American Girl Truly Me 127 Unboxing & Review + Doll Comparisons | My Favorite NEW Truly Me Doll!
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- In this video, I unbox and review Truly Me 127. I also compare her to Truly Me 109, Evette Peeters, Claudie Wells, Truly Me 112, Truly Me 123, and my CYO, Wren (Josefina Mold, Tone 30, Light Brown Eyes, Wavy Long Black Hair.
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Instagram: / ag_evelynrose
-- TIMESTAMPS --
00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - Unboxing & Review
05:03 - Comparisons
09:17 - Overall Thoughts & Name Reveal
10:46 - Outro
-- EQUIPMENT & TOOLS --
Footage and photos taken on iPhone 14 Pro Max
Microphone: Samson Q2U
Visuals created using Canva
Music from Epidemic Sound
-- INFO/TAGS --
American Girl doll collection, American Girl tutorial, American Girl Customizing, Fix up American Girl Doll, Restoring American Girl doll, Truly Me 127, American Girl Haul, New Truly Me Dolls
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I want to thank you for what you said regarding this new hair texture. If Evette had brown eyes and black hair, she would have been my mini me. It was quite discouraging to constantly hear people talk about Evette's hair pattern as being "hard to manage" over and over again. My grandmother used to have my hair straightened/relaxed even as a young girl because it made it "easier to manage." But I know deep down she just didn't know how to take care of it in it's natural state. I didn't learn how to take care of it until I was an adult. I don't say this for pity points or sympathy. But after continuously seeing people constantly chanting this reasoning for why they didn't want Evette, it started to wear on me.
I acknowledge that this is a doll with a wig, not human hair. AG could have found a formula or material to make it easier to style or they should have gone into more detail on how to care and style it. But all the same, it's a curly wig. It still needs a targeted kind of care than straight wigs. It reminds me of the fact that a whole panel of people were chosen to painstakingly design Addy and her having texture hair was one of those details. I'm very glad AG has introduced this hair texture as it's a welcome breath of fresh air. But if people are going to automatically not buy them because of that...I do wonder whether or not they will decide to discontinue it. I'm actually pretty shocked they released this doll after so many people complained of Evette's hair. But either way I just wanted to thank you for acknowledging it.
Thank you so much for sharing your perspective, and I’m so sorry you have ever been made to feel that way, and that you weren’t taught to care for your hair as a child. You’re not alone in having felt worn down by these comments people have been making. I’ve seen several people express that same sentiment which is why I felt the need to say something. I hope you’ve also been seeing all the love we have for Evette and 127’s wigs and know that you and your hair are beautiful.
@@EvelynRoseAG I'm fine. Initially I was only marginally annoyed but I kept seeing it and it was tiring. At the very least I'm glad that we now have this new wig (really hoping that it gets offered in the CYO line so I can make a mini me.) It's frustrating that AG hasn't released a 20/25 skintone doll with dark curly hair and brown eyes yet. As you mentioned, giving darker dolls these lighter eye colors, while not genetically impossible, is not common amongst the Black population (and I'd dare so the majority of the world) and I don't understand why its something they keep doing. Anyway, I hope to see that in the future as well.
I would love to see this wig in the CYO line too. I absolutely love curly hair on dolls of all kinds and have been building up quite a diverse doll hair collection. I wish more people would take the time to learn how to take care of different hair types because they're all beautiful. It's a problem with the disney Merida doll's too, they only give her big fancy curls and not her wild and natural curls from the movie. I had to recurl my Merida doll's hair myself to have her hair the right way. It's definitely something I wish was more prevalent in doll lines, having multiple different hair types.
Yes! Dark curly hair, medium skin, and brown eyes is a common combination that I don’t see represented nearly enough. Truly me 108 has curly hair but not tight curls/coils. If they added this wig to the CYO line it would open up the possibility of so many gorgeous combos.
You’re so right about that! I wonder if AG will eventually release a Merida doll in the core Disney line, and if so, if they will get her hair right. I know that ultimately these are toys made for kids, but there are many children out there with these hair types that would love to have a doll with hair just like them.
i almost screamed seeing her in her cute little braids, such a gorgeous doll and i love how you style her!! 💕💕
Aren't the braids precious? She's a stunning doll and so fun to style.
Thank you for sharing! She is gorgeous. I'm buying her this month, now that my rewards have come, and am so excited. I appreciate what you said about her hair. All the people who hate on Evette and 127 in particular because of their hair really upset me; a lot of time the comments come across as microaggressions, too. I'm so, so grateful that AG has FINALLY started exploring new hair types and textures (there is a reason 112 was the first TM I ever bought!), and I want more people to lean into celebrating that, too. Forest is so beautiful, and makes me even more excited to add mine (her name will be Zahra) this month. Hope you get to feeling better soon; the perpetual winter illness is the WORST.
Thank you Elise! You’re exactly right that a lot of the time those comments do come off as microagressions and I don’t think people realize it. I’m glad you’re getting 127 and love the name you’ve picked for her!
God I need this doll. What a beautiful review. I always love that you have comparisons this is always so helpful! Her next to Evette is SOOOO perfect 😭😭😭
Isn't she so precious!? She's stunning and is probably going to be a nature girlie in my collection. Her and Evette sure make a darling pair.
This video is helping me understand and enjoy my new 127, Zinnia!
Hi Jennifer! I’m glad you ended up with this girl and love her name. I hope you’re doing well and feeling much better by now ❤️
Thank you so much for making this video! I definitely plan on getting her now. I always roll my eyes when I see people complain about Evette’s hair texture. I leave my Evette hair alone and it looks perfect 🫶🏽
Thank you! While I think AG could have done a better job replicating the hair texture, the chatter regarding curls in general tends to include lots of complaining about how “difficult” it is, which has always bothered me.
Shes so pretty!!😃they keep putting out such beautiful dolls we will all go broke! She looked so cute in braids too! Thanks for sharing!❤️
I know what you mean.. I just got 3 dolls in the last week! Oops! Thanks Robin ❤️
@@EvelynRoseAG you are very welcome! 😁
I love the name Forest. Feel better soon. 🙏
Thank you! ❤️
What a lovely name for your doll! She’s gorgeous. If she had freckles I wouldn’t have resisted. I may have to get one to customize someday.
I saw an edit on AGIG that someone did where they put brown eyes and freckles on this doll and OMG it was gorgeous! I may end up doing some freckling on this girl as a result.
Forest is a lovely name for her! She is so pretty but I agree that I'd prefer her with brown eyes.
Thank you!! I’m a sucker for brown eyes so I might be a bit biased but deep brown eyes would look so good on this girl.
oooh, she's beautiful, Evelyn! She's definitely on my list. Congratulations on getting Forest. Love her name!
Thank you for those comparisons, really helpful!
I appreciate what you said about the hair texture. I fell in love with Evette primarily because of her hair along with her eye color and freckles. In fact, I love her so much I purchased a second one when AG had her on sale for $65. I also have an Evette wig that I want to put on a classic mold. I myself am brunette and have dark brown eyes and have always wished I had lighter eyes. My daughter has very dark brown hair and light grey eyes, which I find such a striking combination. My oldest son has sandy blonde hair and "milk chocolate" brown eyes, the next son has hazel eyes with very curly dark brown, almost black hair, and the youngest boy has light brown hair with green eyes. My husband has jet black hair and hazel eyes. It's interesting the way genetics works, isn't it?
I was always glad that none of my kids had inherited my "boring" brown eyes, and that's probably why I love 127 with the eyes she has now! 😊😊
Thank you so much! Genetics are super interesting, and your children sound like they have such beautiful feature combinations. I have sandy blonde hair and green/blue eyes, and my husband has brown hair and deep brown eyes. One kid has my sandy blonde hair and her dad’s deep brown eyes, and the other has pale blonde hair with my eyes. Dark brown eyes are my absolute favorite and one of the features I love most about my husband. They are so deep and comforting. I’m sure your eyes are beautiful and I hope one day you’ll find the beauty in them, because it’s there for you to find ❤️
Excellent video! It was very interesting to see the dolls compared together. 127 is very beautiful. I like the new hazel eye color a lot. I love her hair and how you tried some styles on her. I agree with your thoughts on textured curly hair. Many of us have this type of hair and it can be more challenging to style and look after but its natural beauty is worth it. 😊
Thank you! And yes, its natural beauty is absolutely worth it! My mom has Evette’s hair type and I grew up watching her complain about her own hair rather than embrace it. I understand the extra work involved in styling it which makes me appreciate it all the more.
Thanks so much for showing her 127, your Forest! She’s is beautiful, and she’s probably on my list! Agree about the brown eyes.
I’m so glad you enjoyed! Thank you for the kind comment 🥰
Forest is so pretty! I really love her name. It matches her green eyes really well which are so pretty and match her skin tone really well. I would definitely get her, but I made a goal of getting only 1 doll in 2024 which was supposed to be GOTY 2025, but I already got 3 - oops. I will probably get her next year though. And about her hair - I can see what you're saying with the "I don't want to learn to take care of it because it's too hard" approach. As a person with curly/wavy hair similar to her I can say it's a bit different. On dolls like Evette and 127 it's crimped together, and once the pieces or curls separate you can't bond them back together unless you re-set it using boiling water. On humans you can easily fix it with a bit of product but it won't do much for the hair on dolls. (I tried it on Evette just because I was really desperate to fix her hair and it didn't help much) However, your dolls hair looks beautiful even after you had it in 2 braids. Do you have a certain method to taking care of it? Maybe there is a way to keep it looking nice. Beautiful doll, congratulations!
Thank you! I think Evette’s wig definitely had a design flaw, and I’m not sure that they ever fixed it. 127’s seems like a new and improved version and I’m happy to see it. So far I’ve been able to get it back with just water and a pick. Still, I’m glad they are listening and adding more hair types to represent a diverse population.
She’s so cute, and I love how you styled her hair in braids!
She is! And it’s such a simple style but her hair volume makes them look so nice!
I love this doll and it's been so hard keeping to my rule of not so many dolls this year haha. I did used to have that way of thinking and as a younger child I had no idea how harmful it was to people in real life. As I've grown up I've learned and getting Evette really helped me understand that her hair texture is not hard to take care of, you just have to approach it differently.
We don’t know until we know! My mom has Evette hair and I grew up hearing her complain about it constantly. I always wished for it though because mine is so thin and flat.
always love how in depth your comparisons are! she's so beautiful i definitely think i'd like to get her some day.
Aww thank you! I used to google comparison photos of dolls before I would buy them and now I love being able to be the one providing them!
Great review. I love the hair texture on TM127. ✨💜✨💜✨
Thank you! Her hair texture is so beautiful and it has held up very well for me since making this review.
She is gorgeous. Love all of the comparison photos, as usual. Wonderful video! Thank you so much, Evelyn! Love her name too. :)
Thanks Beth! You know I love the comparisons!
@@EvelynRoseAG We love that you love them because we love to see them. :)
Beautiful review 🩷 she is definitely on my list. 🤩🤩
Thanks Mandi! Highly recommend!
Great video as always, Evelyn! I feel like 127 is another case of dolls being severely underrepresented by their stock photos! (Also can we fix the lighting in stores? I feel like people's pictures of store displays look pretty sad too) your photos and videos have changed my mind about this girl, I think she's gorgeous now! I don't know that I have room for her at the moment (my collection is getting pretty big 😅) but she may wind up joining the family one day.
P.S. I hope you get healthy soon! I feel like you've been sick forever you poor dear ❤❤❤
Thanks Chrissy! Yes I’ve literally been sick ALL YEAR lol. And the lighting is key - the store displays are awful in that regard. And the stock images don’t tend to be very helpful either. I feel like they need Sydney @5hensandacockatiel to do all of their photography!
Thank you! I needed this video
Of course! I'm so glad it was helpful!
Forest is absolutely stunning
I’m obsessed - her face, her hair.. perfection!
Love this doll! Love her hair!! Just ordered her!! Thanks for the review.
YAY I'm so excited for you - you're going to love her!
I’m excited to add 127 to my collection. She has my hair texture and almost my hair color (I have red highlights). I find this kind of hair challenging in a human. As the above poster stated, once you separate the curls, they don’t go back together and just frizz. I can get mine to realign by washing and conditioning and putting in a curl cream. That’s harder to do with a doll.
I have Evette and I haven’t done much with her hair as everytime I changed her, I kept getting more frizz and more hair volume. I’m hoping 127’s wig has been improved. Your Forests in the braids is super cute.
Thanks for all the comparisons. It’s nice to be able to place her hair and skin tones as compared to dolls we know.
Can’t wait to see Tiana, the other girl I want.
I love that you share a hair texture with this girl! Yes, 127’s wig seems MUCH improved from Evette’s. Hopefully this means that AG is paying more attention to the quality of these wigs. Hopefully I’ll get to the Tiana video tomorrow.. my goodness she’s stunning!
@@EvelynRoseAG don’t strain your voice if it’s bothering you. Tiana is going to be a later in the year purchase for me. I’m just enjoying seeing everyone’s excitement over the new dolls. Tiana’s dress and coat, since I now know they are 2 pieces is a much sooner must have for me.
I love love love her name! Yours is sooo pretty, while I don’t think either 127 or Evettes hair is hard to manage I think they should have used the feeling of 127s hair on Evette. I love the curliness of the wig, I think the hair type definitely gets a bad wrap but it’s beautiful it gives the dolls something unique
Aww thank you!! I agree, the hair makes the dolls stand out in the best way. It’s been my dream hair as long as I can remember. My mom has Evette hair, my little brother has an Afro, and I got straight fine hair 😅
I was hoping she would be a tone 30 too for the same reason, because it would be unique to the mold outside of cyo, not because I don’t like the darker skin. She’s so beautiful! she’s coming home with me this year for sure. I’m wondering if they have another truly me release planned for later in the year with other face molds. I would love to see them do more with Claudie and Corinne’s molds and also, please please please, ADDY!
Yes, I love having face molds in as many tones as I can so I already paid $220 for the 30 tone Josefina 😅 I do love that 125 has the pale tone because previously that wasn’t in the TM line. I’m so glad they used the Claudie mold for Tiana and I would love to see more Addy molds specifically
She's absolutely beautiful! Congratulations! I love this girl and want to get her and evette and make them twins😊 their hair is really the main thing that's drawn me to them, i absolutely love it! I completely agree with you on people saying evette's hair is difficult to care for and that it really sounds like they just dont want to learn. I had heard the same things about Addy's hair at first too which worried me as I've always loved addy and wanted her, but hearing people say her hair was difficult to take care of scared me. After finally getting my own addy i can confidently say that her hair isn't difficult to take care of at all, just different than how you'd take care of samantha, felicity or kit. So i have no fears of evette's or 127's being difficult to handle, just different. I absolutely love the way your forest looked in those braids, and if i ever get evette and 127 I'll definitely have to try that on them. I'll probably end up doing alot of the same hairstyles on them that i do to addy😂
Awww YES her and Evette would make amazing twins! Addy has such great hair, too, and I find it easier to manage than a lot of toher wigs I have. Just use lots of water and keep the curls in their little sections when styling and you should be good to go!
@@EvelynRoseAG oh yes water definitely is needed. That's another thing is that so many people don't realize that water is really your best friend when dealing with American Girl doll hair. It helps keep the frizzy bits from happening and especially with addy it helps keep her hair tame. I don't even use a brush on addy at all, just my fingers. And occasionally I use a braid spray from the black hair care section of Walmart, not just on addy, but all of them as it's meant for wigs and hair extensions, so it helps keep their hair moisturized and soft. So evette and her twin will definitely be taken well care of whenever I manage to add them to my collection 😂
Hi Evelyn,thankyou ⁴ sharing.I will definitely get 127 next month,she's Gorgeous ❤. I appreciate the comparisons you gave interesting .I love her green eye's 😊 though.
Lisa
Thanks Lisa! I'm so glad you'll be getting her!
Great video. Thank you for sharing.
She’s a gorgeous doll.
Thank you, Betty! She sure is beautiful.
She is so pretty I love her hair in braids 127 and 125 are dolls that are on my wishlist to get someday also forest is such a cute name for her 🤎😊
She does look so cute in braids! Out of the two I feel like 127 has a more unique look to her with the wig, but 125 is super stunning as well. I’ll have the review out for her soon! ❤️
Forest is gorgeous!
She sure is! I'm obsessed!
This was a great video. I love watching your doll I’m boxing and comparison videos. Probably because I don’t really make those types of videos. I have about six dolls in their boxes waiting for me to unboxed them and for some reason I just haven’t gotten around to it because I’d rather do doll house decorating videos. I guess that’s what makes a CZcams so unique in many ways that there’s something for everyone on all the different channels because we all have different interests. Well anyway enough of that I need to know where your CYO‘s shirt came from the white shirt with the lace arms. That shirt needs to be part of my collection. 😊
Thank you! I love watching your doll house decorating videos and making those videos might intimidate me a bit. I do love the variety that we have here on AGtube! The shirt Wren is wearing is from SewCuteForever on Etsy. I’ll DM you the link on Instagram (it may go to your message requests if you’re not following me).
Great video ❤
Thank you! 😊
When you said she’s already shedding, just like a real curly girl
For sure! My mom has this hair type and hers sheds like crazy 😅
I absolutely agree about it having been good if she was 30. It seems so weird to me that AG is.. at this point we can call it avoidance, yeah? about putting that tone josefina mould into the TM line.
YES, it is most certainly a choice at this point for sure.
I have Evette, and to my knowledge forest has the same hair type. I love Evette and her hair and I want to learn to properly care for it. Could you make a video on caring for Evette/forests hair?
I would love to make a video like that in the future! Most likely, I'll include this in my ultimate guide to American Girl Doll Hair video. In the meantime, I would recommend checking out the Doll Studio By Kris' channel, as he is a hair stylist who has worked at the doll hair salon and he has plenty of amazing videos on the topic.
She is so pretty
She is - one of my favorites so far!
I don’t get what people mean when they talk about caring for this hair… I never do anything to Evette’s wig other than spray w water and finger brush and it looks great! You don’t have to do any special “care”
Yes, HEAVY on the water does the trick. Evette’s curls don’t do well once separated but don’t use a standard brush and be careful with styles and that will help a lot. Several other commenters have pointed out the special care involved for real curls is difficult to to on dolls, which makes sense, but I don’t think they’ll ever be able to get the hair just right without making it washable.
Great video! Thanks for doing all these comparisons for us. I will echo what some other comments have mentioned that doll hair is not like human hair. People can wet their hair from root to tip. People can also use hair products. You can’t do that on a doll. Also doll hair synthetic and behaves differently than human hair. I hope AG has improved the quality of their doll hair. Some AG wigs I have even just wavy ones are so difficult to keep together without frizz.
Thank you! That’s very true, and I believe Evette’s wig could have been done much better. However, adult collectors all over AGIG and CZcams express the sentiment that curls in general (Caroline, Evette, 125,127) are “difficult” and their reason for not purchasing a doll. As someone who owns 60+ dolls with all hair types, my experience has shown me that a bit of time, effort, and a LOT of water yields great results. I’ve also seen people with curly hair discuss how these comments hurt them. Due to my nature, I will always stand up for people, and felt the need to say something.
Adult collectors shouldn’t have a problem with any wig type. The main worry is handing this doll to a child and not knowing how long her hair will stay neat and manageable. Like another poster commented, synthetic hair isn’t like real hair that can be wetted and washed and have products added on a semi daily basis. My niece has Evette hair and she has to wash every time she wants to brush it out. So she often wore it in braids for a couple of days. For a kid who wants to play style the hair, it simply would be too much wear on the wig to stay nice for very long. My daughter just got a 122 and the super straight hair was tangling so much easier than her other dolls (she’s a teen, so it’s not being a kid who doesn’t know how to treat doll hair). It’s not hurtful to discuss the pros and cons of wig textures and styles. It would be hurtful to call names, but I don’t see that happening- on the contrary comments have usually been how beautiful it is. I would love to know if the wig is actually brushable. It looks like you could spritz it and brush and the curls would reform, but no one is holding a demonstration. All of the “taking care of Evette’s wig” tutorials are “just leave it alone”.
Yes - adult collectors absolutely, and that is who I’m referring to in the video. I’m a mom of two and make sure to give my young children dolls with short, flat hair to play with for that reason. My oldest has recently shown a lot of interest in hair styling and has done a great job with the curly wigs. I agree that pros and cons are completely fine to discuss, and I think calling out the fact that AG could have done a much better job with Evette’s wig is important. I’m specifically referring to people online referring to dolls with curly hair (eg: Caroline, 125, 127, Courtney) as having “difficult” hair, and specifically calling that out as a reason they wouldn’t purchase a doll. I’m on AGIG quite a lot, and I’m very active over there, following nearly 1,000 people and watching their stories. I have seen the discourse I’m referring to over and over again, and have also seen many folks express that as curly haired individuals, those comments are hurtful to them. I’m not one to see people hurt and not stand up for them.
As far as 127’s hair, I should have included it in here, but I have tested brushing it with a dry brush (it just gets frizzy), and then tested wetting it and using a pick, which works a lot better. For styling I just try to keep the curls in their original sections so I don’t separate them.
doll studio by kris has a video taking care of evette's hair where he spritzes the hair super wet with a spray bottle and picks it with a a human hair pic and that works to fix frizz and keep the curls pretty
Yes, he is the expert on doing the hair. I also love his video doing Claudie’s!
I actually have this hair type, and it’s difficult to care for.
I don’t want to have a difficult time taking care of a doll’s hair just because my own hair is difficult to care for. To me your video reads as shaming me (and other people) because I prefer dolls with hair that’s easier to care for, and I don’t appreciate you doing that one bit. You shouldn’t be white-knighting if you don’t have this hair type.
I’m not going to watch the rest of this BS video nor will I remain subscribed. Stick to your lane when it comes to hair and don’t talk for other people.
That’s your prerogative, however, you can also read the perspective of other commenters with your hair type that feel differently. THAT is who I am “speaking for”. I will always stick up for people when I can, and my intention was that, not to shame anyone. I may not have this hair type but my mother, brother, and many of my friends do. I grew up with my mom hating her own hair. It was a near daily expression from her. I understand your feelings and choice to leave the channel, but this comment reads to me as easily offended, and I won’t ever stop standing up for what I believe in, especially for the sake of white fragility.
So pretty!
She really is!