This question is from my wife. Does anyone know how to fix up frayed and worn hair on old Barbie dolls?

Answer 1

For straightening hair, simply poor (freshly) boiled water over it, if this doesn't work, you can try putting conditioner in, combing it thru and rinsing it with boiled water. Repeat this several times for the best results. This usually also works for frizzy hair.

Flattening hair or bangs can be accomplished by cutting a ring from a zip-lock bag (or something similar) to fit around Barbie's head. Hold the head with the ring above steam (watch out for yourself, steam hurts!) for about 30 seconds, then let it airdry. Remove the ring and the hair is flat.

For curling hair you can use bobby pins and elastic bands for the bangs, see above pictures. For bigger curls, use straws or flexible curlers. Once you've rolled the curlers in to place, hold the head above steam for about 30 seconds or longer. Let airdry, remove curlers and DO NOT COMB! You will ruin the perm.

It's better to take to pointy end of the comb and loosely style it with that. I sometimes like using spray gel to fix the 'do', but you can use anything that works for you.


Straightening / defrizzing hair




Poor a bit of boiling water in a sink, so you can let it flush away easily when you're done.










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Lay the hair of the doll in the boiling hot water. Gently comb thru it with a fine comb, the finer the comb, the prettier the end result. If the hair is a little coarse, you can put in some conditioner (as simple as possible, you don't need natural care or something like that for synthetic hair). Comb thru the hair several times. If the water isn't hot enough anymore, pour in some new boiling water and repeat the combing until the hair is as stright as it's going to be or until you are satisfied. Not all frizzed hair will become totally smooth again, so if you don't see any more progress, it's time to quit.




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Fixate the hair by holding it under streaming cold water after you're done combing, do this for about 30-60 seconds to get the best result.








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Fixate it definitely and work out excess frizz by blowdrying the hair and combing it with the same comb you used in the hot water. Keep the blowdryer at a distnace of at least 15 cm to prevent the hair from burning or use a simple travelling blowdryer (these are less powerful and also less hot).













Good luck!

Answer 2

Maybe get a tiny brush, wet it, and try brushing out the Barbie's hair. Try looking for Barbie's website. Maybe it could help!

Answer 3

call 1-800 mattel they may be able help?

Answer 4

try shampoo and conditioner brush it while blow drying it

Answer 5

umm, no, i dont believe that you can, ive done that before and i did everything, and nothing worked, sorry!