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♥︎ Elora ♥︎
8 months, 1 week ago

Unfortunately I can’t help you much with identifying the hair type (hopefully someone else out there can!), but since it’s already pretty fried already I think what I would do in your situation is test how it responds to a straightener. You can use a very small strand from the back of the head where it won’t be visible in case it goes badly. Make sure the hair is damp and well-coated with conditioner or some other heat protectant. Worst case scenario is that there isn’t much to be done for her and you’ll have to either live with the frizz or give her a reroot. Good luck!
- leo
  8 months, 1 week ago
  
  Thanks a lot for the advice!! I’m trying to work up the courage to straighten her hair as soon as i have the time to really sit down and do it, praying it goes ok
Joanna
8 months, 1 week ago

I wonder if maybe letting her hair sit overnight slathered in conditioner might help with the frizzy ends?
Some people have also had great luck with leaving hair in fabric softener, but I prefer to use conditioner myself, it being made for human hair and all.
It might be worth a try, and then you can always test one or two strands with a hair straightener on the lowest setting. Good luck, she’s very pretty! 🥰
- leo
  8 months, 1 week ago
  
  Thank you so much for the suggestion! I’ll probably try this before going in with the hair straightener, hopefully her hair situation can improve a bit ^_^
  - Joanna
    8 months, 1 week ago
    
    Fingers are crossed for you! I’ve had great success with conditioner but every doll is different. Let us know how it went 😍
Brick
8 months, 1 week ago

This type of damage unfortunately requires heat to fix… have you done anything with boiling water yet? I haven’t tried on my giochi dolls… yet…
I /think/ it’s acetate or early crappy nylon… Leaning towards nylon since poly wasn’t widely used at this point to my knowledge and nylon was pretty terrible originally
- leo
  8 months, 1 week ago
  
  Yeah i tried boil washing her and it did improve her overall condition a little bit or at least it helped untangle the nasty massive hair mat that her hair used to be, I’ll probably boil her again soon though, if it doesn’t do anything i guess I will really have to go in with the straightener and just see how it goes. W.i.t.c.h. dolls by giochi preziosi seem to have a better quality hair overall, i boil washed a hay lin doll and she was good as new afterwards, i don’t get why they gave the crustiest hair type to the one doll with extremely long hair :’)

♥︎ Elora ♥︎
8 months ago

Wow, what a difference! I’m so glad the straightener method worked. You did a great job and she looks amazing!
- leo
  8 months ago
  
  Thank you so much! It was really nerve wracking to test it out at first, i was really scared it would melt, but I’m glad i gave it a chance!
leo
8 months ago

Thank you so much!!

♥︎ Elora ♥︎
8 months ago

That outfit is adorable and looks lovely on both of them! As a side note, I love the face paint on that Giochi Preziosi doll!
- leo
  8 months ago
  
  I really like her too, the face style is so unique and charming to me even if it’s pretty different from more modern dolls ^_^

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