How to Protect Dyed Hair From Pool Chemicals
Dyed hair can become dry and dull from chemical processing. Swimming and exposure to pool chemicals can also contribute to even more damage to hair strands. Hair absorbs liquids like a sponge when exposed to water. When hair absorbs pool chemicals during swimming, it can become very dry from repeated exposure. Hair can even turn a green tint from copper found in pool chemicals.
Difficulty:
Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
Bottle of leave-in hair conditioner spray
Soft bristled hair brush
2 hair ties
Swimmer's cap
Bottle of clarifying shampoo
Bottle of hair conditioner
Before the Swim
1 Shower before entering the pool. Thoroughly saturate your hair by running your hair through your strands for up to five minutes.
2 Apply a leave-in hair conditioner. Turn your head upside down and spray the conditioner throughout your hair. A leave-in conditioner will help coat hair strands, preventing pool chemicals from being absorbed into hair shafts.
3 Brush the hair strands to ensure the conditioner is evenly distributed. Spray your hair a few more times if the hair does not feel soft and slick. Resume brushing until your hair feels slippery.
4 Make a high ponytail by flipping your head upside down and gathering hair with your hands. Insure that your ponytail will be placed directly on top of your head. Use a hair tie to secure the hair. Start twisting your ponytail hair to make a bun. Keep twisting the ponytail until there is no more hair to twist. Secure the bun with the remaining hair tie.
5 Put on your swimmer's cap on by stretching it over the front of your head. Then lift the back part of the swimmer's cap white stretching outward from your head and slide it down over the back of your hairline.
After the Swim
1 Rinse your hair immediately after swimming. Stand under the shower for at least four minutes to insure that any pool chemicals that may have came into contact with you hair are rinsed out.
2 Wash your hair with the clarifying shampoo. Follow the instructions on the bottle for the necessary time to allow the shampoo to penetrate hair strands.
3 Apply a conditioner to replenish moisture into hair strands.