Meet the 'Bradford Barbie' who spends FOUR HOURS every day perfecting her living doll look

  • Lhouraii Li, 21, cites Japanese fashion, unicorns and Barbie as inspirations
  • Wears 14 pairs of fake eyelashes stuck together for doll-like eyes
  • Lhouraii's boyfriend of four years, Nathen Kent, 24, loves her look

By Katy Winter

PUBLISHED: 07:42 EST, 18 December 2013 | UPDATED: 08:43 EST, 18 December 2013


Meet the 'living doll' who spends up to four hours every day perfecting her look.

Lhouraii Li says her extraordinary appearance is inspired by a combination of Japanese fashion and pink princess Barbie style.

The 21-year-old nail technician from Bradford, West Yorkshire, uses special contact lenses and false eyelashes to made her eyes look huge and doll-like and has learned how to contour her face with clever make-up.

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Lhouraii, who also cites 'unicorns', 'fairies' and Disney princesses as inspiration for her image, spends four hours daily perfecting her look

Lhouraii, who also cites 'unicorns', 'fairies' and Disney princesses as inspiration for her image, spends four hours daily perfecting her look

Lhouraii uses special contact lenses and fake eyelashes to make her eyes more doll-like

Lhouraii uses special contact lenses and fake eyelashes to make her eyes more doll-like

She explains: 'I put circle lenses in so it makes your eyes appear larger - then I put eyeliner on and I extend it out way past my actual eye line and I stick together about fourteen pairs of eyelashes.

'I've even shaved my eyebrows and draw them on higher, so it doesn't look too weird when my eyes are big.

She is so attached to her look that she admits she never leaves her home without a full-face of make-up - even when she's just popping to the local shops.

'It's not a chore to do,' she says. 'People get up and watch television, I get up and do my makeup and I find it just as entertaining.'

 
The nail technician has grown her hair over the years to a length to rival that of a Disney princess
The blonde-haired beauty hasn't always been a pink-obsessed princess

Lhouraii says her extraordinary appearance is a combination of Japanese fashion and pink princess Barbie

But the blonde-haired beauty, who cites 'unicorns', 'fairies' and Disney princesses as inspiration for her image, hasn't always been a pink-obsessed princess.

She said: 'I was a goth at one point. And then that got a lot of stares and more hate than this.

'I remember I actually tried to fit in at one point and I'd walk down the street and people would still stare at me and point at what I was wearing, so I was like screw it, I was going to dress even crazier.'

Lhouraii puts circle lenses in to maker her eyes appear larger, next she applies eyeliner on, extending it out past her actual eye line, and then sticks on about fourteen pairs of eyelashes

Lhouraii puts circle lenses in to maker her eyes appear larger, next she applies eyeliner on, extending it out past her actual eye line, and then sticks on about fourteen pairs of eyelashes

The nail technician has grown her hair over the years to a length to rival that of a Disney princess

The nail technician has grown her hair over the years to a length to rival that of a Disney princess

Now Lhouraii says the attention from the locals in her hometown don't bother her as much.

'Obviously some people say bad things but I kind of switch off from it a lot - I'll look around and everyone will just be staring at me.

'People sing I'm a Barbie girl and I'll finish it.'

Lhouraii's boyfriend of four years, Nathen Kent, 24, says he loves her unusual look

Lhouraii's boyfriend of four years, Nathen Kent, 24, says he loves her unusual look

Lhouraii Li is a nail technician by trade - here she shows off her attention-grabbing nail art

Lhouraii Li is a nail technician by trade - here she shows off her attention-grabbing nail art

Lhouraii admits that she does attract a few stares from the locals in her hometown

Lhouraii admits that she does attract a few stares from the locals in her hometown

Llhouraii's transformation from goth to barbie princess began four years ago, when she started experimenting with makeup and researching Japanese culture.

Now, she's even started uploading make-up tutorials on YouTube and has already attracted more than 6,000 followers and averages 20,000 views per video.

And her biggest fan is her boyfriend of four years, Nathan Kent, 24.

Nathan said: 'I really like the look. I think it would be better for her if she could go outside without so much makeup on every so often, but it makes her happy.

'I've known her for the past eight years. When we first met, she was dressed kind of gothic and so was I, but when we met up again after a few years, that's when she dressed like this and it has changed since we've been together.

'Most people are more positive about it than negative and just interested.

'It upsets me when it upsets her - it's irritating.'

But despite the stares and comments, Lhouraii is happy with her look and won't be changing it anytime soon.

'If I do want to look like this when I'm fifty or something then I'll still look like this because it won't matter.'

Other Living Dolls across the world

With her tiny waist, skeletal arms, enormous coloured contact lenses and vacant expression, Ukraine's Valeria Lukyanova, 23, believes she has become a living, breathing Barbie, something she sees as the embodiment of perfection.

She has turned herself into a human doll using plastic surgery and thick layers of dramatic make-up, confessing she wishes to be considered 'the most perfect woman on the internet'.

A VICE documentary-maker went behind the scenes with Valeria - who currently has 876,000 fans on her Facebook page - journeying to Ukraine to capture her life on film.

Valeria believes she is from another planet - possibly Venus, but she isn't quite sure - and isn't really human like the rest of us.

Valeria currently has 876,000 fans on her Facebook page

Valeria currently has 876,000 fans on her Facebook page

Valeria believes she is from another planet so isn't really human like the rest of us

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Justin Jedlica, a 32-year-old from New York who has spent £96,000 ($158,000) on cosmetic surgery and calls himself 'a living doll' was recently featured on TLC's My Strange Addiction

Justin explains that he grew up wishing his family was as wealthy as those seen on Eighties TV show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

He became enamored with the idea, and consequently, 'I ended up sort of emulating what I thought a lot of those wealthy people looked like - they all had plastic surgery,' he says.

Overall, Justin has had about 125 cosmetic procedures to make him look more and more like a doll, including bicep implants, tricep implants, a brow lift and five nose jobs.

Justin Jedlica, a 32-year-old from New York who has spent $158,000 on cosmetic surgery and calls himself 'a living doll'

Justin Jedlica, a 32-year-old from New York who has spent $158,000 on cosmetic surgery and calls himself 'a living doll'

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"...so it doesn't look too weird when my eyes are big". That hasn't really worked out has it?

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oh ..

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Not my cup of tea but she's happy and not hurting anyone. I admire her confidence to dress how she wants to.

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Someone get me her number

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get a job and a hobby.

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I love japan,anime and japanese fashion to but this is a little much.

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Not really relevant but.... shes not wearing 14 pairs of false lashes

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What's the point?

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I love anime and japanese fashion to but I don't look like a doll and I don't want to.

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surprised she was 21! all that make up ages her badly!

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