Rooting a Liv Doll

Every time I place an order with DollyHair.com, I add a "grab bag" to my order.  You get 5 random bags of hair for $10.  With the last order for the Golden Goddess hair (for the Steffi faced Barbie), I got a bag that had 4 small hanks of different colors.  Among those were yellow, blue, and a darker pink (fushia?).  Anyhoo...the colors reminded me of the face make up on a Liv Twist and Dance doll I have, I believe her to be Sophie.  Naturally, I decided I wanted to root her with the colored hair.

However, there was the glaring issue of the wig hole...

What do I put in here???

I consulted the hubs, who always has a solution to everything...he suggested silicone caulk...

I had to let it "cure" for 24 hours...insert Jeopardy waiting song here...

Poked some holes...

I've never made my own root pattern before.  I tried the side part; since her scalp paint seems to naturally have a side part.

And just started going to town adding colors...until I ran out and had to pick another color from the random grab bag stash...

Started with the yellow

Then added blue.

Then the dark pink...and then I had to chose another color.  I picked the bicolored one.

I only broke 2 rooting needles during the whole process.  The plastic is stiffer than a Barbie's head.  Hubby ended up finding a larger sewing needle and cutting the end at an angle for me, which worked much better on the thicker plastic!

All finished!  The part is a bit thin, but I ran out of the other colors so I could't add more in.  Overall I am happy with her!  I wanted to rebody this head to a more articulated Sophie body, rather than the Twist and Dance, but I didn't have one in my stash.  I'll have to keep my eyes out at the thrift shops.

The back.

Thanks for looking!  I hope to root another Liv doll!

Update:  The hubs has offered to produced the more heavy duty needles to order, should anyone be interested in purchasing :)