Combing doll hair -- must the comb be metal?

[Ashley1972]

Felinadoon, LOL! We have 1 brush to share between my 2 DD's and myself and DD's keep losing it! But while I've been reading this thread one thought comes to mind; if AG includes brushes not only would the price increase but there would be less trashed hair on the dolls and MORE hospital visits and thus MORE money for AG!

[3castles]

Well, my DD's Samantha NOR her Jess came with any kind of card or hair care advice. I don't know if it was left out of the boxes or what, but we didn't get anything!

What I really wish they would do, is include a smaller size wig brush, maybe HH size with each doll. That way it would similar to what they do with the Barbie dolls, maybe that would be a cheaper alternative than a full size one. Most of the time the full size one seems a little large to me anyway. IMO you really can't have too many wig brushes! We have 2 and are constantly looking for them. Also, whenever we travel with the dolls DD always wants to take a brush with her to style the hair and lugging a regular sized one around is kind of a pain. I really meant to buy the HH haircare set JUST to get the small hairbrush!

I thought of buying the bitty twins set. Is the brush smaller in that set???

Also, I have seen metal bristle brushes (small ones) with the plastic tips that say they are for wigs. Has anyone used one of these???

I haven't bought one yet, but I was wondering about it.

Thanks!

[J9S]

They DO come with general hair care tips on their wrist tags. I believe they always have. I did however, find it amusing when I bought my Maia last night. She had the wrist tag and on it was hair tips for "straight" hair. Nothing about her textured hair.

[Kenshinchan]

Melissa, dog combs aren't too hard to find; I'd suggest one of those. Preferably not already used, I suppose!

I agree wholeheartedly with the idea of including a proper brush with the AG dolls, or at least making it an at-cost add-on (charge whatever the company pays for them). I did not really brush my Kirsten's hair for the first 15 years of her life, because I read the warning and so I knew not to use a plastic brush. So the poor girl got her first decent brushing back about the time I joined HB. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

(On the down side, if the brushes were included, I'm guessing the price would in reality go up by about $6. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Plus most of the people on this board have multiple dolls and probably no need for more than one or two brushes.)

[Felicity_Fan85]

I used to brush Felicity's hair with a people brush and then with a CPK brush. I never used water wither but I'm glad I finally got a brush earlier this year. Thankfully Lissie's hair didn't get bad- it's still very good looking.

I have a question though. Do you have to use water everytime you brush their hair? and how often should they be misted with water?

[3castles]

I'm not 100% sure, but I was told to always mist it before brushing.

[Jeanette M.]

I have also heard that a light misting and brush through every 2-3 weeks will prevent the drying hair problem that so many AGs end up with. Even misting the braided hair along the braids is supposed to be good for them. I have been trying to do this with my girls and have not had any dry ends problems except with the girls I purchased from eBay sellers.