Yes, her hair is in a french braid in the back. Personally, I probably will never touch her hair. LOL Chicken little here.
I have 3 Hair Questions for Elizabeth-Doll Owners: Is her ponytail french-braided, how do you take care of her springlets with out damaging them, and basically, is her hair difficult to deal with? Thanks!
Yes, her hair is in a french braid in the back. Personally, I probably will never touch her hair. LOL Chicken little here.
Oh I would love to see a picture of the french braid. I adore french braids but don't know how to do them myself.
We posted at the same time, Tracy! You're very welcome for the link! I've been braiding hair for ever, but most of the ones on that site are mind boggling! Samantha's hair is very nice for braiding [img]wink.gif[/img] , and she doesn't squirm around like most 9 year olds would!
Here's a link to the "Flipthrough," "Flip Tail," "Hair Flip," or as I like to call it, "The Ponytail Flip That Has A Million Names" that you mentioned in your first post in the thread, if anyone is interested in it,
http://www.dressytresses.com/hair-st...ip/default.asp
I was wondering these questions myself! Especially the springlets (love that name!), because they get messy if pulled on.
As far the hairstyle, it's definitely a braid and not a flip-through. I think it's a French braid, but I haven't pulled it apart to tell for sure. There are only 4 folds, so it's so short you can hardly tell. But since all of them seem to be coming from the hair mass, I'd say it's a French braid. (If it wasn't, I should see the looping look on the 4th fold, but I don't.)
To add my two cents [img]graemlins/money.gif[/img] it's just a 'start' of braiding, having each strand put over once and put into a low ponytail.
Thanks for all the links, I used to french and dutch braid my hair a lot when I was in college and for a long time could only do it on my head and nobody else. Later on my sister always asked me to do her hair when she went to balls. I also braided hers just a braid but with four strands, which looked quite nice.
For this Flip-Through/Tail I have a little gadget that I bought in England at one of the 10-p Shops years ago. It's a plastic loop which you put around the ponytail - then pull it close and the long narrow 'stick' you then push in the middle behind the rubberband and pull the ponytail through.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If it was a French Braid, it would have hair at the top, starting off the French Braid. And the end result would look like http://www.dreamweaverbraiding.com/braids/french.htm , whereas a regular braid, http://www.dreamweaverbraiding.com/braids/basic3.htm would just be at the bottom, like Elizabeth's. If you look at the final picture here, and imagine it with only a few of the strands crossed over, and not all of it, it would look just like Elizabeth's hair. If it was a French Braid, it wouldn't start at the hair line like that, it would start at the top of the head.I think it's a French braid, but I haven't pulled it apart to tell for sure. There are only 4 folds, so it's so short you can hardly tell. But since all of them seem to be coming from the hair mass, I'd say it's a French braid. (If it wasn't, I should see the looping look on the 4th fold, but I don't.)
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">NO idea what you mean by this, LOL, but I'm pretty sure it's not a French Braid. It might not be a regular braid, but a French Braid would require it to start at the top of the head, and gather more hair. Again, I don't have the doll, so I can't say for sure, but it deffinitly looks like it's three strands and they all cross over once, and then, like Miki said, pulled into a low ponytail.(If it wasn't, I should see the looping look on the 4th fold, but I don't.)
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">YES! I had one of these when I was younger, I was going to mention it, but I couldn't remember the name of it to! ...I still can't!For this Flip-Through/Tail I have a little gadget that I bought in England at one of the 10-p Shops years ago. It's a plastic loop which you put around the ponytail - then pull it close and the long narrow 'stick' you then push in the middle behind the rubberband and pull the ponytail through.
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ August 13, 2005 04:12 AM: Message edited by: cami713 ]</font>
Thanks everyone for your help!
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Are you sure it is a french braid? The E's that I have seen have an inverted pony tail. Not sure what it is really called.Originally posted by AG Dress Designer:
Yes, her hair is in a french braid in the back. Personally, I probably will never touch her hair. LOL Chicken little here.
Got our Doll Hair book out. AG calls it a Flip Tail and here are the instructions:
1. Make a low ponytail
2. Reach underneath the ponytail and use your finger and thumb to make a hold in the middle of the hair above the elastic.
3. With the other hand, twist the ponytail, grab it with the fingers that are making the hole and pull it through.
Oddly enough, my 11yo daughter can do this better than me. Molly looks really cute with a Flip Tail.
I could easily be wrong, as I don't have the doll yet, but from pictures that people have posted, it doesn't look at all like a French Braid, but just the start of a regular braid that they purposely put higher up on her head. I do that to my long hair quite frequently when I just want it out of my way, but don't want to put it in a ponytail, and that's what it looks like, only not as full cause I have fine, thin hair.
It looks like they just did a normal braid, but only crossed about 2 sections over each other, instead of going all the way down.
It doesn't look like it would be at all hard to care for if one knows how to braid hair, and was careful with the little curls.
Brightly Colored Moth,
French Braids are really easy once you get the hang of 'em! Here's a link, http://www.dreamweaverbraiding.com/Braiding_Tips.htm with a BUNCH of different braids, including French Braids. It's hard to do on yourself the first few times. I'd suggest doing it on a doll's hair first. I learned how to french braid (and a few others) on Samantha's hair about 10 years ago.
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