Permanent Brows and Veins
Brown Marker (item #404)
Turquoise Marker (item #405)
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If you would like to add brows and/or veins to your baby, do it after you remove the factory hair paint, but before you color wash and blush. The step of adding brows and veins needs to be done fairly quickly because if the ink sets too long, you will not be able to remove enough ink for the desirable “barely there” look of the newborn brow.
Using an ultra fine tip brown Sharpie marker, draw wispy brows following the natural brow line of the face sculpt. If you make a mistake, quickly remove the brow with a cotton pad dipped in non-acetone fingernail polish remover.
Remember, you want a "barely-there" finished look, because babies have "barely-there" eyebrows. Keep in mind that the brows usually look better after some of the ink is removed. Don’t stress too much if they don’t look perfect.
When you are satisfied with the brows, wipe the excess ink off with a pad dipped in Acetone nail polish remover. Use a clean pad for each wipe to avoid rubbing excess ink onto other areas of the vinyl, again it is important to work quickly on this step, not allowing any smeared ink a chance to dry.
You can also draw a few subtle lower lashes on the lower eyelid if you wish. I usually draw about 4 or 5 lashes on the outsides of the lower lid just to give the suggestion of subtle baby lashes. For open-eyed babies, I like to do this step with the eyes removed, because it is very easy to damage acrylic eyes with nail polish remover. Use one of the pointed cotton swabs to remove excess ink from the lower lashes, turning it to a clean spot as you go and getting a new swab when needed to avoid smearing ink.
You can also do permanent veins the
same way, using a fine point turquoise sharpie marker. You can draw
veins on the wrists, ankles, and forehead or where ever you see fit.
Remove the excess ink quickly as you want the veins to be very subtle.
You may want to practice on a scrap piece of vinyl, as this color tends
to set quicker and it is more difficult to correct mistakes.
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