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In recent times, the usage of lip products like lipsticks, tints, crayons, glosses, etc., has skyrocketed. It has become a staple item in every girl’s bag even if they’re school students.
While these products add a pop of color to your lips and enhance the beauty of your face, prolonged usage of products that contain artificial colors, preservatives, and harsh chemicals do more harm to your lips than good.
While some use it to enhance their beauty, others use it to hide flaws like pigmentation, and uneven lip tone. However, constantly masking these flaws with various products without addressing the root cause may create further damage.
It’s impossible to completely stay away from those products but it's highly essential to nourish your delicate lips.
Let’s unmask the root causes of lip issues and its solutions:
1. Sun exposure:
Now, most people started using sunscreens to protect their skin from harmful UV rays. Unfortunately, they forgot the fact that lips are also vulnerable to the sun’s harmful rays. Prolonged exposure to the sun can lead to darkening and tanning of the lips which can make them appear pigmented and uneven.
It's important to use a lip balm with SPF to shield your lips from the ill effects of the sun. Also, ensure that it’s made with skin-friendly, non-toxic ingredients.
2. Licking and Peeling the Lips:
Many have the habit of licking their lips and peeling the dried layer. These actually cause excess dryness and inflammation. Over the period, it darkens the lips. Avoid touching your lips and peeling them. If you have dry and chapped lips, instead of licking them, use a lip balm that’s made with natural ingredients to treat dryness and irritation.
3. Excess use of lip products:
As mentioned in the intro, with the increased usage of lip products, many people are now struggling with lip concerns like dryness, chapped lips, and pigmentation issues. Always be extra cautious when you buy lip care products. Avoid products with harsh chemicals and artificial colors that give high pigmentation.
Opt for products that are made with organic and natural ingredients like shea butter, jojoba oil, fruit extracts, cocoa butter, and beeswax. Lipbalms infused with these ingredients can nourish your lips while targeting the issues.
4. Smoking:
Smoking is not only injurious to your health but also to your lips. The nicotine content in cigarettes and other tobacco-related products is extremely dangerous and causes various issues like dryness, staining, buildup of excessive dead cells, and also cause oxidative stress leading to lip pigmentation.
Restoring your lip's health after acquiring all these issues will be a nightmare. So, it's better to stay completely away from these unwanted products and habits.
5. Dehydration:
Do you know why your lips tend to be more dry compared to the skin on the rest of the body?
It’s because lips don’t have oil glands and as a result, it's more prone to dryness, chapping, and damage from environmental factors. So hydrate yourself well along with using the right lip nourishing products. Also, limit the intake of products like caffeine that cause dehydration.
6. Unhealthy eating habits:
You’re wrong if you think that external factors are the sole contributors to dryness and other lip issues. Even if you’re using the right products and taking excellent care of your lips, persistent problems can still occur.
You have to take a deep look at your eating habits. A diet with high processed sugar, unhealthy fat, and refined carbs doesn’t give you any nourishment but significantly affects your overall health including your lips.
Consume a balanced and nutrient-dense diet enriched with vitamins A, C, D, B12, and iron to target lip issues while improving overall health.
Breakup with the obsession over lipsticks and lip tints:
Sounds rude huh? Understood, it might be impossible to completely get rid of your beloved lip tints and lipsticks but try to use it occasionally.
Focus on nourishing your lips from the inside out with a balanced diet, proper hydration, and gentle care. When you give the right care, you’ll start embracing your natural lips and no longer hide your lips behind those colored masks. Start using lip balms that protect and nourish your lips.
Let your lips shine with its true, healthy glow!
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