Holi Tips | Making Natural Colours | How to Protect Skin and Gadgets from Holi Colours

Indian Summer kicked-off with festival of Holi.start of Summer season, when the atmosphere is multi-coloured. Holi is a festival of bright colours which can affect your skin and hair as synthetic colours are made up of various harmful dyes and chemicals. Today, we will discuss about some natural Colours which can help you save money and skin. Some Precautionary tips before and after playing Holi.
Bright colours, water guns, color filled balloons and mugs of Thandai (bhangg) are inevitable when you are with friends and family on this festival.

1. Red Colour : Sandal Wood powder, dried Hibiscus flowers, bolied Peel Red Pomegranate (Anaar) or mix turmeric powder and drops of lemon juice in water.  
2. Green Colour : Mehendi (heena) with White flour. Dried leaves of spinach, coriander, mint etc.  
3. Yellow Colour : Turmeric powder with besan.  
4. Magenta Colour : Powdered beet rood and Juice of black grapes.

Remedies for Hangover Removal 

1. Lemon juice (Vitamin C) will help you to get back to your senses. 
2. Glucose reverts the intoxicating effect of alcohol.  
3. Warm showers can help you in getting back to senses.
4. Herbal tea can help in reducing alcohol effects.
5. Go to sleep and only get up when you are feeling better.

10 Tips to save skin and Hairs

1. Wear full clothes to cover the maximum parts of your body from colours. 
2. Apply oil-based moisturizer, sunscreen etc. on face, feet, and elbows before getting into the colours.
3. Apply dark-coloured nail polish on nails beforehand. 
4. Apply lip guard to protect your lips from being distorted. 
5. Apply oil to prevent hair damage ~20 minutes before playing Holi or better tie a scarf on your head. 
6. Use goggles to protect your eyes from directly thrown colour from water guns. Avoid lenses, use spectacles. 
7. Ensure you have taken a enough food to avoid dehydration or other stomach problems. Salads will be helpful. 
8. In case of any mishappening, Apply skin disinfectants and consult a skin specialist. Avoid use of chemicals to remove stains. 
9. Avoid excessive scrubbing of skin and use lukewarm water. Let the color fade away on its own.  
10. Splash water on your eyes to remove the colours. Do not rub your eyes. Don't use soap to wash your face instead go for mix of radish (mooli) juice with milk and besan or alternatively mix of besan with milk and lemon juice.

Ofcourse, you will also be clicking photographs, but what about safety of gadgets ?
 

Tips to save Gadgets and Cellphones from Colours

1. Place your mobile in mobile cover and try using it with dry hands.
2. Surely you are going to have some mad people around you, if somebody already thrown a bucket full of water onto you and your camera ? :( Just switch off the mobile, wipe it and remove the battery, sims or memory chips. 
3. Place it in open, under the sunrays to dry for atleast 1 day keeping screen downside. Don't try turning it ON before that. 
4. Now place it in a bag full of rice because it is known to absorb moisture much quicker. Keep it there for atleast 2 days.

If you follow above tips, it will surely going help you. Please don't abuse with children and women or girls. HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLI