Swimming Treatments & Tips
1 Hit Wonder Co-Wash, £7.99 – Regular swimming means regular washing. For a curly, coarse, thick, dry, or damaged hair type, this can mean even more damage. Adding a co-wash to your regime (start every third wash and judge as to whether it’s too much, too little, or just right) will help keep your scalp moisturised as well as your hair.
Detox Dynamo – can be used once a week to remove chlorine and saltwater from the hair.
Gently clarify and detox hair to banish build-up for good. This 97% natural clarifying shampoo removes build-up and residue caused by urban pollution, hard water, chlorine, or styling products. Detoxifying peppermint and sorrel leaf extracts help to gently cleanse, purify and remove build-up, leaving hair feeling fresh and clean.
Detox Dynamo Clarifying Scalp Scrub, £8.99 – Helps break down the impact of pollution with a moisture boosting, rebalancing formulation that stimulates the scalps, no matter the type of hair. This exfoliating and detoxifying pre-shampoo treatment scrub relieves your scalp of product build up.
Intensive Care Leave-In Conditioner, £7.99 – our secret weapon in the battle against chlorine. Hair is porous, dry hair even more so. The pool wants you to shower before getting in. Take advantage of that. Shower, get your hair thoroughly wet. Then seal the clean shower water in with Thirst Aid Leave In Spray, £7.99 if you have fine hair). Then swim. After your swim, wash it all out. The combination of soaking your hair with clean water first and then the leave-in conditioner means less chlorine will be absorbed by your hair. .
The Saviour Universal Balm, £9.95 – best to protect face from chlorine and saltwater.

The key to creating the perfect regime to protect your hair from chlorine:

  1. Prep – get your hair thoroughly soaked with clean water before you get into the chlorinated (or for that matter saltwater) environment.
  2. Protect your hair with a layer of plant oil-rich conditioner. Those plant oils create a barrier that will help keep the chlorine in the pool and not in your hair
  3. Clean – whether you’re clarifying or just using your normal shampoo, it’s important to wash away the chlorine as soon as possible.
  4. Replenish – chlorine and all the extra washing we swimmers do dries hair out. It’s washing away the natural oils your scalp produces to protect hair. So make sure you’re putting plenty back in. Regular masking, leave in conditioners, stylers that are treatments, and co-washing are all great steps to replenish lost moisture, enhance the hair’s barrier and even keep your scalp from drying out.