The oil provides a blocking layer against the harsh rays from the sun. Look for products with ingredients like shea butter, coconut oil, and vitamin E, as these all work great to coat your hair. Avoid covering your hair in sunscreen made for the skin. While they work great to shield your skin, SPF hair products work better to cover your hair. The ingredients in skin sunscreen do not protect your hair from the sun.

For example, you can go with a straw sun hat to match with any bathing suit or cover-up. You could also consider wearing a decorative head scarf.

Ensure your hair is wet from root to tip for best results. There are usually showers to rinse off with at most pools and public beaches.

You can reapply your product throughout the day if you are getting in and out of the water frequently.

If you do this, you do not need to apply leave-in conditioner.

This way, the chlorine or salt does not linger in your hair and dry it out. If regular shampoo isn’t removing enough of the salt or chlorine on its own, look for a sulfate-free clarifying shampoo. This will remove any built-up or lingering chlorine and salt from your hair.

Washing your hair frequently gets rid of your natural oils that keep your hair color looking great. To apply dry shampoo, spray it near your roots and let the shampoo sit for about 5 minutes. Then, massage the shampoo into your hair. You can brush out extra shampoo with a comb. When using dry shampoo, there is no water required.

Purple shampoo helps neutralize the color of your hair and tone down the brassy shades. Purple shampoo also works well on gray hair with brassy or yellow undertones.

It is helpful to select deep-conditioning treatment or hair masks with organic ingredients like coconut oil, shea butter, or avocado. These ingredients help revitalize your hair.

You can use foam gloss up to one time per week.