Thanks for the recommendation! I'm suspecting at this point that BOTH of my girls may end up being cottony, and I'm definitely interested in anything to help mats!
I'm in a "limited shopping" area, so I was excited to see that this product was available near me (probably cuz it's for horses!

). My nine month old is the one with difficult hair right now, and it always looks "straggly' to me. After washing with the Cowboy Magic shampoo AND the conditioner and then blow-drying, she looked GORGEOUS! Even my six year old immediately commented that she'd never looked better.
Today I finally used the pricey "detangler and shiner" on her, and the jury is still out on that one. I couldn't tell that it helped the brushing process much, OR that she looked much better afterwards. But maybe I need to use more. I was scared to, after you sd. you'd overdone it! Mine was $18 something (gulp!), but the bottle was big, and I can tell it will last FOREVER.
And sidebar, I also got them a new brush at the same time. I'm getting CLOSER to figuring out the grooming process, but I think I'm just going to have to break down and buy one of those expensive CC brushes, if they work as well as people say they do. I'm just tired of having to hurt my little girls getting those mats out!