Brattina88
March 30th, 2014, 10:56 PM
I was hoping I could get a few tips for my summer hair care. I'm willing to try just about anything and I'll try to keep this as short as possible but I thought it would be best to explain. :)
From the begining of June until the end of August I run a summer camp program with school aged children at the preschool I work at now. We go on walking field trips every day, sometimes twice a day. For example, we may walk to a park in the morning, back to the center for lunch, and then to the pool after lunch, and then back to the center at 3. We swim EVERY SINGLE DAY M-F rain or shine, the only exception is thunderstorms. The pool alone is a 3mi walk round trip. I LOVE this job and I live for the kids, the heat and the sun, the excersize I get and especially swimming. Seriously dispite the difficulties and responsibilities I like to pretend it's a paid vacation haha. After work and on weekends I may swim also, and weekends I love going to cedar point and soak city!!
I know now the pool (and soak city) must have a lot of chlorine because my co-teacher and I lost 3 swimsuits last year due to fading and disintegrating. :o my hair lightened up a lot last year, which to be honest I like, but I want to protect my hair from damage (splits and frying) as much as possible. Last year I rinsed before and after every swim, and only towards the end of summer (August) afterwards I either CO-washed or washed with that chlorine shampoo and conditioner, depending on how my scalp felt. I always loaded up on conditioner, and it always air dried down on my walk back. In July I started wearing it in a single braid to swim. Before that I just left it loose or in a pony tail (with not-LHC-friendly hair ties if I'm honest)
In Sept I had to take several inches off of damage. I hope to help that this year. But I've also been taking better care of my hair his school year, thanks to you guys here at LHC!
i usually shampoo with suave naturals either every 2 or 3 days and condition. Sometimes I overnight coconut oil on days I know I'm going to wash. I use a smidge of coconut oil as a leave in sometimes, my hair seems to do well with coconut oil. Once in a while I'll use a real coney conditioner on the length of my hair (never the scalp, though itchy itchy). My hair seems to like honey, I only do it once a month, though. My hair has also been henna-cassiaed with nightshades strawberry blonde mix. I am wondering how his is going to be effected by the swimming. I do the roots as needed and gloss the length when I do the roots. I have a nice wide tooth comb, I'm much more gentle with it, I have a tangle teezer and a BBB but I don't use them THAT much. I use sleep braids now and I'm considering a sleep bonnet (I don't actually sleep on my pillows). I don't use updos that much, but a couple times a week. I really plan on doing updos ALL SUMMER though lol. Getting my hair off of my neck in the heat is always a bonus.
Anything i I take or use I have to carry in my bag, and it's hard to protect my bag from the heat. Last year I used travel sized bottles and I refilled them everyday. I was thinking about getting like a dropper for coconut oil and refilling every morning? I don't want it to get rancid or something... Any kind of treatment, salve or should I try a hat or something? Sunscreen for hair? lol
Any ideas or tips would be greatly appreciated :)
Thanks!
From the begining of June until the end of August I run a summer camp program with school aged children at the preschool I work at now. We go on walking field trips every day, sometimes twice a day. For example, we may walk to a park in the morning, back to the center for lunch, and then to the pool after lunch, and then back to the center at 3. We swim EVERY SINGLE DAY M-F rain or shine, the only exception is thunderstorms. The pool alone is a 3mi walk round trip. I LOVE this job and I live for the kids, the heat and the sun, the excersize I get and especially swimming. Seriously dispite the difficulties and responsibilities I like to pretend it's a paid vacation haha. After work and on weekends I may swim also, and weekends I love going to cedar point and soak city!!
I know now the pool (and soak city) must have a lot of chlorine because my co-teacher and I lost 3 swimsuits last year due to fading and disintegrating. :o my hair lightened up a lot last year, which to be honest I like, but I want to protect my hair from damage (splits and frying) as much as possible. Last year I rinsed before and after every swim, and only towards the end of summer (August) afterwards I either CO-washed or washed with that chlorine shampoo and conditioner, depending on how my scalp felt. I always loaded up on conditioner, and it always air dried down on my walk back. In July I started wearing it in a single braid to swim. Before that I just left it loose or in a pony tail (with not-LHC-friendly hair ties if I'm honest)
In Sept I had to take several inches off of damage. I hope to help that this year. But I've also been taking better care of my hair his school year, thanks to you guys here at LHC!
i usually shampoo with suave naturals either every 2 or 3 days and condition. Sometimes I overnight coconut oil on days I know I'm going to wash. I use a smidge of coconut oil as a leave in sometimes, my hair seems to do well with coconut oil. Once in a while I'll use a real coney conditioner on the length of my hair (never the scalp, though itchy itchy). My hair seems to like honey, I only do it once a month, though. My hair has also been henna-cassiaed with nightshades strawberry blonde mix. I am wondering how his is going to be effected by the swimming. I do the roots as needed and gloss the length when I do the roots. I have a nice wide tooth comb, I'm much more gentle with it, I have a tangle teezer and a BBB but I don't use them THAT much. I use sleep braids now and I'm considering a sleep bonnet (I don't actually sleep on my pillows). I don't use updos that much, but a couple times a week. I really plan on doing updos ALL SUMMER though lol. Getting my hair off of my neck in the heat is always a bonus.
Anything i I take or use I have to carry in my bag, and it's hard to protect my bag from the heat. Last year I used travel sized bottles and I refilled them everyday. I was thinking about getting like a dropper for coconut oil and refilling every morning? I don't want it to get rancid or something... Any kind of treatment, salve or should I try a hat or something? Sunscreen for hair? lol
Any ideas or tips would be greatly appreciated :)
Thanks!