Curly Hair and Swimming: how to protect hair while swimming

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Techniques to protect curly hair when swimming.
The BEST overnight treatment before swimming is to add lots of coconut oil to hair and leave it in overnight for my hair to soak up; then I use the tips in this video on top of the coconut oil treatment (all natural, food grade coconut oil)
-Large white silicone swim cap was purchased from swimoutlet[dot]com from the company "swimclub".
-The flowered cap I purchased at a Big 5 Sporting Goods store; from the company "Speedo".
-The best way to keep these caps in place is to put the white silicone cap on first, then over that cap put on the larger flower cap with the chin strap. It provides extra protection against the water and the chin strap does not allow either cap to slip up : )

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[jhernandez0773]

Where did you buy flower cap with strap thanks for the tips been searching everywhere for my daughters. They have long thick hair. Haven't found one that works yet.

[1ballerina]

@jhernandez0773 Hi, I got the flower swim cap at a sports store for $20, they are quite delicate caps and allow water in which is why I pair it with a silicone cap underneath.

I have an updated swim cap video where I show a swim cap that works very well ( I purchased it online) and it is only like $5 more than the flower swim cap and works much better than anything I have tried :)

[tweedie2014]

another tip is you can just get ur hair wet with regular water (like in a gym shower) and your hair will still b protected the same. and if you r wondering y it becuase your hair will absorb the regular water 1st ndd not the chlorine water which has chemicals to dry out hair.

[1ballerina]

@tweedie2014 I first allow my hair to soak up coconut oil, then I add conditioner so that a heavy conditioner is soaked in next, then I top it off with water then the swim cap. I know some people just wet their hair which seems to work for them, it would work for me as well but I think my oil/conditioner/water routine works best for me :)

[LimeGirl08]

Thanks for the tips, but I find that applying conditioner to my hair (dry or wet) before the pool, only makes my hair elastic slide and it's hard to keep in place.

[1ballerina]

@LimeGirl08 That happens to me as well. I put a silicone cap on then top it off with a cap that has a chin strap which helps to keep the silicone cap from sliding as much. I have recently purchased a whole different kind of swim cap and will update my swim routine accordingly :-)

[SpiffilyPeachy]

LOVE the music!! Thanks!

[1ballerina]

@norrisac

MUSIC: Song: Aganju (Latin Project Remix) Artist: Bebel Gilberto Album: Six Degrees of BRAZIL.

Yes I use Kinky Curly Curling Custard, and I use it for twist-outs and braid-outs; I have a video available for each styling method : )

I will take a look at your profile <3

[norrisac]

I do like this song also who is this?? And thank you for sharing if you look at my profile my hair is curly like yours but shorter medium length i wanted to know do you still use the Kinky Curly Custard??? And do you think its okay when twisting to just use setting lotion? Or no?

[LeiLei08]

excellent video, I love swimming but do worry about dryness so I will be using these methods asap. Thank you for this!! xx