J-Doll Rewigged

Dear Readers,

I found out about J-Dolls earlier this year and posted about them HERE.  They are so pretty that I could not resist and bought three J-Dolls from Amazon.com.  They were moderately priced at $39.99 and I was very happy with them except that one of them had very bad hair.  I had chosen J-Doll Esplanadi Katu because she is so strikingly beautiful and her outfit is incredibly detailed and well-done.

This is what she looked like on the promo photos.  Her coat and purse are the best doll's clothes and accessories I had seen so far.  

The green dress looked cheap but the rest of her outfit made up for that.

But something I could not get over was her horrible hair.  It had the texture of straw and there was so little of it that I could not style her in anyway.  I didn't like her silver/grey color either.  I wouldn't have minded so much if the hair was of good quality but it was not so the whole wig was a fail to me.  

On the promo photos, the hair length looks even but in reality, it was uneven all over.  And it was too short for me to tie it up nicely or style it in a bun.

J-Dolls are made by Jun Planning, the mother company that makes Pullip and Dal dolls.  Except J-Dolls have normal-sized head and not the over-sized big heads that Pullip and the other dolls have.  Pullip and J-Dolls share the same body but the J-Dolls have no eye mechanism so they cannot close or move their eyes like the other big-head dolls.

Another difference is that J-Dolls are not meant to be customized so their wigs are not supposed to be removed and their eyes are not supposed to be changed.  One would need to break their head out to change their eyes.  However, the hair can be replaced.  Although their wigs are glued to their head, it is possible to unglue the hair with a hot water soak with a mild dish detergent.  I read about this tutorial on Diane's Dolls and Kitties Blog.  

After the recommended 30 minutes of soaking, the wig still felt very hard and did not budge so I let it soak for another  30 minutes and added a little bit of boiling water to the existing water.  So after a whole hour of soaking, I noticed the wig cap was starting to become weaker at some points and so I used my thumb to push it along the edges.  It took a good 5 minutes of pushing to dislodge the wig completely from my doll's head.

I was very worried that I would break her head or her body with all that pressure so I was extra careful while handling her.  It was still a nerve-wrecking process because I was sure she would end up snapping a limb!

Once her wig was removed, I was able to give her new hair!  Many months ago, I bought a size 4 wig for my Little Dal doll but I didn't use it yet so I gave it to this J-Doll to try it first!

Oh it's so soft now!

So what do you think? 

The size 4 wig is a little big for her but I think it would be stay in place with double-sided tape.  Now that she has new hair, I feel she is worthy of display again.  I gave her a Re-ment outfit to try out and it fits perfectly!   I can't wait to try other wigs on her and give try some other clothes as well.   Happy dolly times at last!

Have a great week everybody!

J-Dolls

Hello Dear Readers,

Thank goodness it is finally Friday!  I longed for some rest after this busy week :)  I was not going to blog again until next week but I saw these deals on Amazon.com and I just HAD to post about it.

Are you familiar with J-Dolls?  They were made by Jun Planning until Groove took over (it is also the company that creates Pullip dolls).  Well J-Dolls are like Pullip but without the big head.  They have jointed limbs and a very pretty face with strikingly beautiful stationary glass eyes! 

Here below is one of the most beautiful ballerina doll ever: J-Doll Rossi St.  According to this website, she was created in 2008 and her name Rossi Street is located in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is named for a famous architect who designed a theater familiar to ballet fans the world over.

They are named after a particular street in the world and they wear very fashionable clothes.  I noticed  J-Dolls have sometimes very adult-theme clothes like lingerie as opposed to the more fairy tales and anime-like clothes that the Pullip and Dal dolls wear.  They are certainly collector's dolls and not toys because of how fragile they are and the mature outfit they wear.

I never bought one before because a price tag of $60-100 seemed a little high, especially since the dolls do not have the same eyes mechanism like Pullip dolls and their head is stiff so you cannot tilt it or move it much.  And apparently they have very fragile wrists that break easily.

While I was looking for the Little Dal dolls on Amazon.com, I noticed the price on a J-Dolls and was quite surprised by how incredibly cheap it was! Some of the dolls are only $24.99!  I checked online to see if there were more and indeed, there seems to be a sudden boom of low-priced J-Dolls at the moment.

But wait, I found out that it was even cheaper!  Apparently the stores Tuesday Morning had been selling them for $19.99 in December 2013.  And the Little Pullip and Dal dolls were $9.99!!!  WHY DO I ONLY LEARN THIS NOW? T_T

Well I am too late as usual: I went to my local Tuesday Morning store and they had no J-Dolls left... but they did have some Little Dal dolls for $9.99.  Unfortunately there were only 3 types and I was not interested in them.

There were many Barbie, Bratz, La Dee Da, Monster High, and other dolls on sale in the Tuesday Morning store.  If you are a doll fanatic, you should totally check out your local store to see if they still have some of the dolls you might like!

Amazon was then the next best thing.  Of course, the rare dolls are not on sale and you would have a hard time finding them in any store but the cheaper dolls are still very pretty and constitute a great deal.

So I plunged and bought my first J-dolls :)  I don't have them yet but  I wanted to post about the J-Dolls today so you can get them at a good price while you can.  I have updated my Amazon store and added a J-Doll section.  If you decide to buy from my store, I thank you in advance for your patronage :D

Most of them will ship for free but some of the dolls require a shipping fee so you should verify before you check out!  I admit I usually buy from Amazon because of free shipping ^_^

Tomorrow I will go check another Tuesday Morning store and maybe I'll get lucky :)

Have a great weekend y'all!

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