Restyling Long Falls (for Head-to-Toe Dolls)

Sandy and Lisa, from alt.collecting.topper-dawn newsgroup, offered these suggestions for restyling the long fall from Head-to-Toe dolls. Thank you both for giving me permission to include your tips on this page!

Sandy Drago restyles her Head-to-Toe falls as follows:

1. Put a ton of conditioner on the htt fall and leave it set for 15 min.

2. Use a very wide spaced comb to start with and comb it out under running water.

3. Once I get most of the big tangles out, I use an oval pin brush.
   When brushing the fall make sure you have a tight hold just before the head piece. Start brushing at the bottom of the fall and work your way up.

4. Once the fall is tangle free then I wash with dish soap brush to style and done.

I have used a curling iron with a small rod and on a very low set, and gave a fall lots of Shirley Temple curls!!

Lisa (Sheezbusy@aol.com) restyles this way:

1. I wash Dawn's falls in warm water with Pert Plus.

2. Then I use a lot of conditioner and comb through with a wide tooth comb.

3. Rinse the conditioner out, being careful NOT to re-tangle the fall.

4. Using a perming paper, or plastic wrap, cover the ends of the hair and then wrap around a hair pin.

   When doing a fall I section the hair into 5-6 sections.

5. Fasten the curl with an elastic band.

6. Submerge the curl part of the hair into boiling water for 5 minutes.

7. Remove and immediately submerge the hair into ice water for another 5 minutes.

8. Blot dry well with a paper towel.

9. Carefully remove the hair from the hair pin and you will have beautiful curls!!
   This works very well on re-setting Daphne's hair.