For starters, here is customanons tutorial for Rainbow Dash.

Guess I'll post this again.

>>8818

It's been said before, but I read this in Rarity's voice, even at the end.

I've been asked a lot for styling tutorials. I have had ponies all my life and it's all pretty second nature to me anymore. So I'm not even sure what to cover. Tell me what you want to see, and i'll put it on my agenda? The only exclusion is, I have not done Sweetie Belle's hair, and my Twilight looks awful

Heres my guide for Applejack.
1. Brush out tangles
2. Comb with a fine toothed comb for a bit
3. Tie the ends with red string or get some little red rubber bands or something similar
4. Get this.

Good job. I knew somepony would answer the call.

Of course, the best tip I can give is, throw away those stupid three pronged comes that come with your pony. They are absolutely useless.

I don't suppose anypony has a tutorial for a really good Pinkie Pie style?

>>8837
that looks really awesome!

>>8836
Heres how I did mine.
1. Submerge in a bowl or sink of hot water
2. Use a little bit of conditioner to make the hair nice and soft
3. Make sure theres no conditioner left in her hair
4. Squeeze her hair out with your thumb adn index finger
5. Wrap around pens (The ones with the pocket clips are easier to use because the clips hold the curls in place)
6. Wait about 45 or so minuets
7. Take pens out
8. Let the hair finish drying
9. Get this.

I'll just post the thatching-part thing.

Basically, for parting double-sided hair and making it look good, you have to take each individual plug and pull it to the other side. You're weaving it, to be simple. Mind you, you have to do every single plug, or it won't look very good. I recommend you have a thin thing that can divide while you grab. I just used my fingernail, but as most of you don't grow out your nails like I do, as I'm a girl, I'd recommend a piece of cardstock or even tweezers. It takes forever and it's easy to mess up if you've just started, so I recommend putting the divided hair into ponytails and taking breaks. When I did her hair, I took breaks between each color of her hair. The good thing is, though, is that when you finally finish, it more likely than not won't go back to its undivided state.

If you want to be sure the thatching stays, just pour boiling water on it while holding it so the thatching faces the stream of water.

I really want to style my Fluttershy, since deboxing left her a mess, but I'm a bit nervous that all these tutorials suggest fully submerging the whole pony.
I seem to recall that you're supposed to avoid submerging the old ponies because they have metal washer holding the tail in that will rust & cause discoloring. Anypony know if that absolutely doesn't apply to G4?

>>8944

Just so you know - it is not mandatory to submerge your pony, nor to use boiling water. Although boiling your pony will make the curl "stick" better, cold curling will make it hold just as well, in most cases. The curls won't often hold as tightly, but it's a much easier situation to reverse if you mess it up/want to change the style.

To cold curl, you just wet the hair under the sink - hot water is best, although obviously your sink won't create water hot enough to boil - and then curl it as usual and leave it to dry overnight/however long it takes to dry completely.

>>8944
the new ponies do have metal washers, in the flank. You just need to submerge the hair, you don't have to put the whole pony in.

submerging the pony isn't recommended really anyway, as water can get trapped inside the pony and start to grow mildew

>>9032
True. With G3s you can squish most of the water out, but G4s are so hard that it's very difficult to do so.

>>9032
I knew it might have been a bad idea to put running water on mine, hopefully nothing grows.
Also I sprayed my pinkie's tail would you say that was/is a bad idea?

>>8844
Yeah, the one that you posted by Miss Filly is a perfect tutorial for PP...
>>8818

> I used the straw method on mine and she turned out perfect!

>>9164
Wow, that looks great! I guess I'm just gonna use the straw method, once I get some clips or something. I was just wondering if there was any other technique out there that people were using.

I remember there being a Rainbow Dash styling tutorial where they used elastic bands around her face and front legs to fix her hair into position, did anypony by any chance happen to save it?

>>9170
Yeah, I used pins rather than clips and just carefully wedged them into the hair follicles so I didn't stab her. I've found that using bobby pins or clips with the boil method leaves lines through the hair...

>>9164

faaaAAAAAaantastic!

>>9164
Do you have a better explanation other than "Use straws, get this"? Like where to put the straws, and stuff?

Just did Miss Filly's method on my Pinky Pie... Hope she turns out right!

>>9207
Eyyyup! Use Miss Filly's tute, which is posted in the thread:
>>8818
I separated her mane and tail into segments and put maybe four cut straws in her mane and three in her tail... the trickiest part is getting the hair to stay wrapped around as you curl it up, you just have to be patient and keep trying. Then I held the straws in place with pins (as is in the tutorial) but I stuck the pins through the straws and tried to get them into a hair follicle to hold them in place better, and to avoid scratching or stabbing Pinkie. Next I doused her in boiling water then left her to dry balanced upside down so that hopefully any water that got inside dribbled out... MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE HER UNTIL SHE IS COMPLETELY DRY!!! I made the mistake of uncurling the straws before she was dry and it totally fucks up then trying to rectify the situation is absolutely terrible... But once I re-did it I left her to dry for maybe two days...? and then uncurled the straws and ta-daaa! As it says in the tutorial, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BRUSH HER HAIR! It will ruin EVERYTHING!!! Heehee, hope this helps! ^_~

Just got my fluttershy out of the airing cupboard. She seems dry, I do hope I didn't get any water in her.
Anyway, combed her hair with a fine tooth comb, pulled some out (there was a few loops between the holes, they were knotted and would've had to come out anyway).
Washed her hair, stuck some conditioner on it, squeezed it a bit, wrapped it round a straw, spun the straw in the loop to pull it tight, then slid it out the side and unfurled.

Admittedly it's more a rarity than a fluttershy look, but compared to the frizzly box hair the rest have currently it's miles better.

Also, first attempt and first post here :) (minus maybe like, one months ago?)

alright so

I broke down and got a Rainbow Dash brushable. I figure hell they're only five bucks.

I'm going to tackle her hair tonight, wish me luck bronies

Hot water, comb, shampoo, conditioner, and curled the hair with my hands.

>>9477
Purty.
I also did my g3 starshine but she didn't come out quite as cleanly.
She actually seems to have TOO much hair. It was a mission to keep it all apart while I was curling and straightening it and the like.

Still gotta go my other ones too, although my mane concern atm is getting them wet, since I don't want rusty ponies (esp not at 13 bucks a pop for basic figures)

Wet her down, and banded the hair where I wanted it

Got the tail set how I wanted pretty quickly, just a mild twist wavy look and flattened out for balance. Trimmed about a quarter of it off.

Now to wait for the rest of the hair to dry and set. Until then, good night dear bronies~

>>9513
Hmm, well in basic terms shampoo strips your hair of dirt and moisture and conditioner puts the moisture back in. It sounds kinda silly in theory...

Pretty much. Shampoo cleans your hair but also sometimes makes it dry and/or knotty. Conditioner is supposed to stop that by locking the moisture and stuff back into it.
In my case, (and many others) using conditioner on my hair makes it just grease back up faster if I use it anywhere but on the tips of my hair.

Thankfully for these ponies, you can use it knowing that they don't make their own grease, so you can stick it all over their hair and have it make it smooth and silky after you rinse it out.

Is gel recommended for pony hair? I'm just a little worried that they might damage the hair even though I want to keep their hair in shape for a bit longer so I was considering using some spray on gel.

>>9547
It won't damage it but it will probably just make it gunky and gross. Gel is designed for real hair, real hair is absorbent and just a completely different beast. Pony hair is just lots of thin pieces of plastic, basically.

>>9547
I've been using Fructis sculpting gel on mine and it works awesomely without making it gross since it promises no visible residue.

>>9605

the curls will come out tight, but they're going to look like lolita curls instead of pinkie curls. pic related.

for pinkie's hair you have to pretty much roll it all in a one inch area on the straw. that's the key to getting really tight, short bundles of curls.

Hey all, so I've made a Derpy Hooves for a friend, and I got the hair all in, I was wondering if it was safe to use boiled water on it? Will it wash any of the paint off, or will I not have to worry about that?

>>9701
What kind of paint? Acrylics will be totally fine, but I can't speak for others.

>>9709
Yes they were acrylic, thank you

>>9724

Looks good! you could brush out the hair a little with your fingers to give it more of a frizzy pinkie pie look.

What i wanted to do here is to give Pinkie that straight Pinkamena-Style Hair without any curls. The outcome looks kinda like a '60s Housewive if you ask me, lol.

And despite i gave her 3 showers with hot water and color repair shampoo, the hair still is kinda messy as it can be clearly seen in this pic. Still i didn't dare to cut anything off due to fear that it would look shittay.

Well she's drying right nao, i hope it doesn't look completely like horseapples tommorow. :<

>>9724

well they're fantastic curls, at least.

>>9724

That actually looks pretty great. I'd say all you'd need to do is trim some of it and frizz some of the curls together and you've got yourself a grade A Pinkie Pie

here's my friend's shot at pinkie pie. what do you guys think?

>>9817
what. my VERY FIRST post on this site, and it derped. why does that even happen?
let's try that again

>>9495

And now I present my first styled pony! I'm pretty proud of how she came out for my first try.

My first pony mod. I'm pretty happy with it, well, the tail kinda bugs me.

>>9835

So

I got adventurous and clipped at her hair a little more, giving it a little bit of a frizzier look. My cell phone doesn't do it justice, but she kinda looks like filly Dash now :3

At least i tried.. ;_;

>>9870
You now know the joy ponies have been bringing girls for generations, don't you? This is why girls love MLPs. I used to cut & style my ponies' hair when I was a kid... and give them pretty hooves with markers (usually a shade darker than their "coats." Fortunately, I'm pretty artistic, so the hooves turned out pretty good... I'd just do poorly to try to sell most of my G1 ponies, they were/are so well loved & it totally shows.. :p Plus, they almost always went in the bath with me.

This is my pony project. (in the back you'll see a G3, Sunnydaze?, & a G1 Hula Hula the tropical unicorn)
I totally need to re-do their hair with hot water.

>>9156

Also the fact that their bodies are so much stiffer than older ponies means that less water will seep in.Tail rust is the big problem with submerging G1's, but I still submerge mine when I restore them- I've been doing it for about ten years. If you're careful and make sure they have plenty of room to dry nicely you shouldn't have to worry about it, especially with the G4's.

>>9870
Yup, completely re-haired her. Biggest pain in the flank ever.

Also, the boiling water trick helped a lot.

>>8817
I got a quick question about this tutorial, what temperature is the water that author runs over the pony? If it's hot water would hot tap water be sufficient?

>>10083
Thanks! Now I just have to get up the confidence to actually try doing it.

>>10085
I got another quick question, the tutorial seems to suggest cutting the hair when it's wet. Is that right? Or is it best to wait until the pony's hair is dry?

So I just attempted styling my Applejack. I boiled some water, submerged her mane and tail for a minute or two, applied conditioner, washed it off, submerged the hair for another minute, took her out, combed her hair a bit, and fixed it into place with some elastic bands.

Man, that was messy. That was my first attempt at styling anything, and it was a lot more complicated than I'd imagined. Damn hair wouldn't cooperate. >:C

I'll post pictures as soon as I come across a camera.

I'm going to start soon. I have all 6, bought a fresh pack of straws and bobby pins. I'll use hot tap water instead of boiling, it's overall better for the plastic as boiling water CAN cause damage to the plastic, even minimal, which is why I use tap water when I disassemble G.I. Joe limbs for customs. Less heat but more than enough for the job.

YES. how can i make rainbowdashes hair more rainbowdashish
TELL ME PONYCHAN

>>10247
Here's a tutorial. Hope it helps.

Good hair stylings! MOAR!

Here's a little guide for a really simple styling technique mostly just using hair elastics. You might need a straw or two and some thick markers to help set wide curls.

It was pretty easy and I think it turned out pretty good, all things considered!

I'm almost ready as soon as my neighbor gets back with the pack of thick-bore drinking straws I need. I'm opening them as we speak and these things are more secured in the trays than most electronic items are.

I'll definitely cut hair shorter.

The best way to do Applejack's ties are red sewing thread. I've already done my McD AJ- guess where you want the red band to go and then loop several loops of thread around that spot. Tie it off with 2 or 3 good knots and snip the ends down flat. If you plan to cut the mane or tail short, do so after tying off the red loops because trying this before is going to be almost a nightmare.

I just styled my Fashion Style Pinkie Pie! Wow, was it tricky... But it worked out OK in the end I think...

So, question for anypony who's done a Twilight one yet: what can you do to cover that bald spot between her bangs and mane?

>>10575

Did you cut the hair shorter?

>>10666
A little bit yeah... In retrospect I probably shouldn't have but it's really hard to do the straw method with heaps of hair... Anyway I'm happy with how she looks! (And I barely cut her tail but it more than halved in size!)

>>10358

I (sort of) just used this guide on a Rarity doll my mom bought for me for my birthday. The first time I tried it I really messed up, but I tried again while taking a shower (makes it MUCH easier to get their hair right when you have continuous water flowing over you). I ended up trying to get everything jsut right and wasted a good 30 minutes cleaning and positioning her hair.

She's drying now and I'll post pictures tomorrow. I really should have started out trying to style AJ or RD since they wouldn't really care what their hair looks like. Rarity, on the other hand, will not let me see the end of the day if her hair comes out anything less than fabulous.

I'm sort of wondering though, what are the chances the ponies will start rusting?
I've done a few and haven't submerged them, but I imagine they still would have gotten at least slightly damp inside.

Also, I don't think I'll bother holding the hair down with straws or anything anymore for long. I keep getting ridiculous curls that way. I actually get better results (IE my fluttershy from >>9257) by just curling it round a straw tightly and either sliding it out or off.

I want to style my fluttershy like this.

Is hair gel and a chaser of hairspray a reasonable option?

>>10835
That actually looks like a job for a hair straightener.

>>10836

It stays that way if you use a straightener? what the heck

>>10838

Well, it collapsed after five minutes, you would probably need to use a lot of heat and support it with hairspray afterwards.
If you melt fluttershys hair you can still rehair her with the correct color...

>>10575
did you just use normal drinking straws for that, or did you use something bigger?

>>10904
Normal. I'm currently cooling my Pinkie Pie in the fridge now. The smaller the straw, the better. Larger will just make larger circles.

>>10909
Awesome. Wasn't sure if the small ones were too small or not. I've got a Rarity that I'm trying to get done, just not sure how to start going about it >.>

Anypony have advice on straightening Twilight's hair? I do not want to wet my ponies - is a straightener ok?

>>10798
me again. I totally goofed and accidentally made Rarity's man go BEHIND her head, instead of in front. I don't know how I didn't realize that. Looks like I'm going to be trying again. Pic related, my face when I took the pens and rubber bands off and watched as her hair went in the complete opposite direction that I had imagined.


I do recommend just doing it all in the shower though. Super hot water all the time, easy to wash and rinse their hair with shampoo and conditioner, and as a bonus you get to never feel like a man again playing and styling ponies in the shower.

>>10966
*mane (not man)

Does anypony have any pictures of a styled rarity? (other than the one posted in the guide above)

>>10904
Normal... But I kind of think I should've used somthing a little bigger. Her hair's good, but it's trickier because there so much hair on the fashion style ponies. Regular drinking straws are perfect for the single brushables though.>>9164

This was my first attempt at doing anything along these lines, I posted this in it's own thread yesterday but yeah.

It really bugs me how hard it is to get hold of G4 Pony stuff in the UK, had to pay just over £10 to get this over here.

>>11007

Actually, on that subject, does anypony know of a place in the UK that sells G4 Pony stuff or a cheap way to get ahold of them here? I REALLY want to get some of the smaller plastic figures (such as the ones in the 4-pack) but the only places I can find charge like.. Three times the product's price in shipping.

Hey guys, how did I do? Tried to get the manes as show accurate as possible, but I didn't do anything to the tails yet.

>>10983
Here's mine. I think I kinda screwed the hair up though. Doesn't quite look the way I had envisioned it at first.

>>10984
Here is my second try on fashion style pinkie pie.
I used these 'soft curls', they're quite a bit thicker than straws.
Also I didn't submerge her, I just warmed up the curls with a hair dryer in hope to make them more flexible.

Has anypony tried to give fashion style Rarity her curls?
I'm tempted to make her 'wet hair Rarity' instead.

I never got around to starting my projects yet. I got a G.I. Joe head in the mail so I took care of another Joe custom figure first.

If anypony is looking for supplies, a box of 100 drinking straws at Target is $1 and they sell a pack of 90 bobby pins for $2.

>>11078

Why is everything overseas so ridiculously cheap?

$2 for 90 bobby pins...

>>11083

It's because while necessities stay low, toy prices and such tend to rise. Oh not even that because food prices are also going up. I find $4 for a gallon of milk at some stores to be insulting.

>>11074
I'm thinking about getting a set of those soft curlers before I try anything on my fashion style Rarity. I just don't see normal straws working that well

My contribution to the hair styling thread...

This is a fashion style pinkie. I curled her hair up with drinking straws and pinned in place with bobby pins, then I dunked her hair & tail in freshly boiled water, and let it dry overnight. Took out the straws the next morning, pulled the curls apart with my fingers a bit and TADA, curly afro frizzy pinkie!

Oh well, have one more fashion style Pinkie...

While I'm at it, just have all my stylings so far.

>>11331
Did you put some gel or something in her hair? Or use a hairdryer and melted it a little?

>>11343

What makes you think that?

The only thing I did differently from Miss Filly's tutorial is that I didn't submerge her in boiling water but used a hair dryer instead.
That produces a lot less heat and caused the curls to be more soft.

>>11352

Hairdryers can actually get a lot lot hotter and melt the hair, which it looks like has happened to your pinkie, but it might just be the lighting/photo. Boiling creates the softest results, as does using hot steam. I've worked with fake hair for a number of years.

>>11375
The way I see it, if you submerge the curls in boiling water they get 'baked' into position.
Thus resulting in very tender curls.
I just warmed them up a little bit resulting them to come apart mostly after I removed the curlers.

The hair isn't molten whatsoever.

>>11376

It's possible to do it with a hair dryer, but it can easily go wrong pretty fast so I wouldn't personally recommend it as a method. I mentioned that I've worked with fake hair for many years, what I mean to say is I talk from personal experience.

If you over-boil hair not a lot happens and it's difficult to over-do it. But if you leave a hairdryer on too long it can melt the hair and it crisps up and clumps together.

I'm glad yours came out soft though, you must have been very gentle with the heat.

>>11394

Well, I put it to maximum heat and held it as close as possible to the curls...

Looks like I have use for this thread, now. HOORAY.

Has anypony got a good Twilight tutorial? I've kept hearing how she's kinda hard to style, but I'd like to give it a try and make her look more lik ein the show.

Any advice?

I just normally comb it, and If I want to... Style it.

But I lost the mini comb, so I stole a long on AND I HATE IT :U

>>10358

but how do you get your hair like that before you styled it.

(also, in a newb on pony hair styling, and im a little scared to cut/wash/condition the ponies hair)

>>11451
For Twi I pretty much put my straightening iron on the lowest heat and straightened her mane and tail, patiently and slowly applying heat, and following the way I want the hair to fall so it looks natural. I used lowest heat, to prevent the hair from getting stuck in position, so it still flows naturally. I'm going to go at her ends with a bit more heat because they are curling up.

Bangs I haven't attempted yet...I just don't want my ponies to have that look where the hair looks all stiff so I'm a bit on the careful side. :P

I have to admit, as a guy who manetains a short haircut, I have little use of styling products. Beyond scissors and shampoo my own hair sees no other manetenance so things like curlers, bobby pins and heating/curling irons are very foreign to me. Hair on toys has been one of those things that was prior an unknown to me and the closest I owned now was MOTUC She-Ra which replaced the comb with a spiked axe because it had no rooted hair.

But somehow I've been drawn to MLP through a wonderful show and now am going to venture into hair styling. I have to say it's an area I never expected to wander into yet seem to be looking quite forward to it. And it'll be nice to fix these bird's nests the ponies come with out of the packages.

>>11558
hahah just got home with some bands and pins and a couple of straws i have medium-longish hair but the most i do to manetain it is shampoo and air dry

so this was quite a fun adventure for me... i stood in awe at the 5 bajillion different styles of hair pins there were .___.;;;

if all else ill use the left over bands to make my hair into braids and look pretty *sparkle* loenjoyment I anticipated experiencing after performing said activitytrength and

>>9164

O9H MY FUCKING GOD DUDE WHAT THE HELLL
TAHT FUCKING AWESOME!

Decided, today I will buy 5 of those.

I've started my Twilight Sparkle work. I decided to use the thatching method that was linked here, because I really like how easily it went. It really didn't take me that long, thankfully my fingers didn't go too numb until after I was all done. Now, of course, I can barely type.

Pic shows Twilight at the halfway point, and my "tools" and impromptu "workbench": Hair elastics, a toothpick, and a spray bottle to keep it easy to work the toothpick between the plugs of hair. I used the hair elastic around her neck to hold her hair in place, and I'll leave her like that for a day before I give her a cut and boil.

thanks for this guide, its been alot of help so far. check out the 4 i've done. still have to do twilight and pinkie pie.

>>11724

I love your Rarity!

Puts mine to shame.

>>11617
Ohhhhh thanks! I'm surprised how well it turned out, it was so darn fiddly!

just finished pinkie pie, i'm really happy with how her new hairstyle came out. i think i'll end up giving fluttershy a haircut and restyle her again after i finish twilight..

>>11724
how did you get your rarity so perfect? I've tried three times now and I can't make her look show-accurate at all.

Pinkie Pie is probably the hardest because the way her hair and tail are drawn probably can't exist as a physical 3D object

>>11751
True. Best thing here is to try different styles out for yaself untill it looks quite decent i'd say

or use that pinkamena style which looks better anyway :)

Got a question! So the thatching of the back of her hair went great, it's hanging down nice and straight like I want it to. So does anypony have any tips for doing Twilight's bangs? I've got them cut straight across so she doesn't look like she's got a five-head anymore, but I can't make them stay down for love or money. Maybe a small dab of hair gel to work as glue?

>>11859
I had to boil perm mine to get the bangs to stay down, manely due to the fact that I don't have any kind of hair styling products

What are the odds anypony's ever tried to bleach Flutterhsy's mane closer to the in-show color? Would that work or just guaranteed ruin it no matter how you tried to do it? I don't think I'd even try it with or without a tutorial, just wondering.

Also, no elastics, no pins, no straws. Just hot water, comb, dry for a bit, and this is what I got. I think it's pretty close to correct. And there's two bunnies for her to take care of. :] No Angel, but these'll do.

>>11872
I have a bad feeling that bleach would just melt the plastic fibers, so I haven't tried it yet. I'm waiting to see if any of the old school pony customizers do a photo tutorial before I try covering the body with tape and fading the hair with sunlight.

>>11748

Rarity took forever to get anywhere close to whats in the series.. i think i ended up restyling her hair 4-5 times because i kept screwing it up.

started off with hot water(hot tap water, not boiling) to straighten it. then while it was still wet, i put a tiny amount of styling gel in her hair and started finger twirling it to get it in the basic shape i wanted. then when it was damp(single hairs starting to spring out) i wrapped it around drinking straws* and pinned it. where i wanted it. when it was dry i removed the straw and had super tight curls. i then wet my fingers and made the curls slightly damp and carefully pulled them apart and shaped them. let dry again, ???, profit!

>>11751

my pinkie pie hairstyle was surprisingly easy. using the straightening/straw method described below, i pulled her mane/bangs into 2 sections and wrapped each of them on the sides of her head/neck that i wanted, i did the same to her tail curling it all the way to her flank. after letting them dry completely i pulled out the straws. i then wet them with a couple drops of water(more than rarity's curls) and ran the pink brush through them 2-3 times which broke the tight curl apart. used my fingers to place them approx where they should be and let them dry again.


* take 2 sections of drinking straw(each ~2 inches long), cut one completely down one side where you can 'snap' the other into the cut one. take the end of the hair and capture it in the straws by snapping it into the straw and twirl it up(poor ponies curlers).

I just usually brush my ponies hair since I'm scared f I put hair gel or paint on it, It'll turn bad :(

the mane 6 are complete! couple of pix for the hell of it.

finished twilight just now, i'm probably going to attempt to straighten her mane more... even some hair gel didnt hold it down that well..

here is fluttershy's new haircut/style, i like it. tempted to try to straighten dashie's hair a little more too

then a pic of all 6. thanks to everypony who posted suggestions/hints/tutorials in this thread, it really helped.

Okay, the bit hanging on the right side of her head was still a little wavy from being in the box, so I went ahead and wet it with hot water again, pulled it down around her foreleg, and strapped it down with the elastic that had been around her tail when I got it. I couldn't find any other elastics. I also pulled the front up a bit to make it closer to the show. That made it a lot straighter and gave it a better curl though.

>>12006

O.O

Must get styling supplies.

For those of you who complained that securing the curls with bobby pins leaves lines through the hair, I figured out an alternative method.

Cut a longer piece of the straw, curl the hair around one end, bend the straw in half to hold the hair in place and then put a needle or a pin through both parts of the straw (see pic). Leaves no marks whatsoever.

First I washed her hair with warm water and conditioner, curled it with straws (3 on tail, 4 on mane), let it sit for 2 days and ta da! I think Pinkie Pie would be pleased with my stylings :3

using qtips for my Pinkie Pie... what do you guys think so far?

>>12063

Damn...and here I already cut a bunch of straws up and threw out the bendy parts...also bought bobby pins *facehoof*

>>12063

Damn, I think I'll have to redo my Pinkie Pie that way...

I'm pretty happy with my Fluttershy though/

My McDonald's Twilight is my lucky charm, but sometimes her tail feels strawlike. I'm worried I'm not taking proper care of her.

Any advice on McDonald's toy care?

>>12272
Same as for other frizzy hair, a conditioner-bath?

>>12276
i used hot water and gently pulled the hairs into place they usually straightened out for me... and then the frayed strays I simply trimmed with scissors....

>>12278
Really? I used a bit of conditioner and I still have tons of hairs sticking out every which way from Fluttershy's mane, but I don't want to do any cutting. I'd definitely ruin something.

>>12279
i haven't worked a lot with ponies but i use really hot water and just kinda pull the hairs in place its always worked for me n_n; i wasnt too afraid of cleaning up strays its like trimming split ends for me lol

>>12201

Ok, so I redid Pinkie Pie's mane. Much happier with it now.

more pics

Showin some flank

>>11617

Just bought three Pinkie Pie toys!
Two of those are hair-brushable.

The pet one AND the one with a light button.
Where can I start to give my Pinkie Pie the regular hair? I don't want to screw it!

So I tried to get Rarity's double curls by using a combination of straws and larger cylinders, but a day of drying and a whole bunch of brushing later...

>>12504
... all I got was a whole lot of fail. The only part that I can say I'm somewhat okay with is the tail. All in all, this looks more like Fluttershy's hairstyle than Rarity's.

>>12505
That looks really cute! Don't be so hard on yourself!

If you want to tighten it up a bit, just do the straw method with the end parts to get a nice curl at the end :)

>>12517
Thanks, but I was dissappointed when it didn't turn out the way I expected, but I guess it does look pretty cool as an original hair style. At any rate, here goes take three!

Excuse all the stuff sticking out everywhere making this look more brutal of a procedure than it actually is...

With this try, the biggest change is that I used much smaller curls and gave up using the larger cylinders all together and intentionally spiral'd the curls. Will post result when it's done, but I have no idea how it will actually turn out.

>>12614
Pardon me if I sound pompous or rude -- I don't mean to be at all -- but I don't think you need all that to curl Rarity's hair. You can just use some every-day hair curlers.
That's what I did, and the results were exactly what I wanted. Now, you may be looking for something different, but for a more show-accurate Rarity, curlers are the way to go.


Pic related.

>>12637
I've tried something like that, but the problem is that I haven't been able to find curlers small enough for Rarity's curls. I mean, they're almost like double curls, with the larger curl at the root going in one direction and smaller curls at the tip of her mane going in the other direction! Anyway, thanks for the help, but I'm looking for something just a teeny bit more show accurate.

Pic related.... These double curls are crazy...

>>12694
Use perm rods. They tend to be a little long (and fiddly as a result), but you can get them in sizes small enough for Rarity. They'll also hold the hair in place.
The first curl that divides the hair does not need to be curled by any curlers. Just water it, pull it where you want it to be, then it'll bounce up as it dries. Don't apply any rubber bands or related thingamajiggies (besides rods for the other curls). Pony hair is rooted straight up and it goes down with gravity, so let it be that way and that big curl will stay.

Here's all my styled ponies! I just need to get Rarity and I'll have the set.

I used the boiling water technique for all of them except Fluttershy. For her all I needed was a shampoo in warm water, a trim and a quick curl at the ends. Applejack's hat was made with card stock and painted with acrylics. I actually used a tutorial that somepony posted but I can't find it... :(

I also painted AJ's freckles and added Fluttershy's lower lashes.

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out! think I cut Twilight's mane a little short but other than that I like it. Thanks for all the tutorials and suggestions!

>>12812
Is Fluttershy really that bright yellow in real life?

>>12816
Yeah unfortunately she is quite yellow. >_< Maybe not quite this saturated because I did brighten the photo a little bit, but she's definitely more yellow than she needs to be.

lol

shes finished but she has so many stray hairs... ):

>>12882
Not a bad try!

Heres my attempt I did it back when this thead only had like 4 posts in it but never got to uploading it. The hair is a little short but I like how it turned out. I still need to fix her tail. I'm doing raity next but I need some bobby pins and cant find any.

My brony over here >>12320

came to help me style my ponies! I'm missing Twilight (they didn't have it when i went to the store) but I should be done styling them soon. He was restyling his ponies as well.

Just straightened my Rarity. I left the factory curl in when I took her out...it ended up looking reaaaally ratty, so I'm going to do her hair.
I know her part is probably the wrong way.

Anyway, this is my styling dummy, Easter Fluttershy. I'm putting perm rods in her hair and seeing what happens when I pull them out.

You don't have to put straws or rods or whatever in their tails if you don't want to. Since their legs are thin, you can just wind the tail around one of them and it won't look too shabby.

I've been working on trying to get Applejack just right. Still might trim it just a little.

This is how my Pinkie came out. I used Mc Donald straws and boby pins

Is it just me, or does cold water not hold curls/whatever in for very long? I curled my Pinkie's mane and tail last week, and 2 days after that, the curls were much looser than they were. I think her tail looks better now with them looser, but that's not my point. My point is, cold water isn't permanent, correct?

>>12977
No, cold water isn't permanent. Use boiling water if you want the curls to stay.

Dash's mane is so hard to work with..

>>12918
two Pinkie Pies... and rifles?

>>12918

ponies and guns.. this is the manliest picture.

I've got Pinkie Pie in rollers. I may give it 1 or 2 more hot water treatments though.

Just want to thank this thread, after looking at some of the pics here, I made Fluttershy look like the show. I'm happy to display her on my computer desk.

All I did was wet her hair, trimmed some of the excess (around her foot), and put it in her style.

Warning: I take no responsibility if you take my advice and mess up your Fluttershy.

Helpful thread is helpful. Here's the process I ended up with, using a combination of straws, bobby pins, and push pins.

I linked the straws into groups of two or four to make for larger curlers. After a few washes under steaming hot sink water, I followed up by binding the hair down with bands or weighting it with extra bobby pins to straighten it.

The results!
I didn't realize how much hair Pinkie Pie had until I was done here. I may go back and trim it down just a little bit to keep the curls cohesive.

Pinkamina turned out well, but her hair tends to try and bounce back up rather than hang straight. I cut her mane and tail shorter to keep it from curling up and to get that clean, sharp edge.

And, of course, Rarity! She turned out pretty great on the first shot and I was able to get those thick curls spinning in the right directions without much trouble. Oddly, she was the easiest of all my ponies to style.

>>13314
>>13312
The table is usually in the closet and that's where I put some of my go-to guns. I like laying the guns flat on stuff like a table so if there's a bit too much oil it doesn't drip into the action/trigger bits (say if it was stored vertically).

Anyhow I threw them on the bed to get the table and my buddy ("Somepony", he's in this thread) was styling his pinkie pie at the same time.

Here are the ponies I've styled successfully so far. I'm not too happy with Twilight's backwards pink and purple mane, so I might rehair her eventually and add more plugs in her 'bald patch' between her bangs and mane, but so far I'm pretty happy with them!

Check out this thread: http://www.ponychan.net/chan/merch/res/8432.html for more pics of my "mohair" Fluttershy!

You guys are serious about your ponies, I see.
*begins working on hers*

Well, I may re-do Pinkie Pie, curling the hair closer to the body and such, plus some trimming, and allowing it to dry laying on the side so the hair isn't trained to hang down. But I think I've figured out the basics of curling the hair.

Does anypony know if it's safe to cut a pony's hair with normal scissors?

>>13513

as long as you can cut other things without cutting off any of your fingers, yes. but make sure you know how much you actually want to cut before you do it.

>>13515
Haha, I bet I can!
Thanks for awnsering me.

>>13513
Yes, it's fine, just make sure they're sharp, it's much easier to cut if your scissors are in good shape, the more blunt they are the harder it is to get clean cuts ^_^

Ok, so I did the straw and pins trick to Pinkie. I trimmed a bit of her hair, wet it, and wrapped it around the straws.

I'm happy with the results, and she looks like she's ready to party.

Just a before and after shot of both of my ponies. Thanks a lot for this thread!

After two days of inconsistent cutting and styling, I think I'm done with Dash's hair
To fix her split ends, I just used a styling serum

I'm waiting on Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rarity's hair to dry so I can put them up

>>13532
They both really look great, funny what a little hot water and styling can do.

>>13540
RD turned out great, I already cut some of her hair but I guess I was to confident and cut it too short. Maybe I can still save her

I did the hair of all my ponies and cut twilight's bangs.
Sorry if the picture is a bit small.

>>13575
Thanks! Yeah, I wanted to go even shorter, but I was too afraid of being at a point of no return D: You should post pics anyways, I'm sure it's not so bad

>>13610
I am digging Pinkie's curls, they look so springy

I didn't do much to Applejack, I trimmed her bangs a little and used a small rubberband to make them flip up better, and finally I used white nail polish to make her freckles (I was out of acrylic)

>>13617
Oh wow, thanks a lot! I wasn't too sure about her hair. Glad you like them.

>>13430
She looks perfect!
>>13432
And so does rarity!

>>13472
I LOVE MOHAIR FLUTTERSHY

I couldn't sleep during part of the night, so I worked on Pinkie Pie some more. treehugger suggested smaller straws, but when I did that, the curls wouldn't get smaller (still thanks for the tip. :) ).

So I tried using toothpicks and paper clips. I used 6 toothpicks on her mane, and 3 on her tail.

The result is some nice curly hair that would do Pinkie proud. It's not as small as I hope, but still better than previous attempt. I think I'm gonna keep her this way.

>>13737
Scratch that, I'm gonna try it again.

Anyway to do this to Pinkie simply wet the hair, wrap it in the toothpick, and paper clip it.

Done, looks like toothpicks work. Pinkie's curls seem to be right now.

Only downside is curling them. Since a toothpick is much smaller than a straw, it will take a couple of tries.

This is how my Easter Fluttershy ended up. I waited until she was dry then pulled out the rods the way I wanted them to go. Nothing else was done.

Can you help me?

so, I kinda started making this as a joke for my friend as an example of how I styled my Rarity, but then I kinda started explaining more, and then... redid it and turned it into a guide thing on how to style your Rarity without using any tools.

Note: I tried this with fashion style Rarity, but it SHOULD work the same for the little Rarity.

>>14029

I must say, Rarity looks pretty good with her hair wrapped around her body. Reminds me of a more fabulous version of Bayonetta

>>14029

Wow, that definitely makes working on her hair later much easier!

Fluttershy with her hair wet. I kind of like the way the curls are loose, will it stay similar to this way or should I pin it?

>>14140
I don't think it will stay. You really need to wrap it around something, I think. I'd considered cutting my Fluttershy's hair so the curls were smaller, but it's not like it'll grow back. :[ I didn't want to screw it up. I wrapped her hair around her legs both to make it stay straight and to get the curls at the ends.

>>14166
Ah, legs are a good idea. But it turns out the bit of conditioner I put in her hair held the style so well I didn't realize she was dry. I brushed it out to fluff it out a little and I absolutely love how she turned out, even if her hair is a little long, it's quite long in the show sometimes and I like that look on her.

>>14029
Is there something i am missing. i only have the little rarity but i am having a very hard time getting the hair to stick to her body. if anyone figures out how to get the hair to stick, let me know

Here's my Rainbow Dash. Short hair really is the best, don't you think?

>>14356
Looking good, I also fancy the shorter hair. My RD got that hair cut too but I need to bring it into shape somehow, maybe then I'm posting pictures.

>>14540

>>14541
I love how Pinkie came out here. Last time I tried to straw+bobby pin curl mine it came out looking way too tight and awkward. Did you just use water/conditioner/whatever, or did you go with a boil perm, or what?

>>14553
Yeah all i used was water, let her sit and air dry for an hour or two.
I was alittle worried my Pinkie would turn out with old lady curls, but thankfully she turned out nice.

This was my styling Pinkie Pie....I did a different sort of straw curling that gave longer curls. I did them with wet hair and let them dry for a few hours because I got impatient. I know it doesn't really look like her hair in the show, so i might redo it eventually, but I think it's pretty and quite good for my first time ever straw curling!

>>14681
And another angle. :)

>>14683
I actually think your Pinkie looks pretty nice, haven't seen someone do that to theirs before.

>>14285
heya, just finished moving in so I can respond to your question.

I always use shampoo followed by conditioner whenever styling any ponies hair, since I notice it makes it feel all nice and soft. That might explain why it "sticks" nicely in my picture.

>>14687
Thank you! :D I used this tutorial. http://www.mlparena.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=88983/postdays=0/postorder=asc/highlight=jupiterlilly+tutorial/start=0.html

I redid my Pinkie Pie.

Whatcha think?

>>14851
What'd you do to style your Pinkie's hair?

>>14867
I tried braiding like in miss Filly's tutorial.

Shouldn't have combed the hair afterwards...

Just bought a Rarity today on a whim. I'm a guy, so what is the best way to give her close to show accurate hair without having to raid a hair salon?

>>14873
I used the straw+bobbypin method and wet her hair, let 'em sit and air dry for an hour or two.

>>14540
>>14541

Bobby pin and straw, attempt #1. Semi-success, certainly looks better than before. I'll try again when I'm feeling STYLISH

>>14901
Doesn't look half bad, you'll probably get a good one the 2nd try.

this is mine (2nd try) have you ever thought on make anoter hair style

Here's my Fluttershy. Just hot water, a little conditioner, and some straws and pins to set the curls. I don't like how long the hair is. I tried to trim it, but my scissors can't cut this stuff! I'll just let gravity pull the curls down a bit and make it look nicer.

>>14356
How did you get that yellow up top with out thinning out the mane.

>>14948
I think your Rarity looks pretty show accurate.

>>14967
And i honestly think it looks nice on your Fluttershy

Just bought it, no styling experience.

>>15024
thank you. I was happy with the first attemp, but i wanted to do it again. Also i want to use diferents styles. Man what its wring with me?

Bought a Sweet Apple Playset yesterday along with Fluttershy. Added freckles using Liquitex acrylics. (mixed Titanium White with Naples Yellow Hue). I'm also painting AJ's hat.

um.... what do i do about this? I tried shampooing, conditioning, and combing while shampooing and conditioning.... what do?

>>15341
you mean knotty hair?
If conditioning it and rubbing at the knots with your fingers didn't work, try a soft comb, but don't rip it through. It can take a while but yeah.

In a couple of cases I've lost hair despite being careful, so take my advice with a grain of salt too. (since I'd hate to be the wrecker of anyone's precious ponies, I know I was PISSED when a matty bit in styling rarity's hair came out, even though it wasn't attached, and worse was when I pulled a loop out of mini twilight's hair and a whole damn plug came out. So I decided to try cutting her hair. Not really noticable but yeah it's annoying for shit that's that expensive.

need help with my pinkie pie, DAT STRAIGHT HAIR!

>>15995

I used warm water, conditioner, and um, aluminum foil to mold/straighten it. I'd say it turned out rather nicely. I'll probably post pics this weekend.

She was a mess out of the box so I used hot water, a good shampooing/conditioning and styled with my hands.

Well, I've finished my first attempt at pony hair styling.

I think she came out pretty well, might've taken a bit too much off the tail though, but oh well.

>>16216
It's okay, short tails are in this season!

>>13472
I'd love to know more about your fluttershy and any details you have about the hair.. Er yarn?

Did anyone archive that thread from the guy that rehaired their Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash with like... thing yarn/thread? Seems like it got deleted.

>>16438
Thanks man, yeah I used yarn (wool) and brushed it out, just finished two for a commission for PurpleTinker, actually, I've got better photos and more info on my dA http://puddinandpie88.deviantart.com/
>>16449
Yeah, he did it with embroidery thread and it was AMAZING! It's where I got the idea to do Fluttershy with yarn... I don't think I saved it at all... -____- umm, but I think it was LonesomeJo??? Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

>>16463
She looks like a Purfume Puff pony.

>>16516
Yeah, totally! That's where I got some of my inspiration from too!
>Also I saw hannaliten's (http://hannaliten.deviantart.com/) red roses mummy and baby and fell in love!

>>16522
Ha, really cool. I love seeing G4 ponies customized to look like older ones.

I.. I tried... First time styling anything...

I kinda like how Pinkie turned out... Fluttershy is semi dry since I'm in the process of fixing her frizzies.

>>8815
My daughter's TS pony tail, from McD, looks like a rat's nest and has a almost-wiry feel to the fingers. Is this salvagable to a stylable tail (she really wants the flat-iron look for it) or should I start work with a storebought?
Pardon the image quality.

>>16980
That's a pic of it? That's not so bad.
Lots of conditioner and work a comb through it from the bottom up, just like with a real hair rat's nest.
If you're very patient, you should eventually be able to fix it.

>>16984
Much obliged, thanks. Last time I did hairstyling was 20 years ago on stage, so pony styling is a little new. =)

Well, Twilight looks much better. And upon seeing me working on Twilight, my daughter wanted to try her hand on her RD and Rarity. I don't think she did too bad for 9! =)

Anypony have any tips on styling Sweetie Belle? I can't think of how to get her tiny curls to look right.

I've never styled anything before, but I'm aiming to style my Rainbow Dash tonight. I've got straws, a hair straightener, boiling water, and hair scissors ready: can anyone give me a step-by-step with pictures to work with?

I'm. Uh. Kinda really pathetic. XD

>>17236
Second post on this thread is pretty straightforward.

>>17241
Going by that, I got this:
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Her hair is strapped down to give a bit of wave. Do you think it'll work? I'm scared it's a bit short, really - I chopped off a fair amount.

Would somepony do a few hair styling tutorial videos on youtube? Please?

>>17328
that's... thats genius. I don't know why that never crossed my mind. I love doing videos so that'd be fun to do as well.

I'm not sure how my friend would react though if suddenly there's a pony hair styling video on our youtube page, and our subscribers probably wouldn't be too impressed since all of them are pretty much exclusively gmod fanbase.


But I'll give it a shot anyway because ponies are awesome.

>>17344
Thanks so much!
I couldn't believe that there are no gen 4 styling videos.
I'll let you upload your videos to my account if you want.

>>17344

>gmod fanbase.

Okay so just mod ponies into gmod and do the styling tutorial in gmod. With a grav gun.

I do appreciate people giving the effort of making lookalikes of the show, but must say that personally I wouldn't have the heart (at least currently) to cut my ponies' hair, and also as a more or less creative one I enjoy coming up with my own style ideas more than that :) now to learn to actually do the 'do for the ponies :dd

Trying to cheaply style Rarity by getting her hair wet and straight with cold water, then rubberbanding it around her head and around a small medicine bottle. Tail is done with rubber band and a thing of chapstick.

We'll see how it comes out.

I almost want to pay on of you to fix up my ponies.

>>17770
LESSON LEARNED:

THAT DOESN'T WORK. Her hair just fans out EVERYWHERE. aghjjggsaffhds I'll probably cut her hair tomorrow / today and then try an actual strategy for curling it! Any tips for somepony like me who's just using cheap scissors and elastics?

>>17854
If you (if you are female) or a sister/mother/female relative has some hair curlers that you can scavange for a few hours in the interests of pony styling, I would suggest that.

Otherwise...

Unless you're REALLY poor and can't spring for an extra 2 bucks of supplies, a lot of ponies have been getting very good results with wrapping the hair around straws and holding it in place with pins (i bend my straws in half rather than poke extra holes in the pony, but you could really go with either). Or there is a tutorial a bit further up on this thread on how to style rarity using only her body to wrap hair around.

Just remember that if you want the curl to 'set' then pour very hot water over her - low boil, pretty much - or otherwise submerge the hair that you want to stay in place, and then let her dry before taking out whatever you used to curl. There is only so much that cold water can do.

Just got Pinkie.

Spent the last 3 hours in the middle of the night so that my roommates would not find me carefully winding her hair around straws and toothpicks and then paperclipping and pinning them in place and oh my gosh it is ridiculously hard to paperclip doll hair to a toothpick 8|

She's been boiled and is tied up and hanging upside down to dry right now, so we'll wait until tomorrow and see how she dries - hopefully this works, because that was a LOT of work.

Pic related; it's currently past 5 in the morning. orz

>>17871
Nope, no curlers. I was going to use the strategy in >>10358 of a sort? I'm actually styling Rarity for my little brother, so who KNOWS what he wants...and my mom's not springing for two bucks of supplies so I can style the hair of a toy pony.

>>17879
Ah. And nobody you know has a handful of pins and drinking straws that they'd be willing to let you have in the name of fabulousity? Tough break, man. >>14029 has a tutorial designed specifically for curling rarity with literally nothing but her body and perhaps a few elastics to hold the stuff in place, if you wanna check it out.

Woohoo, first time styling pony!

Overall I think she turned out pretty darn well! I need to go and trip a bit off her mane and stuff, but I was expecting that, and so I didn't trim anything before I curled it.

>>17925
Closet wig

>>17954
Haha yeah, I have a few cosplays I'm trying to work on.

Including probably a humanized nightmare moon. Not with that wig though.

okidoki, first try here. i don't know... does this look any good? at least they're curly...

>>13788
I see you have great taste in games.

I am going to try to style my Twilight soon. I also want to buy a new pony but are not sure.

>>18177
She looks pretty good! Her hair might be sticking up a bit too much, but that's not hard to change, unless that's what you were going for and all. Just, you know, wet the roots down with a qtip and some hot tap water and pull and/or squish them down a bit so that they fall the way you want.

Still, Pinkie's styling is largely a matter of taste, because that dumb hair of hers is impossible. So if <i>you</i> think you got her hair well, that's great and you did it.

Is there any way to straighten a pony's hair w/o a straightener? Because I don't own one.

>>18261
Crank up the fun spindle -- I mean, your sink all the way to the hottest it can get, hold your pony's hair so that it's straight, flat, and very tight in it's straightness, then have the water go onto the lock you're holding. (Make sure it avoids your fingers if your sink is like mine, where it gets so hot you can use it to cook pasta without a stove.) Push the water down and out of the ends of the lock. MAKE SURE YOU HOLD IT FLAT. Repeat as needed, then just let it dry wherever you let things dry.

Howdy, y'all! I just bought a Pinkie Pie figure and used some of the suggestions I found in this thread to do her hair up. Things turned out pretty well, I think.

. . . so, I decided to make a tutorial as well. Hopefully some of y'all can find it helpful. If you have any questions, I'll be monitoring this thread as well as the deviantART page where I originally posted this. (The TinyURL for the deviantART page can be found near the bottom of the tutorial.)

>>18395
That looks neat, indeed.

I'm at my eight try by now...

>>18395
Oh the curls turned out great, thanks for the tutorial ! I should really overcome my lazyness and finally style my ponies.

>>18399
Excellent tutorial! Now, someone needs to make one for Rarity.

>>18395
Perfect!! :) I love those curls.

>>18399
That is a great tutorial for Pinkie Pie! I really like how it turned out. She looks great!
>>18536
I need one for Twilight Sparkle... I have no idea what to do to get her straight-yet-slightly-curved look.
I figure I'll start by weaving her vertical mane, as seen in this post:
>>8918
But after that, especially her bangs, I'm at a loss. :^/

>>11872
Reisen and Tewi, that is awesome and wow and you only used hot water for the hair? I'll have to try just that

does anyone have a turotial for styling a more accurate fluttershy? i just picked her up yesterday and have no idea how to style that sort of thing, if you can come through for me ill give you a biggggg hug!

Hi, /merch/. I've just bought this Rarity's figure and I wanna fix her hair just like the show. Can you please give me some advice?

>>18959
HERE.

>>18971

Wow, that's very nice, thanks!

So I trimmed Applejack's and Pinkie Pie's manes, painted AJ's freckles on, half assedly made her a hat (that I'm still very happy with) out of some brownish paper I had around, and then proceeded to style their manes.

I used warm water, conditioner, and aluminum foil for Pinkie's ridiculous setup. I'm very pleased with the results, especially with the fact that I didn't have to use a straightener to (mostly) straighten Pinkie's mane. I do think I trimmed AJ's mane a bit too short, but whatevz.

>>19202
I'd like to see Pinkamena from the side for the full effect and of course a repaint of her eyes for the full crazy.

Re did pinkie's hair, got a good result. Straws, bobby pins, hot water. Blow dried her and left her in the airing cupboard overnight, curls have fallen slightly loose thanks to gravity but they still look rather show accurate. Boiling water obviously would hold better.

I can't believe I actually bothered to style it. xDD;;
Does anybody know how to make the fringe look more... Rainbow Dash-like?

>>19225
Well first off, you'll need to make it flat.
Start off by using a rubber band to make her hair flat against her head, then boil the kettle.
Leave it yo stand for a couple of minutes to cool a little bit, so Rainbow's hair doesn't melt, then pour it on her fringe, then leave to dry.

You should get hair that stays close to her head, but with a nice natural curve.

When its dry, rub a teeny tiny bit of hair conditioner in her fringe, to stop the frizzies. Don't use too much, otherwise her hair will just get sticky.
After that, if you wish, cut the fringe to the shape you want it.

Its what I did with my Rainbow Dash, I would post pics but unfortunately my camera broke.

Here's my attempt at Sweetie Belle while I wait for the European expats and Apple Bloom to come join my ranch.

For Sweetie Belle, I used small foam rollers like these: http://www.amazon.com/Goody-Finished-Small-Rollers-82554/dp/B000VT54LK You can find them for a buck at Big Lots, that's where I got mine. I divided her mane into two sections and curled it on either side of her head, boiled her and left her be. Her bangs I used the straw/bobby pin method and I'm not at all happy with it, it's a little messy for me, but I guess it's close enough for government work. Her tail I also used a small foam roller on.

>>18971

Currently styling my new Rarity using this method.
I hope it turns out well :)
>Currently waiting for her hair to dry.

>>19297

Just when I was about to ask has anypony styled Sweetie Belle. I bought her to day, and her mane's nearly impposible to style, I guess, but yours is very well done! YAY!

>>19225
You can rubber band her hair down and boil it, though keep in mind that can cause kinks and things. Usually what I do if I just want things to look a little, not drastically, different is I turn on hot tap water, wet the pony's hair with that, and then just pull it how I want manually. It seems to work decently.

>>19320
Does everypony use that method for her? I tried it, but her hair wasn't staying curled around her legs.

For starters, I sent her off to be rehaired with the proper shade of pink. Once I got her back, I used small foam curlers in the ends of her mane and tail and dipped just the hair in boiling water. Then I took a straw and put it under the top of her mane on one side to get the little "boufant" she has in the show. I'm much happier with her since she has the right hair color. :)

>>18399
I did my Pinkie using this tutorial and I got this.
Not perfect, but I am very happy with the results regardless :3

Hmm my first attempt at Pony hair styling. I trimmed Applejack's bangs a little(May do a little more), and I need to paint her freckles on. I'll probably reattempt Fluttershy sense shes got more frizzies then I anticipated. But overall I think not bad for first time doing anything like this ever :D

Anypony got a tutorial on a hat for Applejack?

>>19460
I Tried That Method And Failed Also

>>19465
where did you send her? i might do the same

>>19645

I sent her to Strawberry Fair's rehairing service. Fluttershy was the first G4 she'd ever done and I was thrilled with the rehairing. She did have trouble getting the plug back into the head. From what I hear, a lot of people have the same problem, so I don't blame her for it. She asked if I wanted the head glued on, but I told her no, if I couldn't manage to fix it I could glue it myself. Luckily my husband managed to get the head back on once Fluttershy was back home.

http://www.petfoodshock.com/mlprehairing/index.html

Hey everypony.
Right now I have pinkie pie,Rainbow Dash,apple jack,And rarity (almost all six! :D) And I love them to peices.
The only problem is I can't take them with me in my pockets.I can hide em just fine when i want to but the hair always turns into a disaster when i take them out.
Pocket plastic ponies arent an option (yet.) Anypony got a solution?
Like me being able to gently pocket them without them getting a wacky hair day immedatley after?
Sorry for wall of text,Here,Have a cute pinkie gif.

>>19645

The woman at Strawberry Fair has vowed to never do another G4, I just emailed her to inquire on price myself and she told me as much.

>>19810
Do you know why?

>>19831

Mostly that their heads are just too difficult to work on, what with the post that holds the head and body together.

>>19810

This lady did email me and said she was willing to try it. I'd already sent Fluttershy off to Alissa by then though.

http://www.yorgalily.org/marquita/rehairing.html

I really don't see why all you guys find Twilight to be so hard to style; I thought the hardest part of styling her was steeling myself to cut her mane. Other than that she was really easy, and I think turned out very well. She'd be more accurate if I felt confident/determined enough to do a full rehair job, but for just default hair I think she looks pretty close.

i tried to style rainbow flash.. forgot which side (and apparently colour) the extra curl was meant to be on.

i tried? :P

Guys, I have the stupidest question.

Can you take out a pony's head? I don't want to break them!

>>20035

it is possible, that's how people do re-hairing jobs on their ponies. thing is, there's a plug inside the head that holds it to the body, and that can be real tricky to remove and replace so unless you know what you're doing it's probably best to read up and get a dummy pony to practice removing the head from before you go and decapitate fluttershy or whoever :P

here's my attempt at rainbow dash.. i can't get her fringe to bounce the right way, but i guess i'm happy with how she turned out.

>>20035

Yes. Me and my friend decapitated my Pinkie, just pull real hard. It is however very hard to pop back on, we did manage to do so without removing anything though.