That might be a good thing. Not sure I want my stylist to push hair into my brain, then pull off my head, squirt glue into my skull and swizzle it around with a stick. Though it would leave me with excellent coverage...
@@987654321mnbv ya any doll of that era had the same sort of hair rooting. I just had a 1950s doll with only one line for the hair line and three around around the part. The strict styles were always meant to hide it. 😆
@@Just-in-Space I don't get why people keep saying "dolls from that era". Like dolls I had as a kid in the 90s had the same kinda hair. If a barbie came with its hair up, taking it out always made it look weird and caused bald patches cause the hair wasn't placed right for it to look full out of a ponytail. That's just dolls.
@@987654321mnbv this doll is literally more than half a century old. Mattel produced some of the highest quality toys at the time and did this styling because this doll was supposed to have a very realistic high ponytail hair style. Its not them being cheap its them being smart
Thanks. I have the blonde version of this doll and she has a bald top that is really squashy. There are no hair holes on the bald bit. I just assumed it had been damaged from play.
My mum still has the original Barbie, Ken, Alan, Midge, and Skipper, all in their original outfits and with one extra, and in the original carrying case (though the case is beat up). All in great condition!
I used to style my Barbie dolls. I thought it was a masterpiece, but it was a mess. My barbies were more than hundreds of bucks and they all got wasted lol
Imagine the doll feels so happy because she’s finally been given the attention she deserves to feel beautiful again & is thinking to herself “it’s been years.” 🥲🤍
I remember giving my older sister's Barbie a "haircut" when I was a pesky 5 year old. The doll definitely had that "bald spot." I think that was just how they were originally made: the ponytail covered the bald patch up.
I also wondered if the doll loses value by covering up the bald spot. It was clearly intentional since there weren't any holes there. But by punching holse and inserting hair it would alter the original appearance of the doll.
Yup, no holes from original hair plugs. @Shiranova I was wondering that too, but for any restoration, it may damage the actual collector value but make it more sellable to casual collectors or for display purposes? I would think? This person doesn't seem to have as much production value as some of the doll artists I watch (who usually focus on creation not restoration, but the cleaning is a part of the process) but I like how this series highlights smaller creators.
Sigh. The doll did not lose hair. These dolls (and all of the early “ponytail” dolls) were not rooted on the crown of the head- only the perimeter. This ensured a slim, realistic ponytail. The uneven cut was because the front “swirl” section wrapped around the HIGH ponytail. It’s kinda bad that a professional doll restorer wouldn’t know this.
I found out my boyfriend cheated on me tonight and I couldn't sleep and i took a melatonin and this video relaxed me so much it had such an innocent feel I love it thank you for making my night better.
This is kinda beautiful though. It's like bringing hope back to an old doll. Growing up, I always saw stuff animals and dolls as things to care for and respect, like there's some sort of loving sentience within them. So to see an old toy get restored is just something I find meaningful.
This isn’t a restoration per se given that he roots hair in her bald spot which was bald the day it left the factory as with most ponytail barbies. Super satisfying to watch though, just poorly titled.
It's technically restoring since they did a full workup of hair, nails, and face. Her body wasn't terribly mutilated like some of the dolls I've found and helped bring back to life. This isn't even a "face-up" as that would mean she had a different look entirely, so the title is fine. He restored her original factory face and hairstyle. It's a restore.
@@Lars1996 I was referring to the new face makeup, not necessarily altering it permanently. He added to it and did a restoration. A "face-up" is when you do a completely different look altogether.
As a doll collector, this is a pain to watch, aside from doing a mediocre job at “restoring”, the spreading of misinformation is wrenching just to hear. If this was done for his own enjoyment, then that’s him, but the doll for the most part was fine in most aspects. 1st of all swirl Barbies, we’re not rooted in the center of their heads, all he has to do was style it and cover it up like they did when they sold the doll back in 1964, mind you it was in the 60s Barbie literally only spent one year in the 50s, when he said that “the lip color had faded which is common with these dolls.” I was cringing so hard. The white lipstick she had on was original and some of y’all may know back in the 60s it was popular to wear a nude, or white lipstick, some swirl Barbies did have red lipstick, so if he wanted to make one look like those than that’s him but in my opinion, not professionally done or handled. The way he was caking that powder on the doll cause she had green, if this guy would have done his research he would have found out he could remove it by using CLR Lime rust remover, or remove a zit. The way he sanded the legs was a big no as well. To a person that doesn’t know that much of dolls the end product would look like a job well done, and yes it does but at the end of the day he stripped a lot of the doll or altered it to make it something different entirely, so this by no means is professional.
You said it. This video is very painful to watch for any experienced collector. How many perfectly good dolls are going to be ruined like this one was, because somebody decided to 'fix up' their vintage doll this way?
I agree with you entirely but in reference to the white lips, I believe they were in fact faded as most 63 to 66 dolls suffer quite a bit of fading. The white lips when they came out of the factory would've been a very bright bubblegum pink and you can actually see some dolls in the middle stages of their lips fading where the edges are white but the inner parts are still pink, very interesting in my opinion. A few other notes is the butter/tan tone the lips fade to were originally coral and funnily enough the coral tones were originally red. I even had a number four come into my studio with coral lips! She was also very clearly exposed to quite a bit of sun because her skin was awfully yellowed aswell.
@@littlekreeper8918 I have seen genuine vintage Swirls with pink and coral lips, but never red. Red lips weren't really a thing during this time period, though they made a comeback in 1966 with the 'high color' facial screening that was used on American Girls and Color Magic dolls. The Swirls and Bubblecuts of this time period were mostly coral and pink lips of different shades. A few had white lips from the factory, it was a fad.
@@Siansonea How interesting, I guess I must've been mistaken because I do know that a lot of corals from earlier years were usually faded reds, but I could totally get them not using red in 64-65
I knew something was up when he said she had a "bald spot". The area looked smooth like there was never hair there to begin with, so I was so confused as to why he was "replacing" it. Thanks for the insight!
Everything about this is whimsical and almost like in a Wes Anderson movie; the craft, the name, EVERYTHING! I wish this person would make ASMR videos because his voice and work is so soothing to the ears.
As a barbie fan he didn't restore it to it's factory default. he changed the doll entirely. This variation of Swirl Ponytail Barbie doll in brunette her lipstick is nude not the red or pink version. And the bald spot is a factory style for her ponytail to stay flat and her hair is not supposed to look long and thick it supposed to look like a miniature woman in a ponytail not like modern version of barbie doll in a ponytail
These dolls were intentionally under-rooted to allow one to do the specific swirl hairstyle. She also intentionally had a pail lip. This isn't 'restoring' this is just a faceup video and it's highly misinforming for those who actually want to restore their doll.
That doll didn't need the rerooting, those dolls had a high ponytail so they didn't have hair inside, and definitely not nylon, which is a terrible material for doll hair. He should have used the same type of hair and make the doll look as it was originally, that's a restoration.
There is a slight issue with the fact that the quality of saran they used in the 60s is not at all similar to modern saran, and I do agree nylon is a bad material for /this/ doll, however premium nylon from restoredoll or dollyhairplanet actually works really well for #5-8 PT bangs and for bubblecuts and sidepart american girls since the hair used by mattel (although not nylon) was more similar to nylon than saran, as nylon is a lot thicker, sturdier, and holds a better curl than saran. Fun fact! Some pink skin JE sidepart AGs actually /did/ use saran, they are incredibly rare and the hair lays a lot flatter. But yeah, total atrocity, wish he would've kept her as she was.
Why on Earth would Barbie create a doll with hair that children couldn’t redo the style? If it was bald because it had a ponytail from the start, well children are going to want to take that ponytail out and restyle the dolls hair or take it down and use the many many hats Barbies had in the 50s too. Leaving it partially bald so they could do a manufactured ponytail that would show a bald spot if you took it out is stupid.
@@AKayfabe I think doll culture was a lot different back then since it was so new, And not every child did that, I have had plenty of played-with dolls that still had their original rubberband (albeit very hardened and britter) And as someone who grew up with dolls, I rarely restyled my dolls hair and would only do it if it was super long and plainly styled.
@@AKayfabe look bro, these dolls are like really old, back then kids probably didn't even think of restyling the dolls hair. And the reason they have a bald spot is to avoid the ponytail from getting too bulky. Also even if there was supposed to be hair there, we should be able to see holes from rooting the hair, but nope that head is smoother than lotion getting ran over by a cardboard box.
@@AKayfabe Most children were not as spoiled as today - that is the only reason why such a cheap production trick worked at that time. As soon as toy production skyrocketed across the globe, doll manufacturers were forced to spend those extra pennies they saved before and fill in that bold spot.
This doll did not lose her hair. The vintage ponytail Barbie dolls were rooted this way so the ponytail would lie smoother on the head. This doll now has too much hair & the ponytail isn't as sleek as it should be. NO true restoration artist who wants to keep the original look of the vintage doll would add all that hair in.
I only ever played with Barbies when I was very young maybe three years old to six years old but I can remember it distinctively❣️This video brought back memories from my early childhood
Wow what a great job! I was the only boy in a family of 7 boys who played with dolls as a kid. I always loved the small details. I had a puppet (Willie Talk) type doll I was never seen without as well. This is very nice to watch.
But seriously wasnt the doll actually bald like that? She's supposed to have ponytail and you cant see the bald part. All my cheap barbies are like that lol
Your voice is seriously the most soothing voice ever. I could listen to you and just fall into the most peaceful sleep. Not because your boring or anything, but because your voice makes my mind feel at peace. ❤️
More than 10 of my barbie dolls were victims of me trying to fix their hair lol. Wasted a whole bottle of shampoo and nylon hair just to get that perfect hairstyle :)
I use to restore barbies. I would of just touched up her eyelash ridges(lips were nice as is), reset her ponytail and not added any hair (her ponytail is too thick). The swirl pony tail is suppose to be bald in the center of the head. Again this is what I would of done. ✌🏼
I have several names who run through my head while watching this vid: Hextian… Trixie Mattel… Poppen Atelier… Dollightfull…. just to name a few…. Also, honestly, I would love to see what the artists could have created with this old Barbie- then watch Trixie’s critique- that would be awesome!!
Omg that brush. I know it’s a doll but it was painful to watch lol. Love that you spend the time to restore these gems. It’s nice to see life breathed back into her :)
Being a vintage Barbie lover and a collector for over 25 years I am very troubled by this "restoration". I would NOT put that weird brown glue inside the head of a vintage doll. The reaction to the old vinyl in a few years will not be pretty when her scalp starts disentegrating. The doll was produced with that bald spot in her head anyway. It doesn't even look like he used the correct hair fiber for her hair. I don't get it.
Beautiful from start to finish, but Swirl Ponytails are perimeter rooted. All of the 59/60s Ponytail Barbies are perimeter rooted. It keeps the ponytails from being too thick.
She looks so stunning & back to her original form from what she would have looked like back in the 60's. It's people like you who make us smile from what you do with vintage dolls to design them back to what they looked like back in their time. Amazing job!
Such an incredible restoration, I especially love to do little details like the gloss accents on the eyes and lips when I repaint action figures but its always a learning experience seeing doll restorations!
Love the 60's proportions. Super broad shoulders, a non-existent waist, narrow hips, and flat rear-end. Also, an oddly shaped hairline-looks like Debi Mazar's hairline.
This is soo relaxing and soothing. I'm a huge lover of vintage '59 and '60s barbie. Any tips I can ever get makes me so happy. Watching this was therapy. Thank you for this. ❤🤩😍
Oh my goodness! This was the same as my first and only Barbie Doll my Mother bought me for Christmas in the mid to late 1960s! 😃❣ I was so thrilled to get her that I would play with her and sit her in the cedar Christmas tree branches. It was her pretend tree house complete with lights and tensil. One of my fondest memories of childhood. The clothes were so expensive so I had some homemade stuff and one or two outfits. You're so steady of hand and did a fantastic job restoring this classic Barbie! 👍
Watching Baumgartner restoration this made me cringe .. I expected a bunch of Mr. Super Clear ala Poppen Atelier and none of the original paint removed ... also reference photos of the doll would make this better for us.
Beautiful results. She looks brand new. I have that exact Barbie. A friend gave her to me when I was little. Her dog gouged several marks on her shoulder. Her head has a split down the neck so it doesn’t stay on so we’ll.
I’m not sure if you realise, vintage swirls and all vintage ponytails for that matter dont have hair in the middle. It’s to reduce bulk as you don't see if when its tied into a ponytail.
Wow seeing the proportions of the doll really put into perspective the beauty standards we unconsciously force on loads of young girls. Even now Barbie who is portrayed as the “perfect” girl or human being has unrealistic beauty standards for small girls. It really sucks how many kids feel like that is the definition of beauty and that being anything other than that body shape is wrong or bad.
A restoration would imply that you would not alter the doll, which includes details like plucking in New hair, this is more of a "glow up". He desided to modernise it by filling in the hair, which was'nt done back then. And sure, more expensive dolls had a full head of hair, but this doll didn't. Also sanding the legs hurt my feelings. If you want to restore something, you do not add to it, you repair what's broken and nothing more, this would include restyling the hair and repainting the face, maybe using some kind of semi permanent clay to fill in the scratches in the legs. It hurts my heart because that's a 70 year old doll, in a couple more years, when we do not know anymore how those dolls were made, we could have looked at her and seen the markings of its time, now that is gone...
To him, it’s restoration. And he is restoring it. Dolls are meant to bring joy to children, and he’s finding that joy by taking care of her and making her ‘pretty’ again in the way he knows how. That’s a pretty good definition of restoration. It should be about the progress not the result and this is how he restores his own dolls and it’s something he really enjoys. Nothing negative about that.
@@MsRuneGirl dolls are also collectibles however, especially with Barbie, and people want restored dolls for their collection. When they are altered from the original look, like how she was meant to have a bald spot and nude lipstick, was changed to red and he filled her hair, that is unprofessional.
This doll getting better hair care than me
That might be a good thing. Not sure I want my stylist to push hair into my brain, then pull off my head, squirt glue into my skull and swizzle it around with a stick. Though it would leave me with excellent coverage...
@@yetanotherstronk lolll
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@@yetanotherstronk 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅
@@yetanotherstronk i wouldn't want my stylist to pour boiling water over my head either after all that
Doll: " Ahhh ..a well deserved spa day"
* pours boiling water *
* exfoliates with sandpaper *
lol
* punches holes in brain to place hair *
* Fills skull with glue *
Sounds about right lol
Literally read that in Barbies voice
you should watch Moriah Elizabeth’s squishy makeover
Everybody's gangsta until the doll whispers, "Thank you..."
Yeah, cuz she was nice. They're no longer gangster, they're respecting her right back :D
I laughed so hard. Thanks for making my day. @Buttercupkat
@@brittanyb.300 No problem!
😆😅
You heard it too??
The hair was meant to be kept in a ponytail. The bald spot was to ensure that the ponytail didnt appear to bulky.
It was to save the cost and sell a mediocre product at a higher price, nothing more.
@@987654321mnbv ya any doll of that era had the same sort of hair rooting. I just had a 1950s doll with only one line for the hair line and three around around the part. The strict styles were always meant to hide it. 😆
@@Just-in-Space I don't get why people keep saying "dolls from that era". Like dolls I had as a kid in the 90s had the same kinda hair. If a barbie came with its hair up, taking it out always made it look weird and caused bald patches cause the hair wasn't placed right for it to look full out of a ponytail. That's just dolls.
@@987654321mnbv this doll is literally more than half a century old. Mattel produced some of the highest quality toys at the time and did this styling because this doll was supposed to have a very realistic high ponytail hair style. Its not them being cheap its them being smart
Thanks. I have the blonde version of this doll and she has a bald top that is really squashy. There are no hair holes on the bald bit. I just assumed it had been damaged from play.
My mum still has the original Barbie, Ken, Alan, Midge, and Skipper, all in their original outfits and with one extra, and in the original carrying case (though the case is beat up). All in great condition!
Its like how woody was restored in that toy story movie
Least favorite part was when they covered up Andy
I WAS GONNA SAY THAT!
That scene is so cool
Came here for this
yes doo deer is "that" old man's grandson
@@thisisntsergio1352 yeah, the should have sanded off
His job is what every girl tried to do in her childhood 😄
Ture
@@dianabrown1303 ture xD
I used to style my Barbie dolls. I thought it was a masterpiece, but it was a mess. My barbies were more than hundreds of bucks and they all got wasted lol
not every girl tho
So true
How is no one talking about his name being Doe Deer
"Do, a deer, a female deer"
@catto Mi, a name, I call myself
@@viviuu1298 "Fa, a long, long way to run"
Sew, a needle pulling thread
@@user-bm1dx9wp4w la, a note to follow sew
I love the energy this man has towards his work, you can tell it’s an enjoyable and liked profession
Imagine the doll feels so happy because she’s finally been given the attention she deserves to feel beautiful again & is thinking to herself “it’s been years.” 🥲🤍
Wow older Barbies were so real like they experienced hair loss and cellulite.
That’s OK . He just sanded all that darn cellulite away, lacquered her lips & lashes , and she was good to go .
@@magicyoume1180 let's not forget that he also stabbed all the missing hair back in her skull.
@@dataexpunged6969 LMAOO
@@dataexpunged6969 and she got boiled 😭😭
@@healthybutgotOBCD omg yessss ✋😭😭 Also her skin was washed with dish soap. Top skincare routine 👁️👄👁️
The world is so chaotic that even dolls are suffering from hairloss
Lmao I can’t stop laughing 😂
OML😭
Lmao welp i guess still can support the cancer patients
Not only that, but lots of dolls suffer from having melted glue leak from inside their heads, making their hair a gross and sticky 😔
🤣🤣🤣
The fact that the girl who played with it is in her 60s now triggers an existential crisis watching this 😿
wait *barbie is in her 60’s now?!*
@@bringobingo1130 Barbie debuted in 1959
Probably, she’s in her 70s
Or maybe this Barbie was a boys doll
Oh! Crap ! You just described me! I just turned 60! Brunette Barbie dolls were rare in the late 60’s early 70’s. I still have mine .
It hadn’t lost the hair, there’s never hair in the first place in old dolls that have pony tails
I remember giving my older sister's Barbie a "haircut" when I was a pesky 5 year old. The doll definitely had that "bald spot." I think that was just how they were originally made: the ponytail covered the bald patch up.
If the hair was kept in a ponytail. That bald spot was most likely to keep the ponytail from being too bulky.
Exactly what I was thinking
Definitely I have this doll with her original style still and this is true .
I also wondered if the doll loses value by covering up the bald spot. It was clearly intentional since there weren't any holes there. But by punching holse and inserting hair it would alter the original appearance of the doll.
Yup, no holes from original hair plugs. @Shiranova I was wondering that too, but for any restoration, it may damage the actual collector value but make it more sellable to casual collectors or for display purposes? I would think? This person doesn't seem to have as much production value as some of the doll artists I watch (who usually focus on creation not restoration, but the cleaning is a part of the process) but I like how this series highlights smaller creators.
@@Donteatacowman can you recommend some of the restoration channels btw preferable asmr focused
edit : with the dolls yes
This was surprisingly relaxing to watch
Yes
Exactly
Check out @OddTinkering channel. His restorations are therapeutic. They’re not dolls, but still really good✨
You should wash doll hair if you like this. It’s so relaxing taking a doll with ratty hair and giving her a gorgeous look again
@@dinosaur___7209 lol i would but i would like a creep doing it. But I believe u.
For a dude named Doe Deer, is a lot of things. He's an artist, a hairstylist and a makeup artist.
Sigh. The doll did not lose hair. These dolls (and all of the early “ponytail” dolls) were not rooted on the crown of the head- only the perimeter. This ensured a slim, realistic ponytail. The uneven cut was because the front “swirl” section wrapped around the HIGH ponytail.
It’s kinda bad that a professional doll restorer wouldn’t know this.
yeah, I don't even know much about dolls, but it just made sense to me immediately
I found it odd there were no old holes from the "lost" hair
This comment is kinda dramatic esp over a barbie doll
he's literally not professional it even says on his channel. So he wouldnt really much know about dolls that much
It's just a doll LMAO
I found out my boyfriend cheated on me tonight and I couldn't sleep and i took a melatonin and this video relaxed me so much it had such an innocent feel I love it thank you for making my night better.
Ur worth it keep fighting!
Based on this really kind and positive comment, it's obvious you were too good for him anyway.
If you have to lie to compliment someone it means they suck
Ur a lovely lady please heal your lovely heart u deserve it 💕🥺
@@alumlovescake what if she didn’t lie? She could truly still be hurting.
Mattel should release a doll like this once a year as an anniversary for Barbie.
They have done that in the past! I have a reproduction of my 1965 Barbie. You may be able to find them on ebay...?
@@dwhatsit1 I think it was a 50th anniversary.
They do reproductions like literally every year, kinda sick of them at this point :/
we have like 5 coming out in the next month alone
@@idontwantahandlebutok I've only seen one.
@@idontwantahandlebutok ok
This is kinda beautiful though. It's like bringing hope back to an old doll. Growing up, I always saw stuff animals and dolls as things to care for and respect, like there's some sort of loving sentience within them. So to see an old toy get restored is just something I find meaningful.
so true
Its soo wholesome...
So true actually, I still have my dolls and toys from years ago on my dresser.
This isn’t a restoration per se given that he roots hair in her bald spot which was bald the day it left the factory as with most ponytail barbies. Super satisfying to watch though, just poorly titled.
Yeah not so much a restoration, more of a glow up
Exactly
It's technically restoring since they did a full workup of hair, nails, and face.
Her body wasn't terribly mutilated like some of the dolls I've found and helped bring back to life.
This isn't even a "face-up" as that would mean she had a different look entirely, so the title is fine. He restored her original factory face and hairstyle. It's a restore.
@@winstonchaychel it is not because he altered the head permanently adding plugs. More of a customization than anything else.
@@Lars1996 I was referring to the new face makeup, not necessarily altering it permanently. He added to it and did a restoration.
A "face-up" is when you do a completely different look altogether.
As a doll collector, this is a pain to watch, aside from doing a mediocre job at “restoring”, the spreading of misinformation is wrenching just to hear. If this was done for his own enjoyment, then that’s him, but the doll for the most part was fine in most aspects. 1st of all swirl Barbies, we’re not rooted in the center of their heads, all he has to do was style it and cover it up like they did when they sold the doll back in 1964, mind you it was in the 60s Barbie literally only spent one year in the 50s, when he said that “the lip color had faded which is common with these dolls.” I was cringing so hard. The white lipstick she had on was original and some of y’all may know back in the 60s it was popular to wear a nude, or white lipstick, some swirl Barbies did have red lipstick, so if he wanted to make one look like those than that’s him but in my opinion, not professionally done or handled. The way he was caking that powder on the doll cause she had green, if this guy would have done his research he would have found out he could remove it by using CLR Lime rust remover, or remove a zit. The way he sanded the legs was a big no as well. To a person that doesn’t know that much of dolls the end product would look like a job well done, and yes it does but at the end of the day he stripped a lot of the doll or altered it to make it something different entirely, so this by no means is professional.
You said it. This video is very painful to watch for any experienced collector. How many perfectly good dolls are going to be ruined like this one was, because somebody decided to 'fix up' their vintage doll this way?
I agree with you entirely but in reference to the white lips, I believe they were in fact faded as most 63 to 66 dolls suffer quite a bit of fading. The white lips when they came out of the factory would've been a very bright bubblegum pink and you can actually see some dolls in the middle stages of their lips fading where the edges are white but the inner parts are still pink, very interesting in my opinion. A few other notes is the butter/tan tone the lips fade to were originally coral and funnily enough the coral tones were originally red. I even had a number four come into my studio with coral lips! She was also very clearly exposed to quite a bit of sun because her skin was awfully yellowed aswell.
@@littlekreeper8918 I have seen genuine vintage Swirls with pink and coral lips, but never red. Red lips weren't really a thing during this time period, though they made a comeback in 1966 with the 'high color' facial screening that was used on American Girls and Color Magic dolls. The Swirls and Bubblecuts of this time period were mostly coral and pink lips of different shades. A few had white lips from the factory, it was a fad.
@@Siansonea How interesting, I guess I must've been mistaken because I do know that a lot of corals from earlier years were usually faded reds, but I could totally get them not using red in 64-65
I knew something was up when he said she had a "bald spot". The area looked smooth like there was never hair there to begin with, so I was so confused as to why he was "replacing" it. Thanks for the insight!
So satisfying to see the process, and the doll came out so beautifully!
My daughter still has her Barbies from the 80s and early 90s❤️
Only for it to be thrown around
can i have it?
@@ThatBoyRide lol
I put my Barbie dolls through the ringer
Those are the best Barbies.
So this is how Trixie maintains her look
Kiki with trixie 😂
Everything about this is whimsical and almost like in a Wes Anderson movie; the craft, the name, EVERYTHING!
I wish this person would make ASMR videos because his voice and work is so soothing to the ears.
As a barbie fan he didn't restore it to it's factory default. he changed the doll entirely. This variation of Swirl Ponytail Barbie doll in brunette her lipstick is nude not the red or pink version. And the bald spot is a factory style for her ponytail to stay flat and her hair is not supposed to look long and thick it supposed to look like a miniature woman in a ponytail not like modern version of barbie doll in a ponytail
He restores dolls for clients. Some specifically want a particular feature, like filled in hair and a certain colour of lips.
this was for his personal collection. if it's your doll you have the right to do that
"It is supposed to look like a mini woman"
*no belly button , 1 inch waist*
@@kryxiiiii The reason for the proportions were so that she looked normal when wearing clothing
These dolls were intentionally under-rooted to allow one to do the specific swirl hairstyle. She also intentionally had a pail lip. This isn't 'restoring' this is just a faceup video and it's highly misinforming for those who actually want to restore their doll.
The way I wanted to pull my hair out watching this my thoughts exactly, very mediocre, highly misinformed.
That line "vinyl is like skin" had me and my daughter (who rescues and transforms dolls) going like "nope dude, where is your MSC spray can?"
it isn't a faceup since you can still obv recognize the doll its not totally different
@@hannabobanafofana it’s like a glow up, same doll but upgraded
That's crazy because I commented that I liked the nude lip. It seemed appropriate for the time the doll was created.
Why on earth did they give her a receding hairline on purpose that's almost as bad as my dads
That’s the style then
Look up Betty Page, in some of her pictures her hair style looks like this instead of her bangs covering the corners too.
Because if they had a full head of hair her hail would be thick and hard to put in a ponytail.
She's made in Japan so of course they need to give her a Samurai Hairstyle duh
her hairline is actually incredibly close to her eyebrows lol
That doll didn't need the rerooting, those dolls had a high ponytail so they didn't have hair inside, and definitely not nylon, which is a terrible material for doll hair. He should have used the same type of hair and make the doll look as it was originally, that's a restoration.
There is a slight issue with the fact that the quality of saran they used in the 60s is not at all similar to modern saran, and I do agree nylon is a bad material for /this/ doll, however premium nylon from restoredoll or dollyhairplanet actually works really well for #5-8 PT bangs and for bubblecuts and sidepart american girls since the hair used by mattel (although not nylon) was more similar to nylon than saran, as nylon is a lot thicker, sturdier, and holds a better curl than saran. Fun fact! Some pink skin JE sidepart AGs actually /did/ use saran, they are incredibly rare and the hair lays a lot flatter. But yeah, total atrocity, wish he would've kept her as she was.
Why on Earth would Barbie create a doll with hair that children couldn’t redo the style? If it was bald because it had a ponytail from the start, well children are going to want to take that ponytail out and restyle the dolls hair or take it down and use the many many hats Barbies had in the 50s too. Leaving it partially bald so they could do a manufactured ponytail that would show a bald spot if you took it out is stupid.
@@AKayfabe I think doll culture was a lot different back then since it was so new, And not every child did that, I have had plenty of played-with dolls that still had their original rubberband (albeit very hardened and britter) And as someone who grew up with dolls, I rarely restyled my dolls hair and would only do it if it was super long and plainly styled.
@@AKayfabe look bro, these dolls are like really old, back then kids probably didn't even think of restyling the dolls hair. And the reason they have a bald spot is to avoid the ponytail from getting too bulky. Also even if there was supposed to be hair there, we should be able to see holes from rooting the hair, but nope that head is smoother than lotion getting ran over by a cardboard box.
@@AKayfabe Most children were not as spoiled as today - that is the only reason why such a cheap production trick worked at that time. As soon as toy production skyrocketed across the globe, doll manufacturers were forced to spend those extra pennies they saved before and fill in that bold spot.
This guy is such a sweetheart. Give him some love and subscribe.
Agreed and done!
This doll did not lose her hair. The vintage ponytail Barbie dolls were rooted this way so the ponytail would lie smoother on the head. This doll now has too much hair & the ponytail isn't as sleek as it should be. NO true restoration artist who wants to keep the original look of the vintage doll would add all that hair in.
He restores dolls for clients. Some specifically want a particular feature, like filled in hair and a certain colour of lips.
The real magic here is how he didn't break that dang rubber band!
RIP to all those clear, thin, cheap rubber bands...
Trust me, it's broken by now. Pros use thread.
Give this guy 50 years and he’ll be restoring Woody for Newman.
I wish someone would restore me like this.
This doll is having a great spa day for her makeover than I ever had
I too love it when the person starts sanding down my legs because of the scratches
Your attention to detail is on point! Painting Barbie doll faces is not easy, and you did it superbly!
I literally cried how it was such a joy playing , dressing , and even telling some secrets to your best friend barbie doll.
I only ever played with Barbies when I was very young maybe three years old to six years old but I can remember it distinctively❣️This video brought back memories from my early childhood
Wow what a great job! I was the only boy in a family of 7 boys who played with dolls as a kid. I always loved the small details. I had a puppet (Willie Talk) type doll I was never seen without as well. This is very nice to watch.
You did a wonderful job on Barbie. She’s so beautiful 💕
But seriously wasnt the doll actually bald like that? She's supposed to have ponytail and you cant see the bald part. All my cheap barbies are like that lol
Just beautiful!!! I have several old Barbies to get a makeover. Yiur video was very simple and love the background music!
Your voice is seriously the most soothing voice ever. I could listen to you and just fall into the most peaceful sleep. Not because your boring or anything, but because your voice makes my mind feel at peace. ❤️
More than 10 of my barbie dolls were victims of me trying to fix their hair lol. Wasted a whole bottle of shampoo and nylon hair just to get that perfect hairstyle :)
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pov your here because your favorite scene in toy story is when the old guy refurbishes woody :)
Actually I'm here because I'm both a doll collector and a found objects artist and watching old toys being rescued and restored makes me happy.
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So pretty! Brought me back to my childhood. How much I loved playing with my Barbies
Dude, u r amazing!. Thank u so much for the video it was very interesting and beautiful barbie !!
I use to restore barbies. I would of just touched up her eyelash ridges(lips were nice as is), reset her ponytail and not added any hair (her ponytail is too thick). The swirl pony tail is suppose to be bald in the center of the head. Again this is what I would of done. ✌🏼
Same. This should have been a really quick fix. Wouldn't you love to find one in great condition like this was? Tiny touch ups would have been enough.
i didnt move the entire video. i was so absorbed.
I have several names who run through my head while watching this vid: Hextian… Trixie Mattel… Poppen Atelier… Dollightfull…. just to name a few….
Also, honestly, I would love to see what the artists could have created with this old Barbie- then watch Trixie’s critique- that would be awesome!!
Wow, such incredible attention to detail, not to mention patience. Wonderful to watch the process unfold.
Omg that brush. I know it’s a doll but it was painful to watch lol. Love that you spend the time to restore these gems. It’s nice to see life breathed back into her :)
Being a vintage Barbie lover and a collector for over 25 years I am very troubled by this "restoration". I would NOT put that weird brown glue inside the head of a vintage doll. The reaction to the old vinyl in a few years will not be pretty when her scalp starts disentegrating. The doll was produced with that bald spot in her head anyway. It doesn't even look like he used the correct hair fiber for her hair. I don't get it.
He's not a professional and he doesn't sell his dolls. He says it himself. Insider did an oopsie and titled it wrong.
3:58 "Friend, I'm just the powder."
Beautiful from start to finish, but Swirl Ponytails are perimeter rooted. All of the 59/60s Ponytail Barbies are perimeter rooted. It keeps the ponytails from being too thick.
She looks so stunning & back to her original form from what she would have looked like back in the 60's. It's people like you who make us smile from what you do with vintage dolls to design them back to what they looked like back in their time. Amazing job!
Such an incredible restoration, I especially love to do little details like the gloss accents on the eyes and lips when I repaint action figures but its always a learning experience seeing doll restorations!
imagine my confusion cause I felt like I watched this a week ago
Love the 60's proportions. Super broad shoulders, a non-existent waist, narrow hips, and flat rear-end. Also, an oddly shaped hairline-looks like Debi Mazar's hairline.
Yes!!! Debi Mazar has always reminded me of this Barbie!!!💯😎🌴
When you realize that the old Barbie's body has an inverted triangle shape than hourglass shape...
Yup! Corsets we're a big thing.
@@littlemizredhead she’s a product of her time
Had such a pleasure watching this wonderful restoration process, thank you. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊
Fascinating, meticulous work. This guy really knows what he's doing. Great work!
im p sure she was supposed to have the bald spot in the middle since she originally had a ponytail
I don’t collect dolls. This is beautiful though, thank you sir for what you do
Satisfying 💯. This planet needs more men like this. ❤
If this doll could talk she would cry and thank you for making her beautiful again 😉👍 great work!!
my grandma had a barbie like this....wish I had it now. Great work and she looks much happier all ready for Ken!
This is soo relaxing and soothing. I'm a huge lover of vintage '59 and '60s barbie. Any tips I can ever get makes me so happy. Watching this was therapy. Thank you for this. ❤🤩😍
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1:06 I have the exact same dish as this guy
Oh my goodness! This was the same as my first and only Barbie Doll my Mother bought me for Christmas in the mid to late 1960s! 😃❣ I was so thrilled to get her that I would play with her and sit her in the cedar Christmas tree branches. It was her pretend tree house complete with lights and tensil.
One of my fondest memories of childhood.
The clothes were so expensive so I had some homemade stuff and one or two outfits.
You're so steady of hand and did a fantastic job restoring this classic Barbie! 👍
3:20 the rollers ! I love it !
Great work..wow...... He's very talented & enjoyable to listen to 💙
his voice is so soothing ❤️❤️😍
Swirl barbies are supposed to be bald that part of their head I'd covered by the pony tail. This is not a professional restoration.
his voice is calming. he can do "ASMR restoring your favorite doll" or restyle it with new design
Just here for that unintentional ASMR 😴🥰
I’m depressed and sitting on the beach at 4am wondering what to do with me life. This video made me feel soothed and pampered. Thanks
vintage restoration is so cool tho
Watching Baumgartner restoration this made me cringe .. I expected a bunch of Mr. Super Clear ala Poppen Atelier and none of the original paint removed ... also reference photos of the doll would make this better for us.
I watch both him and Dollightful- (amazing channel btw) and it's honestly . Eh
Watching anyone do anything after watching Baumgartner is cringe inducing.
the gluing part was nightmare fuel
Why?
The gluing part was nightmare fuel
@@txco4489 Why?
@@mrgeniasworld4374 The gluing part was nightmare fuel
@@txco4489 Why?
Beautiful job restoring the Doll. She looks amazing!
Beautiful results. She looks brand new. I have that exact Barbie. A friend gave her to me when I was little. Her dog gouged several marks on her shoulder. Her head has a split down the neck so it doesn’t stay on so we’ll.
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My mom doing my hair: 6:05
i literally just found his channel like two hours ago-
no
Imagine him taking each tiny piece of hair and then put it on a simple doll
I’m not sure if you realise, vintage swirls and all vintage ponytails for that matter dont have hair in the middle. It’s to reduce bulk as you don't see if when its tied into a ponytail.
I love that it doesn't seem as delicate as i was expecting
Wow seeing the proportions of the doll really put into perspective the beauty standards we unconsciously force on loads of young girls. Even now Barbie who is portrayed as the “perfect” girl or human being has unrealistic beauty standards for small girls. It really sucks how many kids feel like that is the definition of beauty and that being anything other than that body shape is wrong or bad.
A restoration would imply that you would not alter the doll, which includes details like plucking in New hair, this is more of a "glow up". He desided to modernise it by filling in the hair, which was'nt done back then. And sure, more expensive dolls had a full head of hair, but this doll didn't. Also sanding the legs hurt my feelings.
If you want to restore something, you do not add to it, you repair what's broken and nothing more, this would include restyling the hair and repainting the face, maybe using some kind of semi permanent clay to fill in the scratches in the legs.
It hurts my heart because that's a 70 year old doll, in a couple more years, when we do not know anymore how those dolls were made, we could have looked at her and seen the markings of its time, now that is gone...
To him, it’s restoration. And he is restoring it. Dolls are meant to bring joy to children, and he’s finding that joy by taking care of her and making her ‘pretty’ again in the way he knows how. That’s a pretty good definition of restoration. It should be about the progress not the result and this is how he restores his own dolls and it’s something he really enjoys. Nothing negative about that.
@@MsRuneGirl dolls are also collectibles however, especially with Barbie, and people want restored dolls for their collection.
When they are altered from the original look, like how she was meant to have a bald spot and nude lipstick, was changed to red and he filled her hair, that is unprofessional.
I know many dolls who have bald spots when you get them. They did it on purpose!!!
Beautiful job ...love my old dolls..my Pedigree Mandy Lou is my favourite,she's 70 now💕This Barbie's eyes scared me in the 60s
I think we had that doll growing up! Bless you!
All my Barbie were either stolen or I decapitated their heads by brushing their hair too hard...
I would recommend him to give a new look to Annabelle 👍👍👍best of luck
You did not restore her. You customized her.
Oh good grief
this man is the guy who fixed and cleaned woody in that toy story movie
I tend to watch Dollightful recreate dolls but this is was so well done and I loved it