Pixie natural culrs zip#

This worked, the curls were beautiful, but the texture of the hair was ruined.

In my first curling attempts I used a curling iron set on low and used it on damp hair. This cools the water down some, but you never know how much.

I’ve read and watched tutorials that recommend boiling the water, then letting sit from 1-5 minutes, then dunking. I have found that the exact temperature is very important. Wait until this point so that you can be assured the water is the right temperature. When you are ready to dunk your curlers in the hot water, it is time to heat the water. I used an American Girl brand set that only came with 12 curlers, so I did mine in steps, not all at once.) If you are curling the wig while still attached to the doll, you can also continue to curl all the hair if you have enough curlers. I would put the wig on the doll to do the curling so the curls lay nicely against the scalp, then take it off for the dunking. Step 4: Time to hot water dunk! (If your wig is not on the doll, you can continue to curl all the hair in this manner, sectioning off 2-3 wefts at a time and putting small sections on the rods, and then dunk the whole wig in a larger bowl all at once. (If ANY hair is left sticking out, it will be set that way when you heat and cool the hair, so it is very important that all the hair gets in the curling paper.) Continue to wrap small sections of hair until you have all the hair that is out now set in rods. When you get to the last 1-2 inches, get a curling paper and wrap it around the end of the hair, then wrap this final bit around the rod and secure with the band that comes on the rod. Keep the hair wrapped flat against the curling rod. Starting at the top, close to the head, wrap this section of hair around the curling rod, in a spiral shape, without twisting the hair into a rope first. Step 3: Curling! Take a small section of hair, or a bigger section if you want looser curls, and comb it out, then dampen it along the whole length with water from your room temperature bowl. I tied up all the rest of her hair with a ponytail holder, but you could use clips are whatever you have! We are going to just curl this bottom section first. Step 2: Let’s start curling! First, section off all of her hair except for the bottom two wefts of hair. I usually use a piece of paper folded several times to make a thick pad and hold this over her neck where I am working with the scissors.

Pixie natural culrs zip#

When you finally cut through the zip tie the scissors may jerk forward, scratching your doll. It is important that you protect the doll’s neck from the point of your scissors while doing this. I then use scissors to cut through the zip tie. If she has a zip tie, you can carefully snip the stitches keeping the fabric together at the back of the neck, then push the fabric aside to expose the zip tie. If your doll has neck strings, just untie the knot. Step 1: Remove your doll’s head from her body, if you can. Hot water heated to 165° F in a clear or glass cup.Room temperature water in a small dish or bowl.Curling rods or “perm rods” (not the pink foam kind).With Courtney Moore™, American Girl’s® new historical character coming from 1986, about to be released, I’ve had super curly hair on my mind! I couldn't wait for the new doll to be released so I used my Maryellen doll and transformed her into my own custom 1980s girl, and these are the steps I took to curl her hair in fantastic 80’s fashion! (Update 9/15: the doll is now available online!)īonus! Be sure to scroll to the end of this post to enter the Giveaway for the American Girl Hairstyle Essentials Set! Have you ever wondered if you can curl your dolls hair? Well, we've wondered that very thing and are super excited to bring you this tutorial created by She's recently joined the Pixie Faire team as a contributing content creater, and she has so many great ideas for crafts and tutorials, so be sure to stay tuned for more amazing posts! Read on to learn the process and then decide if you want to try this out on your own!