Cleaning and Maintenance

Frizz

Frizz is caused by extremes in heat applied to the hair, poor storage, or tangled hair not being brushed for long periods of time. There are 2 methods of removing or reducing frizz that I know of. Becuase it is extremely hard to restore hair back to it's orignal looks after it has been attacked by frizz, there are few methods and the hair will never look exactly the same but it can look nicer. After all anything looks better than frizz right?

Method 1: Wash and Shampoo the hair thouroghly with Thermasilk Shampoo and Conditioner (it is not nessicary to use this brand but it is highly reccomended as it is formulated to imporve the hair with heat). Next turn on a curling iron on low and run the hair in very small portions though the clamp on the iron somewhat slowly til your reach the tips. When you' reached the tips, curl the hair down to the base tightly and hold for 3 seconds and release. Repeat as needed and coninue wih all the hair. Focus mainly on the frizzy parts of the hair. If the hair drys and still is frizzy, re wet the hair and start over. Note: it is critical that you do not let the hair dry too much and continue useing the iron or it will start frizzing the hair back up, extremes in heat will cause frizz, keep the hair somewhat damp while you work. Then turn the curling iron on high and swiftly pass it through larger chunks of hair to smooth them together. now the hair should be for the most part de frizzed, you can now use the curling iron or other methods to re curl the hair as you would desire. Patience is a virtue, take your time.

Method 2: Wash the hair and condition heavily, leave the conditioner in and put the horse in a ziplock bag and seal removing as much air as possible. Leave the horse in the bag for 1-2 weeks. At the end of the weeks take the horse out and wash out the conditioner. The frizz should be gone or near gone. I have no personal expereince with this method so I do not know if it works, but I have heard it may remove the paint.

General Cleaning Tips:

To clean a FashionStar Filly, you must be gentle becuase of their hard plastic bodies and their chippable paint.

HAIR: The hair can be cleaned with shampoo and conditioner.

BODY:The body can be cleaned with soap or toothpaste. Use a rag or an old toothbrush to genly cleanse the surface.

STUBBORN MARKS:Some marks will be more stubborn and you have to use nail polish remover to get them off. Warning!! Nailpolish remover will remove the paint too if your not careful!! The safe way to remove marks with nailpolish remover is to put some on a napkin and place over the mark and hold for a few seconds then gently wipe just enough to remove the mark.

SCRATCHES:Most unfortunaely there is no cure for paint and body scratches unless your a very talented artist and can re paint scuffed areas.

Broken Appendages

If you happen to come across a filly with a broken leg or have one with a broken leg or other body part. It can be fixed but will never be the same of course. Super glue is probably the best thing to use. Use enough but not too much and set the peice then allow to dry for several hours before handeling again.

Sarah has provided an alternative method to repairing broken appendages...
"First, you drill a hole on both the top part of the broken leg and the bottom. Make sure that both holes match up. Then, insert a metal pin (I take the head off of a small nail for this) and put the pin in the holes and push the leg together. Add a bit of super glue for extra hold.

As you can see, this method is a bit complicated...but it works really well. It adds extra stability to the leg so that it won't break again. I used this method on Janel...and her leg has never broken again, even after days of play. I also use this "pin" method on my Breyers, and it works well for them too. "

Maintenance:

If your Filly is displayed in a shelf it is a good idea to bring them down every 2-3 months and wipe the forming dust from them. If they are left too long without a dusting they will have to be re washed. Save yourself the hastle and just take a few minutes to dust them now and again. If they are played with often, just comb out the hair once in a while, as they tend to stay dustless when being handled a lot.