Restoring Barbie hair?
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 9:33 am
Um - I've seen numerous contradictory methods about de-frizzing old fashion-line doll hair over the years and was wondering which methods you guys prefer?
The doll in question is this model if it makes any difference:
http://fleurdelysdoll.com/786-3262-thic ... g-hair.jpg
She's a 90s Hula Barbie - the only Barbie from my childhood 'collection' that mostly consisted of unloved and unplayed with dolls that lived in my toy box most of the time (given to an extremely Tomboy kid-me by well meaning parents with rather set ideas about what boys and girls should play with) that I actually appreciated... Probably something to do with how she had more joints than the equivalent Star Wars and soldier action figures back then. This particular Barbie used to parade around in most of Darth Vadar's outfit to give you some idea of the sort of sprog I was...
Ahem right - anyhow I loved this thing enough back in the day that the hair was combed fairly frequently with the evil little plastic combs that these things tend to come with (though somehow she's kept the original braid that she had new out of the box) the hair hasn't had any experiments done to it/no actual tangles per-say but nonetheless that frequent combing with the plastic comb has resulted in her hair being a bit of a dry frizzy mess 20-odd years later.
Notably the uncombed section - the braid feels softer/looks silkier than the rest of the hair.
Anyway - which method do you ascribe to? I've heard of using both fabric conditioner and actual hair products and well, I'm mildly dubious of the hair-products route to tell the truth but thought I'd check with the experts around here before actually attempting anything in case it ruined her for good.
The doll in question is this model if it makes any difference:
http://fleurdelysdoll.com/786-3262-thic ... g-hair.jpg
She's a 90s Hula Barbie - the only Barbie from my childhood 'collection' that mostly consisted of unloved and unplayed with dolls that lived in my toy box most of the time (given to an extremely Tomboy kid-me by well meaning parents with rather set ideas about what boys and girls should play with) that I actually appreciated... Probably something to do with how she had more joints than the equivalent Star Wars and soldier action figures back then. This particular Barbie used to parade around in most of Darth Vadar's outfit to give you some idea of the sort of sprog I was...
Ahem right - anyhow I loved this thing enough back in the day that the hair was combed fairly frequently with the evil little plastic combs that these things tend to come with (though somehow she's kept the original braid that she had new out of the box) the hair hasn't had any experiments done to it/no actual tangles per-say but nonetheless that frequent combing with the plastic comb has resulted in her hair being a bit of a dry frizzy mess 20-odd years later.
Notably the uncombed section - the braid feels softer/looks silkier than the rest of the hair.
Anyway - which method do you ascribe to? I've heard of using both fabric conditioner and actual hair products and well, I'm mildly dubious of the hair-products route to tell the truth but thought I'd check with the experts around here before actually attempting anything in case it ruined her for good.