Posts Tagged ‘mane and tail’

How about some FREE custom made bracelet made with your horse’s tail or mane? Do I hear you say YES?

Whitened with EcoLicious Blinded by the White Treatment

We’re very happy to announce together with Galla Designs Horse Hair Jewelery a contest, where you can win one of those. They have a wide selection of jewelery from bracelets and necklaces to rings or watches. Check out their full line of products at  http://galladesigns.com/

Trish, the talented designer behind these creations, uses our products on the mane & tail hair she uses for her jewelery and is a big believer in our Blinded by the White Coat, Mane & Tail Whitening Treatment. Read her product testimonial here.

WIN A $75 GIFT CERTIFICATE

How?

Answer  a question for us and email it to letusknow@ecoliciousequestrian.com

Question:

How do you keep up your horse’s mane and tail? Do you trim, bang, pull, roach, braid…? You get the idea. Submit your answers by Wednesday June 13th, 2012. The winner will be announced on Thursday June 14th.

The EcoLicious Equestrian
Your Horse. Your Earth. Your Choice.

If you’ve ever showed up at your horse’s paddock to find him a tail rubbed raw and clumps of tail hair falling out, you know what it feels like. You want to cry, you want to scream, you want to be mad at him, but you know it’s not his fault, so you just quietly despair (or not so quietly, if you’re anything like me). You know how long it takes to have the precious hair grow back. FOREVER!

Spring is in full swing and if you live in an area known for ticks, guess what…The reason behind the sudden onslaught of tail rubbing might be ticks nested at the  base of your horse’s tail. Some horses have a mild allergic reaction to tick bites – like my gelding – and they get so itchy they just can’t help themselves.

Solution? No quickie here. It takes elbow grease, a wide tooth comb and a bit of time.  Especially if your horse’s tail is thick. Peeling a layer after a layer of hair and examining every bit and piece of your horse’s tail base is quite a detective work, but it has to be done (if you care about your horse’s tail enough that is). Signs that you’re getting close to finding one is a yellow like crumbs in the affected area.  Pluck the ticks you find out with a pair of tweezers.

And how do you prevent the tick infestation at the base of the tail in the first place? We’ve figured out that thorough, regular and generous application of our 100% Natural De-Stress Intensive Mane and Tail Treatment does a triple duty. It not only leaves your horse’s tail, radiant, smooth and tangle free, it also makes ticks stay away. Rubbing  De-Stress into the base of the tail also promotes healthy hair growth thanks to rosemary plant extract and Tee Tree Oil is a powerful antibacterial.

And did I mention that your horse will love you? He will make all kinds of funny approving faces and if he’s anything like my boy, he will come and stick his bum in your face to tell you : “mom can I have some more”?

Ride Green!
The EcoLicious Equestrian

Thank you Elissa for sharing her experience with EcoLicious products.

“We had a couple warm days that got up to 66 degrees, so I finally got the chance to wash Blue’s tail.  I am so impressed with these products.  I think I had said before that I’d been floating around looking for something that would satisfy me and hadn’t found anything quite right, let alone natural.  I’m so glad I tried this brand now.

“It was getting dark out and started to rain a little, so I didn’t even do that thorough of a job and it still came out great.  The Squeaky Green & Clean Shampoo was wonderful, I couldn’t believe how clean it got his tail all the way up into the base.  It usually takes 2-3 washes and rinses to get all that dirt out and I did not expect it to be clean after just the one wash last night, but it was.  And I mean really clean, not even stained.  His tail was pure white when I finished.  And it was great to be able to put the Silky Moisturizing Rinse Out Coat Mane and Tail Conditioner in right on top of the shampoo.  It saved a lot of time not having to rinse twice.  His tail is super long and thick and stays tied up all the time, so it takes much longer to wash than the average tail.  Once I brought him inside, I wanted to test out how well the conditioner worked, so before I sprayed anything in, I made one big brush stroke from top to bottom and the comb slid right through.  I couldn’t believe it.  That has NEVER happened even with spray on detangler, let alone without it.  It made blow-drying so easy since I didn’t have knots to pick through.

Elissa & Cravimg Blu

I did finish off with the Moisture Maniac Mane & Tail Detangling Infusion spray on conditioner for good measure and loved how his tail just felt natural when it was all dry.  Everything else I’ve tried made it sticky, waxy, tacky, slimy, or all of the above.  It just felt clean and natural, which is what I was going for.  And the glimmer it left was pretty amazing too.  His hair is sort of transparent, so it’s really hard to get a shine.  I’ll probably never even need to use the whitening product at this rate.”

Ride Green!
The EcoLicious Equestrian

Check out our full line of delicious, natural and green horse care products &  horse grooming products at www.ecoliciousequestrian.com

You asked for it, so here they are : the EcoLicious Minis.

Want to try a little before buying a lot?

Need a travel size grooming product?

How about a lil mini gift for your horse friends, riding coach or a barn manager?

Try the EcoLicious Mini Combo Pack : includes our bestselling DESTRESS Intensive Detangling Mane and Tail  Treatment, SQUEAKY GREEN & CLEAN Deep Cleansing & Conditioning Shampoo and SILKY Rinse Out Moisturizing Conditioner for Coat, Mane & Tail or go with the individual Minis.

Ride Green!
The EcoLicious Equestrian

Check out our full line of delicious, natural and green horse care products &  horse grooming products at www.ecoliciousequestrian.com

Do you have a favorite grooming tip that makes all the difference?

We’re inviting you to share your best horse grooming tips in the Pro Equine Grooms “Best Grooming Tips” Contest. Professional Equine Grooms is a community for grooms, about grooms and by grooms. Visit their site to learn more about what it takes to be a pro groom or to learn tips from the pros that you can apply in your horse’s grooming routine. To submit your tip, go to proequinegrooms.com.

The winner will receive the most popular EcoLicious products for the horse: SQUEAKY GREEN & CLEAN Deep Cleansing & Conditioning Shampoo, the all-natural coconut derived horse shampoo (check out before & after pics); DE-STRESS Intensive Restructuring & Detangling Treatment for mane and tail; and for the rider, HANDS ON Therapeutic Barn Hand Repair Lotion. These products are the key ingredients to make your horse looks fabulous and a treat for the groom’s hands after you’re done.

For Contest Rules visit Pro Equine Grooms .  Share your grooming tip now and tell your horse  friends.

The EcoLicious Equestrian
Your Horse. Your Earth. Your Choice.

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