Have you always wanted to have beautiful, rose colored lips, without having to use beauty products like lip stick or lip gloss?
You can, but you might have to change some of your habits because healthy lips are a good indication of general health.
When your lips become dark and discolored, there may be several factors involved. Some of these factors — hyperpigmentation, and allergic reactions — are beyond your control. Others however, like smoking, dehydration, and too much caffeine are factors that you could change to improve the natural appearance of your lips.
In today’s video, we compiled some natural remedies for damaged lips, as well as some useful tips for preventative lip care. Because your lips don’t have any sweat glands, you really need to care for them daily, so that they don’t stay dry and cracked. Here are some of the most common culprits for darkened, chapped lips:
Stress;
Cigarette smoking;
Poor diet;
Too much caffeine; Anemia; Low-quality health products; Too much sun; Dehydration. When everything is going well, we often fail to stop and think about taking care of our lips. We put sunscreen on everywhere else except our lips. We’re busy all day and don’t drink enough water. When we get too busy, our lips and our health in general tend to suffer.
Consider these home remedies for healthier, rosier lips. Adopt them into your daily routine and before long, you won’t even need to use that expensive lip stick you’ve always wanted to buy.
1. Wash Cloth with Lip Balm
Try this great way to rid yourself of flaky, chapped lips. The longer you leave the lip balm on, the better. Leave it on overnight for best results.
Here’s what you need:
1 High quality, thick lip balm;
1 Wash cloth (or soft tooth brush).
Directions:
Liberally apply a solid foundation of lip balm over both lips. Do it at night before bed. This will allow the balm to treat and hydrate your lips for several hours. In the morning you’ll notice that your lips have absorbed the lip balm. Now, take a clean, damp wash cloth (or new soft tooth brush) and easily massage your lips. This helps to both exfoliate them as well as remove dead skin. In the end, make sure to wipe off any excessive lip balm.
2. Rose Petal Lip Mask
Rose petals have several key properties that can improve the health of our lips. They contain anti-inflammatory properties as well as natural oils and sugars, which work to keep the moisture in our lips. If you couple rose petals with a great moisturizer like milk, you come up with a fantastic home remedy for dry, cracked lips. Here’s what you need:
5-6 rose petals;
1/2 a cup of milk.
Directions:
Before bed one night place the rose petals to soak in milk. When you wake up in the morning, pour the petals through a strainer and with a pestle, crush them up well. You might have to add a few extra drops of milk in order to form a nice paste. Then, simply apply it to your lips and wait fifteen minutes. Afterwards, wash the paste off with cold water.
This is so easy and it’s harmless to your lips. Feel free to use this remedy everyday. You’ll see a notable difference after a short period of time.
3. Lemon-Glycerin Mask
Maybe your problem is worse than just the normal case of chapped lips. If they’re extremely dry and discolored, this mask will work wonders for you. Since lemon tends to have a lightening effect on our skin, and glycerin is great for hydration, it should solve your annoying problem.
Here’s what you’ll need:
1 teaspoon of lemon juice;
1 teaspoon of glycerin;
1 small tupperware container.
Directions:
Stir the lemon juice and glycerin together. Put it in the tupperware for up to a week in the refrigerator. Using a brush or your finger, apply it to your lips.
It’s almost too easy not to try.
4. Almond Oil and Lemon Juice
Here’s another simple recipe involving lemon juice. This time it’s with almond oil—a sweet hydrating agent that is great for your lips.
Here’s what you’ll need:
A few drops of almond oil;
A few drops of lemon juice.
Directions:
Mix the two ingredients together and simply apply it like you would any other lip balm. Use it as often as you’d like. It’s especially good to use before bedtime.
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