This is fantastic! I read your tutorials about doll head shrinking as well. You've done so much experimentation--thank you for sharing your knowledge! I'm trying some head shrinking for the first time today. :D
lol, I've done that before! I've ended up in the middle of documentaries, didn't even know what they were making till the end. That's how they make bowling balls?! Cool! hehe
I love this head shrinking method. Now the dolls can actually have anatomical correct ratio of head to body and not look wonky or have moon heads! I love your video!
When you're done please don't pour the used acetone into the drain but let it evaporate outside instead! This will avoid polluting our water. Videos like this need to teach collectors because many are young and don't know about these things.
this is so helpful! I always feel like Monster High boy dolls look off balance with their huge heads, so I can't wait to try this out the next time I have one!
Thank you so much, you're just amazing! I was racking my brains trying to think of way I could use EAH doll, but do something about their, JUST RUN INTO THE BACK OF MACK TRUCK heads, when I came across your head shrinking article last year. You changed my life.........Lol!!!!!
lol about that description! haha, I felt the same way! Just soooo round and big! I do love everything else about them though! Which is why I love shrinking them so much in particular ^_^ I' m so happy to see more people giving this a try!
This is a very interesting practice, I don't think I've ever heard of head shrinking or reshaping, but that's actually really helpful. I'm surprised how many dolls I find that have HUGE heads.
Started shrinking some heads, using your method. I noticed that some heads shrink more than others. I got some discoloration on some, but in general, it works fine! Thanks for the tips!!!
If you have sediment you can gently pour off the acetone that is floating on top and then paper towel the leftover sludge in the bottom. You could also pour it through a filter so that you can stretch its use (environmentally speaking, use it for as long as you can before dumping into the waste stream).
I was a bit skeptical cause I saw someone else do this before, but they didn't do any comparisons so I wasn't exactly confidant that there was any shrinking happening [didn't help that doll still looked the same]. But I am so relieved to see that it is possible! Especially considering the Ever After|Monster high dolls proportions drove me nuts lol.....
Have you ever tried this on a spin masters Liv doll? They're lovely, but the heads are ridiculous. I was actually thinking of cutting the back off of mine, and arranging the hair to make the face seem smaller - but this would be so much better!
Amazing!!! I like how you explain it... I would love see a rerooting video. Im really triying to reroot my doll. but i couldnt. y literally "cut" the front line with this tiny holes. I was wondering how hard should be reroot a reduced head... I´ll be waiting for you next video. please make one showing a proper way to reroot!!! Thank you so much for sharing your work. Grettings from Colombia.
Hello Dirili Dolls, at about 8 minutes you talk of the neck hole being too narrow after shrinking. Couldn't the shrinking of the hole be prevented by sticking a (non-dissolvable) hard tube in the hole, exactly fitting the hole, before shrinking? The tube would prevent the neck hole from becoming more narrow. I say this, because it seems to me it is very hard to measure how much to cut out after the shrinking process. With kind regards, D. G. Neree.
You have to warm the head, then it will get soft, use a pott of water ant place the head on the turned pot lid. It warm soflly and you get the head on the neck.
Good pointers but my question is the ones that still have their factory paints on their face do you still let it sit in the acetone and it doesn't come off? I was abit confused of how you manage to shrink their heads with their original factory paints on.
I covered that some in my introduction to shrinking video. You can keep the factory paint if you do the slow shrinking method, but you can't with fast shrinking. Fast shrinking uses 100% acetone and that makes the paint slide right off, but the slow method dilutes it with water which allows the paint to stay on as long as you're very careful NOT to touch the paint during the process. SOME of the heads may get a little discoloration in the paint, and often you'll lose the shine to it, but the majority of the time there's little, if any change. If you wish to restore the shine to the paint, you can use a gloss or semi-gloss brush-on sealant like Tamiya. The only 2 heads I remember really having big changes on so in the over 100 heads I've shrunken was that the heart around Lizzie Hearts''s eye disappeared, and I had one doll where the color of the lips lost some of its saturation.
Late reply but for anyone wondering you should reroot after for that exact reason! Shrinking the heads can harden them a bit but they should still be flexible enough to reroot
Hello! Your tutorial is great. I already shrinked a lot of Barbie heads in the size of Big Jim (10inch) and I use the slow method . Yes, there is a female Big Jim too. Also with Ken from Barbie it works perfect from 12 inch to 10 inch. Only with the heads of G.I. Joe (Action man) I have problems to get them to the right size. Any ideas?
I've been trying to shrink some rainbow high heads, but after 2 soaks they've barely changed. Should I just keep on soaking after the 3rd go, or is it just kind of a lost cause?
Thank you for this video! It's inspired me to give a try to a rather ambitious crafting project. Which is why I'd like to ask you something. I plan on both shrinking and dyeing a Monster High head. Should those tasks be done in a specific order and, if so, what is that order? Any other tips would also be appreciated. Again, thank you for the video! I'm so excited to try this out. EDIT: I'm also planning to put the body on a Made To Move Barbie Body (well, a MTM Ken, actually) and I was wondering if that was even possible. I understand that a certain about of neck-hole trimming will be needed to even get it back onto it's original body, and that a Barbie body has a thicker neck and will require more trimming, and that a Ken neck is significantly thicker than either. Is it even possible? Is it advisable to attempt even if it is possible?
Hi! I noticed you have a Venus Mcflytrap and I was wondering if you know how to remove flocking? I want reroot my Venus Mcflytrap but not sure how to remove the flocking on her head?
Given that flocking falls off so easily if you touch it after it's been soaked in acetone for a while, I think that if you take a paper towel and soak a corner of it in come acetone, they lay it against a part of the flocking for a few seconds, you should be able to just wipe the flocking away. I may give it a try in a few days myself to test. Not sure if I have an extra one around right now or not though. If you try it, juts be careful to, like I said, only soak a corner of the paper towel at a time and work on small sections, because you don't want any acetone to accidentally drip on the plastic of the doll's body and mess it up.
I did this with the same doll model, you just remove it like you do the face paint! It may take a bit and the flocking is very messy and gets everywhere, but you can get it done fairly well with paper towels and acetone
i'm sorry i have a question, i want to try this with my deuce doll but i remove the snakes and i don't did a great job so now the head has a few holes and i'm no pretty sure if will become soft and will be break
I've tried to shrink two doll heads, they both blew up in the jar but only shrunk back down to the original size? i'm confused as to what i'm doing wrong. one was a claudia wolf one was frankie stein
Can you please do a tutorial on the goo gone glue removal? I have around 60 rescued dolls that have terrible glue seepage and I would prefer not to reroot all of them! Or if you have any tips or tricks that would be much appreciated too!
Hi Dirili!. Just found your tutorial for shrinking head. Do you think it is possible to shrink barbie head too?. You know playline barbie head are bigger than exclusive/signature barbie head. I hope it can.
I have an EAH doll which I've rerooted with kanekalon & put glue in her head. Is she safe to shrink? Would I need to remove the hair and reroot her a second time?
Question I have a vintage head I d like to shrink ! It is smaller the monster high but bigger than Barbie ! Would you do 48 hours in the solution or less
Can you shrink just the jaw? I have a doll with a good nose and mouth size (im trying to make a billie eilish doll) but the jaw is too big. Am i allowed to do this or would this ruin it?
That's amazing thanks for sharing procedure as well as pessure reshaping suggestion! I just wondered should I wait till head is dry to put it back on if keeping face paint, then use a blow dryer around neck opening?
Hello, I really like your video and I wanted to shrink my Ever After High Raven's head, but you seemed to only show us the ones in which you already reshape it. Could you please show us a picture of a EAH doll without reshape it so we could see a difference. Thank you
question i want to try this and im ready only need a jar lol, first of all is there a way i can reuse the solution after that? i mean maybe not for shrinking another head but maybe erase faces? also another question if i shrink a head do i have to put it in a body right after before it is dry? cause i have a body less alistair wonderland i want to shrink and obviously i dont have a body for him and should i reroot the head before it dries? or can i do it after the head if dry? also my alistair head is kinda broken i mean the root line in the part broke when i was taking out his hair does this affect the shrink process in a bad way?
I find this very interesting! I have an item made of similar or same??? plastic as a doll head. its from the late 80s early 90s How do I find out if its safe? I would LOVE some help! I want to shrink everything!
Hi there! I also use a dremel and diamond files to modify my dolls; currently I'm sanding the moulded bandages off of a Cleo de Nile. Can I ask what grit of sandpaper you use to finish?
Loved this! Now I know what to doy with my EAH dolls. I like them but their faces, no, their heads are so fucking round!! Now I can reshape them and shrink them! As soon as I find something to compress the head into a different shape after shrinking, no doll will be safe from me anymooooreeee!
Have you ever tried to shrink a 28" doll head? What would you shrink it in, for the sake of the increased size portion of the process? (I'm thinking the huge Madeline Hatter).
Stephanie Hunley The huge Madeleine Hatter is 17" tall and in her videos she says no matter how hard the vynil, she hasn't found a head she couldn't shrink (I saw some 17" monster high heads in the photo as she said that)
I'm not talking about the 17". Check toys r us. The 28" Maddie was released recently, and looks just like the tea party playset Maddie. Like the super tall monsters (aka, new skellita) the knees do not bend. That is the Maddie I'm talking about. (And I have multiple s of the 17", and the regular 10"as well as the 28" ) She's gorgeous, but I still want a smaller head on her.
Exactly. that's why I'm wondering, if she's tried it. I heard the hard plastic, can melt, instead of just changing size. :( I want to decrease the size, but I don't want to ruin her, if it's completely untried...
Skye Dawson heyy i think i know what you can do :) just go on ebay or something like that and search for 'Descendants uma body replacement'. You might be able to get a new body and put your uma's head in some boiling water for 2 or 3 minutes then take it out and take the head off (CAREFULLY because it happened to me before). Then after that, pop your uma's head on the new body you bought. I hope it will work!!! 😊
I'm planning on shrinking the head of my Sparkle Girlz doll and she has a very round head, so I'm interested in seeing how shaping works next. I'm honestly a bit nervous about shrinking her because her head isn't /that/ huge compared to her body, at least not compared to EAH proportions, but I'd still like to get it a little smaller (I'm just paranoid it'll get too small!) I'll also be shrinking the head of my La Dee Da doll. I'm not sure if you've worked with either of these brands of doll before but if you have and have noticed things specific to them could you please tell me about them? I love your videos by the way, so helpful!
Unfortunately I haven't worked with either doll before. If you only want a teeensy bit of shrinking, you may want to try doing an even shorter soak then. Maybe just 12 hours instead of 48? The worst that could happen is that it won't shrink as much as you wanted, and you can soak it again. Just make sure to give it a couple of days to dry to make sure that's how small it's going to get. And I'm really glad if my videos can help ^_^
with the lah dee dah doll, be sure to use this slow shrink method. My first foray into shrinking, I used the one with pink hair. I tried fast method, and didn't remove the hair. the color soaked right into the skin, and now I have a very pink head... Mind you, that may just be because I chose the pink haired one, and tried to save the hair...
I actually did try the slow shrink method- coincidentally with a pink-haired Sloane La Dee Dah. The first soak was fine but by the second soak the pink dye had soaked into the vinyl. So I also have a much pinker head, even with the slow shrink method! Maybe it's something with the LDD dolls. Thank you for the tip though!
I can't be sure because I've never had one and can't tell if the head is made of vinyl or not. It all depends on that. It seems like it's vinyl from what I've seen. If it's somewhat squishy and not completely hard then it's probably vinyl.
Hello! I wanted to try this on a monster high head "create your monter" line type, but i noticed they have this different kind of head construction for wigs. I don't know if the materials are the same as the regular mh heads. Have you tried shrinking those as well? Do you think it might work? I love your videos they are so informative and u got me into customization💓🤗 (excuse my granmar if something is written incorrectly, english is not my first languaje😓)
If the create a monster doll has a hard plastic disc on top of its head, you must cut this out and shrink the head without it. Acetone does not shrink hard plastics; an hour in acetone reduces the hard cap to shapeless goo!
Sorry it's been so long! If you were able to completely disassemble the doll, I'd say it should work on the vinyl parts. But usually dolls have various components, almost inevitably some of them being hard plastic that will melt.
I have a Bratz doll at home that I wanna shrink , repaint and make new clothes , shoes and stuff for my nieces that come over all I need is hot glue sticks/gun , more yarn colors , spray paint to recolor the body , fabric , clay , to make feet and plastic wrap I always thought it was scary that they have no feet .
Кιуσмι νιятυσѕσ i dont think so last time i checked my head didnt came out and just breathing acetone for 20 min while i was working on a proyect made me sick oh and also i only can be 50 second under water, but hey thats only me maybe is the way i was made lol
This is fantastic! I read your tutorials about doll head shrinking as well. You've done so much experimentation--thank you for sharing your knowledge! I'm trying some head shrinking for the first time today. :D
Ooo I'm curious if we'll see it in the next stock box video :D
This comment is a gem
Woah, didn't expect to see you here! You've come so far from this. This tutorial must be really trustworthy, I'm excited to try!!
i dont even customize dolls or anything but this was so interesting to watch... how did i end up here... id like to see reshaping btw
lol, I've done that before! I've ended up in the middle of documentaries, didn't even know what they were making till the end. That's how they make bowling balls?! Cool! hehe
Weirdly, I totally stumbled onto doll customisation too, and now I'm getting involved with it myself xD
hehe yep, that's how it seems to happen! Welcome to the fold! :D
I HAD NO IDEA YOU COULD SHRINK AND RESHAPE THE HEADS! I'm very new to repaints and this looks like such an amazing idea, THANK YOU!!!!
I love this head shrinking method. Now the dolls can actually have anatomical correct ratio of head to body and not look wonky or have moon heads! I love your video!
I'm now a head shrinking maniac, no doll is safe from me!!
lol, you're going to be like me now! One of us......
Sarah Jane Jennings RAGE ON ALL NIGHT! SHIRNK ALL HEADS
ALL THE HEADS WILL BE PUNISHED... THE PUNISHMENT IS.... HEAD SHRINKING
Sarah Jane Jennings shrink the Bratz heads !!!!
XD that comment had me laugh out loud. I may become a maniac too.
When you're done please don't pour the used acetone into the drain but let it evaporate outside instead! This will avoid polluting our water. Videos like this need to teach collectors because many are young and don't know about these things.
this is so helpful! I always feel like Monster High boy dolls look off balance with their huge heads, so I can't wait to try this out the next time I have one!
Thank you so much, you're just amazing! I was racking my brains trying to think of way I could use EAH doll, but do something about their, JUST RUN INTO THE BACK OF MACK TRUCK heads, when I came across your head shrinking article last year. You changed my life.........Lol!!!!!
lol about that description! haha, I felt the same way! Just soooo round and big! I do love everything else about them though! Which is why I love shrinking them so much in particular ^_^ I' m so happy to see more people giving this a try!
I love it!! Then again, I've always loved extreme doll mods. Can't wait to show my sister, she has always hated the bobble heads
This is a very interesting practice, I don't think I've ever heard of head shrinking or reshaping, but that's actually really helpful. I'm surprised how many dolls I find that have HUGE heads.
Imagine someone seeing your bald doll heads in jars with no context lol
Started shrinking some heads, using your method. I noticed that some heads shrink more than others. I got some discoloration on some, but in general, it works fine! Thanks for the tips!!!
If you have sediment you can gently pour off the acetone that is floating on top and then paper towel the leftover sludge in the bottom. You could also pour it through a filter so that you can stretch its use (environmentally speaking, use it for as long as you can before dumping into the waste stream).
Thank you so much for these tutorials! I love them!
Btw, your voice is super cute.
Trying this for the first time today. Positive vibes
I was a bit skeptical cause I saw someone else do this before, but they didn't do any comparisons so I wasn't exactly confidant that there was any shrinking happening [didn't help that doll still looked the same]. But I am so relieved to see that it is possible! Especially considering the Ever After|Monster high dolls proportions drove me nuts lol.....
Have you ever tried this on a spin masters Liv doll? They're lovely, but the heads are ridiculous. I was actually thinking of cutting the back off of mine, and arranging the hair to make the face seem smaller - but this would be so much better!
This is so cool!
I love that you modify the bodies and not just the make up
They look so good I love this
Amazing!!! I like how you explain it... I would love see a rerooting video. Im really triying to reroot my doll. but i couldnt. y literally "cut" the front line with this tiny holes. I was wondering how hard should be reroot a reduced head... I´ll be waiting for you next video. please make one showing a proper way to reroot!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your work.
Grettings from Colombia.
I should be able to do that soon, next week I think, if things go alright. i just posted up the reshaping video a few minutes ago.
juancho esteban glue yarn on the head
Hello Dirili Dolls, at about 8 minutes you talk of the neck hole being too narrow after shrinking. Couldn't the shrinking of the hole be prevented by sticking a (non-dissolvable) hard tube in the hole, exactly fitting the hole, before shrinking? The tube would prevent the neck hole from becoming more narrow.
I say this, because it seems to me it is very hard to measure how much to cut out after the shrinking process.
With kind regards, D. G. Neree.
You have to warm the head, then it will get soft, use a pott of water ant place the head on the turned pot lid. It warm soflly and you get the head on the neck.
Reshaping please! Thank you for all the videos and help!
It just went up :) And quite welcome!
I wanna shrink Barbie head just a little coz some heads tend to be bigger than others. Should I do 24 hours or it’s 48 hours no matter what?
Will this work on a Disney Shimmer Princess doll? I want to customize a Pocahontas I have but her head is bigger than what I would like.
Good pointers but my question is the ones that still have their factory paints on their face do you still let it sit in the acetone and it doesn't come off? I was abit confused of how you manage to shrink their heads with their original factory paints on.
I covered that some in my introduction to shrinking video. You can keep the factory paint if you do the slow shrinking method, but you can't with fast shrinking. Fast shrinking uses 100% acetone and that makes the paint slide right off, but the slow method dilutes it with water which allows the paint to stay on as long as you're very careful NOT to touch the paint during the process.
SOME of the heads may get a little discoloration in the paint, and often you'll lose the shine to it, but the majority of the time there's little, if any change. If you wish to restore the shine to the paint, you can use a gloss or semi-gloss brush-on sealant like Tamiya. The only 2 heads I remember really having big changes on so in the over 100 heads I've shrunken was that the heart around Lizzie Hearts''s eye disappeared, and I had one doll where the color of the lips lost some of its saturation.
Ok thank you for the tips and I have one more question will this work in a bratz doll heads?
I NEVER KNEW THIS! Gonna try this next week for sure!!
Can I shrink a doll head with crack due to excessive reroot?
I did the safe method and it shrunk somewhat but does just 24 hours work for slow method 70 30 ratio?
Thanks this is soon cool..
wow! they look so much better this way
thank you thank you! ive had a project n mind forever and this will get it finally done.
I'd love to see the rerooting in shrunken head vid.
Omg I didn't know you needed a lid!! UUUUGH I wish someone would've told me earlier!
Would you recommend rerooting a doll before placing the head in the acetone? Or would the chemical dissolve the glue/damage the hair?
Late reply but for anyone wondering you should reroot after for that exact reason! Shrinking the heads can harden them a bit but they should still be flexible enough to reroot
not that you will read this but will this work if my acetone had oil in it?
Would like to see both but I think reshaping with Dremel etc first Thanks for sharing this procedure
I actually did the reshaping video a long time ago hehe. You should be able to find it on my channel
Hello! Your tutorial is great. I already shrinked a lot of Barbie heads in the size of Big Jim (10inch) and I use the slow method . Yes, there is a female Big Jim too. Also with Ken from Barbie it works perfect from 12 inch to 10 inch. Only with the heads of G.I. Joe (Action man) I have problems to get them to the right size. Any ideas?
I've been trying to shrink some rainbow high heads, but after 2 soaks they've barely changed. Should I just keep on soaking after the 3rd go, or is it just kind of a lost cause?
imo this is great for Ever After High dolls. Idk, the original ones are like 🌚
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOBODY else tells my most important question! Will it work on 17 inch monster high dolls. This made me decide to subscribe
Their heads are now in proportion with their bodies 😂
Thanks for sharing . It is very usefully for own experience.
Thank you for this video! It's inspired me to give a try to a rather ambitious crafting project. Which is why I'd like to ask you something. I plan on both shrinking and dyeing a Monster High head. Should those tasks be done in a specific order and, if so, what is that order? Any other tips would also be appreciated. Again, thank you for the video! I'm so excited to try this out.
EDIT: I'm also planning to put the body on a Made To Move Barbie Body (well, a MTM Ken, actually) and I was wondering if that was even possible. I understand that a certain about of neck-hole trimming will be needed to even get it back onto it's original body, and that a Barbie body has a thicker neck and will require more trimming, and that a Ken neck is significantly thicker than either. Is it even possible? Is it advisable to attempt even if it is possible?
Hi! I noticed you have a Venus Mcflytrap and I was wondering if you know how to remove flocking? I want reroot my Venus Mcflytrap but not sure how to remove the flocking on her head?
Given that flocking falls off so easily if you touch it after it's been soaked in acetone for a while, I think that if you take a paper towel and soak a corner of it in come acetone, they lay it against a part of the flocking for a few seconds, you should be able to just wipe the flocking away. I may give it a try in a few days myself to test. Not sure if I have an extra one around right now or not though. If you try it, juts be careful to, like I said, only soak a corner of the paper towel at a time and work on small sections, because you don't want any acetone to accidentally drip on the plastic of the doll's body and mess it up.
I did this with the same doll model, you just remove it like you do the face paint! It may take a bit and the flocking is very messy and gets everywhere, but you can get it done fairly well with paper towels and acetone
how do you dispose of acetone after
i'm sorry i have a question, i want to try this with my deuce doll but i remove the snakes and i don't did a great job so now the head has a few holes and i'm no pretty sure if will become soft and will be break
I've tried to shrink two doll heads, they both blew up in the jar but only shrunk back down to the original size? i'm confused as to what i'm doing wrong. one was a claudia wolf one was frankie stein
Omgggggg dirili!!! She makes dolls
Can you please do a tutorial on the goo gone glue removal? I have around 60 rescued dolls that have terrible glue seepage and I would prefer not to reroot all of them! Or if you have any tips or tricks that would be much appreciated too!
Baby powder is said to help
Hi Dirili!. Just found your tutorial for shrinking head. Do you think it is possible to shrink barbie head too?. You know playline barbie head are bigger than exclusive/signature barbie head. I hope it can.
I have an EAH doll which I've rerooted with kanekalon & put glue in her head. Is she safe to shrink? Would I need to remove the hair and reroot her a second time?
I'm trying shrinking my first doll head right now
Is there a way to slowly reverse the shrinking?
Question I have a vintage head I d like to shrink ! It is smaller the monster high but bigger than Barbie ! Would you do 48 hours in the solution or less
Can you shrink just the jaw? I have a doll with a good nose and mouth size (im trying to make a billie eilish doll) but the jaw is too big. Am i allowed to do this or would this ruin it?
I have a different kind of question. How do you discard the old acetone?
Ok....can you do this and retain the dolls HAIR????
It looks as if you can ...?
How long would you say to shrink a Hasbro Disney doll head to the size of, say, a Barbie doll head?
That's amazing thanks for sharing procedure as well as pessure reshaping suggestion! I just wondered should I wait till head is dry to put it back on if keeping face paint, then use a blow dryer around neck opening?
I’m curious about how LOL OMG dolls react to this method.
Will this work on 17 inch barbie endless hairkingdom doll?her head is too huge
Hey! I want to do a doll with inset eyes, do I cut the holes before or after I shrink the head
Oh gonna use the acetone method rn thanks a lot :)
Can you soften the head with heat later?
Hello, I really like your video and I wanted to shrink my Ever After High Raven's head, but you seemed to only show us the ones in which you already reshape it. Could you please show us a picture of a EAH doll without reshape it so we could see a difference. Thank you
question i want to try this and im ready only need a jar lol, first of all is there a way i can reuse the solution after that? i mean maybe not for shrinking another head but maybe erase faces? also another question if i shrink a head do i have to put it in a body right after before it is dry? cause i have a body less alistair wonderland i want to shrink and obviously i dont have a body for him and should i reroot the head before it dries? or can i do it after the head if dry? also my alistair head is kinda broken i mean the root line in the part broke when i was taking out his hair does this affect the shrink process in a bad way?
I find this very interesting!
I have an item made of similar or same??? plastic as a doll head. its from the late 80s early 90s How do I find out if its safe? I would LOVE some help! I want to shrink everything!
Hi there! I also use a dremel and diamond files to modify my dolls; currently I'm sanding the moulded bandages off of a Cleo de Nile.
Can I ask what grit of sandpaper you use to finish?
I can tell you that 1200 gets the job done pretty well
Is there any way to expand the heads and keep them expanded?
awesome tutorial !!! I'll try it :D
Great! :D Hope it works out well! It may take me a while to respond, but if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer.
Can I do this with the hair still there? thank you
Loved this! Now I know what to doy with my EAH dolls. I like them but their faces, no, their heads are so fucking round!! Now I can reshape them and shrink them! As soon as I find something to compress the head into a different shape after shrinking, no doll will be safe from me anymooooreeee!
Can you do a another head shrinking using barbie dolls head?
Aren't barbie dolls already way too small for their bodies?
DGNeree some have big heads. For instance some of the life in the dream house series are about the size of EAH dolls.
Could you shrink a head and reshape the monster high animal ears to a bend?
Is it possible for you to shrink a 17" dolls head?
Hi! GREAT tut! What if I only want to shrink a head slightly?
How do you enlarge a doll head rather than shrink it?
Jonathan Macias I don't think you can.
Very interesting stuff!! I could imagine, however, that the vinyl in this treatment later becomes hard and brittle! Are there already experiences?
Does anyone know what hair type Ashlynn ella has most of the time?
A rerooting video would be great, since I'm terrible at it anyways!
does this work on kuku harajuku dolls?
Have you ever tried to shrink a 28" doll head? What would you shrink it in, for the sake of the increased size portion of the process? (I'm thinking the huge Madeline Hatter).
Stephanie Hunley The huge Madeleine Hatter is 17" tall and in her videos she says no matter how hard the vynil, she hasn't found a head she couldn't shrink (I saw some 17" monster high heads in the photo as she said that)
I'm not talking about the 17". Check toys r us. The 28" Maddie was released recently, and looks just like the tea party playset Maddie. Like the super tall monsters (aka, new skellita) the knees do not bend. That is the Maddie I'm talking about. (And I have multiple s of the 17", and the regular 10"as well as the 28" ) She's gorgeous, but I still want a smaller head on her.
those dolls have hard plastic heads instead of vinyl
Exactly. that's why I'm wondering, if she's tried it. I heard the hard plastic, can melt, instead of just changing size. :( I want to decrease the size, but I don't want to ruin her, if it's completely untried...
And I have a video request: I came here cause I broke my uma dolls hand. I can't put it back on. Can you help?
Skye Dawson heyy i think i know what you can do :) just go on ebay or something like that and search for 'Descendants uma body replacement'. You might be able to get a new body and put your uma's head in some boiling water for 2 or 3 minutes then take it out and take the head off (CAREFULLY because it happened to me before). Then after that, pop your uma's head on the new body you bought. I hope it will work!!! 😊
I'm planning on shrinking the head of my Sparkle Girlz doll and she has a very round head, so I'm interested in seeing how shaping works next. I'm honestly a bit nervous about shrinking her because her head isn't /that/ huge compared to her body, at least not compared to EAH proportions, but I'd still like to get it a little smaller (I'm just paranoid it'll get too small!) I'll also be shrinking the head of my La Dee Da doll. I'm not sure if you've worked with either of these brands of doll before but if you have and have noticed things specific to them could you please tell me about them? I love your videos by the way, so helpful!
Unfortunately I haven't worked with either doll before. If you only want a teeensy bit of shrinking, you may want to try doing an even shorter soak then. Maybe just 12 hours instead of 48? The worst that could happen is that it won't shrink as much as you wanted, and you can soak it again. Just make sure to give it a couple of days to dry to make sure that's how small it's going to get.
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with the lah dee dah doll, be sure to use this slow shrink method. My first foray into shrinking, I used the one with pink hair. I tried fast method, and didn't remove the hair. the color soaked right into the skin, and now I have a very pink head... Mind you, that may just be because I chose the pink haired one, and tried to save the hair...
I actually did try the slow shrink method- coincidentally with a pink-haired Sloane La Dee Dah. The first soak was fine but by the second soak the pink dye had soaked into the vinyl. So I also have a much pinker head, even with the slow shrink method! Maybe it's something with the LDD dolls. Thank you for the tip though!
Hi, I know this is an older video, but can you shrink LOL OMG doll heads?
I can't be sure because I've never had one and can't tell if the head is made of vinyl or not. It all depends on that. It seems like it's vinyl from what I've seen. If it's somewhat squishy and not completely hard then it's probably vinyl.
@@dirilidolls7356 Ah thanks! I'll try it for the name of science!
@@dirilidolls7356 Also, im 42hrs into the first soaking I've ever done! Thanks for your awesome tutorial
Hello! I wanted to try this on a monster high head "create your monter" line type, but i noticed they have this different kind of head construction for wigs. I don't know if the materials are the same as the regular mh heads. Have you tried shrinking those as well? Do you think it might work?
I love your videos they are so informative and u got me into customization💓🤗 (excuse my granmar if something is written incorrectly, english is not my first languaje😓)
If the create a monster doll has a hard plastic disc on top of its head, you must cut this out and shrink the head without it. Acetone does not shrink hard plastics; an hour in acetone reduces the hard cap to shapeless goo!
Can you try it with bratz dolls tho?
UVI no because their heads are hard and arent squishy like Ever after high
does this work on vinyl bodies?
Sorry it's been so long! If you were able to completely disassemble the doll, I'd say it should work on the vinyl parts. But usually dolls have various components, almost inevitably some of them being hard plastic that will melt.
@@dirilidolls7356 what about a model muse body
@@DIVASTARSTAN777 I would think the body is hard plastic? But if nothing else, that head peg is at least likely to be.
I have a Bratz doll at home that I wanna shrink , repaint and make new clothes , shoes and stuff for my nieces that come over all I need is hot glue sticks/gun , more yarn colors , spray paint to recolor the body , fabric , clay , to make feet and plastic wrap I always thought it was scary that they have no feet .
Reroot! That's my vote. :)
Huh, does this work for humans?
Кιуσмι νιятυσѕσ i dont think so last time i checked my head didnt came out and just breathing acetone for 20 min while i was working on a proyect made me sick oh and also i only can be 50 second under water, but hey thats only me maybe is the way i was made lol
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why? Sorry not trying to be funny
jonno4000 because it’s makes their proportions more natural and in the case of more sculpted dolls like MH brings more definition to the sculpt
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