Vintage Davtex Reroot/Partial Repaint

A while ago, I bought a bag of what appeared to be vintage Barbies.  As it turned out, they weren't Barbies, but Farbies (aka clones).  I didn't find this one overly attractive (her head was a weird shape, I thought).  I finally got around to do something about it this past couple weeks.

First thing I did was reroot her.  Her original hair had a nasty texture.  I couldn't tell if it had been a bubble cut, or if it had been, just cut.

I decided on an auburn color from my stash of hair from Dollyhair.com.  After I finished, something still didn't look right.  I had forgotten to take a photo of the part before I cut all her hair out, and I couldn't find the part line after I got all the hair in.  Boo.  Then I realized if she HAD originally been a bubble, I have no idea how to style that, nor do I like it.  The I saw the little line on her forehead, as if that's where it would have been rooted if she'd been a swirl ponytail doll...

Ta da!!  Much better!  I realized after I did this part, that it was the super high forehead that wasn't doing her any favors.

I clipped up her hair to see what she would look like with a ponytail!  I thought pretty good!

I also touched up her eye and lip paint, and gave her some clothes.

She is wearing one of the new "one size fits all" Barbie fashions, and dollar store shoes.  She was hard to find shoes that fit half decent!  Her feet are smaller than most of the Barbie shoes I have.

The stand I made out of one of those balloon sticks, a jar lid, some felt, some wire, and some ribbon.

I'm trying to sell her locally, as I don't collect clones, but she's kinda starting to grow on me...maybe I'll call her Audrey for now.

Thanks for looking!!

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 :)

My Second Re-root

Remember her from a previous post?  Well, my order from DollyHair came recently, and I finally got to re-root her!

I chose Golden Goddess

Before the boil wash.  I read somewhere the analogy that when you're finished re-rooting your doll will look like a troll.  I like that analogy!

After the boil wash

I think she turned out beautifully!  I love the color; the pics don't do it justice.  This was my first time thatching a part as well.  Now i just need to give her new lipstick and an outfit!

Now I have a Midge that will be my next victim...errr...client.

Thanks for looking!