Matted/really frizzy hair

[Tsubomisky]

So I got a finger paints recently off a certain auction site and she obviously wasn't owned by a collector as she was pretty mucky but I was just happy to have one.

However one thing I really don't like is matted hair. Have you guys got any tips for this kind of thing? I've washed her already but it's pretty bad, far worse than I've had before so a condition didn't do much.

 

[dragonkiss207]

I have a Sparkle Baby Gusty that came with matted hair when I got her. I haven't really tried to get the dryness out of her hair, but I was able to make it tamed. I use an anti-bacterial wet wipe on my ponies when I first get them to clean up any grubbiness and then I run their hair through the wet wipe. I brush it out until all the tangles are gone, starting slowly at the ends and working in the whole length of hair. Then I twist the hair and wind it into a bun. Then I stick a hair pin through it and leave it overnight to dry. When I took the pins out of her hair the next day, her mane and tail had a lovely long curl to them.

 

[Angel_Foil]

Condition, condition, condition, and use a fine, stiff bristled brush. That's what's worked for me, anyway. And if it's still frizzy, you can use a flat iron on the LOWEST setting. Put plenty of conditioner on the hair, and pull the hair through the flat iron. Don't stop, because you could burn/melt the hair. Since she's a G3, she's a better choice to practice on in case you ever have a G1 you need to de-frizz. But if her hair is only a little frizzy, it's not worth the risk.
Congrats on getting Finger Paints, by the way. She was part of my childhood collection, and I still have her :smilepony:

 

[PinkRosedust]

Since just conditioner alone didn't help your girl, you could always try the boiling water method. I've never done it, but people do get good results with it.

If it's still frizzy after that, a flat iron is a wonderful thing! But be warned, I tried de-frizzing a (not-so-bad to begin with) Princess Peppermint and after the first session, her hair had improved. After the second session, it got even more poofy than it was originally. After the third session, it remained extra poofy. =[ I don't know if this is a common issue or not but I dunno...don't go overboard if you ever do use a flat iron.

For future reference, the first step I recommend is to gently pull apart any tangles in the hair with your fingers. Don't go crazy with the brush, because that will only make the frizz worse. Once the hair looks like you might actually be able to brush it, start at the tips of a small section of hair and gently brush it. Work your way up the section until you can finally run the brush all the way through it without the brush getting caught. Repeat this until you can do the same to the entirety of the mane or tail. My next steps are to shampoo, rinse, condition, brush a little more, wait a while, rinse, brush once more (with a clean brush, of course) and let the hair dry.

 

[Angel_Foil]

If it's still frizzy after that, a flat iron is a wonderful thing! But be warned, I tried de-frizzing a (not-so-bad to begin with) Princess Peppermint and after the first session, her hair had improved. After the second session, it got even more poofy than it was originally. After the third session, it remained extra poofy. =[ I don't know if this is a common issue or not but I dunno...don't go overboard if you ever do use a flat iron.

Yeah, it's over-ironing. I think it dries it out, even if you don't melt/burn it. I did the same thing to my Tink-A-Tink-A-Too. But I washed her hair with bit of thick hair shampoo (I have overly thick hair that tends to frizz up, and my shampoo claims to get rid of it). It made her a bit better; her hair got a little softer but it was still rather poofy.