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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: NovelNerd on July 16, 2016, 08:50:32 AM

Title: What do you use for tinsel?
Post by: NovelNerd on July 16, 2016, 08:50:32 AM: If you're adding hair to self what do you use and where do you get it? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Title: Re: What do you use for tinsel?
Post by: rybett on July 16, 2016, 09:04:17 AM: Dollyhair Moonlight, Sunlight. Because it shimmery but is easy to tame.
Title: Re: What do you use for tinsel?
Post by: NovelNerd on July 16, 2016, 10:34:34 AM: Quote from: rybett on July 16, 2016, 09:04:17 AM
Dollyhair Moonlight, Sunlight. Because it shimmery but is easy to tame.
Hmm I have them but not sure how it will work with the perfum puff doing.
Title: Re: What do you use for tinsel?
Post by: rybett on July 16, 2016, 12:32:38 PM: Never tried that, but maybe a partial plug here and there?
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Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 16, 2016, 01:42:29 PM: Stalking. My Starhopper needs tinsel when I get her rehaired
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Post by: sunshine29102 on July 17, 2016, 08:21:47 PM: I've ordered hair tinsel from eBay (China, I believe). Very affordable (think it was less than $5 and free shipping). Took about two weeks to get in, just a heads up.

There are tons of colors. I chose the hair tinsel that is higher quality, intemded for human use . I think the strands are about 36 inches in length, which I trimmed and rerooted with marshmallow dollyhair on a Star Hopper. (It was pearl iridescent tinsel, and a bit hard to see in pics, but I included a photo below).

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Title: Re: What do you use for tinsel?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on July 17, 2016, 08:26:26 PM: :dropjaw: Your Starhopper is so perfect!
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Post by: archidraca on July 17, 2016, 08:43:51 PM: I know that both Retrodolls.uk and Retrodolls US (https://www.etsy.com/shop/retrodollsus?section_id=12738149) sell tinsel online. I wish Dollyhair did too.
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Post by: sweetlittlejenny on July 18, 2016, 05:26:37 AM: There's some thread too. I think it's called Sulky. Not sure at the moment. You can get it at the craft store.
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Post by: Uninu on July 18, 2016, 06:34:02 AM: I order mine from Retrodolls if I need some. :)
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Post by: Skeen on July 18, 2016, 08:30:16 AM: I order from a shop on etsy. It's human tinsel, the kind you tie in. She had all the colors I needed, but I don't think she sells anymore. I'll have to look into it. It was really easy to just slip a few strands into the plugs after I rehaired.

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Post by: PinkieShyPony on July 18, 2016, 09:43:37 AM: I use tinsel thread that I found at Joann. It comes in quite a few colors too.
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Post by: pandabear_chan on July 19, 2016, 11:11:12 AM: @ sweetlittlejenny

The Sulky you mean is called Sulky Sliver Metallic and is a product by Gütermann (a German brand).

@ sunshine29102

Can you hint me to the ebay seller (China) please?
Title: Re: What do you use for tinsel?
Post by: sunshine29102 on July 19, 2016, 04:55:55 PM: Quote from: pandabear_chan on July 19, 2016, 11:11:12 AM
@ sweetlittlejenny

The Sulky you mean is called Sulky Sliver Metallic and is a product by Gütermann (a German brand).

@ sunshine29102

Can you hint me to the ebay seller (China) please?

Sending you a PM, as I don't think we can post links...

I'd you ebay search "300's Hair tinsel" you should get lots of results. I was mistaken, though. It was 28 inch strands, not 36.
Title: Re: What do you use for tinsel?
Post by: pyrodarknessanny on July 21, 2016, 04:31:08 AM: I use Gutermann Suklk thread

its comes an a multidude of colours and is stocked readily by my local craft store

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it comes in soild metalic colours and glittery colours
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Post by: enchantress41580 on July 24, 2016, 09:52:08 AM: I just updated my stock of tinsel, tons of in stock colors ;) www.etsy.com/shop/Retrodollsus

It's easy to work with and you can boil perm it as well
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Post by: daffodil101 on July 27, 2016, 04:38:07 AM: I find it really hard to get plain colours, as opposed to the holographic rainbow-shimmer stuff. I once got some blue tinsel that I used to reroot Sky Rocket (sparkle pony), but can't remember where I got it from!
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Post by: Masquerade75 on August 12, 2016, 06:54:06 AM: When I did not have access to online suppliers, I found tinsel at Fishing stores. Where you pick up material to make your own Flies for fishing. They have lots of fancy tinsel and other stuff for customs there. :)