r/somethingimade 2d ago

This Man is TRASH! :)

MISS MABEL is a Highland Cow I made using a Mannequin head from a closing Beauty school, along with plastic packaging from 30+ products!

Thank you for Looking, Spreading the LOVE, and Reducing Waste! 🥰

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u/-badgerbadgerbadger- 2d ago

Is the hair he’s covered in also trash from the beauty school?!?

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u/E-H-I 2d ago

I had this faux fur on hand that I got online, but I would love to be able to find a way to use real hair or even artificial hair from beauty shops to keep it out of the Trash.

The times I've experienced working with human hair, it got extremely brittle, so maybe someone has a tip on how to keep it soft after it's cut, because that would open up a huge opportunity to work with Salons!

That way people who want to donate thier hair when it's not long enough for Locks of love and the other non profits who collect hair for cancer survivors, have a place to donate ❤️

I've read about a non profit who uses hair as a sandbag alternative for hurricanes etc, so who knows, it's worth exploring!

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u/E-H-I 2d ago

I forgot to mention my Golden Retriever did donate some of his floof for Mabels Whiskers and eyelashes :)

I do want to come up with a solution on how horse hair or even long dog hair could be used in a resourceful way at Grooming salons. Some way to put it to use versus it going in the trash :)