Poolside notes
Short, practical notes from the people who make the bottles: what pool chemistry actually does to hair, skin and suits, and the habits that undo it. No routine here takes longer than the shower you were taking anyway.
Why hair turns green after the pool
It is the copper, not the chlorine: where the green tint in swimmers’ hair comes from and how to wash it back out.
Getting the pool smell off your skin
Why the pool smell survives a normal shower, and the order of washing that actually gets it off.
An after swim routine in three steps
Rinse, condition, rehydrate: the three step order for after the pool, and why each step is there.
Packing a swim lesson bag for a kid
What actually belongs in a swim lesson bag for a kid: the short list a shivering six year old will let you use.
Making a swimsuit outlast the season
Chlorine wears out swimsuit elastic faster than swimming does. The rinse and soak habits that stretch a suit’s season.