Holi-the carnival of colors is here and we couldn’t be happier as many of us await this exciting time of the year where in we can have loads of fun, meet and play with kith and kin and relish sweet meats.

And this year the fun is more as people are not opting for dry Holi by avoiding criminal wastage of water as well as this Holi has brought good long weekend.

But this joyous Holi and its colors should not bog you down, instead arm yourselves with some tips and tricks.

As  you gear up to celebrate and drench yourself in the sea of colors, here some very basic yet vital Tips To Protect Your Skin And Hair During Holi that will save you from the damaging colors.

Pre Holi Tips To Protect Your Skin And Hair During Holi Festival

Be prepared to fight the harsh colors of Holi as well easily so that you can indulge in the festival with joy and not worries.

1… Oil As Great Barrier

The best way to take care of your hair is by applying good layer of oil. Why? This will help you from the effects of chemicals that colors have.

2… Petroleum jelly To rescue

You can use petroleum jelly to save your skin from chemicals of colors and also it helps wash off colors easily and will guard your kin by not allowing colors to penetrate the skin. Do not forget to apply petroleum jelly over your lips, behind the ears and under your nails and other sensitive skin areas.

3…. Covered Clothes

Girls can go for light hued salwar kameez with full sleeves and guys for Full sleeved Shirt or Kurta as this will prevent colors deposits directly on skin more.

4… Organic Colors

It is best to use organic colors as it may hardly damage your skin and hair.

5… Nail paints to hide ugly stains

Make sure you paint your nails so that remnants of colors will not stay with nail enamels.

Post Holi Tips To Protect Your Skin And Hair During Holi Festival

People mostly use toxic colors and we can’t even say no on this day, so its better to fight off the stains by following the below mentioned tips after the Holi party.

6… Wash off the colors

After your holi party, do not forget to wash your self with loads of water and soap. Do not bleach, shave, wax or go for facials for few days.

7… Tackle left over blots with the help of lemon and lotion

Use lemon wedges to get rid of leftover color spots. And later slather generous amounts of cleansing lotion, let it sit for 10 minutes or so, and wipe off with towel. If you do not trust any lotions then  you can use olive oil with cotton to remove colours.

8… Take care of you eyes

If your eyes feel itchy, then do not smear and scratch them instead wash them with cold water first. Immediately consult doctor if irritation  persists.

9… Hair treatment

Deeply cleanse and condition your hair after the party. Apply a hair mask after 2-3 days to treat the damage done to your hair texture.

Follow Tips To Protect Your Skin And Hair During Holi so that you have only best memories of the festival!

Happy Holi And Have A Safe Holi!

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While on the one hand, Indian society talks about women as not being having any place in the Indian culture (the statement of Mr. M.L. Sharma in the Nirbhaya case), we have thousands of Varanasi widows celebrating the colourful festival of Holi with their counterparts in Vrindavan .

The widows are celebrating a four-day festival for Holi and for this more than 1000 kgs. of gulaal has been arranged. It is NGO Sulabh International that has arranged for this programme and this time the Vrindavan widows who had been playing holi only with their ‘Thakurji’ or Lord Krishna, in previous years, will play with a lot many colours and flowers and many more people around.

Widows celebrate Holi with Lord krishna

What had become an unthinkable, unimaginable dream for these forlorn women or ‘mayyas’ as they are popularly referred to in Vrindavan, in their colourless, mundane life, has now come to be true.

This holi celebration is something new and unexpected in their lives as according to Indian social stigmas and norms, widows are expected to live a very basic, simple life and not take part in any sort of festivities as they are generally considered to be inauspicious for any happy occasion.

The ‘Pagal Baba Widow Ashram’ is the place where the holi celebration will take place for four continuous days that has already started since March 3^rd and will go on till 6^th of March. The widows in this ashram seem to have out-casted all gloom and dreariness from their lives at least for these four days, where the group would be seen celebrating the colourful festival even by visiting Taj Mahal in Agra. A group of 35 widows living in Varanasi have been staying in Vrindavan for this celebration together.  Some of these ashram inmates had never even imagined to have an opportunity to view the Taj in their lifetime.

Pagal Baba Widow Ashram

The holi that these widows have been celebrating from 3^rd march have been accompanied with songs, dances and a gamut of rich colours.

These women who have been eschewed and live estranged from the mainstream society have found a shelter in Vrindavan but their pitiful condition is something worth noticing where they wear white sarees and are kept alienated from all joys of life, so much so that even the Supreme Court has rebuked the Centre and U.P. government for not catering to the deplorable conditions of these widows.

Vrindavan – the city of widows

The ‘City of Widows’, Vrindavan will now come to be known as a place that will set new regulations, trends and practices among the widow community in the country. It seems these widows have finally broken all fetters of the stringent patriarchal society and years of social contempt to live a life of their own where there is music, dance, colours, fun and life.

Wish this freedom was allowed to all India’s daughters! It is upon us to make this Holi colourful for one and all. Happy Holi!

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