How Salt Water Affects Hair

Splashing around in the ocean might make you feel like a mermaid. But it turns out that all that seawater is far from conducive to achieving sleek and flowing mermaid hair.  Hair owes its pliable softness to the 12 to 15 percent water it contains. The salt content of seawater, however, makes it osmotic, meaning that it draws water out of your hair. […]