How do people handle their dolls, gloves or no gloves?

I love to wear bright polish on my fingernails, so when I do, I wear gloves to protect my boy and my manicure. But, like everyone here has said, it's just not as fun playing with your doll when you're wearing gloves. Since I got my boy, I've started painting my nails much less frequently.

 

I don't use gloves with my dolls. For me gloves are restricted to gardening and my museum studies class.

 

I don't see the point, really. ^^ You only live once. Can't have that much fun if you're too cautious.

 

Nup. No gloves for me. Like many others though I always make sure my hands are clean before I play with my lovely girls.

 

Clean hands, thats all I'm going to use

Gloves would be like a barrier between my doll and I...

If that makes sense?

I will definately use them when doing his face up though, just to make sure I don't smudge it or anything...

 

I've ALWAYS got enamel paint on my hands from my projects so yeah, I'll wear gloves. ^_^;

 

I love the FEEL of Resin!
No gloves here

 

I never wear gloves. I pick them up and constantly dress/undress them. My hands are normally pretty clean. But I don't really think about it to be honest. I'm not exceptionally bothered about preserving their face-ups as I did them all myself and could re-do if necessary. What's the fun in them if you can't touch and play with them properly?

 

Well my first still hasn't arrived yet, but I can say now I probably won't be wearing gloves. As long as I am careful and avoid the face, he should be fine. To me it just doesn't seem the same playing with something when you have to wear gloves.

 

I wish I did, I hate when they've gotten smushed or stained.
Of course I like cleaning them, because it's like bonding, but still I want to keep my kiddies nice and clean as much as possible, that's why I don't really let many people handle them without my speciel permission

 

I don't wear gloves. If I'm going to handle one of my Order for a period of time, I wash my hands out of habit. I wash my hands all the time. Because I work around plants and dirt all day. Don't want to share the dirt. Noo.

 

I always wash my hands before handling my dolls. Using gloves seems a bit like overkill, IMHO.

 

Bare handed; I just make sure my hands are freshly cleaned.

 

nope, never used gloves.

he's my doll, i dont intend to sell him, i want to play and enjoy him. i'd like to be able to really hold his tiny, resin hands

that being said, i always wash and throughly dry my hands before picking him up... i dont want my boy getting covered with muck or sticky

 

I only use gloves when I am trying to do face up.

 

No gloves. I always wondered why you would consider using gloves until i saw my boy today I make sure though my hands are clean before I play with him :3

 

NO gloves, I only wash my hands before touch them.

 

I don't use gloves, but I make sure to wash my hands well before handling them

 

I never thought of wearing gloves! I try to have clean hands, and no lotion or other greasy substance on me.

 

It's never occured to me to use gloves when handling my dolls. I can understand why some people would want to though, but I guess I've just never thought of it as that big of a deal, I bought them to play with and pose, not to display in a case anyways, so fingerprints it is for me :p