Author: Goodbye Chlorine

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Posted on September 25, 2017February 15, 2021 by Goodbye Chlorine

Anti-Chlorine Shampoo

Goodbye Chlorine manufactures anti-chlorine shampoo and other products for swimmers’ hair and skin. Click here to see our entire product line, or our buyer’s guide.

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Anti-chlorine shampoo for swimmers is an essential in any swimmer’s bag. In this article we take a look at the four brands we offer.

After beginning a regular swimming routine, you may notice great health benefits–and you may also notice that chlorine is damaging your hair. As your hair turns dry, brittle, crunchy and dull (a condition called “swimmer’s hair“) you may be looking for a shampoo that removes chlorine.

Enjoy Swimming without the consequences of Swimmer’s Hair

Since the invention of chlorinated swimming pools, swimmers have battled with the damaging effects of chlorine. It is so common, that ELITE swimmers have just found a way to deal with itchy, dry skin. Some wear the lingering chlorine odor as proof they have been in the swimming pool for 2-3 hours a day.

In the past, swimmers had to find ways to cope with these problems. Fortunately, damaged hair and the lingering chlorine odor can be eliminated with our shampoo product lines. Read this article if you would like to learn more about our shampoo and conditioner value bundles.

Goodbye Chlorine Anti-Chlorine Shampoo

Anti-Chlorine Shampoo for Swimmers. — Goodbye Chlorine Shampoo

Recreational swimmers who are in the pool up to 5 times per week should use our Goodbye Chlorine products. This shampoo is the correct strength for recreational swimmers. It gently and effectively removes chlorine without using harsh chemicals. Buy our anti-chlorine shampoo with conditioner and receive a discount here. We also offer a larger discount with our value bundle here.

ELITE Anti-Chlorine Shampoo

Elite athletes who are in the pool more than 5 times per week should use our ELITE products. Our strongest shampoo is made for elite athletes who have prolonged exposure to chlorine. It is gentle and effectively removes chlorine without using harsh chemicals. Buy our anti-chlorine shampoo with conditioner and receive a discount here. We also offer a larger discount with our value bundle here.

Swimmer Kids Anti-Chlorine Shampoo

Children who are learning to swim or who love to be in the pool should use our Swimmer Kids products. Our swimmer kids shampoo is the correct strength for young swimmers. It effectively removes chlorine without using harsh chemicals and is gentle enough to use every day. Buy our anti-chlorine shampoo with conditioner and receive a discount here. We also offer a larger discount with our value bundle here.

Protect Anti-Chlorine Shampoo

People who are sensitive to chlorine, who use chlorinated showers or who enjoy the back yard hot tub should use our Protect products. Our Protect shampoo is the correct strength for people who are sensitive to chlorine. It gently and effectively removes chlorine without using harsh chemicals. Buy our anti-chlorine shampoo with conditioner and receive a discount here. We also offer a larger discount with our value bundle here.

Anti-Chlorine Shampoo and Conditioner

Our anti-chlorine shampoo and conditioner work better together. See our “better together” offers for our brands: Goodbye Chlorine, ELITE, Swimmer Kids and Protect.

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Posted on September 11, 2017February 15, 2021 by Goodbye Chlorine

What’s the best conditioner for swimmers’ hair?

Goodbye Chlorine manufactures conditioner and other products for swimmers’ hair and skin. Click here to see our entire product line, or our buyer’s guide.

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Has your hair become brittle, crunchy and dry from swimming? This damage caused by chlorine is known as “swimmer’s hair” or “chlorine hair”. Let’s investigate the best conditioner for swimmer’s hair.

Swimmers’ Hair

Exposure to chlorine damages hair. It’s a condition that’s commonly called: “Swimmer’s hair”. In extreme cases, swimmer’s hair will even have a green tint.

When you hair is healthy it is shiny, smooth and slightly acidic. Your hair feels smooth because the outermost layer of your hair shaft (the cuticle) lies flat. The cuticle interlock around the hair shaft and seal in moisture.

But after swimming, your hair cuticle rise and feel rough. Once your hair cuticle rise, the chlorine can remove the oils around your hair shaft. To make matters worse, the chlorine forms a tight bond to your hair and is very difficult to remove.

To solve the problem, avoid harsh chemicals. Instead, find products that are gentle and made for swimmers.

Protect Your Hair Before Swimming

One of the best strategies is to protect your hair before swimming. Here is a great article:

There are three general categories of hair conditioners:

Rinse-out Conditioners – “standard” conditioner. Applied in the shower and rinsed out after 3 minutes. This type of conditioner you can use daily.
Leave-in Conditioners – Leave-in conditioners are great detanglers. They are useful for people with hard-to-comb hair. They also protect your hair against heat and styling products.
Deep Conditioners – Deep conditioners restore moisture to severely dry and damaged hair. They contain lots of oils and moisturizers. Apply for 15-30 minutes and then rinse out.

Conditioner for Swimmers’ Hair

The unique properties of chlorine present a challenge for swimmers. Conditioners used to treat swimmer’s hair should contain the following:

Reduce and Remove Chlorine – Conditioner made for swimmers should reduce and gently remove chlorine. To repair swimmer’s hair you must first gently remove the chlorine.
Rebalance pH – Use a conditioner that is pH balanced. It will help return your hair to its natural pH level.
Restore Natural Moisture – Of course it should contain lots of conditioning and moisturizing ingredients.
Assist Combout – Because swimmer’s hair has become brittle, selecting a conditioner with plenty of “slip” that assists comb-out is a good idea.
Protect – A good conditioner for swimmer’s hair will continue to protect after you leave the pool.

If your hair is extremely damaged, consider using a spray chlorine neutralizer like Goodbye Green before using a swimmer’s shampoo and conditioner.

Anti-Chlorine Conditioner for Swimmers. — Goodbye Chlorine Conditioner

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Posted on September 6, 2017February 15, 2021 by Goodbye Chlorine

Anti-chlorine Shampoo for Swimmers

Goodbye Chlorine manufactures anti-chlorine shampoo for swimmers and other products for swimmers’ hair and skin. Click here to see our entire product line, or our buyer’s guide.

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Anti-chlorine shampoo for swimmers contains special ingredients that reduce chlorine. If you want to get the chlorine out of your hair after swimming then make sure the shampoo you buy is formulated to remove chlorine.

Clean Pools Contain Chlorine

Thank goodness for chlorine. It’s the most widely accepted sanitizer for public pools. Most likely the pool you swim in uses it. Chlorine kills infectious organisms and water borne diseases. It’s highly effective and persistent.

You may have experienced how persistent chlorine is. Have you ever smelled like chlorine long after your have left the pool? That is because chlorine has formed a strong bond with your hair and body. It’s difficult to get off after swimming. In fact, normal soaps and shampoos don’t get chlorine off.

Chlorine is especially damaging to hair.

Hair in its normal state is slightly acidic, or lower than 7 on a pH scale. But chlorine is alkaline (higher than 7 on a pH scale). When you hair comes in contact with chlorine, the cuticle lift. This is why your hair feels rough after swimming.

Hair in its normal state is slightly acidic, or lower than 7 on a pH scale. But chlorine is alkaline (higher than 7 on a pH scale). When you hair comes in contact with chlorine, the cuticle lift. This is why your hair feels rough after swimming.

The cuticle is very important to keeping your hair shiny and healthy. Normally, your cuticle lie flat and lock moisture into your hair. When theses scale-like structures lift, the chlorine is able to attach to the hair shaft and remove natural oil from your hair. You hair becomes dry, dull, crunchy and rough.

Special Products Remove Chlorine

The chlorine that has attached to your hair is very difficult to remove. It has formed a tight bond. Goodbye Chlorine products contain special ingredients that reduce chlorine (breaks the bond) and then gently washes it away. It’s these chlorine-reducing ingredients that make the products work for swimmers.

Anti-Chlorine Shampoo for Swimmers

Goodbye Chlorine makes four types of Anti-Chlorine Shampoo for Swimmers:

Elite – This shampoo is for athletes who are in the pool 5 or more times per week.
Goodbye Chlorine – This shampoo is for recreational swimmers who are in the pool (or hot tub) up to 5x per week.
Protect – Protect shampoo has been formulated to protect hair color from bleach out whether from a chlorinated pool or shower.
Swimmer Kids – Products are for kids who are learning to, or who love to swim.

All of Goodbye Chlorine’s products reduce and remove chlorine. Whether you are an elite, competitive swimmer or someone who just has an extra sensitivity to chlorine, Goodbye Chlorine’s products will remove the chlorine from your skin and hair.

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Posted on September 6, 2017February 15, 2021 by Goodbye Chlorine

Shampoo for Swimmers, look great out of the pool too.

Goodbye Chlorine manufactures shampoo for swimmers and other anti-chlorine products for swimmers’ hair and skin. Click here to see our entire product line, or our buyer’s guide.

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Shampoo for swimmers is a staple in every avid swimmer’s bag. These special chlorine-removing shampoos will keep your hair looking (and smelling) great out of the pool. Scroll to the bottom of the post, or click here if you would like to see the shampoo for swimmers.

If you love swimming, and do it so you can keep yourself fit and looking good, then this post is for you. Let’s talk about shampoo for swimmers.

Swimming is an amazing sport for fitness. After dedicating yourself to a regular fitness routine, you notice your stamina soars. You clothes fit better and you probably have many compliments about how you look — but what are you going to do about that swimmers hair?

Chlorine Sticks to You

The thing about chlorine is it’s a great disinfectant. That’s great for the pool, but it’s not so great for your hair.

Did you know that in high concentrations, chlorine can be deadly? Fortunately, swimming pools use chlorine as a disinfectant, not as a weapon. Even at low concentrations, chlorine is still irritating.

Have you experienced these chlorine-related symptoms:

Do your eyes turn red?
Is your skin itchy and do you smell like chlorine after leaving the pool?
And worst of all, does your hair become dry and brittle?

Yes, chlorine is irritating (and even damaging) to your hair and skin. As you swim through the water, chlorine attaches to you, and it’s difficult to get off without the right products. It’s why avid swimmers use special shampoo for swimmers.

Chlorine Causes Swimmers’ Hair

Chlorine is particularly damaging to your hair. Healthy natural hair is slightly acidic. When your hair is in this acidic state, the cuticle (outermost layer of your hair) lie flat. Cuticle are like scales that interlock and hold the moisture in the hair shaft.

But all of that changes when your hair comes in contact with chlorine. Chlorine is alkaline. This causes your hair cuticle to lift. This is why your hair feels rough after swimming in a chlorinated pool. Once your cuticle lift, the chlorine starts stripping the oil from your hair shaft and drys it out.

This vicious cycle: alkaline water lifting your hair cuticle, and the chlorine stripping the oils from your hair shaft is what causes swimmers’ hair. And leaving residual chlorine on your hair after swimming only makes the problem worse.

Shampoo for Swimmers Gets the Chlorine Out, and more …

Goodbye Chlorine makes shampoo formulated by swimmers for swimmers. Our staff of former, elite swimmers know the damaging effects of chlorine and are dedicated to making the best chlorine-removing products.

All of our shampoos are highly effective at removing chlorine. We recommend you use our shampoo for swimmers sparingly and only after swimming. Follow with our conditioner for swimmers. This combination will return oil to your hair shaft and neutralize the pH of your hair causing the hair cuticle to lie flat which in turn will make your hair feel smooth.

Shampoo for Swimmers, 4 brands

We make four different shampoos for swimmers:

ELITE – This shampoo is formulated for elite swimmers who are in the pool more than 5x per week.
Goodbye Chlorine – This shampoo is formulated for fitness fanatics who are in the pool (or hot tub) up to 5x per week.
Protect – This shampoo is formulated for people who want to protect their hair color from chlorine bleach-out either from chlorinated showers or swimming pools.
Swimmer Kids – For kids who are learning to, or who love to swim.

ELITE Shampoo for Swimmers Hair — ELITE Shampoo for Swimmers

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Posted on September 4, 2017February 15, 2021 by Goodbye Chlorine

Anti-chlorine Shampoo and Conditioner

Goodbye Chlorine manufactures anti-chlorine shampoo and conditioner and other products for swimmers’ hair and skin. Click here to see our entire product line, or our buyer’s guide.

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Anti-chlorine shampoo and conditioner that instantly removes chlorine is sought by swimmers everywhere. Have you been looking for it?

Well then, you’ve come to the right place.

We manufacture personal care products that instantly remove chlorine.

There is a little more satisfying than getting out of the pool after a hard workout. And there is nothing more annoying than smelling like the pool once you get back home–or worse yet–to the office.

Maybe you’ve put up with chlorine damaged hair (commonly called “swimmer’s hair“) and are looking for a solution to fix it? Swimmer’s hair is caused by the accumulation of chlorine in your hair. You can read our post here about how to restore your hair after it’s been severely damaged by chlorine.

Chlorine Damages Your Hair

In a weak dilution, chlorine is a great pool sanitizer. It sanitizes everything in the pool–including you. Your hair is particularly vulnerable to damage from chlorine. After swimming repetitively, and without removing the chlorine, your hair will turn dry and brittle.

While swimming, chlorine forms a strong bond to your hair. It’s an alkaline solution and as it forms this strong bond, it turns your hair alkaline. And you guessed it, the natural state of your hair is acidic.

When healthy, your hair cuticle lie flat and interlock like scales holding the moisture in your hair shaft. Chlorine exposure causes your hair cuticle to rise up. Then the chlorine can reach further into your hair shaft and strips the natural oils. This is why after swimming your hair feels rough, dry, and crunchy.

You can certainly take preventative steps to reducing the impact of chlorine on your hair. We’ve written a post about it here.

But no matter how hard you try, chlorine is going to get to your hair while swimming and you need a special anti-chlorine product to get it off.

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chlorine is going to get to your hair while swimming and you need a special anti-chlorine product to get it off.

Anti-Chlorine Spray

We make an anti-chlorine spray that neutralizes chlorine. It can be used on your hair and skin before using a shampoo and conditioner. We recommend this product for avid swimmers or someone who already have severely damaged hair or dry skin caused by chlorine.

Elite Shampoo and Conditioner

Our ELITE product line has the most chlorine neutralizing power. Elite swimmers who are in the swimming pool more than 5 times per week will benefit most from the ELITE product line. This level of chlorine exposure demands the best products and we have responded. Check out our elite shampoo and elite conditioner.

Anti-Chlorine Shampoo and Conditioner

All of our products remove chlorine instantly. If you are a recreational swimmer in a pool or hot tub less than 5 time per week check out our standard anti-chlorine shampoo and conditioners.

Protect Your Hair Color from Chlorine Bleach Out

We’ve used our knowledge of formulating anti-chlorine products for the most demanding athletes and brought them home to you. If you color your hair and would like to protect your hair color from chlorine bleach-out (either from the shower or pool) then take a look at our Protect line of products.

Whatever your level of chlorine exposure, we have a product that’s right for you. Our product lines are made with different strengths.

Product Line	Best used by
ELITE	For elite athletes who are in the swimming pool more than 5 times per week.
Goodbye Chlorine	For fitness fanatics who are in the swimming pool up to 5 times per week.
Swimmer Kids	For kids who are learning to, or who love to swim.
Protect	For people who want extra protection from chlorine.

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Posted on August 22, 2017April 24, 2019 by Goodbye Chlorine

Anti-chlorine soap or Anti-chlorine spray?

Goodbye Chlorine offers anti-chlorine soap, anti-chlorine shower gel, anti-chlorine shampoo, anti-chlorine conditioner, anti-chlorine spray and anti-chlorine styling products. Whew, that’s a mouthful. Which one should you use and why?

I just want to get the chlorine off!

If you’ve spent any time in a chlorinated swimming pool, you already know that chlorine has a way of just sticking around. You may have tried showering and washing multiple time, but somehow you just end up smelling like chlorine.

Your skin may feel dry or itch, and when you sweat a chlorine odor oozes from your pores. Your hair may turn dry and brittle (otherwise known as swimmer’s hair)–or even worse turn a shade of green.

Until now, swimmers have tolerated these negative effects of chlorine.

Your hair may turn dry and brittle (otherwise known as swimmer’s hair)–or even worse turn a shade of green.

What products should I use to get the chlorine off?

In order to get the chlorine off, you should use products formulated to reduce and gently remove chlorine. Goodbye Chlorine’s experts have spent years perfecting formulations that all work to remove chlorine from swimmers after leaving the pool.

Anti-chlorine Soap

As you may already know, regular soap doesn’t do a very good job of getting the chlorine off. Our soap works best at home between swims to help continue removing any residual chlorine you may have missed at the pool. Of course you can use our soaps at the pool, we just find shower gel more convenient to carry. Our soap works because it’s contains special chlorine reducing agents that break the chlorine bond.

Pro tip: Use special soap for swimmers.

Anti-chlorine Shower Gel

Anti-chlorine shower gel is our go-to after swim product. It can be used on your skin and hair. It’s highly effective at removing chlorine and gentle enough to use every day. Make sure you have some in your swim bag at all times.

Anti-chlorine Shampoo

Goodbye Chlorine shampoo will help keep your hair looking healthy. It’s a gentle shampoo and helps tame hard to manage hair. Like all of our products, our shampoo effectively removes chlorine from your hair.

Here is another great read: Keep your summer hairstyle looking good.

Anti-chlorine Conditioner

Our conditioner is swimmer’s secret weapon to keeping their hair looking “normal”. No longer do swimmers have to look like platinum blonde porcupines. Our conditioner moisturizes your hair, and provides plenty of slip to assist with comb-out. You won’t believe how easy it is to maintain good-looking hair when regularly using our conditioner.

Anti-chlorine Spray

Our spray is best used if you have fine blonde hair, or a hyper-sensitivity to chlorine. Use our spray on your hair and skin and follow with our shower gel, shampoo and conditioner. Our spray works well if you are trying to repair damaged “swimmer’s hair”.

Our spray works well if you are trying to repair damaged “swimmer’s hair”.

Anti-Chlorine Spray for Swimmers — Anti-Chlorine Spray

Here is another informative article: How swimmers get the chlorine off after swimming.

Anti-chlorine Styling Products

Goodbye Chlorine has developed styling products that neutralize chlorine, protect and add style to your hair.

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Posted on August 16, 2017March 29, 2019 by Goodbye Chlorine

Can swimming pool water and showers bleach your hair color?

Did you know your hair color can be ruined by swimming or from your shower? That’s because chlorine is a bleaching agent. Hair color and chlorine don’t play well together, and here’s why.

Chlorine Bleaching Explained

Chemistry Explained does a great job of explaining the bleaching phenomenon.

Experiments running chlorine gas through a cylinder of tomato juice turns the mixture “almost completely white within five minutes”. When old newspaper clippings are exposed to bleach “the paper is dramatically whitened within twenty minutes”.

“This spectacular change is a result of the chemical action of chlorine, acting as an oxidizing bleaching agent on the pigments … “

They go on to explain that a bleaching agent “is a substance that can whiten or decolorize other substances”.

And Chemistry Explained lists a few uses for bleaching agents:

The bleaching of textiles and fabrics
The bleaching of wood pulp
The removal of stains
Commercial and household laundering and cleaning
As ingredients in scouring cleansers and dishwashing products
The bleaching of hair (emphasis added)
THE BLEACHING of HAIR??!! Yikes!!

Yes, chlorine is a bleaching agent and it will “destroy chromophores (thereby removing the color)”.

Have you ever noticed how your swimsuit gets lighter with use, or how if you aren’t careful with the laundry, so-called bleach spots will appear on your clothing? These are living examples of how bleach removes color.

This same chlorine bleaching action will remove the color from your hair.

Professional cut and color can cost $50.00-$150.00 every month. That’s an expense you don’t want ruined by a trip to the swimming pool, or by overly chlorinated showers.

Protect Your Hair from Chlorine

Take these steps to protect your hair before swimming.

The best way to keep the chlorine from bleaching your hair color is to remove chlorine from your hair immediately after swimming. This is easier said than done, however. While you were swimming, chlorine created a tight bond to your hair–so tight that normal soaps and shampoos are ineffective at removing it.

Have you ever smelled like chlorine after swimming and showering? This is the evidence that the chlorine has stuck around.

So how do you get the chlorine off after swimming?

The way to get chlorine off after swimming is to use professional products that are formulated to reduce chlorine. Reduction is a fancy word for breaking the tight bond chlorine has formed.

Some shampoos like clarifying shampoos attempt to strip all of the chlorine from your hair. This is a bad approach when cleaning hair after swimming and can compound the problems associated with “swimmer’s hair”.

Use Professional Anti-Chlorine Hair Products

Using products like Goodbye Chlorine’s Shower Gels, Shampoos, Conditioners and styling products are the way to go. All of these products will gently remove the chlorine after swimming. They reduce the chlorine and gently remove any residual chlorine rather than trying to strip it away.

Goodbye Chlorine Shampoo is shampoo gentle enough to use every day. It’s highly foaming, smells great and leaves your hair soft and manageable. Of course it reduces and removes the chlorine from your hair which will stop the chlorine from bleaching your hair.

Goodbye Chlorine Conditioner is a rich conditioner that adds moisture back into your hair. It has plenty of “slip” and will assist with combout for people who have difficult to manage hair. It will also reduce and remove chlorine that may have been left behind after shampooing.

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