#Sasha Morganthaler

[alittlebitbethany]

Hi everybody. Merry Christmas! This is the 25th and final photo for A Very Dolly Christmas Countdown 2023. I had a marvellous Christmas Day with my parents and I am thrilled to be able to introduce you to my newest doll Gregor! I was stunned to receive a Gregor doll today and I am truly grateful to my parents for their generosity. I hope that you had a lovely day regardless of whether you celebrate Christmas or not. I hope that you have enjoyed my photos. Image Description: A photo of a fair haired Gregor doll wearing a navy jumpsuit and red Sasha neckerchief .

[wildbeautifuldamned]

20” Sasha Morganthaler Studio Course Doll ebay 739747

[dollsorwhatever]

Sasha

After washing, detangling and heavily conditioning Sasha, I left her with a (clean) cut up sock over her head to flatten her bangs and the end of the same sock over the rest of her hair to compress any frizz while it dried, then I pulled more hair into her fringe and flattened it down again to combine the new hair with the rest of her bangs! This is the end result, after a little flat ironing and some Water Wax in her bangs:

I decided not to flatten down the bangs too much, I wanted it to still be a fluffy 70′s hairstyle but not as misshapen and messy as before and I think I reached a happy medium! I did buy her with the knowledge that I’d probably shave and wig her, but I think she can keep this hair for now since it’s so bouncy and shiny, and the color itself is really nice.  Nylon is the hero of synthetic doll hair tbh, it really has the best endurance of them all.  Democracy died today but at least my dolls have nice hair :)

[glaceleau]

Just some shots of Sasha all cleaned up and restrung! I gave her some brains even though I’m not very good at them. She’s just wearing an SD sweater until her clothes are washed.

[alittlebitbethany]

I was delighted to receive a beautiful Christmas card from my friend yesterday and I couldn’t resist taking a photo of my Sasha baby doll Meike with it as I know that my friend loves Sasha dolls for Day 16 of A Very Dolly Christmas Countdown 2023. It made my day. Image Description: a photo of a Götz Sasha baby doll sitting next to a Christmas card with an illustration of a donkey stable on it.

[dollsorwhatever]

Sasha

So my New Year’s resolution was to..make weird choices? I guess lol? I’ve actually always been intrigued by Sasha dolls, not just because the 60′s and 70′s are very much eras that I love, but also because she’s just so different from most dolls. She reminds me of Blythe in that her simplicity is kind of integral to the efficacy of her design and how her rudimentary sculpting and face paint can show a variety of emotions and aesthetics.  I spent a couple days looking at different ones, from the Gotz releases and all the way up to the Trendon releases from the UK and decided on a lightly used Schoolgirl Sasha 114 from Trendon that I got for a really good deal!

Her hair is a mess, but luckily it’s thick, shiny nylon and there’s no breakage or damage to her rooting pattern so it’s just a matter of a wash and style! I was mostly concerned about her face paint because I might give her a wig (a long, wispy blonde middle parting would look amazing) but I’m gonna see how her hair restyles before I shave it all off lol I also lowkey wonder what super thick, straight eyebrows would look on her tbh Anyway she’s adorable and weird and I love her lol

[glaceleau]

Sasha doll updates! She got a good thorough wash and I conditioned her hair, then I went about pulling out her cut bang plugs (quite difficult) and replacing them. I made an order from Monique Trading Co on their last day, and while I had ordered one of their hair sample rings, they sent me four of them, so I had plenty of hair and colors to try. I picked some of the hairs that matched best - they were the regular hair type, not synthetic mohair, i.e. I think Modacrylic and not Kanekalon. I rooted them in using the tension method, and this hair was pretty terrible for that because it's stiff and had a bend set into it pretty hard already where it was folded over the metal piece on the ring.

After rooting the bangs in I treated the hair using the sage advice of @dollsonmain , with conditioner and a straightening iron on low. I was really shocked by how soft and silky it was after this. Finally I re-thatched the part and gave her a boil wash. I decided to part her bangs instead of cutting them, which she really wasn’t rooted for, so it doesn’t look the neatest but I still prefer it to the very thick bangs that she was originally rooted with.

I still don’t have any more insight on what kind of Sasha she is other than that she’s from 1970 according to her white strings.

[glaceleau]

Sasha's laundry is done!

[wildbeautifuldamned]

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