Lip Treatment

How to Care for and Hydrate Your Lips?

When asking someone what they most like to appreciate in a person, they will respond, like most people, that it is the lips, as they symbolize sensuality. Unfortunately, the cold temperatures have arrived, and our whole body feels it, especially the lips. Why?

Our lips are covered only by a very thin protective film, five times thinner than that of the face and permanently exposed to the elements: cold, heat, sun, wind, saliva, etc. Nothing is worse than tearing off the small skins that form.

Hydrating our lips helps repair them, strengthen them, and make them visually more beautiful.

Before hydrating our lips, we must first exfoliate them. For this, a homemade "recipe": honey with a little sugar. Gently rub this mixture on the lips, leave it on for a few minutes, and rinse with warm water. If you don't like honey, replace it with olive oil.
After exfoliation, applying lip balm to the lips is a must. This allows it to hydrate deeply and can be taken with you wherever you go.

Do not:

•   Do not lick your lips because it actually dries them out. Even if it seems to have a positive effect at first, it evaporates quickly and dries. Moreover, our saliva contains enzymes that dehydrate our tissues.

•   Do not apply long-lasting lipsticks, as they not only dry out the mouth but also prevent the lips from breathing.

•   Avoid foods that are very acidic, such as lemon, vinegar, or even mustard, and spicy dishes—they sting, hurt, and are not good for the lips. Use a fork to avoid direct contact with the skin.

•   Breathing through the mouth promotes fissures; therefore, when thinking about it, breathe in through the nose.

•   Cigarettes dehydrate and discolor the lips, so avoid smoking.

What natural products to use to hydrate the lips in winter?

What do beeswax, honey, and vegetable oils have in common? All these ingredients can help save your lips in winter. Less irritating and especially much less harmful than certain lip balms, they are, however, very effective against chapped skin and small unpleasant bleeding associated with the cold. Moreover, you don't need to look far to find them. A quick trip to the kitchen, and you're ready.

To avoid drying out: drink plenty of water
Drinking at least a liter of water a day, even in winter, is the key to healthy lips all year round. If you engage in a lot of sports, it is advisable to increase the amount you ingest, as good hydration is essential to prevent fissures. It's a good principle.

For lip hydration: beeswax and almond oil

If drinking is not enough to keep your lips healthy, there are many ethical and economical tips to save them. The most effective: the combination of beeswax and almond oil (organic for purists). When heated over low heat, they provide the necessary hydration for your lips to stay moisturized until spring arrives. If you don't have almond oil, you can substitute it with shea butter. Another good hydration plan is coconut oil, which has soothing properties.

To repair cracked lips: a mixture of honey and vegetable oil
If your lips are extremely chapped, they will certainly need a good treatment. For this, nothing could be simpler, just bring honey and vegetable oil, a perfect fatty substance. First step, apply a thin layer of honey. Then let it sit for a quarter of an hour and rinse with warm water. Apply castor oil or olive oil and let it work again for a quarter of an hour.

To heal lip wounds: aloe vera gel
Aloe vera gel is the miraculous cure for chapped skin. This succulent plant is truly capable of absorbing moisture from the air around it, but also that which is deposited on your lips and creates these cracks. It also acts as a water reservoir for the skin. The gel is applied directly to the lips in the same way as lip balm, at any time of the day.