Daniella Ramirez reveals the secret of the perfect hairstyle for synchronized swimmers

Daniella Ramirez reveals the secret of how synchronized swimmers care for their hair so perfectly.

On Monday, August 5, Ramirez, 22, showed her fans how she removes a special Knox gelatin that she applies to her head before her workouts to keep her hair smooth in the pool.

“The Olympic Peelies are…” Ramirez, with her hair up in a bun, wrote over an Instagram clip, adding a fire emoji and a sad face.

The athlete won a silver medal with the U.S. synchronized swimming team at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Wednesday, August 7 – the first medal for the U.S. team in the discipline since winning bronze at the 2004 Games in Athens, according to World Aquatics.

The clip, set to Estelle featuring Kanye West’s “American Boy,” showed Ramirez pulling at the gel around her ears while making faces at the camera, then pumping her fist in the air after seemingly getting some of it off her head.

“Tune in tonight for the first ever synchronized swimming competition, Tech Team!!! LFG TEAM ❤️🇺🇸,” Ramirez captioned the post ahead of the first day of team competition on August 5.

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This isn’t the first time Ramirez has given her fans a behind-the-scenes look at how she perfects her look as a synchronized swimmer.

In February, Ramirez shared a TikTok clip showing her smearing the gelatin into her hair, telling her fans, “This is what we use in our hair for our performances.”

“It’s designed to keep your hair in place while swimming and is purely for aesthetic reasons,” she wrote about the clip.

“It’s sticky and dries hard,” Ramirez added.

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“We could use swim caps and we do so during training, but it looks better to swim this way to fit a theme,” the athlete continued, admitting that the process was “uncomfortable” and that they had to apply a “thick layer” as it tended to “dissolve” in the water.

“The goal is to keep the hair smooth throughout the entire routine,” Ramirez added.

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