Originally Posted by JiggityJig (Post 1048107)

....but the ends of her hair are very puffy and frizzy and fly-away looking.

Onto Mazie! When I first got her out of the tub, her hair looked VERY tangly! And again, the combing out seemed to almost "tear" her hair.

Originally Posted by littlelizzy (Post 1048072)

My bottle of Mink Sheen came in today. Used it on my 3 yorkies and they turned out pretty good. The smell is nice, although it does remind me a little of flea shampoo. I really liked how easily this stuff rinsed out of their hair. I did not use any conditioner and although I was able to brush out their hair fairly easy, I think next time I will finish up with a little conditioner. The hair felt very soft and fluffy with a nice shine. I can't say at this point that this is the best I have ever used, but it is a very nice shampoo. I plan to order the Plush Puppy Sea Breeze Oil and try using it after the shampoo and see if I like the results of that.

Originally Posted by BlondieGirl87 (Post 1042424)

Oh no! :( I am so sorry it didn't work for you! Does your girl have a different type of coat? Like a cotton one or a modified silk coat? I was wondering if maybe that was the problem :confused: Jadens and Jewelina's laid flat once they were washed and then once I blow dried them and brushed them they just got silkier and silker. I am so sorry it didn't work out for you :( That is such a bummer! I have used Cranberry Fields also and it is a great product. The conditioner is very silky so perhaps that will work better for you! :thumbup:

Originally Posted by eaglez28 (Post 1048702)

What is a Modified Silk Coat?

Originally Posted by TammyJM (Post 1049499)

I received our free sample a couple of days ago and my hubby and I gave Harley a bath with it tonight. His fur looks beautiful and he smells great! I have never seen his coloring like this before. He has all sorts of new colors, if that makes sense. Also, he had some knots and it was much easier to brush through him than when we have used other brands!!! He has a nice sheen...not as much as those I have seen with a sily coat. He is more cottony (maybe a mixture of silky and cottony) and he is in more of a longer puppy cut. No matter the length or texture, he looks so nice! After reading what everyone was saying about the smell, I was a little leary because I do not typically like pet shampoo that smell like cologne. However, the smell of this is so incredibly light and nice...I was pleasantly surprised by this. Thanks again for the suggestion of this product!!

Tammy

Originally Posted by BlondieGirl87 (Post 1049782)

a modified silk coat is a yorkie that doesn't look like it has a cotton coat. The coat is smooth and appears to be a "silk" coat. However, the coat isn't always cool to the touch. If I take Jaden and Jewelina outside, they can be in 90 degree weather and their coats still feel cool. A modified silk coat will not. It's kind of a mix between a silk and cotton, it doesn't have as many problems as a cotton coat can have but it can tangle and matt more often and might require the use of special kinds of products to get it to hang properly and lay smoothly.

Originally Posted by JiggityJig (Post 1048107)

Well, I'll detail my experience, which was mixed.

***disclaimer: I'm not at all contesting that this product works great for SOME people. We all know that different products work differently for different hair, and you never know until you try. AND, it is highly likely that my yorkies' hair was not in as good condition as others' to begin with!***

I'm just entering year two as a yorkie owner, and so I'm one who is just STARTING to experiment with all the products out there! My goal this year is to improve the quality and appearance of my dogs' hair.

I have Kiki, who is thick and cottony, and Mazie, who is silky but "straggly" looking usually. So....very different hair needs!

When I read the raves here about MinkSheen, I had to try it. And I'm not sorry I did, but, I'm not sure my results are going to be as great as others have reported!

I washed Kiki first. I too (like the poster above) thought that the smell was like flea shampoo when I first put it on....but not as strong. Seems like you don't have to use a lot of this product, and like everyone says, it washes out quickly.

Afterwards her hair DEFINITELY seemed like it needed conditioner, and I had another new product there I was dying to use :D, but I wanted to see how the Mink Sheen did on its own, first.

I usually stop about halfway (or 3/4) through the drying process, and comb out their hair. The comb was very hard to pull through, and I felt like I might be breaking/damaging the hair.

That sd., I could definitely tell there was a "difference" with this product. Her hair LOOKED cleaner than it's ever looked before, if that makes sense. The colors all just popped out more, somehow.

Her cottony hair, sometimes reluctant to fall into a part, was now doing so easily....and the longer that I blowdried her, the softer she got. She definitely FELT softer than she had ever felt before....however....I am looking for a product that will help her hair lay down flatter....and this doesn't seem to be it. Oddly, the ROOTS do seem silkier than ever....but the ends of her hair are very puffy and frizzy and fly-away looking.

Onto Mazie! When I first got her out of the tub, her hair looked VERY tangly! And again, the combing out seemed to almost "tear" her hair. But by the end, she was, like Kiki, the softest I have ever felt her, and looked and smelled particularly fresh and clean. And in her case, the puffy/fluffy effect was a GOOD one, as her hair is thin. As soon as my son saw her, he said, "Has Mazie finally gained some weight?!" :p

So so far, this product definitely seems to work better on my silky coated girl than my cotton coated. But, I just *now* washed them....I'll be interested to see if results change at all after a day or two, and with more comb-outs.

(and I AM just using a metal comb. Should I be using a bristle brush for better shine results? I'm not really seeing the shine happening.)

I'm definitely not DISpleased with the product....I just think the system may need some tweaking, for us. Next time I think I will at least use a conditioning product during the blowdry/comb out process. Usually I use the Cowboy Magic, but I also just got something from Plush Puppy I need to try.

So....not a whole-hearted thumbs up from me yet, but, not thumbs down by any means, either!

Originally Posted by TammyJM (Post 1049499)

I received our free sample a couple of days ago and my hubby and I gave Harley a bath with it tonight. His fur looks beautiful and he smells great! I have never seen his coloring like this before. He has all sorts of new colors, if that makes sense. Also, he had some knots and it was much easier to brush through him than when we have used other brands!!! He has a nice sheen...not as much as those I have seen with a sily coat. He is more cottony (maybe a mixture of silky and cottony) and he is in more of a longer puppy cut. No matter the length or texture, he looks so nice! After reading what everyone was saying about the smell, I was a little leary because I do not typically like pet shampoo that smell like cologne. However, the smell of this is so incredibly light and nice...I was pleasantly surprised by this. Thanks again for the suggestion of this product!!

Tammy

Originally Posted by Brijan (Post 1050516)

I just bathed Cuddles w/ Minksheen for the first time today............She looks BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! She is so shiny. She has alot of white on her because she is half maltese and it is so white!!!!!!
Do you all dilute yours on the bottle???? If you do how much???? It says 1 to 4 - 1 to 10.

Thanks

Originally Posted by TammyJM (Post 1050304)

Ok, Harley still looks good this morning...like the way his fur shines. However, I cannot stand the smell of him!!! Yesterday, when we first bathed him, the smell was so light and this morning it's not. The shampoo smells like a combination of citronella and a weird cologne. Maybe it smells differently on each dog, but I suffer from chronic migraines and I won't be able to handle this smell. If anyone has any suggestions on another shampoo, I would love to try them! His coat is a modified silky so something that would work with this texture but something with a different scent.

If anyone wants this bottle of MinkSheen (it's 2 ounces), you are welcome to it....just let me know.

Tammy

Originally Posted by omega (Post 1048463)

I just gave Brea her second bath with MinkSheen. She has VERY thick hair - it's also still her puppy hair. I love the smell so much! She looks beautiful! Someone earlier said their pup looked cleaner. I agree - she looks so clean and her colors look so vibrant. It does add volume - which she probably doesn't need - LOL. But the puffiness goes away within a day. I may use a bit of Sea Breeze later on. She is always a bit tangled after a bath, no matter what we use, so this did not make it any worse.

Her facial hair is hanging (falling?) so nicely. So, I need to go - I want to see her some more. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by BlondieGirl87 (Post 1051569)

Found out something interesting today. A friend of mine brought over her Yorkie/Chi mix to try out the MinkSheen shampoo and it worked horrible! :thumbdown The hair was all poofy and frizzy and the scent was WAY stronger than it ever was on Jaden and Jewelina. I couldn't believe it was the same shampoo that gave me such awesome results! :eek: I think with this shampoo it all does depend on your individual dog, whether it works or not...anyway, I thought that was interesting and thought I would share...

Originally Posted by JiggityJig (Post 1053398)

OH....anyway....forgot that I was also going to say! :D

You hearing the different experiences with this product is how I always feel about the Cowboy Magic. Other people say they use less than a "pea" sized amount, and their dogs still look greasy. Well, I use NICKEL sized amounts, not once, but several times during the blowdry process....and it works nicely!

So true that things just work differently for different people!

Originally Posted by JiggityJig (Post 1053391)

That's really interesting. I was wondering if the difference in experiences might also have something to do with water quality (hard/soft/whatever), so I guess you ruled out that factor! :D

Seems like you're right that we're discovering that this product works best on silky coats. I actually think that my Mazie has a modified coat, which might be why my results on her were mixed.

I have to say though that even for my cotton-coated Kiki, I'm hoping that I can tweak our approach and get this product to work well for her too. Even though I'm not seeing the "sheen" with either of my dogs, the pluses are great:

///coats look exceptionally clean

///all the individual colors in their coats are really POPPING.

///their coats look like they are hanging more "evenly", to me. They stay looking "groomed" longer.

///they are amazingly SOFT. Like bunny rabbits. :D


I think (hope!) that using other products along with, I can cut down on the excessive frizziness.

As for the SMELL:

I saw on another thread where people were complaining about that, and it's interesting to hear that experiences are varied on that, as well.

When I first put in on them, it did have a mild "flea shampoo" smell, but this lessened as I rinsed and dried them. I'm not real picky what my dogs smell like, as long as they don't smell like stinky dogs. :D It left a mild "clean" smell on them, and that was okay with me. My husband commented that they smelled like "pine" or "cedar".

Originally Posted by JiggityJig (Post 1053398)

OH....anyway....forgot that I was also going to say! :D

You hearing the different experiences with this product is how I always feel about the Cowboy Magic. Other people say they use less than a "pea" sized amount, and their dogs still look greasy. Well, I use NICKEL sized amounts, not once, but several times during the blowdry process....and it works nicely!

So true that things just work differently for different people!

Originally Posted by BlondieGirl87 (Post 1053969)

You know the water thing does bring up a great point! I recently had distilled water filter installed and ran through my water system so that the water that comes out for my bath and show is pure filtered water. I don't know how that affects their coats...
I do know when I go to visit my Grandmother who lives in the deep south
and her water comes from a well I notice my own hair gets very dry and frizzy while I'm down there and I have to condition it twice as much. When I come back home it gets a zillion times better.

It does seem that silk coats get the best results, it's hard to say because I think many people think they have "silk coats" when in fact they may have a modified silk coat. They look almost exactly the same just react differently to some products. I find the easiest way to tell is to take them outside in the summer heat and feel their coat. If it feels warm they have a modified silk coat, if it still feels icy cool they have a true silk coat.

I did find the shampoo made them exceptionally clean and the colors really do pop and with my two the shine is insane! It does seem to keep them looking cleaner longer as well and very soft like you said! I would absolutely try some conditioner after the shampoo and see if that cuts down on your frizzie problems.

As to the smell, I have noticed maybe peopleout of ALL the people who have tried it make a big deal out of it smelling so god awful :rolleyes: Maybe they have super sensitive noses :p Just kidding, I actually did wonder if perhaps some batches are stronger than others? I know on my friends dog it was MUCH stronger but I have had the shampoo for a while and it's in a huge container so I'm wondering if I got some from the bottom shaken to the top or something :confused: I too smelled the scent when I put it on them and was unsure of it but as I rinsed it off it went away and once I dried them it was gone BIG time and I was just left with a clean cedar type smell, like a wood cabin that was really faint. I mean you literally would have to pick them up and burry your nose in their fur to really smell them.