Leovet 5-Star Braided Grip 200ml – Mane & Tail Gel for Horses & Ponies

Leovet 5-Star Braiding Gel – Mane & Tail Plaiting Gel, 200ml

Plaiting gel does two jobs that pull in opposite directions: it has to let the comb through so you can part clean, even sections, and then it has to give the hair enough grip that the plait does not slide loose an hour later. leovet's 5-Star Braiding Gel is their answer to that — they describe it as disentangling the long hairs, caring for the mane, and giving the hair better body and more hold for braiding.

It is silicone free, which matters more here than on a shampoo: silicone makes hair slippery, and slippery hair is the enemy of a tight plait. The 200ml tube is small enough to live in a plaiting kit rather than the wash box, and it is the same 5-Star family as the Body Wash and the Detangler.

Performance & Benefits

• Adds body to fine or freshly washed hair that would otherwise be too slippery to hold a plait.
• Detangles as it goes, so sections can be combed and parted cleanly.
• Silicone free — grip rather than slip, which is the point of a plaiting product.
• Gel rather than spray, so it goes where you put it instead of drifting over the neck.
• 200ml tube suits a plaiting kit and a morning at a show.

Suitable For

• Show and competition plaiting, in the mane and the tail.
• Fine, silky or newly washed manes that will not hold a plait unaided.
• Riders plaiting the night before or early on the day.
• Everyday detangling and coat shine is a different job — the Leovet 5-Star Detangler is the product for that.

How to Use

• Work on a clean, dry or barely damp mane.
• Run a little gel through the section you are about to plait rather than the whole neck at once.
• Comb the section through, divide it, and plait while the gel is still tacky.
• Wash out with a normal horse shampoo when the plaits come down.
• leovet publish no application instructions on their website, so the method above reflects normal plaiting practice rather than a manufacturer direction.

Specification

• 200ml. Gel consistency.
• Stated by leovet to be silicone free.
• leovet publish no ingredient list, no analysis and no pack size for this product on their website, so none is stated here.
• Made by leovet Dr. Jacoby GmbH & Co. KG, Lahnau, Germany. Barcode 4033081050523.
• Sold in Germany as 5-Sterne Flecht-Grip; Braiding Gel is leovet's own English name for the same product.