Winters can be a great time to experiment with clothes, textures and colours, especially if you love to dress up. But there is only one problem and that is static.
Yes, you read that right. We have all experienced a static current that runs through our clothes and sometimes even our fingers and hair during this chilly season. And more often than not, it often leads to clingy clothes. But why does it happen?
Well, static charge in our clothes and even in our body occurs because of a built up of excess charge and humidity. This type of charge especially sticks to clothes that may be woolen or nylon, and you may also experience it if you wear woolen sweaters over silk sarees or suits.
So how do you get rid of this static charge that sometimes lead out sarees and our salwaar-suits to stick to our body? We answer that for you by trying these five ways on our favourite silk saree and woolen sweater combo and take our word when we say this, it worked wonders!
#1 Always add lining to your clothes
If you are fond of wearing silk salwar-suits or sarees during the winter season, make sure to add an inner layer of fabric, preferably cotton to bring down static charge. Materials like nylon and synthetic silk automatically create extra electrons on their surface and when they come in contact with our dry bodies, they create this uncomfortable charge.
So in order to calm these extra electrons down, we have to introduce a cooling fabric between our body and the silk or nylon. Cotton is the best material to do the job because it is a natural fibre and it retains moisture, thereby reducing any static.
#2 Keep your body moisturised and hydrated
This is possibly the easiest and most important task to do during the winter season. When you apply a moisturiser to your body, you prevent static charge from building up in your body. This will resultantly prevent your clothes from clinging on to your body as well.
If you feel that your dress is clinging on to a certain part of your body, moisturise it immediately. Remember that during winter season, the warm water used to bathe and the clothes we wear tend to dry out our skin, so keeping it hydrated is very important.
But remember to not go overboard with the moisturiser as an excess can also make your dress wet and it will stick to your body anyway.
Continue reading to know the ingenuous way you can prevent static, especially if you are on the run.
#3 Use a safety pin to prevent static
Yes, you read that right! A safety pin is not only handy when it comes to wardrobe malfunctions, but also helps to prevent static charge created by a nylon or silk dress.
This trick comes especially handy if you are travelling and happen to have a safety pin. All you need to do is attach the pin to the bottom of your dress and Voila! The safety pin made up of steel will instantly remove static if it's touching the ground.
This trick is quite useful if you are wearing a saree that goes all the way down. Alternatively, you can also try touching a steel table or metal fence that goes straight into the ground. But stay away from doorknobs!
#4 Use a hairspray on your dress
A hairspray can come in handy if you want to remove static from your dress instantly. All you have to do is to spray some aerosol hairspray on the dress without it being sprayed too close to the dress.
Spray it from an arm's length and be sure to close your eyes so you do not spray it too closely to your dress. Alternatively, you can also spray some water at areas where there is too much static electricity.
#5 Walk barefoot for a bit
This may sound strange, but this is possible the best option when you can try none of the above. Just take off your shoes and walk barefoot for a while till you feel no charge in your body.
The ground basically sucks up all the extra electrons that your body process, which is what causes the static in your dress. So when you walk barefoot those electrons are eliminated. Alternatively, you can also use aluminum foil.
Just place some foil around the bottoms of your shoes and this will eliminate the static. But let's be honest, walking barefoot is a lot easier.
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