Make sections about 1 inch and braid. Get a heavy metal nut and tie it into the braids in the bottom half. Afro Sheen- aerosol spray from Walmart or Beauty supply - starting an inch or so away from the roots- you don’t want to attract dirt to where the hair meets the skin and start rubbing.
If you decide to be brave, I made the plunge and roached my guys mane and I love how neat and tidy it looks.
Wow Foxglove! Looks like I’ve found the expert on this subject. My horse is out 24/7, so I can’t do the sleezy step. I’ll give the gel step a try and see if I can get things going in the right direction, literally.
Try shampooing then conditioning, but leave in the conditioner. I do this nearly every week and my horse always has a silky soft, smooth mane/tail. Even my Icelandic’s thick mane was smooth. I also braid the mane.
Leave it braided in thick, but tight, braids to help train it to one side. I’ll leave it for 2 or 3 days at a time when it’s getting unruly. This will have the added benefit of thinning it out a bit if the hair is really thick.
I like to use mineral oil in a spray bottle to tame particularly thick/long manes. I will spray it liberally on to the mane while its laying on the side I want it to be on and then use a hair brush to work it through the hairs and flatten things down.
Leave it braided in thick, but tight, braids to help train it to one side. I’ll leave it for 2 or 3 days at a time when it’s getting unruly. This will have the added benefit of thinning it out a bit if the hair is really thick.
I like to use mineral oil in a spray bottle to tame particularly thick/long manes. I will spray it liberally on to the mane while its laying on the side I want it to be on and then use a hair brush to work it through the hairs and flatten things down.
I also LOVE this hair moisturizer product:
The bottle is concentrated, so you can put just a bit in a spray bottle and add water 8:1 and spray that on the mane, too.
I also LOVE this hair moisturizer product:
The bottle is concentrated, so you can put just a bit in a spray bottle and add water 8:1 and spray that on the mane, too.
You can flat-iron it, I know a lot of the Western Pleasure people do.
