How to Condition Your American Girl Doll's Hair

If you're looking at this article, your American Girl doll probably has dry hair and needs a "Downy Dunk." These are simple, easy, step-by-step instructions to do it.

Find a large, shallow container like a casserole dish and fill it with an inch or so of Downy or any other brand of fabric softener. Buy the unscented, kind (white bottle for Downy) unless you have a doll with cigarette smell in her hair and you might want the scent. Buy the non-concentrated kind unless you can't find it, in which case you can dilute the concentrated with water.

Lay your doll down next to the dish and place her hair in the fabric softener. It helps if you put your doll on a prop or something so that she is at a better angle to get as much of the hair in the liquid as possible.

Ladle some of the fabric softener over her hair and try to saturate every strand.

Occasionally ladle more fabric softener over the hair that isn't submerged.

Proceed with rinsing and drying as from shampooing. When you're done, pour the fabric softener back into the bottle with a funnel and re-use it if you're just using it for doll hair restoration.

Tips

• This is easier than it seems.

Warnings

• Be careful with her.