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Hello, My Name is Martinique. I have started this blog to keep a diary of my journey into the art of reborn doll making.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Lets Talk Mohair


I am sure that there is a lot of us that have placed an order for mohair and once we got it it was junk. And then there are some that can afford to spend $35 and higher for a 1/2 oz's of good quality mohair.
Well I cant afford that but I still want the best quality. After purchasing yearling mohair from a person on E-Bay. This person was a top seller.I read all her reviews and they where great so I purchase the black and dark brown @ $18.00 ea. The shipping was fast but once I got it It looked nothing like the picture. It was not combed there where some wavy locks but mostly it looked like ratted hair. So I tried to comb it out and saw that the black was half dyed it and had lot of white hair so that hair had to be thrown out.
The texture of the hair was cotton candy. So I recondition it comb and it look better and felt
better but it never reached that silky state THIS HAIR WAS NEVER SILKY . and people are still buying from her.

Rooting with was not good at all try rooting with the texture of cotton candy. I had to use gel to hold Maggie's hair together.

I am a believer that where there is a will there is a way. So I hit the net looking for raw mohair
how to process and how to dye. After 3 days of a intense search I found every thing that I needed.
I will never buy processed Doll Mohair again. Here is a picture of what raw way mohair looks like and I will keep you post on the actual processing of mohair.

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Cute Pictures of Maggie
















Here are pictures of Maggie in the outfit that I made her. She is not perfect by no stretch of the imagination but I think that she is very cute.

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Maggies Rooting pictures

Here are Maggie's rooting pictures I hope that you enjoyed the . The overall experience was great. I didn't' run into any problems. My only drama was the actual mohair . It was just awful. I paid $18.00 plus shipping. I got it on E Bay for a 100% seller and good review. I believe that it the product was better the look would have been better but the overall process was great