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Sep 19^th, 2004 at 6:47pm

Hiya!

Just a question to see what all of ye do when at the beach...

My husband and I are going to Cancun next month. Neither of us have ever been there before, so we are very excited as you can imagine!

Does anyone have any recommendations as to caring for your hair while on the beach?
I live near the beach, but it doesn't get that hot here, and so I don't go swimming much. When I have, I lash on loads of olive oil in my hair which seems to help a bit with the sea water.

Any other suggestions? Any chance sea water is actually good for your hair? (I know that one is a long shot...lol)

Thanks a million!

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Re: Sea Water Hair
Reply #1 - Sep 19^th, 2004 at 11:04pm

Salt water is very drying for your hair. Putting olive oil on your hair before going into the water is a good preventative measure. Some will use conditioner. Either will work best if you first rinse your hair with fresh water, then put the oil or conditioner on. This allows the hair to absorb GOOD moisture which will minimize absorbing the bad salt water.

Covering your hair in the sun and wind is also recommended to prevent damage. Find a cute hat or scarf and protect your precious hair.

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Rua Emerald Offline "Soft, yes. Weak, no." Posts: 341 Dublin, Ireland Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #2 - Sep 20^th, 2004 at 12:27pm Thank you. I always forget that about wettin your hair with freshwater BEFORE gettin in the sea. It makes a lot of sense though.
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Re: Sea Water Hair
Reply #3 - Sep 20^th, 2004 at 5:57pm

Hmmmm. What is really happening here? Isn't the damage to your hair (from sea water) caused by the salt drying on your hair? I would assume that the water is pulled out of the hair by osmosis because the concentration of salt is higher on the surface of the hair.

But when you are actually in the sea water, is anything negative happening at all? I mean, the moisture content of your hair can hardly be higher than the actual ocean. So shouldn't it be enough to rinse your hair thoroughly with fresh water when you get out? (and preferably condition as well, since I suppose that all gets stripped off your hair)

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Re: Sea Water Hair
Reply #4 - Sep 20^th, 2004 at 8:21pm

My educated guess is that yes, the damage is done while drying the hair. So if you have access to a shower, I'd rinse as soon as possible after getting out of the water, rather than allow the salt to dry on my hair.

Someone on one of the other boards decided to do some sort of sea salt treatment to her hair and caused lots of damage.

I think that the best thing you could do is the following: before going in the water, apply oil to your hair to the point where it's waterproof. I like coconut oil, it's nice and goes on light, without feeling greasy. It looks like some of those hair products they have out now. If you're out in the sun all day, this means the sun is warming the oil on your hair, which is not a bad thing.

My feeling is that conditioner is sufficiently soluble that it will probably rinse out in the water.

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Re: Sea Water Hair
Reply #5 - Sep 21^st, 2004 at 12:12pm

Yes, I would have to agree with that regarding the conditioner. So then should I still wet my hair with freshwater and THEN put the oil in or just put the oil in on its own?

Sorry to ask such a dumb question! My hair is so fragile that all I have to do is look at wrong and I go bald. Just trying to make sure that doesn't happen on me holidays!

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #6 - Sep 21^st, 2004 at 1:49pm I rinse my hair with fresh water then oil it. I feel the oil helps to trap the good water/moisture in the hair. Hope you have a great vacation!
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Rua Emerald Offline "Soft, yes. Weak, no." Posts: 341 Dublin, Ireland Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #7 - Sep 21^st, 2004 at 7:21pm Thank you! I hope that the caribbean sea is as blue in real life as the pictures I've seen! And thanks for the sea water tips too everyone!
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Justme Amethyst Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1 ! Posts: 18 Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #8 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 2:24am I thought that oil and water don't mix together that well. I recently bought both coconut oil (solid) and jojoba oil. If I wet my hair first would that "prevent" the oils from "taking" to the hair shaft ? OK - what does everybody else do ? Don't be shy !!!
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #9 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 2:49am If you spread oil on wet soaked hands, the oil still sticks. The same goes for your hair. The basic idea is to saturate the hair with fresh water, so that there's no "room" for the saltwater to seep in, and then the oils serve as additional protection. It's best to do both. Good luck and have a great time 8)
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Kate Emerald Offline Posts: 328 Linköping, Sweden Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #10 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 8:08am I just have to say that the anti-profanity checker on this site cracks me up. Salthingyer? LOL! I had a post once where I wrote (apparently) about thingytails /Kate
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Re: Sea Water Hair
Reply #11 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 9:27am

I didn't even know there was a profanity checker on this site. That's hilarious! While I was reading Anais post, I kept reading 'salthingyer' over and over again thinking to myself, "What on earth does that mean? Is it another word for salt?" LOL

Actually, what Anais says about oil sticking on wet hair makes a lot of sense. Now that I think about it, after I get out of the shower I put a bit of oil in my hair while it's still wet and my hair slurps it up. There is hardly any oil my hands when I'm done....as opposed to when I do it while my hair is dry. Then I have to wash my hands for an age to get all the oil residue off them.

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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #12 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 1:42pm S-a-l-t-w-a-t-e-r. I don't see any profanity. Must be British slang for something. LOL I've written "thingytail" many times too.
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Rua Emerald Offline "Soft, yes. Weak, no." Posts: 341 Dublin, Ireland Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #13 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 7:50pm I dunno! I've never heard of saltwater being used as slang in Britain. Maybe it's australian slang...LOL
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Kate Emerald Offline Posts: 328 Linköping, Sweden Gender:	Re: Sea Water Hair Reply #14 - Sep 23^rd, 2004 at 7:56am LOL, you two. Read the word between the "L" and the "E." It is too British slang /Kate
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