I apologise in advance for the number of photos but wanted to be thorough 😃
The doll was packed safely in a brown shipper and then inside she was in a very sturdy decorated cardboard box which could be used by a child in a number of ways.
She was held safely in the box by some ties but none of those horrible plastic ones that are often pushed into the dolls head.
Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of the box but hope you'll enjoy this little review of the doll out of the box. (I would have liked to have photographed her with other dolls in this size range but I don't really have anyone to compare her to! But if anyone wants photos of her alongside dolls that I do have, such as Sashas, then please just give me a shout).
Straight out of the box. She is wearing this very cute winter outfit consisting of pink knitted jumper with long sleeves and hood, the hood is edged with beige cream faux fur, a pair of mid calf length knitted leggings, a pink knitted bobble hat and faux suede fur lined 'Ugg' type boots. She doesn't have any underwear or socks.
The yarn used for the jumper and hat is pink but it has a sort of 'tweedy' effect with white and grey flecks. The jumper has pink turn back style cuffs.
She has a very pouty face, the sort of face that really appeals to me.
She stands really well straight out of the box.
Daniela has a very sweet profile, the scult is child-like with a cute nose and pouty lips.
The face painting is soft and natural looking. Her eyelashes are a little on the long side for my liking but they are not too bad. I will probably replace them with slightly smaller darker ones at some point.
Her hair is lovely and well rooted, there don't appear to be any big gaps between the rooting holes. The hair fibre feels very much like the more expensive modern dolls from Gotz in Germany, very silky and soft. The colour in the photo below is not true to life, the real colour is more like my other photos, it's a warm golden blond. The style is good too, it falls nicely into a short bob.
She has cute well sculpted ears.
Her eyes are blue inset acrylic and they are quite detailed. She does not have sleep eyes. Her eyebrows are very sparcely detailed, I may well redo those by filling them in with more 'hairs' using watercolour pencils and chalk pastels. And she doesn't have lower lashes, so I will add those, again with watercolour pencils.
Her lips are very detailed with lip creases and are not overly painted or glossed.
Below you can see the outfit with the hood up.
Daniela has quite a lot of head movement, she can pose with her head looking up, or over her shoulder, she can look down (although her head tends to want to come up again from the looking down position). When her head is turned all the way around to the back, it remains level and does not look upwards as some play dolls do. She certainly has good and natural head movement.
Her feet are quite detailed, with cute little toes and neat nails.
Her hands are also very detailed, with small neat fingernails and lines on the finger joints.
She even has detailed lines on her palms!
Also her hands are not the same, each hand is slightly different! Below you can see how detailed the lines on the fingers are.
When Daniela sits down her legs do splay outwards but not as bad as some dolls do. She can sit up unaided without falling backwards.
Because the weather is warm here I wanted to make her something more summery to wear, so I took her measurements. I compared her measurements with the Heart 4 Hearts dolls, Corelle dolls and the American Doll Wellie Wishers who's details I found online. It turns out that she is almost the same size as the 14.5 inches Wellie Wishers dolls! This was great to see as I do have patterns already in that size. I think the only difference is that Daniela's hips are a couple of centimetres bigger.
I made her this outfit below, in my favourite colours of blue and white, which I think suits her perfectly.
Outfit and socks by me, shoes by the late Jean Jensen (made for Sasha dolls and slightly too big for this dolls feet).
So to sum up, would I recommend this doll? Yes! I definitely would recommend this doll for both children and adult collectors. She is very well made, using high quality and safe materials. Her hair can be combed or brushed and she is sturdy enough that a child could play with her without fear of her falling apart quickly. The company recommend her for children of 3 years and over and I would agree that she would be perfect from that age upwards. Price-wise this doll is excellent value for money; she cost me 37,95 euros plus 6 euros postage within Spain.
I would certainly recommend both the Llorens company doll and the Spanish retailer Doll and Doll for a good dolly shopping experience.
I hope you've enjoyed this review and seeing this new little girl!
Thank you for stopping by, keep safe and well everybody!
Big hugs Sharon in Spain xxx
