Can you straighten barbie doll hair

Honestly, I skip this step with a lot of my dolls. Pour hot water over her head. The force of the water will help flatten and straighten the hair more than simply boiling and brushing. This helps the hair straighten evenly. Cold-set the hair. When the hair is as straight as I want it to be or as straight as I have the patience for, whichever comes first I cold-set the style by brushing her hair under cold water use the fine-tooth comb. But the cold water feels kinda nice and makes the hair easier to brush so why not.

A word of warning! I know many doll rescuers have complained that after straightening doll hair it will slowly lose some of its sleekness over the following few weeks, and my theory is that boiling and then roughly brushing the hair may damage it in some way. Not like that has changed my boiling and brushing behavior, though.

Can you use heat tools on doll hair? However, if you are very, very, very careful about using heat tools, you can do it. Try at your own risk. Rapunzel had a slightly wobbly head, so while her vinyl doll head was soft and pliant from the hot water treatment, I went ahead and popped it off so I could fix the wobble.

Heat them up with hot water, push down on the head, and pop them off. And yes, that is dental floss. Waxed, to be specific. Because no one has string just lying around anymore. Let the hair dry completely. At this point, you have a nice blank canvas to work with. Styling straight hair is much, much easier than styling frizzy hair. You can, of course, leave the hair straight at this point, or you can curl it into ringlets if you want to spend some more time playing with hair.

Questions or suggestions, leave it in a comment below! I love to help and learn from other rescuers. This tutorial is great! I had a Monster High doll Sirena von Boo who just had terrible box hair! I followed your steps here and I hope it will tirn out great at least it seems to work! Like Like. Have fun! This tutorial was real helpful I finally watched all of twilight saga.

Whether this method will work for your doll depends on the type of doll and the type of hair. Technically, you can. But you have to be very careful about it. Fantastic tutorial! Thank you for your help! I have an Our Generation doll Target knockoff of American girl with terribly frizzy hair. If you have a hair straightener that has a low heat setting, you can get the doll hair very wet and straighten small sections at a time. Not unless it is curled. After being straightened the hair will not go back to being curly on its own, though.

I ruined a doll and an iron too when I was a child. My teenage sister used to iron her hair on the ironing board. It was the s afterall Thanks for the info! We never had this problem as kids, but I think that had a lot to do with Barbies being a preferred bathtub toy growing up.

Especially because I usually took them in the bathtub with me. They frizzed like crazy after a while and lost part of their shine and smoothness.

A trick I had tried back then was a cheap hairspray my mother had it but never used hairspray, sooo…. It trully worked wonders, made the hair very shiny and very soft and smooth. It certainly made them look better though. You made me smile! I totally agree with their hair looking better under water. Thanks for sharing. I loved taking a bath with my barbies.

It was a giant pool. And yeah the hair looked cool under water but wa always awful after it came out. I am going to try this on a baby doll I have. She was used to practice bathing babies in a high school where I taught. Her hair is NOT like a babies. But she served her purpose. Now I want to fix her hair. Love your blog. Proof is I dug out my Barbies which I played with all the time and their hair is still in better shape.

My daughter now prefers my dolls. My neighbor also pulled out a brand new, in box, Barbie from and her hair is highly superior quality as well. I love your trick.

You can also use hair conditioner, something almost everyone probably has lying around. Keeps it smooth and tangle free! Pingback: PinLaVie Make your pins come true — How to fix frizzy barbie hair.

A second on the fabric softener! When I was in beauty college we kept spray bottles of it mixed with water for our doll heads. We had these mannequin heads for practicing various things and the softener worked like a charm.

Phyllis, You made me smile! I trimmed my fair share of dolls hair thinking the same thing: Oops. Enjoy creating a salon for the barbies! I stopped reading the posts as they are way too many. I used to always give my barbies makeovers when I was little. I would wet the hair, detangle it and set it in rollers…maybe 2 or 3 per doll and let it air dry for a whole day. The hair would be like new!

Try it! Love the post. She was styled after the New York socialite heiress. The original Barbie actually looked a bit like her. She was a great patron of the arts. I found a little miracle called Cowboy Magic.

You can get it t any tack store or order it online. A little goes a long way too. Maybe this can solve the problem! Great idea! Did 5 Baries today…got a zillilon more to go… also the water does get could after about 3 Barbies. I pinned this recently as my daughter has a few barbies who need some hair tlc. Then, even more recently, I came across a handful of barbies at a second-hand shop, who also need hair tlc. I bought them, knowing we have the technology to fix!

Now they just need some more clothes. Thanks for this tip. Mom makes new clothes for them. This will help with the wild hair. Ohhhh so thankful for this tip! It was a little time consuming but I was able to salvage several barbies as well as all of the My Little Ponies! The American Girl doll hairbrush has metal teeth.

The doll salon at AG says not to use plastic brushes on plastic doll hair because of static. Love these ideas, thank you! Great pics! If you add a drop or two of fabric softener, it behaves as Barbie conditioner. My little one is 3, and just getting into her Varbue phase. Ready for the salon! Thank you! I love this and had to share on FB! If you're using a spray bottle, spray the mixture onto the hair, making sure it's sufficiently wet.

Make sure you cover the entire head and don't leave out any sections of hair. Use a dab of conditioner as an alternative to fabric softener. If you don't have fabric softener, you can use conditioner to soften your doll's hair before brushing. Wet the doll's hair with warm water and simply massage in a small dab of conditioner evenly throughout the hair.

Part 2. Comb your doll's hair starting at the ends. Using a small wire hair brush or a metal tooth comb, gently brush your doll's hair whether it's curly or straight.

It's important to brush from the bottom up, starting at the ends and moving towards the scalp. If you brush down from the scalp, you could accidentally pull out the hair. Brush until the hair is completely detangled. If some parts of the hair become dry while you're brushing, use the spray bottle to dampen them again. Rinse the hair to remove the fabric softener or conditioner. After the hair has been combed, rinse out the fabric softener mixture with water.

Try to do this as thoroughly as possible to avoid residue from forming. If you need to remove residue from the fabric softener, try rinsing the hair out with a mixture of half water and half distilled white vinegar.

Wrap the doll's hair in a paper towel if you're not curling it. By cutting up pieces of a paper towel, you can use them to help shape your doll's hair. Wrap the damp hair in a paper towel and press down firmly to make the hair flat. The paper towel should help the hair stay straight and tame while it's drying.

Let straight hair dry for 24 hours. While the doll's hair may dry faster than this, it's best to wait 24 hours to ensure the hair is completely dry. Removing the paper towel and playing with the doll before its hair is dry may cause it to dry awkwardly. Part 3. Cut up straws to use as curlers. If you need to restore curly hair, cut up a straw into pieces to make curlers. Make sure the straw pieces will be able to hold an entire strand of hair wrapped around it.

Cutting the straw into thirds or fourths is a good place to start. These can be bought at a beauty store or online. Wrap sections of damp hair around the straws. After your doll's hair has been combed and is still damp, take a small section of hair and wrap it around the straw. You should continue wrapping the hair all the way up to the scalp. When wrapping, you want the hair to be damp but not soaking wet. If you need to remove excess moisture, blot the hair with a paper towel.

Secure the straw curlers with bobby pins. Once you've wrapped the hair around the straw all the way up to the scalp, secure it in place with a bobby pin. Simply fasten the bobby pin to the inside of the straw and it should remain in place. Continue wrapping and securing the rest of the hair in sections. Let the hair dry for at least 24 hours before removing the straws. Curled hair will take longer to dry than straight hair. Wait at least 24 hours before taking out the bobby pins and straws.

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