Yahoo News Effective Expert Tips to Remove Holi Colours Naturally
Almost all of us love the festival of colours. Holi without colours, water balloons, pichkari, etc. is just no fun. You may buy natural and herbal colours, but other people around you may not be so conscious about the quality of colours they use. Synthetic colours can give you rashes, itchy patches and dryness.
So, besides taking precautions before Holi, post-Holi care is important too. If you pay attention to certain things, then it can be enjoyable and safe for you.
#1. Care for your hair
Before you use a shampoo, rinse your hair with water to allow the additional colours to wash off. It is extremely vital to condition your hair to prevent any hair damage.
Make a simple hair pack by soaking a few fenugreek (methi) seeds in four tbsps. of curd. Apply this pack or an egg yolk on your scalp and wash your hair with a good shampoo after 30 minutes. You can also apply a mixture of honey and olive oil for deep conditioning.
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#2. Get the glow back on your face
Do not scrub the colour off with soap. Opt for a mild cleanser and follow it up with a lot of moisturising cream. If you feel any skin irritation during the process of taking off the colours, then take 2 tbsps. of calamine powder and mix it with a few drops of honey and rosewater to make a paste. Apply this on your face and once it has dried up, wash off with water and apply a moisturiser. You can also take off the colour with a mixture of besan and milk.
Those who have an oily skin can prepare a paste of multani-mitti and orange juice for your face. Wash off after a while to have a colour-free skin. If you are unable to do anything else, simple apply a generous amount of multani-mitti on the entire face and body to revive your skin.
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Face packs to revive your skin
Here are some great face packs that you can try at home:
For oily skin: Mix 2 tbsps. of multani-mitti in glycerine and water to make a paste. Apply it on your face for 15 minutes and wash off.
For normal skin: Take 2 tbsp. of masoor daal and mix it in 1 tbsp. flour. Make a paste by adding rosewater and a pinch of haldi. Apply it on your face for 10 minutes and wash off.
For dry skin: Mix 1 tbsp. of soyabean flour in milk. Add glycerine and a pinch of sea salt to make a paste. Scrub your face for 10 minutes and wash off.
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#3. Be tender with your body
You can use a homemade scrub by mixing well the following ingredients- 2 tbsp. wheat bran (choker), 1 tbsp. sandalwood powder, 1 tbsp. rice flour along with some poppy seeds (khus-khus), few drops of honey and a mashed tomato. Scrub your body with this to clear off the colours and to bounce back to your fair and glowing skin. You can also rub a piece of papaya on coloured areas of the face and body to get rid of the colours.
Scrub full body with curd, besan, orange-peel powder along with little turmeric, a few drops of lemon and 1 tbsp. of olive oil. This will help to clean your skin. To hide discolouration of the nails, go for dark nail polishes. Pick a bold black, glittering plum or a classic red. This is a fantastic resource to make your hands look chic after a playful Holi.
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#4. Post Holi skin care tips
For the next two weeks, apply a multani mitti face pack every alternate day to ensure that your skin remains soft and supple. Also, do not go for any skin treatments like waxing, threading, facials or any other external medication on skin for two to three days after Holi. Your skin is very sensitive aftre Holi, so these treatments may cause an adverse reaction.
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Use these tips to remove Holi colours safely, and enjoy the festival of colours to the hilt!
