Advice on doll hair please...

[MollyGirl]

I have used downy and snuggle. Both work, I would think any would.

There are many products out there for shine. I use Pantene smooth and shine anti-frizz serum. I am sure most are the same. I hear redkin makes a good one. I just could not find it.

Good luck.

[colettedenali]

I used the Free & Sensitive Downy. When it's all in the pan, it smells faintly, but on the doll- it had no effect.

I also washed my doll's hair and conditioned it with American Girl's real beauty shampoo/conditioner. (Which, by the way, is lovely smelly. Apparently the "creamy" in "creamy vanilla" is jasmine.) I'd never washed a doll's hair before, but she turned out fabulously.

[etoileangevin]

Thanks for the advice. I ended up just using a shine product on her hair. (put it on, wait 10 minutes, wash it off) And it worked nicely.

For Samantha's hair, washing it won't wash the curls out. In fact, I think her hair is even more curly afterwards.

Katherine

[TaffyCheerful]

Originally posted by vew-tori:
I have heard that the downey dunk leaves a film on the hair.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fabric softener is wax. It achieves its effect by waxing the fibers and thus letting them slide easily against each other.

vew-tori continued:
I've heard others say they use a wig shampoo and conditioner.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That works as well.

Taffy

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ October 14, 2005 11:17 AM: Message edited by: Taffy Cheerful ]</font>

[bgeurtz]

Samantha and Kirsten's Makeover
quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" target="_blank">http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2119209788[QUOTE] </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I tried this method on my first doll a AGT20 from 1995. Her hair was so fuzzy I could not get a brush through it. I had already done a Downey Dunk and used wig shampoo but it was still fuzzy. So yesterday I did the Downey Dunk in the zip lock then washed it again with wig shampoo, rinsed good and let air dry some. While it was still damp I put in a little Sleek and Shine and used a straitener on low heat and combed and ironed. I cut off the stragglers but not blunt. And I am so thrilled with the results, absolutely beautiful. I can now brush her hair and style it. Thank you all for posting all these beautiful albums and showing us how to fix up these wonderful dolls. I will have this doll forever. [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img]