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Lip Care

Soft, healthy pink lips draw attention, as they lend a fresh refreshing look to your face. Lips are the most sensitive part of our body; hence require constant care. Thus, it is necessary to take care of your lips.

The basic lip structure is different from the skin structure. The lips do not have any sweat or oil glands unlike the body. This means that your lips have no natural moisture at all.

In addition, the outer layer of the lip is extremely thin and even completely absent in most people. Therefore, your lips dry out faster than your skin as moisture evaporates from the lips much faster than from skin. This dryness results in chapping and cracking, and in extreme cases, it can increase the risk of inflammation, infection and burning sensations.

You need to use good quality products for your lips like Blistex DCT, Lip Balm or Fruit Smoothies, which keep your lips soft and supple.

Lip care tips :

• Lips have little or no melanin, your skin's natural sunscreen pigment. Without it, your lips are extremely susceptible to the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.
  The lips need to be protected from the sun with a product that contains a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of 15 or more. This is essential as constant exposure to the sun can result in lip cancer. Blistex products contain SPF 15/20 which effectively shield out the sun's harmful rays.
• Lips need to be protected indoors. Unless, you are living in a house with no windows, the sunrays can most definitely harm your lips. Spending more time in centrally heated or air-conditioned rooms can end up with extremely dry lips. Dryness is also the enemy when a winter cold strikes. Therefore, lip protection has to be included into your daily skin care regimen, whether you spend time outdoors or not.
• For dry lips, use a medicated product like Blistex Lip Ointment, which contains penetrating analgesics to bring cooling relief to lips and moisturizing ingredients to hydrate lips. Use Lip ointment to avoid severely dry lips from recurring.
• Lip wrinkles, are growing to be more and more of a problem nowadays. You do not necessarily have to be old to develop them. The two main reasons for lip wrinkles are sun damage and loss of elasticity. By using SPF 15 or more, you can ensure to take care of it from sun. You can use any of the Blistex products, which have moisturizers with sun protection ranging from SPF 15-20.
• To eliminate lip wrinkles and to prevent the appearance of lines, you need to use Blistex Fruit Smoothies making your lips look younger and more supple.
• If you are suffering from chapped, dry lips, you need products that contains a good balance of moisturizers to condition your lips. Look out for the products that contain Aloe Vera, Cocoa Butter, Soya Protein and essential Vitamins. They nourish your lips making them look and feel healthier.
• If you are suffering from Blisters or cold sore, you need a curative product that contains intense medication to relieve your lips. For this purpose, the Lip Ointment is a good option.
• To keep lips soft use a lip exfoliator once or twice a week. When finished with it, rehydrate with a Vitamin C and E stick.

Homemade remedies for lip care :

• Mix one-tablespoon cranberry sauce juice with two tablespoons Vaseline for a delicious home made lip balm.
• Apply the juice of lemon skin for avoiding black colour of lips.
• Massage your lips with the coriander leaf juice for rosy lips.