Buddycare Waterless Dog Shampoo – Vanilla & Shea Butter, 200ml

Buddycare Vanilla & Shea Butter Waterless Dry Dog Shampoo – 200ml

The warm vanilla scent is what sells this one, and on a rinse-free product it lingers because nothing washes it away. It works like the rest of the waterless range: on to a dry coat, massaged in, brushed through, and that is the wash finished without a drop of water.

Be clear about the name, though. Buddycare's declared ingredient list for this bottle contains no Butyrospermum parkii — no shea butter. What it does contain is aloe barbadensis leaf juice and panthenol on a cocamidopropyl betaine and lauryl glucoside base, the same formulation as the other three scents. It is a good mild cleaner; it is not a shea butter conditioner.

Performance & Benefits

• Warm vanilla scent that holds on the coat because there is no rinse to remove it.
• Rinse free — no bath, no hose, no wet dog.
• Mild cocamidopropyl betaine and lauryl glucoside base, free of SLS, sulphates and parabens.
• Aloe barbadensis leaf juice and panthenol for coat condition.
• pH balanced for canine skin and cleared from eight weeks.
• 200ml, which is the whole range's single size.

Suitable For

• Dogs bathed infrequently that need freshening between washes.
• Puppies from eight weeks upwards.
• Owners who want a warmer, sweeter scent than the baby powder or oatmeal versions.
• Travel, shows and anywhere with no warm water.
• Not the product for a dog that genuinely needs shea butter on a dry coat, since none is declared here, and never for a cat.

How to Use

• Apply to the coat and gently massage it in.
• Target the dirty and greasy areas rather than the whole dog.
• Brush the coat through if necessary.
• Do not rinse — the formula is rinse free.
• Let the coat dry on its own.

Specification

• 200ml bottle of rinse-free waterless dog shampoo.
• Ingredients: aqua (water), cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerin, phenoxyethanol, sodium chloride, polysorbate 20, lauryl glucoside, sodium benzoate, sodium hydroxide, aloe barbadensis (aloe) leaf juice, panthenol (provitamin B5), parfum.
• Butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) does not appear in Buddycare's declared ingredient list for this bottle, despite the product name.
• Free from SLS, sulphates and parabens.
• Buddycare publish no pH figure and no opened shelf life, so none is given here.

Care & Caution

• Buddycare formulate this for dogs only and say plainly not to use it on cats, whose skin pH differs. Use a cat shampoo on a cat.
• It is rinse free, so it stays on the coat and the dog will lick it. Use only what the coat needs, and keep it off the muzzle and around the mouth.
• Keep it out of the eyes and ears. Flush with clean water if any gets in.
• Not for puppies under eight weeks.
• Stop using it if the skin reddens or the dog scratches more after a wash, and speak to your vet.