Welcome to EN’s Product Review series! Who doesn’t love shopping, especially when the object of your search is new gear for yourself or your horse? As an enthusiast of all products equine, I LOVE trying out new gear. Please join me as I narrate my personal journey of trying out all of the products featured. While I will make no recommendations, I hope you have fun reading about my many adventures of trying new products, and that hearing about my personal experiences helps you on your own quest for new gear. Go Shopping.
Each bottle of Carr & Day & Martin's coat care line is tall and is a crisp black color, and bears a different colored label - and I personally like that all of the bottles are uniform in size and shape. And the fact that the bottles are slightly narrower, yet tall, will help more of them to fit into my tote as well. - Photo by Lorraine Peachey
It can be a challenge to find just the right grooming products to use on my horses’ coats. And for my money, I want to see a healthy and shiny coat, because a gleaming coat looks terrific whether you are schooling, or are ready to walk into the show ring. Something that is never on trend though, are products that bring out a brilliant shine, but leave hair slick and slippery. Because applying them to the saddle area is a big no-no.
Ever since I saw such terrific results when I started using Canter Mane & Tail from Carr & Day & Martin last year, I’ve been curious to try other items from their line of coat products. So I was pretty excited to start using one of their finishing products to put the last little touch on my horses’ coats: Dreamcoat.
The name just sort of rolls off of the tongue. Dreamcoat. When I hear it, I picture a horse coming down straight down centerline at a floaty trot with their coat gleaming like the sun itself. Heck, in my mental picture, I feel like a unicorn should even be standing around somewhere for good measure, because it would make things more ‘dream-like’, right?
An even and non-splotchy looking application is certainly an attractive prospect, but the benefits of Equimist 360 don’t stop there. The even mist application will also help to reduce product waste – Photo by Lorraine Peachey
Anyway, snapping back to reality here. I was (very) enthusiastic when I was first introduced to the redesigned packaging of Carr & Day & Martin’s line of grooming products. Instead of their traditional bottles, each with their own unique appearance, Carr & Day & Martin is now offering their coat care line in a uniform looking set of black colored bottles.
Each bottle of the coat care line is tall and is a crisp black color, and bears a different colored label. I personally like that all of the bottles are uniform in size and shape. Because it helps them look like a matching set while taking up residence in my grooming tote. And the fact that the bottles are slightly narrower, yet tall, will help more of them to fit into my tote as well.
Along with a new look, the Carr & Day & Martin coat care line also has a new delivery method. You can now say buh-bye to the traditional pump spray application. And then say hello to Equimist 360…which is a new delivery method, in which product is released in an even mist when the trigger mechanism is pulled. Which provides for a nice and even application to your horse’s coat.
I also find that after an application, my horses tend to stay cleaner. If they go out and roll, I find that they don’t seem to get much dirt and dust sticking to it. I did not expect Dreamcoat to help keep dirt and dust at bay for days after each application, but the effect is a much welcomed one in my book. Photo by Lorraine Peachey
An even and non-splotchy looking application is certainly an attractive prospect, but the benefits of Equimist 360 don’t stop there. The even mist application will also help to reduce product waste. And what’s more, the Equimist 360 method of delivery is also quiet as well. Which is definitely a plus when dealing with a spooky or excited horse.
The redesigned packaging, along with the brand new Equimist 360 application make Dreamcoat extremely easy to use. And it has been formulated in order to help bring a nice & glossy shine to your horse’s coat, mane & tail, without adding a slick or greasy residue. Which just leaves my horses looking naturally glamorous, while I’m humming along to the oh-so appropriate tune ‘Get Your Shine On’.
When applying Dreamcoat, just two simple steps are needed. First, spray a fine mist of Dreamcoat all over the coat–it can be applied to either a wet or a dry coat. And since the formula is non-greasy, it can be used directly on the saddle area. As for the second step is, once finished with the application, just wipe over it with cloth or brush. That’s it!
In my experience, I find Dreamcoat very easy to use — I’ve used both the previous packaging, as well as the new packaging. I find that my young horses actually do better with the new Equimist 360 application method … neither have warm and fuzzy feeling for spray bottles. But they really don’t seem to mind the mist application at all!
Dreamcoat from Carr & Day & Martin – a side by side look at the old and new packaging – Photo by Lorraine Peachey
I also personally prefer the new application method, because I feel like the continuous spray makes it easier to apply. I get a nice even application of the Dreamcoat on my horse’s coat, and my hand doesn’t cramp up from spraying. And spraying. And spraying some more. Plus, I feel like it does make for less wasted product.
When I’m misting on a coating of Dreamcoat, I notice a light and lovely aroma from the lemongrass scent that is included in the formula. It is very pleasant, without being overpowering. And I simply use a brush to wipe over the coat, mane and tail after the application of the Dreamcoat and am left with a non-greasy shine.
In my experience, I feel like Dreamcoat does more then just make my horses look clean and shiny (and smell good!). I also find that after an application, my horses tend to stay cleaner – so if they go out and roll, I find that they don’t seem to get much dirt and dust sticking to it. I did not expect Dreamcoat to help keep dirt and dust at bay for days after each application…but the effect is a much welcomed one in my book.
Dreamcoat from Carr & Day & Martin is now available in it’s new packaging from Carr & Day & Martin, which you can learn more about here.
Go Shiny Horses that Look Their Best. Go Carr& Day & Martin. Go Eventing.
