#sasha doll

Sasha’s laundry is done!

Just some shots of Sasha all cleaned up and restrung! I gave her some brains even though I’m not very good at them. She’s just wearing an SD sweater until her clothes are washed.

Sasha doll updates! She got a good thorough wash and I conditioned her hair, then I went about pulling out her cut bang plugs (quite difficult) and replacing them. I made an order from Monique Trading Co on their last day, and while I had ordered one of their hair sample rings, they sent me four of them, so I had plenty of hair and colors to try. I picked some of the hairs that matched best - they were the regular hair type, not synthetic mohair, i.e. I think Modacrylic and not Kanekalon. I rooted them in using the tension method, and this hair was pretty terrible for that because it’s stiff and had a bend set into it pretty hard already where it was folded over the metal piece on the ring.

After rooting the bangs in I treated the hair using the sage advice of @dollsonmain , with conditioner and a straightening iron on low. I was really shocked by how soft and silky it was after this. Finally I re-thatched the part and gave her a boil wash. I decided to part her bangs instead of cutting them, which she really wasn’t rooted for, so it doesn’t look the neatest but I still prefer it to the very thick bangs that she was originally rooted with.

I still don’t have any more insight on what kind of Sasha she is other than that she’s from 1970 according to her white strings.

Went to Goodwill for the first time in a while and found this special little one! She’s actually in lovely shape with very clean clothes but she’s had very unfortunate haircut right in the front. I’ve been trying to do some research but it seems like most of the information on these is in out-of-print physical books. She has (very loose) white elastic so I thiiiink she’s from 1970? But I’d like to ask if anyone here is more knowledgable on Sasha dolls.