cheap easy way to get the green out of my blonde's hair!!

[shellyfive]

We have a pool that we use pristine blue in (a copper? chelator that they use in drinking water treatment plants) anyway , my blondie is turning green
and she's freaking out cause dance pictures are this weekend....
we tried blonde shampoos last season with little avail......anyone have any good home remedies??? I was thinking about using peroxide and baking soda...but wasn't sure if I'd turn her hair white(she is a very fair blonde)
any help?????

 

[kittycat9]

Soak her hair in white vinegar - though I might dilute it first. Also lemon juice. If neither of those work, I would purchase the shampoo and conditioner specifically for swimmers (pricey).

In the future, she should wet her hair before going in. There's something else my mom used to tell me to do, but I can't remember. Otherwise, she should wear a cap or something maybe? Not cool, I know - but neither is looking like green kool-aid.

 

[Kae]

Get Redken Hair Cleasing Cream mix 2 T with one if those Crystal Light Lemonade single pks(dry powder) put on the damp hair cover with cap for 15-20 mins. Heat helps then use a good Conditioner. Shampos for Blondes won't work they have blue/purple tones to keep the brasseiness out, to keep green out you would have to add in red tones. Make sure she wets her hair before getting into the pool

Kae

 

[Octoberbride03]

Don't know if they makes these anymore but she needs a shampoo to counteract the pool chemicals. When i was younger they had "swimming shampoos out. No idea where to get them now though.

 

[Mickey1Fan]

I can't help with the green now but definitely make sure her hair is soaked before she swims so the chemicals won't aborb into her hair.

Ultra Swim is the shampoo I use. I did a google search to find locations to buy it.

I remember putting in highlights when I was a teen and they turned the dreaded green.

Good luck.

 

[Dismom+two]

MY DD who has worked as a hairdresser says there is a shampoo by Paul Mitchell...she can not remember the name but it can put you in the right area!!

GOOD LUCK!!

 

[pezheadmeg]

You'd have to google for sure, but try tomato paste. I remember reading somewhere that works to get out the blue.

Another thought, wash her hair with Dawn dish soap. I've done it a couple of times to remove hair color that didn't work. Just be sure to really conditon well afterwards.

And in the future make sure the hair is wet, wet, wet before jumping into the pool. I spent summers camp supervising, and that's the only way the swim instructors would go in. None of them washed their hair for 8 weeks, just conditioned like crazy every night.

 

[tommya60]

Tomato Paste or if you don't have any in the house, ketchup. Seriously, we have bought every shampoo/conditioner/whatever on the market. Tomato paste works like a charm. Wet her hair, glop on the tomato paste, squish it around like shampoo (let it set a minute or two), then rinse it out. Shampoo and condition as usual. If her hair has any greenish tint after drying, repeat. (I have never had to repeat this). Ketchup works, but it takes longer and my daughter doesn't like the smell. (Don't use it straight out of the refrig---just FYI).
Wetting her hair throughly before she gets into the pool will help. But do the tomato paste every few weeks to keep the green out of her hair.

 

[Familyof4lovesDW]

real mayo. This happened to me when I went to camp as a kid. They did not have the shampoo out like they do now to get rid of the green. My mom is a hairdresser so she knew how to do this.

 

[Colleen27]

It isn't cheap but UltraSwim shampoo will get the job done. And as others have said, make showering before getting in the pool routine; wet hair doesn't absorb so much of the pool chemicals.

 

[debbiecarr98]

I think the shampoo people are referring to is Tee Tree. I have red hair and have used it in the past to get the green out.

 

[bdoyledimou]

can someone explain the logic behind making your hair wet before going into a pool, and how that changes anything?

 

[rhpools]

Go to Sally's beauty supply and buy the swimmers shampoo. Very worth it!

 

[If The Shoe Fits]

Once your hair has reached the saturation point, it will no longer absorb more water. Since it is not absorbing water (well, some as your hair dries) the chemicals are also not absorbed.

 

[shellyfive]

Thanks for all the great replies-----she does soak her hair before swimming---I had heard before that that helps-----we'll be digging through the pantry now

 

[Kara]

lemonade and clarifying shampoo always works for us.

 

[Swmr359]

find a swimming store or go on swimoutlet.com and buy swimming shampoo, it should help. BUT if she is in the water a lot, she will probably have a green tint all summer...

 

[sherry7]

This happened to me and DS a few years ago. Vinegar worked very well for us.

 

[FourM's]

My DD has very blond hair. She came home from a pool party with green hair. It was late at night and we had somewhere to be in the morning, no stores nearby were open. I tried some baking soda mixed with regular shampoo. It worked great! It took two or three applications to get it totally out

 

[Swimalie]

TriSwim is the best stuff. http://www.tri-swim.com/