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14 Beauty Sense A S K A P R O F E S S I O N A L S T Y L I S T Taking Care of Pool Hair What can I do to protect my hair from harsh pool water? Wet it with clean water first, then apply a leave-in conditioner spray with UV protection so it doesn't soak up as much pool water. LACY CANADY SEDA FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA Get it wet before you get into the pool; that way, less chlorine will penetrate it. Then, rinse your hair immediately after. Shampoo with a paste of half baking soda and half water and leave it in for five minutes. It's the old-school way. TINA ANN ORANGEVALE, CALIFORNIA I always tell my clients to fill a spray bottle with water and conditioner. Wet the hair really well before going in the pool; when hair is wet, it doesn't absorb as much of the chlorinated water. Keep the water bottle handy and mist as often as needed. Afterward, shampoo and condition the hair. GLYNDA RAINEY KITTRELL NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS "The green color is caused by certain heavy metals—mostly copper—that lodge in the cracks of the scaley outer covering of your hair shaft. This outer covering is called the cuticle, and it normally protects your hair. Swimming a lot can damage your cuticle, allowing the copper and other metals to get in and stick there. Once there, they oxidize (kind of like rusting), and oxidized copper is green. (Incidentally, that's why the Statue of Liberty is green, and why old pennies are sometimes green—the copper in them has oxidized.) Chlorine's role in this is that it helps damage your hair's cuticle. So, although the green you see is not chlorine, the chlorine probably helped the copper get in and stick there."¹ Note 1. UCSB ScienceLine, "Does Blonde Hair Turn Green Because Chlorine is Green?" available at http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/ getkey.php?key=495, accessed August 2018. Why does hair sometimes turn green from chlorine in pools? There are some really great professional products and treatments to help remove pool chemicals from hair and rehydrate and replenish stripped locks. Ask your hair professional for their recommendations. Check out this easy, stylish, poolside-do from our hairdressing friends at Parlour H Salon!

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