I use afro sheen. ;) No kidding. I wasnt about to pay a fortune anymore for ShoSheen, etc. which are just silicone coated junk anyway so I decided to get a little creative.

I went into the hair products section at Wal-mart and found these great products for African american hair. I ended up buying this jar of Miracle Afro or something like that (I'd have to go into the barn to get the name) but it is incredible stuff. It's real gooey, has aloe, Vitamin E, A, all kinds of really great stuff. It makes my horses manes shine! And really conditions them. Warm it up in your hands, rub it into the mane and then comb it in. It's fantastic.

Yesterday a friend was over and said, "wow, what do you do to their manes?" I just said, "afro sheen." Everyone has the same reaction. They can't believe it.

Terri, I just went out to my barn and got the stuff.  It's African Price "Magical Gro" (Maximum Herbal  Strength.)  It's a fraction of the cost of anything you get in the Horseman's supply places and it works better than all of it, imo. If you're caucasion, you get a lot of funny looks but it's worth it!

My fav is a hoodie that zips up the underside from nose to chest.  They are made from Spandex and you don't use any product on the hair.

On a side note, when I showed cattle there was a product that we used to break/train the hair, and it smelled like mint.  Try looking on the Sullivan's website for more info.  It worked like a charm!

hunt, I just saw that in my Chick's saddlery catlogue. Marn, if you're interested just let me know I can probably find you a link, online. It's a great place to buy tack cheap, by the way. But never saw the hoodie before.

I stopped using ShowSheen because it just didn't  do a good job at getting out tangles or conditioning the mane. Also quit Cowboy Magic: loved what it did when first applied, but the next day the mane was dry again. A friend gave me this concoction, and it works great for conditioning dry manes/tails, and for creating a soft coat:

In a 32oz or less spray bottle, put a big squirt of Laser Sheen, two big squirts of both Mane and Tail, and Infusium 23 Leave in hair conditioner, fill container with water and shake well.

That being said I'm heading to Wal Mart tomorrow to find that African Pride Magical Gro and see how well it works!

marn, I just went through some catalogues and it's called a mane tamer. I just round it online at http://www.chicksaddlery.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MT53 but first found it in their catalogue which has a picture of it on the horse so you get a better idea. I'm looking at my state line tack catalogue and they have one too. It's called a Deluxe polyester mane tamer. for $16.99

I threw out my chicks catologue so I cant get you an item number but it's exactly what  I think you are looking for. Oh wait, I just found it on stateline's web site. Here's a picture of it and it's use. http://www.statelinetack.com/slt/main.jsp Let me know if this helps.

Also, how did it go for everyone who used those hair products? They work great for my Arabs with their long manes and I dont even need to discuss the price difference between African Pride and ShowSheen! There is some great stuff in those aisles. ;)

Anne

A word to the wise...if accessing Chick's website, be SURE to use the word "saddlery". I didn't and...well, you can just imagine what came up. Yes, I'm a little naive, well maybe not anymore!

lol, terri.  Too funny. I once had to look up something by an artist and up popped one of Robert Mapplethorpe's "works". That image is still seared in my brain.  One letter off in a google search and you can be scarred for life . ;)

Marn, by the way, I forgot to answer your question: It's for horses, not humans!