Hair Care: Curly Doll Hair

Recently I was asked how to care for curly doll hair by a lovely customer who had purchased Kidz 'n' Cats Laura, a doll with the most beautiful curly brunette hair. I contacted Sonja Hartmann who is the doll artist creator of the Kidz 'n' Cats and Petite Fleur dolls, and she gave me this great advice. Curly-haired dolls like Laura and Ariane can have their hair washed, if care is taken not to get water inside the doll so as to prevent mildew. Kanekalon the fibre used for the wigged hair, is very similar to human hair. If you wash the curls carefully in luke warm water, using a mild human hair shampoo and mild conditioner then towel dry the hair, being careful not to disturb the curls more than necessary you should get a good result. Dry the hair on a very low heat, or preferably air dry only. Sonja was careful to stress that the biggest enemy of doll hair is heat. When Laura arrives her hair is in ringlet curls which is how they put the curls in at the factory. Part of the curl setting

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