The American Girl Place <3

• At the American Girl Place, the hair stylists use a toothbrush and just a little spritz of water to style the doll's hair.
• Don't share a hairbrush with your dolls. The oils from your hair will dry out the doll's delicate hair and make it frizzy and unmanageable.
• I don't recomend it, but if your doll's hair is dry or dirty two methods I have used are baby shampoo and downy fabris softner. Wash your doll's hair in downy (Being careful to keep everything out of her eyes), then set it in rollers and allow it to dry overnight, or put some downy fabric softener is a bowl and allow the doll's hair to soak.
• For dolls with curly hair I don't recomend brushing it, but a pick does work. With my Nicki doll, when her curls go flat, all I have to do is twist the hair around my finger, spritz it with some water, and they go back to normal.
• Just like your hair, you shouldn't pull the doll's hair too hard. If you pull it too hard to get a tangle out 2 things might happen;

#1. You will pull out more hair than just the knot

#2. You will make the place where you pulled the knot out very frizzy and dry.

• I don't recomend cutting the dolls hair, but if you simply HAVE to, I would have a professional do it, since most doll's hair is quite hard to cut correctly, and you wouldn't want to ruin your $90 doll now would you?

• If you get something on your doll's skin, I recomend only using water and a rag. I wouldn't personally use ANY cleaning supplies in fear of ruining my doll's skin.
• I have found a cure for pen marks on your doll. I don't know if it works, but others say it does. All you have to do is take some remove-zit zit cream and apply a small amount to the doll. Let her sit for a couple days then try rumming it off with some water.
• Even though some people do, I wouldn't recomend painting your doll's finger nails or toe nails. but if you do BE SURE to use NON accetone remover. If you don't it will completely melt your doll's skin! That would be a disaster!
• American Girl always says KEEP YOUR DOLLS OUT OF WATER. I also say this because if you don't your doll might meldew or mold.

• Do you see those strings hanging from the back of your dolls neck? Well if they bug you DON'T CUT THEM! They are what hold your doll's neck on and you don't want to loosen her neck any more than you have to.
• After a few years your doll's limbs may become loose. This is pretty usual and you can't really avoid it. If you take really good care of your dolls, this MAY be avoided but from all I know the only way to fix it is a trip to the American Girl Place.
• If you have dogs I would definately say that you need to keep your doll away from them. I can't even tell you how many poor dolls have been chewed up by their mommy's dog or dogs.