The media could not be loaded. This doll is grand. This is the whole package :) And it, of course, starts with the package. And it doesn't stop there. The face is the beautiful Josephina face. And the combination of the caramel hair with highlights (or blond with caramels streaks?) and those eyebrows and freckles - this is one smart design move, which is difficult to resist. So if you are in that feeble emotional state, steer clear, it will be difficult to stop with just the doll. With all that wonderful, there are two things I am not all too excited about. The top is of the same appalling quality the WellieWisher Kendal has to wear - the metal thread in the fabric really ruins it. It scratches and feels unpleasant to touch. And then there is the hair. I suspect this is the hair that most people will call textured and be fine with it. But, in fact, this lack of smoothness and relative thinness make this hair mess up immediately. One change of clothes and you have a mess to deal with. Keep brushing, all I can say. This doll arrived when it was just beginning to get cool outside, so what I witnessed on arrival cannot be fully attributed to this. And what happened was this - we unpacked the doll and when the hair net was removed, the hair felt cooler than it does now and slightly (?) wet... Like, as if some sort of product had been applied to the hair and had not dried completely, as if the doll was rushed through production. Quite possibly, just imagination playing up, but that felt just different. I had a very strong inclination to wash that hair and maybe I will, just on the ends. PLEASE NOTE - you cannot really wash the hair as the water might get into the eyes and ruin them. Also, the hair is the wig so the base will get wet and will take ages to dry. These are amazing dolls but you have to handle them with a lot of care, so, if like myself, you are tempted to wash the hair, think one more time. And - a DISCLAIMER - it might have been just this one batch of dolls that had this hair surprise, hopefully, other buyers will share a different story. Even our situation could be rectified by letting the doll sit in the warmth of the room. But keep the dolls away from extreme temperatures, they are vinyl and it is not an 'innocent' component. But the doll is beautiful! It will appeal to both, children and grown-ups and it does bring that wow factor! PS: video attached is that of our Lila in part of her riding outfit (that's another grump of a review).
