Dime Salon Inc.

Nobody talks about this enough so here we go:
🚰 Halifax’s tap water is safe to drink. That’s not the issue. The issue is what it does to your hair.
💦 If you live in Halifax, your tap water comes from Pockwock Lake or Lake Major.
🔬 It’s treated at one of Halifax Water’s plants, where chlorine is added for safety (it’s required by Nova Scotia Environment).
🧖‍♀️That chlorine does its job. But it also strips the protective lipid layer off your hair every time you shower, causing your hair to become porous and lose moisture faster.
⛓️‍💥It weakens keratin - the protein that gives your hair strength and elasticity.
💸 For anyone with colour, it reacts directly with melanin, causing your hair to fade faster with every wash.
🏴‍☠️ Pockwock Lake is naturally acidic, which means our water is more corrosive to pipes than average.
🏠 Halifax still has an estimated 3,500 homes with lead service lines — lead was the standard pipe material here until the mid-1950s, and lead-containing solder was used in plumbing until 1986. 🪏 Halifax Water is working on it — their “Get the Lead Out” program aims to replace all lead lines by 2038.
🔸 As water moves through that aging infrastructure, it picks up traces of lead, copper, iron, and manganese.
⚠️ Those metals deposit on your hair over time, creating buildup that dulls shine, causes brassiness, and leaves a rough texture no deep conditioner can fully fix.
🥰 We just started carrying the No BS Shower Filter for exactly this reason. Three filtration layers that remove chlorine, heavy metals, and mineral buildup before the water touches your hair.
🚿 Fits any shower head, no tools, two minutes.
$34.99 — ask about it next time you’re in or pick one up from our online shop today and see the results for yourself.

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