Complete Lip Care

To have pink full lips is a desire of every woman. Even men these days have become conscious about texture and appearance of their lips. It is directly related with sensuality. Lips represent very sensitive skin layer and get damaged due to smoking, strong medication, weather (excess hot and cold) and wrong type of cosmetics.

Taking Care

It is important to remove dead skin from the lips. For this a soft tooth brush can be used. The dead skin can be scrubbed off using mixture of sugar granules and sweet almond oil. Exfoliation must be done weekly in order to allow new skin layer to come up to the surface.

Do not apply saliva on the lips since the repeated action causes dryness and darkening of the lips. Always apply a sunscreen of minimum 15 SPF when going out.

If you observe that the lips are getting chapped immediately apply clarified butter on it and leave overnight. It is one of the best natural moisturizer. An alternative remedy is to apply mixture of honey and olive oil in the ratio of 2:1. It may feel sticky but the results are worth it.

Always use best quality lip sticks and lip balms. Keep your lips moisturized with the balm every day. Here are certain recipes to make lip balms at home.

Home-made Lip balm

For dark lips, slice a small cucumber piece and keep it on the lips. Make sure you wash it off to apply honey or a lip balm. The lactic acid present in milk also helps in making lips lighter in shade. Do not apply milk topically, instead, drink it.

For honey based lip balm mix 60 ml of olive oil, 30 ml honey, ½ contents of a Vitamin E capsule and 3 oz of beeswax. Keep it in a container. You will need to refrigerate the balm during summers but it works better in winters.

In order to make lips lighter in share and well moisturized, mix equal quantities of olive oil and sweet almond oil. Put enough wax in it to make a stable emulsion. You may add a few drops of essential oil (lemon, peppermint, etc). Apply it as and when required. This mixture can also be applied before application of a lip stick.