Facial rejuvenation in composition

Here we have a 15" compo doll who does not look too bad at first glance.
She is missing a wig and some eyelashes.
Her body has some crazing but is in quite acceptable condition.
I am only going to restore the head.

Her face has the issues.
Cracked and lifting composition.
I think someone gave her a new lipstick application too!

Here, you might be able to see some impressive compo lifting in the corner of the eye.
To restore this properly, all the cracked and lifting compo has to be removed.

Well! It seems as if practically every bit of skim composition was lifting. It got all removed.

Those are staple holes on her chin with matching ones on the other side. Did she have a hat or other item stapled to her head? Ow!

This after 3 layers of filler/primer with sanding in between. This gives the bare compo a nice smooth finish for paint.

Now she has her skin tone paint on and is starting eyelash replacement.
I often use a paintbrush with the right color and texture bristles to harvest eyelashes from.

This style of eye has a slot in the tin that eyelashes get inserted into.
Here one eye has had the slot filed up with bristles.
I dip small clumps of bristles in glue and then insert them into the slot. A pin is useful to adjust their position in the slot before the glue dries. I also add a bit more glue inside the eye to secure the bristles better.

The bristles get trimmed to the right length once the glue dries.

On to the next eye.....tuft by tuft....

All done and looking for a wig.....

One potential wig.
This one is mohair.