Aging Veins 
Mix equal parts of Eye Blue (19) and Rose Glow Additive (22). Apply like a wash into eyelid area, into wrinkles and over tops of hands. 

Feature Enhancer 
Add dimension around nostrils, ears, lips and lids by applying Feature Enhancer (18) in crevices. Feature Enhancer is also an excellent eye shadow, and interesting for hair color, lashes and brows. 

Freckles 
Use Dark Brown (4), Auburn (7) and Yellow Brown (6) alone or in combination. Apply specifically with a detail spotter and let stand without blotting, or blot randomly with a stippler or sponge. 

Painted Eyes 
Use Black (1) for the pupil, regardless of eye color. To achieve more color depth for the iris, apply two colors into each other while wet blotting between color applications. For example, for a beautiful Blue-Green, apply Eye Blue (19), blot with Q-Tip, and then apply Blonde (8) and blot again. Dark brown (4) and Blonde intermix beautifully in the same way. 

Painted Eyes - Highlights 
Use White (20) for highlights or for raised highlights use Raised Glaze Additive (32) on painted eyes. Add over black pupil or colored iris. 

Tear Ducts, Nostrils, Finger Nails 
Tear ducts, nostrils and finger nail accents generally use the same color as the doll's lips, whichever red or pink tone that is. 

Intensity 
Intensity of application of any color paint can cause completely different looks. Generally, lips are accented with the same paint used for the overall lip color, but the accents are a slightly thicker mixture and therefore appear darker. 

It may be mixed with any media, both oil and water based glycerin. 

For best results getting it to raise the most, it should be mixed to a consistency so that it will string off the pallette knife. 

If it is applied too thickly, it will crawl during firing and coverage will be intermittent.  You may go back and fill in where it has skipped and refire. 

When adding color the ratio should be 1 part color or less to at least 2 parts raised glaze or more. 

You may paint gold over the raised glaze for the last firing.  This is the so called "Rochard" technique  (Pictured below).

Color Tips 

Rose Glow Additive 
Rose Glow Additive (22) is added to reds (except True Red) to stabilize them during firing. It allows red paint to fire hotter than cone 018 without burning off when used as a wash or blush, and may be added to other manufacturers reds. 

Blotchy cheeks are often a result of color burning off when firing too hot. The cheeks look good until the doll maker applies a second coat of color; the media applied for the second coat washes away some of the first coat, thus the blotchy look. You may add up to equal parts of Rose Glow Additive to your cheek color to prevent burn off. 

Matting Agent 
Add about 10% Matting Agent (24) to Signature System China Paints (which are glossy), so that when applied opaquely the colors will not be shiny. 

It is not necessary to apply Matting Agent to color that is applied thinly as a wash (translucent application), as thin washes tend not to be shiny. 

Too much Matting Agent added to the color will dilute the color intensity and deter paint adhesion with some colors. 

Flux 
Flux (23) consists of three ingredients -- lead oxide, borate of soda and pure silica acid (a fusible glass). All fluxes in china paint are not the same, as these three items can change proportions. 

Jean's Flux enhances the flow of red paints that are mixed for cheeks and overall washes. Do not add to Black, Brown or any other colors -- these already flow beautifully. 

Glaze Sheen 
Glaze Sheen (25) is applied last over lips, eyes or for tears as an opaque application, then fired to cone 022 for a very high shine. Do not fire the head again to cone 018 (normal china paint temperature) or the glaze sheen will overfire and cause the paint beneath to turn yellow. 

White 
White (20) may be added to any color to lighten the paint. 

Lips, Cheeks, Overall Washes 
French Lip (10), Pink Cheek (11), Pink Lip (12), Rosey Blush (13) and Peach Lip (14) are different shades of pinks that can be interchanged for those features. 

Eye Shadow 
Eye Shadow (17) is a color often recommended by Kay McKee for reproducing some of her favorite pink lip and cheek tones. 

Soft Lash 
Soft Lash (3) is a combination of red and green that creates a grayed brown, excellent for modern doll lashes. 

Auburn and Blonde 
Auburn (7) and Blonde (8) have been blended to match the modacrylic wigs so often used for dolls. Blonde is a lovely soft color for baby hair. Auburn is a great overall wash for a warm tan skin tone. 

Dark Brown 
Dark Brown (2), as well as being great for lashes and brows, is an excellent overall brown wash. 

French Brow Additive 
French Brow Additive (21) is designed to be added to any warm brown to remove the red.