SobaDolls
so, for those of you, like me, that don't love the fact that resin yellows or the fact that vinyl stains and can degrade, I have a recommendation. The single-artist company SobaDolls makes MSD BJDs from 'Flumo', a cold-slip casting material which, like resin, kinda seems like a plastic/porcelain hybrid. It doesn't yellow like resin, though, and it looks like porcelain, but is more sturdy and Flumo dolls can be faced-up/painted post-curing like resin dolls can. It's called cold-slip porcelain, and like resin is cast and cured, not kiln fired. it picks up details from molds well like resin does too.
SobaDolls offers dolls in both black and white skintones, too, so there's some diversity. Hopefully, even more tones will become available in the future. She's currently only got one mold, but the body is INCREDIBLE and the face mold (called Ruri) is cute too, though I hope she makes more faces soon. It's also, and this is the best part, CHEAP!!! SobaDolls charged around 250 USD for an MSD-sized doll that was fully blushed, came with a handmade wig, 2 pairs of eyes, and a stunning face-up. Her Ruri fullset was around 350 USD, and came with handmade shoes, eyes, wig, sweater. She makes dolls for custom orders too. I'm set to order 3 dolls from her and I am THRILLED.
https://www.instagram.com/soba_dolls/
Please support this incredible artist, and consider both buying and making Flumo dolls!!
~Anon