Vintage Francie Barbie Doll Rainbow Hair restoration reroot repaint restore DIY How to Before After

[@mdonohue2843]

Francie is super gorgeous! love her rainbow hair. Excellent workmanship.

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Thank you :)

[@geminisabah]

Her theme song is definitely sunshine superman by Donovan 😊

[@Theasworld1984]

Beautiful job as always ❤

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Thank you.

[@shadowlatifah]

Absolutely fabulous darling….❤❤❤ well done. U inspire my own work… thank you

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Thank you and sooo wonderful to hear! :)

[@kathleenklein4231]

She looks wonderful! I learned a lot about eyelashes today, thank you.

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Thank you and thats great to hear!

[@vanessamccreadie6429]

🤗🖤🧡🔥🎈😍🎉

[@geminisabah]

I always use the edge of the plastic headband to cut the bangs level❤

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Whatever works right! :)

[@iamsoverybored878]

Good job, but the doll you used was in pretty good shape, from what I can tell. I would have used one in very bad condition.

[@tinytinkerbell565]

The hair on her left side underneath was all mostly gone. I should’ve showed it more. If you go back to the beginning of the video and look good you can see a little of it. I only restore dolls that would need to be rerooted or restored to save. I love Francie she’s my favorite. If she didn’t need new hair I would never reroot her. If she was only missing a few plugs I would use a donor doll to repair but this doll was missing a severe amount of plugs. 😊

[@judygouchie9701]

Beautiful job!!!🥰👌

[@geminisabah]

I use a whisker from my cat attached to a skewer to paint the eyebrows 😂 it works well if you lack a teeny tiny brush

[@tinytinkerbell565]

hahaa.. that's funny 😂

[@shadowlatifah]

How do you harvest prey tell… do u pluck or scavenge on the carpet… 😂😂😂

[@geminisabah]

@@shadowlatifah i find them where she sleeps above my head

[@indybeth200]

She turned out so beautifully!

[@dionneking8]

She looks awesome matel should hire you to revamp pj

[@tataakalulu9450]

Wow!!! Lovvvveeee it!! You did amazing work!!💗💗💗💗

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Thank you so much!!

[@nolasdollsandaquatics9386]

I love the fantasy hair colors! She's fabulous 😍

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Me too! Thanks :)

[@dlgrek]

Love it!

[@brisbees3729]

Thank you for the tutorial. it's really great for someone like me who is considering repainting doll faces. And I like what you did with her face.

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Thank you! I'm glad you like the video :)

[@lorifromedmonton4212]

Wonderful informative video. ❤ I like that you explained in detail the number of hairs when completing the eyelashes. Now I can try it on my dolls. Do you always use black hair for the eyelashes or does it vary? Thanks for your help. Kindly Lori

[@tinytinkerbell565]

It varies.. I use shades of brown and sometimes black for the eyelashes :)

[@rikkib7636]

Fabulous job April! 😍 Question: after you paint the head to match the reroot hair, do you use another product over it to prevent paint flaking? My apologies if you already mentioned it and I missed it 😅

[@tinytinkerbell565]

No, I've never had it wash off.. even after heat setting it..

[@compactgirl]

She so gorgeous

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Thank you :)

[@compactgirl]

@@tinytinkerbell565 yw

[@clawdwil]

Half a year and still no new video 😢😢😢 i love ur videos they calm me down for some reasons

[@tinytinkerbell565]

I will be posting again soon. I've had a snowball effect of things delaying my new videos. Thank you so much for thinking of me, it certainly makes me smile :) Hope you're having a wonderful holiday season.

[@clawdwil]

It’s been 2 months can pls get a new video I craving ur channel right now

[@tinytinkerbell565]

You're very sweet! and yes! I have one already in the works.. I've been swamped with commission work lol..

[@romonaelrod7870]

She is beautiful.

[@tinytinkerbell565]

Thank you! :)

[@whatanitemare]

I love your work so thank you for sharing. Since you work with chalk pastels, I gather you have to seal them. Can you tell me if you've found a sealer that you're confident doesn't yellow with age? Do you even have restored dolls old enough to be a good test of aged product? I come from the world of early "reborn" dolls so I'm very afraid of paint that looks good now but ends up completely destroying the doll in 10 years.

[@tinytinkerbell565]

I use mr super clear flat/matte. I have dolls from almost 10 years ago without yellowing. The trick is to not over do it. I spray a nice shear coat and that's it. Idk anything about the reborn dolls or the vinyl/plastic that is used. I could be completely different. You could always add a little bit of poly(varnish) to your paint which would seal just the areas you're painting. I do that as well. Adding poly(varnish) to you paint makes the paint dry kindof fast so be ready to paint asap when you mix it.. hope this helps :)

[@whatanitemare]

@@tinytinkerbell565 Yes. It does help a lot! I was suffering from a lack of product confidence because of past experience. In early reborning, we painted on the inside of the dolls with various products. The result was an amazingly natural looking veining than shone trough the translucent skin...... until a couple of years later when the blues and purples migrated through the vinyl producing what looked like huge bruises and a purple undertone that replicated what can only be described as "aged cadaver". Lucky for me, I hadn't sold any of my experiments but I did keep a couple Those babies are now so horrifying to look at that they completely freak out most adults when I use them at Halloween parties.

[@wenjidy86]

Perfect for Pride month! 🥰