Enjoy a Safe Holi with Aromatherapy
GETTING READY FOR THE OCCASION
Skin care before holi
Before the festival of colours, prepare your sensitive skin for holi and prevent it from the harmful colour effects by adopting simple Aroma Spray. It can be made at home by adding 2 drops of tea tree oil and the same amount of patchouli oils and a half tea spoon of dead salt in 250 ml of water in an aluminum or glass spray bottle.
Shake the bottle well before use. Apply the spray on your body at least twice a day. This will help your skin immensely to keep away any sort of skin allergies that might show up after the application of holi colours. Before you drown yourself into the rainbow, apply some shiny substance on your body like jojoba oil or sesame or mustard or olive oil.
Prepare a mixture of one teaspoon of jojoba oil mixed with one drop each of lavender or neroli oil along with tea tree oil and apply it on your face and neck which can work as a protective shield from harmful colours as well as a protection from the sun. Apply the same mixture all over your body including your nail folds so as to keep them away from get multi coloured. Vegetable oils can also work as a shield to prevent stain of colours and its after effect i.e., itching and skin rashes.
It is better to use a good foundation base to stay away from the stain of colours on your face. Calamine lotions can also be applied if you possess an extra oily texture. Splash as much water on your skin as possible to ensure minimum contact with the metallic, toxic colours.
Hair Care
When your playful mode will be turned on, you might forget about taking care of your hair. So, it is better to keep it safe from beforehand. Massage your hair and scalp with a good quality hair oil like coconut oil and make a bun out of your hair thereby keeping it away the harmful colours off the full hair and scalp from the harmful colours. If you have short hair, then apply gel on it.
Lips and Eyes
Application of water resistant lipstick for the delicate tissues of your lips will be a better option to keep away the colour. If you are wearing contact lenses then go for a geek look for a day as the harsh colour might give a rainbow look to your lenses which on one hand could affect your eyes and on the other hand it will definitely look awful if you wear a multicoloured lens.
Hands and Feet
Apply sun block on all the expose parts of your body like the hands and the feet along with the oil mixture as mentioned above. Instead of a regular sunscreen, it is better to opt for a water roof sunscreen so that it would not get washed off with the water and the liquid colours. Most importantly, wear covered clothes mainly cotton. Click Next page for contiue read
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