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BROWN Earthy and humble, you are often mistaken for being plain, when you are quite interesting. Your gentle spirit causes you to be attractive to others who are searching for geniune friends.
Sadie + Scout
What is Pink Saturday?
My fairy name
Your fairy is called Oak Goblinfly
She is a bringer of riches and wealth.
She lives in forests of oak and lime trees.
She is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.
She decorates herself with leaves and berries. She has gentle green wings like a butterfly.
This is a first for me, dyeing a doll's wig that is real mohair and try it make it the exact color. I went to Joanne's for help.Since I did not bring the wig with me it was a educated guess. I picked up yellow, orange (to tone and deepen the yellow), and brown. I have plenty of dipping samples and more stray mohair so this should be a easy peasy task. Here we see the wig sinking in the dye bath.
So okay,...I remembered everything , I even remembered the salt to darken the color but I forgot the gloves....good thing I didn't have to go anywhere within the next couple of days. My hands and fingernails looked jaundice.
And I guess I went hands in because I had a small panic about my wig, it looked really red, RED! Oh, no ,no. Remembering the newspaper I gathered for underneath my "drip dry" wig, I carried my dyeing disaster to the bathroom 3 times for a faithful cold water rinse.
This was the end results, I knew the wig would dry lighter than the wet color, but I still wasn't sure how close to the original wig I would come. I only knew I was happy with this color.
Not bad. A bit bright but lovely just the same. C&G Design
I really like the end color, strawberry blond. Of course, I would have liked red hair too but I understand you are trying to duplicate the original. How come you didn't use Clairol? Marnie
I can't believe what you doll makers have to go through to get these wonderful results! How interesting Dawn! What a lucky girl, she got a near perfect dye job from her doctor!! Very cool!
Since I did not bring the wig with me it was a educated guess. I picked up yellow, orange (to tone and deepen the yellow), and brown. I have plenty of dipping samples and more stray mohair so this should be a easy peasy task. Here we see the wig sinking in the dye bath. 
So okay,...I remembered everything , I even remembered the salt to darken the color but I forgot the gloves....good thing I didn't have to go anywhere within the next couple of days. My hands and fingernails looked jaundice.
And I guess I went hands in because I had a small panic about my wig, it looked really red, RED! Oh, no ,no. Remembering the newspaper I gathered for underneath my "drip dry" wig, I carried my dyeing disaster to the bathroom 3 times for a faithful cold water rinse.
This was the end results, I knew the wig would dry lighter than the wet color, but I still wasn't sure how close to the original wig I would come. I only knew I was happy with this color.
Not bad. A bit bright but lovely just the same. C&G Design
8 comments:
Looking Good.
Nice dye job, Dawn. Looks great. It is amazing to see the progress of this doll. Hugs, Kathleen
Beautiful!
It sure did look red. Came out very nice though.
I really like the end color, strawberry blond. Of course, I would have liked red hair too but I understand you are trying to duplicate the original. How come you didn't use Clairol?
Marnie
Not bad at all and I love the color. I should be so lucky as to have hair like that. Only in my dreams but maybe my next life.
I can't believe what you doll makers have to go through to get these wonderful results! How interesting Dawn! What a lucky girl, she got a near perfect dye job from her doctor!! Very cool!
Gloves, we dont need so stinking gloves. lol, I have made that mistake many time but not with dye. I dont play with dye, well, yet anyway...
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