Dying

[kimky]

I know this may sound weird but is it possible to dye your horses tail or mane with veggy dye...? Any one do it ?

 

[brackenhappy]

cant see why not as long as dont make contact with the skin!! my sister is hairdresser and my friend at the yard wants her highland mare to have pink stripes in her mane!!

 

[MagicMelon]

Ummm... no idea. Try doing a little section and see?

 

[pixiebee]

food colouring, hehe did it once for fancy dress!! would love to put some red tintis in my boys mane hehe!!

 

[louise1967]

Someone at our yard dyed the end of her mare's tail bright pink and it looks gr8, I will fing out what she used.

 

[harmony_]

NEW REVOLUTION!!

 

[watakerfuffle]

not sure about vedge dye but I use ordinary hair dye on my ponies main and tail. I have only tried black hair dye though which I use on my show ponies when their mane and tail gets bleached by the weather it just makes them look really smart when dyed!.

 

[the watcher]

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friend at the yard wants her highland mare to have pink stripes in her mane!!

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Noooo!
It's just wrong!

but a little artistic colouring to blend in bleached ends is OK

 

[pixiebee]

anyone got any piccies of horses with this done? do you think a horse might have a reaction to human hair dye.or is it likely??

 

[brackenhappy]

no i think it will look really funky!!!! specially if she puts more colours in!! would be like ownin a real live my little pony!!!!

one day i may grow up and be mature!!!!

 

[eventing_chick]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

DON'T DO IT !!!!!!

 

[brackenhappy]

as long as its not in contact with the skin should not be a problem, i asked my sister who is a hairdresser and she reakons should be ok as long as no contact with skin!!...........my friend dyed the end of her black dogs ear red! he looked sooooo cool

 

[harmony_]

its fine to do it with natural hair colour! i mean likewith natural products in it, ignore the others saying dont do it kim.
just make sure you use the proper one

 

[rara007]

people in showing dye there horses

 

[pixiebee]

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people in showing dye there horses

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ooh letting out insiders tips eh?

 

[cidermillcottage1]

we dyed my grey pony pink for fancy dress years ago! we used cochineal ( thinks that spelt right) which is the food die!! great fun!!!

 

[rara007]

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people in showing dye there horses

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ooh letting out insiders tips eh?

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Yep, cos technicaly i think its cheating, grey horses legs are darkened often.

My friend dyed hers blackberry black the night before a big show, but it was purple/black so she had to pull out, and if you go to a show class in the rain you will find very few ponies with 4 white sock, or grey with black legs

Haz

 

[piebaldsparkle]

When I was working for a film company, we dyed a bay horse black for the film, used a human hair dye (lots).

 

[brighteyes]

I toyed with the idea of dying my grey pony chestnut on many occasions. He once rolled in some orange sand and for a few brief minutes was a lovely colour.

 

[Baggybreeches]

I did that too

Yes it is quite common, alot of people with Fells use dye to hide any white bits they may get!

 

[pixiebee]

better hope your horse doesnt get stolen-changing colours to your paperwork might be a bit risky lol!!!!!! i seriously want to put some little red tinits in my boys mane as he is a very bright bay and has lots of red in his coat! hehe!!

 

[Capriole]

try the caca hair dye from lush, its natural not chemical

 

[Fantasy_World]

Could she not try a spray on colour first? have seen a few people selling spray in colours on ebay and wondered whether it may be worth a try with that first to see how good it looks before committing to a colour which may look awful or cannot easily be washed out. Just a thought?
Cazx

 

[Capriole]

really?! you can buy spray on colours?! where have i been!