Red Raaaaaaaaaaaaage

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Note to self: when a home hair dye says "dark red", what it really means is nuclear power plant red. Redder than a red herring covered in red paint in a "cherry" mini Cooper parked in Colorado. Hair looks funky and Fifth Element-vibrant, which is funny, but...

On the downside, this will not do in the Mediterranean sun. Now I have two options: dark, dark, dull brown which, coupled with my pale skin makes me look like a wannabe Goth, or black, which will make me look like Samara rising from the Ionian waves in three weeks' time.

Feck.

On the plus side, my aeroplane tickets arrived today. Huzzah hurrah! Chris, Mary and I have a meticulous schedule for arrival on Zakynthos island, which goes something like: throw cases in apartments, check in properly, head to beach, die from pleasure.

In the meantime... OMFG!!12 What to do with The Red? Would anyone suggesting risking the strawberry blonde? The black? If I do it a chestnut colour, then I'll have to dye it again, and it'll all snap off or feel like straw. Waahness.

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Also, do any people with a climate marginally hotter than antartic Britain or who swim regularly have any suggestions for conditioner/good hair treatment? Usually, by the third day, my hair is like straw. I need some conditioning stuff that will be able to absorb chlorine and salt water. It's that or avoid photos for a fortnight.

Comments

[mevinan.livejournal.com]

As a native of sunny Florida, I can tell you that the key to non-yucky hair is to wash it right after swimming in a chlorinated pool, preferably with a chlorine-removing shampoo if you can find one, and using some kind of conditioner for extra dry hair (the kind you leave on for 1-3 minutes, at least). A lot of pools around here have little stand up showers with really really cold water, where you can at least rinse out the chlorine, if not repair the damage right away. If you're in the sea, then washing it soon after swimming with regular shampoo and conditioner will work just fine. Also, some hot oil treatments or hair masks would not be out of line, maybe once a week.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Thank'ees! I'll definitely take your advice on that. It's unbelievable how unmanageable my hair becomes after a couple of days in the Greek sun, even though I tend to avoid staying out too long in direct heat.