How To Take Care Of Your Lips?

Like every other part of the body lips too need to cared and pampered to look soft, smooth and sexy. Lips play an important role in defining the look of the face. Dry and cracked lips spoil the whole look and the face appears dull and unattractive.  Smooth lips also help the lip stick to spread evenly. Moist lips set the perfect mood for romance and stand out in the crowd.

Lip begin to look unattractive with age, too much of exposure to sun and several other factors.

Lip care is not a one time job but involves regular and repeated set of activities.  There are age specific ones and non age specific ones.  Firstly, this article talks about the general one and then the age specific one.

General Lip care

Exfoliation of lips

Exfoliating the lips makes it smooth. To exfoliate, rub the tooth brush bristles on the upper and lower lip several times. Any wash cloth can be used instead of toothbrush. It has to be dipped in warm water and gently rubbed on the lips concentrating one lip at a time. There is no need to use soap, facial exfoliant or toothpaste.

Condition the lips

Once exfoliating is complete, the next step is to apply a conditioning balm after the lips are dry. In fact, if the conditioning balm stays all night on the lips, it would yield better results. Even the lipsticks used should contain moisturiser to keep the lips hydrated. There are lots of lipsticks available in the market that have conditioner and has a matte effect as well. The conditioner will help the lips to hold more moisture and matte tends to dry it. Another option is to use lip colors that don’t condition the lips with natural conditioners like vitamin E, jojoba oil, and beeswax.

Protection from sun

Most lips get chapped and wrinkles appear because of the sun. They don’t contain melanin as parts of the body and are extremely susceptible to sun’s rays. The best way to protect the lips is by using lipstick with sunscreen or use lipstick on sunscreen.

Age specific lip care

For the 20’s

Nothing much is required if the above tips are adhered. Even wearing a lip gloss would look attractive at this age.

For the 30’s

At 30s the ageing process starts with slight wrinkles around the lips and fine lines on the face. Retinol will help to prevent this. Else Collagen or cosmetic surgery could be opted. At this age the lips start loosing their definition so lip liner along with shiny shade of lipstick should be used.

For the 40’s

At 40, the lips get paler and start loosing colour. So the lip tint should be replaced with creamy lipstick of darker than natural shades. Ensure that it’s not too dark as they make things worse.