Swimming & Chemically Treated Hair

[chickwhorips]

the wetting and the conditioner are perfect to do to save your hair.

also use a good clairfying shampoo twice a month with a good deep conditioner. pureology makes a great line for stripping out the cr@p that isn't good for your hair, but being gental on color treated hair.

use to use it all the time when i swam in pools. if you don't like that line i think aveda also carries some. my hair just doesn't like aveda. its curly and dry naturally.

[lawyergirl]

I think I may have found the solution - I found a swim cap made by Speedo that is lycra on the inside and silicon on the outside. The lycra is soft and I don't think it will slip around as much when I put conditioner in as when I just use a totally silicon cap. Will try this out tonight!

[Lise]

let us know how it works!

[lawyergirl]

Hmmm...ok well the new cap is good in that there was no slipage with the conditioner in, but I think it lets in more water than a strictly silicone cap. But it was way more comfortable - I can never keep all my hair in the silicone cap. I wonder if it's okay for some water to get in it as long as my hair is wet from the start and has conditioner in it? I guess we'll find out!

[chickwhorips]

it is still better that your hair is saturated with good water and conditioner even though some of the 'bad' water is getting under your cap.

glad its working out better for you. happy swimming!