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I've started swimming and it's so awesome. Great stress reducer and it helps a girls body stay in shape! BUT, it's killing my hair. I haven't tried a cap in years, but I do remember they don't really keeep your hair from getting wet. Do you recommend a newer swim cap or heavy conditioner or is there another trick to help colored hair from totally drying out?
Use baquacil instead of chlorine(if you can). Rinse your hair out with water as soon as you get out. Do deep conditioning nightly(the sun dries it too). It still kills the color but it will help with dryness. I do think baquacil is gentler on color though. You can see the difference really easily in how fast the color can fade out of swim suits even.
I've started swimming and it's so awesome. Great stress reducer and it helps a girls body stay in shape! BUT, it's killing my hair. I haven't tried a cap in years, but I do remember they don't really keeep your hair from getting wet. Do you recommend a newer swim cap or heavy conditioner or is there another trick to help colored hair from totally drying out?
Wet your hair thouroughly with plain tap water before you get in the pool-it will not absorb as much chlorine if it is already soaking wet.
What about rubbing in a bit of oil? Would this just dissolve and gum up the pool? I too have that problem and have no control over the pool chemicals. I think a cap, even if it doesn't keep your hair completely dry, will protect it from being saturated.
I guess rinsing off promptly afterwards would help too.
I've started swimming and it's so awesome. Great stress reducer and it helps a girls body stay in shape! BUT, it's killing my hair. I haven't tried a cap in years, but I do remember they don't really keeep your hair from getting wet. Do you recommend a newer swim cap or heavy conditioner or is there another trick to help colored hair from totally drying out?
Don't know if this will work for you - my daughter has curly, shoulder length hair and swims 5 days and sails 2 days. She found that if she thoroughly wets her hair then adds a few drops of her Pro Naturals Moroccan Argan Oil rubbed into the hair ends upwards, but not the scalp and wrapped her hair under a swim cap it helped protect against the chlorine. After swimming she thoroughly rinses her hair, no shampoo, just water and pops hair under a towel for drive home where she blow dries it.
First of all rinse your hair in tap water before and after getting in the swimming pool so that your hair is already wet and cannot absorb the chemical. One more thing, you should put conditioner in your hair before putting on your swimming cap and you can enjoy swimming without worried about your hair.
First of all rinse your hair in tap water before and after getting in the swimming pool so that your hair is already wet and cannot absorb the chemical. One more thing, you should put conditioner in your hair before putting on your swimming cap and you can enjoy swimming without worried about your hair.
If its your own pool, use salt water instead of regular. If it's not your own pool, I bet your natural color hair is better than the color you change it to.
Obviously you want to keep your body in shape and aren't going in for the false advertising thing right? So if you're keeping your body in shape, why mess with the hair color? One the one hand you keep it natural and in condition, then turn around and make your hair color artificial?
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