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Well, it's finally Spa Day, the thrifted dolls have been sitting on the kitchen table for almost a week. |
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I'm far from a pro...I use what I have to clean up dolls and their clothes. I have sensitive skin, so I figure the products I use on me and my treated blonde hair should be fine for the dolls.
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Remember these from my son and d-in-law...yep, despite being very well kept from a personal collection, I call them shelf dirty, except for one guy, who clearly had been mucking about outside at one time.
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So Everyone got a bath and light scrub in Arm and Hammer Laundry soap with OxyClean. It's one of the soaps that works in our well water and also doesn't trash my skin. Surprisingly, everyone came clean with no marks. The guys have painted hair, but of course the girls...UGH! I did have one loose head that came off during cleaning, I think she may have been rebodied, as there's a dent on the inside of her neck that didn't show on the outside.
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Brushing or combing dirty hair is a pain. These were dirty from being thrown in a box and tangled slightly. The worst was the Scottish redhead---who had the most hair and multiple original rubber bands that had disintegrated, one of the Super Stars also had the same thing..ancient red rubber bands on blonde hair.
I used a dose of normal shampoo, except on one I added dish soap (Dawn anti-bacterial) to get some hair part dust from probably being displayed. The degreaser in Dawn is great for lots of things. So after shampooing and gently trying to comb with wide tines, I applied quite a bit of Loreal Ever Blonde Conditioner and gently worked it through the hair. It's amazing what good conditioner will do to crappy Barbie hair.
With the conditioner in, I worked through all the hair with the wide tines of the comb, then I did the same with the close tines. Eventually it was all untangled, so I gently rinsed with warm water. Giving one more pass with the comb I squeezed out the excess water and gave the hair a loosening from being straight in hopes it will hint which direction it will want to curl.
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The Ballerina doll I left in the original set and just washed it, hopefully it will be okay and straighten with touch up combing. That is a very intricate hairstyle with multiple cross overs, and strands with multiple rubber bands.
The spare Ballerina head's hair was pretty much trashed, and I may just change her into a Mod and sell or gift the tiara to someone else.
Now they are all naked and chatting while drain drying. I'm sitting the dolls up, so they drain from head to butt.
See you later for the Salon Day, maybe some nail polish and toes too. Curls or no curls...
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