Chlorine removing shampoo

tomatoey
tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Any recommendations? Looking for something cheap and easily accessible in North America that works on wavy hair that's already frizzy and dry (no colour).

I've used Vitamin C crystals with water (after reading that's how Swim Spray works, albeit more elegantly), but it's a pain. Just want to wash and go.

I have YET to see chlorine removing shampoo in a regular drugstore. I guess they sell it only seasonally? Why's that, people swim year-round...

Paul Mitchell 3 shampoo is supposed to be good but it's expensive.

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  • mc_goose
    mc_goose Posts: 1,128 Member
    I use UltraSwim, and it works great for my hair type (course, with slight wave) and if you're lucky, you might find it in Walmart or CVS. The best I've seen it is maybe $4.50-$5.00 per bottle. I tend to be cheap and just buy the special shampoo and not the special conditioner. You can get it online from Amazon, but I've only bought it online from swimoutlet.com (along with a bunch of other stuff for free shipping).
    I have also tried a "natural" brand of shampoo that was supposed to be for chlorine removal that I found at a vitamin shoppe. For me, it made my hair look greasy.
    When I swam a lot, I would comb a tiny bit of almond oil into my hair at night. I could swim the next morning and pretty much any shampoo would work.
    Hope this helps!
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    mc_goose wrote: »
    I use UltraSwim, and it works great for my hair type (course, with slight wave) and if you're lucky, you might find it in Walmart or CVS. The best I've seen it is maybe $4.50-$5.00 per bottle. I tend to be cheap and just buy the special shampoo and not the special conditioner. You can get it online from Amazon, but I've only bought it online from swimoutlet.com (along with a bunch of other stuff for free shipping).
    I have also tried a "natural" brand of shampoo that was supposed to be for chlorine removal that I found at a vitamin shoppe. For me, it made my hair look greasy.
    When I swam a lot, I would comb a tiny bit of almond oil into my hair at night. I could swim the next morning and pretty much any shampoo would work.
    Hope this helps!

    It totally helps, thank you! I'll go for UltraSwim, and I'll try the almond oil technique! :smiley:
  • ChristinaOrr65
    ChristinaOrr65 Posts: 112 Member
    I have always used a Malibu treatment for chlorine or well water buildup, and it works well!
  • joepratt503
    joepratt503 Posts: 191 Member
    I was a competitive swimmer for 12 years...ultraswim is the stuff OR you can just decide to let it go, which most of us did :)
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    Where are you located?

    Here in Canada, Ultraswim is readily available at any London Drugs. If you are in the US I would try your local Walmart or pharmacy. Alternatively, you could buy Ultraswim or Malibu through an online store (watch for free shipping promos, I've bought from All American Swim, Kiefer, and Swim Outlet. Paul Mitchell Shampoo Three also is supposed to remove Chlorine.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited May 2015
    ChristinaOrr65 wrote: »
    I have always used a Malibu treatment for chlorine or well water buildup, and it works well!

    Never heard of it - good to know, thanks!
    Pu_239 wrote: »
    I just looked in to this. This seems good, you said it's a pain to use the vitamin C, but maybe you're using it wrong. It frankly says you can put some of the vitamin C in to your shampoo, and there you have it, a shampoo with vitamin C.

    "For removing chlorine after swimming or hot-tubbing, I have had success two ways: (1) a spray bottle filled with water + vitamin C crystals (very cheap from Trader Joe’s) works quickly on skin and hair. Just spray yourself all over, wait a sec (rub it in with bare hands), then rinse off or bathe as usual. Or (2) the fancy version is to add vitamin C to your favorite moisturizing soap and to your favorite conditioning shampoo. Just be sure to completely cover your hair and skin with your preferred vitamin C emulsion; it can’t work where it doesn’t reach.

    You’ll know right away how well this works or not by how your skin and hair smell.

    Dosage: So far I have had success with one teaspoon (5 grams) of vitamin C crystals dissolved in a large pint-size spray bottle of water. It’s a little harder to be sure the vitamin C is fully dissolved in soap or shampoo, but it seems to work with about one teaspoon (5 grams) vitamin C crystals in a normal-size bottle of liquid soap or shampoo.

    The price is almost incalculably cheap: a one-pound bottle of vitamin C crystals (454 grams) at Trader Joe’s sells for $9.99 last time I checked. One teaspoon (5 grams) represents about 1% of a bottle, or 10 cents."

    http://drdebmckay.com/vitamin-c-for-chlorine-removal/

    Hey that's a good trick, appreciate you looking into it. I've usually mixed the stuff at the pool, because I'd read that the Vit C goes off if it's mixed too soon or is kept in a non-opaque (or blue or amber) bottle. It also clogged up the nozzle on my sprayer thing. But that's great, if I can just stick in my products! Thanks!

    joepratt503 wrote: »
    I was a competitive swimmer for 12 years...ultraswim is the stuff OR you can just decide to let it go, which most of us did :)

    Woot ok, that's the word on that, then :) I can't let it go, my hair is so broken already :'( I don't want to cut it :'(

    blankiefinder wrote: »
    Where are you located?

    Here in Canada, Ultraswim is readily available at any London Drugs. If you are in the US I would try your local Walmart or pharmacy. Alternatively, you could buy Ultraswim or Malibu through an online store (watch for free shipping promos, I've bought from All American Swim, Kiefer, and Swim Outlet. Paul Mitchell Shampoo Three also is supposed to remove Chlorine.

    I'm in Canada too! Do you know, I've never been to a London Drugs?? Shoppers or maybe Rexall in a pinch, but I swear I've never even seen a London Drugs! Brand loyalty is strong :/ Ok, I'll have a look. Thanks for the site recommendations!
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    also i saw this, for anyone reading

    http://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/2307/how-can-i-reduce-the-chlorine-smell-on-my-skin-after-swimming
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited May 2015
    Pu_239 wrote: »
    I was slightly confused about the clogging of a sprayer. I am assuming your get vitamin C particles clogging up the filter. If you really want to make it work you can, put your vitamin C solution (mix vitamin C with water) till it doesn't dissolve anymore, this is called the solubility point. After you have some vitamin C crystals in the water, you can use 2 coffee filters, to filter out all the particles, and just have a solution of vitamin C in water. This is the maximum amount that can be held in the water with out it clogging.

    Thank you, Pu_239! :smiley: Sorry for being confusing. Yes, the filter just before the pump on the spray bottle I was using would clog up. Thank you so much for taking the time to offer a solution! (Get it :) )


    Earlier, I meant, the Vitamin C could lose its effectiveness if it's not kept in an opaque, blue or amber-tinged bottle. I guess it oxidizes? I was honestly too lazy to replace my (mostly clear) bottles, so that's why I made things harder for myself. Stupid. Anyway. Really appreciate your help!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i have a pool and am in it daily

    a decent clarifying shampoo is all you need. I use one by suave once or twice a week. its cheap. couple of bucks.

    also, if you wet your hair before getting in the pool, it will help also.
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