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...
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| What do I put in here??? |
I consulted the hubs, who always has a solution to everything...he suggested silicone caulk...
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| I had to let it "cure" for 24 hours...insert Jeopardy waiting song here... |
Poked some holes...
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| 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...
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| Started with the yellow |
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| Then added blue. |
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| Then the dark pink...and then I had to chose another color. I picked the bicolored one. |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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| 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 :)
