Important Tips On How To Protect Your Hair And Skin This Holi

Holi is round the corner but people all around have already started playing with colors. Holi is an Indian festival where people put color in the form of powder or colored water on each other. They soak in colored water, eat lots of gujiya (Indian sweet) and even throw water balloons at each other. It is one crazy day but the enthusiasm starts almost a week early.

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I personally HATE playing with wet colors on Holi. The only thing I like is celebrating with dry colors and eating sweets. Holi is a mess when it comes to skin and hair. It is becomes imperative that we spend some time in the pre-holi preparation to save our skin and hair from the harmful effects of chemicals present in the colors (even if you are playing with all natural colors you don't want to be left with pink, or blue, or yellow colored skin afterwards!)

Here I am sharing with you some tips that you can use. These are things that I used to do as a child when I did play with all sorts of colors.

How To Protect Your Skin on Holi

1. If you have dry skin you are lucky - smother a layer of almond or olive oil all over your body not missing out on areas like the ears, back of the neck, elbows, knees, lips and even on the eye lids. Since almond oil and olive oil are also good for skin so it wont cause you any issues. Oil will help form a layer of barrier between your skin and the chemicals. It will also help you wash off the colors more easily.
2. Oily skinned beauties can try almond oil as well - almond oil does not cause breakouts unless you drench yourself in it. Another option is to use any petroleum jelly to coat your skin, but be careful around the eyes. 
3. Apply petroleum jelly lavishly on your hands and nails specially covering the area under the nail tips. This is where the color tends to gather and look awful when it does not wash off.
4. If possible wear clothes that cover as much of your body as possible - wearing full arm Kurtis with leggings is a good option.
5. Wear clear goggles or glasses to give some shield to your eyes. It is painful to have color, whether chemical or natural, to enter your eyes. It is simply painful!

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How To Protect Your Hair on Holi

Whether you have oily hair, dry hair, wavy hair, short hair, long hair - it does not matter. No matter how hideous you look covered in oil - Holi is one time where the hair will suffer if you don't take precautions. So, before you step out with friends to celebrate, apply oil over your hair, covering it all and even the scalp. Then tie your hair in a plait if you have long hair. The oil again acts as a barrier between the chemicals and your scalp and hair shaft. Also it makes removing the color easier.

If you are planning on a hair cut - let Holi go by. Plan your hair cut at-least 2 days after Holi so that all traces of color are washed off well. Clean hair always makes it easier for the barber to cut and style to perfection.

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If at any time during playing with colors you feel any itching or burning make sure to wash immediately with clean water. Also as a precaution, keep a bucket of clean water handy - I have known people scurrying for water to wash color that has just entered their eyes.

Do you have any special tips that can help us all during Holi? How do you celebrate this colorful festival?

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