#howliday

[knockoff-markers]

Clawdeen Wolfs Howliday outfit has had a chokehold on my mind for WEEKS

[laciedollblog]

New Monster High Leaks!

[vampiregirl-in-a-barbieworld]

Howliday Clawdeen stock images have been revealed 💜💫 will you be getting her?

Low key I want her to place her with my Howliday Drac 🤭💞

[bubbie2electricboogaloo]

Heart taker ❤️

my take on the Howliday Draculaura and Clawd 2 pack

[zakubabbles]

The new Skelita Howliday doll leaks annoyed and disappointed me so much I felt like doing a very very messy and quick sketch redesigning parts of it but keeping the color scheme.

Look, I know I'm not a fashion designer or toy designer, but that's just very not good. Everything feels slapped on. There's no thought or cultural inspiration behind any of it.

I took inspiration from typical dresses from the state of Campeche...

... since these dresses have that silhouette and ruffled layers somewhat similar to the original.

Again, not a designer, but I feel Mattel could have done a better job designing this outfit.

[zaksdolls]

The Skelita Howliday doll has been on sale on Amazon (at fluctuating prices) so I gave in and bought her as a birthday gift for myself. As I scrolled through the reviews I was concerned that she would arrive in a mangled box and damaged. Thankfully, she turned up pristine!

The packaging is quite nice. I very much like the skull winged butterflies. It's a shame that they are not really used anywhere else besides the fabric print of the dress.

Anywho, I've already complained enough about the doll's design and I'm sure there are plenty of reviews out there so I'll go quickly!

STAND:

Yes, very nice details on stand base. Good. I was surprised when I realized it's a saddle stand. I've had to stick a wad of putty on the saddle to keep Skelita in place lest she falls out.

Now she topples over stand and all! X'D

HEADPIECE:

I was happy to see the skullettes in the flowers have all this sculpted detail! Unfortunately, the painted detailed are a bit off.

The headpiece is made of a harder plastic and is hollow with an open back.

At first, I thought, "Oh, nice. It's much lighter than the first adult collector Skelita's headpiece!"

But then I remembered that I actually really dislike when companies cut corners by neglecting the backside of their toys and products. All angles should be taken into consideration.

Especially on a collector doll.

SHOES:

Shoes are nice. I like the detail of the sole and flowers.

JEWELRY:

Itty bitty skullette beads.

And another skullette with sculpted details. A nice touch.

I'm honestly surprised to see a total of six bracelets and a necklace on this doll. They don't have much in the way of painted details, but I'll take what I can get.

DRESS:

Skelitas used to come with a plastic piece in the shape of the standard Monster High torso to help clothes fit on her boney frame. Now she comes with this. Undergarments I guess? ;P

The ruffle and sleeves are made of the same stretchy fabric and covered with some gold glitter. The sleeves' edges are secured with an overlock stitch while the ruffle is left raw.

Beginning to fray.

The dress's skirt fabric is that thick plasticy fabric that kind of feels like paper. I do not care for this fabric in the least.

(I was trying to capture the stiffness of the fabric by scrunching it in the photo.)

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After disassembly, I washed her and her clothes. The purple stretchy fabric began to stick onto itself during the washing process. Perhaps the glitter adhesive reactivated with the water and/or the heat. Thankfully, I was able to separate it all again. The top portion of the skirt ruffle folded over during washing and I actually prefer it this way.

Happy accident.

I was able to bring down and relax the sleeves with some added (light) heat. Thank goodness because I did not like how those sleeves looked from factory.

I also took it upon myself to straighten and quickly style her hair with a half ponytail.

For a collector doll, I expect some styling from the company but she came with nothing.

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Here she is:

The more I look at her, the more I appreciate her. The colors are nice and are pretty cohesive. There are some nice details and she's a "pretty" doll.

However, for this being a collector doll priced at almost 50USD and knowing that Mattel can and has done so much better in terms of design and materials, I'm very disappointed.

But for what I actually paid?

She's okay.

Either way, I'm very happy to have her.

In truth, I would like to buy another one. Either for fodder, or to keep one as factory and another customized. Will only do that if she drops considerably in price.

[tradgirlmom]

Love Edition Halowday Draculara

this is one of my favorite outfits on Draculara, it comes off as super classy cute traditional even!!

[funfettified]

💓🦇🎀🦇💓 ♪ 💓🦇🎀🦇💓 ♪ 💓🦇🎀🦇💓

[keepingmyselfundead]

HOWLIDAY CLAWDEEN

[villarts]

🌑𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 🌑by ViLL

Clawdeen is my favorite character! She looks just beautiful in this character! I'm enchanted!

Art by ViLL

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[daulmaul]

HOWLIDAY DRACULAURA REVIEW COURTESY OF THEDOLLCIRCLE ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE!!

[laciedollblog]

Howliday Clawdeen 💜

[vampiregirl-in-a-barbieworld]

Howliday Draculaura x Clawd coming out next year via Instagram 😵 omg I can't listen Draculaura is GORE-GEOUS in darker color palettes! I'm also loving Clawd he looks so handsome here 💕 ugh we're winning for a change

[doll-fairyy]

Howliday Draculaura out of her box

I gave her a wash, but her tensil freaked out

[fallensn0wangel]

My Skelita and Clawdeen Howliday dolls

[zakubabbles]

I couldn't help myself and ended up fixing the Howliday sketch a bit.

Sketch:

Still upset about this 😤