So, useful tips to save your lips from dryness:
- Before each exit to the street on the lips should be applied a special cream or balm. This will protect from delicacy the delicate skin of the lips and saturate the sponges with nutrients.
- In case of prolonged exposure to bright sun rays, it is recommended to buy a lip cleaner with a UV-filter (sunscreen effect), because the sun's rays to the skin of the lips are very aggressive, and such means will help them to retain moisture, which means that it looks good.
- With the onset of cold weather, it is very important to adhere to the correct drinking regime, namely to drink at least 2.5 liters of liquid per day. Therefore, it is very advisable to always have a small bottle of water in your purse, and most importantly, drink liquid from it, no matter where you are. This will help your lips to be more hydrated. In no case should not lick your lips, wanting to give them moisture, for the lips it is harmful.
- If you plan to spend in the open air for a long time, then throw in the purse of hygienic lipstick, and as soon as it becomes necessary, lubricate it with the skin of the lips. Most people prefer not to use hygiene lipsticks, as they leave a greasy shine on their lips. If you are among them, then buy in the pharmacy hygienic lipstick, the manufacture of which used thermal water. It does not leave a greasy sheen, besides it is useful for lips.
- It is recommended several times a day, of course, if circumstances permit, lubricate lips with honey or vegetable oil. This procedure is a good prevention and treatment of small cracks on the lips, and will also make the skin of the lips softer.
- Irritation and cracks in the corners of the mouth indicate that the body lacks B vitamins. In this case, you can buy complex vitamins in the pharmacy that fill the gaps in the diet. Or you need to enrich your diet with cheese and other dairy products, eggs, herbs, liver, fish. Vitamins of this group are contained in brewer's yeast, wheat bran and pumpkin seeds.
- It is recommended at least for a short while to refuse the use of a firm lipstick for the lips, because such a lipstick degreases them, thereby accelerating the evaporation of moisture. This is because such a lipstick penetrates deeply into the unprotected tender skin of the lips. In the off-season it is more correct and more useful to use a greasy lipstick.
- It is very useful for the lips to massage the toothbrush at least once a week, only the brush should be soft. Thanks to massage, the lips will receive additional blood flow and natural moisturizing.
- Do not use toothpaste with increased fluoride content (at least for a while), because such a paste helps to increase the dryness of the lips. In addition, it can provoke an inflammatory process around the lips, which then will have to be treated.
- Every evening, with the care of your skin, pay special attention to the skin of the lips. To do this, it is recommended to buy a special product for the skin of the lips with vitamins A and E. After all, the lack of these vitamins in the body causes dryness, peeling and the formation of small cracks on the skin of the lips. If the use of external means does not give an effect, then it is necessary to include in your diet products with a high content of vitamins. However, it should be noted that the cause of dryness and roughness of the lips may be an excess of vitamin A. Therefore, it is very important to observe the measure in everything.
How to get rid of dry skin of lips using masks
From the dryness of the lips can get rid of using special masks, which should be done in a week no more than twice. Masks are prepared by their most common products:
Mask of cottage cheese and carrots. Take a teaspoon of cottage cheese and carrot juice, mix thoroughly and put on the lips for 15 minutes.
Mask of butter and apple. Apple three on a grater, butter soften (do not heat), take one teaspoon of grated apple, and one teaspoon of oil, mix thoroughly and hold for 15 minutes on the lips.
Mask of linseed oil or mustard oil. Oil is applied to the lips for 15 minutes, thereby contributing to the additional nutrition of the lips.
For inflammation of the lips it is recommended to apply a cotton swab soaked in a strong tincture of chamomile.
When peeling and flaking the skin of the lips, it should not be torn off, it is better to attach for 10 minutes or more a cotton swab dipped in a usual strong brew. And further massage with a soft brush will relieve the problem painlessly. Regular application of a compress from tea will allow for a long time to keep a clear lip contour.
With the help of simple exercises you can make your lips more beautiful.
So, let's start the exercises.
- Alternately, we stretch our lips "tube" forward and relax them. In this position, the lips are very useful to blow.
- We inflate our cheeks, close our teeth and, as it were, blow out air with force, while we try not to blow our cheeks off.
- With effort, we strain our lips and pronounce the sounds "o, u, y, a".
- Lips do "fish" - we pull the corners of the lips inside, and keep our lips in this position for a while.
These exercises will strengthen the muscles of the mouth, activate additional blood flow, and make the lips more attractive.