So I have A LOT of girls with terrible hair.
There are millions of doll hair tutorials out there, so I’m not making one!
Hahaha I amgoing to show you what I did though… with photos…
Kinda like a tutorial…
… but it’s not.
ANYWAY
Here are my candidates: Draculaura was initially a part of this process, but I discovered that I didn’t have any more tiny rubber bands in order to re-create her original pigtails, so after her first brushing, I set her aside for later. Lagoona was previously loved, and so her hair was very matty, knotted and a hot mess. Ghoulia‘s hair is actually kinda how it was fresh out of the box!
Obviously, she’s as unhappy with it as I am…
My beloved Kennedy is also being included, because I have been imagining her with curly little pigtails instead of the wavy, half-straight, half-curled style
that she came with fresh out of her box.
As usual, you can see that she loves the attention!
PART 1: BRUSHING
Let’s get their hair huge and poofy, shall we?
Kennedy first, because I had to be extra careful around her hair accessories
to keep them intact.
They lose hair throughout the entire process, that’s fine – they have plenty.
I love love love Monster High doll brushes for this, they don’t make my hands ache and they’re pretty sturdy. Plus, I think I’ve got like ten of them in case one breaks.
Even on the desk beside a keyboard, Ghoulia’s angular features make her look so gorgeous!
She is my favorite MH girl simply because of those sultry looks…. maybe she’s thinking about eating my brains or something….
I brushed out Draculaura’s hair, but that’s as far as she goes
until I can make some glam pigtails for her.
And lastly, Lagoona… I was not looking forward to getting her knots out.
Her previous owner was probably too young to have dolls at all LoL
Somehow, I managed, and she looked relieved!
PART 2: BOUNCY CURLS!
For Kennedy, I wanted really bouncy curls in her pigtails.
She reminds me of Harley Quinn without black and red the costume.
Harley would usually roller skate around in a sexy/cute outfit,
chewing gum and being pulled along by her two pet hyenas…
LOL! I hope you enjoyed that diversion…
So I got some straws, foil, and needles together to use a technique I learned
by watching this tutorial (go ahead and subscribe, she’s awesome): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rzvRTM0-z8
Finished hair on the right.
I had to do one side at a time because I didn’t want to hurt or melt her sunglasses.
Here’s the remainder of her hair in my make-shift “curlers”
One last dunk in hot water (wait about 3 minutes), then dunk in ice water…
and now, we’ve got those adorable bouncy curls!!
She already has the skates, so now I’ll be on the lookout for some doll-sized pet hyenas!
PART 3: BEACHY WAVES
Lagoona is meant to be from Australia, and loves swimming.
So I decided she definitely needed those loose, summery beachy curls.
I figured that if the above technique produced tight curls, maybe loosening things up and working without the rollers and pins would produce looser curls.
So I simply rolled her hair around pieces of foil as best I could,
using the leftover bits of foil from Kennedy’s hair.
I followed with the same hot and cold water dunk.
“Curlers” in her hair!
During dunking, Lagoona was really helpful,
so I didn’t have to stand there and hold her the whole time! Hahaha
I had her hold her braid out of the water, since I wanted to keep it as it was.
I used my single cup machine to make the hot water more quickly than boiling.
After the ice-dip, I removed her curlers and got exactly what I wanted!
So happy with the result!
Front
Back
PART 4: RETRO ROCKABILLY
Lastly, Ghoulia!
I love Ghoulia’s look, especially when they create rockabilly or pinup-type outfits for her.
I really wanted to make a fun little style that could capture that
“old school meets new school” vibe.
For plain/crimpy looking waves, I did boring little braids all over 🙂
For her bangs, I went with just a couple of simple large curls using leftover foil.
Whoa, that’s big hair.
After doing the hot/cold water dips and releasing the waves,
I took some loose hair from the side of her head, looped it around like a headband,
and used my reroot tool to push it back into her head, under her hair.
The “headband” accentuates some loose strands, but also holds the curls in their place.
A headband of hair!
Cute!
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Here the girls are, hanging out after their trip to the salon!