Play sports with hair extensions

Many people want to work out or play sports with their hair extensions, especially during the hot summer months. We recommend avoiding doing any physical activity that could lead to excessive sweat when you are wearing hair extensions. Remember, your sweat is salty, acidic and can dry out your hair extensions so this could lead to additional matting and tangling, causing your hair extensions to deteriorate faster. To increase the lifespan of your extensions, try to minimize their exposure to sweat. Instead, be sure to un-clip them before heading to the gym.

You can wear hair extensions and play sport only when they are quality hair extensions. You can play sport, go to the gym, and do all your normal activities with hair extensions that are tape-in or fusion. Just tie them into a loose braid or high ponytail, so that they don’t get so sweaty and tangled during your workouts. This is what you would normally do with your own natural hair when working out, so it’s not really that different. With clip-ins, we don’t advise that you wear them while playing sports, because they might get tangled with your own hair and cause damage to both your hair and the extensions. It’s important that you take them out before playing sports. They will last longer and won’t get sweaty during your sport time. Plus, they are easy to put in and remove, so you really don’t have any excuse for taking them out before doing active moves.

If your workout or sport of choice includes the beach or pool, you want to make sure that your hair is protected, first and foremost.  Before going into the water wet your hair and apply a leave in conditioner and a thermal protect to the ends of your hair.  These two products will keep your hair smooth and tangle free and protect your hair from the harsh saltwater or chlorine. The hair itself with tape-in or fusion isn’t going to be affected by the water or the chemicals in the swimming pool. What you do have to worry about are the bonds that create the hair extensions in the first place. With fusion hair extensions or tape-in extensions that get wet, you want to rinse and dry the bonds as soon as possible once you get out of the pool. This will prevent the glue or tape from becoming too damaged and compromising the look of your beautiful long extensions. As mentioned above, it’s not recommended that you swim or play other sport with clip-ins. The water can make your clip-in hair extensions become tangled up with your own hair creating a mess to take care of later when you get out. The best bet with clip-ins is to enjoy the water poolside, but leave your hair out of the pool.

After a workout, it is imperative you clean and care for your extensions. Extended exposure to chlorine and sweat can not only dry out your hair extensions, but damage the adhesive keeping the extensions attached to your head and after you’ve finished your sport activities, make sure to wash your hair with the recommended shampoo and conditioner for your extensions.  If your hair is feeling dry from the chlorine or salt water, apply a deep conditioner only on the ends of your hair.  Proceed with your regular styling routine. Be sure to wash your extensions with a sulfate free shampoo and conditioner after a workout. If you go swimming in a chlorine pool, use a deep conditioning mask once a month to retain shine and softness.