Monday, March 19, 2018

I whip my hair back and forth!

So...

Mimi needs hair.

I did some research (aka a single Google search on how to make doll wigs) and my first step is making a cap to glue hair wefts to. Easy peasy, right?

WRONG!

With a head that is 3/8th of an inch from ear to ear and half an inch front to back, Mimi has got herself a tiny ass noggin'. Which will make it very difficult to make anything for.

But I sure as hell am gonna try!

My first step was grabbing some saran wrap and some old tights. I ripped her head off, topped it with saran wrap, then wrapped a square of old tights. The online tutorial I watched told me to brush on several layers of glue to make the cap.

This makes me feel like a serial killer. Like, this looks really creepy, almost as creepy as her without a face.

Maybe she will go rob a bank later.

WHO KNOWS?!

Anyway, after the five layers of glue dried, I took it all apart and it seemed like it was holding up pretty well!

And then I cut off the extra and removed the saran wrap from the inside.

Bad idea.

The cap began to curl in on itself and wasn't as sturdy as I thought it would be. The glue I use (Aleene's Tacky Glue) is pretty flexible when dry. Usually, it's a good thing, but I think a... harder drying glue would have been better. Maybe super glue?

When I cut off the extra material off the cap I ended up cutting way more off then I really should have. The cap, obviously, is super tiny because she has herself a tiny head and the scissors I'm using aren't the tiniest either.

I think homegirl might just have to have alopecia, or something because I think making her a wig is going to be way too difficult.

So yeah, she's just gonna live her life bald because I don't have the patience for this.

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