A couple of months back, for some very strange reason I suddenly thought that I'd prefer her with a fringe. She had lovely hair, but it was in a centre part with no fringe. Now why this crazy thought came to me I have no idea, and why I decided I would act on that crazy thought, I have even less idea....but I did! And woah, did I regret it the moment those scissors started cutting into her hair.
Now most of you know I can be a bit 'scissor happy' sometimes but I really was not happy on this occasion. First of all I cut the hair far too short, but secondly, I could not get the newly cut fringe to lay flat. I tried wetting her hair with boiling water and then leaving to dry covered by a beanie hat, I tried a wide rubber band around her head, I tried warm curling tongs, I even tried ironing it down with a hot iron over a wet flannel, nothing would work. Oh it would work for a few hours but as soon as I left her, so the fringe would spring up again and look ridiculous!
Here's how she looked before:
And here's how she looked once I'd got carried away with the scissors:
Poor girl, she really doesn't look at all happy, does she? And what is that longer bit on the right of the photo!!! I'm sure it was straight when I cut it!
So yesterday I decided that as I'd already ruined her, I might as well go the full hog. I carefully removed all her hair and left her with just stubble. I then went through my wig box. As you already know, I have a ton of wigs here as I've been collecting them for more than 10 years now, so I was sure that I'd find something to fit her.
As it happens, I recently bought (yes, I'm still adding to my wig box!) a new Monique Gold wig that I thought would be perfect for her. It's a Geneva in brown/black, although I have to say it's really much nearer to brown than black and it fits her perfectly. It was a bit long, reaching down to the back of her knees and the fringe was down over her eyes, so I cut about 10cm off the length of the wig and about 1cm off the fringe. I'm delighted with her new look. The stubble on her scalp keeps the wig perfectly in place and I just think she looks so incredibly cute again!
I particularly love the two photos below of her, I used the mosquito net to difuse the direct afternoon sunlight that was coming through our bedroom window....I think she looks incredibly child like here.....and I love the way her face is in part shade.....
So now I have a little brunette, but because I miss my blond Emily, yesterday I purchased a 2016 version from My Doll Best Friend in the UK. She will be delivered to my son's address and he'll bring her over for me at the end of the month when he comes home. And if I am ever tempted to give her a fringe again.....please slap those scissors right out of my hands!!!