Double your Holi fun with these 11 useful hacks!

Have a happy and safe Holi!

Famous Aesthetician & Cosmetologist and Director of ALPS Beauty Clinic & Academies, Ms. Bharti Taneja shares how to turn your festivities more fun, with these pre and post Holi hacks. Happy Holi!

Pre Holi:

Incept your Holi celebrations massaging your entire face, hair & body with ample amount of olive oil or coconut oil. This will work as a shield and protect your skin from damage which can occur due to synthetic Holi colors.

As Holi falls in the season of spring, it becomes important to apply a water-proof base for your festival. You can certainly use a mousse for a light yet lovely look. Or, as a quick water-proof base, just apply a two-way-cake after wetting the sponge and attain a smoother finish.

Makeup can act as a great shield for protecting your skin while playing Holi – so even if you’re a no-makeup girl, going for some face-painting on this festival makes sense. Choose a light base like, a BB cream or an EE cream and slather it well on face.

*Happiness comes with a blush on your face. Therefore, using a light blush is recommended on this occasion of happiness. Apply a peach or pink shade of blush-on according to your skin tone to compliment your cheeks this festive season.

As, colorful eye makeup marks the real essence of Holi, don’t shy away from trying different hues like; yellow, pink, red and green. Use these colors in both – single and double eye-shadow pattern to mesmerizingly adorn your eyes. The eye-makeup will not only beautify your peepers; but prevent your around-eye area from the affect of Holi colors. Follow this by applying a cobalt blue, emerald green or fuchsia pink winged liner over your upper lash-line for a doe-eyed look. Now, to make your peepers appear opened-up, apply a coat of mascara. This will not only make your lashes appear longer and thicker; but also protect your eyes from adverse effects of colors.

Go for lip-colors in light shades if you have made your peepers bold. Otherwise, for a vibrant look you may round upon few bold lip colors such as; crimson red or a ‘fruit-ish’ plum lip-colors. Make sure to choose long-stay and matte lip-colors to protect your pout from being colored and being harmed on Holi. You must avoid glossy and creamy textured lip-colors as it can make the gulal enter your mouth which may be ruinous.

Oil your hair well before you set out to play, massage you hair throughly with olive or coconut oil. These days, braids and buns are very much in trend and are best suited for this cheerful season festival too. And, as your hair are already oiled, styles like messy, Dutch or French braid or a messy, side or Korean bun can be flaunted with utmost ease. You can further add funky bandanas to this look to have an edge over the others as well as protect your mane from colors this, Holi.

Post Holi:

Just after getting to home after playing colors, you can soothe your face with this multi-benefit pack. Mash the pulp of a cucumber and mix it with papaya, gram-flour and few drops of olive oil. Apply it liberally all over you face and wash off to reveal brighter & younger looking face. The cucumber will soothe your skin and papaya due to its papain content, will help make it brighter. While, the cleaning part will be perfectly implemented by gram-flour – the added olive oil will nourish and heal the rashes caused during your play.

Be ready for that after-holi-bash by scrubbing all the color and impurities off your skin with a herbal and powdery scrub. Just mix it with a toner gently massage all over your face body in circular motion. Wash off reveal a clean, colorless and party-ready skin!

Sink-in to a refreshing feeling this Holi, by soothing your body with gentle toner. Choose one with effective ingredients like the rich rose extracts helps to remove dirt by deeply cleansing the pores. Just apply it using a cotton-swab on cleansed skin and let it dry naturally to obtain lush benefits.

Bring out the glow on your face by slathering a rich Moisturizing Cream. Just take ample quantity on your palms and gently massage it all over your body for a well-hydrated skin.