A (few?) weeks ago, I won Equestrian At Hart's Ponytail contest.  Lemme just go ahead and throw this out there:  if you've got any sort of anything that you'd like me to review, I'm game.  I loved doing this!

Shipping:

I'm always freaking stoked to get packages.  I've mentioned before that I get a Birchbox and, even though it's little, it's wrapped beautifully and I love opening it.

I will say that I was a ton more impressed with the shipping of a liquid by this company than I have been by SmartPak.  When I get something wet from Smartpak, it's almost certainly guaranteed to have leaked.  This package did not.

Front of bottle.  I'm not a fan of yellow gold, but it certainly looks classy.

Back of bottle.  Things to note: use wet or dry, various oils, and, at the very bottom, "cruelty free."  That's one of the biggest things I look for - also, none of the other things I won't use because animals died for them, like lanolin or gelatin.

Use:  Human Hair Wet

Okay, background information:  I am the daughter of a master cosmetologist.  I know more than the average woman about beauty stuffs.  That's not to say that I apply that knowledge, but I know what I like and what to do and all that.  It's also why I had blue hair in high school.  Just saying.

The big thing I think about this product is the use of oils.  You'd think, with the whole market of shampoos and super cleans and whatever, that you wouldn't want to add oil to your hair.  You do.  Here's more random information:  I wash my hair every other day.  I only shampoo the roots.  I only condition the ponytail.  I use coconut oil once a week on the ponytail.

My regular coconut oil, until it empties out and I can open the jar I got from Trader Joe's.

Wide-tooth comb.

A detangler, since I was going to be combing this stuff through my wet hair.

Me.

I think this is their secret to ensuring no spillage: a seal.

Directions said to apply a "generous drop".  I think this is generous.  Product was clear and slightly runny. Like my callous from lifting weights with my wedding set still on?

Product applied - no real visual difference.

Here's my hand afterwards - no need to wash hands or anything because the oils absorb.  Even the hubs was talking about how nice my hands felt afterwards.  (Hey, Ponytails, make a human lotion!)

And no discernible different the next day.

Use:  Human Hair Dry

So, this is my frizzy hair in it's natural state.  I really don't use much on my hair beyond occasionally washing it and weekly oiling of it.  Obviously.

Before Ponytail.

After Ponytail - SHINE!

I wanted to toss in something about this product versus my normal shine product.

Use:  Horse Hair Dry

I didn't even bother to use it on Archie's tail when it was wet, since it didn't show any difference in my hair when it was wet.  Also, it's a pain in the ass to wash and condition a horse tail and it'd be hard to say that any difference wouldn't be due to the fact that it was clean.

Archie's tail before.  See his little bleached tips?

Archie's tail after.  Sleek and shiny.