Best shampoo, conditioner and hair masks for swimmers' hair?

[OrsolaRosso]

I'm looking for recommendations for the best shampoo and conditioner for removing chlorine, and hair masks for protecting hair while swimming.
I've had a look online and there are a lot to choose from, so it would be lovely to hear from people who have actually used them 😃

I use Paul Mitchell number2 I think it is clarifying shampoo. Condition with a normal conditioner. It seems to work although I always find swimming dries my hair out even with wearing a cap.

I run a few drops of argan oil in before putting my swimming cap on, and then use an argan oil shampoo and conditioner in the shower, and then a leave in conditioner before blow-drying.

It’s taken a while but it has sorted out the dry hair from the chlorine.

I saw a reel on Instagram that I thought I’d try. I’m a regular swimmer and always plagued by ‘eau de chlorine’.

Get some sodium ascorbate powder. Put a teaspoon’s worth in an empty sports bottle before your swim. After your swim, fill up the bottle with water from the shower, shake it a bit to make sure the powder has dissolved, and douse yourself in it: rub it into hair and skin. Just be careful of your eyes/face. Rinse off. Then use regular shampoo, conditioner, body wash etc.

It works! The sodium ascorbate binds to chlorine and neutralises it, and you can then use your regular products. I was so surprised, but it does work. I’ve been doing it for a few
weeks now and have noticed I don’t have that lingering chlorine smell any more. Before, once I started to sweat I could always get a whiff of chlorine on me, and given the recent hot weather I’ve sweated a lot, but no chlorine smell! I didn’t do my rinse after a recent swim with my DD and could quickly tell the difference: I got whiffs of chlorine periodically, and then when I got in the shower could really smell it as the pores opened. So that really suggests to me that the rinse is the difference.

I think it’s worth a go versus £££ on specialist products. I got a 1kg bag on Amazon for £16.99 and it’ll last for ages.