Daniella Ramirez Shares Secret to How Synchro Swimmers Keep Their Hair Perfect — Even Underwater!

Mar. 15, 2025

Daniella Ramirez reveals her special hair gels.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty; daniella ramirez/instagram

Mike Coppola/Getty; daniella ramirez/instagram

Daniella Ramirez is revealing the secret of howsynchronized swimmer’s keep their hair so perfect.

On Monday, Aug. 5, Ramirez, 22, showed fans how she removes a special Knox gelatin she puts on her head before her routines to ensure her hair stays slick in the pool.

“The Olympic Peelies are…” Ramirez, who had her hair in a bun, wrote over anInstagramclip, adding a fire and a sad face emoji.

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

“Tune in tonight to the first artistic swimming event, Tech Team!!! LFG TEAM ❤️🇺🇸,” Ramirez captioned the post ahead of day one of the team’s competition on Aug. 5.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Daniella Ramirez removes her hair gel.daniella ramirez/instagram

daniella ramirez/instagram

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

Back in February, Ramirez shared aTikTokclip showing her putting the gelatin onto her hair, telling fans “this is what we use in our hair for performances.”

“It’s to keep the hair in place while we swim and it’s purely for aesthetic reasons,” she wrote over the clip.

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

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“We could use swim caps, and we do at practice, but it looks better to swim this way to fit a theme,” the athlete continued, admitting the process is “uncomfy” and that they have to do a “thick layer” because it tends to “dissolve” in the water.

“The goal is to have the hair slick for the entire routine,” Ramirez added.

source: people.com