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My Molly's bangs are a bit long too, but I'm way too afraid to try to trim them. I'm usually okay with brushing her bangs to the side (with a small split in the middle)...that usually works fine for me, but then again, that's just my preference. I'm not a doll expert, but I'm not sure if cutting her bangs would be a good idea, especially if you have an "accident"...yikes!
My Cassie, the retired AGoT with grey eyes and brown hair is pretty similar to Molly. She's in my sig. Her bangs are really long and a bit uneven. I've trimmed them, just the tiniest bit, but I'd be very scared to do anything drastic!
My Kirsten's bangs are long too, but I don't want them to have that "trimmed ebay look". For me, it isn't worth the risk. I wouldn't want to learn the way they lay (you know, with that curl).
It seems like a lot of the older or even PM dolls have super long bangs. When I got my Kirsten, my cousin got one the same year and my best friend got one a couple of years after that. They all looked so different! My cousin also had Samantha and Molly, and they had long bangs too.
I think I was one of the few people to get shorter bangs on my Kirsten. I hate when the bangs are too long, but they can be brushed to the side pretty easily. I can't stand seeing dolls on ebay whose bangs are just cut straight across. It makes them seem less appealing, but that's just my opinion. [img]smile.gif[/img]
What if you just wet her bangs (w/o getting water in her eyes) and then curled them under with a fat roller? You will get a bit of lift and that may keep the hair out of her eyes w/o cutting them. I know some people even use a curling iron on a very low setting.
Just a thought!
I've never cut a doll's bangs even though my Molly and Kirsten have pretty long bangs, especially Molly. My friend did cut my AGoT 7's bangs, though. I don't think she looks any worse, as I remember she also had super long bangs.
The bangs on doll wigs (and people wigs as well) are always made long because of the variety in the lengths of foreheads and the fact that wigs don't grow... The wig is put on at the natural hairline and it is expected that the bangs would be then cut accordingly. It appears that a lot of Mollys have not had their bangs cut to a reasonable length.
Whenever I have rewigged dolls the bangs have always been long and the last step, after waiting for the glue to dry, is to cut the bangs to fit the forehead of the doll. I do this very carefully as they won't grow out...
Taffy
I assume Molly's bangs are like Kirsten and Sam's? I love them long and I wouldn't dream of cutting them or even looking for a Molly with short bangs.
Curl them, Take a damp pink spounge roller and tightly the curl. Both my white bodies have this problem and that my solution. It doesn't harm them in the slightest except you much make sure you ring out the spoung because what in their eyes causes silver eye.
Ashley