REVIEW: Ruby Red Fashion Friends Hanna

I recently discovered a newer line of dolls called Ruby Red Fashion Friends. They're 14.5" tall, so right around Glitter Girls, Hearts For Hearts Girls and Wellie Wishers size.

Hoo boy, the price tag though! These girls are $130. FAO carries them for $100, but they don't have everything and their orders are currently delayed 5-7 days.

I sold a bunch of LOLs recently and made almost enough money to completely fund one of these girls, so I brought Hanna home from Happily Ever After, which offered free shipping, unlike the official Ruby Red site. She arrived quickly and I'm glad I put down a deposit on a pre-order of their exclusive blue-eyed Bella. (The regular Bella has green eyes.)

The packaging is fairly simple. It's reminiscent of the Italian Giochi Preziosi Winx Club boxes. If you untape the top, you slide the whole thing out and just the outer shell is left. There's no top or bottom to it.

Here's Hanna with Lilian from Hearts For Hearts Girls. Hanna's a little bigger than this line, but stood evenly beside Glitter Girls Bobbi.

You can see the vast difference between these two. I think HFHG are stunningly gorgeous, but Hanna looks almost real. She's the most real-looking doll I own. She just looks like an actual little girl! My mom said the same thing when she looked at her.

Unlike the playline-level counterparts, Hanna actually has elbow and knee articulation. She's very easily poseable. She just falls right into these perfect positions.

What a face! It was the faces that won me over with this line. Dianna Effner's dolls are usually lovely.

I think all the girls share the same face, but they manage to look different from each other.

She's even adorable from the side!

I initially thought she was supposed to be Asian, but I'm honestly not sure. She can be whatever you like. 

Hanna is able to stand on her own in several different positions. 

She reminds me of Ramona, one of my favorite book characters of all time. She's got that spunky, sassy quality to her. 

The skintone on her is simply luminous. It's really hard to describe. She just glows. 

Her hair is a very dark brown, not black. The quality is good, but I've felt softer hair on playline dolls. Her hair is the one area where I don't see excessive quality. Everything else is absolutely superb. 

Here she is without the jacket. I'm not a huge fan of this cut on shirts, but she makes it look cute. 

I love hooking her thumbs in her pockets. It comes naturally to her. I bent her elbow for one of these pictures and her thumb just slid right into her pocket. 

From the back. 

The body is odd-looking undressed. Not that it needs to be properly proportioned. Most dolls are not. She has a very long torso though, so it looks weird undressed. 

Painted toenails! Her fingernails are also painted, but I wasn't expecting the toenails. It's a nice touch. 

The separated big toe is an unusual sculpt, but I like it. 

One of the signs of a high quality doll is that she comes with underwear even if she also wears tights, leggings or pants. Too many companies only include panties if the doll is in a skirt.

And finally, a look at her outfit. Each piece is separate. Each is basically the same quality level as human clothing. Her fishnet leggings (not really stockings without the feet) are even lined!

Everything goes on and comes off easily. You don't have to untie the shoelaces. They just slip on and off.

I'm incredibly impressed with the quality of this doll. You see exactly where your $130 went. I plan on buying Sara soon and then awaiting my April delivery of blue-eyed Bella. 

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

REVIEW: LOL OMG Lights Series

Got my dolls from the new LOL OMG Lights series yesterday. These come in smaller boxes than the other LOL OMG dolls and cost $24.99, which is the cheapest these dolls have been yet.

I got three of the four. No interest in the one based on Drag Racer.

The packaging is also much simpler inside, although unwrapping the outer part is just as annoying as ever.

You end up with a plastic tray that contains the doll and a separate box that can be used as a background for photographs.

Dazzle is Glitter Queen's older sister, so she's just as neon as Neonlicious from the first line. Who still looks more like Glitter's older sister than Neon's.

Dazzle comes with a hatbox that contains a pair of sunglasses, a bracelet and her blacklight. I wondered how the blacklight feature was going to work and that's how. They give you a tiny blacklight!

She also has a stand, brush, a picture of the box art (maybe it's a sticker?) and one garment bag, which has her ruffled jacket in it.

I actually like her a lot more than Neonlicious. The outfit is better and I love the long neon twists of hair.

Her shoes are also awesome.

Her makeup is simple, but cute. It gets pretty funky if you look at it under the blacklight!

And here she is with all the pieces on.

I'm not a fan of the ruffled jacket, so I took it off and left the sunglasses off, too.

Next up is Beatnik's older sis, Groovy Babe.

I love this one. She is stunning!

Love the all black and white look, then the pale lips and pop of blue eyeshadow.

Her hair is silky and gorgeous. It's mostly white with just a few streaks of black.

Groovy comes with sunglasses and earrings. The round disks on the earrings actually spin.

She also has a tiny "book" of poems.

Love the jacket on!

I wish they'd do Pop Art's big sis, because I think they'd make a fantastic pair.

And a quick shot of her boots.

Last but not least is Angles. Shapes is one of my most favorite LOLs, so this is the one I was most excited for.

She comes with 2 chunky bracelets and big earrings.

I like the translucent jacket, but I also love seeing her arm "tattoos," so I'm keeping it off.

Sadly, they did a job on this poor doll's hair. The only other one I've had this big an issue with was Snowlicious.

They over-gelled the white part and it's a crinkled, frizzy mess.

Her hair is in multiple lengths.

Let's see what we can do to fix this.

I used hot water to wash the gel out of her hair, except for the bangs, which I like looking sleek. Then I let her dry overnight. I combed her hair and still didn't like the permanent wave in the white part, so...

I chopped it off.

I love the shorter part framing her face now, as it's more reminiscent of Shapes' shorter bob. The bottom is still a it frizzy, but I didn't dare go any shorter.

I like how it shows the colors behind better and the bottom of her earring, too.

Closer look.

And from the side.

I think the step effect fits her Angles name.

I do need to mention that her pants are actually overalls. The thin black straps in the front and the white panel are not part of her shirt, but the bib of overalls. And those thin straps are easily breakable. I put her on her stand for the first time and one popped loose. I tucked it back into her waistband and let it go. Maybe I'll sew it back on someday, but for now, that works.

One final shot! The shapes of her heels.

I still find these dolls on the overpriced side, although on the other hand, sometimes I wish they came with their little sisters more often. I never got Can Do or Beatnik! But it's nice to see them rolling back the price and the packaging a little bit.

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

HAIRDORABLES Series 4 Part 6

A couple more Series 4 girls!

Naturally, the day after I opened Orange U Noah, who I already had coming in a trade, I also opened Roses Are Bella, the second doll in that same trade. Like what are the chances? Apparently, good, if you're me.

I do love this doll though. This is one of my fave Bellas ever.

The little ear curls. I adore them.

She smells of sweet roses, which I love.

The fan is a barrette.

Her dress is cute, too. Elegant, but not overly pink and typical.

Great makeup, too.

And the teapot and cup are adorable. I got mine to hold them, though it was a bit awkward. The straight arm pose isn't great for holding most accessories.

And I FINALLY have another new girl to share. My luck for opening these is abysmal. It was great when I got Saige in my first order, but now I haven't opened another one yet, so I traded my spare Sugar Skull Skylar for Phoebe here.

I love her warm peach hair with its red streaks. It's very soft, too.

She's the same pinky-peachy-tan skintone that Neila is, which is one of my favorite things about Neila and therefore, I love Phoebe all the more for being the same tone.

My only thing about her is that her eyebrows could be a couple shades darker. They disappear into her skin too easily.

She loves movies, so she's got a clapboard and some 3D glasses.

I love her outfit, because it's different than a lot of other things they've done. A bit simple, but also flashy in its own way. The glittery ruby slippers are a nice touch.

Phoebe's scent is a little hard to describe. Sort of like caramel popcorn, I guess? It's very sweet.

Now I just need to get Emily home, as my friend has her and we're going to trade.

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

HAIRDORABLES Series 4 Part 5

I'm curious to see how many of these posts it takes to show the entirety of Series 4. I hadn't planned on collecting them all, but at this point, I may as well. I've already ended up with a couple I didn't plan on getting and I like them, so yeah.

Pretty Poppy Noah is one I really wanted from this line and I kept not getting her, even though the people that got her opened her at the same time as all the other dolls I kept getting. So finally luck turned in my favor and I opened her on Sunday.

She was the only new one out of five dolls. Not that I can complain about the doubles I received, as they traded and sold in less than a day.

I love poppies. They're one of my favorite flowers. And they work super well with Noah's coloring. This is definitely one of the best Noahs ever.

The giant headband is a little awkward, but other than that, she's absolutely perfect. She smells of the same pretty roses that Tiger Kat does.

Continuing on with Noah, I just opened Orange U Noah this morning. I love this doll with her crimped hair and little pantsuit. That purse is adorable, too.

Her hair's a bit on the wild side.

Cute purse.

The headband is once again huge. I guess Noah got the big headbands style this series.

It also doesn't fit quite right, but oh, well.

She smells like sweet oranges.

Naturally, I have one of her coming already in a trade, but I think she'll trade quickly.

It's nice to see two great dolls for Noah after some lackluster offerings (with some exceptions) in the past couple series.

My other newbie from today is Beachy Bella. I actually opened her first and was thrilled because she's from the batch I haven't opened any dolls from. I wish I could get them all from South Carolina, where these came from!

Bella continues to be adorable. The doll herself is super cute and the float is cute, too.

My issues with her are that her red glasses feel really random and she looks like she's going to a slumber party. That does not look like a swimsuit at all. And why is it a 2-piece when they have painted torsos?

Her shoes are cute though.

But yeah, not the best outfit choices on this Bella.

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

HAIRDORABLES Series 4 Part 4

Two more dolls to share! These were two of my most wanted from the non-new girl selection, so I got them off Mercari. I'm not having much luck trading, unlike others, so buying it is.

Neila looks gorgeous, as per always.




 

 

Better without the visor. (Aren't most things?)

I wish they'd stop using sandals with socks. It's so gross. She's not a frat boy. Ugh. And she's at the pool or the beach, so why would anyone wear socks to either of those places? 

Just Play, please release some fashion packs, so we have more options for these girls. 

 

I love her hairstyle with the little ear wisps. 

Getting the cover-up back on was a bit of a struggle though. It's never coming off again. 

Neila doesn't have a strong scent. It's just pleasantly beachy. 

Then we've got Tiger Kat. Pretty sure this is my new favorite Kat. Dark dress, dark shoes, dark coppery lipstick. Love it. 

And her purse is so pretty! One of the best of the entire line from Series 1 to 4. It's gorgeous. 

Kat smells faintly of roses. It's a pretty scent that I actually wish was a bit stronger.

I ordered 5 more dolls on Amazon before they sold out, so let's hope I get some new ones. Or at least good trade ones! 

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.