Posts Tagged ‘natural horse care’

You know at EcoLicious Equestrian we’re always looking for ways to combine the beauty factor for show ring caliber results with natural health and wellness benefits.  That’s why we’ve added another performance grooming essential to our beauty lineup of all natural, environmentally friendly equine products.  Our new Glamorous Facial Highlighter offers that special finishing shine around the muzzle and eye area, and really turns up the drama on horses of all colors. It’s like visiting the makeup counter with your horse.

Giving your horse that little extra touch of glamour before your turn in the show ring can make the difference in your score, not to mention you and your horse’s confidence level as you make your grand entrance.

Glamorous uses the natural reflective power of Mica mineral to add shimmer with the added bonus of natural protection from harmful UV rays. Beeswax and certified Hemp Oil moisturize and soothe the skin and coat, while Sweet Orange essential oil makes it smell heavenly.

Like all of EcoLicious Equestrian’s grooming products, ingredients are all natural and environmentally friendly and are human grade so are safe to use on people and animals. There are no toxic ingredients or silicones that give slick shine but are petroleum based. A touch of Glamorous on your shoulders, arms or gams will glam you up too.

For information on Glamorous Equine Facial Highlighter click here.
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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”?

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The EcoLicious Equestrian

We’d like to share with you couple of pics from a grand opening of a new Southwestern Ontario tack shop PF Equine, a vendor that carries the full EcoLicious product line. PF Equine carries a variety of items for both English & Western horse enthusiast and specialty feed and bedding including top quality hay from Western Canada where hay production and harvesting is optimal.

Lindsay, the store owner is super nice and helpful and will hook you up with whatever you need.

PF Equine is located at 5641 Nauvoo Road, Watford. # 519.849.5582

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The EcoLicious Equestrian

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

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.”

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The EcoLicious Equestrian

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We have a winner! Finally!

I know, we are two days late, but you have no idea how hard time we had to make up our minds. Thank you everyone for submitting your fabulous ideas. We knew you wouldn’t disappoint us. We laughed so hard we cried  and we had really difficult time pick a winner. If we could have a middle name – actually couple of them – we would.

From 138 names we have narrowed down the pool to five

Downstairs Care - Rhianna Lindsay

Undercarriage Wash - Lea Rough

Down Under Care – Nicole Lane

PeePeeLicious - Kathy Cardon

and ultimately ended up selecting Smeg-U-Later by April Rota – not unanimously by any means lol.  April will be getting the first Smeg-U-Later bottle. Congrats!

Why Smeg-U-Later? Not only it fits into the family of funky EcoLicious names, it has got the potential for becoming an actual generic product name. The way we see it, you will be asking for a smegulator not a sheath cleaner in the near future. The same way you ask for Kleenex instead of a tissue. Ambitious? You betcha.

Now we`re off to design a label, produce the formula, pour, sticker and launch, so you too can say Smegma See You Later. Naturally of course. Coming beginning of March.

Smegma See You Later

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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