I saw Baby Bowtie as part of a bundle on an auction site and I won her! Sadly, her mane was trimmed and frizzy, her tail not so good either. I ummed and ahhed - then finally decided to go for it and re-root her!.
frizz city:
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I have never seen one as dirty, ever! So much dirty yuckiness inside, it was as if she were coated in some evil version of cocoa powder, I used antibacterial soap, then a quick oxyclean bath (to soften up her legs to persuade ALL the trapped dirt to come out) then a quick once-over in anti-bacterial again to double make sure she was super clean.
dirty:
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I use the old-fashioned needle - cotton - knot method, it takes longer than using the tool but it makes me feel confident that the hair plugs won't fall out when you style her, plus I don't like filling the head with glue afterwards - just my personal choice!
Anyway, what colours? Rather than her usual pink, I opted to take inspiration from her purple eyes and pinky-white bow symbols - so I ended up using a trio of colours: Blizzard white, Wysteria pale purple and a (forgot the name!) pale pink. Each plug was a tiny strand of one of the colours so from a distance it still look a bit lilacy-pink, so nearly like the original, but softer.
I re-haired her over two evenings while watching the TV
Anyway, I think she turned out OK!
Super-long mane, curled using the boiling-water / cold-water perm technique, using straws and clips to form the curls and drying on a radiator for 24 hours. I have yet to do her tail, but here she is!
curly:
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