11 DIY Tips To Keep Your Skin Glowing After Holi

With less than a week left for Holi this year, we are sure your Holi vibes have already started accumulating. Are we right or are we right? Since your Holi prep is in full swings, you have started preparing “gujiayas” and we can see your kids in the balcony with water balloons. But every year, while you’re busy dancing to the tunes of “Balam Pichkaari” and “Rang Barse”, the thought of harmful colors on your skin perturb you. True, right? Once, the festival of colors is now more about how to wash off that color.

Remember last year when your ears remained purple for almost a week? You were the piece of attraction for everyone and every joke by your peers ended up on your ears. And your nails? Oh boy! Everyone seems to be having a certain shade of purple on their nails. Well, a wise man once said, learn from your mistakes!

We bring to you some of the best Holi tips which you surely need to know right now in order to save yourself from those harmful colors. After all, however much you try stopping someone, they are only going to say “Bura Na Mano Holi Hai!!!”.

So at a time when everyone comes together to smear one another with “gulal” and bolster the friendships throughout the world, these hacks are going to be the true saviors for you.

1. Apply oil on your skin

Applying mustard oil and olive oil on your entire skin thoroughly before playing Holi prevents the harmful colors from mixing with your skin. Cover your entire body including the navel and the gaps between your fingers and toes. When you apply oil, the color is washed off easily afterward.

2. Treat your skin to a moisturizer

Applying moisturizer is a good alternative to applying oil. But just the daily dose won’t work. You need to apply loads of it. Moisturizer restores your skin and prevents colors from impacting it as dry skin tends to absorb colors more.

3. Take special care of your ears

While grooming and preparing ourselves for Holi, we often forget to take care of our ears. And what happens after the fest is not unknown. Applying a cold cream or vaseline on our ears and the surrounding area solves this problem.

4. Wear a dark nail polish

Porous in nature, nails absorb colors easily. Applying a dark nail polish prevents that from happening and will protect your cuticles.

5. Apply oil to your hair

Your hair are very sensitive to colors. So you need to take special care of them. Apply oil on your scalp and through the length of your hair. Applying 2 layers is more beneficial. And Holi is no time for fashion, so tie them up. Using a bandana is a good option.

6. Hydrate yourself properly

Dry skin tends to absorb colors easily. So it’s better you keep yourself properly hydrated. Well, this gives you a perfect excuse to drink all the juices and drinks which are being served. Planning to drink “bhang”?

7. Cover your cuts and wounds

It’s better if you cover all your cuts and wounds, if any, with band-aids so that they don’t react with the dangerous colors.

8. Don’t wear contact lenses

Wearing contact lenses while playing Holi can pose a really serious problem for you. So don’t forget to remove them and wear glasses. Otherwise, your doctor is waiting to make some money.

So this was all about preparing yourself. What to do when you return home with your not-so-beautiful faces? Well, here you go.

9. Lemon

Lemon has natural bleaching properties and will help remove the colors easily and faster.

10. Aloe Vera

The boss of all remedies, aloe vera has soothing properties and it comforts and refreshes your skin

11. Gram flour, honey, and curd

A mixture of gram flour, honey and curd makes a good face pack to cleanse your ‘pretty’ faces. You can even use milk in place of curd. A natural home-made remedy which has no side effect.

Unfortunately, we don’t have any remedy for the naughty kids who are running around with water balloons even now, but these tips will surely help you keep your beautiful faces glowing. So get ready as only a few days are left for this magnificent festival. Use organic colors, don’t waste too much water and have a HAPPY HOLI. Thank us later!