Don’t afraid of damage to skin and hair on Holi. Follow these extremely useful 7 skin and hair care tips. Get back normal skin and hair.

We know that you all love playing Holi. But today, chemical based colors tend to damage your skin and hairs. So, you have to be careful. Here at ekunji, I am going to tell you some tips which gives extra care to your skin and hairs.

7 Skin Care and Hair Care Tips Before You Go To Play Holi

1. Moisturizer : Apply moisturizer on your face and open parts of your body. Moisturizer forms a thin film on the surface of the skin to prevent any loss of moisture.

When chemical based Holi colors are applied on skin, they becomes dry after few minutes. They make skin dry fast. When skin becomes too much dry, it becomes hard and can even crack at many places.

Moisturizer prevent loss of moisture from skin. So, it keeps skin soft and pliable. Hence, the skin will not become hard or crack. So, moisturizer is extremely useful for skin care on holi.

2. Use Oils for Hair and Skin : You must apply Olive oil or Castor oil to your hair especially. An oily film is formed on hairs. It protect hairs from direct contact of Holi color pigments. Therefore, the hairs become safe from harmful color pigments.

Similarly, you should apply these oils to your body also. It provides extra skin care.

3. Nail Polish : If you are a female, then you may be more interested about nail care. Nail polish is the simple solution to protect nails from harmful effects of colors.

Paint your nails with nail polish before you go to play Holi. The Holi color will only overlap the nail polish. When you remove nail polish, the color will also be removed.

4. Cold Cream : You can also apply cold cream on your body to protect your skin. Cold cream has moisturizing properties. It makes skin smooth. Also it is used to remove makeup , therefore if you apply it on your skin before playing Holi, then the colors will be washed out quickly from your skin. Cold cream is a very good solution for skin care on Holi.

5. Coconut Oil : Coconut oil has good moisturizing property. You can apply Coconut oil on your lips and hair. Lips require more moisture to become soft. When you go out to play Holi, the sunshine and colors make lips dry enough so that skin of lips cracks.

So, you have to make prior arrangement to keep them moist. Coconut oil and other Lip balms are good for Lip care druing Holi.

6. Aloe Vera Gel : We all know that Aloe Vera is very good for beauty of skin and skin diseases. Therefore you must apply it on your body before you go to play Holi. It gives overall care to skin. It will fight against the infections etc. present in colors and provide overall skin care.

7. Rose Water : Rose water is very good for eyes and skin. You can put drops of rosewater in your eyes before you go to play Holi. It will keep your eyes moist. Also, it will protect eyes by clearing harmful substances from eyes.

7 Skin Care and Hair Care Tips After Playing Holi

1. Water for Facial Skin Care : Wash out face with normal temperature water before the color on face dry out. Remember, if you leave color to dry out on face, it may take few days to be removed completely.

2. Cleanser : You can use natural cleansers such as Aloe Vera to clean the color from body. You can clean your body color with Aloe Vera gel.

Milk is also very good cleanser. You can make ubatan by adding milk to besan. Also, add a pinch of turmeric powder in it. Rub it on your body. Your all body color will be removed.

3. Hair Care with Curd : When you are ready to wash out color from your hair, take a cup of curd. Apply it in your hairs. Leave it for 1/2 an hour. After that rinse with some good quality Ayurvedic Shampoo. Curd and shampoo collectively protect the hairs and wash out color safely.

4. Banana Peel : Rub inner side of Banana peel to remove color from your face or skin. You will get rid of color quickly.

5. Cucumber Juice : If you get allergy from colors, then immediately apply cucumber juice on it. It soothes your skin. After that wash color with the help of Aloe Vera gel. It will also sooth your skin.

6. Keep Rosewater : Keep a small bottle of Rosewater with you. If color on body or face starts to become dry or if you feel burning, then just apply rosewater on it. It will keep color and skin moist and will provide good skin care at that moment.

Wash out your color as soon as possible with cold water and other remedies described above.

7. Nail Care : I recommended you to apply nail paint on nails before you go to enjoy Holi. After playing Holi, remove the color of your nails with nail paint remover. The color will be removed with nail polish.

This year Holi is on 17th March 2014. I wish you all a Very Hppy Holi.

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