{"id":2217,"date":"2012-02-17T21:33:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T21:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/natural-hair-remedies-for-your-barbie-love-blues\/"},"modified":"2012-02-17T21:33:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T21:33:06","slug":"natural-hair-remedies-for-your-barbie-love-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/natural-hair-remedies-for-your-barbie-love-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Hair Remedies for Your Barbie Love Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natural Hair Remedies for Your Barbie Love Blues<\/a><\/p>\n

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cassket<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s no secret that in communities of color, the politics of playing with dolls has a long, sordid history. In the late 1930\u2019s, African American researchers Kenneth and Mamie Clark published what would become hugely influential findings: a disturbing number of black children, long told that they were undesirable, preferred playing with white dolls because they were considered more beautiful. Ever since, many parents of color have struggled to find dolls that in some way tell their kids that they\u2019re beautiful. Barbies have popped in up all different colors and cultures. But creating dolls remains an imperfect science; they\u2019re often too thin, too white. But even as dolls have changed, their hair \u2014 for the most part \u2014 hasn\u2019t. Until now.<\/p>\n

The blog\u00a0Beads, Braids, Beyond<\/a>\u00a0recently published Kristl Smith Tyler\u2019s (of\u00a0How to Play With Barbies<\/a>\u00a0fame) helpful guide on how to give your doll a natural hairstyle:\u00a0Natural Hair for Dolls Tutorial<\/a>. It\u2019s an ideal look that seems especially useful for black folks \u2014 big or small \u2014 who want to give their dolls a look that\u2019s more similar to their own. For instance, ever heard of a boil perm for dolls? Neither had I, until now. Turns out all you need is some hot water and fuzzy sticks:<\/p>\n

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You will section off the hair, twirl it and then do a zig-zag pattern onto the pipe-cleaners. The size of the section will dictate the tightness of the final curl pattern. The more patience you are able to marshall during the pipe-cleaner wrapping process, the better the style will come out.<\/p>\n

It is important to keep the twirl of the hair tight all the way from the roots to the ends. So after beginning the zig-zag of each section, pause to twirl the hair as many times as needed to keep the twirl tight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s also a guide for a combed out look, and some pointers on how to make afro puffs. They\u2019re all \u00a0fairly inexpensive, do-it-yourself methods that at least seem worth giving a try if you\u2019ve got some time on your hands.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re ending the day as often as possible by celebrating love. We welcome your ideas for posts. Send suggestions to\u00a0submissions@colorlines.com<\/a>, and be sure to put Celebrate Love in the subject line. You can send links to videos, graphics, photos, quotes, whatever. Or just chime in to the comments below and we\u2019ll find you. Be sure to let us know you\u2019ve got the rights to share any media you send.<\/p>\n

To see other Love posts visit our\u00a0Celebrate Love page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Natural Hair Remedies for Your Barbie Love Blues cassket: It\u2019s no secret that in communities of color, the politics of playing with dolls has a long, sordid history. In the late 1930\u2019s, African American researchers Kenneth and Mamie Clark published what would become hugely influential findings: a disturbing number of black children, long told that … Continue reading “Natural Hair Remedies for Your Barbie Love Blues”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-default","post_format-post-format-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaceleau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}