Question regarding styling pony hair.

[amenoo]

I have a question to everyone that styles hair. Whenever I see others photos when they've styled the hair looks so soft when it have just been dried. But whenever I wash my dolls or ponies hair it turnes very stiff when it have dried. I am very careful and I rinse all the conditioner from the hair , but still it's stiff and need to be brushed out when dried. It also get stiff even if I just wash it with water. And having to brush it sometimes ruins my so hard worked hairstyles >:

What do you all do to make the hair so soft right after it being washed?

[Miserati]

I personally use conditioner too and brush the hair a couple times while the hair is drying so it doesn't dry in that particular way in which I laid it out to dry. I've never had it clump or anything.

[butterflybuttons]

I'll run my finger down over the individual curls, just over the top of it so the style isn't ruined.

It just softens it so it's not stuck together.

[hathorcat]

As long as I ensure the hair has had a soak in conditioner prior to drying, I havent run into that kind of problem.

What do you use to wash the hair? Just shampoo?

I was told by a doll collector a couple of weeks ago that she uses Son of a Gun vinyl spray on dolls hair - but I am yet to test this stuff out to see if its as effective on nylon hair as she claims it is.

[amenoo]

As long as I ensure the hair has had a soak in conditioner prior to drying, I havent run into that kind of problem.

What do you use to wash the hair? Just shampoo?

I was told by a doll collector a couple of weeks ago that she uses Son of a Gun vinyl spray on dolls hair - but I am yet to test this stuff out to see if its as effective on nylon hair as she claims it is.

I use conditioner and much of it and I rwash everything out before letting it dry

[Ivaness]

I have a few ponies whose hair ended up very stiff because I actually forgot that I left the conditioner on the hair. (Went back and thought "What in the world?" But, rinsing it well has worked nicely for me. I still have some hair that's a little stiff, but just rewetting it normally worked for me.

[hathorcat]

I use conditioner and much of it and I rwash everything out before letting it dry

That is odd then

Perhaps try a different conditioner? Or leave the hair soaking for longer prior to rinsing the conditioner off?

[Sunnysplash]

Try herbal essence it's amazing and leaves the hair so soft