Who among you would like to have naturally soft, kissable lips? Me! Me!! Meeee!!
I've several steps for all you women and men to follow and you'll be on your way to achieving this. Read on! To those of you who smoke, you'll definitely want to read this because smoking causes seriously dry lips!
Step 1: Do Not Lick Your Lips Constantly
Contrary to what some people believe, licking your licks ends up drying them out by subjecting them to your drying saliva, which contains food particles and other skin drying elements when exposed to Oxygen. Say what?
What this basically means is that the more you lick your lips, the more dry your lips become. To make matters worse, it also causes chapping. Yikes! Do you really want that?
Here, try this for yourself: leave your lips bare (ie. free of lip balm, lipstick, or any lip product) for a while. Then, when you feel they're getting dry, lick your lips, then let them dry completely. Repeat the steps a few more times. Now, feel what happens.
Step 2: Use a Lip Balm
There are many lip balms or lip moisturises that work quite well. You could also try beeswax versions - they are cheaper and last, but are not good if you are allergic to honey. You have been forewarned. Stay away from beeswax lip balms if you're allergic to honey, honey! ;)
For the men, you always have the option of using unscented, unflavoured, clear lip balm. So there are no excuses. :p
For the make-up enthusiasts, besides moisturising your lips, lip balms are great because they make applying your lipstick much easier!
Step 3: Drink Lots of Water
Ideally, we should all be drinking at least 8 glasses of water daily. This makes perfect sense because a hydrated body will have naturally moist lips. Bla bla bla bla bla... Yes, yes, we're all aware that we need to drink loads of water, but how many of us actually do this DAILY? :p
Here's the wonder of water: drinking a lot of water hydrates your body and balances your body temperature, which in turn moisturise your lips and help give you clear skin. Now, THAT'S what we want! So drink up, people!
Step 4: Avoid Skin-Drying Products
Be careful of the type of lipstick or lip gloss that you wear - make sure that they are not the source of drying out your lips. Only you will know if your lippie products are drying your lips, so be alert.
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If the condition of dry lips persists or gets worse, please consult a doctor.
Until my next post, big kisses to all of you! :) xx
Signing off...
~ Lil' Missy ~
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