Delicate, plump, soft, honey, sweet, scarlet - which only epithets do not waste romantic Romans men's sponges! Wise make-up artists believe that it is much more important to distinguish the lips than brighten up the eyes. Meanwhile, the lips - almost the same sensitive area as the skin under the eyes. It is around the lips that are small wrinkles that give out the age of the woman. Therefore, you just need to pay more attention to them! So, caring for the lips with folk remedies is the topic of discussion for today.
How to care for the lips
The skin of the lips, like the skin of the face, is dry and oily. Therefore, dry lips should be carefully lubricated with special creams and moisturize. For this purpose, not only means for lip care, but also any means for skin care for the eyelids, are suitable.
Hygienic lipsticks soften the skin of the lips and protect it from weathering, but deep moisturizing can only give special moisturizing masks for the skin of the eyelids and lips.
Before going to bed, always wash lipstick from lips or milk to remove makeup, or vegetable oil. Then the lips should be washed and lubricated with a special lip cream: it performs a protective function, keeping moisture. If it contains alpha-hydroxide acid, it helps exfoliate dead cells and makes fine wrinkles less noticeable. Balms for the lips heal small cracks, and there are those that even increase the volume of the lips.
Only do not apply intensive night creams for the face with a regenerating effect - the lips do not need such powerful therapy!
Nature's help
In the care of the lips, folk remedies have their advantages. There is no chemistry, and you always know what you are using.
1. Owners of oily skin of lips enough to wipe them with lemon juice, and they will keep a fresh, natural appearance for a long time.
2. Before going to bed it is useful to lubricate the lips with honey, it eliminates peeling.
3. Vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, olive) - an excellent remedy for the care of the lips. They can be used, for example, during the preparation of dinner or at bedtime.
4. Another good tool is cucumber juice, which should be lubricated several times a day.
"I know all your cracks"
From the skin of the lips (as well as from other parts of the body), it is necessary to periodically remove the keratinized particles. Therefore, from time to time, it is worth doing a gentle peeling of this part of the face. For this purpose, scrubs for sensitive skin that contain small abrasive particles are suitable. Wet sponge sponge, apply a scrub and gently rub your lips in a circular motion. Then scrub the scrub and apply an emollient or moisturizer.
If the lips are cracked, smear them with cocoa butter or a slice of lemon. Or apply on the lips oil - castor, sea buckthorn or rosehip oil.
An ancient tried and tested tool is bee honey. Lubricate them with lips, and after 20 minutes, rinse and apply a nourishing cream.
If the cracks formed in the corners of the mouth, lubricate the lips for the night with cream with panthenol and chamomile.
Nature's help
1. To the lips do not look pale, in the morning and evening, massage them with a dry toothbrush or a piece of terry towel, pre-lubricating the skin with cream or balm.
2. You can just pat with a brush on the lips - it also improves blood flow. To avoid wrinkles, after you are washed, tap your fingers around the area around your mouth. And on the place where wrinkles are most often formed, apply a moisturizing mask. For example, from cottage cheese and cream - it smoothes the skin of the lips and gives them freshness. Mix 1 tsp. cottage cheese and a little cream and apply mass to the lips for 10 minutes, then rinse.
3. Well moisturizes the skin and a mixture of cucumber or carrot juice, honey, sour cream and cottage cheese. This mask is held on the lips for 15 minutes, after which they remove and lubricate the lips with vegetable oil.
Gymnastics for the lips
With the help of simple exercises, you can strengthen the muscles around your mouth, and make your lips more elastic.
1. Pull out your lips and lightly blow, as if you were blowing out a candle flame. Relax your lips. This exercise should be repeated 30-40 times.
2. In the air, breathe out and inflate your cheeks. First exhale slowly, then jerk. Repeat 10 - 20 times.
3. Say the letters A, I, O, V many times. Then inflate your cheeks and force the air out through tightly compressed lips so that they vibrate. Repeat 10 -15 times.