Since people are thronged to celebrate this vibrant festival of India, Holi would embrace each one to be a part of it. The major part of the celebration would be throwing the colorful powders at each other and experience the colorful life through the festival. By indulging in such a celebration, people would automatically never think about the health of the hair and skin as how it would be damaged by the chemical infused colors. People are in the trend of fast-moving and when it comes to colors, they are going for the ones which are easily available at markets thereby ditching all those natural ones. These market-purchased colors would harm your entire body’s health. Since your skin and hair are directly exposed to the colorful powders, it could be extremely crucial for them to combat and in turn, go lifeless. Fret not, there are several ways to protect your skin and hair this Holi.
TIPS FOR HAIR PROTECTION:
Your hair could go through a lot and a lot of damages in this process of colorful celebration. So, when you are ready for Holi – day, you just spend a little time protecting your hair.
- APPLY SERUM: If you are ready to step out for the celebration, just make sure your tangles are protected. Just take a few minutes to apply a serum on your hair as it would help avert your hair damages from the sun.
- APPLY OIL: If you do not wish to use serum, then ensure to apply oil to your hair. You could use a concoction of coconut oil, castor oil, and olive oil and apply it to your dry hair. This is because dry hair would be exposed to damages easily. If you wish, you could add a few drops of lemon in this combination to treat dry scalp or dandruff problems.
- TIE UP THE HAIR: Do not let step out with free hair as open hair is prone to many damages due to the chemicals present in the surroundings. So, it would be better to tie up your hair.
POST-HOLI HAIRCARE:
Once you are done with the colorful celebration, you have to take few steps to treat and pamper your hair.
- TREAT WITH A HAIR MASK: When you step into your room with the multi-colored outfit, you just have to brush your hair as it would get rid of the dry colors clinging to your scalp. Later, treat your hair with your favorite hair mask. You might go naturally with the ingredients available at your home. When you treat your hair with a nourishing mask, it would not only strip away the colors from your scalp but also prevent your hair from staining.
- CURD COULD BE THE RESCUER: Since curd is rich in lactic acid, it would help remove the colors which would help hydrate both your skin and hair by combating all the damages. So, you could simply apply curd topically on your skin and hair for about 20 minutes and then rinse it off.
- TIPS FOR SKIN PROTECTION: More than your hair, you would be definitely providing extra care for your skin generally. But when it comes to Holi, you gotta consume a reasonable amount of time.
- APPLY OIL: The skincare tips for Holi begins the day before it comes and so it could dive into the colorful environment carefree. All you have to do is to apply a good amount of body oil or go the combination of coconut oil, almond oil, or olive oil on your skin. This would help moisturize your skin which would thus curb the absorption of colors.
- TONE THE SKIN: It is essential to clean and tone your skin properly. When it comes to cleaning, you could exfoliate your skin with your favorite natural scrub to get rid of the dead cells and dirt. This would help reduce the pores and avert the oozing of colors through the pores of your skin.
- SUNSCREEN IS NECESSARY: Before stepping out for the colorful celebration, you have to apply sunscreen for preventing sun damages.
POST-HOLI SKINCARE:
CHOOSE MILD SOAPS AND LUKEWARM WATER: When it comes to removing the colors from your skin, you have to choose mild soap and lukewarm water as it would make it an easy process.
NATURAL FACE PACKS: Never use readymade face packs to treat your skin but DIY the natural home-made face packs to hydrate your skin intensely thereby treating the dryness caused by the skin.