Have you washed her hair lately? That may help.
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When I first got Felicity (About 7 years ago) she had silky, pretty red hair. Over the years her has gotten a bit frizzier, which I've been able to fix. Her hair also got duller in color. Right now, Lissie's hair is golden brown. Does anyone know of a way that might get a little more red added to her hair?
Have you washed her hair lately? That may help.
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how do you wash it? is there anything special that I need to use?
Has anybody ever talked about or tried coloring a doll's hair with henna or anything else, like food color or fabric or hair dyes or even tea rinses?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You cover the eyes with your hand or a wash cloth, but make sure no water can get in the eyes. If that happens they will get rusty and not work as well or maybe not at all. Then you gentaily mesage water through to hair (Not extremely hot, yet not extremely cold water). You don't have to use any shampoo. If you want to get the frizzies out dunk to hair in a pan full of undiluted downy and ladle it in to the part of hair not in the pan. Wash out the downy throughly. When your done washing Felicity or any other doll hair put it near a fan if you want, to dry faster.Originally posted by Little Lottie:how do you wash it? is there anything special that I need to use?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I wouldn't recommend it. AG wigs are made from artificial fibers that do not absorb dyes readily. You'd have much better luck with a human-hair wig. But you could just re-wig with a modacrylic wig to get your desired color.Has anybody ever talked about or tried coloring a doll's hair with henna or anything else, like food color or fabric or hair dyes or even tea rinses?
And knowing the tendency of AG's to absorb dye colors into their vinyl, I wouldn't put natural or artificial dyes anywhere near my doll. [img]eek.gif[/img]
Thank you sooooo much! All of you! I really appreciate it!
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ February 24, 2006 07:57 AM: Message edited by: Little Lottie ]</font>
I have a slightly different opinion from MissCurlyCat, on the shampoo question. I think that the shampoo stage is pretty important, especially if the doll has had many years of loving play, complete with a lot of oils from people's hands, with dust from the air on top of it. I also think that the Downey might be more effective if it's applied to thoroughly clean hair. But I also think that it's important to use only shampoo created for use on synthetic wigs. You can consult my "Restoration" album in my signature for ideas.
You can also try both methods and see which one fits your situation better.
Joy
For the color, my thought would be, has she been in sunlight at all?
If the water and cleaning don't work, there's really nothing you can do to restore wig fiber color. You can get Felicity a new wig, but hopefully just cleaning the hair will help restore the color.
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<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ February 24, 2006 11:06 AM: Message edited by: Melissa ]</font>
Just an added note on how to KEEP a doll fresh...
The oil from your hands gets on to the dolls as you play or dress them. I keep a powder brush and baby powder for all of my dolls, and even my really old ones (1969 Madame Alexander Victoria and 1972 or so Effanbee, etc.) are not shiny or discolored. I put the baby powder on their face and limbs after they dry from a gentle wash cloth bath. It helps to absorb any moisture and/or oil from the air as well as from your hands. My Japanese Grandmother has some Japanese dolls that are probably 60+ years old and still in excellent condition...this is what they do in Japan for all of their buddhas too. She taught me to do this when I was little (3) and I've been doing it since.
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