Hot Rolling Skylar's Hair

     I don't know if I have told you all, but I have the Hopscotch Hill Girl, Skylar.  I bought her when I was pretty little, so her hair has not seen the best of days.  I felt I needed to flat iron it.  And hear is the delightful result:

     See, not so good, huh??  I began to think for a little while.  What could I do to bring back the luster of this doll's hair?  Then it hit me.  My hot rollers!!  I pondered about an hour on how to accomplish this new idea, and figured it out.  Here's what I did.

I plugged in my Jilbere Ceramic 20 Roller Setter and let it fully heat up.  Then I pulled the top layers of Skylar's hair up with a clip. 

     Using only the small rollers, I rapped her hair up and held it in place for a minute or two.  If you won't more of just waves, I would hold it in for a minute at the max.  I did this all around the bottom layer then the top layer.  Also you can re-curl a piece of hair if it didn't turn out how you wanted it to.  It won't damage the hair.  Just don't hold it in for more than two minutes, in my opinion.

     Here's how her hair turned out.

      Isn't it amazing??  I can't believe it turned out this well!!  It went from flat and boring to curly and beautiful!

     The back is my favorite part.  It looks like a completely different doll. 

     If any of you decide to do this, please email a picture of how it turned out!  I would love to see!  Also, if you have any questions, comment me or email me at americangirlcentral@gmail.com.

*Liddy*                                                                                                        

Victory Curls Picture Tutorial

    

      Since I couldn't do my video I had made, I have done the Victory Curls tutorial in pictures.  Let us begin 

What you will need:

1. A spritz bottle

2. Doll hair brush

3. Bobby pins(the smaller kind)

     This hairstyle also works the best on dolls with a curl or wave in their hair and the length close to Rebbecca's. 

     Step 1: Bring two small sections of your dolls hair to the front.

              Step 2:  Take one of the two sections and spritz and lightly brush the hair upwards.

               Like this.

            Step 3:  This is the hard part.  Take the ends of the section and roll it towards your doll's head.

Once at the head, turn the curl towards her part and hold.

           Step 4:  Take your small bobby pin and stick it into the curl where it is best hidden and secure.

 Do steps one thru four on the other side.

Wallah!  Your doll has a traditional 1940's hairstyle!  If you have any questions, please email them to me at americangirlcentral@gmail or comment me.  Thanks!:D


*Liddy*

Victory Rolls Tutorial

     For my home school co-op, we had to come dressed from a certain decade.  So, I did my hair in Victory Rolls(pictured above) from the 1940's.  Molly, of course, is from 1944, and I thought it might be fun to do a tutorial on how to do Victory Rolls on your American Girl dolls hair. 
    Would you prefer I did the tutorial thru video or just pictures??  Please let me know!

*Liddy*