Post by Keri on Oct 15, 2007 18:38:48 GMT -5
I was surprised when I was brushing Kaya's hair today (she's C.I.Fairfield's, for the record), and saw that it wasn't just black, as I inferred from these reviews. It's actually a black-brown or black with lots of deep brown strands mixed in, which gives it a beautiful multi-tonal, rich quality.
I also found that her hair brushes and styles MUCH more easily if you make use of a water spritzer. Her hair feels exactly like mine before I cut it off, and I could never run a brush through without coming upon minor tangles near the ends, even if I'd just combed it all not ten seconds before. Definitely separate her hair into sections, comb them, then combine them and comb them again for best results.
One of the things I did NOT like about her hair at all is the wig cap just over her ears. You know how most of the wig caps have hair glued underneath, so that you don't see the edge when you pull the hair back? That's not the case over her ears, and I'm not sure why - maybe so that the braids lie more easily? At any rate, it looks weird if you angle the braids behind her shoulders or pull her hair back into a ponytail, and that bugs the crap outta me.
I also think that her expression - contemplative, solemn, whatever - has a lot to do with her eyebrow style and eyes. The brows aren't as curved as most of the other dolls, and in this case, they're angled up a bit at the middle, more like FelicityFan's than wrxgal's or qnpoohbear's. Also, there is extra indentations around her eyes, which have a smaller opening than the other molds except maybe Jess's, and so her eyes don't look like they open as much.
Overall, she's a very pretty doll, and I think she's quite gorgeous, but seeing her in person hasn't made me want one of my own any more than I did before (though last winter I was contemplating it, I eventually decided that I only want #28).
I give her a B, because of the weird wig cap thing, the oddity of her eyebrows (which varies!), the velcro belt for the dress, the way the dress sometimes arrives with the linebacker style, and how her hair requires a bit more patience than other dolls'.
--- KERI
I also found that her hair brushes and styles MUCH more easily if you make use of a water spritzer. Her hair feels exactly like mine before I cut it off, and I could never run a brush through without coming upon minor tangles near the ends, even if I'd just combed it all not ten seconds before. Definitely separate her hair into sections, comb them, then combine them and comb them again for best results.
One of the things I did NOT like about her hair at all is the wig cap just over her ears. You know how most of the wig caps have hair glued underneath, so that you don't see the edge when you pull the hair back? That's not the case over her ears, and I'm not sure why - maybe so that the braids lie more easily? At any rate, it looks weird if you angle the braids behind her shoulders or pull her hair back into a ponytail, and that bugs the crap outta me.
I also think that her expression - contemplative, solemn, whatever - has a lot to do with her eyebrow style and eyes. The brows aren't as curved as most of the other dolls, and in this case, they're angled up a bit at the middle, more like FelicityFan's than wrxgal's or qnpoohbear's. Also, there is extra indentations around her eyes, which have a smaller opening than the other molds except maybe Jess's, and so her eyes don't look like they open as much.
Overall, she's a very pretty doll, and I think she's quite gorgeous, but seeing her in person hasn't made me want one of my own any more than I did before (though last winter I was contemplating it, I eventually decided that I only want #28).
I give her a B, because of the weird wig cap thing, the oddity of her eyebrows (which varies!), the velcro belt for the dress, the way the dress sometimes arrives with the linebacker style, and how her hair requires a bit more patience than other dolls'.
--- KERI