Hi,
many congrats on the impending arrival.We're both expecting a girl from the same place (I'm also in the UK
). I went with FunWest for this one but most of my girls are WM's as personally I regard them as the yardstick by which others measure thekmselves.
-Soap.
Don't overthink it. Cheap soaps are fine. Something like dove that is unscented and no harsh chemicals is perfect.
-Wigs.
The issue with wigs isn't the hair but the lattice cap which is often black. If you want your girl to have a checkerboard pattern on top of her head accept no substitute.To counter that risk buy a couple of nylon wig caps. Put those on the heads including over the ears and then the wig over that to minimise the risk of staining.
-Pre-delivery checklist
Extra virgin Olive Oil - cleans makeup better than baby oil
Tampons - Yep, you heard that right. Eeven if the girl does not have sex you need to air and dry the orrifices or the TPE will seal up. Trapped moisture in cavities in TPE can lead to mould which is a TPE killer when it takes root. The tampon is good for drying out internals and the casing holds a cavity open to give it air.
Cornflour - lots and lots of cornflour and a big brush (or talc, some prefer talc, I go with cornflour). Its the stuff in boxes that people make gravy from. Once you have applied it liberally over your girl she comes to life. The stuff works like fairy dust in changing TPE to skin. I use a very soft 3.5inch painting brush thats never been used for any other purpose to apply it.
Note. That body looks small but its because I'm big. Its an SM 155D.
Ensure that the girl is completely dry before applying cornflour. i.e. dry her then leave her for several hours before applying. Last thing that you want is a crop of mushrooms, lol.
Wig Caps - See Above
short thick child sized white socks - To fit shoe size 3. Place socks on the hands when they need protecting and on the feet to keep her TPE protected.
-Mattresses
I don't own and can't afford memory foam or the like, but my bed is most likely where she will spend most of her time, as a cuddle buddy. Will this cause problems?
Normal matresses are fine. I've got a girl who lives on a standard sprung mattress. She's been the bed girl since 2018 and its had no adverse effect on her.
What you do need to think of though is sleeping position. Cross her arms over her chest and put socks on her hands to protect her delicate lil digits.She'll thank you.
-Tights/stockings etc
As I've opted for detachable legs, one of the things I'll need to address is the seam. Would a looser fit be more ideal, to avoid digging in to the skin? She won't wear these all the time as I want her to be a lazy sod lounging around in pyjamas (hence head 59 
), but women's clothing is like rocket science to me... I'm clueless! What even is a looser fit in practice?? 
beware of holdups which tend to include silicone in the mix. Some Silicones and TPE don't mix. The materials actively attempt to destroy each other. I don't have any girls with detatchables but imagine that they would be easy enough to hide away without stockings.
-Makeup
What are the do's and don'ts for application and removal? How do I go about replacing nails?
This ones a whole thread on its own. Everyone applies makeup differently. I'm a bit of a blokey bloke and the whole concept of womens makeup was a completely alien concept to me but after a while its not so bad.
I use a set o makeup brushes, some oil painting brushes and some water colour brushes and pretty much paint their makeup on to bring them to life. I use mostly powder blushers and mascara pencils (who knew they came in dozens of colours, I grew up thinking they wre just brown or black). The girls do use lippy but I apply it using a brush rather than directly.
When painting them I find it easier with the head detatched and sat in my lap.
Work down the head so that you do not smudge your work.
If you smudge your work start again, don't try to fix it as you will waste an hour and end up starting from scratch again anyway.
-Buying clothes
Are there places I should avoid? For instance, would heading to my local Asda and getting whatever be a bad idea?
Primark is your friend. Its like they created clothes based on using our girls as models. XS and XXS t shirts fit perfectly. Also they sell stretchy white jeans that are a bugger to get on the girls but once on tend to be a good fit. The shoes size you want is 3... 2 will fit but it pinches their toes. Non of mine have complained at 3.5 but any larger than that and they'll break their necks in them.
-Dark clothing
On the subject of clothing, I see images of dolls wearing various dark clothing, which I've read can cause staining and should be avoided, but these users don't seem to have this issue. How do they combat it?
Ah, now, time for a lesson in TPE.
TPE is a pourus material that retains its elasticity and composition through the mix of oil within it. That mix is what differentiates manufacturers (and your buying a girl from one of if not the best).
There are two types of oil. The oil they are made with and finishing oil. The finishing oil is that they are covered in and gets burnt off during the finishing process in the factory to smooth them out. This is the oil that can smell when they first arrive and its why the smell disappears quickly as its just surface deep.
dark clothes do not in hemselves stain the TPE. Its the TPE that works in a similar manner to how a fly eats in that it extretes oil and drinks it back in. When the oil comes into contact with clothes it can drink the colour out of the clothes and absorb it into the TPE (the fly eating principle).
The more powder that a girl has the less oil she will extrete so the less likely colour transfer is.
However, powder alone is not enough and when we want them to wear dark clothes it is a good idea to either use a full nylon body suit under their clothes or a second layer of clothes.
That said, you will learn that some brands just don't transfer colour. I've never had Primark dark clothes run and often use them without a body suit.
One rule of thumb is that shiny dark clothes will almost almost result in colour transfer.
Main thing is just enjoy her. Back in 2014 when my first TPE girl arrived fool that I was I genuinely thought that I was buying a sex doll. She was a WM girl and the realism was such that the first night I just lay in bed looking at her half expecting to catch her blinking. Nearly ten years on that first girl is still here and she's still a virgin... Sex dolls... Yeah, right!
Hope that your girls changes your world the way that my girls have changed mine.
All the best,
Shamus.
). I went with FunWest for this one but most of my girls are WM's as personally I regard them as the yardstick by which others measure thekmselves.
