Nellie's New Hair

As some of you may know, Nellie is getting to be pretty old. This Christmas, I'll have had her for 9 years. Her hair was really starting to look it's age. The shiny blonde color was long gone, it was stiff and felt like straw, and I had also cut it when I was little, so it was more like Kit's length. I didn't really want to replace her whole head because I loved her pre-mattel face. I'd made so many memories with her the way she was. I browsed the internet for months to try and find a new wig, at no avail. I finally found one on Ebay that was an EXACT replica of Nellie's original wig. I was so happy! My mom ordered it for me, and it came in the mail yesterday. I watched a tutorial on stephenswodadancer's channel on how to rewig, and followed her instructions. I did not, however, use the nail polish remover like she suggested. (We were out.) I had heard many stories about rewigging take hours and hours, but removing Nellie's wig took all of 15 minutes. I've attached some pictures of what Nellie looked like before and after the rewigging.

 

This was Nellie before the rewigging. As you can see, her hair is very short and slightly uneven. My mom tried her best to fix it after I cut it as a little girl, but only so much could be done without shearing off all her hair.

 

And...ta da! Here's Nellie after! I absolutely love this wig. I can't even remember the last time that Nellie looked this way. Her hair is so soft and shiny. It's even long enough to put in a ponytail now!

So anyhoo...I'm very happy with the way that Nellie's hair turned out. I'm debating on whether or not to rewig Jess.... Comment and let me know if I should! I hope you all are having a good week! :) See ya soon.