Idk what is in the inteweb space rn but i have been seeing a lot more ag content and loving it. Im rediscovering my love for ag

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

I think they’re seeing a slight resurgence? Everyone’s been asking me to talk about mine more ahaha

@poltergeistghost

6 ай бұрын

Same

I would love to see more of your doll restoration videos you do such an amazing job

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

Ahh thank you! I’ve got more to do :)

I love your restoration videos Brooke! They help motivate me to clean my thrifted dolls haha. Truly me #44 was the doll that got me into collecting American girl dolls, she's so precious. You did a great job on restoring her

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

Ahhh good luck with whoever you tackle! It’s fun to do these super in depth ones sometimes it’s nice to just do a bunch at once and get them clean and nice instead of *perfect*

@lpsjolietv

8 ай бұрын

@@xCanadensis Yes I agree, and thank you! I've been trying to deglue my Ever After High dolls and it's been taking AGES lol but I know the finished product will be worth it.

The ringlets turned out amazing! I love how shiny her hair turned out

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

I did not honestly think they would turn out /so/ perfect ahaha… I’m very pleased

Congratulations on your 44! She turned out so cute!! She’s on my wishlist. Such sweet doll. ❤ That outfit is awesome on her too. Also, her wig looks just like it should. They are always longer in the front for some reason. Excellent job restoring it!

Thanks for sharing your tips on restoring curls on thrifted American girl dolls. I also love doing this. It’s so much fun! I am inspired to redo my Cecile’s curls 🥰

Yay i loveeee a new ag vid. Ive recently been obsessed with them after a while.

You did a great job! She’s so beautiful!! I have switched to the American Girl hair pick after going through three brushes. The pick has a plastic handle and metal picks and works super on wet hair. Then I use the AG brush on dry hair. They are sold also on Amazon and the last I purchased was for seven dollars. I use it with all wet doll hair.

Great job! I love her and her fashions too! Thanks for the fun restoration video! :)

Omg! I was looking for a video like this for a while! I got 2 American girl dolls for free from a friend (the blonde one from the 1700’s and a truly me) and I’ve been wanting to restore them for maybe a year now but have been too scared, this video really helped and maybe I’ll give it a shot soon! :)

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

Ohhh trust me you have nothing to be scared about! The big things are being careful with water on the body, warm water on the wig cap area and keeping eyes dry! Other than that these dolls can take a BEATING

@Starbright9876

8 ай бұрын

Try using rubbing alcohol on the ink stain. It should remove it.

I really recently got back into collecting, i plan on getting a julie doll within the next year. It really makes me happy knowing the ag community is still going strong

LOVED THIS RESTORATION VID!!❤

I have a 44 I need to restore & actually make a part of my collection. Maybe this will motivate me to do it!

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

It’s soooo fun I promise

Ive heard ag collectors like the magic errasers because it makes the skin matte. Which is what sand paper does as well.

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, the only reason I’ll use one is to matte-ify the shine marks. But I wish people understood that magic erasers are just sand paper - it’s important to not use them on painted areas

@nevertoooldfordolls

8 ай бұрын

@@xCanadensis yeah there is a lot of misinformation and ignorance in the doll world.

@gonz3870

8 ай бұрын

yes sometimes ag arms will look greasy after a while if they are touched a lot so magic erasers help! i definitely am careful on the painted areas though but luckily ags don’t have much

@ALT-vz3jn

2 ай бұрын

Yes! I use a magic eraser and scrub the vinyl entirely! it’s the best to reset the vinyl to its original state and make it nice and smooth. I never use a toothbrush unless there’s stuck food or glitter on the mouth etc. And for shine marks if the magic eraser doesn’t take them off then I use Micro Mesh on wet vinyl to get rid of them. But I always enjoy watching other people’s restoration videos and how they like to do it.

@ALT-vz3jn

2 ай бұрын

@@xCanadensisI’ve restored dozens of AG dolls with Magic Erasers, you really need to scrub the crap out of the paint for a long time with the Magic Eraser for the paint to come off…

I was looking for a video on how to restore AG curls, thanks for the tip! I can’t wait to do this with my Courtney doll which is second hand as well.

@xCanadensis

4 ай бұрын

Ahhh I hope it helps!! Congrats on your second hand Courtney doll :D she’s been avoiding me…

I LOVE your restyle/restoration videos! I love seeing where the doll started to where she ended. It’s soo satisfying to watch

I love that outfit on her

YOUR SO GORGEOUS

Yes! American girl video!!

Yes love the ag content!🎉❤

@Agforeva96

8 ай бұрын

Also just got to the end, she’s a 2015 I believe ❤ maybe 2016! 44 is stunning, she’s on my iso list. I’m hoping to find a 2009 to 2012 era one but not holding my breath

Thank you for this video wow great job I have Cecile and now I can fix her curls thank you so much ❤

A Thousand Splendid Dolls here on KZread has some very good videos about cleaning AG dolls, especially regarding her eyes. As an addition. 😊

She came out beautifully! I don't have any AG size dolls, they take up a lot of room.

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

They really do 😭 I love them a lot but displaying them is really difficult - especially because I really want to display their amazing sets and accessories too!

Fun 🎉 😊 she's fabulous ❤

Love the AG content 😊 Also, I HIGHLY recommend investing in a small, cheap clothes steamer if anyone wants to straighten ag doll hair but is nervous with boiling water - it works wonderfully, especially if you are only trying to heat certain parts (like leaving curled ends and bangs alone). Just make sure to hold it at least and inch or two from the hair (aka don’t literally press it into the hair fibers).

i lovee your AG restoration videos you give such good tips and i love seeing the transformation! i would love to see one for cecile and i know you said it would most likely must be a wig swap but it would be fun to learn about those too:)

Love seeing your process, especially because you used to work at the AG store! One day I want to bring out my childhood AGs and restore them all :)

Love this! Just bought my first second hand AG doll that definitely needs some love and I’m so nervous. Thank you for videos like these giving me confidence 😅. Would this method work for a doll that has looser/messier curls like Lanie (2010) or Nikki? (2007)?

your hair is so long and pretty

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

i know you said it’s sandpaper but i use magic erasers on my ag dolls every time i clean them all of them at once (maybe once a year?) and including their face (i don’t scrub too hard at their face though) and i’ve never had a problem or seen any damage im wondering if i’m causing any?

Also, do you have any tips for when a dolls hair is simply TOO smooth, i have an mlp (lemondrop) that just CANT curl because of how silky the hair is

Loveeee the Americans girl content !!

There is a youtuber named Lori Tata. She worked at American girl and she has lots of AG stuff and was selling some of it.

oh! i didnt know you worked at AG in the past!! maybe i missed it before when you said it

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

Just for a few months when they did a pop up while I was in college. Got “let go” for not working both thanksgiving and Christmas despite being told I could pick one to take off. So it’s a sore spot lol

I recently purchased Mckenna and Saige on Facebook marketplace for $100 for both and all their accessories. Saiges hair could use a little TLC so thanks for this!

Hello I love your videos! I just saw that thy finally have a Pikmin 4 controller coming out for switch and a carrying case!!that’s so exciting

do you re condition every time you re do the curls? and do you do it dry or whilst still wet?

@xCanadensis

6 ай бұрын

I do it wet because it’s easier and they set while they dry! I’ve set gabi’s dry with only a little bit of water misted on and it’s worked! I condition because it controls the flyaways! It’s not fully necessary :3 who are you working on?? :D

This is an amazing video! (As always.) I really loved hearing your thoughts. You always put so much effort into your videos, and they are extremely well done. I'm always so exited when you post! Keep making amazing content. ❤ ~Sophia~

personally, with nearly any doll, plastic strawberry shortcake brushes work just fine for detangling, especially on smaller dolls.

She looks like a Brianna or Vanessa. I adore the outfit you picked

Love your common sense approach to AG dolls, people are almost superstitious about their care. I also carefully use leave in conditioning/shine products designed for human wigs (from amazon). Really helps with damaged wigs. I'm just careful not to saturate at the wig cap.

Ive used human hair wax on my dolls (i just have it on hand) i have also used hair cement on doll hair before and both seem to work fine and wash out well as well. The water wax is out of stock lol.

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

It comes in and out of stock pretty frequently 😅 I unfortunately don’t know of when those times will be since I’m just a consumer

@nevertoooldfordolls

8 ай бұрын

@@xCanadensis yup makes sense lol

Just a curly hair tip: when detangling curly hair, its best to start from the ends and slowly work your way up to the roots than brushing straight down from the roots. It helps prevent breakage and pulling out hairs that aren't already loose in the wig! :)

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

The times you see me not doing that I am distributing the conditioner 😅 I thought I said that I’m sorry if I didn’t. Generally that’s a rule for any hair type

The store used the old doll heada to pierce doll ears and they tossed the dolls head into the big trash can. What that's horrible. Please do a deep video on working for an AG store was their any thing else's that they do that we dont know about

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

I only worked at a pop up so the only actually juicy thing I know of was that. There was also a store iPad that had the unedited stock photos on them. They stand the dolls up with a long stick usually and then just edit that part out :)

omg everyone's onto dollfie wax we're all real restylers now lol

Just dropping a quick note that Volks and Azone are completely different companies! The water wax is sold through Volks, which produces Dollfies and other hobby items ~ I was in Japan earlier this year and my husband bought some hair wax (for humans) - when he felt the water wax he noticed how similar it was to the kind he bought for himself! So basically Japanese hair products are just top tier all around 🥳

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

Yeah haha brain fart 😭 sorry about that. Should have caught that editing

@ekatersk

8 ай бұрын

@@xCanadensisAll good! I feel like you’ve talked about Volks before so I figured you knew but just misspoke LOL I was genuinely curious for a second if Azone had their own water wax dupe!

@xCanadensis

8 ай бұрын

It’s literally called dollfie wax in some places LMAO I’m just silly

Perfect outfit for her! Great makeover, very successful! Her hair style matches your other one…longer in front, shorter in back so no haircut!

Can you help me restore a anna artic novi star .she suffers from yellow face and her legs are dryed out ...help please❤

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when you are separating and re-curling the hair with your fingers that is actually called "the shingling method" :)

Her hair has longer in the front and shorter in the back that's how her hair/wig is

Hi

Rubbing alcohol and a bit of baking soda helps get ink stains.

Magic Erasers are melamine sponges. They don’t give the same finish as fine grit sandpaper. If that was true, the vinyl would get super shiny with a magic eraser and it’s actually the opposite that happens. So please stop equating magic erasers with sandpaper, that’s misinformation. I’ve restored over 50 AG dolls of all kinds from old PC dolls to modern dolls using Magic Erasers and they’re perfectly fine to use on the vinyl parts, you can wash the face with a magic eraser using a light hand and the paint isn’t going to some off. I would never use a toothbrush on a doll face, unless there was food or glitter/makeup stuck on the mouth etc.

@xCanadensis

2 ай бұрын

Look up every! Single! Website! That explains what a magic eraser is and it’ll tell you it’s like fine grit sandpaper LOL. Melamine is a “white crystalline structure”. It’s a new kind of sandpaper. It’s perfectly safe to use for many use cases! But it’s extremely reckless to just recommend it for everything - that’s how people get holes in their wall paint and destroy their dolls. Saying you think a toothbrush is worse on a doll than a new version of sandpaper is wild 😀

No way I have her. I named her Kate something.

I'm not going to lie you was talking too much

@xCanadensis

2 ай бұрын

Ok…? Lmao who GAF

I'm not going to lie you was talking too much