I will start this like most of my reviews.  I am not in any way affiliated with or compensated by this company (or any other companies I review) for saying the things I say. 

I follow a group on Facebook that pertains to grooming horses, show prep, coat, mane, and tail maintenance, etc.  There are a lot of folks on there with feathered breeds, who have long, thick manes and tails and I have seen them recommend this product many times.  I’ve seen their before and after photos.  And for a while wondered, “how could this product help my boys?” 

Fizz struggles with growing his tail.  I have owned him for over 10 years and his tail has barely gotten longer than it was when he was 4.  And he hopelessly rubs it, so his tail “feathers” are just… Sad.  I made my first order directly from the Mane-ly long website on Sept 4.  It came pretty quickly.  I only ordered small versions of their shampoo, conditioner, and polisher/detangler to get me started and try it out.  The stuff is pretty expensive after all, and I wasn’t sure how well I would like it or if it would work any better than anything else I’ve ever tried.

Day 1: Here is what Fizz’s tail looked like.  sorry I don’t have better photos, I didn’t really think I’d be writing a review.

I have since washed, conditioned, and detangled it twice.  Every few days, I rub in the “shock” treatment, which is a half and half mix of the conditioner and detangler/polisher. 

After using this product for the last 2-ish months, here is what his tail looked like on 10/20/23.  I have done nothing different aside from using Mane-ly long products in it.  It appears longer and thicker, and while he does still rub it here and there, he is not viciously rubbing it at every opportunity he gets.  I assume this is because the conditioner keeps it from being dry, so it’s less itchy? When he does rub it, the hairs don’t seem to break off nearly as bad. They ARE growing. Slowly but surely. And I consider that a win.

Over the summer (and I don’t have photos of this unfortunately) the top of his tailbone was almost rubbed raw he was rubbing so bad. The feathers on the tops and sides of his tail looked like I had shaved them. I wish I had taken photos of that!

I’m also using the products on Duke, who has a long, thick, pretty nice tail. I braid and bag Dukes tail, but he swats at flies and wrings his tail like he’s a dang helicopter about to take off. I was struggling to keep it unmatted at the top portion between the tail bone and where the braid starts. I spent so much time picking through it with other sticky detanglers with not a lot of success. The manely detangler is not super sticky, it seems to soak into the hair, and it works. I use the “shock” about every 3-4 days (about a quarter size drop, a little goes a long way) and so far, it’s kept it unmatted!

I’ll continue to take and post photos of the progress and post them here when I can, but so far, I am pretty impressed with these products. Expensive, yes. But they are working for us. And a bonus, his tail always smells really nice.