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

The artistic swimmer gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at her "Olympic Peelies" as she removed her hair gel in an Instagram clip

Daniella Ramirez is revealing the secret of how synchronized 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 an Instagram clip, adding a fire and a sad face emoji.

The athlete claimed a silver medal alongside the U.S. artistic swimming team at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, Aug. 7. — the U.S. team's first medal in the event since they took home bronze in the 2004 Games in Athens, per World Aquatics.

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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.

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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 a TikTok clip 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.

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