Tips for the pool

[GaiasDaughter24]

Well, it's summer and it's time for some pool fun. We're going to the pool in a few hours and I was wondering if there is anything I should do to prep. Also, what do I do after the swim? I planned on washing and DCing.

What's your pool routine?

 

[westNDNbeauty]

I really don't swim in pools but when I lived in the islands, we would pretty much use alot of olive oil before swimming. That made it easy for our hair to be detangled after swimming. And of course you know water and oil don't mix so the oil would still remain on our hair after a full days at the beach.

 

[ms.blue]

Try putting conditioner on your hair.

 

[lilikoi]

Conditioner will rinse off almost immediately and oils are OK for ocean swimmer but I have a feeling it's not a good thing to do in a pool.

Synchronized swimmers use gelatin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gelatin

"swimmers

Whoa. First I thought some joker added a reference to "synchronized underwater basket weaving"... Nice addition, who would have thought. Femto 14:03, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I added a reference to back up the claim about synchro swimmers using gelatin, since an anonymous "no, really, they do" isn't enough. That said: no, really, they do. I was on my college's synchronized swimming team, and we used plain Knox food gelatin in our hair for shows. We put our hair up in a tight bun, made a concentrated batch of the gelatin, then brushed it on with a turkey basting brush while it was still warm (hot, actually) and waited for it to harden into a shell. After several routines, it would start to get a bit tacky, but it wouldn't come out until you took a hot shower. Smelled awful while you were making it, but it left your hair glossy for a couple days, at least. And if you think synchro is "underwater basket weaving", you obviously haven't tried to do it! Imagine doing a handstand underwater, but supporting your body weight by moving your arms since you're not allowed to touch the bottom, to music, and trying to line yourself up into a formation with people you can't really see because your head's underwater. --24.126.54.195 (talk) 04:14, 14 February 2009 (UTC)"


I haven't tried this yet, but believe it'll work since I've been using tons of ecostyler gel to slick my short transitioning hair into a micro-pony and it lasts and lasts... I like the idea of using gelatin instead since it would be effectively a collagen protein treatment!

 

[MrsHdrLe]

Umm I heard geletin is good for buliding shine and strength. Any other opinions?

 

[Distorted Barbie]

http://www.kisforkinky.com/2010/05/what-do-i-do-with-my-natural-hair-when-i-go-swimming/#more-7267

 

[Dommo]

Personally, I wouldn't do anything special before. Just use a chelating poo afterward along with a moisturizing deep conditioner.

 

[CherryCherryBoomBoom]

I hear it's good to coat your hair in conditioner before entering the pool, to help prevent chlorine from entering your hair strands. Then after swimming wash hair well with clarifying/chelating shampoo and deep condition to bring back to health

 

[mswoman]

Thanks for the help... the site was great because my daughter will be swimming every friday and daily next month

 

[gissellr78]

Sally's sells shampoo and conditioner to get chlorine out of your hair. The brand is ION.

http://www.sallybeauty.com/swimmers-shampoo/ION74,default,pd.html?cgid=Hair01