Hot Tip using Silk Creation for long hair breed by Eric Lezarda of Yeryk Shih Tzu
For Shih tzu, Lhasa Apso, Maltese, Yorkie, Havenese and all long hair breed
1. You can use 2 variant of shampoo of Silk Creation, the Extra Light Brightening Double Clearing Shampoo and the Silken Clarifying Cream Shampoo. For example, if your dogs are taking a bath 2 twice a week, you can alternate the use of the Extra Light Brightening DoubleClearing Shampoo and the Silken Clarifying Cream Shampoo. (Silken Clarifying Cream Shampoo has multi vitamins and much more moisturizers that make the hair super soft and feeling shine and the Extra Light Brightening Double Clearing Shampoo helps to make the hair very clean and helps to prevent stains.
Note: you may also want to use the Silken Clarifying Shampoo for maintenance if you already achieved a very nice and not dry hair.
2. For the conditioner, you can use the Super Concentrated Moisturizing Conditioner; this conditioner makes the hair super soft, not sticky and not oily. If the hair is very dry you can mix hot oil.
a. Mix 1 tbsp of hot oil and 3 tbsp of Super Concentrated Moisturizing Conditioner.
b. Dilute the mixture to 1 cup of water, then shake or you can use the blender so that it is evenly mix.c. Apply after you rinse the shampoo then wait for 5 minutes before rinsing off the conditioner.
Note: you may also want to use the Silk Stocking Protein Conditioner for maintenance if you already achieved a very nice and not dry hair.
3. Dilute Sleek & Shine Leave on Conditioning Cream with water (1:20 ratio, 1 part of Sleek & Shine Leave on Conditioning Cream to 20 parts of water). Massage all over the hair of your dog, no need to rinse, just towel dry the hair.
4. Drop a little bit Silk Innovation Liquid Vitamin E Serum on your hand then massage all over the hair.
5. Blow-dry the hair. You will notice that you achieved a soft, silky and tangle-free hair.
6. Every time you brush your dog, you need to mist it using the conditioning spray. You may use the Silk Smooth Leave in Conditioning Spray or the Silk Smooth Leave in Conditioning Spray plus Collagen. It is recommended to use Silk Smooth Leave in Conditioning Spray plus Collagen because it really works well if you want to achieve smooth and not sticky and not oily hair and it can helps to remove the tangle very easy. For Maltese, Shih tzu and Yorkie you can spray Silk Smooth Leave in Conditioning Spray Plus Collagen before ironing.
7. If the length of the hair of your dog is almost floor length, you need to wrap it so that you can protect the hair from breakage. You can use the Magic Cream Formula. Put a little bit on you palm and apply it directly to the hair that you want to wrap. It can also help to restore dry hair.
8. You can also apply Silk Innovation Liquid Vitamin E Serum on the hair a little bit before you start brushing the hair. It makes shine and it is good for the hair because it has a multi vitamins and Vitamin E. You can also apply a little bit on the hair during the show.