There’s really nothing quite as welcome on a hot day as a dip in a refreshingly cool pool. However, if you are a blonde or have recently gone blonde, then you are all too familiar with the dreaded swamp monster tint.
According to Colleen Flaherty, a color specialist at NYC’s ultrachic Spoke & Weal salon in NYC, the best defense against this type of color damage is to wet your hair before you get in the pool. Your hair will absorb less of the chlorinated water if the shaft is already full of clean water.
When you get out of the pool, rather than sitting in a lounge chair to dry off, immediately go and rinse out your hair with a color-safe cleanser, such as Aveda Sun Care Hair & Body Cleanser ($22), that will gently remove buildup and replace lost moisture.
If the great greening has already happened, Flaherty said to grab yourself a packet of Malibu C Hard Water Weekly Demineralizer, a weekly treatment you apply to hair after cleansing to minimize the brassiness, discoloration, and damage that chlorine can cause to your ‘do.
