Trenton's New Wig

Trenton, a Ucanaan BJD, wears his original wig in this photo.

My plan (and this might still happen) had been to make a wig for my Ucanaan BJD boy by creating a wig cap and applying some of my saved hair to create an Afro. Time or my initiative to follow this plan through has not availed itself for this to happen. 

The wig that prompted a wig change/swap.

Recently, after deciding to re-wig a 1950s head-turning walker, and going through my stored doll wigs to find a wig for that doll, I found a small spiral curled wig that I had removed from a smaller doll years ago. I tried the spiral curled wig on my Ucanaan girl, Tina, and let Trenton wear the wig that Tina had been wearing. The wig change/swap is shown below.

Tina wears the rediscovered spiral curled wig. The wig she had been wearing is now worn by Trenton as illustrated next.

Initially, I thought this wig was too long for a boy because he's dressed in his school uniform, and perhaps the length of the wig would be against any school's policy. However, the rebel in me would go against any unreasonable policy that prevented a child from expressing themselves by wearing their hair in a way that allows self-expression and does not impose on anyone else. This hairstyle should not be an imposition to anyone. So he's wearing it.

Trenton and Tina pose together for this final picture.

The way Tina's hands are positioned, makes me think she wants something to hold. I wonder if that something needs to be a doll. We shall see. 

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Ucanaan New Wig, Redress, New Name

Paulette Goodreau's BJD Mirror in Cocoa complexion and Ucanaan's 1/6 BJD in brown complexion

This was supposed to be a quick post for my Ucanaan BJD to show the new wig I ordered for her. The new clothes I ordered had not arrived at the time I drafted this post, but they are here now, so I've added photos of her modeling the clothes. 

First, she's shown above in the last wig she wore that was borrowed from Goodreau's BJD that wears a dark brown Lizette wig that is not as flattering on her as the wig the Ucanaan doll borrowed. These wigs are shown above and below.

The Ucanaan doll wears part of a handmade '60s flower-power-inspired fashion (the Goodreau doll is dressed in a goth Teen Trends fashion).

In the next two pictures, Cocoa wears her preferred wig and the Ucanaan doll wears her new burgundy wig.

Both girls look better in their own wigs.

Full-length photo of the two wearing their own wigs

Cocoa requested that I never allow anyone else to wear any of her wigs, especially this one.

The new wig is a size 7/8; it fits the Ucanaan doll's head as it should and better than most of the size 6/7 wigs I already had.

Unfortunately, it's a bit too long but will be good for restyling.

The poncho she wears here was also handmade along with the top and pants this girl wears.

More Wigs

Just for fun, she tried on two more size 6/7 wigs that I already had. She settled on wearing her original wig with the poncho fashion.

This curly brown wig has bangs. It can be worn loose, as shown, or in two side ponytails. It would be more becoming on her with two ponytails.

This brown snug-fitting mohair wig has two thin braids on each side.

She wears her original wig in this photo.

While this post was in draft mode for about two weeks, two additional outfits arrived for Tina... her name is Tina. 

Most Recent Redresses

New clothes

Tina's two new fashions are a schoolgirl ensemble and a spring/summer suspender skirt fashion. Each fashion included a skirt, blouse, over-the-knee tights, hair accessory, necktie, and panties. The schoolgirl fashion also included a knit sweater. Neither fashion included shoes. The shoes were purchased separately.

Tina models the schoolgirl fashion and looks adorable in it.

She posed once from the back, which also illustrates how her original wig looks from that angle.

Finally, Tina tried on the pink suspender skirt ensemble. She looks equally adorable in it.

Since it's spring and almost summer, Tina will wear the cute pink suspender skirt for now. Will there be more redressing? No doubt! Will Tina get a friend? Maybe.

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Wigged Out Before and After

Manufactured and handmade wigs

The dolls in this post were manufactured with molded hair and came with an extra wig or two, or I elected to add a wig to change the doll's appearance.  In some cases, I made the wigs or purchased them from others. Before and after photos illustrate the different looks that can be achieved by changing a doll's hairstyle using wigs. 

Soldier Story action figure and Barbie Basics Denim Model 8 (before)

Above dolls, after being wigged

The Soldier Story guy wears a wig made by Paulette of Limbe Dolls.  Barbie wears a custom wig by Tabloach Productions.  The Tabloach wig* is designed to be worn over cut hair; however, my doll maintains her original short blonde hair underneath.  This is not the first time Model 8 had her look changed through the use of a wig.  The first time was in June 2011.  That transformation was illustrated here.

I have yet to debox Jazz Diva Barbie, another doll whose look can be transformed using the wigs Mattel included in her packaging.  She comes with a total of three, the one she wears over molded hair, and two extras.

Wooden dolls by Floyd Bell with carved and painted hair (before)

Dolls by Floyd Bell (after)

Floyd Bell utilized several tiny surface holes in the heads of the two dolls above along with black paint to create an illusion of hair.  For the doll in yellow, I made a skull cap and applied synthetic hair fibers to fashion the short curly wig she wears.  The wig the doll in plaid wears was purchased online.

Adele Makeda

Adele Makeda has molded hair and came with a black Afro wig.  Using the skull cap wig-making method, I made a salt and pepper (more salt than pepper) ponytail wig with bangs for her. Braiding hair was used to create the gray wig. 

So In Style Rocawear Darren and Glam Barbie (before)

Darren and Glam Barbie (after)

Over their original hair styles (molded and rooted, respectively) S.I.S. Darren and Glam Barbie wear wigs courtesy of Paulette of Limbe Dolls.  Darren's wig is black yarn twists; Barbie's is curly braids of yarn. 

Franklin Mint's Official White House Portrait Doll of Michelle Obama (before and after)

FLOTUS by Franklin mint now wears a black wig with bangs (which is worn over her original black bang-less wig -- of course I didn't cut her hair or any of the other dolls' hair shown thus far).

Robert Tonner's Jon (before and after)

Jon achieved her new look with a dreadlocks wig I made for her using the skull cap method** and application of individual dreadlocks that I made using Lock Twist braiding hair.   Her original hair is in a low-lying ponytail underneath the wig which completely overs the original hair.

1990s Teresa did experience a big chop before the braided wig was added.

Teresa's original brown rooted hair was quite tangled when the doll was found in my daughter's former bedroom among several of her other childhood dolls that I rescued.  I was forced to cut the hair before giving her a complete makeover using a Limbe Dolls braided wig. 

Basic Russell by Robert Tonner (before and after)

Basic Russell's original rooted hair is styled in a ponytail.  He still maintains the ponytail, but it is now underneath dreadlocks, a wig purchased online from another collector. 

All-Natural Lizette Spice by Wilde Imagination (before and after)

Underneath her original manufactured Afro wig, Lizette is bald.  She arrived with the Afro wig and a long straight wig.  In her "after" look, Lizette wears an Afro puff purchased from a local beauty supply store.  The Afro puff has a drawstring underneath which allows adjusting for a secure fit.  It now serves as her new and improved Afro. 

Have you rewigged any of your dolls or have you future plans to do so?

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*See the Tabloach wig (in black) being styled on a doll's head here.
**Jon's wig-making process using the skull cap method seen here.

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