Thank you for the kind comments! PrincessLio I'm happy you love her, I can't wait until she arrives.
I've gotten a couple questions about the hair and using a flat iron, the short brief version (haha, yeah right!)- I'm very careful. With matted hair it's easier to massage in some conditioner and use your fingers to gently loosen the hair into smaller sections, once you get sections apart, then comb end to root, slowly (I use a metal tooth comb, or a metal bristle cat slicker I bought just for ponies. much more gentle on synthetic hair then plastic bristles). Just taking a brush to it together, it's really easy to frizz further or break hair- you don't want that!
I flat iron in small sections too, using a metal tooth flea comb. Hold the hair out straight and flat and run the flat iron through the section. re-moistening the hair as needed and stopping when that part looks nice then move on to the next section.
My flat iron I use is curved at the edges so it doesn't leave a line in the hair, and that really makes it easier to do a nice job. Oh, start at a lower setting and work your way up temp wise until you find the setting that does what you want. *plushie hair and my pretty pony hair is SUPER heat sensitive, the very lowest setting silks it out, and not working quickly can result in melted hair!!!! other ponies I sometimes work my way up to near the highest setting. Always test in a hidden spot first, like the inside part of the mane or tail so if you do cause some damage, it's not going to be forever on the most noticeable part of the hair on display. If Patch were my pony she may have gotten a second run with the iron, but I didn't want to risk any damage as she's not mine, her hair still turned out very well for the straightening I did do.
My best advice, get some baits you don't care about and fiddle and play away before working on anything you plan to keep in your collection! Some, even the nastiest matted "pot scrubber" hair will silken right out, others don't seem to want to de-frizz as well.
