Hair care
Summer-Proof Beauty Tips From Bathing BeautiesCome heat wave or high water, these summer tips from the Aqualillies synchronized swimming troupe will keep you looking beautiful all summer long |
Dyed Hair, Don't Care Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde" said it best: "The rules of hair care are simple and finite." But following the most basic of these rules (don't over-wash it) is impossible for someone who spends her days in the pool, sea and sun. Barnes, right, who has dyed fiery red hair, has to be extra careful before and after swimming so that she doesn't strip her already-fragile hair of its notoriously hard-to-keep color. Here's her recipe for keeping the color in and the chlorine out:
-Put coconut oil in your hair before getting in the water. It acts as a barrier and locks in moisture.
- Rinse your hair immediately after you get out of the water to clear out the chlorine.
-Skip the shampoo and co-wash with a cleansing conditioner. (She likes Macadamia Natural Oil Cleansing Conditioner.)
-Once a month, do a vitamin C treatment, which, Barnes says, removes chlorine buildup. Just add a teaspoon of vitamin C powder (she finds it in Trader Joe's) to two cups of water and drench your hair in it. Immediately follow with shampoo and conditioner.
Deirdre Barnes of Aqualillies, photographed by Amanda Rowan Imagery
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-Put coconut oil in your hair before getting in the water. It acts as a barrier and locks in moisture.
- Rinse your hair immediately after you get out of the water to clear out the chlorine.
-Skip the shampoo and co-wash with a cleansing conditioner. (She likes Macadamia Natural Oil Cleansing Conditioner.)
-Once a month, do a vitamin C treatment, which, Barnes says, removes chlorine buildup. Just add a teaspoon of vitamin C powder (she finds it in Trader Joe's) to two cups of water and drench your hair in it. Immediately follow with shampoo and conditioner.
Deirdre Barnes of Aqualillies, photographed by Amanda Rowan Imagery
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