I’ve not a product review for a good few months now, but I had to write one about this awesome product.
A friend of mine has become a distributor and gave me a tub of Leather Genie to try and it’s safe to say I haven’t put it down. It’s called Leather Genie and apparently can be used on all sorts of leather products such as furniture, car interiors, bike leathers, leather shoes and boots and of course riding tack.
First impressions were good; It smells absolutely beautiful, it looks to contain beeswax so it’s good for weather proofing or at very least help water roll off the leather before sinking in. And looks like it would stop sweat from building and sinking into the leather. When I first opened the tub and had a look and smell it reminded me very much of Renapur. Myself and Georgie have used Renapur previously and had good results so I was hoping this was going to do the same if not better.
I’ve been riding in my beautiful Ariat Heritage Contour tall riding boots and over the winter and spring I neglected them a little. I figured the damp and dirt would help break them in and make them fit nicely and mold to my legs but that left them covered in grease, dirt and dust. Which was true, I needed to work them in but by leaving them about 6 months without cleaning them they were in need of some conditioning.
As you can see they weren’t massively caked in mud but had a lot of grease from the horses skin from riding, so they definitely needed some leather feed.
After having them a good couple of months and wearing them in I finally decided to clean them up. Firstly I used some mild leather cleaner on a soft microfiber cloth and gently got the mud off and not scratch the leather. Once cleaned the leather dried naturally for a few minutes, now that they were dry I got out a clean sponge dabbed it into the pot so it was covered in a thin layer of product. I then, in circular motions, worked the Leather Genie conditioner into the leather making sure to not put too much on only one area. The product instantly began to sink into the leather and made it supple, leaving it with a really nice shine and darkened the brown leather to a beautiful mahogany colour. It really didn’t take a lot of product to really work in and bring out a whole new level of smart.
Here you can see the difference between them. The left boot is clean but no Leather Genie and the right is after being conditioned all over with Leather Genie.
Once my family had seen the results I got inundated with requests for cleaning and conditioning. I used Leather Genie on leather boat shoes, belts, my nieces Jodphur boots, my Mum’s leather wellies and my leather handbag.
Due to the JoJoba Oil and beeswax the effect on the leather wellies really was amazing. Obviously they’re walked in water a lot and this really helped to make the leather supply but also water proof; stopping the water from saturating the leather.
And the final finish – They look absolutely amazing.
I've also been cleaning and conditioning my boots every every after hound exercise and hunting and they just look nicer and nicer each time. I absolutely love this stuff!
Leather Genie really brings out a really rich colour in the leather and gives it a nice soft shine. This boots really do look like new again and I am really very impressed. As some of you close to me may know, my Dad John used to work for renowned Newmarket saddlers Gibsons and he said to me that (and I quote) “This is the best leather conditioning product I’ve ever used” and I really feel that is saying something for someone who has been a saddler for so many years.
I’ve also been using it on tack and found the results really very good indeed! A few weeks ago I did 4 bridles and 4 saddles ready for the hunt staff the following day and every single person commended on how nicely their tack looked, how renewed the condition was and that it smelled great! Hunt tack gets all manner of dirt, grease, sweat and weather all over it so its extremely good at not allowing the leather to crack and subsequently break.
£12.99 plus shipping from http://www.leathergenie.co.uk/
