Doll Hair

I'm careful with my dolls hair, I don't want it to end up like this...

Sometimes a doll will turn up at my house looking like the above Barbie clone.  I was tempted to just cut off her hair but then I saw this and decided to see what I could come up with for this poor Barbie.

First I undid all the little plaits someone had put in, then brushed it as well as I could.  Next, I soaked her head in a fabric softener and hot water solution.  I took her out of the solution and brushed her hair several times, quite a bit of hair came out but I had nothing to lose.  She ended up looking a bit better...

At least all the matted bits were out and, after combing some conditioner through it, her hair looked shinier.  What a lot of hair she has though.  I tried to give her a more under control hairstyle and this is the best I could manage...

There was just too much hair for the style I wanted to do but at least it looks more under control.  I may resort to cutting it slightly shorter though, the ends are very fuzzy.