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Top 10 Swimmers' Hair and Skin Care

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Swimmers can get green hair and dry skin from long exposure to the water or chemicals while swimming. These products should help swimmers combat the damage done by the pool. They are designed to get their hair back to a normal color or add moisture back to dry skin.

1) Swimmers Solution Shampoo + Conditioner

If you're an indoor swimmer, you know all about it. Green hair. It's a fashion statement. Sometimes. Agree Swimmers Solution is specially formulated to remove chlorine and copper from your hair and rinse away the green. And as it cleans, Agree also conditions your hair to leave it silky, soft, manageable, and suitable to the life you lead about 360 days a year.

2) Swimmers Solution Intensive Conditioner

Agree Swimmers Solution Intensive Moisturizing Conditioner is specially formulated to treat dry, brittle, chlorine-damaged hair. It rehydrates and protects hair by sealing in moisture . No harsh chemicals or oils are used. Swimmers Solution contains a natural hair softening agent that helps to detangle wet hair.

3) UltraSwim Shampoo

Chlorine strips your hair of life - leaving it dry, brittle and unmanageable. UltraSwim is uniquely formulated to remove chlorine and chlorine odor from hair while it replaces lost moisture. This non-drying formula gently removes build-up of harmful elements such as chlorine & oxidized metals to give your hair a fresh, clean start. Leaves hair soft, silky & healthy-looking.

4) UltraSwim Conditioner

UltraSwim Ultra Repair Conditioner is a vital step in the complete treatment of chlorine-damaged hair. UltraSwim is uniquely formulated to repair damage to the outer protein layer of the hair that is most vulnerable to chlorine. Hair, especially blonde, when left untreated may result in dry, brittle hair or cholorotrichosis, "green hair", as it is commonly known.

5) Paul Mitchell Shampoo Three

For all hair types. Suitable for daily use except on color treated hair. Especially effective before deep conditioning treatments and after swimming. Removes residues such as chlorine, minerals and other impurities. Specially formulated to cleanse hair from the inside. Contains the Activated Conditioning Blend of wheat protein and essential amino acids.

6) Eucerin Hand & Body

Eucerin Lotion repairs dry skin with a formula that’s ideal for everyday use. The unique formulation replenishs your skin’s own moisture barrier, so skin stays hydrated longer– one application leaves skin soft, smooth all day. And it’s light-feeling, fast absorbing, and non-greasy too. Fragrance-free and non-irritating– so it's safe even for sensitive skin.

7) Vaseline Intensive Care

Enriched with a unique combination of moisturizers, vitamins A & E and minerals, this lotion penetrates as deep as the dryness to make skin feel noticeably soft and smooth.

8) Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion

Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion contains natural oatmeal blended with rich emollients to moisturize your skin for a full 24 hours. The unique formula helps prevent and protect dry skin providing temporary relief of the scaling and chapping associated with dry skin. This naturally nourishing, nongreasy formula absorbs quickly, won't clog pores, and contains no added fragrance.
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9) Aubrey Organics Swimmers Shampoo

Protect hair from sun and water damage with this clarifying shampoo for swimmers of all ages. Helps remove chlorine, salt and other hair buildup, and moisturizes with shea butter, almond oil and other herbals.

10) Aubrey Organics Swimmers Moisturizer SPF 15

Two suncare products in one! Especially formulated for swimmers and other outdoor types, this superb herbal moisturizer also doubles as a sunscreen. Aubrey compounds organic jojoba butter and herbal oils into his own essential fatty acid base to increase absorption and soothe and hydrate the skin. Light enough to wear under makeup, and an excellent after sun moisturizer for the entire family.

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