Internal cleansing is just as important during and after Holi. LALITA ARYA gives you tips that can help eliminate toxicity
All of us are set to have fun with our friends and family today. Chilled containers of flavoured milk, unembarrassed dance moves to Bollywood songs on loop and air packed with lots of colours, there are hundreds of reasons to love the festival. But on the other hand almost every one of us are very well aware with the fact that everything comes with a cost therefore apart from the happiness and joy the festival of colours also brings a lot of skin related issues which we are obviously scared about. Toxic colours used during the festival can cause some serious skin related problems like allergies and rashes. So, it’s very important to make ourselves Holi ready.
When it comes to protect our skin and hair externally almost every one of us does it like oiling and applying sunscreen. But what about the internal cleansing of our skin and hair. It’s crucial to cleanse your full body before and after Holi. Hydration plays an important role in keeping our skin in good condition hence hydrating the body is the demand of the festival. Keep drinking throughout the day. Dehydrated skin can get sunburnt easily.
One can also go for a specialised organic head to toe facial (customised package for pre and post Holi). Dry skin allows the chemicals present in the colours to infiltrate easily, so the key is to always oil the whole body.The facial is enriched with Vitamin E oils protects the skin from getting dry and dull and maintain the natural glow of the skin.
The facial involves the usage of organic elements to enrich your skin with required vitamins and minerals.
There are people who have acne prone skin so it’s very necessary for such people to specially take care of their skin during the festival.
It is advisable to people to use organic colors instead of chemical colours, stay away from the sun for long durations, or do not exfoliate for at least up to two days before.
Always keep your skin moisturise to protect it from hazardous effect of synthetic colors. As your skin is exposed to chemicals you can also use natural ingredient face mask to soothe your skin.
Since skin is exposed to colours all day, don’t use too much make-up as chemicals of cosmetics can react to them.
Do not ignore any part of your body. Colours can settle around ears and eyes very easily and difficult to come off.
Apart from this, the festival of colours needs a lot of energy, so that we can enjoy the festival to the fullest. Hence, it’s mandatory to follow a specific customised diet to keep yourself energetic and enthusiastic before and after the festival.
The writer is vice-president, Dermapuritys