Beauty

WHEN YOU FORGET THAT YOUR BLEACHED HAIR AND CHLORINE ARE NOT A GOOD MATCH

This is what you should do

Olympians always want to make sure they look their absolute best when they get that medal placed around their necks. And so they spend plenty of time polishing their nails, curling their lashes and carefully blowdrying their hair. And then there;s Ryan Lochte. This swimmer thought it would be cool to give himself an iconic coupe by dyeing his hair platinum blonde. But then he took a dive into the deep end, swam like a mad man and came back up thrilled because he had just hit a new record. But. His. Hair. It was GREEN. Yup, definitely an iconic coupe.

What you can learn from this? Wear a cap, or just don’t set foot outside the front door (although you know better when you’ve got a gold medal dangling from your neck). Or dive into your bathroom and make use of the following tips to get rid of that shade of green.

Before diving into the pool

Smart idea to add a bit of coconut- or olive oil in your hair because it  gives it a protective layer. That way chlorine can’t effect the color.

Five tips incase that didn’t help:
1. Wash your hair riiiiight after you get out of the pool. That way you’ll rinse out the chlorine immediately instead of letting it soak in.
2. Mix water with soda. This will take the chlorine out of your hair too. Doesn’t feel too pleasant and it might make your hair feel like straw, but at least the color won’t change.
3. As soon as you hop out of the pool use a conditioner and leave it in a little longer than you usually do. This won’t allow the chlorine to soak in either and minimize the odds of a green head of hair.
4. Use ketchup as a hair mask. It works. I’m sure they’ve got ketchup somewhere in that Olympic village, Ryan.
5. Apple vinegar. It stinks, but it works. The just use some proper shampoo afterwards and you won’t notice any change in hair color.