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FreakinLobster -- Regarding the eyelashes, I have painted over some of the lashes on certain factory-painted heads before, and while I haven't necessarily made the lashes shorter, I have use the tip of a toothpick dipped into brown paint and have gone over the existing lashes. It makes the lashes thicker, but then I go back quickly before the paint dries with a plain toothpick tip and scrape some of the the excess paint off. It might not make sense from a description, but I do this to make the eyelashes look less 'exact'. The 'barbie' look is because you can see every single individual eyelash all in a row, and it looks fake. Making some of the lashes a bit less...defined, and at a slightly different angle seems to give a slightly more realistic impression. Don't know if that helps at all, but it's what I do if I don't want to do an entire repaint but just want to touch up the factory paint a bit.
I guess you could try this same technique, but using a paint that matches the skintone instead to cover up the lashes a bit. If it were me, I'd get one of the knock off heads and try it on that one first before trying it on the original!
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