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With the warmer weather approaching, I'm soliciting advice on any best practices you may have in protecting long hair from the damaging effects of driving in a convertible.
I'm still in the early stages of growing my hair out (again), the last time I had it long, it needed to be cut off because it got so severely damaged and there seemed to be no other option.
I was also wondering if anyone knows of anything that I can put in my hair to keep it from lightening due to the sun's rays. I had(have) black hair and I have noticed that the more time I spend outside my hair alters it's darkness. It turns dull black and is also turning brownish. It is annoying and any advice would be appreciated.
Is there any way of preventing damage other than wearing a hat(which I hate...I like to feel my hair blowing in the wind)
Thanks in advance
Danny
I seem to recall that Vidal Sassoon had a hair sunscreen.It was a jell that produced a wet look that worked ok if you wanted that look.There must be something out there similar now.Try calling local beauty supply stores or salons.Good luck.
Tamara
Sorry, your only recourse is to wear a skull cap, tight-fitting baseball cap or tie a scarf over your hair while driving. I don't know if you have enough to pull back into a pony tail, but that's what I do with mine. Then, you could do what my boyfriend does and gel the hell out of it until no force of God or man could move it.
Good luck!
Chaeya
You know, I think that they make sunscreen for hair. I've never tried it, but it might be woth a shot.
Hey, it's the "should I get seatcovers and floormats question" - Are you going to protect the things and then the day you sell the car realize you never enjoyed them yourself? Or are you going to enjoy them, though this will make them funkier?
One can debate this every time he goes out, about his hair. Like many longhairs, I like to look longhaired and no look looks more longhaired than loose! So do I tie my hair down, protect it under a hat, or just let the sun and wind have at it? These things really do cause damage - layers of my hair that are on top are much lighter in color and feel rougher and less silky near the ends than strands that are underneath. Dust can also be tough on your hair since it draws the oils out of it and makes strands less apt to slip out of tangles.
As an outdoors type and frequent hiker, I'm outside a lot. I enjoy wind blowing through my hair. I enjoy seeing my hair blowing in and out of my field of vision. I enjoy seeing it move in my shadow. Hey, I enjoy being a longhair!
So yeah, I don't have the gorgeous hair of someone who never goes outside or never lets their hair down. But I enjoy my hair! Come to think of it, I don't have seatcovers in my car, either. :-) Each of us, I suppose, has to decide for himself where on this continuum of cautiousness he wants to live his life.
The only option is tedious untangling. I once met a longhair friend in El Paso who had ridden his motorcycle most the way across Texas to our rendezvous with his hair loose. Most of our first hour together was spent with me working on his hair. I had to make three passes through it, taking tangles first out of the ends, then out of the middle of the strands, and finally up higher near his scalp. We knew that to save his hair this had to be done. And yeah, we both agreed this amount of freedom for his hair had been a bit much. ;-)