Alexandra | Barbie for Breakfast

What 1980 Happy Birthday Barbie is meant to look like on the left vs what mine looks like on the right. I like to think that she manifested life in Scotland by being a ginger anomaly. #barbie #dollcollector #vintagebarbie #happybirthdaybarbie

I love the Japanese market Barbies so much! I found this 1997 Happy Bride Barbie at a really nice price and had to have her! Her brown eyes are so pretty 😍 #barbie #dollcollector #barbiecollector #90sbarbie

That's incredibly accurate!

Vintage Allan (bend legs edition) compared to the new Allan. A really faithful update!

The new Allan doll is a really well done reimagining of Ken’s original ‘buddy’🧡! Whoever designed him did a fantastic job! Could Mattel have made it easier to get him outside of the US though? Yes. Yes they could have. #barbie #allanbarbie #allandoll #dollcollector

My lovely friend spent Christmas with us (a tradition I hope to maintain) and gave me the most thoughtful, perfect gift! The Barbie Bride’s Dream set is one I’ve been eyeing up since I started collecting and I’m so happy to finally own it! My No.4 looks perfect in it! #barbie #vintagebarbie

Oh she 100% knows how to beach!

Bought my first Malibu Barbie after avoiding her like the plague. She's basically mint and I think she's such a pretty example! #barbie #malibubarbie #vintagebarbie #dollcollector

Me: I'm going to be sensible with money and not dip into my overdraft
Also me: A Second Stevie Nicks Barbie is an excellent investment and will improve my life

Ali Express is your best bet 💜

My Barbie made of Mattel factory reject parts that found their way onto a certain Chinese e-commerce site. I just think she's lovely 💜 #barbie #dollcollector

I generally only collect Barbie-shaped dolls, but I found this poor Rainbow High rammed into the refridgerated pie aisle at Lidl a couple of years back and felt sorry for her, so she came home with me. #rainbowhigh #dollcollector

There are some cursed, unopened tubes lurking on Ebay and I'm scared 😂

Just a bit of low-stakes kanekalon torture on a Thursday...

I'll crimp her hair at some point in the future. Honestly, I'm just glad there's so much of it left!

#barbie #90sbarbie #totallyhairbarbie #totallyhairwhitney #barbierestoration

That makes sense too! I appreciate how she was clearly loved, as she didn't end up in a bin afterwards and somehow ended up here after sixty or so years 💜

It's not a bang Andie; it's a boom.

A child who probably had a serial killer name like Geranium chopped this Barbie’s face off. I restored her last year, but decided to redo it.

I bet Geranium now gives her grandkids bad haircuts just because.

#barbie #vintagebarbie #dollrestoration #bubblecutbarbie

Ms. Brigigi's hair got a boil wash and she's ready to go! #brigigi #argigi #barbie #dollcollector #doll

She's styled after the mod Barbies, so that tracks!

She was like £20 so I took pity on her 😂Luckily I had some saran lying around, so she got a little hair transplant too.

The arrival of Brigigi! #argigi #brigigi #dollcollector #barbie

She's lovely!! My brunette Midge has had a little bit of surgery 👀

It only took eighty four years to get her lol. #barbie #barbiedeluxechase #barbiecollector

I was getting Dooneese 😂

Everyone's talking about Lindsay Lohan's surgeon, but no one is talking about Midge's. #barbiemidge #midgedoll #vintagebarbie #vintagemidge #barbie

With all the talk about the new Silkstone Barbie, I thought I'd spring the Barbie she's inspired by out of Barbie Jail. She doesn't have the Modern Art Dress (I can dream), but she's a lovely side-part tititan bubble, and one of my favourites 💜 #barbie #vintagebarbie #dollcollector

I semi-impulse purchased this absolute icon yesterday! She's Argigi's (the British model don't you know?) new friend Brigigi and she's an actress ✨ #argigi #brigigi #dollcollector #doll #fashiondoll #barbie

Keep an eye on the children who torture their dolls 😂

Ken No.2, my beloved wonk-eye Ken was already repainted beautifully by caketin_dolls, but he had a lot of flock missing, so I just replaced that.

Allan was quite straight forward. He has bend legs in great condition and arrived clean. A child who is probably now in jail had stabbed his head repeatedly with pins, so I did a thin layer of milliput over his head and painted his hair.