Lip care tips - prevent and heal chapped lips and take steps to make your lips soft and kissable

Normally, lip care is pretty effortless. We take care of our teeth, apply lip balm or lipstick and we are good to go. But, there are times when our attention shifts, usually when we realize we feel pain, or find an inflammation of some kind on our lips.

There are a couple of things about lips you should know in order to get the best lip care you can.

Similar to body care basics the first rule should be HYDRATE.

Like other parts of our body, the skin of the lips is made of epidermis and dermis. However, unlike the other parts of the body, the dermis of the skin on the lips doesn't have any hairs or sweat gland.
What this means is that this area is directly exposed to the environmental conditions with almost no protection. The lubrication is absent and often is a cause of chapped lip or even severely chapped lips.

This fact means that we need to rehydrate or lubricate the lips ourselves.

Drink plenty of water, thoroughly hydrate your skin, including lips.

Avoid harsh weather. If this is impossible, make sure you always protect your lips by applying a lipbalm. Many lipbalms now have a sunblock as an ingredient which is a great idea. Not only can our skin experience sunburn, our lips can too.

Try using the lip balms regularly. If you wait until you have chapped lips, the recovery will take longer.

Try not to lick your lips or remove the skin with your fingers. It irritates the skin, and slows down any efforts we invest in lip care.

Apply some of the winter lip care tips in order to protect your lips during the time of harsh weather conditions and cold.
Make sure you take vitamin supplements. Often, cracks in the corner of the mouth indicate a deficiency of Vitamin B2.

Not only do our bodies need a rejuvenating scrub and our faces regular exfoliation, occasionally, lips need it too. The outer layer may not be chapped, but it is

beneficial to remove the dead skin layer it in order to let the new, healthy layer emerge.

As the most simple approach to lip care, try using the following recipe to exfoliate the dried out top layer of the lips and keep them moisturized and healthy.

LIP SCRUB RECIPE

Ingredients

1 teaspoon of honey
1 teaspoon of baking soda
Olive oil

Mix honey and baking ingredients until the mass resembles a paste.
Apply the mix on your lips and leave it on for a couple of minutes.
Gently rub the lips.
Wash of with luke warm water

Let the lips dry out and then apply olive oil. It will help the lips hydrate.

There is also a recipe that is very simple, too. Apply unsalted butter on your lips ocassionally. That's it. It has the same effect as the olive oil.

Treat yourself with a lip balm recipe that contains all the ingredients necessary to make your lips soft and nourished. It will moisturize the chapped lips and prevent further peeling.

Once your lips are healthy, a lip gloss recipe will add the final touch to your effort to give the lip care the attention it deserves. My favorite: Chocolate lip gloss recipe.

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