Do you take care of your lips as they deserve? It is a quite delicate area of the face and often forgotten in the beauty ritual. However, lips usually grab all eyes and are a symbol of sensuality. Coinciding with the International day of kissing, we want to make you aware of the need for you to take care of your lips.
The skin of the lips is different from that of the face, very thin, sensitive, and fragile, and lacking melanin and sebaceous glands, it has no protection against external aggression. That is why both cold and heat or environmental dryness produce dehydration in the lips that, in addition, can crack.
And dry lips, full of skin or cracks are not attractive at all ... That is why you have to protect and care for them daily, using specific products that are different from those you use on the rest of the faces.
If you want to be beautiful and take advantage of it, you cannot forget your mouth and lips. Follow our tips to take care of them and show them off.
1. Now to crack mouths
Don't forget to hydrate and take care of your lips, as there is nothing uglier than showing a cracked mouth. A very simple trick is to brush your teeth very carefully when brushing your lips before going to bed every night. You will rid them of dead cells.
2. Out of fever.
Can there be anything more annoying than a fever in the mouth? When you start to notice that one of them is coming out, immediately wet it with a mixture of vinegar and bicarbonate. But remember that this trick is only useful if you start doing it right when the fever starts to come out. Because once it is out, all that remains is to wait with patience and resignation for it to disappear.
The lips are one of the most attractive and sensual parts of the female body, but if they are not hydrated well their effect can be quite the opposite. Due to the lack of sebaceous glands, the lips are more prone to dryness, so, we must always clean them with makeup remover, which we apply with our fingers and remove with warm water.
A trick to make your mouth look more exotic and sensual is, once you have exfoliated your lips with a toothbrush, apply petroleum jelly. Then, you have to cut a piece of pineapple and pass it over your lips. The result is spectacular. You can see more in our article, "How to have fuller and prettier lips.”
5. How to avoid injury
We know that dries lips are very annoying, but in addition to cold weather, there are other factors that cause this effect: our habits. And it is that constantly sucking your lips only produces dryness, fever, and wounds.
6.almond oil
With the mixture of half a cup of almond oil, eight tablespoons of beeswax (which can be found in any health food store or herbalist), plus two of honey and one of cocoas butter, we can make the best home remedy against chapped lips. You have to put everything in a container, and keep it on low heat for half an hour. Then you let it cool down, and apply it at night. The result is a highly effective moisturizing lotion, if used daily.
The periods of intense cold wreak havoc on our lips. If you suffer from this problem, you can make a mask with a mixture of natural yogurt, and a few drops of lemon. Apply it with the help of a stick and let it act for three-quarters of an hour.
8. Lots of water
It is good for maintaining lip hydration. Drinking. water is one of the best ways to keep your mouth hydrated.
9. Avocado on the mouth
If you rub your lips with an avocado slice you will achieve a result that will surprise you for sure: you will make them softer than ever. But professionals also recommend that, to maintain this effect of healthy and juicy lips, it is always essential that you hydrate it daily with specific bars or creams for your care.
Many times we forget about the lips when we go to the sun, but you have to be careful and know how to protect them. The lips do not have sweat glands and have very few sebaceous. It is essential to spread on them some sticks or creams that have high sun filters incorporated.
Recommended diet to care for the lips
In addition to the above, tips, it is also very important for the skin, including that of the lips to have a balanced diet:
Drinking enough water is essential for proper hydration of the skin and lips especially. Having them parched regularly can be a sign that you need to increase your fluid intake throughout the day, and especially during the warmer season, to compensate for the natural loss of water from the heat.
The lack of some vitamins can take its toll on your lips, these are the ones that should not be missing:
Vitamin A: promotes the proper development of the skin, so, it will help you maintain good lip health. Introduce servings of fish, eggs, dairy (butter and cheese), and vegetables and fruits (carrots, mango).
When for some reason you cannot eat a balanced diet, you can include vitamin supplements in the diet, but if you take other medications or have any pathology, check with your doctor beforehand, as they can produce side effects.
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