My hair is usually soft and silky, but chlorine has been building up from swimming, making my hair stiff and brittle. TJs citrus shampoo has usually worked fine once a week, but shampooing even daily after swimming a few weeks has been lathering much less than previously, probably due to the buildup of chlorine.
Rinsing with baking soda has apparently removed the chlorine, brought the shampoo back to full lather and removed the stiffness. Thus my plan is to continue with shampooing daily, and use the baking soda rinse twice a week. However, is shampooing this much necessary, and what do you think of the baking soda rinse?
I'm interested to see your comments, and how you remove chlorine from your hair.
All you need is a shampoo with the chemical compound EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) as one of the ingredients. Most shampoos and liquid soaps have it. Any speciality "swimmers shampoo" is only advertising that as its 'special' chlorine "chelating" ingredient to the unsuspecting customer. So there's really no need to spend the extra $$ for it. It will be listed in the ingredients as EDTA or maybe something like tri sodium-EDTA, etc.
Dan
All you need is a shampoo with the chemical compound EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) as one of the ingredients. Most shampoos and liquid soaps have it. Any speciality "swimmers shampoo" is only advertising that as its 'special' chlorine "chelating" ingredient to the unsuspecting customer. So there's really no need to spend the extra $$ for it. It will be listed in the ingredients as EDTA or maybe something like tri sodium-EDTA, etc.
Dan
