Exercise, swim & travel

Find the right step before swimming, after swimming or under a hair covering.

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Choose your starting point

Choose by the moment: preparing for a swim and washing afterward are separate tasks. For an everyday hair covering, use the liner guide to check placement and comfort. A swim cap contains hair without promising to keep it dry.

Compare the methods

Explore the methods below. Open a guide for when to use it, what you’ll need and the full steps.

Settling a wide-brim hat comfortably over the hair.

15–30 sec hands-on

Cover your scalp in the sun

A well-fitting wide-brim hat covers exposed scalp and adds shade around the head.

A woman holds open a soft tie-back undercap and checks its seams and orientation.

1–3 min hands-on

Fit a hair-covering liner

A hair-covering liner is a separate soft layer fitted over arranged hair before an everyday outer covering is added.

The same woman adjusts the lower edges of a turquoise swim cap with her fingertips after covering her hair.

3–6 min hands-on

Prepare your hair for swimming

Swimming preparation wets loose hair with fresh water and contains it in a comfortably fitting swim cap before entering the water.

One hand lifts loose roots while the other moves a dryer on unheated cool airflow around the scalp area.

2–5 min hands-on

Refresh sweaty hair after exercise without washing

A post-exercise hair refresh removes surface sweat from the roots and scalp area with blotting and drying, without a full wash.

After a swim, a woman rinses her loose curly hair under a fresh-water shower while a turquoise cap rests nearby.

6–12 min hands-on

Wash and condition your hair after swimming

Post-swim washing rinses loose hair with fresh water, then uses ordinary shampoo and rinse-out conditioner as directed.