We all know Holi is the festival of colors. People love to play with different colors and water on this day. Holi colors fascinate everyone but it also has adverse effects on skin and hair. In this article we will discuss some ways to protect Skin from colors of holi festival.
Precautions before playing holi
- It is good to apply some oil or cream on face and hands before playing colors.
- Eyes are most delicate part of the body, it is good to wear sunglasses while playing with colors to protect eyes from colors
- Apply oil on your hair thoroughly before going out to play with colors, with oil it is easy to wash colored hairs.
- If you don’t want to apply oil on hairs then cover your head completely with ant cloth or wear a cap while playing with colors
- When you play with colors then there are chances that it will also stain your teeth, it is good to wear dental cap to prevent teeth from staining.
- It is good to apply mustard oil on the body including face and head before playing holi
- Girls usually won’t like to apply oil on face and body, instead of girls can use sunscreen lotion for the face and body lotion for the body.
- Use organic colors to prevent the body from harmful effects
- Nails got affected badly with colors of holi, apply any dark color nail paint on foot and hands so that color won’t ruin it.
- Put some greasy substance like Vaseline or lip gloss on lips to protect from colors
Tips to remove colors after holi
- If color enter in your eyes then rinse it thoroughly with cold water
- Make use of cleansing milk to remove permanent dyes from face
- Don’t rinse colors with hot water instead make use of cold water
- It is good to use face wash rather than soap to remove color from face.
- To remove color from face don’t rub it, this can lead to rashes on the face
- One make use of Ubtan also to remove color from face and body
- Apply moisturizer on face and body after taking bath.
- To remove color from the face apply soaked Multani mitti pack on the face allow it to dry and then wash the face with cold water
- Apply rose water after removing color from face this will give you soothing effect
- You can prepare ubtan by mixing multani mitti and gram flour in rose water apply it on the face and let it dry. Wash the face thoroughly with cold water.
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