Hair Salon Day!

 Back in September of 2022, I did a post
about how I fix doll's hair and faces.
The link below will take you to that post. 

Restoring Hair and Face Paint

I promised in that post to restyle my 

Miss Revlon, Marylou's, hair.

Marylou has VERY thick, long hair.  More so

than any of my other Miss Revlons.

Here is the back of her hair.

I am now going to attempt to tame this mane!

I promised I would redo Marylou's 

hairstyle with the "Heads Up" products.

I have actually had the products and 

been using them for a couple years!

Now I am finally getting around to 

Marylou's wild hair.

Marylou is all ready for her salon day.

BECAUSE...

I finally got to the beauty supply and bought

some perm rollers and papers.

By far my favorite product is the "Styler Conditioner".

I leave it in the dolls hair, after washing, without rinsing.

(You can see this bottle is almost empty)

SHAMPOO!!

I always use a steel tined brush for doll hair,

but as you can see it's time for a new brush!

(It's not dirty, just full of Marylou hairs!)

I had to switch to a plastic comb.

I poured the de-tangler all over Marylou's hair.

I combed through from scalp to ends 

until there were no more tangles.

For those who don't know:

Hair rolling papers are folded over a strand

 of hair and slid to cover the ends.

This controls the hair ends while rolling.

I poured the "Styler Conditioner" on each

strand end and combed it through

before each roll.

EEK!  Even with roll papers Marylou's

hair has a life of it's own!

All rolled up!

Notice all the used roll papers?

I re-rolled about half these curlers.

WHEW!

This is definitely not as neat as 

Robert Tonner's example.

A little netting helps hold the curls to her head.

Two Days Later...

OK!  Finally ready to take out rollers.

Notice the new wire tine brush?

WOW!  Crazy hair!

Curls are not as tight as I'd have liked.

Pulled back with pins, hmmm...

Tried the hairnet.  It just looks too bunchy.

OK, getting there. I decided to pull the 

side hair back with a rubber band.  

Then put the hairnet back on.

I have decided Marylou needs a Bandeau hat

Like the one I made Laura Ann.

Wire, ribbon, flowers.

I'm working at my kitchen counter, so I 

laid down a sheet of foil.

Hot glue the wire to the ribbon. Curve so wire is on top.

Cover the wire with leaves, feathers or 

petals and then flowers.

Bandeau Tutorial

Here is Marylou's finished bandeau hat

beside Laura Ann's .

Want to see Marylou's new style?

HERE

SHE

IS!

I'm pleased with Marylou's hair.

Front...

And side.

Laura Ann and Marylou.

Pretty sisters!

Before and After

She definitely looks like a Miss Revlon now!

Very pretty Marylou!

Finding Marylou