<p>#Roommates, let me tell y&#8217;all about these game-changing dolls that look like me and you! I don&#8217;t know about you, but black and brown dolls weren&#8217;t as easily accessible when I was growing up as they are today which is why we appreciate people like Dr. Lisa Williams who have a mission to keep positive and black representation in the hands of our youth.</p>
<p>Dr. Lisa created &#8220;Positively Perfect,&#8221; &#8220;Fresh Dolls&#8221; and &#8220;The Fresh Squad&#8221; to &#8220;help redefine the image and standards of beauty,&#8221; she tells us. &#8220;I started the doll line &#8216;Positively Perfect&#8217; almost a decade ago when I saw a study on TV that featured a pretty little girl with beautiful deep dark skin. I remember her saying her skin was nasty and it broke my heart.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0275-1.jpg"><img class="wp-image-42652 alignright" src="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0275-1.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="211" /></a></p>
<p>Each of the three lines of dolls come in all skin tones and ethnicities. Her latest line, The Fresh Squad, expanded to men dolls. &#8220;I am a mother of two young, black men. I wanted to give young boys and girls positive representations of their brothers, uncles, and/or father figures and help show society the image of African-American men as positive and powerful.&#8221;</p>
<p>Y&#8217;all, these dolls are FLY! I&#8217;m talking poppin&#8217; twist outs and fresh box braids &#8212; and their outfits are on point! Dr. Lisa tells us that she started working on her line of 12” fashion dolls because she &#8220;wanted older children to see their beauty and brilliance reflected back to them in play. I want these dolls to be a part of a parent’s toolkit in raising self-confident, self-aware, proud, motivated and smart children.&#8221; She continues, &#8220;These dolls have a variety of custom-blended skin tones ranging from deep mocha, caramel, latte, and even blended. They have features that, in the past, haven&#8217;t always been seen as beautiful, by mainstream media, such as beautiful full lips, cute noses, and eyes of all colors.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0280-2.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-42649 alignleft" src="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0280-2.jpg" alt="" width="424" height="276" /></a></p>
<p>She says she has a mission to do her part in making natural hairstyles like braids, afros, afro-puffs, wave and curly styles more popular and appreciated.</p>
<p>Fresh Dolls are available on shelves at Walmart and online at <a href="https://www.thefreshdolls.com/">TheFreshDolls.com</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&;field-keywords=the+fresh+dolls">Amazon</a>, and<a href="https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=the%20fresh%20dolls&;cat_id=0"> Walmart.com!</a> Preorders can be made at <a href="https://www.thefreshdolls.com/">TheFreshDolls.com</a>!</p>
<p>TSR STAFF: Chantel Kelli! @_popchanny!</p>
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