My last solution was silicone ear plugs. There are a lot of materials used to keep BJD eyes in, poster tac, plasticine or silicone ear plugs are the most common recommendations. In my experience the silicone ear plugs are the most sticky, and will stick to even the most smooth surfaces. You can buy it just about anywhere too, drug store, grocery store, target, walmart etc.
The technique I used is to make a kind of pancake shape out of the silicone, stick the eye right in the middle of it face side up, then maneuver it into the head and stick it into place. Once the eye is close to the right position (check the front of the head to make sure you can see the iris) take the end of a paintbrush or pen and press the edges of the silicone against the inside of the head so that it's stuck all the way around the eye. You just want to make sure that it's not going anywhere! I also find it easiest to adjust the eye with the end of a paintbrush by pressing on the sides of the eyes to position it. Really it's harder to explain that it is to do, and practice makes perfect!
With both eyes in! Not the best photo, but you can see how I tried to center them.
Done! Now just add hair and put her together aaand-
Finished!
How do you reattach the piece of the head?
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