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How do you take care of your lips?

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By Shabnam BanoPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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How do you take care of your lips?
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How do you take care of your lips to keep them smooth, sensitive, and beautiful? A pressing question, particularly for women over the age of 25. Unfortunately, it is at this age that the first irreversible indications of ageing of the body, which the lips send out in the first place, begin to emerge.

Even before she can touch her first hygienic lipstick in her hands, a lady should consider how to properly care for her lips. And, if it's not a joke, then between the ages of 18 and 20. Only by anticipating your age and maintaining a healthy lifestyle will you be able to slow down the ageing process and keep the beauty of your lips.

Not how to care for your lips, but why

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Knowing how to care for your lips is helpful at any age. Of course, given that the natural ageing of a woman's body begins between the ages of 20 and 25, the conclusion is self-evident: the sooner you begin to carefully and correctly care for your lips, the longer they will preserve their youthful, lovely aspect.

You should take good care of your lips and the region around your eyes since the skin in both areas is very thin and erratic, with no fat layer either there or there at all, which means that all repair processes are slow, but the ageing process is too quick. Many cosmetologists believe that the state of the lips may properly predict a person's age - about 25 years old, they change pale and become less clear-cut, around 30 - small wrinkles form, the skin gets thinner and drier. Then the process worsens: wrinkles get deep, and dryness and cracking are widespread.

How to care for your lips: be careful!

It is not easy to fit all the useful information on care in one text. But a few basic rules and recommendations are quite possible. First, according to tradition, about prohibitions and taboos:

• lips must be constantly protected from the harmful effects of the sun - use creams, balms and decorative cosmetics with SPF filters, because the skin of the lips is not even so afraid of frosts and cold winds as the rays of the open sun - since it is they that provoke the process of photoaging;

• in winter, you should be wary of using lip balms - the fact is that in the cold the balm freezes, since it usually contains wax, freezing leads to excessive dryness and cracking of the skin;

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• female gloss often advises to massage lips with a toothbrush, forgetting, however, often to mention that the brush should be washed as soft as possible, and any other (medium soft, medium hard, etc.) can injure the thin skin of the lips;

• quit smoking! Alas, smoking generally has a detrimental effect on the condition of the skin, but in the area of the lips - especially: there the skin is more susceptible to negative influences, and direct contact with combustion products and harmful resins contained in cigarettes is the closest in this zone;

• Enrich your diet with fiber - it has a very beneficial effect on the condition of the skin of the lips.

How to care for your lips: 8 tricks

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A lip care program should include the most modern professional products - balms, creams, serums, masks, and more. But even simple improvised lip care tricks should not be ignored either. Indeed, sometimes even three drops of olive oil can magically change the appearance of your lips, make them more well-groomed and attractive. So:

• It is useful to apply a slightly cooled bag of green tea not only to the eyes, but also to the lips - it tones the skin, improves blood circulation and restores fluid balance;

• see a dentist twice a year! It turns out that the appearance of the lips also depends on the condition of the teeth and gums, and in particular, their shape, diseases of the oral cavity can provoke a change in bite, which entails drooping of the corners of the mouth;

• to remove cosmetics from lips, it is best to use a few drops of vegetable oil - it perfectly dissolves lipstick and shine, while not injuring delicate skin;

• it is advisable to do lip peeling at least once every two days - either with a special cosmetic product or with products that are at hand, for example, by mixing oatmeal and a little yogurt, you will get an excellent mixture for delicate peeling;

• if you are haunted by the sexy shape of plump lips "a la Angelina Jolie", the easiest way to change the situation is to inject the filler in a salon with a good reputation, but for a short-term effect of swelling, you can try the following recipe: mix chopped dill with grape seed oil (sold in most large supermarkets), plus add another 2-3 drops of dill essential oil - massage your lips with this mixture for about three minutes, then wait five minutes and rinse with warm water;

• an excellent remedy for smooth lips is a scrub with honey: mix honey and cane sugar and massage your lips with this mixture, next time a similar procedure can be repeated after a week;

• organic peeling will give a beautiful and even color to your lips: rub your lips with a tomato slice or half a grape;

• how to care for lips if they are dry? Not difficult - every night, wipe them overnight with a cotton pad with shea butter or grape seed butter.

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