Homemade Pre Swimming Cream – Works For Skin & Hair

Are you a swimmer or love to swim then you definitely need this recipe. Here you will learn how to make pre swimming cream at home. This diy pre swimming cream will help to protect your skin and hair from chemically treated water.

Is Pool Water Bad For Skin and Hair ?

Pool water is treated with chemical like chlorine, which helps to kill bacteria in pool water. Chlorine is a chemical which is really harsh for your skin and hair.

When you are in the swimming pool, your skin and hair are exposed to the chlorinated water. Your skin and your scalp absorbs that chlorinated water.

Absorption of chlorinated water leads to skin irritation, dryness, itching, rashes, acne and many hair issues like hair fall, dandruff, rough and damaged hair etc. So, it is important to prepare your skin and hair before enjoying the swim time.

Although chlorinated pool water is not good for your skin and hair but it does not mean that you cannot enjoy swimming. You can enjoy your swimming by properly taking care of your skin and hair before swimming.

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So, now let’s see how to make this easy homemade pre swimming cream at home :

Ingredients :

• Shea butter – 200 grams
• Aloe vera gel – 3 tablespoons
• Coconut oil – 1 tablespoon
• Tea tree essential oil – 10 drops

Directions :

• Using double boiling method, melt shea butter
• Also melt coconut oil along with shea butter if the oil is in solid form
• Remove melted ingredients from heat and let them cool a bit
• Then add aloe vera and essential oil and mix all the ingredients
• After the cream looks a bit solid in form
• Use an electric mixer or fork to whip the cream
• Whip it until you get a creamy and fluffy texture
• Transfer the cream to a clean air tight jar.

Your homemade pre swimming cream is all ready. Now let’s know why this pre swimming is really good for your skin and hair.

Benefits of Using Pre swimming Cream :

Shea butter is rich in antioxidants and healthy fats. It helps your skin to fight with free radicals damages. Applying shea butter on your skin and hair forms a protective layer above your skin and scalp.

This protective layer avoid chlorinated water to get absorbed in your skin and scalp. Shea butter also offers many other benefits like it makes your skin moisturized, fights skin ageing and makes your skin smooth.

Shea butter prevents frizzy hair, reduces hair damage caused by chlorinated water and don’t let your scalp to absorb any harmful chemicals presented in pool water.

Aloe vera gel helps to hydrate your skin and reduces dryness. Aloe vera gel also helps to calm and cool irritated skin and scalp.

Coconut oil also helps to build a protective layer on your skin and scalp. Also coconut oil does not let your skin and scalp absorb any harmful chemicals presented in the pool water.

Tea tree essential oil has anti bacterial properties and has natural disinfectant properties. It helps to prevent any bacterial and fungal growth on skin and scalp. Tea tree essential oil also helps to treat insect and bug bites.

How To Use This Homemade Pre Swimming Cream :

• Before taking a dive into swimming pool, you should always take a shower. It is simply because the more dry skin you will have the more water your skin will try to absorb. Taking shower helps to hydrate your skin
• After taking shower, apply this cream on your skin and hair and wait for at least 5 minutes before swimming.

P.S. If you want to skip taking shower before swimming, then some times you can. But it is actually good to take shower before swimming.

Final Thoughts :

Swimming is such a fun activity which is also very beneficial for our health. The chlorine used in pool water to kill the bacteria is harmful for skin and hair.

This homemade pre swimming will protect your skin from the effect of chlorine. Also you can use this pre swimming cream after swimming as the post swimming care if you feel your skin being very dry and irritated.

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