Re-Rooting The Hair My 1985 Hasbro Jem Doll

This is just a quick photo post! 

I don't know what happened to this doll, 

I recently acquired her online. 

I hope this isn't her original style - 

maybe a kid took scissors to one section of her hair. 

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This poor doll has probably been having a bad hair day for 
29 YEARS... Yikes! 

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HER "LOOK" BEFORE:

THE TOP OF HER HEAD BEFORE:

UGH, TERRIBLE!

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Here is my inspiration photo:

Now that's what Jem is supposed to look like!

I chose the wildest hot pink that I had for the hair color.

Removed all of the ruined hair plugs, 

plus a few extra plugs so that I had a nice even area to fill in with pink.
I wanted to retain as much of that original blonde underneath as possible.
I had a feeling it would end up making her look more like the above picture.

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Halfway finished with re-rooting:

Yes, I ruined her light-up earrings!! :(

I couldn't figure out any other way remove her head.

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All finished re-rooting, 

and now she just needs hot & cold water soaks 

to style all this untamed new hair!
(I did styling this way in a previous blog entry -HERE-)

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THE FINISHED PRODUCT:

Jem is wearing her original 

belt and magenta pumps.

She is in a Barbie Fashionistas poofy pink dress 

(until I can fix or replace her original outfit).

She also holds a cute little silver clutch purse.

Feel free to let me know what you think :)
I'm pretty happy with the end result!

My Fashionistas – Raquelle and Barbie

After much, and I mean MUCH deliberation, I chose Raquelle as the Fashionista I wanted most to add to my collection.

I sell Barbie clothing on eBay and I needed a model who could fit a multitude of styles.
I love the sweetness in her eyes, and the pink streaks in her hair are perfect
for the insane amounts of pink in Barbie’s wardrobe.

I couldn’t wait to redress her, though!
I loved her boots, but…
Her necklace looked overly cheap, and her purse looked like some space age, awkward, mini-radio looking thing.

Additionally, I’m not a fan of her “poof-sleeve” dress – although I know a lot of people are!

NEW STYLE: 

I chose a semi-permanent outfit that she could still wear her boots with.It’s a handmade one-piece, with floral and gingham patterns.A tiny pink clutch instead of that other monstrosity of a handbag…I also added a matching bracelet (I think it’s a Liv doll bracelet).

It was hard to incorporate all of those pink and blue tones, but I think I did alright.

AND THEN…
As soon as Raquelle was settled, another Fashionista landed in my lap!
She’s the Barbie Glam Swappin’ Styles Fashionista.
I won’t say how (I have my ways) but I came across this girl
for an extremely low price, almost free:

Again, AHHH! These outfits (for the most part) are terrible!
Gaudy super yellow gold necklace and earrings,
a little (bubbly?) hard plastic purse in baby pink,
with translucent bracelet and shoes in a subtle soft magenta color.
The dress isn’t too exciting, either. I LOVE rouched dresses, but…
that weird collar was a total turn-off.

I wouldn’t have chosen her as my ideal, simply because her features are so typical of the brand,but she would definitely come in handy when modeling outfits for sale.

I seriously did like her little bracelet and shoes, so I did something that I do in real life…
I chose her permanent outfit based on the shoes! LoL

I think it works…
It’s a handmade two-piece, with a ruffled floral-satin skirt in magenta and black.
The tank top is halter-style with shiny foil writing details.
I let her borrow Raquelle’s clutch for the photo. Hahaha
I think my image is a bit blurry, I’m sorry.

Together, they actually look a lot like best friends!
Maybe they just pretend to hate one another when they are "acting" for the "Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse" series... lol

Both have since come in handy for my eBay sales, so I’m glad they’ve joined my collection.

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Hair Restoration Adventures! Lots of photos and technique examples!

So I have A LOT of girls with terrible hair.

There are tons of doll hair tutorials out there, but I think one more couldn't hurt.

Here are my candidates: 
Draculaura was initially a part of this process, but I discovered that I didn’t have any more tiny rubber bands in order to re-create her original pigtails, so after her first brushing, I set her aside for later.
Lagoona was previously loved, and so her hair was very matty, knotted and a hot mess.
Ghoulia‘s hair is actually kinda how it was fresh out of the box!
Obviously, she’s as unhappy with it as I am…

My beloved Kennedy is also being included, because I have been imagining her with curly little pigtails instead of the wavy, half-straight, half-curled style
that she came with fresh out of her box.
As usual, you can see that she loves the attention!

PART 1: BRUSHING
Let’s get their hair huge and poofy, shall we?

Kennedy first, because I had to be extra careful around her hair accessories
to keep them intact.
They will lose hair throughout the entire process, that’s fine – they have plenty.
I love Monster High doll brushes for this, they don’t make my hands ache and they’re pretty sturdy. Plus, I think I’ve got like ten of them in case one breaks.

Even on the desk beside a keyboard, Ghoulia’s angular features make her look so gorgeous!
She is my favorite MH girl simply because of those sultry looks…. maybe she’s secretly thinking about eating my brains or something….

I brushed out Draculaura’s hair, but that’s as far as she goes
until I can make some glam pigtails for her.

And lastly, Lagoona… I was not looking forward to getting her knots out.
Her previous owner was probably too young to have dolls at all LoL
Somehow, I managed, and she looked relieved!

PART 2: BOUNCY CURLS!
For Kennedy, I wanted really bouncy curls in her pigtails.
She reminds me of Harley Quinn without black and red the costume.
Harley would usually roller skate around in a sexy/cute outfit,
chewing gum and being pulled along by her two pet hyenas…

LOL! I hope you enjoyed that diversion…

So I got some straws, foil, and needles together to use a technique I learned
by watching a tutorial on YouTube. I would share it with you, but it was deleted recently.

Finished hair on the right.I had to do one side at a time because I didn’t want to hurt or melt her sunglasses.

Here’s the remainder of her hair in my make-shift “curlers”

One last dunk in hot water (wait about 3 minutes), then dunk in ice water…
and now, we've got those adorable bouncy curls!!

She already has the skates, so now I’ll be on the lookout for some doll-sized pet hyenas!

PART 3: BEACHY WAVES!

Lagoona is meant to be from Australia, and loves swimming.So I decided she definitely needed those loose, summery beachy curls.I figured that if the above technique produced tight curls, maybe loosening things up and working without the rollers and pins would produce looser curls.

So I simply rolled her hair around pieces of foil as best I could,
using the leftover bits of foil from Kennedy’s hair.
I followed with the same hot and cold water dunk.

“Curlers” in her hair!

During dunking, Lagoona was really helpful,
so I didn’t have to stand there and hold her the whole time! Hahaha

I had her hold her braid out of the water, since I wanted to keep it as it was.

I used my single cup machine to make the hot water more quickly than boiling.

After the ice-dip, I removed her curlers and got exactly what I wanted!
So happy with the result!

Front

Back

PART 4: RETRO ROCKABILLY

Lastly, Ghoulia!I love Ghoulia’s look, especially when they create rockabilly or pinup-type outfits for her.I really wanted to make a fun little style that could capture that“old school meets new school” vibe.

For plain/crimpy looking waves, I did boring little braids all over :)
For her bangs, I went with just a couple of simple large curls using leftover foil.

Whoa, that’s big hair.

After doing the hot/cold water dips and releasing the waves,
I took some loose hair from the side of her head, looped it around like a headband,
and used my reroot tool to push it back into her head, under her hair.
The “headband” accentuates some loose strands, but also holds the curls in their place.

A headband of hair!

Cute!

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Here the girls are, hanging out after their trip to the salon!

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Kennedy Loves an “All Day Sucker” (with photos & details) – My Scene Retro Glam RollerGirls

I figured that this doll would make a good starter for my blog. 

Doll: “My Scene RollerGirls” Kennedy Doll (Mattel, 2006)

Doll Description: Kennedy knows retro fashion is all the rage!

She’s rockin’ a red miniskirt, rainbow striped halter, and awesome accessories!

Why I bought her:

Awesome accessories (including another outfit), Bright colors, and her Controversial look.

This doll’s outfit is crazy sexy, like some kind of cute and quirky lingerie you’d purchase to spice up the bedroom!

The outfit has been made pretty cheaply, too (some uneven seams)…

…but who cares about that when it’s only meant to last 

for one lap-dance before it’s removed?? LOL

She actually came with a cardboard cutout of an all-day sucker… NOT EVEN KIDDING.

RollerGirl Retro Glam?

-or-

RollerDerby Hot Damn!

New In the Box

Hanging on her Glittery cardboard backing

Her adorable Cherry earrings *POP!*

Her trendy visor and cardstock lollipop… I’m still chuckling.

Starry Sunglasses

Detail shot of her cheap/weird stitching.

So, to show off the extra outfit and accessories, I brought a My Scene Nolee into the photoshoot to model.

On a side note, Nolee has a belly button piercing!

I’ve pictured it in this post because it’ll probably never get its own blog post, but it’s still interesting in regards to the My Scene target audience age, which I believe is meant to be 7-12 year olds! 

I’m not sure what Mattel was thinking, or if they were thinking at all, but I wonder if Nolee’s “hidden bling” was even something parents would notice before buying.

I mean, you can see above how hectic and distracting the RollerGirls boxing looks!

Nolee is just an extra doll of mine that came in a lot I purchased some time ago.

She still needs a bit of work (some marks that are not easily removed by cleaning),

but she is the only My Scene type that I had handy.

Her black bracelet was already on, 

and her shoes are Target Exclusive Barbie Basics Red & White strappy heels.

The rest of the outfit came with Kennedy.

So for my last picture, here they are together!

I hope that you have enjoyed my first post, feel free to leave comments and let me know what you think!