This is so so intriguing. As a black person and life long doll collector AND as a person that’s always enjoyed so many facets of the Asian cultures… I’d say unfortunately I’m not all that surprised to learn of this. It feels like the digital age expressing what what was already being enforced but not publicly or perhaps not internationally. Growing up I had a few friends, all of them Asian except 1. Both my Asian friends came from different cultures. One Chinese and the other Filipino… both of them would get lightly scolded for being out in the Floridian sun with out some kind of sun protection… and not for fear of sunburning, their parents just didn’t want them to get darker… I didn’t understand it because I’m very dark and wouldn’t really understand colorism till much later in life… I say all this to say I get why people may feel the way they do about their identities. Sometimes it feels like a real answer to your pain to just… be someone else. Even if that means destroying who you are… I think we have to take the time to realize and unpack that beauty isn’t and really hasn’t ever been singular. There are just as many valid ways to be beautiful as there are human beings. In my collection I have a VAST amount of diversity because that’s my favorite kind of beauty standard. Being able to see the love and care in every kind of person is divine. Collecting this way has opened my own eyes in many ways. But I will say I don’t think I would have ever been able to enjoy others and lift them up as well until I loved all of me. To anyone reading this, you are beautiful. Just the way you are. ❤

@dollvee

2 ай бұрын

"Beauty isn’t and really hasn’t ever been singular - there are just as many valid ways to be beautiful as there are human beings" love this … loving all of our own self is quite the journey - I’m trying to reprogram these things I’ve seen growing up. Even today 2024 I am in the Philippines and the whitening soaps are still in the shops - the ads have all very unrealistically pale Filipinos - it’s just not positive to me but as an adult - I do see where I’ve picked up personal views on my beauty that were not whole and how it has even translated in my own doll collection. I love how you said "being able to see the love and care in every kind of person is divine"…. The same goes in every kind of doll ! I’ve learned also to love so many different brands of dolls which before I was not as warm too - like Blythe - beauty should never be promoted so heavily as one way. I remember that I can also just trick my own algorithms to be more diverse too. But definitely Asian fashion dolls need an upgrade

I'm so happy you have made this video. I have noticed this trend on social media and the desire to change and look like / be someone else is sadly the message that is being pushed to those whom are influenced more than the message of loving oneself in your entirety no matter how you were born.

@dollvee

2 ай бұрын

It’s so true - even now 2024 I’m in the fillpines and soo many commercials are showing very pale Filipinos kind of reading a K-pop aesthetic and It’s just not realistic to the people of this country at all - it’s very disheartening as for sure it affects people psychologically and emotionally - just the other day I saw whitening soaps at the local convenience store =_=

Also id love if you made a video about your own experience with plastic surgery, you seem to have a very healthy approach to it and I'm just so interested in that.

@dollvee

2 ай бұрын

I’ll definitely make one talking about it!!

This was a great video ❤I’d love to see you go even deeper into with topic specifically focusing on dolls more

@dollvee

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your feedback !!

I'm just going back to making custom pullips and realized that the "natural" skintone, which is the lightest realistic skintone, is currently sold out. It is nice that the pullip doll kits include a "mocha" option tho. As a Filipino doll collector, it's nice to have a lot that has similar skin. But, that's the darkest it gets, and when I actually started using the Mocha kits, they aren't dark enough for more variety. The eye shape also seems perfect for southeast Asian just because they are similar to Asian eye shape, but round. I find the pullips feel a little bit more Asian looking than other options which do look very eurocentric beauty standards. Also, poor Lisa must have gotten bullied and pressured into so much plastic surgery to become acceptable to Koreans, and still she gets a lot of hate.

@dollvee

Ай бұрын

Yah they need more diversity in skin tones !! But I do agree with the pullip eye shape and it’s a shame so many celebrities in Korea feel pressured for plastic surgery

I'm 24 and Caucasian, and I always liked cosplay and doll makeup and watched KZreadrs like Venus Angelic and so on. But I was also heavily inspired by harajuku fashion and kawaii fashion. The dolls that I collect are all pale, like I have a few dollfies in flesh skin and I also collect pullips and azones. To be honest I like dolls that I can bond with and I like dolls where I can see a bit of myself in them, so therefore I never really wanted to collect dark skinned dolls, even though I think that so many of them are stunning. I really like the Pullip Nana-Chan or Smart dolls in tea, but I probably will never get them because I wouldn't bond with them so much. Does that make sense?

@dollvee

2 ай бұрын

Totally makes sense - maybe I felt the same way in that too !!! But with my Asian roots I personally have judged my own self at times when I got more tanned. I love the mocha dolls and would love a cocoa smart doll one day but I think I did buy dolls that were more like me - I did buy one tanned Minifee cuz I get tanned but I definitely do want to try to feature a doll collection which is more diverse - I just worry too I guess if I have a cocoa doll it would look like I’m fetishizing that skin tone when I don’t have that skin tone myself ??? So I totally understand you !!

Good message. Thanks

As a black doll collector this is such an interesting take! It is very disheartening when I see only pale bjds but I’ve kinda gotten used to it lol. Fashion dolls are cheaper and more diverse nowadays so I go for them more!

@dollvee

Ай бұрын

Fashion dolls are such an easy low stress buy definitely with more options

Those glasses aren't Tom Ford opinion discarded

@dollvee

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment

forgot to dislike so I'm back lmk when you can afford some YSL

@dollvee

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment

Great video. Lots to think about. 🤍

@dollvee

2 ай бұрын

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