A Quick Home Spa Visit! An Our Generation Doll Rescue and Repair

The other night one of my son's young friends called to ask if I could give her doll a make over. I was delighted! Her doll is an older Our Generation doll who has been very loved. I knew this hair make over needed the Heads Up Detangler from TwinPinesofMaine I use this product now daily on my dolls and love the results.

 I used the detangler straight letting it soak into the dolls very dry split hair and I also used it in a spray bottle. I used the wire wig brush from American Girl, and started by combing the ends and working my way to the top. *When you have an OG doll or a Springfield Doll a wire wig brush is not the best idea, if you can get a plastic brush your dolls hair will be less likely to split. But this head needed the strength of the wire brush.
After her hair, I used the Formula 911 also from Twin Pines Of Maine, on her face, ears, arms and legs.

That helped remove the ink and surface dirt from her vinyl and it worked like a charm!
This doll originally had her hair up so I decided to style her hair and make a bow.

 

This is where a well stocked craft box comes in handy! I grabbed my ribbon, buttons from Buttons Galore and More, as well as a gem stone and my Aleene's Glue from ilovetocreate.com and in less then two minutes I made this fun and easy hair bow to match the dolls eyes and summer dress!

I then repeated the button pattern on the summer dress as embellishment. I was even able to deliver the doll back to her owner in time for a quick play before bed time. I was thrilled with how this make over turned out and honored to be asked to help with it.

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Formula 911- Just How Clean Are Your Dolls?

 

Have you ever wanted to really clean your dolls vinyl? Wondered how to remove oil and dirt safely from your dolls? When just baking soda and water doesn't do the trick, you need to know about Formula 911 From Twin Pines of Maine. 

 

 This is a wonderful doll care product you can purchase on line from Twin Pines of Maine

I was recently sent this from dollspart and choose Ruthie as my first doll to give a make over...

I did not have to scrub hard or soak the dolls arms and legs, the dirt just wiped off!

The dirt on Ruthie's face was a lot more then I had thought, I was surprised at how dark my cotton balls were!

I am truly impressed by this product and it's results, it removed the dirt I could see and the dirt I did not even know about!
You can order Formula 911 from  either http://www.twinpines.com or  www.dollspart.com. 

Check out Formula 911 on line by clicking here Thank you to Barbara for sending this wonderful new product my way! I can not wait to use it on all my dolls.
As with all my posts I would love to hear from you so please leave me a comment here or email me at karenmowen@gmail.com