I shouldn't have done that... and a question

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[img]biggrin.gif[/img] So sorry! I must clarify! I forgot that some here might not know what I did for much of the spring and early summer. I was working on Kaya horses, preparing them for the MCM July sale. We sold 700 of them that week! Of course, I did not work on all of them--I didn't get there until April or May, when the year's work was almost over. But there were A LOT of horses that I did work on.

I'm sure that the products that are used for real horses are much different than what we use for synthetic wigs and doll hair and doll-horse hair. Real hair has a protein base and this synthetic hair has a plastic-like or nylon-like base, so products for each one has to be chemically suited to those differences.

I have learned from experience that products intended for real hair often make a miserable mess on synthetic hair. The most memorable horse that I had to clean this summer had some kind of miserable substance in its tail that I almost had to give up on. Someone later told me that the owner must have put a kind of pomade in it that was intended for real horses.

It was unbelieveable! It felt almost like vaseline. I washed it several times with my synthetic wig shampoo, with little to no effect. I tried hotter and hotter water, until I was actually dipping it in boiling water, with little to no effect. I tried Goo Gone, with a little more effect. Finally what worked was spraying it all over with some kind of citric "Blast" product, intended for housecleaning. And the tail turned out like brand new--where we would otherwise have needed to write it off as a complete loss, or sell it as a third-rate sale in the discount section of the MCM sale.
Joy

[Jeanette M.]

We live in such a dry climate that I try to spritz all my girls' hair at least once a month - and always when I handle it for any reason. I find that it keeps it soft and shiny looking, with fewer fly-away ends. Like Cherry, I find brushing out and re-doing my girls's hair a very calming and therapeutic activity! [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

Enjoy all your new goodies, Skittle. I love all the items you ordered! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ September 16, 2005 01:40 PM: Message edited by: Jeanette M. ]</font>

[jrtmom3274]

My #25 came with a hair care card, but it says nothing about spritzing. I ALWAYS spritz when I brush, even just for touch ups. If not, I find the hair gets static-y and dry, especially Molly's bangs.

Another great thing to use is a non-forbodden human product: Biolage Daily Leave In Treatment. I alternate, using water sometimes and Biolage about 75% of the time. It really helps keep the frizzies away and keeps the hair moist. All of my dolls still look just like they did out of the box.

I used it on Angie's Nellie once at a doll show. Angie is a pro so her dolls always look great, but Nellie was looking a little dry. It smoothed her hair right out, good as new. I'm sold on the stuff. It is also GREAT on Kaya and Josefina, whose hair is just a whole different ball game than any others, so long and so easily tangled.

[MissMooMoo]

I spritz with water everytime I brush.

Once every 4-5 times I brush, I spritz with a spary synthetic wig conditioner that I found at Sally Beauty Supply.

[Skittl1321]

Thanks so much for all the hair advice. I never played with their hair as a kid. (Except Addy) and since my hair is a very different texture, I just don't know what to do with them.

As for the horse with pommade in it- I understand AG has a 100% guarantee, but I think it is taking advantage of the policy to return something you ruined!

I wish I was young again and could play with my dolls. I have so many outfits now. I want to change them way more often than monthly. I talk to them when I change them, but I think my husband would think I was off my rocker if I did much more.

[FelinaDoon]

I agree with you on the return thing - I used to work for Bass who has a 99 year guarantee and people would come in every year for new shoes for free

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Believe me, I agree with you-all on the return thing, too! But many of the returns that have to get refurbished for the MCM sale are like that--played with and ruined and then returned. One horse tail had gum in it. Others had braids, and all kinds of marks and stains and messed-up manes and tails obviously from play or some kind of mistreatment.
Joy

[ksami]

WOW. I'm amazed that AG actually accepts returns like that - where it's obviously the customer's fault. I mean, gum??

I too like to spritz when I brush Samantha's hair. It's a bit frizzy and we live in a dry climate, so if I brush her hair (or my own) without a spritz first, it gets static-y. Be sure to cover your doll's eyes with your hand (or something) when spritzing the hair. I read somewhere that if you get water in your doll's eyes, they can rust (!).

[AGTeacher]

Great order!!! enjoy everything!! I love all of the items that you ordered! The brush is a must have!!!

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Rather than snipping off the knots, you could first try dabbing it with a few drops of undiluted Downey. That might makes the hairs slippery enough, and loosen the knot enough, to make it come apart more easily as you brush it. Then the snipping could be left as a last resort. [img]wink.gif[/img]

When I was brushing out hundreds of horse tails this summer, I actually added a little Downey to the spritz bottle. I spritzed the tail a little before starting the brush-out, and it really seemed to help a lot, especially when there were tangles.
Joy