“Forgot all your worries on how to remove Holi colours. This time let’s enjoy Holi and be drenched in the happy colours of Holi with friends and family”.
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Holi is the festival of colours, and we enjoy this festival with our family and friends in full swing. People use water guns to splash water and colour on Holi. Our children fill the balloons with colourful water and do balloon pelting on each other to have a festive spirit. Once the Holi fun is over, the next big thing in our mind is to remove hard Holi colours from skin and hair. If we repeatedly wash hair with shampoo and scrub skin with soap, this can damage skin and hair.
Removing Holi colour from the hair and skin needs to be done carefully because:
- Skin Sensitivity: Holi colours can contain harsh chemicals or artificial dyes that may irritate or sensitise the skin. Rough scrubbing or aggressive cleaning methods can exacerbate skin irritation or cause allergic reactions.
- Hair Damage: Holi colours can stick to the hair strands and scalp, making them difficult to remove. Vigorous scrubbing or harsh shampoos can damage the hair cuticles, leading to dryness, breakage, or hair fall.
- Eye and Ear Protection: Colours can inadvertently enter sensitive areas such as the eyes or ears during removal. Gentle cleaning methods help prevent irritation or injury to these delicate areas.
- Overall Skin Health: Aggressive scrubbing or harsh chemicals used for colour removal can disrupt the skin’s natural barrier function and lead to dryness, inflammation, or damage to the skin’s protective layer.
In summary, gentle and cautious removal of Holi colours from the hair and skin is essential to avoid skin irritation, hair damage, staining, and to maintain overall skin and hair health.
So, let’s learn how we can remove these colours from our loved ones’ skin and hair.
Shower with cold water
Taking a shower of cold water is the foremost step to remove the Holi colour. This will help to remove the initial colour from skin and hair. Avoid using hot water showers because this will make the colour strain harder.
Apply Mustard oil/Olive oil
We should massage our kid’s body and hair with oil before going to play holi. (Refer our holi safety tips article for more tips before playing holi). Oil helps in preventing skin and hair damage, but let’s not worry, if you have not applied the oil before. First wash hair with mild shampoo, which will wash almost 30-40% of hair color, then apply mustard oil/olive oil and leave it for at least an hour, and then again wash with mild shampoo to remove the remaining color. Repeat the same process for skin.
Use Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar has acidic properties which naturally helps to remove holi colour from the skin. We can also use the same to reduce the holi stains from clothes. This is an easily available ingredient at home. Follow the below steps to remove holi color.
- Take a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water in equal parts.
- Apply on the affected area and leave it for some time to scrub the colour.
- Rinse with lukewarm water to remove it.
Use Lemon and Honey Face mask
Lemon contains citric acid which has a cleansing property for lighting holi colours. Honey moisturizes and smooths the skin. This face pack is the natural remedy to remove holi colour.
- Mix equal parts of lemon juice with honey and apply it to the affected area of skin.
- Leave this pack for 10-15 min and use the peel of lemon to scrub the skin to remove hard holi colours.
- Rinse off the face pack with lukewarm water.
Use Gram flour, Curd and Turmeric Face mask
Turmeric has several medicinal properties; it helps in reducing skin inflammation and cell damage from harsh holi colours. This homemade face mask has all natural and easily available ingredients for leveling out skin tone.
- Mix 2 spoons of gram flour with 1 spoon of curd and a pinch of turmeric in a small bowl.
- Use your finger or body loaf to apply this mask. Be cautious while applying so that it should not get in your eyes.
- Leave it for 10-15 minutes.
- Massage your face in a clockwise direction and rinse with lukewarm water to remove it.
Oatmeal Scrub
Oatmeal face scrub has exfoliating properties which helps to remove holi colours from skin. Oatmeal also has moisturizing properties; it is a good choice to use for sensitive skin.
- Make a paste of dry oatmeal, water and 1 spoon of milk.
- Apply this scrub on your face and keep it for 30 minutes.
- Gently rub the face clockwise to scrub away the colours and rinse of this pack from lukewarm water.
Use Baking Soda
Baking soda is a scrubbing agent and a good exfoliator to lighten deep dark holi colours from the body.
- Mix 1 ⁄ 2 teaspoon of baking soda in 2 spoons of Yogurt.
- Apply this mixture on the coloured part of skin and leave for 10-15 minutes.
- Gently massage and wash it off with lukewarm water.
Let’s forget all your worries this time and celebrate the holi festival with immense joy. Your safety is essential for us, we have considered all skin types while writing this article so enjoy the festival and let us know in the comments section which method of removing the colour was helpful!
