Check out my new buckskin!!

[Loren&Rocky]

Well I colored Rocky’s mane and tail. He does look better and much more buckskin like, but what a nightmare!! I have gone through about $45 worth of color. The last straw was me going to the beauty supply and getting color with 10 volume peroxide. Today I colored him twice and STILL did not get good coverage. I even soap caped him the second time. The color was too dark and I think that is because of the blotchy color I put on him the other day. It was “just for men†and I should have gone with my gut and NOT bought it. It was over priced and there was just not enough of it in 4 bottles worth of it. After that mess Rocky looked like a leopard with all the missed spots. All this for one color class this weekend! What a night mare.

Making his mane and tail so much darker really changed his body color too. He looks like a real buckskin!! I used a level 3 brown, BTW. it is not black.

 

[Matt73]

:new_shocked: Wow! Good job, I'd say!

 

[kaykay]

werent you the one laughing at me for coloring a mane?? LOL. Yours was harder because you didnt thin his mane and forelock down first. If you thin them down its MUCH easier to get the color in. Now having said that I do know that alot of people prefer the thick manes

but in the show ring less is definately more. He looks great.

ps its BUCKEROO

 

[Loren&Rocky]

Sorry about the spelling. Does that mean you can tell I am new to minis? :bgrin

Now you tell me about thinning!!

: I figured it would be easier with a lot less mane, but I like his thick. I was wondering how "Just for men" was gonna be enough!! :bgrin

 

[Fullmoon]

You sure did a great job! He looks very pretty.

:

 

[ChrystalPaths]

Oh my, the song "Do YOU Think I'm SEXY" is playing in my head, great job he looks years younger! Best of luck at the show and do have fun!

 

[Loren&Rocky]

He is only 8!! Well, that is according to the vet who checked his teeth. I don't know his real age.

 

[Frankie]

He does look much better.

I do not understand the problem with the Just For Men.

I have used it for a number of years, on a number of horses and it has always done great.

I agree with Kay, may have been because how thick his mane is.

Besides making it easier to color, it won't make him look so bulky. Not that he is, but a thick mane makes the horse look thick. JMO

Glad it all worked out, it is a great improvement and you did a great job.

 

[Loren&Rocky]

I also think there was not enough of the "Just for men" I can get Clairol colors from the beauty supply a lot cheaper and it was for gray hair too. I will use it from now on.

 

[jleonard]

WOW!!! For all the trouble, it sure was worth it! He looks wonderful! :new_shocked:

 

[Jess P]

Oh he looks awesome!!!

I can't wait to see him this weekend

I am going to try to be able to relax and talk more even though its the same scenario as last time (3 horses in 3 classes in a row

 

[Loren&Rocky]

Oh he looks awesome!!!

I can't wait to see him this weekend

I am going to try to be able to relax and talk more even though its the same scenario as last time (3 horses in 3 classes in a row

Well, I am having more work this time. 2 horses and 3 maybe 4 classes. I might enter Rocky in 'A' geldings once we get there. :new_shocked:

 

[shane]

WOW THE CHANGE IS UNBELIEVABLE AND DEFINATLEY WORTH THE EFFORT ID SAY! !!!!

: HE LOOKS COMPLETLEY DIFFERENT,.............WATCH OUT BUCKAROO :bgrin

 

[nassaunellie]

I can't believe the difference! Wow!

 

[Cronewolf]

: That reminds me of coloring my best friends gelding mane and tail for a parade. We waned him to look like a dark palomino. but as we lightened them all he became a reverse app. with all the tail swishing he had light spots all over.

 

[RJRMINIS]

WOW! :new_shocked:

 

[MInx]

Beautiful. May I ask did you blend his legs too? How did you do that so it looked so natural? That takes talent. Will look forward to results. Congratulation.'Maxine

 

[Loren&Rocky]

Well, I worked as a hair dresser for 10 years.

:

About his legs, I rubbed them with the color that was mixed with the shampoo just before I rinced him. I left it on maybe 3 minutes. I just wanted to see if it would make it blend in better as I felt the mane color was too dark. So, he has "Soap Caped" legs. :bgrin

 

[Trish]

[SIZE=10pt]Can you say "WOW" [/SIZE] :new_shocked:

 

[Loren&Rocky]

Are these "Wows" good wows or bad wows? Did I do too much? IS he way too dark?

Well, if it is too dark, too late now I guess. I can't change it. I should have gone with a level 5 color.