Why to condition: Before/After

Here are a few before and after pictures after only a wash and condition- no perming, touch ups, or anything else. This is why you shouldn't jut cut the frizz out like a cancer right away.

Grey Willow

 

Pretty basic. Snarly, flyaway tail, matted mane, etc.

 Now, smooth and flat, with no boil perm or anything. Just nice.

 Rowdy Royal

 It's a bit hard to understand just looking at a picture, but his tail was bad. See the really thick part at the back? It was in two clumps that were full of some sort of gunk. I was worried it was melted together.

 He needed a very, very good washing, and after that, a little conditioner settled his friz right down.

 Sweet Silver

Very snarly and obviously flying away. Tangles in the tail, but no hard frizz.

I was shocked to see it naturally lay flat after that. It still pops up a bit and I'll probably boil perm it, but look at the difference.

 His mane's just doing... this thing. Obviously the paint's the worst problem and the tail's fine, but that mane...

Still a little damp, I was working on him when I started this and took his picture just before posting. laying flat and normal, other than a curve to his forelock.

I hope this has been helpful to you, I'm going to post my haul including these guys soon.

Recent Absence

The reason I haven't posted in a couple day is that I've started a fair few projects (mostly just working on easy hair fixes, but I've airbrushed a mare, painted a non-GC horse, and have a lot more pending) and with more horses in the mail and from thrift shops, there are more happening. Here're a pile of 'before' pictures, so you can have an idea.

 Grey Willow (to also be painted)
Thoroughbred '95

 Majesty
Cleveland Bay '96

 Big Red

 Rowdy Royal
Cleveland Bay '96

 Spot O' Silver
Grey Appaloosa

 Sugar 'n Spice
Warmblood '94

 Sweet Silver
Flea-bitten Arabian '96

Titan's Jet
Pinto '95

So that's what I'm working on. A lot are finished or near-finished now, so their before/afters will be up soon. For now, I'm about to post some pictures of what a difference conditioning makes. And sorry for the varying backgrounds, I'm away from home and taking befores here so I can clean them before they come home.

Brandy - Restoring a Flocked Horse

Looking for GCs to play with at Value Village, I found a bag that came with a fakie My Little Pony, a strangely double jointed unicorn, some junk, and to my smiles a Schleich Clydesdale and a little flocked filly.

I was both sad and pleased to see that the flocky was pretty well ruined. Her tail had been braided and matted horribly, and her mane (rabbit skin or whatever it is) was peeled off half way. Someone had drawn a heart on for a brand in ballpoint pen. Her felt had rubbed off, her hooves had lost their shading, and any other detailing was gone.

I forgot to get a complete before picture, but here she is in the sink, with her tail out of the braid. Sort of.

You can see her mane lifting up, and her tail frizz is obvious in even this picture. It wasn't pretty, but she looked sweet, so I persevered.

Her tail was left with conditioner to penetrate it for hours, her mane was glued back down, the original glue was blacked over, I darkened her hooves and dyed her legs to have shading, the frizz was ironed out as much as possible, and her tail was trimmed up. Her face details were touched up just a little, and I finished by curling her tail in.

Not much to be done for the rubbing or the brand, but she does look a lot more presentable with a smooth tail and fluffy mane, doesn't she?

I named her Brandy. She looks like a Brandy to me.