Styling issues... glow hair

[DancingPhoenix]

Ugh, this custom has been a pain in my butt like no other.
 
 The only issue has been, and a constant at that, her hair. When I was pulling out her old hair i noticed that hasbro got really crazy with their glue and her forehead had a giant chunk of solid, dried mess that could not be removed with acetone, boiling water, or me hacking at it with several tools. Eventually I get it out and start rehairing her and was excited to use my glow-in-the-dark hair. Well I had no idea that hair had a different consistency to it. It's much less greasy I guess, it doesn't separate itself into the little chunks that I use for each plug (while the other hair I have does). Not only that but it was so brittle! I wasted so much hair because it would break apart when I was putting the plug in the hole. I thought at first I was using too big of hair chunks but nope, size didn't matter and it was basically a crap shoot if the hair would stay in one piece.
 
 Anyway, I overcame all of that but now I have this; basically a styling disaster. I did all the normal things I do for curls, but this time the hair was like "nope! I want to be a frizzy mess!". So basically I'm wondering if there is any way to fix this without having to condition and re-do the curls? If there's not I'll just have to do it, but I'd rather not get her wet if possible, I get nervous with a wet tail right by the paint.

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Sorry about the crappy picture quality, I was using my cell phone.

[DaffyDilly]

I really dislike GITD it is such a pain to work with!

Did you try boil perming the curls?

[DancingPhoenix]

I didn't try the boil perm, I just used hot water. Will boiling it get rid of the frizz though?

[CrystalCrown]

did you try doing straw curls?

[kaoskat]

She is really pretty but yeah GITD has always been evil to work with for me too. The last hank I got is so knotted up I can't really use it.  A boil perm may help but I really can't come up with a way to fix it that doesn't involve washing it out and starting over.

[DancingPhoenix]

did you try doing straw curls?

Yes, like I said I did all the normal things, but for some reason it's just super frizzy.

And yeah I guess I'll just have to suck it up and condition then try a boil perm. As you can see I didn't do the mane yet because I figured the GITD hair would make it more difficult and I wanted to see first (glad I did!). Hopefully the recurl will fix it

And thanks Kaos! I'm pretty fond of how she turned out

[Wardah]

Which GITD hair is it?

[DaffyDilly]

Boiling it should help. As far as I know there are no issues with it, but might be worth trying a test strand first. Plus wrap it really tight around the straws.


You could try a straightening iron too, but again I'd test it first. If you straighten hair with conditioner on it (I don't recommend it with brand new expensive straightners! You need some with a low heat setting) then it can make it lovely and smooth.

[fingerpaints]

I've never personally used the GITD hair, it sounds like it is awful to work with what a shame! It looks so neat all lit up in the dark too :/