I love Disney
and Pixar so when I found this Merida doll in a second hand shop for
$3 I couldn't resist.
She was in mostly good shape. Her dress needed
a little repair. Easy fix. The main issue, like any second hand or
well loved doll, is the hair was a hot mess. Now Merida's hair is
suppose to be curly and kinda crazy but not like that. Which
presented the challenge; how to 'tame' her hair while leaving it
wild. So like always I went to the internet for info. I found several
resources detailing similar steps then I stumbled across this one
that actually seem to be the same doll.
I was nervous.
The hair of my doll seemed worse than hers and the first comment was someone that tried and failed. But on to the store for
supplies I went anyway.
Past the point
of no return.
I confess I
didn't measure the fabric softener and water. Still I don't think my
ratio was too off. Also between the time it took to prep a bunch of
straws and tissues she probably stayed in the water longer than 5
mins.
Now on to step
6, the tricky part. I do not know how that speedy superhuman woman
did that in 15min. but I did not.
Maybe it is because I have so little experience with hair in general, or having
to also chase small children around while working, or getting a different brush, or
having to fetch the water bottle I regretted not getting to start
with.
So much hair! I used a combo of a doll comb (one that came with the new Toy Story 4 Bo Peep action doll to be exact) and a regular plain plastic brush. Not sure how much good I was doing but she did smell like suavitel
now.
Finally I got it
done.
While she dried
I repaired the dress. The type of material made it difficult as the
material itself was unraveling. So after sewing the hole I put a
little fabric glue to secure it.
Finally, after
waiting several hours to dry, it was time for the reveal!
[DRUM-ROLL]
I'm happy and
impressed with how well it turned out!
Now she
looks great sitting with my other (mostly)Disney related treasures.
