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| The Barbie You Create Kit dolls wear straight and Afro-textured wigs. |
After making a wig cap for the Barbie You Create Kit dolls and determining that all three needed Afro-textured hair, I made an Afro wig.
I used my saved hair (shed after washing and/or combing it) and hair saved over the last 18 months or so of my mother's life each time I washed and/or combed her hair. Our hair was stored in separate Ziploc bags.
I retrieved the bags of hair, paper tape, Aleene's Tacky Glue, and scissors before beginning the wig-making process, following the steps outlined in my previous post to make a wig cap.
Rose was my model.
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| Rose's Saran-wrapped and paper-taped head is illustrated in this photo and in the next. |
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| Paper tape has become my new go-to for doll repairs. |
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With the head appropriately wrapped, several layers of Aleene's Tacky Glue were applied next.
![]() | | After each layer of glue was applied, the doll's head rested on a doll stand to allow each layer to dry before applying the next. |
![]() | | Another layer of glue was applied and allowed to dry. |
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![]() | | A third layer of glue was applied and allowed to dry. |
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| After several layers of glue, the cap was firm enough to trim the excess plastic from the bottom edge. |
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| Wig cap #2 is ready for hair. |
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| Rose tried the wig cap on after the excess plastic was trimmed. |
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| Our hair was removed from Ziploc bags. |
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| I began by gluing my hair on first because I only wanted the wig to have a patch of blonde. |
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| Some black hair was added, and a line of glue was added before more hair was placed on the wig cap. |
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| Black hair is glued all around. I left a space to add a patch of blonde hair. |
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| Black and blonde hair cover the wig cap, and it rests on a doll stand to dry. |
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| This is almost the final result; however, I added more black hair to fill out the sides and to cover some of the blonde area to prevent it from looking like a bald spot. |
After all the hair was added to the wig cap and allowed to dry, excessive hair strands were trimmed to create a perfectly round Afro.
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| After adding white stud earrings, Rose modeled the wig in this picture and in the next. |
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| The black and blonde wig matches her white-thread-trimmed black jacket. |
In my fashion doll wig stash, I found a half loc'd wig handmade several years ago for a 1/6 BJD. I never liked the wig on the doll it was made for and kept it stored in a Barbie case. Caro (who gave the brown curly wig to Minh) tried this wig on.
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| The half-loc'd wig looks okay on Caro. |
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| One side of this wig has locs; the other side gives the appearance of short-cropped hair. |
Caro decided she'd wear the half loc'd wig occasionally but prefers Adele Makeda's Afro wig as illustrated next.
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Rose, Minh, and Caro look fabulous in their Afro-textured wigs.
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