Allow's get our glam on! Nothing makes a doll look worse than bad hair! I meet dolls that aren't in bad shape but their hair makes you lot cringe. As I have already shared with you, I honey to fix up abused dolls and restore them to their quondam celebrity. Considering of this, I take been able to add a lot of dolls to my drove for a fraction of the toll and then can you!

I started fixing up this $30 Julie doll in A Doll Cleaning Tutorial . (If you only bought a tlc doll you lot will want to start there.) In that mail service I washed and brushed out the tangles and it really helped but today nosotros are going to take it a footstep further. Please brand sure to only use a wig castor on your doll's hair. (I employ this one American Daughter Brush.) Below is Julie'due south hair when I outset bought her, subsequently washing and brushing and lastly after a hot water dunk (HWD) and straightening. Nice and shiny!

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American Daughter dolls accept prissy quality wigs of blended modernistic-acrylic fibers. Since their pilus is basically plastic, the best mode to return it to it's original shape and polish is to heat it up. The internet is filled with videos and posts telling you to do a Downy Dunk on your doll's hair to make information technology soft again. Delight DO Non do this. Information technology does assist remove tangles merely the fabric softener changes the pilus. I made this mistake on my first logroller doll. She had a matted clump of pilus and the cyberspace told me to give her a Downy Dunk. Her hair became limp, greasy and it didn't restore shine at all. I was able to comb out the tangle, but the good part of her hair became gross. Her hair attracted dust and had an overall filmy coating. I was able to repair the hair a few years later but let's learn a ameliorate way!

An American Girl doll has iii styles of pilus: Straight, Large Curls (or wavy) and Tight Ringlets. How you dunk the hair will depend on the style you lot desire. Commencement let'south comprehend the dunking basics.

A8BD0C02-87BD-4AF9-9BD8-B87D3A570777You do not want to get any water in your doll's eyes, the oestrus can damage them and the water will eventually make them rust. With the doll'southward optics in the closed position, tape a cotton wool ball or chunk ofcotton pad over each middle. Protect the doll'southward cloth torso with a plastic bag. I always start with a practiced hair washing especially if the doll is used. For instructions on washing your doll's hair visit A Doll Cleaning Tutorial .

Bring a large pan of water to eddy. Remove the pan from the estrus and set up your timer for 5 minutes. Once the h2o has cooled for v minutes it'due south time to dunk.

You only want the hair to exist in the h2o for 5-6 seconds at a time. I let the cease watch run and repeat the post-obit: dunk hair into water for 5 seconds, pull it out for 5 seconds, dunk for five seconds, out for v seconds. I dunk about 6 times total. This places the hair in the water for a total of xxx seconds in 5 second intervals. Now lay the doll aside and let the hair cool down. I place the hair in the sink and so it cannot puddle around the doll.

For Directly Hair: Flat iron the hair while it is yet wet. I lay the doll on her face (on a cloth for protection) and comb out a pocket-sized department. With a flat iron on its everyman setting (mine is 140 degrees) first running it quickly over the combed section. If the apartment iron is also hot or the hair dries out, it volition melt the hair. (Remember your working with plastic.) I continue a spray bottle of h2o handy and spritz the hair if information technology starts getting dry out. Steam volition roll off every bit you lot get downwards the strands, this is normal. I go over each section 3-4 times and and so comb down a new department and start over. In one case you are finished, let the hair air dry.

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At present for curls! If you want curls or waves, y'all need to put the pilus into curlers earlier dunking and and so follow the dunking process.

For Large Curls or Waves: Roll your dolls hair into sponge rollers. Start by spritzing a section of combed hair and gyre it up into the rollers. I start in the dorsum at the bottom. If you put the rollers against the scalp information technology will create poofs. Y'all can discover foam rollers anywhere. I use these inexpensive ones,cream hair rollersand keep multiple packs on mitt.

Once the hair is rolled, follow the dunking process in a higher place. Let the pilus dry out completely (over night). One time the hair is completely dry out, unroll your beautiful curls. If you just want it to be wavy, use fewer curlers with larger sections of hair. Gently run your fingers through it until the curls loosen to the look yous want. My Sonali's hair had been over-brushed by her previous owner, but after a curled HWD information technology's cute and shiny.

For Tight Curls: Using a pen, pencil or small dowel rod wrap sparse sections of wet hair around the pen and secure it with a bobby pin. (Brand sure they are tight and secure or the water will pull them out.) One time all curls are in place follow the dunking process above.

Once the curls are completely dry, remove the pins for tight, fun curls. If the curls are to tight, spritz with water and gently tug on them. This is a dandy style for dolls with textured hair. I hope this postal service tin can help you. If your doll needs aid Restoring Doll Bangs, Pivot Curls and Hair Parts  check out the postal service. Have fun styling those dolls!

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