davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[davidd]

Yay!  Sraws and bobby pins! It always looks dumb at this point; I've done it several times.  Hopefully if one gets the curls right, the result is worthwhile.  Did you actually boil it, or just very hot water?  I've always done the latter -- afraid of melting the hair!

I wonder what happened to all the people who used to participate here.  Did they get bored with dolls, or did they just get tired of forums? 

I used very hot water - nuked a mug of water in the microwave for 2.5 minutes.

Facebook largely took the place of forums; I've noticed when I've looked at usage trends in the past that the steep decline for forums began around 2012. Then Instagram caught on and drew more people away from both forums and photo-hosting sites.

I'm not sure where the doll community moved to. General toy and "action figure" photography is extremely active on Instagram, especially "super hero" and movie, comic book, and anime style figures.

And some of the forum members have probably died. One of the few remaining active members on an action figure forum I used to frequent recently passed away.

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14 March - A Doll A Day 2025:

Wellll.... considering that I've never attempted a "boil perm" before, and that I rarely even bother to brush or comb the hair of my dolls and figures, I think my little eeriment turned out fairly well.

Yes, I used plastic straws and bobby pins. I read about that method somewhere, I think. The more common, and effective, methods are to use curl clips or perm rods made for hair with end papers to make rolling the hair easier. I didn't have perm rods or end papers, but I have plenty of plastic straws and I managed to rustle up a few bobby pins.

I should have divided the hair in to smaller bunches, but I was limited by the number of bobby pins I had. I also read afterward that one should try to roll the hair flat on to the rollers rather than allowing it to bunch up.

While the hair was still damp it kind of had a Farrah Fawcett thing happening, which I would have been very happy with.
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Boil Perm -- Drying

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After the hair dried, the ends became a little frizzy and the curls straightened out a bit.
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Is the "do" done? Or do I re-do the "do?"

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Still, the final effect is pretty close to what I was hoping for. I'm trying to decide whether to give it another try to maybe tighten up the waves, or just leave it and call it good enough.