Pool Hair

Would it surprise you to know I like my pool hair?

Oh, not when it's wet.

But sometimes ... not always ... when I get my hair wet at the pool and it dries while I'm sitting on the side talking to another mom, all my curls fall into place together. Big fat bouncy ringlets, not unlike the girl in the TRESemmé ad ... I can not make my hair do that at home. I even bought the TRESemmé curl goo. I didn't by the whole line. Maybe that is my problem. I have a hard time believing the shampoo and conditioner are really all that different from any other shampoo and conditioner. And I have a cupboard full of wishful thinking curl-oriented gels and potions, so I didn't buy the special gel. There is also a 'revitalizing spray' and maybe that's what I need. I just got the goo. But that doesn't explain how pool hair works.

What's in a pool? Water. And perhaps too much chlorine. (We won't think about what else might be in the pool) All of which (that would be water and chlorine) I can get right out of my tap here at home. Why buy the fancy 'revitalizing spray' ?

And yet. If I put my pool-like tap water into a bottle and spritz my head until it's quite wet and let it dry, here at home, what happens? It's fuzzy and the curls don't sproing. Why is that not the same?

Occasionally, at home, I get to half-sproingy. Almost sproingy. With not too much frizz. And I call that a good hair day. And it's okay as long as it's not windy, nor do I sleep on it (which means I have to choose between a nap and continuing good hair, sometimes it's a hard choice), nor do I fiddle with it too much. The more I touch it, the more the good hair slips away.

Rain hair, like pool hair, often (but not always) turns out well. Occasionally when caught in a downpour, I have some excellent curls going on.

Why is it that showering, leaving my hair very damp, and letting it dry here at home doesn't result in pool hair or rain hair or TRESemmé hair?

My kingdom for sproingy hair ... but I really don't want to have to go swimming every day to attain it.