How To Protect Curly Hair While Working Out

If you have curly hair its best not to sleep directly on the hair follicles.

How to protect curly hair while working out. If youre wondering a buff is a long wide tube of stretchy fabric intended to. Sleeping on your back can. Then you can focus on a post-swim routine that will keep your hair gorgeous and wont take much out of your schedule.

Wet and coat your hair with a conditioner cheap ones work just fine or coconut oil so that you are keeping your hair from absorbing too much chlorinated water. Then after your workout hit up your head with a hair dryer as most leave-in conditioners will reactivate with heat says Leah Sugru a stylist at the Salon Mario Russo in Boston. When you want to workout with curly hair thats about mid length go for a tight pineapple at the top of your head secure with a bungee cord instead of an elastic which can be too tight on your scalp and can fall out.

Then put a silk scarf on top of your hair like a headband. Tying your hair in a buff. This particular style is typically used to protect curls overnight but also works well at the gym.

Leave the tips of your curls sticking out like a pineapple. Tying curly hair at night up in a bun will help prevent breakage and minimize frizz-causing friction. The conditioner acts as a barrier while you workout preventing the hair from absorbing sweat and toxins into the hair shaft.

Tie your hair up during your workouts Dont leave your hair out. Do not rinse out the conditioner. Or try a loose pineapple updo.

But if your hair is too long for a pineapple you can also consider doing a kind of French twist. Apply an adequate amount of the conditioner to hair making sure to focus on the length roots and scalp. Crushing your hair with the weight of your head can leave curls looking matted and messy.