Restoration Time.... 1977 Mego Farrah Fawcett Doll

     Hello doll lovers!! This week I did a little bit of restorations on two dolls both by mego, guess my ocd was like "yes you will work on both of those dolls cause they are the same brand". This girl came from the same estate sale as the wonder woman doll I restored too. Or as I call it my estate sale sad dolls, like I said previously you can't say no to $1 a piece. You have to take a chance.
     This girl is the 1977 Farrah Fawcett doll from the mego company. She was actually the one doll in good condition. Her clothes was a little dirty and she has what looked like marker over her eyes (obviously a child tried to give her a makeover). Other than a little bit of "mego melt", I say it like that because a lot of people talk about how the mego dolls have melting problems. Just like the wonder woman I worked on did, but Farrah's wasn't as bad. She still had her pretty eye lashes and shoes! She must not have gotten much play time, I feel it is her face mold, I am not a fan of this dolls face mold. Farrah Fawcett was a beautiful woman, they did her wrong with this dolls face. Also what is wrong with her finger nails??? They made her look like she has witch hands. I am just not a fan of this doll, but I do not like the Cher doll either. I don't think they do very good celebrity dolls.
    I washed her face and body they both came very clean, she does have a couple of the green marks on her ankles and one arm (I think it is from the wire in her body to pose her). I was so happy to see the marker above her eyes came off, there is just a little hint of color but it looks like eye shadow (this gives me hope for the other dolls). Her hair was nice I washed and conditioned it and it looks great. I washed her poor outfit (wish I would have took a pic of that but hindsight is 20/20) it has a few stains that did not come out I also washed her shoes. I think she turned out great but then again she wasn't that bad to begin with.

(If you are wondering how I clean my dolls I use dish soap first then do a wash with some baking soda, I use a tooth brush for both of these steps. I clean their hair with dish soap too and use conditioner that I let set for about 10 min then comb through. For really damaged hair I use a boil wash, which is just some boiling water and you dunk their hair in or can let them set for a bit. All of my cleaning tips came from a YouTube channel called "a thousand splendid dolls" I love their channel and she has so many helpful tutorials. This is how I clean all the dolls and ponies I do restorations on.)