Skincare and Holistic Beauty during the Lockdown

Atmanirbhar is one of the first words that I think of when I have to link two words i.e. India and lockdown. For those who are unaware of the word, it simply translates to ‘self-reliant’ or ‘self-sufficient’. And this is one thing every individual had to become during the lockdown.

The rate at which we live our lives is no less than the speed of a metro but the sudden standstill of time which was caused due to COVID 19 placed us in a situation where we eagerly searched for DIY (do-it-yourself) methods , hacks and tricks in order to survive the forced confinement.

With saloons, shops as well as online stores like Nykaa, Amazon, Flipkart shutting down due to the lockdown, people were a bit lost. Especially for a person like me who was always used to visiting the saloon to get myself a clean up or threading of my upper lips, I too was at cross roads as to how would I take care of my personal hygiene. But now, with ample time at hand, the DIYs from Pinterest, content curators and few celebrities made us reconnect to our age old grandma recipes that required ingredients that were readily available in the kitchen.

Image : Few ingredients that I used for during my lockdown skincare routine (I own rights to the image)

From Onion hair oil, Ubtan, Hibiscus hair oil, Potato and Tomato pack, Papaya, Lemon and Honey mixture, every ingredient that could be found in the garden and kitchen was shown in various videos. As an individual, I now had the opportunity to make these DIY packs. And because people now had the time in hand, they took time to understand the reason behind why a particular ingredient would work.

Apart from this, thanks to social media, the trend of holistic beauty was being built. As the rate of life slowed down for many, and a NEW NORMAL set in, people started focusing on themselves as they concentrated on their social as well as mental health. They started realising the gravity of the word ‘holistic’. Thus people not only started paying attention to the type of food that they were consuming but many actually made an effort to exercise and grow as well as glow from within.