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I don't even want to tell you how much money I spend on my hair color. I go to the salon about once a month, and I get the whole shooting match: base color, highlights, lowlights, and a glaze. As a friend of mine says, "it costs a lot of money to look this natural."
I don't begrudge the money I spend--even though my children are going to have to give up their dreams of a college education. But hey! I have my priorities, people.
The question is, how can I protect my investment? Particularly in the summer, when everything I want to do damages my already fragile hair--and strips the color. I spend a lot of time in the pool. And at the beach. And to misquote Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, "sunshine and chlorine and salt, oh my!"
The good news is that Kérastase has a line of sun- and chlorine- and salt-protective products. And they work!
The bad news is that they're really expensive. So I have a tendency to use my regular color saving products. Coincidentally enough, these are also by Kérastase. (They're not cheap--at all--but they're paid for.)
But this waterproof hair gel
is worth the $34 they're charging. When I'm going to swim laps, I rinse my hair with tap water, apply about a tablespoon of Kérastase Gelée Aqua-Proof, and then put on my cap. The gel creates a waterproof barrier that keeps the chlorine in the pool from leaching the color out of my hair.
It's a wet-look gel, which let's face it, might leave you looking like a backup singer for a rockabilly group. But I don't mind. I'm training for a triathlon, so I already look like a big dork in my tank suit, goggles, and bathing cap.
The Soleil line includes a range of products, and my next purchase will probably be the Crème UV Defense, which is supposed to save your hair from sun damage. It's a cream rather than a gel, so I'm planning to try that one at the beach when I'm not being a lap-swimming geek. (I'll let you know if Crème UV Defense, like the Gelée Aqua-Proof leaves me looking like Alfafa from The Little Rascals.)
Although even it is does, I'll probably keep using it.
You know what they say: healthy, happy, natural-looking hair? Priceless.
