciate all the options you provided. I'll run ahead now to the stores to start my workshop materials. Thanks a lot 😘😘😘😘

I used matte mod podge to seal in one of my face ups it holds up really well!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS I am making a custom doll for my best friend and I wanted to do something special for her :3

I just want to thank you so much for posting this video and the others! Not many people share their tips, techniques and products used, so this is a life saver! I have three boxes of dolls I've been saving so this is going to be fun! - Bunny Voodoo (Austin, TX)

Watching this again properly because you, Katherine, have inspired me way too much now and I want to get into this hobby for real :D

Thank you so much! Now I want to start this as my hobby! ❤❤❤😋😋😋

When Michael’s is your favorite craft store Me: YAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I literally JUST discovered her channel, and I really want to try this for myself!! I'm just to scared to mess up any dolls, but I'll probably buy some doll off of Ebay or something!! I can't wait!!!

Thank you so much for this! Quite helpful and so informative! I'm a self-taught miniature artist and have just started repainting dolls. I've got a few from your recommended brands and materials!

Question: how old were you when you started customizing dolls?

The spray sealant I use is Tamiya TS-80 Flat Clear. It does the job, but it seems to come out a bit shiny/sticky on vinyl, and I don't have the patience to wait for it to not rain and to wait half an hour for it to dry, so I'm trying out alternatives. Speaking of which, don't use Liquitex Matte Varnish, use Matte Medium. Matte Varnish has practically no tooth, so pencil won't stick to it properly.

Thank you so much for inspiring me into customizing dolls. My mother even agreed to this, just because she was how cool the transformation of your demon cool was. Again tbanks SOOOO much!

Thank you for the huge breakdown!! My daughter who is one of your addicted 8yr old subscribers, always asks to do this, I am going to piece together a holiday gift.

hey I'm trying to find a matte finishing spray for my first faceup and I'm kinda on the broke side would Krylon matte finish be a good alternative to MSC???

I make doll wigs Instead of rerooting the whole thing, using acrylic yarn

I've been saving scrap fabrics not only because of the environmental impact of making fabric, but because I know I want to at least try doll customizing at least once in the next few years and I want to try making some cool clothes. I'm at least lucky that I know someone who likes collecting Monster High dolls who is willing to share their dolls. They don't have a bunch of clothes for them for me to harvest patterns from, so I'm stoked for when you get your patterns scanned and uploaded :)

Thank you so much for making this video I know im late but i use to watch this channel when i was younger and played with dolls Now im interested in designing them instead and you're the only channel i remember/trust ❤️

*internal screaming* im going to be new to this, though ive been watching your videos for about 6 months or a year now but im only 14, im asking for everything i need for christmas im so excited to try it though idky im even typing this i mean im just so excited it's 17 items and im scared they might not want to buy any of it at all, or that they might not buy something super important like msc or something which will s u c k but i mean im grateful that they even buy me anything, yknow? im just so so so excited to be apart of the community soon im looking to see if i could sell my customs, at some point im a fairly good artist with paper and pencil, i dont have the means for digital, but i doubt ill suck at custom doll making bc of my already acquired skills with faces and using tiny brushes and things it'll be so great to have a source of income bc i cant get a job, i dont get allowance, and the only money i ever get is from christmas or my birthday and my birthday passed this year and i didnt get anything anyways so it isnt reliable (apart from the fact its only once a year too!) so oof yeah im excited tho ive been wanting to do this for a while and itll be awesome

I want to do this but my mom would be like “But you would just give up” Which is true

I’m so glad I found your videos they are so fun & satisfying to watch!!! I honestly can wait to make this a new hobby of mine!!!!

I have to settle on JUST watching you. Keep making videos, and I love your hair and everything you do! Stay awesome!!!I love your videos so much and even though I couldn't do this for the life of me (lol), You make me so happy!

Does sealing with mr super clear really make it easy to draw on the doll with colored pencils like you're drawing on a piece of paper? Some videos show it's hard to draw on rubber surface with pencils even if you seal them, but your tutorials seem like you can just draw on them just fine. Give me some tips!!^^

So informative!! I love it!! :D

0:14 i think thats my favorite doll repaint I've seen, its so pretty!

i love being part of a family who love art, my mom paints and sews, my sister paints, nits, sews, draws, and who knows what else xD therefore we have most of this stuff and im ready to do a repaint

Thanks this is so helpful

How much protection do you wear.use while using MSC. I heard its highly toxic, I currently have it but not used it just out of uneasiness of the things it can cause and or do to your body and lungs, do you have any advice?

Thank you very much for so generously sharing your knowledge and skills!

I like to use Tamika X-22 clear gloss acrylic paint to give my vinyl dolls lip gloss. I just use it right out of the pot, 2-3 thin coats. It looks super cute. Thank you for all your tips and tricks!

Will there be a tutorial for how too make the clothing id love to learn

'A dry, cool place' I LIVE IN VIRGINIA WHERE ITS ALWAYS HOT AND HUMID T_T

Wow!!!! This video was so well done!! You have been so thorough in delivering this information!! I want to congratulate you, and thank you so much for making such a quality video. I am just starting out in this hobby and you have helped me tremendously! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

This video is so useful! I actually watched your whole getting started series. Thanks for inspiring videos :)

Does that mean that you can use water colour pencils???? I'm thinking of doing a custom on Draculaura