My daughter is a swimmer and this year after just a few times at the pool some of her white suits are yellow. She has worn them only once or twice to the pool, and the parts of the pattern that are white are now yellow, I wash them within hours of her getting out of the pool but that is not helping. Anyone have any ideas on how to get them back to white? Also any ideas on how to keep her blonde hair from turning to straw? This is also an issue this year. We have been swimming 3-4 days a week at this same pool for 6 years and this is the first time we have had so many chlorine issues.
We have a pool and I've never had a swimsuit yellow. you must have way too much chemicals in the pool.
wet the hair and put a little bit of conditioner in and leave it in while she swims. It will help protect the hair.
good luck.
Not sure if this will help with the suit, but it will help with the hair. She needs to rinse in fresh water before going in the pool. Wet her hair really good. The hair soaks up the fresh water and does not soak up the chlorinated as much. We have a pool and it helped me, of course my pool is probably not nearly as chlorinated. I got the tip from a hair dresser who was a former olympic swimmer though. You can also put some leave in conditioner before she goes in too. Good luck.
I did not read the answer from the previous poster so I am sorry if it was already rec. We swim 3-5 times a day-although my daughter does not have blonde hair-she is 3 and has long thick hair. What I got is a spray in conditioner from pantene-I spray it lightly before we swim and them at night I was w/Suave swimmers shampoo-it is under $2 a bottle, then rinse wash w/her suave kids shampoo rinse and then condition it and rinse-it keeps it healthy and silky-No straw feel to it and no knots best of all. Hope this helps. Even the lady who cuts her hair commented how heathy it is-she knows we swim alot.L.:)
check /w the pool manager to see if they have changed chemicals -- makes a difference or if someone new is adding chemicals -- may be using too much?
You could try a swim cap if she'll wear it -- tell her it makes her swim faster, to keep some of chemicals off her hair.
no advice.
Just wondering if there are any SALT water pools in your area you could switch too.
I find "public" pools highly chlorinated and I found 2 women teaching swimming in their private, home pools - salt water. My kids love it because it doesn't burn their eyes.
My home pool is chlorinated, but nothing near how high the public ones are. I want to switch to salt.
Hi N.,
I am the mom of a blonde/blue eyed swimmer. I understand the hair issue. When my daughter started swimming for a club she started wearing a cap which helped some. Another suggestion we received was to put a leave in conditioner on the hair before putting the cap on. My daughter would get her hair wet in the shower, put the conditioner in her hair, and then put the cap on. This seemed to help.
As far as the suits go, check how you are washing them. I have her rinse her suit thoroughly after getting out of the pool (sometimes she literally takes a shower with soap with her suit still on). When she gets home we use a suit rinse (Speedo swimsuit cleaner). She soaks her suit in the sink with a small amount of cleaner and then hangs it up to dry. We never put her suits in the washing machine (it stretches them out).
You might also check with the pool manager and let him/her know of your concern. Maybe the chemical mix has changed.
Hope this helps.
L.
Not sure about the suits, but for the hair check out Circle of Friends pre-swim conditioner. Read about it online, and then see where to buy it. I know Ulta has it, not sure if CostPlus still does.
http://www.cofbath.com/homepage/Emmas-Pre-Swim-Conditione...
For her hair have her get it really wet and cover it with leave in conditioner or even regular conditioner and let it sit for a while before she goes in. Have her go in without rinsing her hair. Don't let her hair dry straight from the pool use a gentle shampoo so it is not drying and use a heavy moisturizing conditioner.
I had white blonde hair as a kid and green hair was always an issue in the summer due to pool chlorine. The best way to get it out is tomato paste- no joke. Just let it sit on your daughter's hair for a few then wash it out.
Is your daughter swimming on a team or just playing around? The reason I ask is because if she is wearing a swim cap have her wet her hair and put conditioner on her hair before putting the swim cap on. That's what we did when I was on a swim team in high school.
No advice about the yellow swim suits- sorry.
Chlorine is so hard on blonde hair- but swimming is such a fun and great activity for kids so keep it up! Good luck!
I had those issues with the pool my girls went to last year. As for the hair I found a shampoo that was made for use after swimming. I believe it was by Sauve. Good luck.
i'm not sure about the swim suit, but for her hair, there are spf leave in conditioners that you can find in salons and put it in before she goes in the pool. also, make sure she totally wets her hair with water before going in the chlorine. if her hair is already soaked with clean water, there's not much room left for chlorine to get absorbed. if she goes in dry, then her hair will be soaked with all chlorine water. if that makes sense. also, if you can, shampoo her hair right after getting out of the water. if she still has excessive build up, use a chelating or deep cleansing shampoo until it feels better, and then continue with that shampoo once a week or so to keep up. hope that helps!
a swim cap will help the hair.
I don't know how to get your bathing suite back to white, none that I know of. My family is extremely big on swimming also (my grandmother owns a swimming pool). If you don't want to use a swimming cap (I hated them, but was required during practice) there are shampoos made specifically for swimming. I use Lo'real Kids Swimming Shampoo. We don't have blond hair, but it is keeping my daughters light brown hair from turning blond (I totally forgot to use the shampoo several times and the tips of her hair are turned blond, she also has streaks, it used to look like she streaked her hair.) Make sure she rinses off during pool breaks and uses the shampoo as soon as she is done swimming for the day. As for having an issue this year compared to previous years, is someone else managing the chemical levels in the pool, did something change. It might not be you. It could be lots of things, brand of chemical changed, the number of times the water is tested, what levels they are saying its okay to swim (there is a generally a standard, obviously if balance is way off pools don't let people swim, but pools don't always use the same rule as to what is an unacceptable level of variation. One pool will still let pool swim if the chlorine level is a little high, while another will close the pool for the rest of the day if it looks even a little too high. If it is a real problem talk to management or find a another pool that has a requires a lower level of chlorine before allowing patrons to swim.
