secrets_from_a_synchronized_swimmer tender_square we had to put our hair in buns so we’d all look the same. and in order to get the style to stay for competitions we had to paint our hair in gelatin. regular, unflavored gelatin, like the kind people use to make jam. and so, we’d dilute the packets of gelatin in hot water and mix it, and then literally take a paint brush to our hair. we’d have to wait for it to set, because if you accidentally knocked it before the gelatin hardened, the force would break your hair. and then after we swam, we weren’t allowed to wash our hair in the showers because the gelatin would clog the drains, so we’d have to wait until we got home and soak it out and comb it out, and of course there was always remnants left along your hairline for days after. 220328 what's it to you? who go blather from