Reroot experiment

[SweetNightmare]

I'm still pretty new to the whole rerooting process. I still need to learn more about different kinds of hair and where to buy them. I don't think anyone sells hair specifically for rerooting so I may have to really look into buying from shops outside my country (not looking forward to pay for international shipping but it does seem like the best way to get good hair).
In the meantime I decided to try out something different.

Since I couldn't find any doll hair I decided to try out some synthetic hair made for making braided hairstyles.

I bought one big braid with four colors: pink, purple, blue and green and after I've got a styling size Fluttershy that had almost all of her hair cut off in one of my lots (didn't take before pictures since I just randomly decided to use her). I decided to add some color to her mane and I rerooted her with pink, blue and green colors.

I'm gonna show how the final result looks like
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I did manage to get most of the texture that the hair has out with the hair straightener however some of it remains, you can barely see it up close but you can definitely feel it once you touch it. The hair is not the softest (and is hard to work it) but does look nice in my opinion.

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As much as it's not a perfect option I am pleased with the results. I will probably use more of it for practice and my personal customs (since it's so heap here and there's a lot of variety). I will probably try to straighten it more, since the tail (that I straighten more) came out pretty nice compared to the mane.
I may also try and reroot the pony and keep some of the texture to make it look like the pony's hair has more volume (maybe a cotton candy themed pony?).

If anyone else plans to use it and doesn't want to keep the texture (doesn't mind a bit of it going away) do straighten it at least a little bit before you reroot.
The texture makes it har to pick the strands of hair. Straightening it at least a little bit will make it much, much easier to pick hair (I learned that the hard way).

[lowpolyzoe]

Oh my goodness this is absolutely gorgeous ;^; The hair curls look really nice and the colours you used look really nice!! It's a shame that it's hard to work with but it looks really really good. Well done

[Pokeyonekenobie]

She turned out very pretty!  I like the colors.

[Ponybookworm]

Loving the colours on her!!! You did well!!!

[SweetNightmare]

Oh my goodness this is absolutely gorgeous ;^; The hair curls look really nice and the colours you used look really nice!! It's a shame that it's hard to work with but it looks really really good. Well done

She turned out very pretty!  I like the colors.

Loving the colours on her!!! You did well!!!

Thank you all
I didn't buy this hair thinking I'll be using it on Fluttershy but it matches her very well 
The hair after straightening wasn't that hard to work with, well the mane was a bit hard to curl (the ends still look straight).
I feel like I could maybe straighten it again and then curl again, then the hair would probably feel a bit softer but I probably won't do that for a while.
I would like to try and repaint or paint over her eyes (since her right eye is a bit messy, probably a factory error) and also add some pastel green and pink details on her wings.
I'll probably do that after I find some good paint since I don't want to mess her up 

[BlackCurtains]

Those are really lovely colors. I especially like the blue.

[starscout]

Lovely job! Those colors fit her well.

[Artemesia's Garden]

I really like her too. Well done! And by the way, I think it's cool that you tried a different source of hair and reported how it was to work with. The hair looks wierdly more natural in texture to me than pony hair, so it may be harder to work with but it's an interesting choice.

[SweetNightmare]

Those are really lovely colors. I especially like the blue.

Lovely job! Those colors fit her well.

I really like her too. Well done! And by the way, I think it's cool that you tried a different source of hair and reported how it was to work with. The hair looks wierdly more natural in texture to me than pony hair, so it may be harder to work with but it's an interesting choice.

Thank you! Actually I feel like the blue looks brighter on the photo, while the green and pink look a bit more pale compared to real life (I definitely need to learn more how to take good photos).

I was actually thinking about using this type of hair for a bit (because I couldn't find anything else locally) but I haven't seen anyone else using it and wasn't sure if it would be a good idea to use it.

After watching this video I finally decided to try it out. I definitely want to experiment more with it to see if I can get rid of texture, how to style it etc.

[Leave a Whisper]

She reminds me of Ringlet, and wow! Lookit those curls!

[pinkkittywinks]

I love those colours and the curls on her, so pretty.

Love pkw xxx

[SweetNightmare]

I love those colours and the curls on her, so pretty.

Love pkw xxx

Thank you!

She reminds me of Ringlet, and wow! Lookit those curls!

Well you're right in a way, I did keep the Rainbow Curl Ponies in mind when I was rerooting because I wanted those curls where each one is different color.
I was also inspired by Rainbow Power version of Fluttershy so I guess in the end she ended up being a "mix" of different ponies 

[Beth3346]

i love it so gorgeous!

[Griffin]

Beautiful! Those colours look great on her and it looks like the hair responded well to styling. '

I didn't have access to doll hair either when I made my first customs so I had to try different things, such as harvesting hair from cheap party wigs That hair wasn't ideal (way too stiff and the quality was awful anyway) but looks like you've got a viable alternative here. Best of luck with your future customs!

[SunPony]

You did great, those colors look so soft and perfect on her.  And the way you styled them is nice too!  Success all around, I hope you will do some more!