Hello doll lovers!! I have been going through my storage bins of dolls and decided to clean up a few of my monster high dolls that I have had stored for years. I get these dolls at thrift stores/yard sales. I started with the dolls that have their clothes and shoes.
These girls are from the skultimate roller maze line. There is Goulia (she is my favorite) she is missing all of her accessories and she is pretty dirty. Lagoona has a few of her accessories and is dirty too. Last is Operetta she has a few of her accessories too she is in nicer condition than the others.
One of the main reasons I did not want to clean these dolls is their hair. They have the infamous glue heads that mattel had from 2010-2013 (??) not all dolls but a lot of monster high and ever after high dolls were affected. It makes cleaning them up the dolls harder cause their hair is greasy feeling from the leakage and no amount of cleaning helps it. I researched so much to find a good method and decided on the goo gone method. You spray (or pour) goo gone in the doll hair, massage it in and let set for about two hours. Then you wash their bodies and hair like regular (those instructions will be at the bottom of the post).
(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.)
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